"from ""★"" liner notes. Musicians Technical Blackstar (song) ""★"" (pronounced and stylised as ""Blackstar"") is a song by English rock musician David Bowie. It was released as the lead single from his twenty-fifth and final studio album of the same name on 19 November 2015. ""★"" peaked at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart, number 70 on the French Singles Chart and number 78 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""★"" received both the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance at the 59th Grammy Awards. At 9:57, it is the longest song"
"negotiated with ESPN for a weekly television show later that year, Blackstone joined her husband as part of the announcing team with Scott Hudson, Steve Prazak and Craig Johnson. She remained the only female member, and primary interviewer, during her time with the promotion. On April 9, 1992, she and Pedicino were released from the promotion as a cost-cutting measure along with other core members of the GWF including booker Eddie Gilbert, head announcer Craig Johnson, and other key GWF members. When Superstars of Wrestling finally ended in August 1992, she and her husband started their own business Max Foods."
"title was given to Ruckus. Around this time, Sabian and Joker left Blackout and CZW. On September 9, 2006, Ricky Reyes joined Blackout and helped Eddie Kingston win the World Championship. Kingston then rejoined Blackout. Also on this day, Blackout was stripped of the tag team titles due to Joker's departure from CZW when he and Sabian joined Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU). On October 14 at ""Last Team Standing"", two teams representing Blackout were entered in an 8-man tournament to crown new champions. However, Ricky Reyes couldn't be at the show, and Kingston refused to be in the tournament. Instead,"
"accused Blackman of running over Stone Cold Steve Austin at Survivor Series the previous year. Before he could speak, Austin came down to the ring and stunned both Blackman and McMahon. Early in 2001, Blackman formed another tag team, this time with Grandmaster Sexay. Blackman again played the straight-faced man: a recurring element was that Grandmaster would always try to convince Blackman to dance with him after their matches. In the summer of 2001, Grandmaster was released from his WWF contract. Blackman was then sidelined due to an injury. He made his last TV appearance on June 25, 2001 episode"
"episode of ""Impact"" (taped before his release), Aries asked for a title shot, General Manager Bully Ray scheduled Aries against Rockstar Spud after Aries turned heel and ripped on Spud and the whole X Division. After Aries lost the match, he was forced to leave TNA. Afterwards, Aries's heel turn was short lived after Aries showed respect to Rockstar Spud by handing Spud his bow tie and raised his hand, turning Aries face in the process. On June 28, 2015, Aries left TNA as his contract with the company expired. During a select amount of episodes of ""Impact"" in October"
"for 13 months earlier in his career; there were boos from the paying crowd that felt let down by McAllister's display of the night. The way the fight ended left his manager Tommy Gilmour admitting his career would suffer because of this defeat, and promoter Frank Maloney claiming McAllister would never fight on Sky again. McAllister vacated the Commonwealth light-welterweight title to let Eddie Doyle fight Willie Limond whilst he tried to recover from the injury that forced him to retire in the European Title fight. McAllister returned after 14 months out and had his last fight against Ivan Godor."
