WIKIPEDIA:WIKIPROJECT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING NEWSLETTER ISSUE 027

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The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XXVII — October 12, 2008

Recent Project News

Featured news
- Armageddon (2006) (link), Lockdown (2008) (link), and No Way Out (2004) (link) are current Featured article candidates.
- No Mercy (2005) (link) was was not promoted to Featured Article status.
- AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship has been nominated for removal as a Featured Article. The discussion can be found here.

Good article news
- Antonio Pugliese, Hornswoggle, King of the Ring (1993), Lisa Moretti, Mike Lockwood, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Royal Rumble (1995), WrestleMania XI, 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
- Bad Blood (2004) (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), WrestleMania XI and King of the Ring (1993) were listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on October 3, October 5 and October 10 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 588. 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			3	5	8
	FL		1	12	10	23
	GA		6	27	60	93
	B	1	16	64	203	284
	C		1	15	86	102
	Start	2	50	213	1774	2039
	Stub		1	20	566	587
	List		2	22	581	605
	Future			2	15	17
	Assessed	3	77	378	3300	3758
	Total	3	77	378	3300	3758

Member Updates

Based on the members list, there are currently 194 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

SmackDown debuted on myNetworkTV on October 3.
At No Mercy, World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho lost a tooth during his ladder match title defense against Shawn Michaels.
On October 10, "Dolph Ziggler" ( Nick Nemeth) was suspended for 30 days for breaching WWE's Wellness Program.

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: Eurocontinental champion
- Kept: Christopher Rombola (no consensus) and Genesis (2008).
- Redirected/Merged: Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor).
- Deleted: Adrian Cortez, Chris Bullock, and McMahon Stables.
Images for Deletion
- Current:
- Deleted:

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Professional wrestling articles

Importance

Top

High

Mid

Low

Total

Quality

203

284

102

Start

213

1774

2039

Stub

566

587

List

581

605

Future

Assessed

378

3300

3758

Total

378

3300

3758

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