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July 13, 2020

Washington Redskins Changing Team Name

Statement From The Washington Redskins Football Team

On July 3rd, we announced the commencement of a thorough review of the team's name. That review has begun in earnest. As part of this process, we want to keep our sponsors, fans and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward.

Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review.

Dan Snyder and Coach Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.

April 17, 2015

Scott Hall Shouts Out Wale For Redskins Draft Day Party Appearance


Two of Wale’s passions collided Wednesday afternoon, as the Washington, D.C., native was first announced as a performer for the team’s Draft Day Party.

Then, the diehard wrestling fan got some congrats thrown his way from “The Bad Guy” himself, as former WWE and WCW star Scott Hall tweeted at him.

For those of you who might not know Hall, or understand Wale’s passion for pro wrestling, here’s a quick recap.

Hall started in WWE as Razor Ramon, or as “The Bad Guy,” before being a founding member of the infamous New World Order (NWO) group with Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.

Wale, meanwhile, tweets about pro wrestling all the time and was even at Wrestlemania last month in Santa Clara, Calif., where he met Hall himself.

source: redskins.com

April 3, 2015

Joe Theismann credits George Allen for his famous photo with Andre the Giant


As previously mentioned in this space, the Andre the Giant-to-the-Redskins story is probably more myth than history. Despite reports on wrestling sites that the massive WWE star was once offered a contract, or a tryout, or an interview with the team, other reports agree that this topic never went beyond the theoretical.

Still, let’s add another voice to this history: that of quarterback Joe Theismann. In a recent radio appearance with 106.7 The Fan’s Chad Dukes, Theismann brought up the Andre story on his own when asked about the NFL being a 12-month publicity machine.

“I will say this though: one of the forerunners of football 12 months a year was George Allen, our old coach with the Redskins,” Theismann said. “George used to try and make some kind of a big deal, usually in the first two weeks of May. I remember one year he sent me to New York to Toots Shor’s, and I got a picture taken — and you can look it up online, — with Andre the Giant.

“[Allen] had talked to Vince McMahon Sr.,” Theismann went on. “This was the type of progressive mind that he had; he talked to Vince McMahon Sr. and said ‘Look, I’m thinking about maybe bringing Andre the Giant in, signing him, so that he can come in and block field goals and extra points for us.’ Now, I don’t know whether it was true or not, but if you look up the picture, I look like an infant. Is that unbelievable or what? Look at his head! And I’ll tell you something, I shook his hand and I lost my arm. I mean, it went all the way up to my elbow. I had no forearm or anything.

“But that was George: he just always kept the Redskins name out there. He was a great promoter of the football team. He understood the marketing aspects of the game of football.”

The Redskins Encyclopedia reports that the above photo was taken at Duke Zeibert’s, in Washington, in July of 1975, and also that the Redskins offered Andre a $100,000 contract. That would seem to conflict with both Theismann’s memory, and with that of Bubba Tyer, who told the Orlando Sentinel that there was never actually a tryout. It seems likely to me that there might not ever be a completely factual historical account of this incident.

source: washingtonpost.com

January 1, 2015

Luke Harper On Washington Redskins's Blog


The official blog of the NFL's Washington Redskins featured WWE Superstar Luke Harper this week after this photo of Harper and his son in Redskins gear was tweeted out:

August 23, 2014

RGIII’s Teammate Likens Him to John Cena, Talks Playing with Big E in College

June 24, 2014

Redskins Name Debate Makes WWE Raw

November 12, 2013

Redskins selling WWE-style belt for $450



The NFL licenses a lot of silly things (this creepy doll baby comes to mind), but this one might be the silliest.

The Redskins are offering this “Official Replica Outstanding Player Award Trophy Belt” for sale on the online team store. According to the listing, it’s a replica of a WWE-style belt that was first presented to an unnamed “outstanding player of the game” after the Oakland win in September.

Replicated from the original trophy belt, from Pro-Belts each plate is cast in zinc alloy, plated in 18K gold and silver and mounted with studs and screws to the synthetic leather. The belt is 52″ long, weighs 6.5 lbs. and has 16 solid brass snaps on the hand embossed synthetic leather.

Oh, and it’s $450.