"to convince Stardust to go back to being Cody Rhodes. On the February 15 ""Raw"", Stardust participated in a five-way match for the Intercontinental Championship, but did not win the match. At WrestleMania 32, Stardust competed in a seven-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, which was won by Zack Ryder. Post-WrestleMania, Stardust lost to Apollo Crews four times on television, which was followed by a loss to Zack Ryder on the May 20 episode of ""Superstars"". On May 21, Rhodes revealed on Twitter that he had requested his release from WWE, which was officially granted the following day. Rhodes"
"one last appearance for WWE at an NXT event on June 12 as a face cutting a promo with Bo Dallas before attacking him with a spinebuster, and receiving cheers again from the fans. Batista legitimately quit the WWE due to creative differences soon after. In April 2015, Batista said that he would be interested in returning to WWE, but only at non-televised events. He was contacted to appear at WrestleMania 32 in 2016, but turned down the offer. Regarding his last tenure in professional wrestling, he said that his greatest achievement was ""putting guys over"" and ""repaying favors"". On"
"Championship, in a losing effort. Roode and Aries lost the best of five series to The Wolves for the tag titles in the fifth match on the July 1 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"" in an Iron Man match. On the July 22 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Roode lost a Tables match to Matt Hardy. On the August 5 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Aries was forced to face Rockstar Spud, with Aries' TNA career and Spud's ""Rockstar"" moniker on the line. Aries ultimately lost the match, resulting in him leaving TNA. On the August 12 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Roode attacked"
"As a result, Blackwell stopped wrestling full-time. Blackwell made his last appearance in the AWA during a television taping in Rochester, Minnesota in October 1989, wrestling in a singles match against Tom Stone and in a 6-man tag team match with Bobby Fulton and Jackie Fulton against Johnny Valiant, Mike Enos, and Wayne Bloom. The AWA took the opportunity to push an angle between Blackwell and Adnan's new protégé Kokina Maximus, but the match never took place. Blackwell considered joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the promotion's expansion in 1984. Before being signed, wrestlers were required to record promos,"
"with a WWE Tag Team Championship shot on the WrestleMania XXX pre-show, which they lost. RybAxel would continue their short feud with Cody Rhodes and Goldust from earlier in the year at Payback which RybAxel won, before losing the rematch at Money in the Bank. Shortly after, Ryback took time off for surgery. On the November 6 episode of ""Superstars"", Ryback, after returning from injury, would tell Axel that he needs to focus on his singles career, officially ending the team. At the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2015, Axel was set to enter the Rumble match at number 6,"
"along with Rycklon, debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the June 25 taping of ""Impact Wrestling"" (which aired on July 24) as a heel, attacking Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray and Devon, ostensibly aligning with Dixie Carter. Snitsky and Rycklon were fired by Carter on the August 7, 2014 edition of ""Impact Wrestling"". Earlier on the show they were in a Eight-Man Hardcore War as Team Dixie (EC3, Rhino, Rycklon and Snitsky) lost to Team Bully (Bully Ray, Devon, Tommy Dreamer and Al Snow). On June 22, 2018, Snitsky announced that he plans to retire from professional wrestling after working"
"Flair would not participate. Although their feud ended, the feud reengaged five years later in 2008. At WrestleMania XXIV, Michaels defeated Flair in a retirement match, a stipulation that only applied to Flair. As a result, Flair retired from professional wrestling. Jericho and Goldberg continued to feud over several weeks before being announced as participants in the Elimination Chamber match, in which Goldberg eliminated Jericho. During the weeks leading up to SummerSlam, Kane would turn on Rob Van Dam after the loss of their tag titles, and his unmasking which occurred eight days after this event along with his heel"
"Stern asked Johnson about his lifestyle prior to contracting HIV and if he practiced safe sex with his wife. Stern also asked about ""the white guy comedian"", referring to Johnson's previous sidekick, Craig Shoemaker, who had been fired shortly before Stern's appearance for publicly calling the show ""an absolute nightmare"". The highly publicized episode featuring Stern increased viewership for a time, but ratings soon dropped off. The series was canceled after eight weeks. Johnson later blamed the demise of his talk show on a lack of support from black celebrities who refused or could not appear on his show. Johnson"
"Boni Blackstone Bonnie ""Boni"" Blackstone (born November 8, 1965) is a retired American professional wrestling announcer, commentator, model, television and radio producer. She was a popular on-air personality in regional territories of the Southern United States during the 1980s, as part of the announcing team in the Global Wrestling Federation and briefly the World Wrestling Federation, as well as the longtime co-host of ""Superstars of Wrestling"" with husband Joe Pedicino and Gordon Solie from 1986 to 1992. She was one of the earliest, if not the first, female announcers in professional wrestling and has been praised by fellow women in"
"a losing effort. At Lockdown, Black Reign and Rellik competed in a Six Team Cuffed in the Cage match which was won by Kaz and Super Eric. After three months of not showing up on television, Black Reign's profile was removed from the TNA roster page and he was released from his TNA contract. On October 26, 2008, Runnels returned to the WWE at Cyber Sunday under his Goldust persona as part of the three choices (the other two being Roddy Piper and The Honky Tonk Man) that the fans could choose to face Santino Marella for the Intercontinental Championship."
"Noah's decision to cut Kobashi led to an immediate backlash from wrestlers loyal to him with Atsushi Aoki, Go Shiozaki, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru announcing their resignation from the promotion. The five ended up joining AJPW after their contracts with Noah expired at the end of the year, forming a new version of the Burning stable, which had originally been formed by Kobashi and Akiyama in 1998. On December 9, 2012, Kobashi appeared at Noah's Ryōgoku Kokugikan event, announcing his retirement from professional wrestling, having deemed it impossible to fully recover from the accumulation of his injuries."
