Knowledge (XXG)

As of June 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			8	3		11
	FL			17	20		37
	GA		6	44	86		136
	B	1	22	80	226		329
	C		5	33	147		185
	Start	2	54	260	1958		2274
	Stub			21	467		488
	List		4	31	642	1	678
	Future			2	10		12
	Assessed	3	91	496	3559	1	4150
	Unassessed					1	1
	Total	3	91	496	3559	2	4151

—Articles

• List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (review page), List of Mexican National Trios Champions (review page), and List of PWG World Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Adam Birch, Armageddon (2008), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer, Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah, Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano, Leilani Kai, MNM, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Tag Team Championship, and TNA X Division Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Paul London and Brian Kendrick (review page) is a current Good topic candiate.
• The following article appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • May 28: List of PWG World Champions
  • May 29: PWG World Tag Team Championship
  • May 30: List of PWG World Tag Team Champions
  • June 5: List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: III (professional wrestling), Just Close Your Eyes, Melanie Cruise, and Pro Wrestling Entertainment.
    • Deleted: All Out Mayhem, Edgar Meyer (Wrestler), Kimberley Kash, and Ryu Lee.
    • Merged: May 2009 Pepsi Center double-booking controversy

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 7, we are at 11.76%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 222 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of June.

• 7 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Extreme Rules
• 12 - Ring of Honor (ROH) presents Take No Prisoners
• 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Slammiversary
• 28 - WWE presents The Bash

• At Sacrifice on May 24, Sting defeated Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, and Kurt Angle in an Ultimate Sacrifice match by pinning Angle, which meant that he took over Angle's position as the leader of The Main Event Mafia.
• Mr. Kennedy made his return to WWE television on the May 25 episode of Raw, but was released four days later on May 29.
• On May 26, Ephesto defeated Rey Bucanero to win the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, after Bucanero suffered a legitimate knee injury.
• On May 28:
  • John Tolos died in Los Angeles aged 78.
  • Lisa Marie Varon made her TNA debut, and Shane Douglas and Raven returned to TNA.
• On June 1:
  • WWE, THQ, and Yuke's announced that the development of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 had started.
  • On WWE Raw:
    • Kofi Kingston won the WWE United States Championship by defeating defending champion Montel Vontavious Porter.
• On June 2, Samoa Joe was diagnosed with a torn triceps and broken fingers.
• On May 5, it was announced that WWE had released developmental talents Dakota Darsow, Jon Cutler, and Lupe Santiago.
• On May 6:

• It was announced that WWE had also released developmental wrestler Kafu.
• Combat Zone Wrestling wrestler Nick Gage was injured in a match after taking a bump onto a light tube, suffering a severed artery and being airflifted to hospital.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
2. Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
3. All Knowledge (XXG) articles should be written from a neutral point-of-view.

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As of June 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	16	39
	GA		6	45	86	137
	B	1	22	81	225	329
	C		5	35	153	193
	Start	2	54	262	1957	2275
	Stub			22	466	488
	List		4	30	640	675
	Future			3	9	12
	Assessed	3	92	508	3555	4159
	Total	3	92	508	3555	4159

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) was withdrawn as a Featured article candidate.
• List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (review page) and List of CZW World Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Adam Birch, Armageddon (2008), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer, Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah, Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano, Leilani Kai, MNM, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• The following article appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • June 7: List of FIP Tag Team Champions
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Jessie McKay, Kellie Skater, Madison Eagles, Pink Ladies (professional wrestling) and Tennille Tayla.
    • Deleted: III (professional wrestling), Dingo (wrestler), Evan Evans (Pro Wrestler), IPW Armageddon Championship, Just Close Your Eyes, Melanie Cruise, Melisschif, Peter Stilsbury, Pro Wrestling Entertainment, Pro Wrestling Superstars, Suicide Blondes (professional wrestling) and The Experience (Wrestling)

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 21, we are at 11.73%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 224 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated for the first time in three months. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.
• There is an on-going discussion here regarding the "In wrestling" section of biographies, and what should and should not be included. All opinions are welcome.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of June.

• 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Slammiversary
• 28 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents The Bash

• At WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view on June 7:

• Chris Jericho won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for a record ninth time by defeating Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match.
• Tommy Dreamer won the ECW Championship by defeating the defending champion Christian and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Hardcore match.
• Batista won the WWE Championship by defeating Randy Orton in a steel cage match.
• Jeff Hardy defeated World Heavyweight Champion Edge in a Ladder match to win the title.
• Following the Ladder match, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

• On June 8:

• "Umaga" Eddie Fatu was released from his WWE contract for violating the WWE Wellness Program, and refusing to seek drug rehabilitation.
• On WWE Raw:

• Vickie Guerrero quit WWE, and thus, her position as the Raw brand's General Manager.
• Triple H returned to WWE television after a two-month hiatus.

