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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XXXIII — January 4, 2009

Featured content news

Lockdown (2008) (review page) and Over the Edge (1999) (review page) were promoted to Featured article status.
List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions (review page) was promoted to Featured list status.
List of WWE Divas Champions and List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (review page) were added and removed, respectively, from the Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions Featured topic.

Good content news

Masa Saito, No Mercy (2004), Slammiversary (2008), Survivor Series (1992), Survivor Series (2007), The Undertaker, and World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) are current Good article nominees.
Night of Champions (2008) (review page), Royal Rumble (1993) (review page), and The Simpsons Wrestling (review page) were promoted to Good article status.
Hardy Boyz (review page) was promoted to Good topic status.

Reviews and additional project information

Darren Matthews (review page) is currently under Peer review.
The WikiProject Professional wrestling collaboration has been archived as a historical project assessment.

Editing tips

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

When expanding pay-per-view articles, avoid using wrestling jargon without an explanation, per WP:JARGON, maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per WP:IN-U, and avoid writing in excess detail, per WP:PLOT. For further information see WP:PW/PPVG.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
Per WP:MOSCAPS, television shows, such as RAW and iMPACT!, should be written as Raw and Impact!.
Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per WP:MOSNUM.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

Professional wrestling article stats

There are currently 617 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
Professional wrestling articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			5	6	11
	FL			12	12	24
	GA		6	31	73	110
	B	1	17	68	199	285
	C		2	16	100	118
	Start	2	53	226	1791	2072
	Stub		2	25	579	606
	List		2	22	592	616
	Future			4	14	18
	Assessed	3	82	409	3366	3860
	Total	3	82	409	3366	3860

Member updates

Based on the members list, there are currently 208 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
On the calendar:
- For the month of January:
11 - TNA presents Genesis
12 - Inuyasha73036's birthday
16 - ROH presents Rising Above
21 - Suriel1981's birthday
25 - WWE presents Royal Rumble
29 - 3bulletproof16's birthday
31 - Nahallac's birthday

Recent deletion debates

Articles for Deletion
- Deleted: Chris Bang, Blackjack Parsons, and Vince Verhei.
- Kept: TNA Weekly PPV
Images for Deletion
- Deleted: File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg and File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg.
Miscellany for Deletion
- Current: Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender

Recent wrestling news

On December 22:
- On Raw, Trish Stratus wrestled her first match in over two years in her native Toronto, Canada. She and John Cena defeated Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix in a Tag team match.
- It was reported by World Wrestling Entertainment that Batista was sidelined with a hamstring tear that required surgery.
- Maryse defeated Michelle McCool to win the WWE Divas Championship on an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, which aired on December 26.
On December 26:
- Independent Wrestling Association's Roland Montgomery, known as Rollin' Hard, died at his home in Louisville, Kentucky.
- WWE Divas Champion Maryse dislocated her kneecap at a WWE live event; it is unknown how long the injury will sideline her from in-ring competition.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) moved Paul Burchill and Katie Lea from the Raw brand to the ECW brand on December 30.
On January 2, U.S. Senator Henry Waxman filed a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy requesting a review of professional wrestling's steroid testing and usage.

This fortnight in wrestling history

December 22, 2000 - Mike Rapada defeated Sabu to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
December 23, 1999 - Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
December 26, 1983 - The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
December 28, 1997 - Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Heavyweight Championship
December 29, 1998 - Mankind defeated The Rock to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
January 3, 2000 - Triple H defeated The Big Show for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
January 4, 1999 - Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Norton for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Contributors to this issue

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Issue XXXIV - January 18, 2009

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Project in Review

As of January 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
Professional wrestling articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			5	6	11
	FL			12	12	24
	GA		6	32	75	113
	B	1	18	66	197	282
	C		3	18	104	125
	Start	2	54	224	1827	2107
	Stub		2	22	562	586
	List		2	23	593	618
	Future			4	13	17
	Assessed	3	85	406	3386	3880
	Total	3	85	406	3386	3880

Changes to Featured and Good Content

Promoted Featured articles:

None

Promoted Featured lists:

None

Promoted Featured topics:

None

Reassessed Featured content:

None

Promoted Good articles:

Slammiversary (2008) (review page)
Survivor Series (1992) (review page)

Promoted Good topics:

None

Reassessed Good content:

John Cena (review page)

Other Project News

The Featured article candidacy of Sacrifice (2008) (review page) was withdrawn by the nominator.
WCW Hall of Fame (review page) and List of ECW Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
Masa Saito, No Mercy (2004), Survivor Series (2007), Taboo Tuesday (2005), Terri Runnels, Vengeance (2006), Victory Road (2004), and World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) are current Good article nominees.
The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

January 8: Stan Frazier and Dan Marsh
January 11: John Hill (wrestler)
January 12: George Cannon (wrestler)
January 15: Melvin Nelson

January 16: Pat O'Connor (wrestler), Mario Milano, and Dan Kroffat
January 17: Ray Gunkel, Paul LeDuc (wrestler) and Alberto Madril
January 18: Gene Petit and Rufus R. Jones

Darren Matthews (review page) is currently under Peer review.
Based on the members list, there are currently 210 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
There are currently 616 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
A search bar has been added to the archive box on the PW project talk page for easier navigation through the archives.
Deletion Discussions

Articles for Deletion
- Kept: Diana La Cazadora
- Deleted: CM Punk and Kofi Kingston

Miscellaneous for Deletion
- Deleted: Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender

Events Calender

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

4 - New Japan Pro Wrestling presents Wrestle Kingdom III
11 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents Genesis
16 - Ring of Honor presents Rising Above
25 - World Wrestling Entertainment presents Royal Rumble

Recent Professional Wrestling News

On the December 16, 2008 taping of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Impact!, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal cashed in Lethal's Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity and defeated Beer Money, Inc (Robert Roode and James Storm) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which aired on January 8, 2009.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) released Bam Neely, D-Lo Brown, Gavin Spears, Jim Korderas, Kevin Thorn, Matt Cappotelli, Mike Kruel, Mickie Henson, Ron Simmons, Sgt. Slaughter, Tim White, and Val Venis from their contracts on January 9 as part of a budget cut.
TNA reported on January 10 that Christy Hemme had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face Awesome Kong for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Genesis; this match was replaced by a Six-woman tag team match.
At TNA Genesis on January 11:
- Alex Shelly defeated Chris Sabin in a tournament final singles match to win the TNA X Division Championship
- Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) won the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating defending champions, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal, and the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan in a tag team 3-Way Dance.
- Mick Foley wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with Brother Devon and A.J. Styles to defeat Cute Kip and The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner) in a Six-man tag team hardcore match.
On January 12:
- WWE announced that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's induction into the Hall of Fame would lead the Class of 2009.
- Jack Swagger defeated Matt Hardy to win the ECW Championship, and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
Victoria announced her retirement from professional wrestling, after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of Friday Night SmackDown against Michelle McCool; this episode aired on January 16.
On January 16, Hardcore Holly was released from his WWE contract.

Editing tips

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

Do not link the title of an article in its lead section if the title is already in bold, per WP:LEDE.
When expanding pay-per-view articles, avoid using wrestling jargon without an explanation, per WP:JARGON, maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per WP:IN-U, and avoid writing in excess detail, per WP:PLOT. For further information see WP:PW/PPVG.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE).
When editing an article, use the edit summary to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.

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