By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Marvez: Jesse Neal and his lost buddy a tag team forever

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Jesse Neal is wrestling for two.

Neal and his Navy roommate Marc Nieto were die-hard grappling fans. They religiously watched pro-wrestling telecasts together. They held parties for pay-per-view shows while at home on leave. They even toyed with the idea of becoming performers once their military service ended.

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Marvez: Another round of Trump vs. McMahon!

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Had he presented the idea to Donald Trump on "Celebrity Apprentice," Vince McMahon would have gotten fired.

At the expense of promoting an upcoming World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view show, McMahon rehashed his "Battle of the Billionaires" rivalry with Trump in bizarre fashion.

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Marvez: Former referee adjusts to life away from WWE

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

A former World Wrestling Entertainment referee recently announced that he was diagnosed with a potentially incurable disease.

It's called OWD: obsessive wrestling disorder.

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Marvez: Borash reflects on how far TNA has come

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Jeremy Borash will never forget the first night of TNA Wrestling.

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Marvez: The 'Golden Greek' -- an appreciation

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Pro wrestling is a little less golden with the passing of the "Golden Greek."

John Tolos, one of grappling's top stars worldwide from the 1950s through the 1970s, died of kidney failure last Thursday in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 78.

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Marvez: Delaney knows winning isn't everything

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

If World Wrestling Entertainment produced a greatest hits video package for Colin Delaney, he would be on the receiving end of all of them.

Delaney was grappling's version of a Timex watch during his eight-month stint in WWE's Extreme Championship Wrestling (10 p.m. Eastern, Tuesdays, SciFi Network). He took a licking and kept on ticking.

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Marvez: Daniels feels like a new man wrestling under his old name

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Christopher Daniels is happy to be himself again.

After spending 16 months performing as two different masked characters, Daniels is back grappling under his own name in TNA Wrestling.

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Marvez: Ric Flair wants to pull a Favre

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Ric Flair seems set to become pro wrestling's version of Brett Favre.

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Marvez: Catching up with Dennis Condrey of Midnight Express

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

The Midnight Express keeps rolling.

Twenty-five years after its debut, the tag team of Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton -- with manager Jim Cornette -- remains a hot act on the independent circuit. Condrey said he is already booked every weekend through mid-July. And he honestly can't figure out why.

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Marvez: WWE feels a strong draft

By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service

For hardcore World Wrestling Entertainment fans, this past week's biggest draft news didn't come from the NFL.

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