• On June 9, WWE reported that Batista had suffered a complete torn left bicep. He underwent surgery to repair it the followingday, and is expected to have at least four months of rehabilitation.
• On June 13:

• Mitsuharu Misawa died at the age of 46, after becoming unconscious in the ring while wrestling during a Pro Wrestling Noah live event.
• Austin Aries defeated Jerry Lynn to win the ROH World Championship, making Aries the only person to hold the title more than once.
• At AAA's Triplemania XVII pay-per-view :

• Extreme Tiger defeated Alex Koslov, Crazy Boy and Alan Stone in a Four-Way Elimination Hardcore match for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship.
• Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated El Mesias for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.

• Gerald Brisco suffered a series of strokes before and during June 13 and 14, and is scheduled for surgery.
• On June 14:

• Jun Akiyama vacated Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship due to being diagnosed with spinal disc herniation in his lower back.
• Go Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship.

• On June 15

• Referee Ted Tanabe died at the age of 46, after suffering a heart attack in the ring the previous night while officiating a match at a live event for Osaka Pro Wrestling.
• On Raw:

• Randy Orton defeated Big Show, John Cena, and Triple H in a Fatal-Four Way match to win the WWE Championship.
• WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced Donald Trump as the new scripted owner of the Raw franchise.

• On June 17, Dos Caras, Jr. confirmed that he signed a three-year contract with WWE.
• On June 19, WWE released Candice Michelle and Jimmy Reiher, Jr. (Sim Snuka).
• On June 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi in Osaka, Japan to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, tou can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
2. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
3. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.
4. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
5. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.

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As of July 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	18	41
	GA		6	49	84	139
	B	1	23	88	222	335
	C		5	41	158	204
	Start	2	54	286	1931	2273
	Stub			25	471	496
	List		4	31	629	665
	Future			4	11	15
	Assessed	3	93	554	3527	4179
	Total	3	93	554	3527	4179

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) is a Featured article candidate.
• List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions (review page), Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (review page) and WWE Backlash (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• List of FIP World Heavyweight Champions (review page) was withdrawn as a Featured list candidate.
• Adam Birch (review page), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer (review page), Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah (review page), Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano (review page), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (review page), and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Abismo Negro (review page) is currently under Peer Review.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • June 22: Ephesto
  • June 25: Dos Caras, Jr.
  • June 27: Mascara Dorada
  • July 1: Billy Red Lyons
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Neo (wrestler), and Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
    • Deleted: Ashley Lane and Nevaeh, Bill Verna, IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Jessie McKay, Kellie Skater, Madison Eagles, Pink Ladies (professional wrestling), Tennille Tayla, and Ultimate World Championship.
    • Kept: Pete Stilsbury (2nd nomination)

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.97%, with 499 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated again on June 21. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of July.

• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Victory Road
• 26 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Night of Champions

• At TNA's Slammiversary pay-per-view on June 21:
  • Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
  • Kurt Angle won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating defending champion Mick Foley, Samoa Joe, Jeff Jarrett, and A.J. Styles in a King of the Mountain match.
• On June 22:
  • WWE Chairman Vince McMahon bought back the WWE Raw franchise from the storyline owner Donald Trump.
  • Matt Hardy suffered a torn abdominal muscle, and is scheduled for surgery.
  • Billy Red Lyons died from cancer at the age of 77.
• On June 24, it was announced that Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) would be releasing a video game in the United States entitled AAA El Videojuego.
• On June 25, Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera announced that they were starting their own promotion called Super X GPCW.
• At WWE's The Bash pay-per-view on June 27:

• Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho in a Mask vs. Title match to keep his mask and win the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
• Edge and Chris Jericho defeated Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) and The Legacy (Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes) in a Triple Threat tag team match to win the titles.
• Michelle McCool defeated Melina to win the WWE Women's Championship; she became the first Diva to hold the WWE Diva's and Women's Titles.

• It was announced on June 29 on WWE Raw that 15 wrestlers had been traded among the three WWE brands as a result of Donald Trump's storyline purchase.
• On June 30 on ECW on Sci Fi, four wrestlers made their debut for the ECW brand: Yoshi Tatsu, Tyler Reks, Sheamus and Abraham Washington.
• On July 1:

• Two midget professional wrestlers, La Parkita and Espectrito Jr, were killed in a hotel room in Mexico, allegedly overdosing on a drug used to spike their beverages.
• Dave Prazak announced that Serena Deeb had signed with WWE.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
2. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
3. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Knowledge (XXG). Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
4. Refer to WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
5. Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

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As of July 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	19	42
	GA		7	49	84	140
	B	1	22	88	231	342
	C		5	45	165	215
	Start	3	53	283	1935	2274
	Stub			25	473	498
	List		4	30	626	661
	Future			4	10	14
	Assessed	4	92	554	3546	4197
	Total	4	92	554	3546	4197

