Headlines for Sunday, January 6, 2008


- Chris Jericho was voted the 2007 GERWECK.NET Best on the Mic.

- WWE has signed west coast wrestler KAFU to a developmental contract.

- Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke - who replaced Nicholas Cage in the leading role for the upcoming movie 'The Wrestler' - made an appearance during the weekend WXW event in Allentown, PA., which is headed by WWE Hall of Famer Afa Anoa'i. The former WWF tag team title holder was chosen to be the trainer for Rourke and is in charge to get him prepared for his role for the movie, which will be directed by Darren Aronofsky. Initially Nicholas Cage was chosen to be the main character and he even showed up backstage at an ROH show last year to do research however he dropped out of the project. Filming is set to start at the end of this month.

- At Final Resolution, Kurt Angle defeated Christian Cage to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

- Poll results: Are you going to order TNA's Final Resolution PPV?

Yes - 21%
No - 79%

- The Genesis 2007 DVD features the Kaz vs Kurt Angle iMPACT! match as an extra.

- Kurt Angle vs. Shinsuke Nakamura has been announced for the 2/17 New Japan event at Sumo Hall.




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