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• Montreal Screwjob was featured on the Main Page as "Today's featured article" on November 9, 2007.
• December to Dismember (2006) and Shelton Benjamin have been elevated to Featured article status. Their respective nomination pages can see viewed here and here.
• Bobby Eaton is currently a Featured Article candidate. It's nomination page can be found here.
• Images of Beth Phoenix and the Crippler Crossface are currently Featured picture candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Women's Championship are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• Al Costello, In Your House 1: Premiere and One Night Stand (2005) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Cyber Sunday (2007), Melina Perez, One Night Stand (2006) and Randy Orton are currently Good article candidates.

• Solofa Fatu (known as Junior Fatu, and previously as Rikishi) was released from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on October 25, 2007 over a financial dispute, ending his short lived return to television.
• John Layfield's wife takes serious heat over Citigroup financial advice on November 1, 2007.
• Brooke Adams (known simply as Brooke) was released from World Wrestling Entertainment on November 1, 2007.
• Lilian Ellison (known as The Fabulous Moolah) passed away November 2, 2007 at age 84.
• Chris Mordetsky and Harry Smith (known as Chris Masters and D.H. Smith, respectively) were suspended from World Wrestling Entertainment as of November 2, 2007 for Wellness Policy violations. Mordetsky was released from his contract six says later.

• Bobby Eaton has been elevated to Featured article status. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• In Your House 1 is currently a Featured Article candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Women's Championship have been elevated to Featured list status. Their respective nomination pages can be viewed here and here.
• Melina Perez and One Night Stand (2006) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Amy Dumas, Briscoe Brothers, Don Kent (wrestler), Mickie James, Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (1994), and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.

• Booker Huffman and Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman (known as Booker T and Sharmell, respectively) debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on November 11, 2007 at the Genesis pay-per-view, nearly three weeks after being released from World Wrestling Entertainment.
• WWE released the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 on November 13, 2007. The game is available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Wii consoles.
• John Cena takes heat from CNN after an interview involving mentions of steroids.
• Christopher Irvine (known as Chris Jericho) returned to WWE after a two year hiatus, debuting on the November 19, 2007 edition of RAW following months of speculation.
• Matt Hardy suffered from an inflamed appendix, rendering him unable to wrestle at Survivor Series and possibly for 8-10 weeks.

The monthly featured article collaboration for November 25 - December 1 is Triple H. Please help improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 2.

• Last week's collaboration of the week was History of professional wrestling.
  

• There are currently 413 members participating in WP:PW (based on the members list).
• Lid successfully passed his RFA and is now an administrator. The RFA discussion can be viewed here.
• Nikki311 successfully passed her RFA and is now an administrator. The RFA discussion can be viewed here.
• Aaru Bui has retired from Wikipedia.
• The Hybrid took a wikibreak from 06:21, 25 November 2007 (UTC) to 06:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC).
• On the calendar:
  • Dec. 1 - Lakersprototype2448's birthday
  • Dec. 2 - TNA presents Turning Point
  • Dec. 16 - WWE presents Armageddon
  • Dec. 23 - Paulley's birthday
  • Dec. 24 - Racer38's birthday

Welcome to the second issue of the WP:PW newsletter. We apologize for the delay. There was an issue regarding the delivery process.

Anyways, we had a lot of good feedback for the last newsletter. We not only received feedback at the newsletter's talk page, but I also received some messages on my talk page as well. Thank you to those who responded. The only complaint we received was about typos, and we will try our best to keep the newsletter error-free.

Please continue to offer feedback and new ideas for the next issue. The more we have, the more we'll know how to improve the newsletter. Again, thanks!

-The Chronic

Contributors to this Issue:

• Alex Roggio (talk · contribs)
• Davnel03 (talk · contribs)
• Nahallac Silverwinds (talk · contribs)
• Nikki311 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• TJ Spyke (talk · contribs)

• In Your House 1 is currently a Featured Article candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• IWGP World Tag Team Championship and WWE One Night Stand are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• An image of Triple H's ring entrance is currently a Featured picture candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• Amy Dumas, Briscoe Brothers, Don Kent (wrestler), Mickie James, Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (1994), and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.
• New Year's Revolution (2007), No Way Out (2007), and SummerSlam (2007) have each been listed for peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found here, here, and here.

