http://globalgrind.com/discovered/wrestlingen-ushttp://globalgrind.com/content/35572/Mark-Henry-Wins-WWE-Championship-After-Race-Debate Sportaphile When does being hit with racial slurs improve your career? For WWE wrestler Mark Henry, it may have happened last night on PPV. In April, the WWE suspended writer Michael Hayes for 60 days for telling Henry, "I'm more n***** than you are." Last night -- and one week after Hayes was reinstated -- the twelve-year WWE vet and former Olympian finally got his big moment by winning the company's ECW world title. That's where the controversy starts.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35572/Mark-Henry-Wins-WWE-Championship-After-Race-Debate?sc=1#socialSportaphile7/1/2008 2:58:08 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/34212/New-Book-On-WWE-Pens-Vince-McMahon-A-Racist Big Deez "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry" alludes that Vince McMahon made racist remarks against wrestler Carlito Colon. Not like that's a real shocker but damn!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/34212/New-Book-On-WWE-Pens-Vince-McMahon-A-Racist?sc=1#socialBig Deez6/25/2008 12:23:46 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/28681/Site-Lets-You-Register-Your-Penis-Nickname Stryker A majority of men give their penis a nickname, according to disreputable sources. Now, a site lets you register that name to prove it's as unique as your... well, unique. They give you a CERTIFICATE and everything. The name of the site is -- what else? -- nameyourwang.com!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/28681/Site-Lets-You-Register-Your-Penis-Nickname?sc=1#socialStryker5/15/2008 10:13:19 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/17311/Ken-Shamrock-Responds-To-Steroid-Allegations Craig Redman In a previous post, we shared a Frank Shamrock interview in which he accused his brother Ken of taking steroids his entire career.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/17311/Ken-Shamrock-Responds-To-Steroid-Allegations?sc=1#socialCraig Redman3/26/2008 5:48:23 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/17257/Big-Show-vs-Floyd-Money-Mayweather phillydanny A showdown between the greatest fighter in the world and one of the largest athletes on Earth. WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WWE Big Show.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/17257/Big-Show-vs-Floyd-Money-Mayweather?sc=1#socialphillydanny3/26/2008 5:49:38 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/16670/WWE-going-PG13 Tanspot WWE is set to produce new movies suitable for a PG 13 audience. First film from the new team is “12 Rounds” starring John Cena.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/16670/WWE-going-PG13?sc=1#socialTanspot3/25/2008 4:43:40 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/16656/Hulk-Hogan-sued-over-sons-car-crash Tanspot Hulk Hogan is being sued by the man who was critically injured in a car crash involving the wrestler's son. The lawsuit says he and his estranged wife, Linda, are liable as the parents of 17-year-old Nick.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/16656/Hulk-Hogan-sued-over-sons-car-crash?sc=1#socialTanspot3/26/2008 5:57:46 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/12851/WWE-Diva-Playboy-Cover-Girl-In-NYC Tanspot SPOIL THE ENDING BLOG: WWE Diva & Playboy Cover Girl In NYC. Wrestlemania 24 Pre-Party is happening tomorrow (March 5th) between 6-7:30 PM at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant in New York City. WWE Diva & the latest Playboy Cover Girl Maria will be in the house to sign autographs.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/12851/WWE-Diva-Playboy-Cover-Girl-In-NYC?sc=1#socialTanspot3/5/2008 4:17:17 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/10923/Bodog-Fight-Mixed-Martial-Arts izZY151 Bodog Fight is a mixed martial arts tournament airing on the Ion TV and through Bodog TV. Watch or download MMA videos and complete episodes online.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/10923/Bodog-Fight-Mixed-Martial-Arts?sc=1#socializZY1512/21/2008 5:52:21 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/8480/CW-drops-Smackdown GG Content WWE "Smackdown" and the CW network will part ways in September. This will free up 2 hours on the CW to probably add more "reality" TV.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/8480/CW-drops-Smackdown?sc=1#socialGG Content2/11/2008 1:44:07 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/5394/WWE-to-announce-fourth-quarter-financial-results Money-Polo-12321 WWE will announce its 2007 fourth-quarter and full-year results on Tuesday, February 12th before the market opens.