source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Former WWE star Andrew “Test” Martin (and boyfriend of ECW Diva Kelly Kelly) posted an apparently drunken rant on Ultimate Warrior’s return to wrestling on his MySpace account. From what I can understand, Test starts off his rant by saying that he is 33 years old and barely remembers who Warrior is, and that they expect the average fan to remember him. He then says that when he was trying to break into professional wrestling, he was thinking about joining Ultimate Warrior’s short-lived wrestling school, but soon met Bret Hart and told him that Warrior couldn’t even teach him a headlock. Test then relays a…

source: www.prowrestling.NET — Stephanie McMahon has been off the road for the past few weeks due to her pregnancy. Stephanie is due to give birth in late July and will likely take a lengthy maternity leave upon the birth of her second child, so she’s going be gone for quite a while longer. During her last maternity leave two years ago, Stephanie said she would not be involved in the creative process. Additionally, she had little, if any, communication with the creative team during her time away. — Rey Mysterio and Ric Flair were backstage at One Night Stand in San Diego. The report on Mysterio is that he was…

Source: prowrestling.net As we’ve reported, former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley has signed a non-exclusive contract with Mixed Martial Arts promotion American Fight League. He will be competing in two fights for the company, with his first fight scheduled for October. Lashley has been telling friends that he signed with AFL with the intention of establishing himself as a legit MMA competitor and then plans to move on to bigger companies, such as UFC, Elite XC or Affliction. Sources close to Bobby Lashley say that TNA is an option but not a top priority, even though many within TNA have sent out feelers to him. Lashley seems a lot more serious…

sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, www.f4wonline.com — Ted DiBiase and whoever his mystery partner ends up being should be winning the WWE World Tag Team titles tonight at Night of Champions. At least that was the plan as recently as two weeks ago. A decision was made then to put the tag titles on DiBiase and his mystery partner at tonight’s event. Carlito was informed of this decision and got upset as it pretty much ended any hope of him & Santino Marella getting the titles. It looked like the two were being groomed for a title run a few months ago, but it never materialized. — It was announced during…

— Jeremy Borash appeared on “The Pain Clinic” radio show over the weekend (available at FeelThePain.net) to talk about TNA. During his appearance, he noted that TNA has signed Daivari to a contract, so we’re going to be seeing more of him after the World X Cup concludes tonight at Victory Road. When Daivari originally parted ways with WWE last October, one of his goals was to join TNA. — Karen Angle is one of “Today’s Top Searches” on the front page of Yahoo.com. She is ranked number six behind Ashley Tisdale, Denise Richards, Miss Universe, Alexa Ray Joel and the (MLB) All-Star FanFest. A personality from TNA had never…

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Former WWF Tag Team Champion Quebecer Pierre, 40, worked a dark match against Charlie Haas on Monday’s Raw. He went under his real name Carl Ouellet. Charlie Haas tried out being a babyface for the match. — The report on Randy Orton’s first child born last week is that she looks exactly like his wife Samantha. Orton and his wife welcomed, Alanna Marie Orton, an eight-pound ten-ounce girl, on July 12, 2008. — Former NWA star Magnum T.A. (real name Terry Allen) was backstage at last week’s SmackDown/ECW taping in Charlotte. Allen recently had back surgery and needed crutches to get around backstage. See pics…

— The Associated Press reports that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. declared on Monday a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share on its Class A shares of common stock. The company expects to pay the dividend Sept. 25 to stockholders on Sept. 15. WWE owner Vince McMahon’s family has waived 12 cents per share of the dividends. Class A and Class B shares owned by the family will instead receive dividends of 24 cents per share. — WWE released its second quarter financial numbers this morning and reported a net income of $7 million or 10 cents per share. This figure is below the 12 cents per share that…

— Colin Delaney, who was one of the six talents released by WWE yesterday, worked his first match back on the independent scene at last night’s UWA Hardcore show in Bolton, Ontario, reports ProWrestling.NET. Colin teamed up with his old tag team partner Jimmy Olsen to defeating rivals Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy). — Ohio Valley Wrestling’s weekly shows are back on the CW Network in Lexington, Kentucky. Kenny Bolin sent in the following: On Sept 6th at 11:00pm Ohio Valley Wrestling will return to the Lexington TV air waves on the CW Network CWKYT. (check your local listings for over the air, cable and satelite channels) OVW is…

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WWE has three house shows this weekend before the SmackDown/Raw Supershow on Sunday where they will tape next week’s edition of Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. The Raw brand has a show tonight at the U.S.Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The following matches are being advertised for the show: World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Kane, ECW Champion Mark Henry (with Tony Atlas) vs. Matt Hardy, Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella vs. Kofi Kingston, and World Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes vs. Cryme Tyme. No word on why Mark Henry and Matt Hardy are advertised for the show other than they are the…