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-WWE diva Kelly Kelly has just finally joined twitter: http://twitter.com/RealKellyKelly. Here is what she said:

Im finally on Twitter Yayyy now i just gotta figure this thing out

This twitter account is confirmed through Kelly Kelly’s, a.ka. Barbie Blank Myspace.

-Bret “The Hitman” Hart was interview on Busted Open Radio show on Sirius satellite on XM105. Here is what Bret talked about his relationship with vince McMahon.

“It’s kind of live and let live,” said Hart. “I appreciated when they did the DVD thing with me. That meant a lot with me. I’ve always tried to be more positive than negative. We had a bad ending, but we certainly had some great years together. I’ll never forget those.”

“I think it meant something and I felt it was very sincere. I think it was that conversation that kind of turned the tide for us. I wouldn’t be talking to you right now if it wasn’t for all the things that Vince McMahon did for me years ago.”

- WWE Diva Jillian Hall is apparently engaged. She issued the following note on her MySpace account (www.myspace.com/jillianhall1) this morning: “finally got the ring!”

Hall is engaged to wrestler Tank Toland (a.k.a. former WWE star “Chad Dick”), who she managed in Ohio Valley Wrestling.

-WWE Legal is seriously looking at website that streamlining WWE Pay Per view’s for FREE. Such websites as Justin TV have some up to 500,000 people viewing. This website and more are definitively on WWE’s radar. WWE is taking the same approach as WWE copyrighted material being posted on YouTube.

-The Mirror in the UK has the final interview with Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Here he talks about people knowing about what Andrew “TEST” Martin was going through before his passing. Bret says the only way to stop him from dying is putting him in an straight jacket.

Bret “The Hitman” Hart has an recent interview with SCOTT FISHMAN of The Miami Herald. Here are a few snippets from the interview:

-“I think I took wrestling to another level, and if I look back at my contributions over the years, I made everything seem real. It was really important to win and lose a title. For me, it was real. My income was cut in half when I lost the title. I will always be proud of what I represented in wrestling.”

”I’d rather just go on without even noticing,” Hart said. “I don’t like to stop and remember the day he died. So much as I’d like to remember other things like his birthday [May 7]. I’m maybe different than a lot of members of the family. I think they like to go to his tombstone or talk about him. I think there isn’t a day that goes by that Harts don’t remember him.

“I don’t think it does any good to narrow it down to one day and be down this time of year. In Calgary, when you see the green grass coming up, with some patches of snow, you find yourself thinking of funerals. I was just thinking about his funeral yesterday and all the people that were there. Even now, I think about all the wrestlers that were at Owen’s funeral who are dead today. There are a lot of things that connect to Owen’s death and beyond.”

-“With Ring of Honor, it’s basically me coming out and signing autographs and saying a few words to the crowd. With TNA, they would probably have me be involved in their storylines, and I don’t want to be as much a part of the storylines.

“I have some good friends down there in TNA and would love to help them. However, I don’t see anything on their show where I would be any use to them, unless I wanted to play the role of some type of commissioner, chairperson, referee or even an announcer. Those are all things I don’t really want to do.” Read the full interview of Bret Hart.

WWE Hall Of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart has got an interview with the Sun.Co.UK. There is an special Wrestlecast radio show, you can listen here. Here are a few highlights:

On Shawn Michaels: “I’ll be the first to say that I thought Taker v Shawn was the best match at WrestleMania, maybe one of the best matches I’ve seen in years. To a certain degree, I was proud of both of them.

“I never take away the fact that Shawn was a great wrestler and he did a lot of great stuff. I’ve always been really proud of the match we had in Anaheim, when I dropped the title to him.”

On leaving wrestling: “If you look back when I first won the title, too many guys – Warrior, Hogan, Jake Roberts – didn’t pass the torch back.

“When I left the business I had a lousy ending, but I would have loved to have wrestled Steve Austin one more time at the end of my career and really put him over – or Shawn.

“I would have loved to have given back.

“I didn’t end up being able to pass the torch back, that was an honour I would have liked to have done.

On Mickey Rourke and The Wrestler: “I don’t know what that was all about at WrestleMania. I don’t know why they started it.

“I loved the film for the drama, the acting, the directing and the story.

“But I’ve talked to different wrestlers and asked them what they really thought of it. And a lot of them told me they felt like a whore after they watched it.”

On John Cena being a company guy: “When Chris Benoit died he was on Larry King and somebody asked him if wrestlers need a union – and he shot that down and said ‘ no ‘ .

“The truth is only an idiot would say wrestlers don’t need a union, because we do!

“But it is hard not to take that company position and be a company guy when you’re on the team later. I was in his shoes and you try and do the best you can.

“As far as his career and how they’re using him – he’s better off working with them and doing everything the way he’s doing it.”

On wrestlers dying young: “I don’t understand why so many of them are dying from the prescription pill problems and downers and things like that.

“There’s an addiction I don’t understand, as I was never addicted to anything like that and never had any desire to tranquilise myself after the matches.

“I couldn’t understand why these guys would take pills all the time. Back then it was stupid, but now they’re all dying.

“There have been so many who died that shouldn’t have. Curt Hennig, Miss Elizabeth, Davey Boy, Test and Crush should all be alive.

“But I think it’s unfair to pin this epidemic of wrestlers dying on Vince McMahon.

“It’s the wrestlers who need to clean up their act.”

Legendary Wrestler Bret “Hitman” Hart talks exclusively to Ringside in the first of a three part interview on his storied Wrestling career. Here he details the great times he enjoyed in the UK and his opinion on the film The Wrestler

Bret talks exclusively to ringside about his favourite period of his storied career and how his 1997 heel turn against the American wrestling fans was too smart for wrestling.

Bret Hart, five times’ champion of the World Wrestling Federation, sits in a hotel room - one day before the most important fight of his life. What Bret doesn’t know, is that he will be the target of the biggest double cross in the history of professional wrestling. This is the story of the real life battle between Bret Hart and Vince McMahon, owner of the WWF.

**Bonus DVD***
The Life and Death of Owen Hart

**Bonus Exclusive Features**
Bret Hart Interview: 10 years later Brett reflects back on Montreal and his life since the biggest double cross in wrestling history.

Filmmaker Interview: Paul Jay recalls the events of 1998 and relates the wrestling world’s good vs evil melodrama to 9/11 and today’s real world.

Wrestling With Shadows, the excellent Paul Jay documentary about the end of Bret Hart’s WWF career and the Montreal Screwjob will be released on DVD with a second disc that features the “Life and Death of Owen Hart” documentary that Jay put together after Hart’s May 1999 death at a WWF PPV.

The DVD set, which you can pre-order now from our friends at www.highspots.com, features the following promotional material:

Bret “The Hitman” Hart is undisputed one of the most famous and loved World Wrestlers of all time. In 2004 Bret was also voted as one of the top 50 Canadians of all time on CBC’s Greatest Canadian.

Director Paul Jay was given unprecedented access to the world of Bret Hart and pro wrestling as his camera followed Bret “The Hitman” Hart for one year. His film goes behind the tightly guarded walls of wrestling’s spectacle and theater to explore the meaning of today’s wrestling morality plays. As fantasy crosses into real life, the true story of Bret Hart’s struggle with Vince McMahon, the legondary owner of the WWF, is revealed. Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows climaxes with the tale of the biggest double-cross in pro wrestling.

Disc 1 - BRET HART: WRESTLING WITH SHADOWS

Bret Hart, five times’ champion of the World Wrestling Federation, sits in a hotel room - one day before the most important fight of his life. What Bret doesn’t know, is that he will be the target of the biggest double cross in the history of professional wrestling. This is the story of the real life battle between Bret Hart and Vince McMahon, owner of the WWF.

Disc 2 - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OWEN HART

Owen Hart, was killed when he fell from the rafters of a Kansas City arena while doing a dangerous stunt. He was supposed to swing down from the ceiling to the ring on a wire - but his safety harness unexpectedly opened, and Hart fell 75 feet to his death in front of thousands of horrified fans. Rather than stop the show, the WWF chose to continue it after Hart’s damaged body had been removed from the ring.

Bret Hart has posted his recent thought’s on Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. You can read the review HERE>>>>

The Calgary Herald has got an article on Nattie Neidhart, aka Natalya. Here she talks about being the only female in the Hart family and knew this was her calling of being an professional wrestler. Here are a few highlights:

“I’ve been surrounded by it my entire life,” Neidhart explained. “I’m the only female in the family to get into wrestling. It just seemed the natural thing to do. I was very athletic and had a flair for drama.”

“His mentality was, if you do something with passion, you’ll never work a day in your life. He got to do it his way with a positive attitude. Everything he was about, he passed it onto us and we wouldn’t be the people we are today if not for him.” More on the article {Granddaughter Picks Up Hart Wrestling Legacy}

This announcement was posted on Thursday on href=”http://www.brethart.com”>BretHart.com:

I want to take this opportunity to thank my fans from all over the world for their well wishes during my knee surgery. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to visit The Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. I got to see and meet the real heroes of the free world, who, without knowing it, gave me more than enough courage to have total knee replacement surgery.

I also visited my friend Nathan, in Toledo, who has been courageously fighting to get back to his old self despite having been stuck in the hospital for years. At my book signings across Canada and America, and then on an autograph signing tour across Ireland, France and Great Britain, I was touched by so very many kindhearted fans telling me how I was their childhood hero who gave them the courage to fight back and never give up. You bolstered my courage and I tried to live up to facing my surgery as the hero The Hitman was always painted out to be. After meeting so many real heroes over the past few months, my knee surgery has been a breeze, and I can honestly say I wouldn’t have managed as well without their support and encouragement. Thanks to all of you who took the time to see me, buy my book, express your condolences about Owen, Davey, and my mother and father. Thanks for everything, the last couple of months were some of the best memories wrestling has ever given me, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

Bret

Calgary; Dec 4, 2008

-WWE.com has put up an specific website content on this Sunday’s pay per view, Survivor series with the match between Chris Jericho and John Cena. WWE is using the Smackdown VS Raw 2009 video game putting up two different scenarios for Sunday. The you vote on which outcome it will be. To check it out, head on over>>>>

-Bret Hart have a book signing in Orlando Florida, check out the photos here.

-Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is again reporting that Kevin Nash has signed his contract with TNA awhile ago.

Don’t be surprised if you see Nash at tonight’s Bound For Glory.

-RedhotDivas.com has candid photos of the TNa Knock Outs at yesterday’s Fanfest in Chicago. Go on over to check them out>>>
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-Bret “The Hitman” Hart stopped by the Sirius XM studios for an interview with Orlando Quinones where he talked about his autobiography, his thoughts on Ric Flair’s retirement and Hulk Hogan’s family issues. He also discusses D.H. Smith and Nattie Neidhart.

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-WWE held a tryout down at Ohio Valley Wrestling this past week and “The Professor” Gavin Garrison was signed to a developmental deal. Garrison has also previously wrestled for Derby City Wrestling. You can view his profile here.

-Alfonso Castillo of the Newsday has a recent interview with Bret Hart on his published book, My Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling:

AC: That’s a heck of a long book. Did you worry about that at all – writing something that’s too long, especially with wrestling fans having gotten used to a certain kind of book?

BH: The truth is I didn’t write it for wrestling fans. I wrote it for people that were familiar with it and knew a lot about it, but never really knew about the real life of the wrestler that worked. That’s the perspective I tried to offer. I tried to write it for the people who knew a little bit about it and were really looking for a smarter book – a more honest book – about wrestling and told a little more truth about it.

AC: Tell me a little about the process. I understand this wasn’t a situation where you sat down and went through everything in your head and put it down. This was literally something you were working on for years and years and years. This was the product of an audio journal you kept, is that right?

BH: Yeah, it took me seven years. I started the audio journal in 85. But the truth is, when I did that I didn’t do that to write a book. I just made these little tapes and I put them away. I kept locking them up when they were finished, and I never looked back. I made myself a promise. I said I’d just drive myself crazy and I’d start editing myself all the time out of fear of what I said. So I just decided to say whatever I did into the tapes – sometimes in a drunken state. There’s a lot of gibberish in my tapes. But there’s a lot of juicy tidbits that came out of me just laying there and saying something. I would go through the tapes, I would write down something that I said and I’d say, “Jeez, that’s the perfect way to describe that situation” or “That’s a great analogy.” I got lots of little gems out of those tapes. More on the interview>>>>>>

Julie has posted more excerpts from her book on her Mysapce.