"for the first time. On February 5, 2016, Sexy Star announced she was relinquishing the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. Later that month, it was reported that García had quit AAA. Reportedly, she had contacted the AAA office, stating that she was retiring from professional wrestling. On July 16, 2017, Sexy Star made a surprise return to AAA, winning the vacant Reina de Reinas Championship. She gained some attention on August 26, 2017, when she submitted and injured Rosemary with a shoot armbar to retain her title in a four-way match at ""Triplemanía"" XXV. Afterwards, several wrestlers voiced their"
"involving Donald Trump and announcer Joanna Rose, stating Trump ""would like to grab her by the..."" but never said the word. Evolve's booker Gabe Sapolsky immediately apologized for the comment, before announcing that Evolve had terminated Styles. Two days later, Beyond Wrestling and Chikara also announced they were severing ties with Styles. After that incident, Styles retired from pro wrestling. Joey Styles Joseph Carmine Bonsignore (born July 14, 1971) better known by his ring name Joey Styles, is an American retired professional wrestling commentator. He is best known for his time with ECW and WWE. Before working for WWE, Styles"
"members Rowan, Luke Harper and Braun Strowman in a six-man tag team match at Fastlane, with Ryback pinning Harper for the victory. The next night on ""Raw"", during a rematch between the two teams, Ryback walked out on Big Show and Kane, and later proclaimed that he was tired of being in tag team matches, turning heel in the process for the first time since 2014. On the March 7 episode of ""Raw"", Ryback confronted United States Champion Kalisto backstage, leading to a title match between them on the WrestleMania 32 pre-show, which Ryback lost. In a non-title rematch between"
"GeeStar. The following year Converse appeared on the first episode of ""CWF Championship Wrestling"" where he lost his title to J-Money, ending his seven-month championship reign. He subsequently entered the heavyweight division and spent the next few months feuding with FWA-Carolinas Heavyweight Champion Corey Edsel who had previously left the HYP months earlier. The two finally met on August 9, 2003, in Wentworth, North Carolina. Outside interference from Brad Stutts unintentionally caused Converse to lose the match. Afterwards, Converse turned against Stutts and hit him with his finisher. He was the last of the original HYPmembers to leave the group."
"spending most of the time talking about himself. Subsequently, she did not appear on WWE television for almost a month, reappearing on the September 22 episode of ""SmackDown!"" and getting into a confrontation with both Kristal and Jillian Hall. In mid-2006, Stacy Keibler left WWE to pursue an acting career, Trish Stratus retired at Unforgiven, and Lita retired at Survivor Series. Jazz returned to WWE due to the relaunch of the ECW brand, though her second run was short lived as she departed from the company again the following year in mid-January as part of talent releases. Torrie Wilson retired"
"Joe, was forced to pull out due to back surgery. At the end of the match Jarrett abandoned Joe and left him to be pinned by Nash. At the end of the event it was revealed that Nash and Sting had been right about Hogan and Bischoff all along, as they aligned themselves with Jarrett, Abyss and Jeff Hardy. On October 13, 2010, Nash's contract with TNA expired and he announced his retirement from professional wrestling. His last TNA appearance was a taped broadcast on October 14, 2010, when Nash and Sting both announced they were walking away from TNA"
"a solution aimed to end the Hassan character. Several days later, WWE.com hosted a video of a kayfabe announcement from Theodore Long, where he reiterates the stipulation that Hassan would no longer appear on ""SmackDown!"". Due to increasing public pressure, WWE was forced to later drop the character altogether, sending Copani and Daivari back to their developmental territories to alter their gimmicks. This resulted in huge fan backlash, mostly because Hassan was at the height of his notoriety. Copani was released from his WWE contract on September 21, 2005 and announced his retirement from professional wrestling. In subsequent years, it"
"the title to Rockstar Spud. In April, The Beat Down Clan started a feud with The Rising (Drew Galloway, Eli Drake and Micah, culminating in a match between both stables on the July 1 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", The Beat Down Clan defeated The Rising in a 4-on-3 Handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. On June 25, 2015 Low Ki announced that he had parted ways with the company. On the April 20 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Low Ki made his return, debuting a Hitman / Agent 47 inspired gimmick. He defeated Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond"
