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For those of you who love wrestling history, there are two new audio updates in the Elite section you'll enjoy. The first is the return of the legendary Les Thatcher for his bi-weekly discussion about the business with yours truly, with topics including the late Jim Barnett, seeing Mildred Burke wrestle, the anniversary of Black Saturday, promoting towns for WCW in Ohio, and more, including the most recent Raw and TNA PPV.
Then, Legendary Memphis Wrestling announcer Lance Russell is featured in a 70 minute interview, discussing his induction to the NWA Legends Hall of Heroes as part of the Charlotte, NC NWA Legends gathering next month, his one of a kind career as the voice of wrestling in Memphis, the atmosphere of the WMC-TV Studios, how much he knew about angles before they happened, the post-production work for the show's other markets, having Jerry Lawler on the show when he was a teenager, whether he ever expected Lawler would become such a star, Eddie Gilbert, famous Memphis tag teams, Lawler and Jerry Jarrett trading the booking responsibilities back and forth, differences in Memphis during those regimes, Andy Kaufman vs. Jerry Lawler, appearing in the "Man on the Moon" film, the Hollywood star Lawler legitimately hurt during the film shoot, Jim Carrey as Kaufman, leaving Memphis for WCW, Bob Caudle, Dave Brown, The Lawler vs. Terry Funk Empty Arena bout, the Tupelo Concession Stand brawl, the creation of the scaffold match, Gilbert running over Lawler with his car on live TV, Lance's favorite Memphis memories, what he's up to today, who he's looking forward to seeing in Charlotte and much more! For information on subscribing, visit http://www.pwinsider.com/elitenav.php.
During the interview, Russell announced that as part of the Charlotte gathering, he'll be taking part in a panel Q&A with a number of other Memphis personalities discussing that great territory. For more information, visit www.nwalegends.com.
www.SuperLuchas.net is reporting that former ECW champion The Sandman will be coming to Mexico on 8/8 to face former WCW star L.A. Park (the original La Parka) forX-LAW.
ECW Original Axl Rotten has announced he is writing an autobiography. He's posted what he terms a "very rough draft" of the first chapter, detailing his heroin addiction and near-death experience at this link.
Steven sent the following....The Genius" Lanny Poffo is doing a new fan Q & A video feature on his website and would like to hear from his fans. All they need to do is the following - To ask "The Genius" Lanny Poffo your question, create your video and upload it to Youtube. Email the URL to Genius@Lannypoffo.com. (If you don't have a Youtube account and the video is under 25mb you may email it to Genius@Lannypoffo.com)
Dawn Marie will be appearing tonight at 7pm ET on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thedarkmatch.
