The Steel Cage

Sorry for the sporadic updates this week from me. I can't promise it will get much better in the coming days as I am swamped with work.

But I did want to make sure to help spread the word on a very worthy benefit taking place in our area tomorrow night. Some of you may have heard of former WWE Diva Dawn Marie's recent efforts to establish a safety net of sorts for retired pro wrestlers.

To that end Dawn and about 35 other wrestling stars and celebrities will be taking part in two separate events at the Radisson Hotel in Piscataway, New Jersey tomorrow to benefit "Wrestlers Rescue." There's an autograph signing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a semi formal dinner in the evening.

I spoke with local independent wrestler, and all around good guy, Brimstone about the event, and he explained that the organization is dedicated to helping the quality of life of aging pro wrestlers who are out of the business now and may find themselves falling on hard times. I'll have more from him later this weekend, and hopefully an interview with Dawn Marie as well.

For more information, go to the group's official web site.

Here's its mission statement:
Wrestlers Rescue Mission Statement

Wrestlers Rescue’s mission is to create awareness and to help raise monies to support the health care needs of Retired Professional Wrestlers due to a career choice in wrestling.

Wrestlers rescue will be focusing on three stages of growth.

* 1st stage is to create awareness of the need and to raise funds.
* 2nd stage is to put in place a financial advisory for the active wrestling community to call on for advice on how to plan for their future. Including retirement, pension, college funds, family needs etc.
* 3rd stage is to set in place a Health care program that can be bought into at a group rate so that the community can afford care for themselves and their families.