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• Archive 1 (Start - April 19, 2007)
• Archive 2 (April 19, 2007 - January 22, 2008)

• Featured news
  • SummerSlam (2003) (link) has been elevated to Featured Article status.
  • The Great American Bash (2005) (link) is a current Featured Article candidate.
  • December to Dismember (2006) (link) was under Featured Article review, the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
  • List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania (link) is a current Featured List candidate.
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (link) has been demoted from Featured List status.

• Good article news
  • Bad Blood (2003), Bad Blood (2004), Chyna, Lockdown (2008) (link), No Mercy (2005), Sacrifice (2008), SummerSlam (1992), Survivor Series (1993), and WrestleMania (1985) are currently Good article candidates.
  • Armageddon (2006) (link), Juggernaut (wrestler) (link), and The Great American Bash (2005) (link) have passed their Good Article nominations.

• Other project news
  • Matt Sydal (link), Judgment Day (2005) (link), and Unforgiven (2005) (link) are currently under Peer Review.
  • Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
  • The Future class rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for pay-per-views articles or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
  • A fact from List of celebrities at WrestleMania was featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 28.

• August 17, 1997 - Shane Douglas defeated Sabu and Terry Funk in a triangle match for the ECW Heavyweight title.
• August 19, 2001 - The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.
• August 21, 1979 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title.
• August 22, 2000 - Lita defeated Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley for the WWF Women's Championship.
• August 27, 1994 - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "Extreme Championship Wrestling".
• August 31, 1997 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 596. 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
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			2	5	7
	FL		1	7	14	22
	GA		5	22	57	84
	B	1	16	67	201	285
	C		1	11	72	84
	Start	2	49	204	1768	2023
	Stub		1	22	574	597
	List		2	21	574	597
	Future	0	0	1	11	12
	Assessed	3	75	357	3276	3711
	Total	3	75	356	3276	3711

• Based on the members list, there are currently 420 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• On the calendar:
  • For the month of August:
    • 10 - TNA presents Hard Justice
    • 12 - NickSentowski's birthday
    • 16 - Lakers244805's birthday
    • 17 - iMatthew's birthday; WWE presents SummerSlam
    • 18 - Crash Underride's and Wrestlinglover's birthdays
    • 19 - Darren Jowalsen's birthday
    • 22 - HeartBurn Kid's birthday

• At SummerSlam, Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella defeated Mickie James and Kofi Kingston to win the WWE Women's and Intercontinental Championships, respectively.
• TNA Wrestling released Gail Kim from her contract on August 20.
• It was announced on the August 25 television episode of Raw that John Cena had suffered a herniated disc in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
• Killer Kowalski passed away on August 30 after suffering a heart attack two weeks prior.

• The article collaborations for August 31 through September 13 are Sting (wrestler) and Killer Kowalski.
• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Misplaced Pages professional wrestling related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on September 14.
  

• Articles for Deletion
  • Current: Smackdown vs Raw 2009.
  • Kept: La Familia (professional wrestling) and Yogeshwar Dutt.
  • Redirected/Merged: Intercontinental Champion.
  • Deleted: Glamarella, National Wrestling Coalition, and Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler).
• Images for Deletion
  • Current: Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg

Contributors to this Issue:

• Altenhofen (talk · contribs)
• IMatthew (talk · contribs)
• NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs)
• SRX (talk · contribs)
• Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs)

• Featured news
  • The Great American Bash (2005) (link) and No Mercy (2005) (link) are current Featured Article candidates.
  • List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania (link) has been elevated to Featured List status.

• Good article news
  • Chyna, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Sacrifice (2008), Survivor Series (1993), WrestleMania (1985), and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article candidates.
  • No Mercy (2005) (link), Bad Blood (2003) (link), Bad Blood (2004) (link), Lockdown (2008) (link), and SummerSlam (1992) (link) have been elevated to Good article status.

• Other project news
  • Judgment Day (2005) (link), Lockdown (2008) (link), and Shawn Michaels (link) are currently under Peer Review.
  • Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here; and it has been proposed to merge Road agent (professional wrestling) into List of professional wrestling terms. The discussion can be found here.
  • Facts from Antonio Pugliese and Millennium Wrestling Federation were featured on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on September 4.

