Tito Ortiz has a new opponent for his upcoming UFC PPV fight. The replacement for the injured Vitor Belfort will be Vladimir Matyushenko...Bill Goldberg is apparently auctioning off items from his last WCW match to benefit the Red Cross' relief effort...Pride 16 is scheduled to be running on 9-24. Here are the scheduled matches. Gary Goodridge vs. Yoahiaki Yatsu, Asseurio Silva vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Murilloo Ninja vs. Daijiro Matsui, Guy Mezger vs. Ricardo Arona, Semme Schiltt vs. Akira Shoji, Don Frye ve. Gilbert Yvel, and Mark Coleman vs. Antonio Nogueira...Jerry Lawler has decided that he would have never left the WWF had he known that The Kat would have left him. Lawler has apparently also confirmed that HHH and Chyna have broken up...Hacksaw Jim Duggan has is also auctioning off items to benefit the Red Cross...WCW is said to still be in line to take a WWF timeslot in early 2002. Hopefully this will elevate WCW into the number two promotion...Val Venis is said to be training in the Heartland Wrestling Association's facilities. He believes that he will return in 3-4 weeks with an all-new gimmick...IWA Mid-South ran a show on Septempber 15, here are the results. Brad Bradley d. Richard X, Adrian Serrano d. Phoenix, CM Punk vs. Chris Hero went to double-pin, Dysfunction d. American Kickboxer and Hy Zaya, Trent Baker retained his IWA Championship vs. CM Punk, Ian Rotten vs. Bull Pain was a no contest, Cash Flo d. Corporal Robinson, Mitch Page, and Alister Fear. They will be running their next show on the 22nd...USA Pro Wrestling will be running the Mikey Whipwreck Retirement Show on October 20th at the Deer Park Community Center in New York. Here are some of the matches they have signed. Chris Candido vs. Red, Masked Maniac vs. Christopher Michaels, Chris Hamrick vs. Prodigy vs. Devine vs. Kid Kruel, For the USA Pro US Title it's Ken Sweeney (c) vs. Tim Arson, USA Pro Championship Match pits Xavier (c) vs. Balls Mahoney, and in the main event it's Mikey Whipwreck vs. Little Guido. Also scheduled to appear are Simon Diamond w/ Dawn Marie, Tony Mamaluke, Sal E. Graziano, King Kong Bundy, The S.A.T., The Equalizer, Thunderbolt, Guillotine LeGrande and others. Their next show after that will be running on October 27th labeled "Halloween Heat." The stars that are scheduled to appear are Steve Corino, Tommy Cairo, Xavier, Brutus Beefcake and the Road Warriors amongst others...NWA's 53rd Anniversary Show will be highlighted by the following matches: Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles, Total Destruction vs. The New Heavenly Bodies, Jimmy Rave vs. Lex Lovett. Also, Shinya Hashimoto is rumored to wrestler the winner of the Steve Corino vs. Scottie Wrenn/Terry Knight, or David Young. Before that, they will be running on October 6th...Ohio Valley Wrestling which is a WWF developmental territory has set up an OVW Title Match for Sept. 25. The match will be Bull Buchanan vs. Machine...Kid Kash wrestled a dark match on Smackdown last night. Word is that the WWF hasn't hired him. This is most likely not because of his talent, but rather because of the full house in the WWF lately...Ken Shamrock is still working with Mixed Martial Arts groups, but will return to the WWF when he is ready...X-Pac was involved in a minor car accident earlier this week, he's not too injured, but will take at least a week off...The Weakest Link will be infiltrated by the WWF soon. Triple H, Kurt Angle, Booker T, William Regal, Big Show, Stephanie McMahon, Lita, and Trish Stratus are rumored to be appearing...Mick Foley is also rumored to be taping a Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...D-Lo Brown is a newlywed, look for him to be participating in Puerto Rico...Balls Mahoney spoke recently on the radio about Axl Rotten's two ECW firings. He made the point that whatever happened to Axl was his own fault...Brutus Beefcake is making the rounds on the independent scene, he will be seen in Chaotic Wrestling's September 21 and 22nd shows...