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) is a Featured article candidate.
• List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions (review page), MCW Heavyweight Championship (review page), and NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• WWE Backlash (review page) was withdrawn as a featured list candidate.
• Abismo Negro (review page), Beth Phoenix, Cody Rhodes, Debra Miceli, Jillian Hall, The Legacy (professional wrestling), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Keiko Nakano (review page), Bruno Lauer (review page), and TNA World Heavyweight Championship (review page) failed their Good aricle nominations.
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship (discussion) has been nominated for Good article reassessment after failing its Good article nomination.
• MNM (review page) is a current Good topic candidate.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: All Premier, American Luchacore Championship, Bill Verna (2nd nomination), The Canadian NINJAS, Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination), and NWA Charlotte.
    • Deleted: Anarchy Championship Wrestling and Wrestlicious.
    • Kept: Melissa Coates and Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.
    • Merged: British Under 23's Championship
    • Redirected: Neo (wrestler)
  • Files for Deletion
    • Deleted: File:Summerslam (2009) Poster.jpg
• A requested move has been submitted, proposing that WWE SmackDown be moved to WWE Friday Night SmackDown; the discussion can be found here.

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.72%, with 492 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• A discussion is currently ongoing regarding the "In wrestling" sections of biographies. Please join in here.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of July.

• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Victory Road
• 26 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Night of Champions

• On July 3, during a WWE live event in San Diego, California, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon while wrestling in a match. He underwent surgery on July 7, and will require rehabilitation which will sideline him from in-ring competition.
• On July 5, Waldo Von Erich (real name Wally Sieber) died at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario at the age of 75.
• On July 6, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated The Motor City Machineguns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
• On July 7, Vampiro suffered four cracked vertebrae in his spine, and is expected to be sidelined for approximately three months.
• Eddie Fatu missed a scheduled autograph signing on July 9, after he was hospitalized with circulation problems in one of his legs.
• On July 11, Takashi Matsunaga, the founder of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling died at the age of 73 from pneumonia.
• On July 13:
  • It was revealed that WWE had signed Nick Dinsmore to a contract.
  • Brian Lawler was jailed for 30 days after failing to attend an in-patient treatment center as part of his plea agreement, following his arrest for public intoxication on June 26.
• Jeremy Borash announced on July 14 that TNA had signed Ayako Hamada to a contract.
• On June 15, Bobby Lashley announced that he had signed a contract with TNA.
• On the July 16 episode of Impact!, Homicide won the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Suicide.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

1. Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
2. Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a non-point of view perspective and is neutral.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
2. If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a {{fact}} tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
3. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
4. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.

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As of August 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	22	45
	GA		9	49	87	145
	B	5	19	86	226	336
	C		5	45	178	228
	Start	5	51	285	1951	2292
	Stub			25	478	503
	List		3	29	619	652
	Future			5	6	11
	Assessed	10	88	554	3570	4224
	Total	10	88	554	3570	4224

—Articles

• TNA X Division Championship (review page) was not promoted to Featured article status.
• CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship (review page), List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Trios Champions (review page), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (review page), and WCW United States Tag Team Championship (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Cliff Compton, Cody Rhodes, Debra Miceli (review page), Jimmy Reiher, Jr., The Legacy (professional wrestling), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Tag Team Championship, and Well Dunn are current Good article nominees.
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship (discussion) has been nominated for Good article reassessment after failing its Good article nomination.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Mark Vartanian and Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship.
    • Kept: Bill Verna (2nd nomination) and Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination) both were closed as no consensus
    • Deleted: All Premier, The Canadian NINJAS, New Omega Wrestling Tag Team Championship, NWA Charlotte, and Real Championship Wrestling.
    • Merged: American Luchacore Championship

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 2, we are at 11.96%, with 505 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The style guide has been updated to reflect the new consensus on the formatting in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and the new format can be found at WP:PW/SG#In wrestling. Please help out in converting all biographies to the new format.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of August.

• 16 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Hard Justice
• 16 - Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) presents Verano de Escandalo
• 23 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents SummerSlam

• At TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view:
  • Angelina Love defeated Tara to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship.
  • Kevin Nash defeated A.J. Styles to win the TNA Legends Championship.
  • Scott Steiner and Booker T won the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm).
  • Taz made his TNA debut.
• On July 21, Hijo del Fantasma defeated Averno to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship.
• Damien Steele, a former WWE developmental wrestler, died on July 22. The cause of death was determined as a brain aneurysm.
• Dragon Gate USA held its inaugural pay-per-view event on July 25 at The Arena.
• At WWE's Night of Champions pay-per-view on July 26:
  • Christian defeated Tommy Dreamer to win the ECW Championship.
  • Mickie James won the WWE Divas Championship by defeating Maryse.
  • Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
• Chris Mordetzky returned to WWE under his "Chris Masters" gimmick on the July 27 episode of WWE Raw.
• On July 29, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Elijah Burke had signed a contract with TNA.
• On July 30:
  • The Brian Kendrick was released from WWE.
  • On TNA Impact!:
    • Mick Foley won the TNA Legends Championship from Kevin Nash.
    • Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams won the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Deon) in a Tables match; it is unknown whether New Japan Pro Wrestling will recognize this title change.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
2. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
3. The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
4. Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a reliable source and go against the Biographies of living persons policy.
5. Be aware of the new format in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and apply the relevant section (WP:PW/SG#In wrestling) to new articles that you create, or previously created articls that have not yet been updated after the change.

