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  • Daniel Puder triumphs on WWE’s ‘Tough Enough’ initiative

    Daniel Puder triumphs on WWE’s ‘Tough Enough’ initiative

    MUMBAI: The American fans of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have spoken. Daniel Puder has been named the winner of the $1,000,000 Tough Enough competition

    In India the WWE airs on Ten Sports.

     
    In the emotional culmination of the intense competition Puder, a former mixed martial arts and cage fighter, has been awarded a WWE contract worth a million dollars. In the final round of voting by the fans Puder defeated Mike The Miz Mizanin, a former star of MTVs Real World: Return to New York.

    The eight-week competition by the WWE to find a new wrestling talent began in October. Eight finalists were selected from the thousands of hopefuls that applied hoping they were Tough Enough. Each week on Smackdown!, Tough Enough Trainer Al Snow led the Tough Enough competitors through a ritual of training and challenges.

    The competitors were assigned various tasks including a WWE style Capture the Flag competition, a paddle match on pedestals, an arm wrestling match, and a sex test. As part of the competition, the contestants interacted in the ring with WWE superstars that included Kurt Angle, The Basham Brothers, Torrie Wilson and Big Show.

    Fans voted each week, exclusively on WWE.com, for their favourite contestant, until the field was narrowed down to only Mizanin and Puder. Their final task was a special Dixie Dog Fight at the Armageddon pay-per-view, where Puder beat Mizanin in a close and competitive match.

    Putting the icing on the cake, Puder was informed that he will be competing in the Royal Rumble Match at the Royal Rumble in California. The winner of the match is awarded a championship shot at WrestleMania – a prize most wrestlers can only dream of.

  • WWE Superstars to bring Christmas cheer to Iraq, Kuwait

    WWE Superstars to bring Christmas cheer to Iraq, Kuwait

    MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars will be visiting the troops bringing with them holiday greetings and United States Organisations (USO) care packages.

    The visit will be shown on a special edition of WWE SmackDown. In the US this will air on Christmas Day on Viacom’s cable network UPN. In India WWE action airs on Ten Sports and Indians can catch the special sometime in January.

    WWE is helping to promote the ‘Operation USO Care Package’ this month. Shortly after that the WWE superstars travel to Iraq and Kuwait in a tour organised by the US Department of Defense, Armed Forces Entertainment office.

    WWE is promoting the USO initiative within its television programming and on its web site, wwe.com. WWE has a microsite troops.wwe.com where people can sponsor a care package, and it also will be posting holiday messages to the troops from its viewers. People who want to send greetings to the troops for posting on the website can email them to Troops@WWE.com.

    WWE chairman Vince McMahon will be among those attending the holiday tour. Other stars include Big Show, Torrie Wilson, the Canadian grappler Chris Benoit, Mexican Eddie Guerrero .

    As part of the promotion for a donation of $25, individuals can send a USO Care Package containing an assortment of daily sundries that the military have specifically requested, such as prepaid international calling cards, disposable cameras, toiletries, and sunscreen. They also include greetings from the American public, transferred onto official “Operation USO Care Package” post cards.

    McMahon added, “We are looking forward to visiting the troops and providing them with the most unusual, entertaining live event ever produced for the holidays. We plan on carrying as many care packages as we can to deliver to the troops, along with greetings from the American public”.