• The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak & Triumph, a WWE Home Video DVD of Shawn Michaels, was released on November 27, 2007.
• According to her blog, WWE Diva Torrie Wilson will be taking a couple of weeks off to undergo physical therapy for back problems.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for December 2 - December 8 is Stone Cold Steve Austin. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 9.

• There are currently 294 members participating in WP:PW (based on the members list).
• On the calendar:
  • Dec. 2 - TNA presents Turning Point
  • Dec. 16 - WWE presents Armageddon
  • Dec. 23 - Paulley's birthday
  • Dec. 24 - Racer38's birthday
  • Dec. 27 - Truco9311's birthday

Welcome to the third edition of the WP:PW newsletter. We need people to begin contacting us with current events. If you can think of anything taking place in the wrestling world that you feel should be added to the newsletter, as well as any other suggestions, then please let us know. Thanks everyone,

~ The Chronic / The Hybrid T/C

Contributors to this Issue:

• Alex Roggio (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• Nikki311 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)
• TJ Spyke (talk · contribs)

• In Your House 1 failed Featured Article nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• IWGP World Tag Team Championship and WWE One Night Stand are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• An image of Triple H's ring entrance failed Featured picture nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• Amy Dumas and Royal Rumble (1994) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Briscoe Brothers, Don Kent (wrestler), Mickie James, Randy Orton, and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.

• WWE Monday Night Raw will celebrate its 15th year anniversary in a three-hour telecast on December 10, 2007 on the USA Network.
• Brandon Silvestry (known as Senshi) has been released by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for December 9 through December 15 is The Undertaker. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 16.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 295 members participating in WP:PW.
• On the calendar:
  • Dec. 16 - WWE presents Armageddon
  • Dec. 23 - Paulley's birthday
  • Dec. 24 - Racer38's birthday
  • Dec. 27 - Truco9311's birthday

If you have any feedback on the newsletter so far, or if you want to offer suggestions to help inprove the newsletter, then please let us know. Thanks.

Contributors to this Issue:

• Alex Roggio (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• Save Us 229 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)

• IWGP World Tag Team Championship has been elevated to Featured list status. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• WWE One Night Stand failed Featured list nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• Randy Orton failed its Good Article nomination.
• AJPW Triple Crown Championship and Royal Rumble are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• Briscoe Brothers, Don Kent (wrestler), King of the Ring (1994), Mickie James, and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.
• No Way Out (2004) and SummerSlam (2007) have each been listed for peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found here and here.

• Ric Flair's 19-year-old son Reid Fliehr has been signed to a developmental contract by World Wrestling Entertainment.
• Jake Roberts took up an offer from World Wrestling Entertainment to pay for drug rehab for any former WWE wrestler.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for December 16 through December 22 is The Fabulous Moolah. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The monthly featured article collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 23.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 298 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling
• On the calendar:
  • Dec. 16 - WWE presents Armageddon
  • Dec. 23 - Paulley's birthday
  • Dec. 24 - Racer38's birthday
  • Dec. 27 - Truco9311's birthday

The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter is starting up an interview segment that has been in the works for some time now. The current schedule for interviews can be seen here. If you would like to submit a question for an interviewee, please do so by following the instructions here. We are accepting questions for any future interviews. If you would like to sign up to be interviewed, then you may do so here. We hope that this segment will be one of the most popular this project's newsletter has to offer, and promote a greater sense of community amongst the project members. The first interview will be published in next week's issue, and will be with TJ Spyke.

In other matters, we are still running low on current events. If you know of any in the wrestling world that you believe merit mention in the newsletter, or wish to comment on any other aspect of the newsletter, then please contact us here. Thanks everyone, and enjoy the holiday season.

