Here are the news and notes from the week in the wild world of pro wrestling:
• The Big Show will hit the big screen next year. “Knucklehead,” WWE’s movie starring The Big Show is scheduled to be released in October 2010.
• WWE announcer Jim Ross suffered another bout with Bell’s Palsy this week and missed the “Smackdown” television taping on Tuesday night. Bell’s Palsy is a neurological disorder that affects facial muscles.
“It has been decided that I should not risk further issues by working tonight.
“And I am in the process of arranging a flight back to OKC (Oklahoma City) so I can see a neurologist on Wednesday,” Ross wrote on his Web site at www.jrsbarbq.com.
• Former WWE diva Torrie Wilson told The Houston Chronicle her near-death experience earlier this month was caused by a reaction with thyroid medicine.
She denied any problems with pain medication.
• Got a few million dollars to spare? The Pontiac Silverdome, which hosted the very memorable Wrestlemania 3, is being sold to the highest bidder by the city of Pontiac. Wrestlemania 3 set the largest indoor record for a sporting event and featured the epic match pitting Andre the Giant against Hulk Hogan.
The stadium also hosted the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons and the Michigan Panthers of the defunct USFL.
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The Local Corner: Johnny Quaz and Silas Quaz claimed they would hold the TWA tag team belts for a long time. Well, a long time for the Quaz family is one week. Crazy and Billy Jester won the tag team titles last week.
TWA will hold its Legends/ Hall of Fame Show on Nov. 7.
TWA runs Fridays at 8 p.m. in the TWA Arena off Reed Road in north Whitfield County, about 3 miles north of the bypass. The Action Zone runs Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for kids 6 to 12. Kids younger than 6 are free. Any military member with proper identification will be admitted free.
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Trivia Teaser: Who accidentally threw the electric chair switch that lit up Abdullah The Butcher at Halloween Havoc in 1991?
Check back next week for the answer.
Last week’s question: Powerteam U.S.A was comprised of these four wrestlers who competed in the California circuit during the mid-1980s.
Steve Borden, Garland Donoho, Jim Hellwig and Mark Miller. Borden is better known as Sting, and Hellwig became famous as The Ultimate Warrior.
Jamie Jones knows a few prominent Daltonians who attended Halloween Havoc in Chattanooga. He can be reached at jamiejones@daltoncitizen.com or at (706) 272-7723.
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Middle School Roundup: Hawkins’ arm, heavy hitting add up to title
Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen North Whitfield seventh-grader Spencer Hawkins delivers to the plate during the Pioneers’ 10-0 win over Bagley in the championship game of the North Georgia Middle School Athletic League.
Spencer Hawkins tossed five innings of shutout baseball on the mound and had a pair of hits and an RBI at the plate to lead North Whitfield to a 10-0 victory over Bagley in the North Georgia Middle School Athletic League championship Saturday at Coahulla Creek High.
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Hawkins, a seventh-grader, gave up three hits and struck out four in the victory — shortened to five innings by the mercy rule — which was his second in less than a week. In a late regular-season outing, Hawkins pitched an almost mirror-image game, getting the win in a run-rule shortened game by allowing just three hits. - Wire-to-wire, Noll cruises to victory
- What's Going On: Combo puts a sweet spin on running
- Under construction
- $20,000 raised in contest for 2012 Special Olympics
- A championship pickle
- Dalton native finishes strong, looks for title
- Area ace pitcher gets first All-Region honor
- May 19, 2012
- Spring football: Starters not all set yet for Catamounts
- Spring football: Fired-up Raiders hit hard
- Spring football: Bruins QB passes first test since ACL injury
- Spring football: Colts, Mountaineers, Lions finish up, too
- May 18, 2012
- Clock is running
- Jamie Jones: New angle coming
- Campbell, 78, holds six aces up his sleeve
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