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As of August 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	28	51
	GA		9	50	87	146
	B	5	19	86	225	335
	C		6	47	189	242
	Start	5	51	284	1973	2313
	Stub			25	492	517
	List		3	28	615	647
	Future			6	6	12
	Assessed	10	89	550	3612	4273
	Total	10	89	550	3612	4273

—Articles

• CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship (review page), CMLL World Women's Championship (review page), IWGP Tag Team Championship (review page), and List of WWE Hardcore Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Charlie Haas, Cliff Compton, Cody Rhodes, Jimmy Reiher, Jr., The Legacy (professional wrestling), Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Tag Team Championship, and Well Dunn are current Good article nominees.
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship (discussion) failed its Good article reassessment.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Matt Riviera and Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship
    • Kept: Mark Vartanian
    • Merged: Edge a decade of decadence

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.13%, with 519 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of August.

• 16 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Hard Justice
• 16 - Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) presents Verano de Escandalo
• 23 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents SummerSlam

• On August 6, Al Tomko died after a two-month bout with pancreatic cancer aged 77.
• Ricky Ortiz was released from his WWE contract on August 8.
• On August 12:
  • Karl Von Hess died at the age of 90, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Gladys Gillem died at the age of 88.
  • It was announced through various wrestling news sites that Jeff Jarrett had sold his final shares of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to the Carter family and would be returning to the promotion as a wrestler only.
• At the August 13 Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) television tapings, Heath Slater defeated Tyler Reks to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.
• Apolo Dantés announced that he was starting his own promotion named Dantes Lucha Factory which will be based in Guadalajara.
• On August 14, Nick Dinsmore (Eugene) was released from his WWE contract.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

1. Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
2. Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a non-point of view perspective and is neutral.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
2. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
3. Refer to WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
4. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.

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As of August 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	29	52
	GA		9	52	89	150
	B	6	18	87	231	342
	C	1	7	49	213	270
	Start	6	48	281	1966	2301
	Stub			25	491	516
	List		3	28	595	626
	Future			5	8	13
	Assessed	13	86	552	3617	4268
	Total	13	86	552	3617	4268

—Articles

• IWGP Tag Team Championship (review page) is a current Featured list candidates.
• List of WWE Hardcore Champions (review page) was not promoted to Featured list status.
• Charlie Haas, Cliff Compton, Cody Rhodes, Jimmy Reiher, Jr., The Legacy (professional wrestling), TNA Bound for Glory, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Well Dunn, and The World's Greatest Tag Team are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • August 16: Super Muñeco
  • August 20: Ángel Azteca, Hart wrestling family, Cormier wrestling family, Yvon Cormier, Leo Burke, Rudy Kay, and Bobby Kay.
  • August 25: Ann Casey
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Brett DiBiase and Ground Xero Wrestling
    • Deleted: Matt Riviera and Qiz (wrestler).
    • Kept: Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship - was closed as no consensus
  • Categories for Discussion:
    • Current: Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers
    • Deleted: Category:Death among active Total Nonstop Action employees and Category:Deaths among active World Wrestling Entertainment employees.

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.09%, with 518 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 230 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of September.

• 4 - Dragon Gate USA presents Enter The Dragon
• 13 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Breaking Point
• 18 - Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) presents their 76th Aniversary Show
• 20 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents No Surrender

• On August 16:
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vacated the IWGP Heavyweight Championship after he suffered a broken orbital bone in a match with Shinsuke Nakamura.
  • Valiente won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship by defeating Sangre Azteca.
  • Player Dos won the Chikara Young Lions Cup by defeating Colin Delaney in the final of the 2009 Young Lions tournament.
  • At TNA's Hard Justice pay-per-view:
    • ODB won the TNA Women's Knockout Championship when she and Cody Deaner defeated the defending champion Angelina Love and Velvet Sky in a tag team match.
    • Samoa Joe won the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Homicide.
    • Kevin Nash defeated Mick Foley to win the TNA Legends Championship.
    • Elijah Burke made his TNA debut under the name "the Pope" D'Angelo Dinero.
• On August 17, it was reported that TNA signed a three year deal with Spike TV, and that TNA had replaced color commentator Don West with Taz.
• Dragon Gate USA announced a television deal with The Fight Network on August 18.
• On the August 20 episode of TNA Impact!, an eight-team tournament to crown the first TNA Women's Knockout Tag Team Champions was announced. The tournament will commence on the August 27 episode of Impact!.
• On August 21, Alex Koslov won the AAA Cruiserweight Championship by defeating the defending champion Extreme Tiger, and Jack Evans, Teddy Hart, and Rocky Romero in an elimination match.
• On August 23:
  • CM Punk won the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Jeff Hardy in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at SummerSlam.
  • Ring of Honor announced that Bryan Danielson had agreed to a contract with WWE "in principle".
• On August 27, WWE announced that, effective of September 2, they will be suspending Rey Mysterio for a violation of the Wellness Program.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
2. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
3. If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
4. Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.
5. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.