~ The Hybrid T/C

Contributors to this Issue:

• GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• Nikki311 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• TJ Spyke (talk · contribs)

• A professional wrestling portal has been established, and WikiProject Professional wrestling is expected to maintain it. Please help in its construction and keeping it up to date in the long run.
• Mickie James has been elevated to Good article status.
• Don Kent (wrestler) failed its Good article nomination.
• AJPW Triple Crown Championship and Royal Rumble are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• Briscoe Brothers, King of the Ring (1994) and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.
• No Way Out (2004), SummerSlam (2007), and In Your House 1 have each been listed for peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found here, here, and here.

• On the December 17 edition of Raw, it was announced that former WWE superstar John "Bradshaw" Layfield has decided to return to the ring on the Raw brand. It is unknown if he will continue to color commentate on SmackDown!.
• Former WWE and TNA wrestler Andrew "Test" Martin has announced his plans to retire from professional wrestling.

The monthly featured article collaboration for December 23 - December 29 is John Cena. Please help improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 30.

The first interviewee is TJ Spyke. The interview can be viewed here.

• Next week's interviewee is The Hybrid. Submit a question to ask The Hybrid here.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 300 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
  • NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
• On the calendar:
  • Dec. 23 - Paulley's birthday
  • Dec. 24 - Racer38's birthday
  • Dec. 27 - Truco9311's birthday
  • Dec. 28 - FamicomJL's birthday

A new feature for the newsletter is the member interview segment, seen to the left of this newsletter. Each week, a user will be interviewed in a questionnaire. Other users will have the chance to submit questions to ask the user (to be included in the interview). Questions can be submitted here. If you would like to be interviewed for a future issue, go to the newsletter's talk page and apply there.

We still need people to contact us about current events. If you know of any in the wrestling world that is worth notable in the next issue, or wish to comment on any other aspect of the newsletter, then please contact us here.

Happy holidays!

~ The Chronic

Contributors to this Issue:

• Alex Roggio (talk · contribs)
• Gavyn Sykes (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• Nikki311 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)

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• AJPW Triple Crown Championship has been elevated to Featured list status. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• Royal Rumble and 2007 WWE Draft are currently Featured list candidates. Their respective nomination pages can be found here and here.
• Briscoe Brothers, King of the Ring (1994), No Way Out (2004), and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.
• In Your House 1 and Vengeance (2006) have each been listed for peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found here and here.
• The recent focus on improving stub articles has reduced the number of stubs from 777 to 732 since December 15. For more information, check out the stub article subpage.

• Lance Cade was injured after separating his left shoulder at a live event on December 28, 2007

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for December 30 through January 5 is Dusty Rhodes (wrestler). Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 6.

This week's interviewee is The Hybrid. The interview can be viewed here.

• Next week's interviewee is The Chronic. Submit a question to ask The Chronic here.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 306 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
  • NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
• On the calendar:
  • Jan. 6 - TNA presents Final Resolution
  • Jan. 21 - Suriel1981's birthday
  • Jan. 27 - WWE presents Royal Rumble
  • Jan. 29 - 3bulletproof16's birthday
  • Jan. 31 - Nahallac Silverwinds's birthday

We sincerely hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas/holiday, and would like to wish you and yours, a very Happy New Year!

Contributors to this Issue:

• D.M.N. (talk · contribs)
• GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs)
• Gavyn Sykes (talk · contribs)
• Hardyboyz27 (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)
• TJ Spyke (talk · contribs)

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• Royal Rumble has been elevated to Featured list status. Its nomination page can be viewed here.
• WrestleMania III has been elevated to Good article status.
• New Year's Revolution (2007) is currently a Featured article candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• 2007 WWE Draft is currently a Featured list candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• Briscoe Brothers, King of the Ring (1994) and No Way Out (2004) are currently Good article candidates.
• The focus on improving Stub-class articles is continuing to pay off, as the number of stubs has reduced from 732 to 717 over the past week. To see a list of important stubs that need some work, or to suggest a stub that you think should be improved, check out stub article subpage.

• As of January 2, SmackDown! Superstar Drew McIntyre has been drafted to the Raw brand.

• As of January 4, Raw Assistant General Manager, Jonathan Coachman has been drafted to the Smackdown! brand to replace JBL as color commentator.

