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Legendary Southern Wrestler/Ref Passes Away

Jack Faggart, most popularly known as long-time southern wrestler/referee Sonny "Roughhouse" Fargo, passed away around 9PM Wednesday August 20. Fargo, billed as the crazy cousin of Jackie Fargo in Tennessee during the sixties had lost both legs due to diabetes. Fargo also worked for many years as a referee with Jim Crockett Promotions.


Major Female Star Leaves TNA

Reports are coming in that Gail Kim has left TNA and has also been removed from the organization's website.

Angle Training for MMA?

According to a new report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Kurt Angle has been training twice a week in closed door sessions at the Pittsburgh Fight Club. It remains to be seen if Angle is simply doing this training for the workout or if he has any real intentions of competing in Mixed Martial Arts in the future. (wrestleview.com)


Rattlesnake Coming to Cyber Sunday?

According to the official website for the US Airways Center, Steve Austin is being promoted as making a "special guest appearance" at the WWE Cyber Sunday PPV on Sunday, October 26.

The statement reads as follows: "World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars will take to the ring when WWE presents Cyber Sunday at US Airways Center on Sunday, Oct. 26, beginning at 4:45 p.m. The event is scheduled to feature WWE superstars John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, CM Punk, JBL, Big Show, Kane, Jeff Hardy, The Great Khali and Batista, among others. In addition, a special guest appearance will be made by WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin."

Brock Lesnar UFC Saturday plus WWE Connection

Former WWE star Brock Lesnar (1-1 in MMA career, 0-1 in UFC overall) will be competing in his second fight for the UFC this Saturday in Minneapolis, MN at the Target Center against MMA heavyweight veteran Heath Herring (28-13 in MMA career, 2-2 in the UFC overall).

Lesnar made his UFC debut earlier this year on February 2 against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir, losing in 1:30 during the first round after a submission. He was originally scheduled to fight UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman at this event, but Coleman was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury.

As we did with his debut back in February, WrestleView.com will be providing coverage of Lesnar's return to the UFC this Saturday at UFC 87 in Minneapolis. We will actually be providing exclusive coverage of sorts as I will be attending Friday afternoons weigh-ins for UFC 87 featuring Lesnar and also attending the UFC 87 Pay Per View event on Saturday night at the Target Center. Expect daily updates to be posted on Friday and Saturday on our newsboard.

Also featured on the card for UFC 87 is Georges St-Pierre defending the UFC Welterweight Title against Jon Fitch and Roger Huerta vs. Kenny Florian.

John O'Brien sent this in: Just thought I'd pass this link along about Brock Lesnar and his UFC match this weekend. Very little in the way of wrestling, especially his WWE days, is mentioned...but still, thought people might be interested in reading this story from the St Paul Pioneer Press on Thursday: click here.

WWE.com is currently featuring a large amount of advertising for Brock Lesnar's return to UFC this Saturday night in Minneapolis, MN at the Target Center against Heath Herring. There is also a poll on the main page asking fans if Lesnar will win in his second fight with UFC tomorrow.

UFC struck a similar deal with WWE back in February to promote Lesnar's debut against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. A deal was also struck with TNA to show highlights of Lesnar training for his debut on Impact.

courtesy of wrestleview.com