Hey, did you hear Pacman is coming? He’s a man looking for a redemption (r-e-d-e-m-p-t-i-o-n). In the teaser, Pacman also emphasizes the fact that he’s a team player. Really, Adam? Is that what you were saying when you slammed strippers’ heads into the stage and made it rain? Regardless of what happens, it should be a fun time. And of course, YouTube Sports’ phenom stupid hick Kige Ramsey is all over the news.

Some athletes just can’t seem to stay out of the spotlight even if they aren’t on the field. Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones is one of them. Pacman, who is currently facing a year suspension from the NFL after numerous run-ins with the law, is in talks with the Tennessee based wrestling federation TNA about a role in the wrestling league.

The only way I’m sure how to react to this is with laughter. Is Pacman going to make the next famous wrestling move? Are we going to get a flying ghost chomp off the turnbuckle? How about a diving interception off the ropes? We have the rock bottom. We have the stone cold stunner. We have the pedigree. What about a zone blitz grapple? How about a punt return suplex?

Give credit where credit is due. Though you won’t be hearing his name on the field for the 2007 season, you’ll still be hearing his name in the news. This is undoubtedly a huge marketing ploy for the relatively unknown TNA and, with a name like Pacman joining the ranks, enough back country morons will probably tune in and spike the ratings. Who knows what he’s going to do on the wrestling stage. What I do know is that, while he’s parading around between the ropes acting like the attention whore that he is, I won’t be watching. Sorry TNA, but even Pacman’s controversial mug won’t draw me in.

In the discussion of all-time backfires, this incident has to be near the top. Just a couple weeks after Vince McMahon was killed attempted to stage his own death as a PR stunt, the wrestling world has lost one of it’s biggest stars. Chris Benoit was found dead yesterday, alongside his wife and children. Police say it looks like a murder-suicide.

Canadian pro-wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and then smothered his son before hanging himself, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.

The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, said Benoit hanged himself in the weight room of his suburban Atlanta home.

It’s obvious that professional wrestlers have lots of demons they have to fight through. Steroids, painkilers, and alcohol abuse are just a few ways to cope with night after night of getting your ass kicked on the road. One of Benoit’s best friends, Eddie Guerrero, had the same issues. Substances like this usually lead to some meltdowns and the Benoit one is certainly tragic, albeit confusing.

The timing of all this sure does suck. I’m sure McMahon wanted to carry his own “death” storyline for a little while. But he was forced to make a comeback and deal with this. I don’t know why the hell Benoit took his loved ones with him. It makes a tragic situation even more sketchy.

We usually just post YouTube clips of wrestling events. But last night was Wrestlemania 23, one of the biggest events in “sports” every year. Over 80,000 fans packed Detroit’s Ford Field to watch Vince McMahon’s dome get completely shoved. While I’m sure fans would have preferred Matt Millen, it was still a very entertaining event.

“Ford Field shook to the very core of its foundation with the thunderous noise from the record-setting crowd. The support of our fans in Detroit and around the world made WrestleMania 23 a tremendous success,” said Kurt Schneider, Executive Vice President of Marketing.

Twenty Wrestlemanias ago, over 90,000 fans allegedly packed the Pontiac Silverdome for Wrestlemania III. In that event, Hulk Hogan body-slammed Andre the Giant. The number is disputable but Wrestlemania 23 definitely set the Ford Field record. Scripted events or not, there were about 12,000 more fans at Wrestlemania 23 than Super Bowl XL. Ironically, Mike Holmgren thinks both events were fixed.

Overall, it was a pretty solid pay-per-view. Vince McMahon got all the promotion he had hoped for, while Donald Trump avoided having his head buzzed. But Trump didn’t escape the event unscathed. While celebrating in the ring with Bobby Lashley, Trump received a “Stone Cold Stunner”, compliments of guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin.

In case you hadn’t heard, WWE’s Wrestlemania 23 is this Sunday. Among the most talked about matches in recent history is the “Hair vs. Hair Match,” which pits Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. McMahon will be represented by Umaga and Trump will have Bobby Lashley on his side. The winner gets to shave the other’s head. Chances are, we’re likely going to see McMahon bald on Sunday. But even more likely, Stone Cold Steve Austin is going to kick some serious ass as special referee.

The following clip is one of the finer moments in the infamous Austin-McMahon feud of the late 90s and early 00s. Here, McMahon and The Rock are giving a speech in the ring. Austin proceeds to drive out in a beer truck and soak everybody in site. It’s too bad personalities like The Rock and Stone Cold are long gone because that was some true entertainment.

The WWE tag team combination of Randy Orton and Edge may want to consider changing their name from Rated RKO to Rated HGH. This would be in light of the recent allegation that both of them took steroids. I know, shocker of the century. How could a WWE wrestler possibly take steroids or human growth hormone?

Edge and Orton are among four WWE wrestlers who have been outed during the most recent round of steroid investigation. They join Kurt Angle and the Hurricane as the members of the WWE who have been outed. Orton is one of the most obvious cases of steroid use; but Edge, not so much. Regardless, you have to assume that these guys are using whatever they can to sculpt their bodies as well as get in shape for their blows they take week after week.

I guess it’s almost comical that amongst the serious investigation into allegations about Evander Holyfield, Gary Matthews Jr. and the like, these two come up. I think more people would be surprised if they were told that neither of these men took steroids than people will be surprised when they find this out.

If you were to do a drug test on everyone on the WWE I would expect that only Jim Ross would come up clean. Of course, all of the wrestlers implicated have declined to comment, leaving me with less material to make fun of them with. The fact that they can’t get their HGH or steroids straight from the WWE says something about the organization though, I guess they’re trying to keep it clean. It doesn’t help that their stars can simply get it online.