News & notes

 The International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame has its base at MVP Arena in Albany, and, tonight, 5 wrestlers familiar to WWE fans will be enshrined for their contributions.

All but one of tonight's honorees are in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Trish Stratus is the headliner. Fitness model-turned-world champion, Trish held the WWE Women's title 6 times, all between 2001-6. 

Tony Atlas: "Mr. USA" was a tag team champion with the WWE in the 80's, and won his only world title as a heel with the Savoldis' International World Class Championship Wrestling in the 90's, when the promotion had a TV deal with CNBC, if memory serves me correctly. Tony returned to the WWE to manage Olympic strongman Mark Henry during the latter's ECW title run in the late '00's.

Rocky Johnson was Atlas' tag team partner during those title days in the WWE. With the news in the press earlier this week, there surprisingly hasn't been much speculation as to whether or not Johnson's son, Dwayne (The Rock), might make an appearance in Albany to accept the induction on his late father's behalf.

Tito Santana was a multi-time tag team & Intercontinental champion in the 80's, the latter during a memorable feud with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, while enduring the racist taunts of color analyst Jesse Ventura in the mid-80's.

Johnny Rodz might be known to fans mostly as a jobber during the 70's & 80's, but he had been a mainstay with WWE since the 60's. Sure, he'd win every now & again, but in the 80's, especially, he was utilized to make bigger stars get over with crowds. Two of his most famous students, the Dudley Boys, aka Team 3D, will be with TNA at tonight's Bound For Glory PPV, along with Tommy Dreamer, a TNA employee.

Now, we'll see what kind of attendance this event draws.

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For the 2nd time in a month, CDTA was forced to reroute some of their buses going through Watervliet this morning due to a marathon race, which, unlike the Arsenal City Run three weeks ago, got little press attention.

In the run-up to the event, there were electronic signs posted near McDonald's and Walgreens, but a check of the city website earlier this week produced nothing remotely close to any actual news about the event, which by now has ended. Shame on the city for such negilgence.

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Shaker High has just one rooting interest in the ALCS, as Detroit and reliever Tommy Kahnle were eliminated in 15 innings by Seattle in a marathon game that spilled into early Saturday morning on the east coast. Kahnle gave up the game winning hit to Jorge Polanco, and was charged with the loss. Sports bars all over the 518 will have both the Mariners-Blue Jays game and Sunday Night Football available for customers tonight. The baseball game will get a 10 minute headstart.