• September 1, 1992 - Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
• September 2, 2002 - Eric Bischoff created the World Heavyweight Championship and awarded it to Triple H.
• September 6, 2000 - Rob Conway defeated Nick Dinsmore for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship.
• September 9, 1993 - Shane Douglas won the ECW Heavyweight title by forfeit from Tito Santana.
• September 10, 1997 - Fritz Von Erich died of cancer at age 68.
• September 12, 1991 - Chris Von Erich died in a suicide shooting at 21.
• September 12, 1999 - Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
• September 14, 1999 - Vince McMahon defeated Triple H for the WWF Heavyweight title.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			2	5	7
	FL		1	12	10	23
	GA		5	24	59	88
	B	1	17	65	201	284
	C		1	14	76	91
	Start	2	50	213	1767	2032
	Stub		1	22	564	587
	List		2	23	575	600
	Future			2	16	18
	Assessed	3	77	377	3273	3730
	Total	3	77	377	3273	3731

• Based on the members list, there are currently 198 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• On the calendar:
  • For the month of September:
    • 2 - TJ Spyke's birthday
    • 8 - Perry8331's birthday; WWE presents Unforgiven
    • 12 - Altenhofen's birthday
    • 14 - TNA presents No Surrender
    • 15 - Gavyn Sykes's birthday
    • 16 - Bmg916's birthdays
    • 21 - BionicWilliam's and Rossyboy10's birthdays
    • 30 - LBMixPro's birthday

• Mick Foley's WWE contract expired on September 1, and he has signed a short-term deal with TNA.
• At Unforgiven:
  • Matt Hardy won the ECW Championship in a Championship scramble match.
  • Chris Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship, in a Championship scramble match also.
  • Afa Anoa'i, Jr. made his debut as "Manu".
• Nathan Jones was injured in Thailand, after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with TNA, but will now be out for at least 3 months.

• The Collaboration of the Week 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

• Articles for Deletion
  • Current: List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments, Total Combat Wrestling, and Wrestlemania win loss records.
  • Kept:
  • Redirected/Merged: Intercontinental Champion
  • Deleted: Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling) and Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster.
• Images for Deletion
  • Current:
  • Deleted: Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg, Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif, and Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif

Contributors to this Issue:

• IMatthew (talk · contribs)
• NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs)
• SRX (talk · contribs)
• Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs)

• Featured news
  • The Great American Bash (2005) (link) was promoted to Featured Article status.
  • No Mercy (2005) (link) is a current Featured Article candidate.

• Good article news
  • Antonio Pugliese, Hornswoggle, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Sacrifice (2008), WrestleMania IX, and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article candidates.
  • Chyna (link), Survivor Series (1993) (link), and WrestleMania (1985) (link) have been elevated to Good Article status.

• Other project news
  • Armageddon (2006) (link), Bad Blood (2003) (link), Bad Blood (2004) (link), Hard Justice (2008) (link), List of WWE pay-per-view events (link), Lockdown (2008) (link), and No Way Out (2004) (link) are currently under Peer Review.
  • Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here; and it has been proposed to merge Road agent (professional wrestling) into List of professional wrestling terms. The discussion can be found here. Likewise it has been proposed to merge McMahon (documentary) to Vince McMahon, that discussion can be found here.
  • A fact from WrestleMania IX was listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? colum on September 15.

• September 15, 1998 - Jacquelyn defeated Sable for the vacant WWF Women's Championship.
• September 17, 1981 - Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 17, 2000 - Booker T defeated Kevin Nash for the WCW Heavyweight Championship
• September 17, 2003 - Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship.
• September 19, 1999 - Mike Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 21, 2003 - Goldberg defeated Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 22, 1967 - Stanislaus Zbyszko died at age 88.
• September 23, 2001 - Kurt Angle defeated Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship.
• September 24, 1992 - Roy Heffernan died of a heart attack at age 67.
• September 25, 2000 - Vince Russo defeated Booker T for the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
• September 25, 2000 - Raw Is War debuts on TNN.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			3	5	8
	FL		1	12	10	23
	GA		6	25	60	91
	B	1	16	64	203	284
	C		1	14	84	99
	Start	2	50	214	1766	2032
	Stub		1	21	564	586
	List		2	23	576	601
	Future			2	17	19
	Assessed	3	77	378	3285	3743
	Unassessed				1	1
	Total	3	77	378	3286	3744

• Based on the members list, there are currently 198 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• On the calendar:
  • For the month of September:
    • 2 - TJ Spyke's birthday
    • 8 - Perry8331's birthday; WWE presents Unforgiven
    • 12 - Altenhofen's birthday
    • 14 - TNA presents No Surrender
    • 15 - Gavyn Sykes's birthday
    • 16 - Bmg916's birthdays
    • 21 - BionicWilliam's and Rossyboy10's birthdays
    • 30 - LBMixPro's birthday

• At No Surrender, Sheik Abdul Bashir won the TNA X Division Championship in a 3-way dance by defeating Petey Williams and Consequences Creed.
• On September 14, Shelly Martinez was released from her contract by TNA.
• Sheamus won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship on September 18, beating Jack Swagger.
• On September 21, at the SmackDown taping, Primo Colón and Carlito won the WWE Tag Team Championship, defeating reigning champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder.

• 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

• Articles for Deletion
  • Current: Christopher Rombola and Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)
  • Kept:
  • Redirected/Merged: List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments.
  • Deleted: Total Combat Wrestling and Wrestlemania win loss records.
• Images for Deletion
  • Current:
  • Deleted: Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg, Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg, and Image:Sly nca 2002.jpg.

• IMatthew (talk · contribs)
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• ThinkBlue (talk · contribs)
• Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs)

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