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As of September 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	30	53
	GA		9	52	93	154
	B	6	18	87	231	342
	C	1	7	49	222	279
	Start	7	47	283	1974	2311
	Stub			24	503	527
	List		3	28	581	613
	Future			7	10	17
	Assessed	14	85	560	3647	4306
	Total	14	85	560	3647	4306

—Articles

• Charlie Haas, Deuce 'n Domino, Jimmy Reiher, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, Well Dunn, and The World's Greatest Tag Team are current Good article nominees.
• The Legacy (professional wrestling) (review page) is a current Good topic candidate.
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Chris Jericho and The Big Show, and WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
    • Deleted: Brian Von Dusen, Ground Xero Wrestling and Razor D.
    • Kept: Brett DiBiase
  • Categories for Discussion:
    • Merged: Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.24%, with 527 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 230 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of September.

• 13 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Breaking Point
• 18 - Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) presents their 76th Aniversary Show
• 20 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents No Surrender

• On August 30:
  • Orlando Magic announced that WWE had signed Magic dancer Trinity McCray to a developmental contract. New signing Maxwell McGuirk also began wrestling at Florida Championship Wrestling.
  • Alex Koslov vacated the AAA Cruiserweight Championship after leaving Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
  • Naoki Tanisaki won the Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship by defeating KAGETORA in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
• On August 31, New Zealand-based promotion Kiwi Pro Wrestling announced they had signed a televsion deal with Prime Television New Zealand.
• On September 1:
  • John Morrison won the WWE Intercontinental Championship by defeating Rey Mysterio; this match aired on the September 4 episode of SmackDown.
  • Nicole Raczynski made her return to TNA at the TNA Impact! tapings; the match aired on the September 10 episode.
• On September 3, TNA released Angelina Love due to problems with her work visa.
• On September 4:
  • Ring of Honor announced that Nigel McGuinness had agreed "in principle" to a contract with WWE.
  • Bryan Danielson won the PWG World Championship by defeating Chris Hero, but immediately vacated it due to being unable to defend the title after signing with WWE. A tournament will be held to determine the new champion in November.
• On September 6, Aero Star and Fabi Apache defeated Cinthia Moreno and El Oriental to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
2. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.
3. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Knowledge (XXG). Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
4. Refer to WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
5. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".

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As of September 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			24	30	54
	GA		10	53	97	160
	B	6	18	86	228	338
	C	1	7	57	242	307
	Start	7	48	285	1983	2323
	Stub			22	501	523
	List		3	28	573	604
	Future			6	7	13
	Assessed	14	87	568	3664	4333
	Total	14	87	568	3664	4333

—Articles

• Well Dunn (review page) is a current Featured article candidate.
• TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship and TNA Women's Knockout Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Deuce 'n Domino (review page) and The World's Greatest Tag Team (review page) are current Good topic candidates.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • September 21: Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • September 25: Kerry Brown (wrestler)
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Deleted: Chris Jericho and The Big Show and Matty Miles.
    • Redirected: WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs
  • Templates for Deletion
    • Deleted: Template:Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
• Requested moves
  • Current: Vincent J. McMahon to Vince McMahon, Sr. (discussion)
  • Not moved: The Super Destroyers (discussion)

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of September 27, we are at 12.08%, with 525 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 231 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of October.

• 4 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Hell in a Cell
• 18 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Bound for Glory

• On September 13:
  • John Cena defeated Randy Orton in an "I Quit" match to win the WWE Championship at Breaking Point.
  • The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) defeated The Osirian Portal (Ophidian and Amasis) to win the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas.
  • Roberto Paz died at the age of 62 in hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
• WWE released a number of developmental wrestlers, including Kris Logan, Fletcher Chase, Aiden Frost, Troy Jackman, and Espiral (Sicodelico, Jr.).
• On September 17, Yamato and Shingo Takagi defeated Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi to win the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship.
• Retired wrestler Lester Welch died on September 18.
• On September 19:
  • The Montreal Wrestling Federation announced that Tomassino had signed a WWE developmental contract, although this was later denied by Tomassino.
  • It was reported that TNA signed D'Lo Brown and Pat Kenney as backstage agents.
• At No Surrender on September 20:
  • Sarita and Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) to become the first-ever TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions.
  • ODB defeated Cody Deaner to win the vacant TNA Women's Knockout Championship.
  • A.J. Styles defeated the defending champion Kurt Angle, and Hernandez, Sting, and Matt Morgan to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
• On September 21:
  • Lilian Garcia had her last night as a ring announcer for WWE.
  • Wrestlicious announced that Lacey Von Erich had signed a contract with TNA.
• Eddie Edwards suffered a broken elbow on September 25.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
2. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
3. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
4. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
5. Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.

