AP Article On "Pacman" Jones' Winning Tag Titles

The following was issued by The Associated Press:
Pacman wins tag team title
Titans' suspended cornerback does little wrestling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Adam "Pacman" Jones can now call himself a pro wrestling tag team world champion, even though his only wrestling move was to cover up a wrestler knocked out by someone else.

The suspended Titans cornerback has a legal agreement with the team to avoid any physical move that could leave him injured. So Jones left the dirty work to tag team partner Ron "The Truth" Killings in TNA Wrestling's "No Surrender" pay-per-view Sunday night against Kurt Angle and Sting.

Jones twice refused to tag in and join the staged match.

The turning point came when Angle's wife appeared ringside, refused to leave and then slapped Sting. She went down as if hit when the wrestler pointed for her to leave, and her husband came over to investigate.

By the time Jones finally tagged in and got into the ring, Angle put a move on Sting that allowed Jones to cover the wrestler for the victory.

TNA wasted no time promoting the victory, putting a picture of Jones and Killings with their championship belts on its Web site. They also used the news to announce their weekly TV show on the Spike cable channel is being expanded by 60 minutes to two hours each Thursday.

Jones was suspended for the 2007 season in April for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. He cannot have his case reviewed until after the Titans' 10th game Nov. 19, and he has two felony coercion charges pending against him in Las Vegas for a Feb. 19 strip club fight and triple-shooting.

TNA, which stands for Total Nonstop Action, is a Nashville-based pro wrestling league.

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