"Rockstar Spud for ending Aries' career in TNA when Spud defeated Aries the previous week. On the September 2 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Roode showed signs of a face turn after he defeated GFW representative PJ Black to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. On October 4, at Bound for Glory, Roode successfully defended his King of the Mountain Championship against Lashley. After the match, Roode and Lashley shook hands, thus turning Roode face once again. During October and November (taped in July), he participated in the TNA World Title Series. Roode ended first of his block, tied"
"The Blackout (professional wrestling) Blackout (often stylized as BLKOUT, The BLKOUT or BLK-OUT) is a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling, Adrenaline Championship Wrestling, and other independent companies. Though the current members in CZW are Ruckus, BLK Jeez, Robbie Mireno (aka Robby Illuminati), the team also competes in companies with other members, such as Joker and Eddie Kingston. The Blackout started as a stable in CZW with Ruckus, Sabian, Joker, and Robbie Mireno. In 2004, they began a feud with Chri$ Ca$h, which saw a number of tag team matches. During this feud, Ruckus and Sabian won the"
"effort. In October, following Bound for Glory, the team quietly disbanded when Godderz went in a feud with Aron Rex for the Impact Grand Championship, and Robbie started comical segments with Grado in an attempt to introduce him in the BroMans. On the January 19 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Robbie E and Swoggle lost to Aron Rex and Rockstar Spud. On the February 9 episode of ""Impact Wrestling"", Robbie E lost to Rex in his final match for TNA. On September 29, Strauss announced on Twitter that he had parted ways with Impact Wrestling. On March 25, it was announced"
"resigned from ROH in March 2004. In the aftermath of the scandal, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) ended its talent-sharing agreement with Ring of Honor, abruptly withdrawing all of its contracted wrestlers from their prior commitments to perform in ROH shows—including major ROH draws A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, who each either held or were about to hold ROH championships. Doug Gentry eventually bought Feinstein's stake in ROH, and later sold it to Cary Silkin. ROH then started its own mail-order and online store operations, which sold DVDs of its live events, plus shoot interviews (dubbed The Straight Shootin' Series)"
"against Bischoff on ""Raw"", but was then defeated by The Rock at WrestleMania XIX, who returned about the same time as a smug, ""sell out"" villain, which, ultimately, became Austin's last official match in WWE. The night after on ""Raw"", Austin was fired in the storyline by Bischoff on medical grounds. The next day, Austin gave an interview on WWE.com announcing his retirement from wrestling, although he stated that he and Vince McMahon had reached an agreement seeing him only appear in non-wrestling roles on a weekly basis. In reference to Bischoff firing him on ""Raw"" that week, he said"
"the NWA 52nd Anniversary Show. Boni Blackstone Bonnie ""Boni"" Blackstone (born November 8, 1965) is a retired American professional wrestling announcer, commentator, model, television and radio producer. She was a popular on-air personality in regional territories of the Southern United States during the 1980s, as part of the announcing team in the Global Wrestling Federation and briefly the World Wrestling Federation, as well as the longtime co-host of ""Superstars of Wrestling"" with husband Joe Pedicino and Gordon Solie from 1986 to 1992. She was one of the earliest, if not the first, female announcers in professional wrestling and has been"
"down by Vince McMahon. Bryan underwent a new test, where the lesion in his brain was discovered, after which he himself made the decision to retire. On ""Thank You Daniel"", a WWE Network tribute to Bryan, he confirmed that he had been asked about working for WWE in a different capacity while comparing this to ""a partner breaking up with you, getting married to someone else and then asking you to be best friends"", expanding to say that he needed time to heal emotionally before he could agree to such an offer. During this period, WWE confirmed that Bryan would"
"H could defeat Bryan, The Shield interrupted by spearing Triple H and taking out Batista, Orton and Kane, causing Bryan to retain his title via disqualification. On the April 14 episode of ""Raw"", Batista, Triple H and Randy Orton came down to the ring to attack The Shield after their 11-on-3 handicap match, using the name and the theme of Evolution. At both Extreme Rules and Payback, Evolution lost to The Shield. On the June 2 episode of ""Raw"", Batista quit WWE after Triple H denied him a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. After the episode, he made"