partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– The CNN website has posted an article regarding the passing of former WWE talent Edward “Umaga” Fatu. The article offers comment from former WWE Diva Dawn Marie.

“He had his demons, but he found a lot of strength in his family,” said Dawn Marie Psaltis, family friend and founder of Wrestlers Rescue. “He was always a jokester, he was always playing a practical joke on someone. He comes from a long line of professional wrestlers and did his family proud.”

To read the article, click here.

– Former WWE talent Armando Estrada (real name Hazem Ali), has said that his match tonight against Mr. Ken Anderson in Milwaukee for the Great Lakes Championship Wrestling promotion will be his retirement match. The former General Manager of ECW has done very few indy dates since being released by WWE on November 18, 2008. Since then, he opened a restaurant called Baby’s Steak and Lemonade in Glendale, Arizona and is attempting to franchise the brand.

- The movie Aztec Revenge starring Mil Mascaras is scheduled for release next year.

See photos of Umaga from last week ->