I’m so sorry I’m late with this news but time zone differences and all. As you guys all probably know by now, Torrie was released by WWE less than 24 hours ago.

WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Diva Torrie Wilson as of today, May 8, 2008.

We wish Torrie the best in all her future endeavors.

They couldn’t even let her retire with dignity after giving them nearly 7 years of service. It was reported just a couple of weeks ago that WWE wanted Torrie to stay on for promotional uses, so I don’t know where this news has come from. If anything, WWE should have offered Torrie the chance to become an Alumni like Trish, Lita, Sable. I’m sad and annoyed =(

In major news on the Torrie front, the news on the Internet is that Torrie is renegotiating her contract to become a spokesperson for WWE rather than an in-ring competitor. According to reports, Torrie appeared on a Chinese television show in which she talked about her injury and her future with WWE:

WWE Diva Torrie Wilson did an interview on Chinese television this week. She said her back is hurting, and is doing therapy every day but the doctor tells her not to wrestle again. She said WWE has been supportive like family and have told her not worry about her job, just get better. Wilson said her wrestling career is finished for now. She is negotiating a new contract to become a spokesperson for WWE, she said like Ric Flair. WWE wants to put them together for promotions and oversee trips and autograph signings. She said she loves China and can’t wait to come back. (Lords of Pain)

It seems like Torrie’s in-ring career is seemingly over. And as devestating as the news is to us fans, there is a silver lining: Torrie will still be with WWE for the forseeable future. Please join us in sending our love and support to Torrie!

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Torrie has flown out to Japan for a promotional tour, on her MySpace page Torrie wrote that she will be hosting a WrestleMania 24 viewing party with some special fans while she’s over there! Hopefully, WWE.com will keep us updated on Torrie’s trip!

Torrie is finally once again featured on WWE.com, we thought they’d forgotten about our favourite Diva! In a new article, the WWE Divas talk about styling their pet pooches! They even have a picture of Torrie and Chloe on the main page linking to the article, it’s good to see Torrie on the site again! Highlights below:

• It’s no secret many of the Divas are fond of man’s best friend. Maria totes around her Chihuahua, Gemini, in his own special bag; Lena Yada is in love with her rescue mutts, Kiba and Kiara; and Torrie Wilson’s Maltese, Chloe, has even seen WWE ring time.
• Candice Michelle said she finds it “super, super cute” when Torrie Wilson dresses Chloe in outfits, complete with dog sneakers. But the Candylicious Diva’s pets, Maltese, Bam-Bam, and Yorkshire Terrier, Betty Boop, wouldn’t be fond of the kicks. However, Candice Michelle admits she’s played hairdresser with Bam-Bam.
• Victoria said she thinks Chloe disliked wearing dog sneakers, and the idea of subjecting her Dachshunds, Pookie and Mojo, to that made her growling mad.“Chloe, that poor thing, she hated it. She would try to walk and flick her shoes off,” the SmackDown Diva said. “I can’t see these German Shepherd police dogs walking in them very comfortably. I don’t know, it’s kind of like cruelty to animals. So no, you will not be seeing my dogs wearing that!”
• While she might buy her dog, Butch, a Dallas Cowboys jersey or a T-shirt or two, Mickie James won’t be the first in line either to buy him dog shoes.“I don’t know if you’ve ever seen shoes on dogs before, but they look quite ridiculous, and they even walk funny in them. For example, Torrie Wilson bought Chloe a pair of cute little shoes and you would have thought she had alien feet. She was all over the place!” Mickie said. On the other hand, Mickie outfits her prized horses with shoes.

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Torrie has updated her MySpace with a new blog, unfortunately it’s a little saddening. In it, Torrie reveals that she has been advised by her doctors against returning to the ring. I personally, am really sad to hear the news and shocked too - I think we had all wished for Torrie to make a speedy recovery =( I know that Torrie wouldn’t want her career to end like this, she’d want to retire on her own terms. Please keep our Diva in your thoughts! Read her blog below:

Hey Buddies!

Well, the trip to Orlando was great! I brought one of my best friends, Jill, with me as well as 2 of my brothers and I must say we really rocked Orlando! It took me over a week to recover, but it was all worth it!

My health is doing ok as far as back problems. I must say there are days that I wake up and ask myself why the heck I put my body through what I did the last few years but it’s all worthe it. I can never trade all of the awesome experiences that I have had in the WWE and of course all of the great life long friends that I have made along the way. I have been told by 2 back surgeons that I should never set foot in a wrestling ring again if I want to be moving around in a few years on my own. Pretty depressing if you ask me….I don’t even have some awesome memory of what my last match even was or who it was with. Hopefully it was with Victoria and I beat her! (-: I guess everything happens for a reason for sure. Regardless of not traveling with WWE as of late, I have actually been ridiculously busy lately working on more designs for my up and coming clothing line. I must say that I am soooo excited to wear some of the cool stuff that we are coming up with and I hope you are too! Only time will tell….

I had an awesome night out with my WWE friends in Orlando and also got to hit the mall with my best shopping partner ever, Michell McCool! That girl can SHOP! ..never ever thought that I could meet my match but I have and more. (-: I was pretty disappointed that I couldn’t have had some sort of role in Wrestlemania itself, but understand that priorities are not with someone that isn’t feeling their best ….maybe it’s better that I wasn’t a part of it who knows! It was pretty weird watching it as a fan though…I even had the experience of filing into the citrus bowl with everybody else and it was CRAZY!!!!!

I am heading over to Japan on the 17th of this month to host a wrestlemania viewing party with the fans and I am soooo excited! I love love love Japan and of course the show was so good that I can’t wait to watch it again.

I must say that I am absolutely going so stir crazy being home after traveling nearly 300 days per year for the last 7 years, but I am guessing that God is telling me to take a break. I hope that all of you take time for yourself sometimes because I am just feeling like time passes by wayyyy too quick! It’s actually good that I have had some time to rebuild some relationships that have been broken from all of the travel that I have done over the years.

Well, I hope that you are all doing awesome and would love to hear what you thought of the big wrestlemania show if you watched!

Talk to you soon and love you lots n lots!

-Torrie

Here is a fan report courtesy of Wrestling News World written by Kevin Guzman, on yesterday’s autograph signing with Torrie and Mickie James:

 I attended the Mickie James and Torrie Wilson autograph signing at Best Buy here in Orlando, FL yesterday. According to a friend of mine who works at Best Buy, the line started forming at around 2 P.M, and the autograph session was to start at 6. I got there around 4 and it looks like I beat the rush because not even a half hour later the line was huge. If I had to estimate I would say a good 500-600 people were waiting on line.

Right before going to get my autograph, there were only about 3 people in front of a me when a kid, probably around the age of 17-18, had a seizure after hugging Mickie James and giving her a present. He fell to the floor and started shaking wildly, scaring everyone. Mickie showed great concern while Torrie looked upset, she stayed away. Mickie was down on the ground with the kid along with his brother and father. She held his hand and looked like she was on the verge of tears. After a good 20-25 minutes paramedics came and took the boy away. Mickie went up to the boy, gave him a kiss on the cheek and a hug and said, “I’ll be praying for you, feel better sweetie.”

The mood of the session lowly got better. Mickie was definitely fun, personable and outgoing, making jokes and even high fived me for wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey. Torrie was a little standoff-ish but still nice and polite. The WWE rep that was with the girls was pretty rude, rushing everyone along. Due to the incident with the boy, they only had an hour left and only the beginning of the line had been autographed.

According to my friend who works with Best Buy, the girls stayed an extra 45 minutes to make up for the lost time due to the incident, they left around 8:45 when they were suppose to leave at 8. Not everyone got an autograph still and some fans left very unhappy. Other then the incident it was a good experience, my first autograph signing. Mickie, my favorite diva, was definitely a genuinely nice person and I was glad to know she was not in the least bit snobby, conceited, or anything of that sort. That’s pretty much it, thanks!

If anyone who attended would like to share their fan experiences and/or fan photos, please do e-mail them into me at webmaster@t-wilson.org.

We just received a brand new blog from Torrie last night, for you guys. Torrie talks about heading off to Orlando for this weekend’s huge WrestleMania festivities and much more! Check it out:

Hey everyone! Well, it’s that time of year again and I am heading over to Orlando tomorrow morning….can’t wait to see all of my friends! I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I have been home and sidelined with back problems! It’s kinda hard for me to be going to Wrestlemania and not getting a chance to be a part of the show, but I am super glad I can be there to cheer everyone on. I am still doing physical therapy everyday and my pain seems to be getting a little better… and I hope that you all know how very much I appreciate all of your words of encouragement and support. I love you so much!
I was told about the past playboy sales and I can’t believe it! I think there must be some kind of mistake (-: My store is doing so so so well and I am looking into getting a store double in size to move into already! How exciting is that!? It looks like I will be heading over to Japan in a few weeks for some WWE promotions and I couldn’t be happier….I love that place! Can’t wait for some sushiiiiiiii!
Anyway, I just wanted to drop a little hello and let you guy’s know that I appreciate your support and love and of course I will be filling you all in on my trip to Orlando this week! Have a great one! xoxo- Tor

First of all, let me say a big thank you to everyone for continuing to visit and support the site and Torrie! I know the past few months without Torrie have been hard on us lol, but I’m sure we all just want Torrie to get better, right?

Anyway without giving too many details away, this is a very special post that I’d like to ask you to hit the “Continue…” link to be taken beyond the cut! I know this is pretty cryptic, but it’ll all make sense after the cut!

However, Torrie if you’re reading this, please don’t go any further! Trust me, it’s all good, but it’s sort of a surprise for now! Again, please don’t follow the cut!

For the rest of you guys: Continue…

Yay, Torrie is back in the swing of online things this week, as some of you let us know that she added new pictures to her MySpace a few days ago and now she’s back with a brand new blog! Torrie confirms that she will be part of the WrestleMania festivities next week!!! Read below:

Hey everyone!

Well, I am gearing up to head over to Orlando next week for wrestlemania and am so very excited to see everyone! It feels like forever since I got to hang with the gang and I guess I am gonna be obligated to get loose! I have pretty much just been laying low lately and doing what you do as a store owner.
We have had 2 fashion shows in the last few months and they both went awesome. I go to the chiropractor every single day for 2 hours when I wake up and they put me on a machine that stretches my back constantly for an hour straight and then physical therapy. I feel like it is starting to get a little better, but still pray everyday for the pain to go away. It is amazing that I can hurt this bad when I have never even been near as physical in the ring as some of the other superstars….what can ya do though at this point! I am trying to keep a positive outlook on things!

My store has been doing amazing and it’s such a great feeling to see how fast things are moving. We are already looking into moving our store into a space that is double in size and possibly even another location in Austin. Can’t wait…maybe someday there will be a “jaded” store near you!

I will definately fill you all in on every moment of my trip to Orlando..untill then have a great weekend and Happy Easter!

xoxo Torrie