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As of October 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			24	30	54
	GA		10	53	99	162
	B	6	19	87	231	343
	C	1	7	57	253	318
	Start	7	48	287	1995	2337
	Stub			19	509	528
	List		3	28	585	616
	Future			5	8	13
	Assessed	14	88	567	3713	4382
	Total	14	88	567	3713	4382

—Articles

• Well Dunn (review page) is a current Featured article candidate.
• Gregory Helms, Michelle McCool, TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship, and TNA Women's Knockout Championship are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared on the main page in the Did you know? column?
  • September 30: Trafford Tanzi
  • October 1: List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions
  • October 2: Dukes Dalton
  • October 8: Misterioso, Jr.
• Deletion discussions:
  • Articles for deletion
    • Current: Beverly Mullins and TNM (video game).
  • Files for deletion
    • Current: File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG
• Requested moves
  • Current: Vince McMahon to Vince McMahon, Jr. (discussion)
  • Moved: Vincent J. McMahon to Vince McMahon, Sr. (discussion) - Note: was later moved back to Vincent J. McMahon

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 21, we are at 11.96%, with 524 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• On October 2, the project reached its goal of 150 DYKs, and the number has continued to rise. Congratulations to everyone who helped in achieving this goal.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 233 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of October.

• 18 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Bound for Glory
• 25 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Bragging Rights

• Shinsuke Nakamura won the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship on September 27 by defeating Togi Makabe.
• Lizmark, Jr. left Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Charly Manson left Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to join Perro Aguayo, Jr.'s Perros del Mal promotion.
• The Perros del Mal promotion announced a television deal with Televisa Canal 9.
• On the September 29 episode of ECW, William Regal was announced as the interim general manager, as Tiffany had been injured in a kayfabe car crash. This storyline was put in place as Tiffany suffered a broken humerus at the Florida Championship Wrestling television tapings on September 24, but she was able to return to television on the October 6 episode of ECW.
• Lacey Von Erich made her TNA debut on the October 1 episode of Impact!.
• On October 2, Ken Anderson won the Nu-Wrestling Evolution World Heavyweight Championship in Malta, by defeating Chuck Palumbo and Tiny Iron in a three-way match.
• At Hell in a Cell on October 4:
  • The Undertaker won the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating CM Punk in a Hell in a Cell match.
  • Randy Orton won the WWE Championship in a Hell in a Cell match by defeating John Cena.
• On the October 5 episode of Raw, The Miz defeated Kofi Kingston to win the WWE United States Championship.
• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración announced a deal with Playmates Toys to manufacture a range of action figures and masks on October 6. The range will be launched in late 2010.
• On the October 8 episode of Impact!, Amazing Red defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division Championship.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Knowledge (XXG). Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
2. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
3. The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
4. Please remember that wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and do not add speculation about future events to articles.
5. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

1. Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
2. Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a non-point of view perspective and is neutral.

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As of October 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			24	30	54
	GA		10	56	96	162
	B	6	19	88	233	346
	C	1	8	58	263	330
	Start	7	48	290	2004	2349
	Stub			17	505	522
	List		3	29	589	621
	Future			5	8	13
	Assessed	14	89	569	3723	4395
	Total	14	89	569	3723	4395

—Articles

• Well Dunn (review page) was not promoted to Featured article status; however, it has been renominated as a Featured article candidate here.
• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (review page) is a current Featured list candidate.
• Adam Copeland, Gregory Helms, Jason Reso, Michelle McCool, Rosey and The Hurricane, TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship, and TNA Women's Knockout Championship are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared on the main page in the Did You Know? column:
  • October 12: La Parka (AAA)
  • October 13: Women Superstars Uncensored
  • October 17: Rhett Titus
• Deletion discussions:
  • Articles for deletion
    • Current: Angela Fong, Impact Pro Wrestling, Jenna Palmer, Karlee Perez, World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination), and Zivile Raudoniene.
    • Deleted: Beverly Mullins, List of nicknames of pro wrestlers, TNM (video game), Trinity McCray, and Tyrone Evans.
  • Files for deletion
    • Deleted: File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG
• Requested moves
  • Current: WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs to TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (discussion)
  • Not moved: Vince McMahon to Vince McMahon, Jr. (discussion)

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 25, we are at 11.79%, with 520 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 234 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of October and November.