Who would buy this? The answer is somebody. Somebody will buy this.

source: washingtonpost.com

June 19, 2013

Roman Reigns: "I Want to be the Absolute Top Guy in This Company"


4th and Pain recently had an opportunity to interview Roman Reigns of The Shield.

The show is hosted by Adam Carriker (@Adam Carriker94) of the Washington Redskins and Chuck Carroll (@TheChuckCarroll), a former wrestling announcer and weight loss champion. Reigns spoke about the formation of The Shield and his relationship with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. He also talked about his brief NFL career before transitioning to pro wrestling and the differences between the two. The biggest takeaway from the interview was Reigns opening up about his desire to break out as a singles wrestler and win the WWE Championship. "I want to be the absolute top guy in this company," he said.

November 21, 2012

Video: Robert Griffin III Given WWE Title as 4th & Pain Champion


4th & Pain is a pro wrestling and football radio show hosted by Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker and former wrestling announcer, turned weight loss champion, Chuck Carroll. The show airs each weekday at noon on 4thAndPain.com as well as Sunday morning at 8 o'clock on 106.7 The Fan in Washington, D.C.

Previous belt winners include Pierre Garcon, Alfred Morris (two-time winner), Ryan Kerrigan (two-time winner), Lorenzo Alexander and Tyler Polumbus.

Goldberg makes weekly NFL predictions on the show as well and fans can pick along at http://www.4thAndPain.com.

September 19, 2012

Adam Carriker Immediately Thought of WWE’s Triple H After Knee Injury


Have you ever wondered what a football player thinks about in the moments immediately after they suffer a severe injury?

Laying there in pain, knowing their season is likely over, what could possibly be running through their mind?

Is like a near death experience where a person’s entire life flashes before their eyes? Not exactly.

When Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker tore his right quadriceps tendon and collapsed to the ground in St. Louis the first thing he thought about was pro wrestling.

“I’m laying there on the turf at the Edward Jones Dome and there’s one thing going through my mind and it’s the image of Triple H tearing his quad tendon off his knee in the ring,” Carriker told me on an upcoming episode of 4th & Pain.

The thoughts are fitting for man who co-hosts a pro wrestling radio show each week.

“Why I’m thinking about that, I don’t know,” he said. “I think that’s because it’s exactly where I felt it in my leg.”

The WWE Superstar tore his left quadriceps muscle in 2001 while wrestling in a main event on Monday Night Raw. He also suffered a similar injury at a pay-per-view event in 2007....More?

source: cbslocal.com

September 14, 2012

WWE Provides Replica Belt for the 4th and Pain Show


Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker and co-host Chuck Carroll are awarding the 4th & Pain Championship Belt to the most deserving Redskins player each week. It's like a game ball with a new twist.

WWE provided an authentic championship belt to use.

4th & Pain is the only pro wrestling show to be hosted by a NFL player and a weight loss champion. The show can be heard each week on 4thAndPain.com as well as Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. on 106.7 The Fan in the Washington, D.C. area.

Wide receiver Pierre Garçon won the belt for Week One thanks to a four-catch, 109-yard performance cut short by injury. He was also on the receiving end of an 88-yard touchdown pass -- the first of Robert Griffin III's career.

Garçon said he was a big fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin growing up and loved his feud with Vince McMahon during the Monday Night Wars.

Video

August 16, 2012

RGIII talks '90s wrestling stars, why he would & wouldn't want to be a wrestler


2011 Heisman Trophy winner/rising NFL star Robert Griffin III was interviewed at-length about growing up a wrestling fan in the 1990s by fellow Washington Redskins player Adim Carriker, who is a known wrestling fan. The Washington Post covered the "interview," where RGIII noted Goldberg is his favorite all-time wrestler and he was a fan of Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels, and The Rock growing up.

Griffin also showed his knowledge of wrestler health issues when talking about why he would and would not want to be a wrestler in an alternate life. "I think I would be a high-flyer, just because I always enjoyed watching the high-fly guys, the Rey Mysterios, the Jeff Hardys, all those guys that are jumping off ladders, putting people through tables, and things like that. So I’d definitely have to be that guy, even though a lot of those guys don’t last for a long time because they’re constantly putting their bodies through a lot of pain," RGIII said...More?

