Ken Kennedy answers this question on his official site:
Let's say that you're having a match with a guy who's just supposed to give you a lil' old schoolboy to end the match. Just a nice and easy rollup for the finish. In fact the night before he hit you with his finish and the crowd didn't really react as strongly as you would have liked it to, so the agent (or producer) who's in charge of your match that night has told your opponent specifically NOT to hit his finish. Now keep in mind that having said this, your opponent's finisher is probably the furthest thing from your mind. So as you're waiting for this nice little easy rollup for the finish, the guy leaps into the air, hooks your head tight, causing your right arm to get caught between your two bodies, and drives you chest first into the mat. You go from standing to laying on your stomach with your arm stretched across your chest and your shoulder pops out of it's socket, tearing that muscle about 60% away from the bone. Now again, would an event such as this make you......"injury prone"?...More?
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June 16, 2009
Mr. Kennedy...Injury Prone?
WWE & Big Show Sued by SoBe Entertainment
SoBe Entertainment filed a multi-milllion dollar lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment, Paul "Big Show" Wight and his wife Bess in Miami-Dade County Court on Monday.
SoBe claims it advanced Wight $1 million to buy a house, plus $84,000 a month, on Wight's promise that the company could manage him as he trained to become a pro boxer. SoBe says that Wight refused to perform, and failed to disclose he owed the IRS $450,000, and now the IRS has filed a lien on the house. SoBe are demanding $2 million from the Wights and $15 million from WWE for interference for re-signing Wight after he dismissed SoBe.
source: rajah.com
Another Class Act by Triple H After Raw
The following was sent to WrestleZone.com by a fan who attended Monday Night Raw last night in Charlotte:
Wrestlezone,
I have been a fan of wrestling for a long time. I've gone to ever wwe live event within a 100 mile radius of charlotte for the last 5 years. Before that I traveled to the nearest location wherever Raw or smackdown was being held. I can honestly say tonights RAW was the most fun I've had in a long time. I've been a fan since I was little. I'm now 30+ and I still turn into a kid when I go to live events. I saw something tonight in charlotte that made me more of a fan of Triple H than I ever was before.
It had nothing to do with wrestling or politics or simply getting over with the fans. It was pure class. After the matches HHH threw a T-shirt into the stands. As usual a crowd scambled to get the T-shirt. Of course, someone managed to get it. However, there was a small kid around 10-12 that got caught up in the melee. The kid was knocked down and started crying and laying on the floor. The entire time this was happening HHH didn't take his eyes off the situation. He immediately went straight threw the crowd to the little boy, picked him up and took him back into the ring.
He then gave the boy a pep talk and motioned him to pose with him around the ring. They went around the ring posing. The boy was so happy you would have thought it was Christmas. Any pain he may have felt or no matter how upset he may have been, this definitely made up for it. HHH then took the boy back, circled around the ring and then came back to the boy to make sure he was OK. This to me was a class act and made me a fan of the person along with being a fan of the wrestler. Props to HHH! Just my 2 cents.
Raw Results: Trumping the Competition
Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase competed in Raw’s 10-Man Battle Royal with their primary goal being to prevent certain people from earning a WWE Title opportunity, one of which was no doubt their mentor Randy Orton’s nemesis, Triple H. The Legacy members and The Game collided in Raw’s main event along with John Cena, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Big Show, Matt Hardy, The Miz and William Regal.
With so many powerful ring warriors present, harboring so much ill will toward one another, the match could have gone anyone’s way. However, Triple H was fighting not only for the WWE Title, but a chance to gain retribution for the torment Orton has wrought on him and his family. That added motivation, coupled with the amazing in-ring abilities of The Game was enough to ensure his victory, and his place at The Bash.
As Triple H celebrated and WWE Champion Randy Orton looked on nervously from the stage, the festivities were interrupted by Raw’s new owner, Donald Trump. The billionaire celebrity congratulated The Game and then announced that the WWE Universe wouldn’t need to wait until The Bash to see The Viper defend the WWE Title against The Cerebral Assassin, as the two would be facing off against one another on the next Raw in a Last Man Standing Match. Full results.
source: wwe.com
This Day in Wrestling History
At WCW's Great American Bash in Baltimore, MD, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash attacked Eric Bischoff. Nash powerbombed him off the stage.
June 16, 1996
June 15, 2009
Paul Heyman Comments on Tommy Dreamer's Win & Vince McMahon Wanting to Fire the ECW Originals
While many members of the creative team, like Ed Koskey and David Lagana, actually grew into wrestling fanatics cheering in the bleacher section of the ECW Arena during the 1990s, Vince McMahon just didn't understand the character.
"Paul," the Chairman of the entire industry would say, "what exactly IS a Tommy Dreamer? I don't get it!"
This was never more apparent than a few weeks into the re-birth of ECW as a television property in 2006, when Vince had an epiphany.
Kill off the originals. All of 'em. Well, we'll keep Sabu and Rob Van Dam, but the first week after Big Show won the ECW title, Vince wanted the newly-minted "Heel Heyman" to come out on television and publicly fire Sandman, Balls Mahoney, Little Guido, Francine, Al Snow and especially Tommy Dreamer.
Vince declared: "Time to let people know that concept is dead, and so are those guys, one and all."
With help from Talent Exec John Laurinaitis, and even a surprisingly impassioned endorsement from Stephanie McMahon-LeVesque, I was able to persuade Vince to keep the originals on board, and not because the brand needed the Bingo Hall alumnae, but because there was actual value in those talented performers.
In World Wrestling Entertainment, "focus" and "spotlight" means "money."
...So, if you're looking for me to declare a holiday because Tommy Dreamer is the ECW Champion, you're not following my diatribe. I'm very proud of the not-quite-so-pretty-anymore kid from Yonkers, New York. He won the most coveted, most valuable, most sought-after prize in WWE. He has VINCE'S ATTENTION...More?
source: the sun
Pavone to Head WWE Studios
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. has named Mike Pavone as Executive Vice President of WWE Studios. In his new role, Pavone will lead WWE Studios’ theatrical releases, direct-to-DVD movies, series and reality programming and report directly to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon...More?
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to:
Scott Flash Norton - June 15, 1958
Brad Armstrong - June 15, 1961
Chuck Palumbo - June 15, 1971
Dick Murdoch died of a heart attack at age 49.
June 15, 1996
Medusa lost a retirement match to Akira Hokuto, WCW Women's Champion.
June 15, 1997
June 14, 2009
NOAH’s Future in the Post-Misawa Era
NOAH went ahead with today’s scheduled show in Fukuoka at Hakata Star Lanes. There was the traditional 10-count gong ceremony in the ring, but this ceremony was anything but traditional. Yoshinari Ogawa, Kenta Kobashi (holding a picture of Misawa), Mitsuo Momota (the son of Rikidozan), and Akira Taue stood in the ring while the gong count and “Misawa” calls from fans flooded the building. (Direct image link here). Momota told the press that Misawa’s family will have a private funeral. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Atsushi Aoki, working for New Japan in Tokyo, had a ten-count ceremony at NJ’s Korakuen Hall show...More?
source: fightopinion.com
Raw Preview: Four-tunate Ones
