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Mat Matters: Any hope with Hogan?
By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
It's funny how fate works. Earlier this week, I had been working on an editorial about how nothing has changed for the better in TNA in the last few years. Now, all of a sudden, Hulk Hogan has signed with TNA. And guess what, nothing will change for the better.
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Hulk Hogan signs with TNA

Mat Matters: Breaking Point broken before it starts
By MATT BISHOP - SLAM! Wrestling
With Night of Champions becoming a successful gimmick pay-per-view and buyrates generally falling across the board, WWE has decided to head in the direction of more gimmick pay-per-views.
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Mat Matters: WWE raids may end ROH
By MARK XAMIN - SLAM! Wrestling
Word has spread like wildfire among the internet wrestling community of Bryan Danielson's signing with the WWE. And while we'll cover what that means for both WWE and ROH, there is some breaking news today. Danielson isn't going alone -- he's bringing another huge ROH star with him.
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Mat Matters: Concern for Kurt
By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
Before I get into this column full-on, let me preface my topic by saying I'm a huge Kurt Angle fan. The American Olympic hero is definitely one of my favourites to watch and re-watch, and I'd argue with anyone that he's been the greatest wrestler this decade.
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Mat Matters: Flair-Hart comments damage the legacy of both
By BRIAN ELLIOTT -- SLAM! Wrestling
I’m not sure what reaction Ric Flair was intending to induce when he recently appeared on wrestling radio show The Law. When asked about Bret Hart, Flair said: "(Bret Hart) is a piss-ant in the history of wrestling. He has the nerve to compare himself to me?! Let's get realistic. If you put Bret Hart in your left hand and me in your right hand, compare the career -- who is he?
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Mat Matters: Finding Jericho's partner
By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
Sunday’s presentation of Night of Champions is coming close, and for the first time in what seems like ages, the biggest story going into the PPV surrounds the tag team division and its championship match. Thanks to an injured Edge, Chris Jericho goes into his bout against Legacy for the Unified straps without a partner named.
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Mat Matters: Confessions of a WWE Classics junkie
By MARSHALL WARD - SLAM! Wrestling
For the last 25 years, I've had a recurring dream. I'm watching a wrestling match on television between "Leaping"' Lanny Poffo and The Missing Link at Madison Square Garden. The dream always ends the same way, with The Missing Link pinning Poffo after a diving head butt off the second rope.
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Mat Matters: Benoit, two years later
By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
Two years ago today, our world stood still. Unlike any other moment in the history of professional wrestling, everyone, from hardcore WWE fans to the most casual viewer would tune into radio shows, click onto websites or, eventually, turn on television reports that spanned news channels, sports stations and almost everything in between. It was this day that is listed as the day Chris Benoit killed himself, after murdering his wife Nancy and son Daniel.
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Mat Matters: Always missing Owen
By JASON CLEVETT - SLAM! Wrestling
The 10-year anniversary of the death of Owen Hart on May 23rd passed rather unremarkably. Aside from a few articles and a lot of Facebook status updates, it went by unrecognized by mainstream press, but not by those that loved Owen.
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Mat Matters: Remembering Owen Hart
Video: Owen Hart's widow chooses positive path
Owen Hart's widow chooses positive path

Mat Matters: Punk deserves better
By BRIAN ELLIOTT -- SLAM! Wrestling
If you didn’t know the man’s history, you might be tempted to believe that CM Punk got his wrestling surname only as some form of WWE in-joke. Because in the aftermath of his mind-boggling clean-pinfall loss to Kane at Sunday night’s Backlash, you can’t help but think that the moniker is no more than a company appraisal of the former Ring of Honor World Champion.
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Apr 1 ... Mania's build-up has been mostly forgettable

Mar 22 ... Mat Matters: WWE Hall of Fame is legit

Mar 15 ... Test may leave more impact after his passing

Mar 12 ... Mat Matters: Who could be Miss Wrestlemania?

Jan 12 ... Mat Matters: Cena king of making fans care

Dec 15 ... Mat Matters: WWE, Mysterio need Cruiserweight division

Dec 7 ... Bringing back Slammy Awards -- a good, bad idea

Nov 26 ... Mat Matters: Hardy "unconscious" angle went too far

Nov 20 ... Mat Matters: Main Event Mafia a shot in the arm for TNA


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