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Former World Wrestling Council star Black Pain has signed a WWE developmental deal and will be reporting shortly to Florida Championship Wrestling. Pain was billed at 7 feet tall while working for WWC. Thanks to Andy Richter for his help.
For you Andy Kaufman fans out there, his WWE action figure set (alongside Memphis foe Jerry Lawler) is starting to hit Toys R Us, where it is a scheduled exclusive (for now, as it seems all the exclusives end up with a larger scale release after a few months.) For all your toy needs, you can always visit our friends at www.ringsidecollectibles.com.
WWE returns to the Redding Convention Center in Redding, California on June 7th, 2008 and the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California on June 8th, 2008. Thanks to Devin Cutting.
Ken Kibby sent the word that while Maria was ranked by FHM Magazine in their top 100 women, she was listed at 84, while former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler landed at 64.
World Wrestling Entertainment issued the following press release late yesterday:
STAMFORD, Conn., May 2, 2008 – WWE’s Smackdown Your Vote! today released the 2008 18-30 Voter Issues Paper (VIP), a guide to help young adults articulate the issues important to them in this national election, and a platform through which the candidates can provide their responses to issues important to this voting demographic. The 18-30 VIP addresses the economy, Iraq war, education, health care, and the environment as the most important issues on the minds of young voters.
To date, the 18-30 VIP has been provided to candidates Sen. John McCain, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama to obtain their responses. In 2004, when the 18-30 VIP was first issued by Smackdown Your Vote!, presidential candidates President George W. Bush, Sen. John Kerry, Ralph Nader and Michael Badnarik all responded to the questions posed in the 18-30 VIP. Their answers were provided to college groups, voting organizations, online sources, educators and the general public to encourage young adults to vote in the 2004 election. Turnout of 18-to 24-year-old voters increased by 11 percent to approximately 11.6 million in the 2004 election.
“WWE greatly appreciates Senators McCain, Clinton and Obama for taking the time to speak directly to our audience of young voters on a recent ‘Monday Night RAW®,’ which received a tremendous response,†said Gary Davis, WWE Vice President, Corporate Communications and Executive Director of Smackdown Your Vote! “We now ask these candidates to lay out their positions on issues critical to 18 to 30 year olds in this election by addressing the questions posed by our national 18-30 Voter Issues Paper.â€
Through its Smackdown Your Vote! program established in 2000, WWE continues to encourage civic engagement. In addition to WWE, partners in the creation of the 2008 18-30 VIP include: CIRCLE, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, the League of Women Voters, Mobilize.org, mun2, New Voters Project, PIRG, Rock the Vote, Sacred Heart University, and the University of Virginia’s Youth Leadership Initiative.
The 18-30 VIP is downloadable in English and Spanish language versions through www.smackdownyourvote.com and printed copies are available upon request.
To view the VIP pamphlet in English please click here, http://vote.wwe.com/documents/27270_VIP_pamphlet.pdf.
To view the VIP pamphlet in Spanish, please click here, http://vote.wwe.com/documents/28719_VIP_SpanishBklt_SCREEN.pdf.
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