By now you know the buzz, “shockingly” enough former pin-up model Shelly Martinez who is better known these days as Ariel in ECW has in fact posed nude. Yes you heard that right; there are nude photos of a woman who worked as an Internet pin-up model floating around the web. What a scoop.

Some of us may remember a site called EliteExotics.com, which is where most of these pics are pilfered. The site itself is down, whether from going out of business or being inundated by users looking for Ariel nudes is anybody’s guess, but I’ll give you guys a thrill:

Click here, and then try here.

Look here, and my favorites are here and here.

Wow. More titillation (no pun intended) awaits however. Shelly’s got a video at her site of a catfight between her and So-cal Val. (Scroll to the middle of her page and click the “Monster Mash” banner.) This is no ordinary catfight however, trust me if you’ll like it.

I still say she’s got the best MySpace page out there.

Did we mention she was a pin-up? One of the best in fact, as her work in David Perry’s Hot Rod Pin-ups will attest to.

Looks like there’s going to be some more stock footage available for Sci-Fi original movies.

A Google Maps capture’s making the rounds and freaking out entomophobes everywhere.

There’s more at Google Sightseeing.

Did you catch Barbie say “I’m only 19″ again on ECW? Isn’t it obvious she’s referencing the world’s greatest Sci-Fi/Wrestling website? Isn’t it?

I mean it’s not as if I just throw her name around to get traffic. Or post gratuitous images to keep you here:

No, that’s just not what we do here.

And no matter what some may say, we are not in it for the money.

In the RVD/Holly match we saw “Hardcore” Holly and Rob Van Dam return to their roots.

Mid-card status.

That didn’t stop them from literally stealing the show with the best match of the night, and what was possibly the best match of the season. Even prior to Holly’s back being lacerated (a wound that needed 24 stitches to close according to reports) the Match was reminiscent of the old ECW matches from the mid-90’s. It used extreme rules to emphasize the brutality of the participants, not as a crutch for wrestlers to lean on when they’re not feeling creative.

In other words, it was a departure from standard WWE “extreme” fare, and a nod to the days when a hardcore wrestling match included some actual wrestling.

The main event, where the Sandman challenged Big Show, was slow and uninspired enough on it’s own that having it follow the RVD/holly match was one of the worst programming mistakes I’d seen in a long time, maybe since the last season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Even with the “catfight” between Ariel and Francine to buffer it, the so-called main event was a severe disappointment as the conclusion of the show.

Unfortunately, our man on the inside says RVD may have to stick with the mid-card until corporate are sure he’s cleaned up his act, and Holly’s not a first choice as an opponent, being that he’s got a reputation for being, shall we say, high strung.

Fans will just have to accept that the best matches will be in the middle of the show, which is just the way advertisers like it.

(”Oh Lord, save me from my followers!”)

Kristina Laum fans have all wondered where one time ECW icon, and the woman with the worst luck in wrestling history, has ended up. Rumors are that when the XWF folded and work got scarce she returned to her earlier career as an exotic dancer; this being a less sleazy alternative to dealing with Paul Hayman and WWE.

And out of respect for one of the greatest entertainers ever to be produced on the independent circuit, we left it at that; secretly praying we’d run into her at some club or another, and happy to peruse the occasional post about her on the ‘net’s greatest wrestling/sci-fi blog.

Enter the boy over at QuestforKimona.com who are offering a $100 cash reward for anyone to turn over information on our beloved heroine. It seems they are desperate to see her in person, hopefully on their part in some sort of Strip club. They could be some of the most devoted fans around

Or they’re crazed stalkers.

I’m sure they’re nice people but the obsessive quest to find Kristina in the Motherland, which is frankly home to more strippers than all the other states combined, has a whiff of the Gein about it.

We have access to some rumors about her whereabouts, but it’ll take more then a measly $100 to get us to sell out Kristina.

In fact, I think I’m going to warn her myself.

(After receiving a call from ECW on Sci-Fi, Kristina Laum calls a friend for support.)

(A recently outed Bat-Woman lends a sympathetic ear.)

Don’t worry Kristina, your friend’s got your back.