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Tonight, on the WWE Raw open discussion thread:

Well, that was extreme. The wildest night of the WWE year is behind us now and among the Superstars left in the wreckage are WWE Champion John Cena (retained his title but paid dearly in the process), Triple H (defeated by Brock Lesnar in the steel cage), and no less than three champions dethroned by The Shield to give the NXT alumni their first titles in WWE. With the post-extreme era set to begin, here are five preview points for this Monday’s Kevin Jonas-assisted episode of Monday Night Raw.

Our five-point preview:

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This week, With Leather’s search for the most ridiculous, hilarious, and amazing promo photos from the world of professional wrestling ventures into the previously untapped category of “candid 8 x 10s.” These are the publicity photos that didn’t get bordered and stacked in front of wrestlers during autograph signings, but were close enough to end up signed and sold in plastic card sheets at your local hobby store. These are just as good and sometimes even worse, if that is possible.

(On a personal note, I guess we’re calling them ‘glamour shots’ now, because since we started the regular feature, a lot of other sports sites have started posting galleries and calling them that. And, uh, sending them to With Leather as a “tip.” Thanks for the tip, other guys!)

Please click through to enjoy 31 of our favorite WCW, TNA Impact Wrestling and WWE glamour shots. If you need to be coerced, there’s a photo of a guy playing a WWF logo guitar in here somewhere.

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With Jennie Finch gone, we don’t spend a lot of time writing about women’s softball. It’s a horrible, lookist oversight. But hey, to our credit, the only time we talk about softball at all is when Bill Cosby’s wearing a Ghost Dad softball tee 25 years ago. Even then, softball stories are rarely adorable.

That changes today, thanks to Penn Quakers junior Georgia Guttadauro. She made a great diving catch during the College Station Regional Tournament Central in a game against Arizona and popped up as #2 on SportsCenter’s top 10 plays. That’s a dream come true for a lot of young players, and a rare occurrence for someone who plays non-media-juggernaut sports and/or doesn’t end up starting for the Heat or the Red Sox. What’s adorable is that cameras were on hand to catch Georgia’s reaction to making the list … her smile, her goofy laugh, and her sweet but also-sorta-sad comments like “I’m Georgia, and this is as famous as I’ll ever be.”

You never know, Georgia.

[h/t to Bob's Blitz]

Via BoxingHallOfFame.com comes this awesome clip of Sylvester Stallone working out the fight from the end of Rocky, and it’s totally worth watching, especially for the impromptu Carl Weathers acting workshop. Tobias would be proud.

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Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free results for WWE Extreme Rules 2013.

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WWE Extreme Rules 2013 airs live on pay-per-view Sunday night, May 19. The event is headlined by a steel cage match between Triple H and Brock Lesnar, as well as several less-important championship matches and things not featuring Triple H.

As always, With Leather is here to provide the best in open discussion thread technology, connecting the funniest pro wrestling fans on the Internet. The full Extreme Rules card is below, as well as a video player to watch the Yahoo exclusive ER pre-show and your chance to unlock the greatest WWE-themed commenting badge we’ve ever offered, the Believe In The Shield badge.

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