Jay-Z NY Portrait

Roderick James "Jess" McMahon was a boxing promoter whose achievements included co-promoting a bout in 1915 between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson. In 1926, while working with Tex Rickard (who actually despised wrestling to such a degree he prevented wrestling events from being held at the third Madison Square Garden in New York City between 1939 and 1948), he started promoting boxing at the Garden. The first match during their partnership was a light-heavyweight championship match between Jack Delaney and Paul Berlenbach.
A few years earlier, around 1920, professional wrestler Joseph Raymond...

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969),[1] better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America[2] having had a net worth of over $450 million in 2010.[3] He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide,[4] while receiving ten Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations.[5]
Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings,[6]...

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward a presidential palace in Yemen on Sunday, calling for regime change in the Middle Eastern country.
Some of them chanted, "First Mubarak, now Ali," referring to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Hosni Mubarak, who recently resigned as president of Egypt after nearly 30 years in power.
Security forces put up a barbed wire barricade and blocked the protesters' path about two miles from the palace.
Nearby, a group of about 40 pro-government demonstrators chanted, "With our souls, with our blood, we will sacrifice for...

Bret “Hit Man” Hart was already a well-known quantity when the Hart Foundation split apart in 1991, but to get him the singles cred he needed Hart was sent straight into the I-C title picture. With Perfect’s back ailing, Hart slapped on that Sharpshooter and grabbed his first bit of solo glory. The main event of that pay-per-view was a plodding, uninteresting battle with Hulkster and Warrior taking on Sgt. Slaughter, Not Iron Shiek, and General Adnan, who appeared to be an arm drag away from death. The next day, though, the talk of the schoolyard wasn’t the blow off match of the Slaughter...

When the Ultimate Warrior defeated the Immortal Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI, he was passed the torch of the World title (A torch he quickly dropped, of course.) and was forced to vacate the Intercontinental title. The ensuing tournament to crown the new champ ended with Mr. Perfect defeating a former I-C champ in Tito Santana, thus beginning the Golden Age of the title. While the previous five years saw the great Savage-Steamboat title match, the Rude-Warrior feud, and the “greatest Intercontinental champion of all-time” in the Honky Tonk Man, Mr. Perfect was a modern champion and with...