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Recent Project News Featured news No Way Out (2004) (link) is a current Featured article candidate. No Mercy (2005) (link) was was not promoted to Featured Article status. Good article news Antonio Pugliese, Hornswoggle, Mike Lockwood, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Royal Rumble (1995), and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article nominees. WrestleMania IX (link) and Sacrifice (2008) (link) have been elevated to Good Article status. Other project news Armageddon (2006) (link), Bad Blood (2003) (link), Bad Blood (2004) (link), Hard Justice (2008) (link), List of WWE pay-per-view events (link), Lockdown (2008) (link), and TNA Bound for Glory (link) are currently under Peer Review. McMahon (documentary) has been proposed to be merged with Vince McMahon, the discussion can be found here. Facts from Royal Rumble (1995) and WrestleMania XI were listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on October 3 and October 5 respectively. This Fortnight in Wrestling History September 29, 1997 - Ric Flair officially disbands the Four Horsemen. October 1, 2000 - Jerry Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW Heavyweight title. October 2, 2000 - Vince Russo vacated the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett to win it. October 3, 1999 - Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara leave the WWF for WCW October 5, 1997 - Brian Pillman died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35. October 6, 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon died following a heart attack, aged 62. October 7, 1957 - Lou Thesz wrestled Rikidōzan to a one hour time limit draw in first ever NWA World Title match held in Japan. October 7, 2000 - Juventud Guerrera arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW October 8, 2001 - Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle for the WWF Heavyweight Championship. October 9, 2002 - Syxx-Pac won a seven-man ladder match for the vacant NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship. October 12, 1992 - Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair for the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Professional Wrestling Article Stats We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 590. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Professional wrestling articles Importance Top High Mid Low Total Quality FA 3 5 8 FL 1 12 10 23 GA 6 25 60 91 B 1 16 64 203 284 C 1 14 84 99 Start 2 50 214 1766 2032 Stub 1 21 564 586 List 2 23 576 601 Future 2 17 19 Assessed 3 77 378 3285 3743 Unassessed 1 1 Total 3 77 378 3286 3744

Member Updates Based on the members list, there are currently 195 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling. On the calendar: For the month of October: 1 - Derrty2033's birthday 5 - WWE presents No Mercy 6 - Gwalla's birthday 7 - Nikki311's birthday 10 - Edraf's birthday 12 - TNA presents Bound for Glory IV 17 - Hardcore Hak's birthday 18 - mrMASO's birthday 24 - Kaiba's birthday 26 - WWE presents Cyber Sunday Recent Wrestling News Collaboration The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status. Wrestling Legend: Kamala (wrestler) Current wrestler: Samoa Joe Tag team or stable: Dudley Boyz Stub article: Gino Brito Pay-per-view: WrestleMania 23 List: List of professional wrestling terms Cast your vote to select the next collaborations — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved! Recent Deletion Debates Articles for Deletion Current: Adrian Cortez, Christopher Rombola, and Genesis (2008) Kept: Redirected/Merged: Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor). Deleted: McMahon Stables. Images for Deletion Current: Deleted: Contributors to this Issue NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs) SRX (talk · contribs) Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs) Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback