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-On an interview The Winnipeg Sun with former WWE Women’s champ Trish Stratus discusses her upcoming travel show The Stratusphere on the Travel Channel. The series will debut in Canada this coming Monday on the Travel & Escape channel before coming to the U.S.

Stratus noted that she traveled the world with WWE, but rarely saw more than airports and hotels. “Initially we set out to do an adventure-activity show, and the fact I was willing to do all these cool things, that was the first idea,” Stratus said. “But then it kind of evolved into something slightly different, because once we got to these places, we realized these activities mean something really special in these cultures. So I was pleased to make it a deeper show. ”

Trish hopes the show, which she also narrates, will inspire people to travel. “I also hope it encourages people to realize there’s a great big beautiful world out there, so get out and explore it if you can. It always amazes me to go from one place to another and see how completely different they are.” More on Stratusphere

- Former ECW Superstar Balls Mahoney tells Newsday.com’s Alfonso Castillo that he left WWE on good terms and was told by the company that he could be used on big shows or could be brought back in the future. Mahoney says he hurt his shoulder in the gym and stopped lifting weights and basically fell out of shape for WWE’s standards. He says when his wife got pregnant, his focus switched from wrestling to raising his son. WWE saw what was happening with Balls and scrapped his angle with Kelly Kelly but tried to let him hang around and work it out. Balls was released from his WWE deal on April 28th, 2008. To read the full interview, visit Newsday.com.