- Kaleb O'Neal (Patrick Brink) was released from WWE developmental.
- Former WWE Diva Kristal Marshall placed 2nd in the 2009 Arnold Amateur NPC Bikini Championship Short Class. She lost the first place spot by one point.
- TNA is looking to add the third member from the cast of Survivor to their
list of wrestlers and knockouts as season six winner and Playboy cover girl
Jenna Morasca has been signed to the company according to Entertainment
Weekly and will debut on the next edition of iMPACT! Morasca made headlines
along with her tribe mate Heidi Strobel during the Amazon season when the
duo stripped off their clothing in exchange for peanut butter and Oreo
cookies during one of the endurance challenges. The stunt landed both
hotties on the August 2003 edition of Playboy magazine. "Everyone is covered
in glitter and makeup and stuff and then goes and beats the crap out of each
other. This is perfect for me," Morasca said. Former Survivor castaways
Jonny Fairplay and Joel Anderson were used by TNA in the past.
- At UFC 96 in Columbus, Ohio, Quinton Jackson defeated Keith Jardine via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
- Today in wrestling history:
* 1940 - Ray Steele defeated Bronko Nagurski for the NWA Heavyweight
title
* 1963 - Buddy Austin & The Great Scott defeated Buddy Rogers & John
Barend for the WWWF tag titles
* 1964 - Louis Papineau died at 36
* 1982 - J.J. Dillan defeated Mr. Wrestling II for the Florida State
title
* 1984 - Mark youngblood defeated Dick Slater in a tournament final for
the NWA Television title
* 1989 - Promoter Paul Boesch died at 76
* 2003 - Cody Hawk defeated Matt Stryker for the HWA title
