TNA has released Traci Brooks, according to pwinsider.com.
Brooks had been with the company since 2003, but her role was diminished in recent months. She seemed to be getting a push when she joined The Main Event Mafia last year, but the group was disbanded a few months later. Brooks, 34, is married to TNA's Kazarian.
In other TNA news, Awesome Kong is still listed on the roster on TNA's Web site. She sent out a tweet earlier this week that seemed to indicate that she had been released.
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Former pro wrestler and promoter Angelo Poffo, the father of Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Lanny Poffo, died in his sleep this morning, according to a statement issued by Lanny Poffo on his Web site. He was 84.
Poffo was an active wrestler from the 1950s to the 1980s and was the owner of the Kentucky-based promotion, International Championship Wrestling, where his two sons were the top stars in the late '70s and early '80s.
My condolences to Poffo's family and friends.
Baltimore Sun photo: Angelo Poffo and his son Randy Savage at the WWF Hall of Fame banquet in Baltimore in 1994.