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As of April 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			8	3		11
	FL			14	16		30
	GA		6	39	85		130
	B	1	20	75	217		313
	C		4	29	142		175
	Start	2	53	252	1875		2182
	Stub		1	22	513		536
	List		4	35	627	1	667
	Future			3	14		17
	Assessed	3	88	477	3492	1	4061
	Total	3	88	477	3492	1	4061

• Featured list candidates
  .
• Featured list removal candidate
  .
• Against All Odds (2005), Ashley Massaro, The Bella Twins, Final Resolution (2005), Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and Stephanie McMahon are current Good article nominees.
• The following article appeared in the
  main page
  :
  • April 3:
    Aurelian Smith
  • April 4: Jonny Storm
  • April 7: Jimmy Cicero
• Deletion Discussions
  :
  • Articles for Deletion
    :
    • Kept: The American Males
  • Categories for discussion
    :
    • Deleted: Category:WrestleCrap
  • Templates for Deletion
    • Current: Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick
• Based on the members list, there are currently 217 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There is a
  25th Anniversary of WrestleMania
  .
• this discussion
  .
• From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.

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• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Lockdown
• 26 -
  World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Backlash

• On April 1,
  WrestleMania XXV
  .
• The April 2 episode of
  Impact! drew a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
• Tazz
  's departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
• On April 4, Jerry Lynn won the ROH World Championship at Supercard of Honor IV, by defeating Nigel McGuinness.
• At
  WrestleMania XXV
  on April 5:

• John Morrison and The Miz in a tag team lumberjack match to unify
  both titles.
• drag as "Santina", won the 25 Diva battle royal
  to become the first Miss WrestleMania.
• Rey Mysterio defeated John Layfield to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship and become the 21st WWE Triple Crown Champion. After the match, Layfield retired from wrestling
  .
• The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.
• Edge in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship
  .

• Vickie Guerrero announced her resignation as SmackDown general manager, and her permanent position as Raw general manager. It was later announced that Theodore Long would replace her on SmackDown, while Tiffany became the new interim ECW general manager.
• Batista made his WWE television return from a legitimate hamstring
  injury.

• Ayako Hamada announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the

1. Consider expanding an article from Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles as part of the Stub Reduction Drive and nominating it at Did You Know?.
2. Per
   WP:MOSCAPS, television shows, such as RAW and iMPACT!
   , should be written as Raw and Impact!.
3. Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See
   MOS:BOLD
   for appropriate uses of bold text.

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As of April 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			8	3	11
	FL			16	17	33
	GA		6	39	86	131
	B	1	22	74	219	316
	C		4	30	144	178
	Start	2	53	254	1902	2211
	Stub		1	22	491	514
	List		4	34	632	671
	Future			2	13	15
	Assessed	3	90	479	3507	4080
	Total	3	90	479	3507	4080

—Articles

• requested as Today's Featured Article
  for May 23.
• Featured list candidates
  .
• List of Mexican National Trios Champions (review page) has failed its Featured list nomination.
• Featured list removal candidate
  .
• Adam Birch, Against All Odds (2005), Armageddon (2008), Ashley Massaro, Final Resolution (2005), MNM, Paul London and Brian Kendrick, Stephanie McMahon, and the TNA X Division Championship are current Good article nominees
  .
• Good topic candidate
  .

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• April:
  • 26 -
    World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Backlash
• May:
  • 17 - WWE presents Judgment Day
  • 24 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Sacrifice

• WWE held it's
  brands
  .
• On April 15, the Japanese based
  promotion Dragon Gate announced it was expanding into the United States, with it's first show scheduled for July 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylannia
  .
• On April 15, WWE held it's Supplemental Draft in which 24 wrestlers were drafted to different brands.
• On April 16:

• Daniel Covell returned to TNA television under his "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels character on Impact!.
• Superstars, a new WWE television series, debuted on WGN America in the United States.

• At Lockdown on April 19:

• TNA Women's Knockout Championship
  .
• Robert Roode and James Storm) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship and retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a Philadelphia Street Fight
  .
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship
  .
• Bobby Lashley made his TNA debut.

• On the April 23 episode of Impact!, William Mueller made his TNA debut as "Jethro Holliday".

This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to
   WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources
   .
2. Refer to
   naming conflict
   , follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
3. Avoid
   overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. Lists
   are the only exceptions to this policy.
4. The
   lead section
   of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
5. Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.

1. Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is
   verifiable
   .
2. Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a
   non-point of view
   perspective.

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