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As of February 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			6	5	11
	FL			12	15	27
	GA		6	35	79	120
	B	1	18	65	207	291
	C		3	23	113	139
	Start	2	53	233	1855	2143
	Stub		2	21	534	557
	List		3	23	594	620
	Future			4	15	19
	Assessed	3	85	422	3417	3927
	Total	3	85	422	3417	3927

• Backlash (2006) (review page) was not promoted to Featured article status.
• Blond Bombers, Bob Holly, Darren Matthews, John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mr. Kennedy, Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson (wrestler), and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• Triplemanía appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page On February 26.
• History of World Wrestling Federation was merged back into History of World Wrestling Entertainment.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 212 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 581 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
• The WP:PW Cleanup listing was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of Featured lists, Featured articles, and Good articles are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
• There is an ongoing discussion here regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of March.

• 8 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents Destination X

• At No Way Out

• Triple H won his record eighth WWE Championship by winning the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match; this win surpassed The Rock's original record of seven reigns.
• Edge won the World Heavyweight Championship by winning the Raw Elimination Chamber match.

• It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that Terry and Dory Funk, Jr. will be the second and third inductees, into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by Dusty Rhodes.
• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of Raw had gained a 4.1 television rating, the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of Raw.
• On February 20:

• HDNet announced that episode airings of Ring of Honor would begin on March 31.
• It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's Impact earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
• WWE announced the release of Scotty Goldman from the company.
• On an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE announced the return of Gail Kim to the promotion via a video promo.

• It was reported on February 21 that Sonjay Dutt had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
• On February 20, it was reported that Freddie Prinze, Jr., a scriptwriter for Friday Night SmackDown, had been released from his contract with WWE.
• On February 23:

• Afa Anoa'i, Jr., known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
• On Raw, it was announced that Ricky Steamboat will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by Ric Flair.

• WWE confirmed on February 24 that WrestleMania XXVI would be held in Glendale, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium on March 28, 2010.
• On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the WWE One Night Stand name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
• ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the The Arena.

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As of February 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			7	4		11
	FL			12	15		27
	GA		6	37	82		125
	B	1	18	74	211		304
	C		3	25	119		147
	Start	2	53	240	1858		2153
	Stub		2	22	535		559
	List		3	31	591	1	624
	Future			4	15		19
	Assessed	3	85	448	3415	1	3948
	Total	3	85	448	3415	1	3952

• List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions (review page) is a current Featured list candidate.
• Blond Bombers, John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• Darren Matthews (review page) failed its Good article nomination.
• The following articles appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • March 10: Robert Bruce (wrestler)
  • March 14: Octagón
• Deletion Discussions
  • Articles for Deletion
    • Deleted: Local Championship Wrestling and Original ECW
  • Templates for Deletion.
    • Current: Template:World Champions in TNA and Template:X Division.
    • Deleted: Template:Hardy Boyz and Template:John Morrison and The Miz.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 214 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 559 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of March.

• 15 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents Destination X

• On March 1, Pro Wrestling Noah announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
• On March 2:

• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with Fox Turkey to broadcast Friday Night SmackDown across Turkey.
• On Raw:

• Randy Orton announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a World Championship that he won at the Royal Rumble to face Triple H for his WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXV.
• Shawn Michaels defeated Vladimir Kozlov in a singles match to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
• Bill Watts was announced as the fifth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.

• "The Boogeyman" Marty Wright was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
• On March 6, Sonjay Dutt officially announced his contract release from TNA.
• It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
• On March 9:

• "Ryan Braddock" Brad Bradley and "Kizarny" Nick Cvjetkovich were released from their WWE contracts.
• On Raw:

• John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion CM Punk to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth Grand Slam Champion and twentieth Triple Crown Champion.
• Koko B. Ware was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.

• On March 13:

• Andrew "Test" Martin was found dead in his apartment in Tampa, Florida. His cause of death is currently unknown.
• Ric Flair made his Ring of Honor debut at a live event in St. Louis, Missouri.

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As of March 2009:

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			8	3		11
	FL			12	15		27
	GA		6	38	81		125
	B	1	19	76	213		309
	C		4	26	129		159
	Start	2	53	248	1850		2153
	Stub		2	21	543		566
	List		3	35	606	1	645
	Future			4	13		17
	Assessed	3	87	468	3453	1	4012
Total	3	87	468	3453	1	4012

• List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment (review page), List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions (review page), and List of TNA X Division Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates.
• IWGP Heavyweight Championship (review page) is a current Featured list removal candidate.
• Against All Odds (2005), Ashley Massaro, Blond Bombers, Final Resolution (2005), John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, Paul London and Brian Kendrick, Stephanie McMahon, and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
  • March 20: List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment
  • March 24: Mark Starr
  • March 25: Against All Odds (2005)
  • March 28: Johnny Valentine
• Deletion Discussions
  • Templates for Deletion.
    • Kept: Template:X Division
    • Deleted: Template:World Champions in TNA
• Based on the members list, there are currently 216 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 564 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
• The Article alerts for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.

This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of April.

• 5 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents WrestleMania XXV
• 19 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Lockdown

• On March 15 at Destination X
  • A.J. Styles won the TNA Legends Championship by defeating defending champion Booker T, and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever Grand Slam Champion.
  • Suicide defeated defending TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal in an Ultimate X match to win the title.
• On March 17:

• It was confirmed via WWE.com that The Von Erichs were the sixth inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.
• At a set of Friday Night SmackDown tapings:

• Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Shelton Benjamin to win the WWE United States Championship; this match aired on March 20.
• Gail Kim made her return to WWE by attacking Maryse and Michelle McCool; this segment aired on March 27.

• It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of TNA Impact! earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
• On March 21
  • Elizabeth Miklosi (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion.
  • Ring of Honor aired their first television show, Ring of Honor Wrestling, on HDNet.
• On March 22:

• "Abismo Negro" Andrés González was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
• Steve Doll died from heart and kidney failure caused by a blood clot in his lung.

• Howard Finkel was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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1. Consider expanding an article from the project's list of stub articles and nominating it at Did You Know?. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year, and we are currently on 74.
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