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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XXIX — November 9, 2008

Recent Project News

Featured news:
- No Way Out (2004) (review page) was promoted to Featured article status.
- AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (review page) was removed as a Featured list.
- CZW World Heavyweight Championship (review page) has been nominated for removal as a Featured list.

Good article news:
- Antonio Pugliese, Hard Justice (2008), Hardy Boyz, King of the Ring (1993), Lisa Moretti, Mike Lockwood, No Mercy (2003), No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Royal Rumble (1993), Taboo Tuesday, Unforgiven (2008), Velvet McIntyre, Vince's Devils, and WrestleMania XXIV are current Good article nominees.
- Royal Rumble (1995) (link) and WrestleMania XI (link) have been promoted to Good Article status.

Other project news:
- It has been propsed to merge McMahon (documentary) into Vince McMahon, the discussion can be found here.

This Fortnight in Wrestling History

October 27, 1991 - Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton in a tournament final to become the inaugural WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion.
October 31, 2000 - Ivory defeated Lita to win the WWF Women's title.
November 2, 1998 - Mankind was awarded the newly established WWF Hardcore Championship by WWF Chairman Vince McMahon.
November 5, 2001 - The Rock defeated Chris Jericho for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
November 6, 2003 - Mike Lockwood, known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32.
November 7, 2000 - The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) agreed to pay US$18 million to the Hart family as a settlement in the court case for Owen Hart's death at Over the Edge (1999).
November 9, 1997 - The Montreal Screwjob occurred, in which Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Professional Wrestling Article Stats

We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 592. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
Professional wrestling articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			3	5	8
	FL		1	12	10	23
	GA		6	27	60	93
	B	1	16	65	207	289
	C		1	14	96	111
	Start	2	50	219	1759	2030
	Stub		1	21	566	588
	List		2	21	581	604
	Future			3	14	17
	Assessed	3	77	385	3298	3763
	Total	3	77	385	3298	3763

Member Updates

Based on the members list, there are currently 197 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
On the calendar:
- For the month of November:
  - 9 - TNA presents Turning Point
  - 15 - Rakez's birthday
  - 15 - Ericystephi's birthday
  - 20 - Batmanrules677's birthday
  - 23 - WWE presents Survivor Series

Recent Wrestling News

Conrad Efraim, better known as "Special Delivery Jones", died in Antigua on October 26, 2008, following a stroke he suffered two days prior.
At Cyber Sunday, Batista defeated Chris Jericho to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
On the October 27 episode of Raw CM Punk and Kofi Kingston won the World Tag Team titles by defeating Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes.
DH Smith and TJ Wilson won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on October 30.
On the November 3 episode of Raw:
- Mike Adamle resigned from his position as General Manager of the Raw brand.
- Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a Steel cage match to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time.
Super Crazy was released from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on November 5.
On November 7, WWE released Raw wrestlers Paul London and Chuck Palumbo.

Collaboration

The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
- Wrestling Legend: Kamala (wrestler)
- Current wrestler: Samoa Joe
- Tag team or stable: Dudley Boyz
- Stub article: Gino Brito
- Pay-per-view: WrestleMania 23
- List: List of professional wrestling terms

Cast your vote to select the next collaborations — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!

Recent Deletion Debates

Articles for Deletion
- Current: The Experience (professional wrestling), and Volador Jr.
- Deleted: Dann Read and SPRY Wrestling.
Images for Deletion
- Current: TNAlegendschampionship.jpg.
Miscalleneous for Deletion
- Redirected: Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes

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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XXX — November 23, 2008

Featured content news

Lockdown (2008) (review page) is a current Featured article candidate.
List of WCW World Tag Team Champions (review page) is a current Featured list candidate.
CZW World Heavyweight Championship (review page) is a current Featured list removal candidate.

Good content news

Hard Justice (2008), Hardy Boyz, Judgment Day (2008), King of the Ring (1993), Lisa Moretti, Masa Saito, No Mercy (2003), No Mercy (2004), No Mercy (2007), No Surrender (2008), Royal Rumble (1993), Slammiversary (2008), Survivor Series (1992), Taboo Tuesday (2004), Unforgiven (2008), Velvet McIntyre, and Vince's Devils are current Good article nominees.
Antonio Pugliese (link), Mike Lockwood (link), Rhonda Sing (link), and WrestleMania XXIV (link) have been promoted to Good Article status.

Reviews and additional project information

WrestleMania XXIV (review page) and Over the Edge (1999) (review page) are currently under Peer Review. Comments have been requested to be added on the respective review pages.
It has been requested that feedback for the Money in the Bank ladder match article be added to its talk page.
Facts from Royal Rumble (1993) and List of King of the Ring winners were listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on November 10 and 13, respectively.
It has been proposed to introduce the A-Class assessment for WP:PW; the discussion can be found here.
It has been proposed to merge Shooter (professional wrestling) into Shoot (professional wrestling); the discussion can be found here.

Professional wrestling article stats

There are currently 601 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
Professional wrestling articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			3	6	9
	FL			12	10	22
	GA		6	30	62	98
	B	1	16	64	207	288
	C		1	14	99	114
	Start	2	54	227	1764	2047
	Stub		1	24	569	594
	List		3	23	595	621
	Future			3	14	17
	Assessed	3	81	397	3312	3793
Total	3	81	397	3312	3793

Member updates

Based on the members list, there are currently 197 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
On the calendar:
- For the month of November:
  - 9 - TNA presents Turning Point
  - 15 - Rakez's birthday
  - 15 - Ericystephi's birthday
  - 20 - Batmanrules677's birthday
  - 23 - WWE presents Survivor Series

Recent deletion debates

Articles for Deletion
- Kept: Volador Jr.
- Redirected/Merged: The Experience (professional wrestling) and Rebecca Michaels.
- Deleted: Alfonso Sharp
Images for Deletion
- Deleted: TNAlegendschampionship.jpg

Recent wrestling news

On November 9, THQ and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) released the fifth installment in the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009.
On November 10, WWE released Elijah Burke, Kenny Dykstra, and Lena Yada from their contracts.
William Regal defeated Santino Marella to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the November 10 episode of Raw.
On November 18, WWE released Armando Estrada from his contract.

This fortnight in wrestling history

November 10, 1991 - Dick the Bruiser died at the age of 62 from internal bleeding
November 14, 1999 - The Big Show defeated Triple H to win the WWF Championship.
November 15, 1998 - The Rock defeated Mankind in a tournament final for the WWF Championship.
November 16, 1992 - The Sandman defeated Don Muraco for the ECW Heavyweight Championship.
November 17, 2002 - Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H, Kane, Chris Jericho, Booker T, and Rob Van Dam to win the World Heavyweight Championship in the first Elimination Chamber.
November 18, 2000 - Homicide defeated Jay Lover for the vacant Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Championship.
November 18, 2001 - Edge unified the WWF Intercontinental and United States championships.
November 18, 2001 - The Dudley Boyz unified the WWF and WCW Tag Team championships.
November 20, 2002 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
November 21, 1999 - Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
November 22, 1954 - Promoter Roderick "Jess" McMahon died at age 72.

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