• 25 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Bragging Rights
• 6 - Dragon Gate USA presents Untouchable
• 15 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Turning Point
• 22 - WWE presents Survivor Series

• On the October 12 episode of Raw, Jillian Hall won the WWE Divas Championship by defeating Mickie James, but lost the championship to Melina immediately afterwards.
• "Captain" Lou Albano died at the age of 76 on October 14.
• On October 15 it was announced that WWE had signed Barri Griffiths, a Welsh professional wrestler and former Gladiator, to a developmental contract.
• On October 16, Shane McMahon announced that he was retiring from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), effective as of January 1, 2010.
• At Bound for Glory on October 18:
  • Eric Young won the TNA Legends Championship by defeating the defending champion Kevin Nash and Hernandez in a three way match.
  • Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) won the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a four way Full Metal Mayhem match. In the same match, The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) won the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
  • Daffney suffered a broken arm after taking a bump during the match between Mick Foley and Abyss.
• On October 20, it was reported that Nigel McGuinness had signed with TNA. He made his debut on the October 22 episode of Impact! as "Desmond Wolfe".
• Chris Sabin suffered a stinger at the Impact! taping on October 21.
• On October 23, it was reported that Lance Cade had re-signed with WWE.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
2. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
3. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
4. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
5. When adding headers to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.

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As of November 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			24	30	54
	GA		10	57	95	162
	B	6	19	87	240	352
	C	1	8	58	272	339
	Start	7	48	293	2008	2356
	Stub			17	504	521
	List		3	29	593	625
	Future			4	7	11
	Assessed	14	89	576	3752	4431
	Total	14	89	576	3752	4431

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of November.

• 15 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Turning Point
• 22 - WWE presents Survivor Series

• At Bragging Rights, John Cena defeated Randy Orton in a 60 minute Iron Man match, by six falls to five, to win the WWE Championship.
• Jay Lethal suffered a hamstring injury at a TNA house show, but is expected to be at the next Impact! tapings.
• On October 27:
  • Hulk Hogan held a press conference to announce that he has signed with TNA. It was later revealed that Eric Bischoff has also signed, and he and Hogan will be the new bookers.
  • Byron Saxton made his debut on ECW as a commentator. He is filling in for Matt Striker, who has been moved to SmackDown after Jim Ross' Bell's palsy attack forced him to take time off.
• José Alvarado Nieves, better known as Super Porky, has returned to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating Jushin Liger in the finals of a tournament on October 31. The previous champion, Kenta, vacated the championship due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
• New Zealand wrestler, Adam Dykes, better known by his ring names Torch and Adam Firestorm, died on November 5 due to an apparent suicide.

—Articles

• Well Dunn (review page) is a current Featured article candidate.
• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (review page) is a current Featured list candidate.
• Adam Copeland, Gregory Helms, Jason Reso, John McMahon (wrestler), Matt Anoa'i, Rosey and The Hurricane, TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship, TNA Women's Knockout Championship, Turning Point (2008) are current Good article nominees.
• WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 (review page) has been delisted as a Good article following reassessment as part of the Good article sweeps.
• The following article appeared in the Did you know? column on the main page:
  • November 7: Turning Point (2008)
• Deletion discussions:
  • Articles for deletion
    • Current: List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination)
    • Deleted: Angela Fong, Impact Pro Wrestling, Jenny Quinn, Karlee Perez, The Ruthless Roundtable, and World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination).
    • Kept: Brian Jossie, Jenna Palmer, and Zivile Raudoniene.
  • Files for deletion
    • Current: File:ECWchampbelt.jpg
  • Templates for discussion
    • Deleted: Template:Armageddon, Template:Backlash, Template:Bad Blood, Template:Cyber Sunday, Template:December to Dismember, Template:Great American Bash, Template:In Your House, Template:Judgement Day, Template:Judgment Day, Template:King of the Ring, Template:New Year's Revolution, Template:Night of Champions, Template:No Mercy, Template:No Way Out, Template:One Night Stand, Template:Over the Edge, Template:Royal Rumble, Template:SummerSlam, Template:Survivor Series, Template:Unforgiven, Template:Vegeance, Template:Vengeance, Template:WrestleMania, and Template:Former WWEPPV.
• Requested moves
  • Current: WWE One Night Stand to WWE Extreme Rules (discussion)
  • Not moved: WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs to TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (discussion)

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• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 8, we are at 11.76%, with 521 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 232 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Knowledge (XXG) is not a crystal ball, so do not add speculation about future events to articles.
2. Help out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
3. The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
4. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
5. Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.

