Brock vs WWE, New TNA program, TNA:iMPACT! Preview, Roddy Piper Show, 6 More Wrestlers Added to the Capitol Fanfest, & A Bogus Internet Report

WWE News

- The Twin Cities Business Journal has announced that the Brock Lesnar vs WWE case has finally been settled. Terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.

TNA News

- TNA will debut Global iMPACT! weekly on May 3. This Internet show will be hosted by Jeremy Borash.

- TNA has announced two matches for this week’s edition of iMPACT. In an X Division title match champion Samoa Joe will face Jay Lethal. In the start of the World X Cup, Team USA’s Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley will face Team Japan’s Hirooki Goto and Minoru Tanaka.

- The wrestler formerly known as Low Ki goes by the new name Senshi.

Other

- Roddy Piper’s one man show will begin starting this Friday night in Bellingham, WA. The attached photo of Roddy is from a dress rehearsal in Oak Harbor, WA on 4/19/2006. The WWE Hall of Famer has not been seen on the national stage since WrestleMania 21 when he had Steve Austin as a guest on Piper’s Pit. Make sure to check out Roddy’s blog for all the latest information about this tour.

- The Capitol Legends Fanfest has added six new wrestlers to the convention to bring the total to over two dozen wrestlers. The latest editions to the show are Nick Bockwinkle, Robert Gibson, Ernie Ladd, Ricky Morton, Angelo Mosca, and Nikolai Volkoff. The show takes place in Rockville, MD from 8/11 – 8/13.

- Almost every other wrestling website incorrectly reported that Gunner Scott won the cruiserweight title from Gregory Helms in a house show held in Germany today. Instead of posting retractions like a credible news site should, many of the web sites just erased the story and have left many wrestling fans confused.

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