You're not likely to find out from anyone associated with the WWE, but you can get a pretty good idea by attending Fantasy Camp 2005: A Day in the Life of a Wrestling Show on Saturday, Aug. 27, in Thomasville, N.C. The all-day camp, which is being sponsored locally by the World Wrestling Association, is part of the annual IWA/WWA Legends Reunion, which will feature the group's first annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Fantasy Camp 2005 participants will spend the day learning many of the ins and outs of professional wrestling, including what goes into the training and developing wrestlers, managers and referees. Hands-on involvement will include setting up and tearing down the wrestling ring.

Pre-registration for the camp is required. To find out more e-mail Ken Spence at kspenceshoot@aol.com.

In a brief e-mail Wednesday evening, WWE vice president of corporate communications Gary Davis confirmed the dismissals, saying, ''Earl and Dave Hebner are no longer with WWE.''

Specifically, the reports say the Hebners are accused of selling WWE merchandise without WWE's permission out of PRO Shirt Shop, a store they operate in St. Louis, Mo.

Many remember Earl Hebner, who has been with WWE since 1988, as the evil twin brother used in an '80s angle involving ''The Million Dollar Man'' Ted DiBiase. Hebner teamed with DiBiase to help Andre the Giant take away the WWE heavyweight title from Hulk Hogan. Hebner became best known for his role in the infamous title match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels during the Survivor Series in Montreal.

Cornette had reportedly become upset that the student did not give the proper response to another wrestler in front of the fans. Instead of showing fear toward wrestler Marty Wright, who wrestles as The Boogeyman, the student giggled.

Cornette, who according to some in OVW had seemed extremely burned out in recent months, had recently returned to work at OVW after taking what some have described as a ''forced'' vacation. He had reportedly continued to show signs of stress, becoming upset and walking out of a recent TV taping.

Recognized as one of the greatest wrestling minds and managers in the business, Cornette had been with WWE since 1993. For a while in the 1990s he operated his own Smokey Mountain Wrestling group in Tennessee. Cornette is best known for his work managing the tag team of the Midnight Express.

WWE began searching for a new home for its flagship program a few months ago after being notified that Spike TV had no plans of carrying the two-hour wrestling show beyond its current contract, which ends this year.

The USA Network had been home to ''RAW'' for several years before the company moved its product to Spike, then known as The Nashville Network (TNN).

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