Dancing with the Stars has announced their tour line up. It looks like the celebrity dancers that are slated to appear are Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Maurice Greene, and Marlee Matlin. Surprise celebrity guests are also in store for several of the shows throughout the tour. The pros that are scheduled to be on the tour include Mark Ballas, Derek Hough, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Edyta Sliwinska, Alec Mazo, Kym Johnson, and Karina Smirnoff. Newcomers Lacey Schwimmer and Fabian Sanchez are also scheduled to appear.

With Maurice Greene getting eliminated, there are only four teams left. Who will take this years Dancing with the Stars crown? Who ever it is, it’s sure to be a great competition between the four remaining teams.

The Dancing with the Stars tour is scheduled to begin December 17th at the San Diego Sports Arena and wrap up February 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. In between that time, the tour will be travelling all over the United States as well as Canada. With the popularity of the show, Dancing with the Stars tickets are expected to sell quickly.

Already a month into the NHL season and Brendan Shanahan is still skating on his own at the Rangers practice facility. With the New York Rangers deciding to move in a different direction Shanahan has decided to put himself on the market. Some teams that have already showed interest are the Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Averaging about 30 goals and 30 assists a year, Shanahan’s services would be helpful to any team. As of right now, the rumor is the Flyers might be the first team to make an offer. What is everyone’s thoughts about their favorite NHL team trying to sign Brendan Shanahan?

For my wife’s 30th birthday, I surprised her with a trip to Las Vegas. Little did she know, I had also purchased Elton John tickets whom she’s been wanting to see live for the longest time. I’ve always like his music and had heard that he puts on an incredible show, but his concert wasn’t at the top of my list of shows I wanted to see. We’re sitting at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace waiting for the show to start and my wife is super excited. It’s show time, Elton comes out and sits at his piano and what does he start with, but “Benny and the Jets”. I’m thinking, “this is a good start to the show”. He continues to play hit after hit and my wife and I are going crazy singing along to all of the songs. By the end of the show, I was hooked. We visited the Elton John gift shop, and I had to buy the Rocket Man: Number Ones album that included a DVD of the Red Piano Concert. Now, Elton John is at the top of my list of must see concerts and I recommend to everyone that they see Elton John live if they haven’t already.

With Wrestlemania 25 just around the corner, I decided to come up with my list of top 5 favorite wrestlers. I mainly watched the WWE on and off over the years. I could never really got into WCW for some reason. I’ve watched maybe one or two WWE shows in the past 3 years because I’ve had a hard time getting into the new WWE. But, here are my favorites from when I was really into the WWE.

1. Hulk Hogan

I know what you are going to say, “He is everyone’s favorite. All the more reason to put him on the list. Who didn’t want to be a Hulkamaniac growing up? This is the man with the 24 inch pythons that body slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3.

Even when he changed his name to Hollywood Hogan and formed the nWo with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, he proved that he could still be everyone’s favorite even as a heel.

2. Steve Austin

I’m not talking about “Stunning”Steve Austin who was part of the Hollywood Blondes with Brian Pillman. I’m talking about Stone Cold Steve Austin. The beer guzzling, foul-mouthed, badass who would throw the Stone
Cold Stunner on anyone and made the term Austin 3:16 the most popular catch phrase in wrestling history.

One of my favorite moments from Stone Cold was when he visited Vince McMahon in the hospital during their feud and whacked him in the head with a bed pan. On the next show, he dubbed Vince with the name Bed Pan McMahon. Now tell me that’s not hilarious.

3. The Rock

I’ve got to admit, that I really didn’t like this guy when he came into the business as Rocky Maivia. But, my mind changed when he turned heel and joined the Nation of Domination as the Rock. With his hilarious interviews starting with the phrase “The Rock Says…” and ending with “Do you smell
what the Rock is cooking?”, to creating the “People’s Eyebrow” and the “People’s Elbow”made him the “Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment”.

4. The Undertaker

When I first saw the lights go out and heard the bells tolling, I though to myself, “what is this all about?” Then came the dramatic entrance of the Undertaker, and I could tell that this guy was going to be around for a long time and win the championship belt eventually. Although, I wasn’t too thrilled when he changed his persona to a tattooed motorcycle enthusiast dubbed, “the American Bad Ass”. I was glad when he changed back to the Dead Man and choke slammed and tombstoned his opponents. Hopefully, he’ll be wrestling at Wrestlemania 25 to improve his undefeated streak to 17-0.

5. Mick Foley

When Mankind first came to the WWE, I would always get irritated when he interfered with a match. Especially when it involved the wrestler I was rooting for to lose. But, when he introduced his other personas of Dude Love and Cactus Jack, I started to change my mind. It wasn’t until the “Hell in the Cell” match at the 1998 King of the Ring with the Undertaker that my mind was completely changed. In my mind, and I’m sure everyone else’s, that match has to be the greatest wrestling match that there has ever been. A lot of that
has to do with the pain that Mick Foley put his body through for the sake of sports entertainment.

Share your thoughts about your favorite wrestlers growing up.