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Huge news for Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan ... who's just been named the PRESIDENT of a major pro wrestling organization.

IMPACT Ventures -- which oversees Impact and TNA pro wrestling -- just announced that Corgan has been appointed President ... and will lead day-to-day operations.

"Billy is a visionary, an iconic artist and savvy businessman with an incredibly gifted creative mind," IMPACT chairman Dixie Carter said.

"In working with Billy over the last 16 months, he has impressed me to the point that I’ve been in discussions with him to take an elevated strategic leadership role within the company."

49-year-old Corgan joined the company as a senior producer back in 2015 -- and has flourished in his role.

"I believe in this company, its passionate fans, the talented roster and the dedicated staff and crew."

"WOOOO" on three ... ONE. TWO. THREE ... "WOOOOOOO!"

WWE legend Ric Flair added a little Nature Boy love to the Atlanta Falcons practice Tuesday morning ... leading the team in a pump-up speech before breaking things down in the huddle.

You gotta watch the clip ... Flair does the full "Rolex-wearing, diamond-ring wearing, kiss-stealing" ... thing.

It's awesome.

#Wooo!

UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez seems to be issuing a warning to Conor McGregor -- careful with the WWE smack talk ... 'cause a lot of those dudes are the REAL DEAL.

Of course, McGregor said WWE superstars are nothing but a bunch of "messed up p**sies" -- which pissed a lot of 'em off.

Now, Alvarez is sort of defending the WWE -- while making it clear what they do is an "act" ... he still acknowledges that a lot of 'em are "incredible athletes" who come from a real combat sports background.

THE NATURE BOY IS PISSED!!!!

Ric Flair is firing back at Conor McGregor ... blasting the UFC star after McGregor proclaimed that most WWE wrestler are "messed up p**sies."

3:05 PM PT -- HOLD YOUR HORSES ...

A rep for the WWE tells us ... "While the challenge was made at the ESPYs, this match has not been confirmed."

It might be the BIGGEST match in the history of pro wrestling ... SHAQ VS. BIG SHOW ... and it's apparently all set to go down at WrestleMania 33.

The two 7-footers have been talking A LOT of smack over the past few months ... and even challenged each other on the red carpet at the ESPYs back in July.

But now, Big Show has reportedly confirmed the match is set ... telling Shanghai Daily, "We’ll have one heck of a match and we’ll see what’s up. We’ll give the fans a treat."

CANNN YOUUUU DIG IT?!?!!

They might be studs on the "pro wrestling" circuit ... but even the most talented "real" wrestlers in the WWE would get ROLLED UP by Team USA's olympic wrestling team ... so says Kurt Angle.

Angle would know ... he won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Olympics.

So, when it comes to hardcore competition -- not even guys like Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Finn Balor can compete with Team USA's Daniel Dennis, Tony Ramos and Tyler Graff.

BTW, we asked Kurt if he would consider another Olympic comeback attempt -- but he shot that down hard saying he's too old and would "get my ass kicked."

#KeepinItReal

WWE Hall of Famer "Superstar" Billy Graham has been hospitalized after doctors say he was bleeding internally ... but he's now in stable condition.

The 73-year-old legend -- who famously trained as a bodybuilder with Arnold Schwarzenegger -- was taken to the hospital late Tuesday night.

Billy's son, Joseph Miluso, told ProWrestlingSheet the bleeding is now under control and his father is expected to make a full recovery.

Billy's daughter told PWS that Graham is in stable condition.

#GetWellSoonBrother

What do you do if you're sick of Clinton AND Trump?? You go for option #3 ... Johnson ... ... so says WWE legend Goldust.

Dustin Rhodes was at LAX when we asked if Trump's long relationship with WWE would sway him to vote for the G.O.P. nom.

That's when Goldy told us he hates BOTH lead candidates ... so, he's backing former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson!

Last time we got Johnson out he was desperate for a celebrity endorsement ... so, here ya go!

Brock Lesnar will NOT be disciplined by the WWE for his UFC 200 drug test failures ... and WILL perform at SummerSlam as planned ... TMZ Sports has learned.

She's broken her nose NINE TIMES ... but WWE legend Tammy Sytch says she smells opportunity -- and now she's begging the people at "Botched" to help fix her sniffer.

Wrestler Rob Van Dam jumped back on the horse quickly after ending his 17-year marriage, and with good reason.

Rob's dating professional wrestler Katie Forbes ... we're told it's been going on since May ... around the time his wife filed for divorce.

It's not like Swifty and Hiddleston, allegedly -- we're told Rob and his ex, Sonya Szatkowski, had been separated for a while before Rob hooked up.

Rob and Katie met back in April at a wrestling convention -- at adjoining signing booths.

We know her sign ... flames.

WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch -- aka Sunny -- is more than 100 days sober after a long stint in rehab and she says she's ready to get back to work ... in front of a webcam.

Sunny tells TMZ Sports she had more than 5,000 emails waiting for her after rehab from fans requesting some private time on Skype. Sunny says she charges $100 for just 10 minutes on cam ... some serious dough.

However, the cash flow won't just end at private calls -- Sunny says she's also booked plenty of convention appearances and is ready to hit the road ... sober this time.

In fact, Sunny says she's already hit the salon HARD -- because she wants her first impression back in public to be a good one!

As we previously reported, Sunny says she's also down to start working with Vivid again -- but so far, it's unclear if the two sides have hammered out a new deal.

WWE legend Jerry "The King" Lawler is off the hook in his domestic violence case -- prosecutors have dropped the charges against him and his fiancee.

66-year-old Lawler and his 27-year-old fiancee, Lauryn McBride, were arrested in Memphis on June 17th -- after they both accused each other of violence ... and someone broke out a GUN.

Officials were initially unable to determine who was the aggressor -- so they arrested both Lawler and McBride. They were then ordered to stay away from each other.

But now, officials have dismissed the assault charges against both parties -- we're guessing the decision was based on the fact there were no major injuries and neither side wanted to go forward and testify against the other.

John Cena's known to be a pretty stylish guy ... but did he push the envelope too damn far with this tight plaid purple suit???

The WWE superstar was walking through LAX -- and EVERYONE noticed him ... 'cause you can't really miss this outfit.

So ...

An emotional X-Pac took the stage at Chyna's memorial Wednesday night and apologized to his ex-girlfriend for "not taking better care of you" ... while revealing he loved her until the day she died.

WWE superstar Roman Reigns has been suspended for 30 DAYS for violating the organization's wellness policy ... WWE officials say.