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WWE Officially Announces WrestleMania XXVI in Glendale

World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and a cadre of his superstars rubbed elbows and traded jokes with Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt during a press conference this afternoon announcing next year's WrestleMania XXVI at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. As we reported yesterday, WrestleMania is considered the Super...
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WrestleMania, the Super Bowl of Wrestling, Coming to Glendale; Announcement Expected Tomorrow

We received an e-mail stating that World Wrestling Entertainment will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the stadium to announce a "major international event" occuring there in spring 2010 that will "draw visitors from around the world for five days of activities." Although the e-mail doesn't specifically identify the event (and only names the WWE in the subject line), we're fairly certain it's next year's Wrestlemania 26. After all, the yearly grappling extravaganza and pay-per-view is the only such event that the WWE puts on during the spring. A similar press conference is held every year around this time announcing where WrestleMania is heading next.
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Chris Jericho is quite the cad. In recent months, the villainous World Wrestling Entertainment icon has decked another man’s wife, cheated his way to the World Heavyweight Championship, and been an all-around cocky prick. Frankly, the dude needs a major-league ass-whupping, and we’re hoping that 6-foot-6, 300-pound Dave “The Animal”...
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Oklahoma? Not OK.

We're not saying it's the greatest draw in the history of the world, but here's your first chance to see the Phoenix Suns take on the new-look – hell, new town! – Oklahoma City Thunder. Oklahoma City? In the National Basketball Association? Like, all permanent and stuff? Thunder? What is...
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Duel Citizenship

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Muay Thai. Grappling and triangle-choking. Is there anything that mixed martial arts doesn’t incorporate? (So far, metal-chair skull-cracking, though the way things are going, that could very well happen one day. For now, the WWE has dibs on that move.) It’s no wonder the sport is blowing up...
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Best New Dojo

The Lion's DenFormer UFC and WWE star Ken Shamrock has been training fighters in mixed martial arts for years at his Lion’s Den dojo in Reno, Nevada. This year, Shamrock opened a location in Scottsdale, boasting 8,000 square feet of training space, including a boxing ring, a fighting cage, and a fully equipped weight room. Shamrock handpicked […]
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Rabid Test

There are a few things you won’t see at a Heaven & Hell Wrestling event: blockbuster pyrotechnics, thousands of fans, and such superstars as John Cena and Randy Orton. What you will witness at the backyard-wrestling group’s extreme extravaganzas is plenty of skull-crunching action, weapons such as garbage cans and...
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WWE Will Rock You

When WWE wrasslin’ returns to Pho-town with WWE Presents Monday Night RAW, it brings along the sturdiest metal chairs and hardest head-splitting turnbuckles. Some of the sweat-glistened superstars scheduled to appear include Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, and women’s top belt holder Beth Phoenix. Mon., Feb. 25, 6 p.m.,...
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New Times‘ top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

American Pie Presents: Beta House (Universal) The Brothers Solomon (Universal) Eastern Promises (Universal) Galactica 1980: The Complete Epic Series (Universal) The Heartbreak Kid (Universal) Intimate Affairs (Universal) The Kingdom (Universal) Lost and Found: The Harry Langdon Collection (Facets) Shattered (Lions Gate) WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary (WWE)...
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BEST PLACE TO ROLL AROUND IN THE DESSERT

Dirty Darlins of Debauchery Pudding WrestlingIt only makes sense that things might get a little wild in Phoenix. After all, we’re living in a land settled by outcasts, criminals, and whores. That restlessness still exists in the desert air and has certainly been huffed by Phoenix’s very own Dirty Darlins of Debauchery, the first and only female pudding-wrestling league in […]
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Future $hock: The Cult, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, and more

We’d like to take a moment to let y’all know that Future Shock is brought to you by “The King of Beers,” Budweiser; American Apparel; and Halo 3 for the Xbox 360. (Excuse us for a moment, we have our tongues stuck in our cheeks). And just why have we whored out our blog to corporate interests, you ask? Well, we’ve been doing the underpaid music journalism thang for way too long now, and have finally decided to barter our street cred for a big fat paycheck, just like some of the musicians and bands that announced upcoming concerts here in they Valley over the next few months. In other words, this week’s edition of Future Shock is all about the sellouts, baby. This isn’t a critique of their musical talents, per se (as we’re fans of each and every one of these dudes), but instead is an outlining of those who’ve sold their souls to the company store.
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Bruise Brothers

Is wrestling fixed? Do toddlers cry? Is it hot here in July? Do you not give two poops, because you think anything involving turnbuckles and metal chairs is the coolest? Then check out WWE Presents Smackdown & ECW, starring Boogeyman, the Great Khali, Batista, and many more...
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Future Shock: Tori Amos, Peelander-Z, Melvins, and more

Weirdness abounds is this week’s rendition of Future Shock, as we’re pimping the “just announced” concerts of numerous acts coming to the PHX in the near future that are kinda “out there” in many different respects, whether its outlandish stage performances, strange album titles, or bizarre music videos.
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Austin’s Powers

"10 people will fight. 9 people will die. You get to watch." So proclaims the poster for The Condemned, a movie executive-produced by World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon, and starring self-professed "whup-ass machine" Stone Cold Steve Austin and oft-suspended former soccer star Vinnie Jones. So can someone explain where...
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Slam-o-Rama

My buddy B-Boy looks like he could kick some serious ass. At 6-foot-4 and 350 pounds, he strikes an imposing figure in his baggy Dickies pants and stained T-shirts. His shaved head and scraggly beard add to the intimidation factor, so it's a good thing he's not a bully. In...
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New Times‘ top DVD picks for the week of December 26

Airwolf: Season Two (Universal) Be With Me (Film Movement) Dane Cook's Tourgasm (HBO) Danica (First Look) Factotum (IFC) The Family Values Tour 2006 (Firm Music) Girls Behaving Badly, Volume One (Starlight) Haven (Fox) Mars Invades the Earth! (Alpha) Mi Amigo (Velocity) Mr. Fix It (First Look) The New Adventures of...
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Y’all Weren’t Ready — Then and Now

The year is drawing to a close, and once again critics are at loggerheads wondering what the album of the year will be. In a year where no one release unzips its fly and pisses all over the competition from a lofty height, everyone is in complete agreement over which...
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Monster Mash

When it comes to rock 'n' roll theatrics, Rob Zombie may not have drawn up the blueprint, but he's definitely remodeled his own house of horrors, from directing instant cult classic horror movies like House of 1000 Corpses to his catalogue of ghoulish industrial metal albums (the latest being this...
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Feckless

Fans of Hong Kong cinema have been anticipating Jet Li's Fearless all year, if not longer. The star is arguably the best in the business at combining major ass-kicking with actual acting; the director is Ronny Yu, known here for over-the-top horror sequels but more familiar to genre fans as...
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He Will Bury You

Tommy Lee Jones' feature directorial debut is probably much as you'd expect: a blast of nostalgia that nonetheless accepts the realities of modernity, which isn't surprising coming from an actor who's getting up there in years but has found more fame as an old man than as a young'un. The...
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Dead Man Driving

Dead Man Driving In one way, the ticket James Hamburg got for running a red light on Country Club Drive in October wasn't so unusual. He was heading south when the light at University Drive turned red, and he kept going. Woo hoo! The camera snapped his picture, and the...