Names Considered For Tough Enough, Tanaka Update, More

Partial Source: Pwinsider

– Lucha Libre USA tapes tomorrow in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Shane Helms, Super Nova, Mini Park, Marco Corleone and Medianoche are scheduled for the taping. They also run a house show the next day at the Maverick Center in West Valley, UT.

– While Lucha Libre USA has local TV clearance in New Mexico on Univision KLUZ-TV channel 41, no return date has been announced for MTV2.

– Out of all the names that were in the running for this upcoming season of Tough Enough, there were some independent wrestlers that were considered. These included Austin Aries, Mercedes Martinez, Joey Ryan and Brittney Savage.

– In the "where are they now" files, former WWF, WCW and AWA star Pat Tanaka popped up on an episode of "Full Throttle Saloon" on TruTV as a bartender who ended up fired.

– Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake was recently interviewed by Enterprise News about his in-ring career. You can view it at https://www.enterprisenews.com/