• On January 12, World Wrestling Entertainment, in conjunction with Bakus International, will begin airing WWE Programming on Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) in Brazil.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for January 6 through January 12 is Dusty Rhodes (wrestler). Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 13.

• This week's collaboration will remain the same as last week's.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 310 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• Based on the active members list, there are currently 27 members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
  • NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
• On the calendar:
  • Jan. 6 - TNA presents Final Resolution
  • Jan. 12 - Inuyasha73036's birthday
  • Jan. 21 - Suriel1981's birthday
  • Jan. 27 - WWE presents Royal Rumble
  • Jan. 29 - 3bulletproof16's birthday
  • Jan. 31 - Nahallac Silverwinds's birthday

Due to the length of the queue list, we will begin doing two interviews a week. This week's interviewees are The Chronic (link) and Gavyn Sykes (link).

• Next week's interviewees are Speed CG and Nikki311. Submit a question to ask them here.

Sorry for the late newsletter delivery.

~ The Chronic

Contributors to this Issue:

• Alex Roggio (talk · contribs)
• GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs)
• Hardyboyz27 (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• The Hybrid (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)

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• New Year's Revolution (2007) is currently a Featured article candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
• AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship is currently a Featured list candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.

• SummerSlam (1994) and Royal Rumble (2005) have been listed for Peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions on how they can be improved before they are nominated for Good Article status. Their respective peer reviews can be found here and here.

• Briscoe Brothers and King of the Ring (1994) have been elevated to Good article status.

• No Way Out (2004) is a currently Good article candidate.

• 2007 WWE Draft failed its nomination for Featured list status. The discussion can be found here

• Based on the members list, there are currently 317 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• Based on the active members list, there are currently 31 members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
  • NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
• On the calendar:
  • Jan. 21 - Suriel1981's birthday
  • Jan. 27 - WWE presents Royal Rumble
  • Jan. 29 - 3bulletproof16's birthday
  • Jan. 31 - Nahallac Silverwinds's birthday

• World Wrestling Entertainment will begin broadcasting their programming in high-definition.
• Several wrestling news sites report that former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling stars Ron Killings and Chris Harris have been in talks with WWE. In addition The Big Show is said to be returning as well. Be on the look out for unsourced claims of these signing being added to their respective articles as well as the WWE Roster article.
• As of January 7, deturning Smackdown! Diva, Ashley Massaro has been drafted to the Raw brand.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for January 20 through January 26 is Ricky Banderas. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The monthly featured article collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 20.

This week's interviewees are Speed CG (link) and Nikki311 (link).

• Next week's interviewees are Zenlax and ThinkBlue. Submit a question to ask them here.

• Current

• K.C. James and Idol Stevens
• SlamTV!

• Kept

• Colin Delaney
• Kafu
• PWI's list of wrestling World Heavyweight Title reigns (merged into Pro Wrestling Illustrated)

• Deleted

• CWF Heavyweight Champonship
• Domino (wrestler) (redirected to Cliff Compton)
• Jamie Lee Stone
• John Cena and Shawn Michaels
• List of 2008 Extreme Championship Wrestling results
• Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa roster
• Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang
• Velvet Love Entertainment
• WWE Jakks Classic Superstars Action Figures
• WWE vs. ECW Head to Head
• Category:Professional wrestling champions
• Category:World Champion Stables
• Category:WWE celebrities

• The focus on improving Stub-class articles is continuing to pay off, as the number of stubs has reduced from 717 to 706 over the past two weeks. The goal for this week is to get it down to 700, so please check out the stub article subpage to see what you can help with.

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			4	21		25
	GA		4	4	19		27
	B	1	10	29	169		209
	Start	1	45	181	2061		2288
	Stub		1	25	680		706
	Assessed	2	60	243	2950		3255
	Unassessed					9	9
	Total	2	60	243	2950	9	3264

Contributors to this Issue:

Sorry for the late newsletter delivery. - iMatthew

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• iMatthew (talk · contribs)
• LAX (talk · contribs)
• Speed CG (talk · contribs)
• The Chronic (talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)

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