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/5394/WWE-to-announce-fourth-quarter-financial-results?sc=1#socialMoney-Polo-123211/26/2008 9:54:44 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/5392/Kevin-Nash-cautions-young-wrestlers Money-Polo-12321 Even now, his dreams are about basketball. So what that he's been in movies and on TV shows and been the best in the world at his profession. "I love basketball so much, when I dream the recurring one is that I can still jump. I'm going to the baseline and going over somebody and dunking. I guess," he laughed, "you dream about the things that are the farthrest away from happening." Twenty-nine years ago, I covered the Tennessee Vols basketball team, on which the man with the hoop dreams played. It's always interesting in this business to see what happens with players you used to cover. This one became Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash, a professional wrestling superstar, a 6-foot-10 mass of muscle with a flowing mane of hair and diabolical look. He's in Huntsville today, signing autographs at the Von Braun Center, part of the monster trucks' Steel Thunder Tour. Nash, a prep basketball star in Michigan and all-star teammate of Magic Johnson, was a solid contributor for the 1978-79 Tennessee team that won the SEC Tournament and UT's first NCAA tournament game. Three decades later, of course, his legend has grown. "From when I played, when nine out of 10 home games when they announced me I got booed, to right now, where they're actually in consideration of retiring my number," Nash joked. "I don't think 43 will be worn again." After playing pro ball overseas, where he blew out a knee, Nash returned to Michigan and worked as a statistical processing control analysis man at a car plant. That didn't quite cut it. He moved to Atlanta and was a bouncer at The Cheetah, a strip club. ( "Never dreaded going to work every day," he said.) He worked out in a gym where he met the wrestling Steiner brothers, Rick and Scott, who gave him lessons and helped crack open the door for him in pro wrestling. He became a mainstay in a "golden era," along with Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Lex Lugar, Sting and Goldberg, men with remarkable athleticism to accompany the choreography and outrageous storylines. Nash, 48, now wrestles a limited schedule and lives near Daytona with wife Tamara and son Tristen, 11, who has a sweet jump shot but takes only casual interest in his dad's work. Said Nash, "He says, 'Hey, it's cool. My dad still wrestles and he's old.' " The last several years, wrestling has had its controversies and tragedies. Nash acknowledged there was widespread use of pain-killers to enable them to wrestle 300 nights a year. "We were doing what we could to feed our families," he said. The older guys are now trying to become cautionary tales for the new ones. "These things we did in the '80s and '90s are causing us to die in our 40s. Take heed, guys. Don't do it," he said. "You'll cut your life short." Moments later, Nash pulled himself from a chair and began walking slowly, stiffly to the hotel elevator. The ankle that causes a limp, the one with seven screws and a plate? Hurt it against Kentucky, his sophomore year. The knees that ache miserably in this weather? First two surgeries were in Knoxville, when he was playing basketball. It's a good thing Kevin Nash found wrestling. It seems like a safer way of life.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/5392/Kevin-Nash-cautions-young-wrestlers?sc=1#socialMoney-Polo-123211/26/2008 9:45:32 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/5390/Wrestling-giant-sues-Athens-hangover-pill-maker Money-Polo-12321 World Wrestling Entertainment, the producer of Wrestlemania, has sued an Athens company that markets a hangover pill, alleging the company failed to pay for a sponsorship agreement worth more than $1 million. The WWE suit claims that Three Sixty Inc., which distributes over-the-counter hangover medicine 360 OTC, promised in 2006 to pay $1 million to sponsor Wrestlemania, but paid only $75,000. Three Sixty has continued to represent itself as the "official pain relief" of Wrestlemania against WWE's demands to remove the claim from the company's Web site, according to the suit. The suit also names IAHL Corp., Three Sixty's new corporate name; Three Sixty's subsidiary Rockford-Montgomery Labs Inc.; company officers Michele Shearer and Mark De Mattei; and Air, Sea and Ground Inc., an advertising agency De Mattei runs. WWE asked the U.S. Middle District Court of Georgia to force Three Sixty to pay for the sponsorship, including a percentage of 360 OTC profits, and to stop using the Wrestlemania name to