WWE News and Notes
Congratulations to Mike Timpson of Los Angeles, who has been named the WWE's biggest fan. Mike is now $25,000 richer, thanks in part to the three Superstar judges, WWE Champion John Cena, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Batista.
From WWE.com:
"Following his celebration, Timpson discussed his money-making moment. “Doing the video was really a labor of love for a WWE product I have been watching for more than thirty years,” he said. “It was a real pleasure to get the thumbs up from Cena, Batista and Stone Cold. There were so many great videos from the 14 others, and to win was just one of those 'wow' moments.” Timpson continued, “I really want to say thank you to everyone in WWE for everything they do for us fans.”"
Full story here.
Chris Benoit is again making the top news stories, this time with discussion that concussions damaged his brain severely and may have driven him to commit the violent double murder-suicide a few months ago. The latest news involves Benoit's father making test results on Chris Benoit's brain known to the public. Protein deposits shown on the scans indicate his brain is comparable to that of a Alzheimer patient. Reports are saying Benoit suffered from Dementia due to multiple concussions during his wrestling career.
According to ESPN.com:
"Benoit's brain showed the same degenerative processes that doctors working for the institute found in the brains of three men who had played pro football and committed suicide, Cantu said. There were abnormal protein deposits caused by trauma to Benoit's brain, Cantu said."
The ABC News site has images available comparing a normal, healthy brain to that of Benoit's. Click here for the story. ABC also aired a report on this during its Wednesday evening edition of "Nightline".
WWE has also entered into a new venture with Microsoft to deliver a unique video experience for fans on WWE.com. From WWE corporate:
"World Wrestling Entertainment® is working with Microsoft Corp. to develop a new, cutting edge interactive video experience at WWE.com based on the Microsoft Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform interactive plug-in. WWE will make this interactive video player the primary front-end tool for delivering all streaming video, as well as providing a rich and compelling “web 2.0” experience to the WWE fan nation. WWE.com currently attracts more than 20 million unique visitors and streams more than 40 million videos each month."
Click here for the full WWE Press release.
From WWE.com:
"Following his celebration, Timpson discussed his money-making moment. “Doing the video was really a labor of love for a WWE product I have been watching for more than thirty years,” he said. “It was a real pleasure to get the thumbs up from Cena, Batista and Stone Cold. There were so many great videos from the 14 others, and to win was just one of those 'wow' moments.” Timpson continued, “I really want to say thank you to everyone in WWE for everything they do for us fans.”"
Full story here.
Chris Benoit is again making the top news stories, this time with discussion that concussions damaged his brain severely and may have driven him to commit the violent double murder-suicide a few months ago. The latest news involves Benoit's father making test results on Chris Benoit's brain known to the public. Protein deposits shown on the scans indicate his brain is comparable to that of a Alzheimer patient. Reports are saying Benoit suffered from Dementia due to multiple concussions during his wrestling career.
According to ESPN.com:
"Benoit's brain showed the same degenerative processes that doctors working for the institute found in the brains of three men who had played pro football and committed suicide, Cantu said. There were abnormal protein deposits caused by trauma to Benoit's brain, Cantu said."
The ABC News site has images available comparing a normal, healthy brain to that of Benoit's. Click here for the story. ABC also aired a report on this during its Wednesday evening edition of "Nightline".
WWE has also entered into a new venture with Microsoft to deliver a unique video experience for fans on WWE.com. From WWE corporate:
"World Wrestling Entertainment® is working with Microsoft Corp. to develop a new, cutting edge interactive video experience at WWE.com based on the Microsoft Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform interactive plug-in. WWE will make this interactive video player the primary front-end tool for delivering all streaming video, as well as providing a rich and compelling “web 2.0” experience to the WWE fan nation. WWE.com currently attracts more than 20 million unique visitors and streams more than 40 million videos each month."
Click here for the full WWE Press release.
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