Mainstream Media Covers Jack Brisco, The Rock's Movie Career Criticized

– Since the passing of former NWA World Champion and Hall of Famer Jack Brisco, several mainstream outlets have covered his passing. The following news outlets have picked up the story.. * The Associated Press * The Miami Herald * AOL Fanhouse * United Press International * Oklahoma State Athletics * MyFox: Tampa, Fl. * The Tampa Tribute * The St. Petersburg Times * United Press International.

– WWE star Santino Marella says he will be starring in a new sitcom on WWE.com featuring Beth Phoenix as his live-in girlfriend and Kozlov playing his best friend. In an interview with IGN.com, Santino explained that if the show is successful, he intends to spend more time focusing on acting than wrestling. "I was always the class clown, the comedian. And combine that with 20 years of grappling and you put that together and you get Santino. I think the transition will be easy. I'd say I'm more of an actor actually than a wrestler. I did a pilot already. When I presented it to the office, I did a pilot and it was really fun to do. It's a really natural transition for me." Shooting begins this month at his home in Tampa, FL with hopes of shopping the show around to television networks after the first "online" season.

– Movie website Cinematical.com features a fan rant questioning the success of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's movie career. The article flashes back to Johnson's 2003 action movie "The Rundown," which featured a cameo from Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told Johnson to "Have fun" in a symbolic passing of the "action hero" torch. Since then, Johnson has only done two other action movies (Walking Tall and Doom) and has settled into a career of comedies and kids movies. The author questions whether the era of action movie stars is over and suggests that The Rock's upcoming return to WWE is a result of his movie career not taking off as he had hoped.