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As of November 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3		11
	FL			24	30		54
	GA		10	60	98		168
	B	6	20	84	246		356
	C	1	8	59	275		343
	Start	7	48	293	2043		2391
	Stub			17	531		548
	List		3	29	642	1	675
	Future			4	10		14
	Assessed	14	90	577	3878	1	4560
	Unassessed				1	218	219
	Total	14	90	574	3879	219	4779

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• Well Dunn (review page) was not promoted to Featured article status.
• List of WCW World Television Champions (review page) and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Adam Copeland, Bobby Kay, Jason Reso, Leo Burke, Matt Anoa'i, Rudy Kay, Turning Point (2008), and Yvon Cormier are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared in the Did you know? column on the main page:
  • November 13: Joe Pedicino and Boni Blackstone
  • November 18: Sam DeCero
• Deletion discussions:
  • Articles for deletion
    • Current: Jeri-Show, John Catheline, and Sean Midnight.
    • Deleted: Batista and Rey Mysterio (2nd nomination) and List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination).
  • Files for deletion
    • Kept: File:ECWchampbelt.jpg
• Requested moves
  • Moved: WWE One Night Stand to WWE Extreme Rules (discussion)

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• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 22, we are at 11.68%, with 558 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 233 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of November and December.

• 22 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Survivor Series
• 4 - Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) presents Sin Salida
• 11 - Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) presents Guerra de Titanes
• 13 - WWE presents TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
• 20 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Final Resolution

• On November 8, Tiger Mask IV defeated Místico to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• WWE's official website announced the retirement of Jamie Noble on November 10.
• On November 11, it was announced that TNA had released Sojournor Bolt from her contract.
• On November 12, BBC News reported that Welsh wrestler Orig Williams, better known as El Bandito, died at the age of 78.
• Paul London won the NorthEast Wrestling Championship on November 13 by defeating Jason Blade.
• Dragon Gate announced that they had released Cyber Kong from his contract. Kong suffered a neck injury in late October, and did not feel he was healing well enough to return to wrestling, and so requested his release.
• Sky Sports announced that it would begin to broadcast Superstars in Britain on December 11. It will also start broadcasting This Week in WWE, which will first air on January 3.
• On November 20, it was reported that WWE had re-signed Mikey Batts to work as a referee.
• It was reported on November 21 that TNA had signed British wrestler, "Sweet" Saraya Knight to a contract.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
2. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Knowledge (XXG). Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
3. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
4. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
5. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

• Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
• Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.

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As of December 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		2	5	4		11
	FL			24	31		55
	GA		10	60	102		172
	B	6	20	85	243		354
	C	1	8	61	278		348
	Start	7	48	291	2113		2459
	Stub			17	584	1	602
	List		3	29	644	1	677
	Future			4	9		13
	Assessed	14	91	576	4008	2	4691
	Unassessed					68	68
	Total	14	91	576	4008	70	4759

—Articles

• List of WCW World Television Champions (review page) is a current Featured list candidates.
• Adam Copeland, Bobby Kay, Jason Reso, Leo Burke, and Rudy Kay are current Good article nominees.
• The following article appeared in the Did you know? column on the main page:
  • November 24: Professional wrestling career of Insane Clown Posse
  • November 29: List of WCW World Television Champions
• Deletion discussions:
  • Articles for deletion
    • Current: Brian Fury
    • Deleted: Jeri-Show, John Catheline, and Sean Midnight

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of December 6, we are at 12.63%, with 601 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
  • As part of this, the project's second stub drive has been set up, and will run until the end of 2009. Please help out if you can.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 233 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of December.

• 11 - Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) presents Guerra de Titanes
• 13 - WWE presents TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
• 20 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Final Resolution

• At Survivor Series, referee Scott Armstrong suffered a legitimate concussion after he was accidentally kneed in the back of the head by Sheamus.
• On November 24, it was reported that British wrestler "Sweet" Saraya Knight had not signed a contract with TNA, despite earlier reports to the contrary.
• On November 25, it was reported that ring announcer Lauren C. Mayhew had left WWE to concentrate on her acting and music career.
• On November 26, Tetsuya Bushi defeated Avisman to win the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship.
• On November 27, 2009, it was reported that wrestler "Sexy" Lexi Pillman (Alexa Pillman), Brian Pillman's step-daughter, had died due to injuries sustained in a car accident earlier that day.
• BxB Hulk became the inaugual Dragon Gate USA Open the Freedom Gate Champion by defeating Yamato, Cima, and Gran Akuma in the tournament final on November 28.
• On November 30, British Sky Broadcasting announced they had signed a new five year contract with WWE.
• On December 1, WWE and Titan Publishing announced the creation of a comic book, WWE Heroes, with the first issue set to be released in March 2010.
• Eddie Fatu, better known as Umaga, died on December 4 due to a heart attack. He had been rushed to the hospital earlier that day in a critical condition after his wife found him unresponsive with blood running from his nose.
• On December 5, TNA announced that they would be holding a live, three-hour special Monday edition of TNA Impact! on Janauary 4, 2009 to compete against WWE Raw.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
2. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
3. When adding headers to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.
4. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
5. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and we only have short amount of time left to achieve them this year. Please consider helping out by achieving an aim listed.

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