As of June 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	16	39
	GA		6	45	86	137
	B	1	22	81	225	329
	C		5	35	153	193
	Start	2	54	262	1957	2275
	Stub			22	466	488
	List		4	30	640	675
	Future			3	9	12
	Assessed	3	92	508	3555	4159
	Total	3	92	508	3555	4159

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) was withdrawn as a Featured article candidate.
• List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (review page) and List of CZW World Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Adam Birch, Armageddon (2008), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer, Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah, Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano, Leilani Kai, MNM, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• The following article appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • June 7: List of FIP Tag Team Champions
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Jessie McKay, Kellie Skater, Madison Eagles, Pink Ladies (professional wrestling) and Tennille Tayla.
    • Deleted: III (professional wrestling), Dingo (wrestler), Evan Evans (Pro Wrestler), IPW Armageddon Championship, Just Close Your Eyes, Melanie Cruise, Melisschif, Peter Stilsbury, Pro Wrestling Entertainment, Pro Wrestling Superstars, Suicide Blondes (professional wrestling) and The Experience (Wrestling)

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• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 21, we are at 11.73%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 224 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated for the first time in three months. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.
• There is an on-going discussion here regarding the "In wrestling" section of biographies, and what should and should not be included. All opinions are welcome.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of June.

• 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Slammiversary
• 28 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents The Bash

• At WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view on June 7:

• Chris Jericho won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for a record ninth time by defeating Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match.
• Tommy Dreamer won the ECW Championship by defeating the defending champion Christian and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Hardcore match.
• Batista won the WWE Championship by defeating Randy Orton in a steel cage match.
• Jeff Hardy defeated World Heavyweight Champion Edge in a Ladder match to win the title.
• Following the Ladder match, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

• On June 8:

• "Umaga" Eddie Fatu was released from his WWE contract for violating the WWE Wellness Program, and refusing to seek drug rehabilitation.
• On WWE Raw:

• Vickie Guerrero quit WWE, and thus, her position as the Raw brand's General Manager.
• Triple H returned to WWE television after a two-month hiatus.

• On June 9, WWE reported that Batista had suffered a complete torn left bicep. He underwent surgery to repair it the followingday, and is expected to have at least four months of rehabilitation.
• On June 13:

• Mitsuharu Misawa died at the age of 46, after becoming unconscious in the ring while wrestling during a Pro Wrestling Noah live event.
• Austin Aries defeated Jerry Lynn to win the ROH World Championship, making Aries the only person to hold the title more than once.
• At AAA's Triplemania XVII pay-per-view :

• Extreme Tiger defeated Alex Koslov, Crazy Boy and Alan Stone in a Four-Way Elimination Hardcore match for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship.
• Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated El Mesias for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.

• Gerald Brisco suffered a series of strokes before and during June 13 and 14, and is scheduled for surgery.
• On June 14:

• Jun Akiyama vacated Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship due to being diagnosed with spinal disc herniation in his lower back.
• Go Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship.

• On June 15

• Referee Ted Tanabe died at the age of 46, after suffering a heart attack in the ring the previous night while officiating a match at a live event for Osaka Pro Wrestling.
• On Raw:

• Randy Orton defeated Big Show, John Cena, and Triple H in a Fatal-Four Way match to win the WWE Championship.
• WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced Donald Trump as the new scripted owner of the Raw franchise.

• On June 17, Dos Caras, Jr. confirmed that he signed a three-year contract with WWE.
• On June 19, WWE released Candice Michelle and Jimmy Reiher, Jr. (Sim Snuka).
• On June 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi in Osaka, Japan to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, tou can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
2. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
3. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.
4. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
5. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.

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As of July 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	18	41
	GA		6	49	84	139
	B	1	23	88	222	335
	C		5	41	158	204
	Start	2	54	286	1931	2273
	Stub			25	471	496
	List		4	31	629	665
	Future			4	11	15
	Assessed	3	93	554	3527	4179
	Total	3	93	554	3527	4179

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) is a Featured article candidate.
• List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions (review page), Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (review page) and WWE Backlash (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• List of FIP World Heavyweight Champions (review page) was withdrawn as a Featured list candidate.
• Adam Birch (review page), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer (review page), Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah (review page), Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano (review page), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (review page), and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Abismo Negro (review page) is currently under Peer Review.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • June 22: Ephesto
  • June 25: Dos Caras, Jr.
  • June 27: Mascara Dorada
  • July 1: Billy Red Lyons
• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Neo (wrestler), and Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
    • Deleted: Ashley Lane and Nevaeh, Bill Verna, IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Jessie McKay, Kellie Skater, Madison Eagles, Pink Ladies (professional wrestling), Tennille Tayla, and Ultimate World Championship.
    • Kept: Pete Stilsbury (2nd nomination)

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.97%, with 499 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated again on June 21. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of July.

• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Victory Road
• 26 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Night of Champions

• At TNA's Slammiversary pay-per-view on June 21:
  • Beer Money, Inc. ( Robert Roode and James Storm) defeated Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Devon) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
  • Kurt Angle won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating defending champion Mick Foley, Samoa Joe, Jeff Jarrett, and A.J. Styles in a King of the Mountain match.
• On June 22:
  • WWE Chairman Vince McMahon bought back the WWE Raw franchise from the storyline owner Donald Trump.
  • Matt Hardy suffered a torn abdominal muscle, and is scheduled for surgery.
  • Billy Red Lyons died from cancer at the age of 77.
• On June 24, it was announced that Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) would be releasing a video game in the United States entitled AAA El Videojuego.
• On June 25, Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera announced that they were starting their own promotion called Super X GPCW.
• At WWE's The Bash pay-per-view on June 27:

• Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho in a Mask vs. Title match to keep his mask and win the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
• Edge and Chris Jericho defeated Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo) and The Legacy ( Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes) in a Triple Threat tag team match to win the titles.
• Michelle McCool defeated Melina to win the WWE Women's Championship; she became the first Diva to hold the WWE Diva's and Women's Titles.

• It was announced on June 29 on WWE Raw that 15 wrestlers had been traded among the three WWE brands as a result of Donald Trump's storyline purchase.
• On June 30 on ECW on Sci Fi, four wrestlers made their debut for the ECW brand: Yoshi Tatsu, Tyler Reks, Sheamus and Abraham Washington.
• On July 1:

• Two midget professional wrestlers, La Parkita and Espectrito Jr, were killed in a hotel room in Mexico, allegedly overdosing on a drug used to spike their beverages.
• Dave Prazak announced that Serena Deeb had signed with WWE.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
2. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
3. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
4. Refer to WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
5. Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

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As of July 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	19	42
	GA		7	49	84	140
	B	1	22	88	231	342
	C		5	45	165	215
	Start	3	53	283	1935	2274
	Stub			25	473	498
	List		4	30	626	661
	Future			4	10	14
	Assessed	4	92	554	3546	4197
	Total	4	92	554	3546	4197

—Articles

• The TNA X Division Championship (review page) is a Featured article candidate.
• List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions (review page), MCW Heavyweight Championship (review page), and NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• WWE Backlash (review page) was withdrawn as a featured list candidate.
• Abismo Negro (review page), Beth Phoenix, Cody Rhodes, Debra Miceli, Jillian Hall, The Legacy (professional wrestling), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Keiko Nakano (review page), Bruno Lauer (review page), and TNA World Heavyweight Championship (review page) failed their Good aricle nominations.
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship (discussion) has been nominated for Good article reassessment after failing its Good article nomination.
• MNM (review page) is a current Good topic candidate.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: All Premier, American Luchacore Championship, Bill Verna (2nd nomination), The Canadian NINJAS, Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination), and NWA Charlotte.
    • Deleted: Anarchy Championship Wrestling and Wrestlicious.
    • Kept: Melissa Coates and Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.
    • Merged: British Under 23's Championship
    • Redirected: Neo (wrestler)
  • Files for Deletion
    • Deleted: File:Summerslam (2009) Poster.jpg
• A requested move has been submitted, proposing that WWE SmackDown be moved to WWE Friday Night SmackDown; the discussion can be found here.

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.72%, with 492 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• A discussion is currently ongoing regarding the "In wrestling" sections of biographies. Please join in here.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of July.

• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Victory Road
• 26 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Night of Champions

• On July 3, during a WWE live event in San Diego, California, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon while wrestling in a match. He underwent surgery on July 7, and will require rehabilitation which will sideline him from in-ring competition.
• On July 5, Waldo Von Erich (real name Wally Sieber) died at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario at the age of 75.
• On July 6, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated The Motor City Machineguns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
• On July 7, Vampiro suffered four cracked vertebrae in his spine, and is expected to be sidelined for approximately three months.
• Eddie Fatu missed a scheduled autograph signing on July 9, after he was hospitalized with circulation problems in one of his legs.
• On July 11, Takashi Matsunaga, the founder of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling died at the age of 73 from pneumonia.
• On July 13:
  • It was revealed that WWE had signed Nick Dinsmore to a contract.
  • Brian Lawler was jailed for 30 days after failing to attend an in-patient treatment center as part of his plea agreement, following his arrest for public intoxication on June 26.
• Jeremy Borash announced on July 14 that TNA had signed Ayako Hamada to a contract.
• On June 15, Bobby Lashley announced that he had signed a contract with TNA.
• On the July 16 episode of Impact!, Homicide won the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Suicide.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

1. Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
2. Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a non-point of view perspective and is neutral.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources.
2. If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a {{fact}} tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
3. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
4. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.

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As of August 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA		1	7	3	11
	FL			23	22	45
	GA		9	49	87	145
	B	5	19	86	226	336
	C		5	45	178	228
	Start	5	51	285	1951	2292
	Stub			25	478	503
	List		3	29	619	652
	Future			5	6	11
	Assessed	10	88	554	3570	4224
	Total	10	88	554	3570	4224

—Articles

• TNA X Division Championship (review page) was not promoted to Featured article status.
• CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship (review page), List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions (review page), List of CMLL World Trios Champions (review page), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (review page), and WCW United States Tag Team Championship (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• Cliff Compton, Cody Rhodes, Debra Miceli (review page), Jimmy Reiher, Jr., The Legacy (professional wrestling), Leilani Kai, Mark Henry , Ted DiBiase, Jr., TNA Bound for Glory, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Tag Team Championship, and Well Dunn are current Good article nominees.
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship (discussion) has been nominated for Good article reassessment after failing its Good article nomination.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:

• Deletion Discussions:
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Current: Mark Vartanian and Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship.
    • Kept: Bill Verna (2nd nomination) and Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination) both were closed as no consensus
    • Deleted: All Premier, The Canadian NINJAS, New Omega Wrestling Tag Team Championship, NWA Charlotte, and Real Championship Wrestling.
    • Merged: American Luchacore Championship

—Project

• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 2, we are at 11.96%, with 505 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 225 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• The style guide has been updated to reflect the new consensus on the formatting in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and the new format can be found at WP:PW/SG#In wrestling. Please help out in converting all biographies to the new format.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of August.

• 16 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Hard Justice
• 16 - Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) presents Verano de Escandalo
• 23 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents SummerSlam

• At TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view:
  • Angelina Love defeated Tara to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship.
  • Kevin Nash defeated A.J. Styles to win the TNA Legends Championship.
  • Scott Steiner and Booker T won the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Beer Money, Inc. ( Robert Roode and James Storm).
  • Taz made his TNA debut.
• On July 21, Hijo del Fantasma defeated Averno to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship.
• Damien Steele, a former WWE developmental wrestler, died on July 22. The cause of death was determined as a brain aneurysm.
• Dragon Gate USA held its inaugural pay-per-view event on July 25 at The Arena.
• At WWE's Night of Champions pay-per-view on July 26:
  • Christian defeated Tommy Dreamer to win the ECW Championship.
  • Mickie James won the WWE Divas Championship by defeating Maryse.
  • Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
• Chris Mordetzky returned to WWE under his "Chris Masters" gimmick on the July 27 episode of WWE Raw.
• On July 29, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Elijah Burke had signed a contract with TNA.
• On July 30:
  • The Brian Kendrick was released from WWE.
  • On TNA Impact!:
    • Mick Foley won the TNA Legends Championship from Kevin Nash.
    • Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams won the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Deon) in a Tables match; it is unknown whether New Japan Pro Wrestling will recognize this title change.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
2. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
3. The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
4. Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a reliable source and go against the Biographies of living persons policy.
5. Be aware of the new format in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and apply the relevant section ( WP:PW/SG#In wrestling) to new articles that you create, or previously created articls that have not yet been updated after the change.

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