more excerpts of chapter 4

. Some wrestler I knew had once mentioned to me how he defined Helen. “Helen Hart? Class… purrrre class.”
Helen led me around the house introducing me to different members of the family. Ross was very business like and shook my hand firmly as though we had just closed a deal. I thought he was very sweet. But when Dean Hart came through the swinging doors, I could not believe how handsome he was. Dean was much shorter than his other brothers but Dean had certainly made up for that in the looks department. His hair was a mess of giant brown curls and his facial features were prominent because of the deep tan he had. Definitely a Kennedy type looking boy, I thought to myself. His teeth were so white that they didn’t look real when he smiled. His handshake was just as firm and gripping when we were introduced. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Julie.”
Man, do they all shake like that I thought, must be a Hart thing.
I was also introduced to a straggler that liked to consider himself family and who barely missed a Sunday dinner. Helen said that Stu had many people who would just show up when dinner was being served. Many without invite, but welcomed nonetheless.
The side screen door opened and in walked Diana. My God she was stunning. Her hair was golden blonde and hung down to her waist in relaxed ringlets. Her legs toned and looking every ounce athletic. Oddly enough, she was tanned too.
Diana had a similar squeezing handshake and I was kind of taken back by it. I lowered my eyes when she said, “Hello, nice to meet you.” Her teeth were perfectly straight and a brilliant white just like Dean’s. I eeked out a shy, “Hi.” She excused herself to get ready for dinner and I watched her walk away as though I was witnessing a movie star leaving the set. Helen explained that some of them had just returned from Hawaii. Explains the tans I thought.
Okay one sister down, three to go. That’s not so bad I anxiously told myself.
The big burly man leaning over the stove had to be Stu. I heard so much about his Sunday dinners and his cooking abilities that I couldn’t be wrong. Especially the way he steadied himself with that big paw of his, while stirring something in a pot. I approached him differently as Helen’s hand hadn’t let go of mine since I shook it way back in the living room. It gave me an air of confidence I suppose. He took the giant mess hall pot to the sink effortlessly to strain the potatoes, when Helen said, “Stu, this is Julie, dahling.”
Stu leaned on his giant paw and was about to offer the other paw, but not until he gave me the look over. Stu was known to check his son’s choice of women by looking at their teeth and glancing at their legs. Much like a breeder checking out a race -horse before he buys it. Strange analogy but has been said many times by a few people that knew him.

Previous Tidbits to Chapter 4>>>>>>>>>>

Julie Hart has updated her Myspace account on tidbits in her new book.

Chapter 4: The Harts no editing to this material….

Chapter 4 Meet the Harts
Bret and I were still doing the dating thing in Regina, and I saw him once a week. It was hard to fit information about our families in those limited hours that we had. I would have rather not filled him in about my family, as most of them had a weird way of living. I chose my stories carefully so as not to scare him off, but Bret pretty much openly discussed his. I think he scared me so much about them that I was very apprehensive to meet them. Bret said his family were like the Kennedy’s and not to pay too much attention to the sisters.
I had been living in Calgary for about two weeks and kept refusing to go to his parents for Sunday dinner. I was adamant in not going until one particular Sunday. I think Bret had enough of my shyness and made an ultimatum for me. I don’t think I was far off from kicking and screaming when he told me to get in the car. A few threats of breaking up and going back home was not going to deter him either. I pouted that he was the one that told me all these stories about them, which further lowered my self -esteem, and I didn’t think I was worthy enough to meet them.
He answered, “bullshit, you’re just shy.”
I knew three of the Hart boys and was quite good friends with Wayne. Bruce and Keith were like high school football players that all the girls crush on. Both were friendly and charismatic. Blonde, with frosted highlites and very tanned. Both Hart boys being as pretty as they were, were very approachable by the fans. A notable trait the entire family had. Wayne’s easy out going personality made him very attractive. He was one of the few funniest guys I have ever known. So having three allys going up to the Hart House would hopefully put my fears to rest. If the boys liked me, chances are the rest would too. But it was Bret’s sisters that I worried about.
Pulling up to Stu’s in the big silver Cadillac, I was given a few last minute pointers by Bret. “Don’t go upstairs because my Mom doesn’t like anyone to see how messy it is. Eat everything they offer you. And try not to be so shy.”
“Yeah, that’s the easy part, but what about these sisters that lie in wait for me?”
“If anyone says anything to you, we’ll leave.”
Bret and I walked up the stairs to the Hart Mansion and I took a last minute gulp of air and proceeded into meeting the “Matriarch” of the family, Helen.
Helen Hart was by no means, an ordinary woman. The moment she took my hand and cocked her head sideways and said, “Ohhh, hi dahling, welcome.” My life would forever be transformed in knowing her. This tiny elegant woman with her beautiful brown eyes and perfectly sculptured nails was so captivating that none of my fears surfaced the moment she touched me. Now, I did hear that women from New York have an unbelievable charm and I’m pretty sure who ever decreed that, was positively correct.