promote the 360 OTC products. The WWE lawsuit is the latest in a barrage of legal troubles for Three Sixty, Shearer and DeMattei. Last year, Virginia-based NASCAR racing team Morgan-McClure Motorsports, sued, claiming that Rockford-Montgomery failed to make payments on a $10.1 million race team sponsorship. The two parties settled the case on Jan. 14, and Rockford-Montgomery Labs promised to pay Morgan-McClure $3 million. In another case, Dirt Motorsports, a Delaware company that sponsors the World of Outlaws racing tour, sued in August, claiming that Three Sixty and others failed to pay $4.8 million in sponsorship agreements. That case remains unresolved. Just Marketing International, an Indiana-based firm, also sued Rockford-Montgomery, Three Sixty, Shearer and De Mattei last summer for failing to pay for marketing work the company did for Rockford-Montgomery. Gary Coulter, the Athens attorney who represents Shearer and DeMattei, had no comment on any of the cases. "I have a habit of not commenting on lawsuits when they are in progress," Coulter said. "I don't try lawsuits in newspapers; we try them in courts." He said the settled case with Morgan-McClure is a "closed, confidential agreement."]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/5390/Wrestling-giant-sues-Athens-hangover-pill-maker?sc=1#socialMoney-Polo-123211/26/2008 9:39:51 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/5388/Total-Nonstop-Action-Wrestling-2007-Year-End-Awards Money-Polo-12321 FINISHER OF THE YEAR: Winner: The Muscle Buster – Samoa Joe Runner Up: The Flux Capacitor – Kaz Third Place: Gringo Killer - Homicide KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR: Winner: Gail Kim Runner Up: Christy Hemme Third Place: Traci Brooks TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: Winner: The Motor City Machineguns Runner Up: The Latin American Xchange Third Place: AJ Styles & Tomko FEUD OF THE YEAR: Winner: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle Runner Up: Sting vs. Kurt Angle Third Place: Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe WHO TO WATCH IN 2008: Winner: Booker T Runner Up: Kaz Third Place: Judas Mesias INSPIRATIONAL SUPERSTAR OF THE YEAR: Winner: Sting Runner Up: Jeff Jarrett Third Place: Eric Young X DIVISION SUPERSTAR OF THE YEAR: Winner: “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal Runner Up: Kaz Third Place: Chris Sabin MEMORABLE MOMENT OF THE YEAR: Winner: Booker T comes to TNA Wrestling Runner Up: Sting regains the World Title Third Place: Kurt Angle wins every TNA Title MATCH OF THE YEAR: Winner: Sting vs. Kurt Angle at Bound For Glory Runner Up: Ultimate X (LAX vs. XXX) at Bound For Glory Third Place: Ladder Match (Kaz vs. Cage) at Genesis TNA MVP OF 2007: Winner: Samoa Joe Runner Up: Kurt Angle Third Place: Christian Cage]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/5388/Total-Nonstop-Action-Wrestling-2007-Year-End-Awards?sc=1#socialMoney-Polo-123211/26/2008 9:37:40 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/5387/ROH-News-and-Notes Money-Polo-12321 - Ruckus missed last night's Dayton event due to a severe illness that has him hospitalized.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/5387/ROH-News-and-Notes?sc=1#socialMoney-Polo-123211/26/2008 9:34:39 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/3479/Vince-McMahon-Makes-Cameo-On-The-Apprentice GG Content Next week, Vinnie Mac will be a guest on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice." Hopefully, he'll get to say, "You're Fired!" Especially since he said it first.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/3479/Vince-McMahon-Makes-Cameo-On-The-Apprentice?sc=1#socialGG Content1/18/2008 10:50:52 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/324/WWEs-Jim-Ross-Sneak-Disses-The-Rock GG Content During one of his editorials, "good ol'" JR made a statement about wrestlers being "b" list actors and usually falling flat. The only notable wrestler with a movie who the WWE wouldn't have an obligation to push is The Rock. It doesn't help that he usually turns down their requests for him to make appearances.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/324/WWEs-Jim-Ross-Sneak-Disses-The-Rock?sc=1#socialGG Content1/10/2008 10:48:39 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/317/Hulk-Hogan-With-Brutus-The-Barber-Beefcake-in-NYC spizzle While in New York promoting "American Gladiators," the "Hulkster" was seen with another wrestling legend who was just as happy to meet his fans as they were to meet him. Hogan wasn't as accommodating.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/317/Hulk-Hogan-With-Brutus-The-Barber-Beefcake-in-NYC?sc=1#socialspizzle1/10/2008 10:48:39 AM