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I thought all unexplained deaths needed an autopsy. You learn something new everyday.

Yeah so did I but it does depend on what police found, if they find needles and stuff like that then its obvious? *shrugs*

Extreme Rising demands return of title belt from Stevie Richards over video game... Yes, really.

In what will go down as one of the strangest stories I can ever remember writing about, Extreme Rising emailed current champion Stevie Richards today, demanding he return their title belt (which he has kept since winning and has taken overseas and to independent shows to defend as a way to raise the profile of the promotion) or else...because of Richards said he would defend the belt via a videogame.

Yes, really.

So, let's start at the beginning.

Over the course of the weekend, Richards and former ECW star Danny Doring, who are close friends, were writing each other back and forth via Twitter and Facebook.

Richards, a videogame and technology aficionado, posted a photo of the Rising belt and his copy of the latest Madden videogame on his Twitter account, jokingly offering to defend his belt via the game online since he lost his bookings over Wrestlemania weekend.

Doring then posted a photo of the old ECW World Tag Team belt (which has been in his possession since the company closed in 2001) on his Twitter account and responded that he would put up that belt as well, joking it would be "defunct promotion vs. defunct promotion."

Shortly after, Richards received an email from the promotion, upset over the two friends "blowing off steam online", as Richards termed it, demanding the return of the belt by the end of this week, noting they were "disappointed" over the description of the promotion as defunct.

Richards noted that what really upset him the most was that the promotion "doubted his ability as a Madden player." He noted that Rising was upset over something that "20 people saw on Twitter" and said he's tried to help the company by carrying their belt and was amazed they saw the comments as anything more than two people goofing off online.

He also noted that it was silly no one just called him, especially since he hasn't had any communication with anyone at Rising beyond a text announcing the cancellation of the Wrestlemania weekend shows.

One Extreme Rising official noted they were upset over the promotion being described as "defunct", which is something Doring, not Richards, wrote.

Despite the threat, Doring and Richards intend to play the game after all and Richards is looking for a way for the game to be streamed online for whoever cares to watch it. The two intend to build up their "new rivalry" online. Stay tuned to their Twitter accounts (linked above) for more.

PWInsider.com left word for Extreme Rising's Steve O'Neil and should there be any official statement, we will post it, although in my opinion, the entire thing is really silly...unless you really love your Madden.

Sounds like something from Kayfabe News, but amazingly, it is real. :laugh:

Yeah future Main Eventer imo

In my opinion too, but as usual, WWE are dropping the ball with the indie stars. He still hasn't even got a WrestleMania match yet. Rumour has it he'll be defending his US Title on the pre-show against R-Truth...

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In my opinion too, but as usual, WWE are dropping the ball with the indie stars. He still hasn't even got a WrestleMania match yet. Rumour has it he'll be defending his US Title on the pre-show against R-Truth...

Yeah they are wasting Dean Ambrose now as well, The Shield is getting a bit tired

According to The Wrestling Observer, Jeff Jarrett not appearing on the recent "One Night Only" PPV featuring past TNA stars is very telling of his current status/position in the company.

The report notes that Jarrett lost all his power in TNA back when Dixie Carter felt Jarrett lied to her about his relationship with Kurt Angle's then-wife Karen Angle who is now married to Jarrett. At the end of 2011, both Karen and Jeff Jarrett were written off TNA TV so Jeff could focus on the Ring Ka King project in India.

When the Ring Ka King project was not renewed in India and the All Wheels Wrestling project for The Speed Channel failed, Jarrett was left with very little to do in TNA has worked on a few smaller projects outside the company including filming a scene for the movie "Spring Breakers." It's being said that both Eric Bischoff and Bruce Prichard were against the idea of bringing Jarrett back to TNA as on-air talent.

So essentially, he's sitting in limbo...

According to F4WOnline.com, WWE is expected to call at least two top NXT stars up to the main roster after WrestleMania 29. There have been several NXT stars on WWE's radar for main roster call ups for quite sometime now, and it appears the company has been waiting for the busy WrestleMania season to end to debut them on TV.

Right then, predictions, guys? I'm going with Paige (badly needed to breathe some life into the Divas division) and Bo Dallas (bit weird having him be in the Royal Rumble match, make a few appearances on RAW after, as well as defeating Wade Barrett the night after the Rumble, and then never be seen again).

Internal and fan reports from this weekend's WWE live event matches between WrestleMania 29 competitors Ryback and Mark Henry were not good. There is concern about how the match will come off on pay-per-view next Sunday.

No surprise there.

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