June 17, 2012

Heath Slater Speaks on Wrestling Vader and His WWE Future


WWE wrestler Heath Slater joined Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker and Chuck Carroll on this week's "4th & Pain" -- the only pro wrestling show hosted by an NFL player. It was Carriker's first time being on the other side of an interview and actually ASKING the questions.

Slater talked a lot about facing Vader on last Monday's RAW.  Like Carroll, he was scared of Vader growing up.  That big smoke-shooting helmet he'd wear to the ring was frightening. He also talked about his goals for the second half of 2012 and how he's able to keep his name out in the WWE Universe when he's not necessarily getting as much TV time as he'd hope for.

The full interview with Slater can be heard http://4thandpain.com/2012/06/4th-pain-wwe-superstar-heath-slater-interview-aj-is-crazy-vince-and-vader-are-back-wwe-no-way-out-picks-and-redskins-news/">here.

March 27, 2012

George the Animal Steele on Andre the Giant and the Redskins


The legend of Andre the Giant and the Redskins is a good one, firmly established in pop culture lore, to the point that the facts have blurred. I wrote about this three years ago to the week, and after going through the archives, it was pretty clear that there was no tryout. From SI, in 1982:

According to Joe Blair, public relations director of the Redskins, there was talk about giving Andre a tryout in 1976, but it never happened. Andre told [SI's Terry] Todd that he chose not to risk his wrestling career — he was making more money than any lineman was earning at the time — by taking time off for a trial in a sport in which he had no guarantee of success and no previous experience.

Still, as mentioned, there was clearly at least some conversation about bringing the Giant to the Skins, and George ‘the Animal’ Steele shed some more light on the issue during a recent podcast with UnderScoopFire.

January 12, 2012

Percy Watson Goes From The Gridiron To The Ring


Growing up in Leland, Nick McNeil often envisioned becoming a first-rate athlete.

He pictured himself playing in the National Football League and almost made it, but was only good enough to make practice squads.

After shots with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, as well as the Canadian Football League with Winnipeg in 2007, he turned his whole life upside down.

He reinvented himself as a professional wrestler.

"I had always watched it and been a fan of it,'' said McNeil, who is now known as Percy Watson.

"Since football didn't work out, it is nice I can compete at the highest level and make it in something.''...More?

source: starnewsonline.com

April 15, 2011

Did Andre the Giant Once Try Out for the Washington Redskins?


The late André René Roussimoff was best known as the stage name he worked under as a professional wrestler - Andre the Giant. The French-born legend was one of the early stars of the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, preceding Hulk Hogan as the main "babyface" wrestler (wrestling term for the "good guy" wrestlers) for the WWF. He gained even more fame when he appeared in the 1987 classic hit film The Princess Bride as the gentle giant, Fezzik. At seven feet four inches and nearly five hundred pounds (a result of gigantism), Roussimoff was an imposing and surprisingly athletic figure who marveled fans for years before his untimely death in 1993 at the age of 46 due to congestive heart failure.

His athleticism (and size) has led to a persistent legend that Roussimoff tried out for the Washington Redskins and their coach, George Allen, offered him a contract to play in the National Football League (NFL) in 1975.

As the story goes, after the tryout, Roussimoff ultimately decided to pass on the deal, changing not only his professional legacy but perhaps NFL history, as well.

Is that true, though? Click here.

source: latimes.com

December 17, 2010

Redskins Bench McNabb in Favor of Grossman vs. Dallas

November 4, 2010

Shanahan Crosses Line With McNabb

October 15, 2010

Breaking the Count: Washington Redskins

November 22, 2009

Dangerous Head Games

As the Washington Redskins ran plays in preparation for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, Clinton Portis, their Pro Bowl running back, wasn't even on the sideline of the practice field. Portis is still dealing with the headaches caused by bright lights, still squinting at the screen of his cellphone at night, still trying to overcome the aftereffects of the concussion he suffered Nov. 8 at Atlanta on a play he still doesn't remember.

The culture in the NFL regarding concussions is changing, players, coaches, league officials and outside experts say. But even cursory conversations with players show that the changes in attitude are gradual in a league in which every game is an event, every Sunday a chance for a career to be ended or extended...More?

source: washingtonpost.com

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