Mid-Day Notes on Chase Tatum, Helping Jeff Hardy, Flair Coverage & More

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Dave Meltzer at WrestlingObserver.com has reported that the funeral for recently-deceased Chase Tatum (former WCW wrestler who was found dead at 34 years old on Sunday due to a believed drug overdose) will take place tomorrow at 2pm at the Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta, GA. Alfonso Castillo posted on the Newsday wrestling blog about his death. Our condolences to his loved ones.

Lance Storm talks about Ric Flair in his latest commentary.

Coverage of Ric Flair heading into his potential retirement match continues, with GameTap.com, The Patriot Ledger and The Miami Herald publishing some really good interviews with the Hall of Famer. Flair tells the Herald that HHH will be inducting him into the Hall.

Flair’s WrestleMania opponent Shawn Michaels was interviews on Mania 23 and 24 by the Baltimore Sun.

Another interesting recent interview is with Chris Jericho over at The UK Sun. He talks about BunnyMania, Jeff Hardy and more.

Speaking of Jericho, Seth Mates takes a look at the only WrestleMania he “headlined” here.

Jim Ross’ latest blog post confirms that he will be inducting Gordon Solie into the WWE Hall of Fame, Ric Flair, Floyd Mayweather and more here.

Dr. Keith Lipinski sent along the following…

WRESTLEFANATIC.COM AND BIG VISION TEAM UP TO “HELP HARDY”

As most wrestling fans have heard by now, Jeff Hardy’s house burned down earlier this month. Thankfully Jeff and his girlfriend Beth were not home at the time, but unfortunately his dog Jack did not make it out.

We want to give back to Jeff Hardy in any way that we can, for all that he has given us as pro wrestling fans throughout the years. We want to say thank you and help him out in these hard times.

Now, thanks to our friends at Big Vision Entertainment, we are trying to team up with wrestling fans around the world to help Jeff.

Starting today, any wrestling DVD’s purchased from Big Vision Entertainment through WrestleFanatic.com will have a portion of that sale go directly to Jeff Hardy.

Big Vision has agreed to once again package the entire Hardy Boys Ultimate Insiders set (Ultimate Insiders Vol. 4 – The Hardy Boys – From The Backyard to the Big Time, Vol. 5 – Matt Hardy – Behind the Controversies, and Vol. 6 – Jeff Hardy – Unwrapping the Enigma) for an incredibly low price of $20. That’s up to half off the normal price. When fans purchase this set even MORE money will go direct to Jeff.

Aside from the Hardy set, Big Vision has a great lineup of DVD’s including Ultimate Insiders presents Doin’ Time With New Jack, Before They Were Stars: Samoa Joe, Before They Were Stars: Rey Mysterio Jr., Wrestling Society X: The First Season, Wrestling Vixens: The New Era, The Best of CM Punk, Vive Guerrero: A Tribute to Eddie, XPW TV and lots more.

We encourage all wrestling fans to visit our site, click on the Help Hardy profile and help us to give back to one of this era’s greatest wrestling superstars!

WrestleFanatic.com is the premiere social networking site dedicated strictly to professional wrestling. Fans can sign up for free and begin interacting with other members, customize their profiles, and more! Visit http://www.wrestlefanatic.com to get started today and hear a special welcome message from Rob Van Dam and check out the official “Help Jeff Hardy” page for details on how to give back to one of our favorite WWE Superstars!

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.