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April 21, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle tear it up at TNA Lockdown

Posted on by F4W Staff

Image: TNA Wrestling

For this week’s new Wrestling Observer Newsletter that has been added to the archives, Dave Meltzer leads off with TNA “figuring it out” and the legend of the match at April 2008’s TNA Lockdown between Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle.

Releases were brewing at UFC and business for EliteXC were looking bad which Dave delved into.

Dave also had a ton of results, a look at the attempted comeback of the All Japan Champion Carnival after a bad 2007 edition, news and more.

Oh, there was also the debut of the Yamma Pit Fighting Championships.

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February 14, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Bam Bam Bigelow bio, EliteXC

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Scotty Bigelow, as his friends called him, had absolutely nothing going for him when he stumbled into pro wrestling except great athletic ability. And soon after the ride of some 15 years of stardom had expired, he ended up being the latest high-profile statistic.

“I destroyed my youth, my health and my marriage, lost my fortune,” he said in a Tampa Tribune article a few months before his death, as he was trying to give advice to wrestlers at an area independent show. “I’m trying to teach these guys about the mistakes I made. There are ways to do things without getting hurt. I don’t want them to feel like I do at 45.”

Scott Bigelow’s physical pain and financial condition, which friends said paled to the emotional pain of losing contact with the children he adored, ended when he was found dead by his girlfriend at her home in Hudson, FL, on 1/19.

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