By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Pam and Robert Allyn kept their word.

Gordon Solie's daughter and son-in-law promised the legendary pro wrestling announcer that two books he wanted to write would be published after his death in July 2000. Nine years later, the project is finished.

Pete "Taz" Senerchia knows all about being the underdog.

At 5-foot-8 and 250 pounds, Senerchia overcame size limitations to become an Extreme Championship Wrestling star in the 1990s. He parlayed that success with a smaller promotion into a decade-long World Wrestling Entertainment stint as a grappler and then announcer after retiring from the ring in 2002.

Flip television channels and you're bound to hear Mike Goldberg sooner or later.

Jeff Leen has fortuitous timing.

Coming on the heels of last weekend's ballyhooed Gina Carano-Cris Cyborg mixed-martial-arts bout, Leen couldn't have picked a better date for the release of his outstanding new book, which recounts another of the biggest female fights in history. Only this legitimate confrontation took place inside a pro-wrestling ring.

Eric Young's pro-wrestling career is no longer a laughing matter.

After four years in comedic roles, TNA Wrestling has given Young his most serious character to date. Young is now heading World Elite, a group of international grapplers consisting of Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi and the British Invasion (Doug Williams, Rob Terry and Brutus Magnus).

The line separating pro wrestling and mixed martial arts continues to blur.

While the former is what Vince McMahon coined "sports entertainment" and the latter is legitimate fighting, the crossover and similarities between the two are growing. The latest examples involve two of McMahon's former World Wrestling Entertainment charges: Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley.

The original members of the illustrious Four Horsemen will gather next week for a reunion of pro-wrestling legends.

That includes the star who rode away.

For one more time, Lance Evers hopes to take pro wrestling by storm.
Evers -- a/k/a Lance Storm -- is making his most high-profile appearance since last performing for World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005. He will work Friday and Saturday night in Toronto for Ring of Honor.

Jenna Morasca has proven she can outwit, outplay and outlast her competition.
But can she survive her debut match in TNA Wrestling?
We'll find out on Sunday night's Victory Road pay-per-view show. Morasca - the winner of CBS reality show Survivor: Amazon in 2003 -- will battle Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, the wife of TNA star Booker T.

A former World Wrestling Entertainment referee recently announced that he was diagnosed with a potentially incurable disease.
It's called OWD: obsessive wrestling disorder.