Mike Adamle: "I Have Lost Words on Air Occasionaly..."

"I was on the air in 1999 when I had my first seizure,'' says Mike Adamle, the Channel 5 sportscaster. I ask him what it felt like. ''One part of my brain was speaking, the other part was having a tidal wave,'' he says. ''There was deja vu. All kinds of flashing, loud ringing in my ears. Dizziness. My short-term memory was gone. There were tears in my eyes, thoughts of being a kid, thoughts of my grandfather. I was in the hospital for three days.''

''I have epilepsy from lesions on the left hemisphere of my brain,'' he says now, tapping the upper left part of his head. ''Scar tissue up there. From football. Neurologist Richard Rovenor, from Northwestern Memorial, diagnosed it and probably saved my life...More?

source: chicago sun times

Chris Henry Had Chronic Brain Injury

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury that may have influenced his mental state and behavior before he died last winter, West Virginia University researchers say. The doctors had done a microscopic tissue analysis of Henry's brain that showed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy...More?

source: associated press

This Day in Wrestling History

Frank Gotch wrestles his first match since April 1913, defeating Henry Ordemann in Humboldt, Iowa.
June 28, 1915

Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito for the WWWF(WWE) Tag Team title.
June 28, 1982

Steve Austin defeated the Undertaker for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
June 28, 1999

Bryan Danielson Promo at CHIKARA

Rumor Mill - TNA "ECW Invasion" Angle

In regards to the teased ECW invasion on TNA TV recently involving Tommy Dreamer, Raven and Stevie Richards, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports the company has every intention of doing some kind of an ECW angle, but they don't yet know the framework of the angle...More?

Bryan Danielson Speaks Following Successful Return to Indy Wrestling

The crowd inside the Taylor Town Trade Center was nearing a fever pitch as it awaited the return of Bryan Danielson to independent wrestling at "CHIKARA: We Must Eat Michigan's Brain" on Saturday night.

Those fans waiting for the familiar tones of "The Final Countdown" heartily booed as the WWE NXT theme "Wild and Young" was played instead. After several seconds of booing, "The Final Countdown" fired up. After a few more seconds, Danielson finally came through the curtain to the roaring approval of the hundreds of fans in attendance.

Once Danielson was in the ring, instead of throwing the standard streamers, the fans littered the ring with neckties, making light of Danielson choking WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts with his necktie during the June 7 edition of Monday Night Raw, the reason he was fired from WWE...More?

source: slam wrestling

ESPN Barely Covers Fedor Losing to Fabricio Werdum

It was pretty painful to see just how the network covered Fedor’s first loss in a decade or so. They showed a basic 15-second highlight of Werdum beating Fedor and had it tabbed as “MMA upset” and that was about it. It was treated the same way the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman fight was treated by the network, which was not seriously at all...More?

source: fightopinion.com

Paul Heyman Calls Brock Lesnar A "Carwin-Eating Carnivore"

There is an eery calmness to Brock Lesnar these days. I've never seen him this close to a major event and yet have so much peace of mind. Usually, he's a self-described "bear with a sore ass" heading into fight week. This time, however, Brock's approach is a bit different. No tension. No pacing. No "can't wait til I get in there and the fight starts" mentality. Brock Lesnar is simply counting down the days until he has a job to do, and that job is to once again unify the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

"I have a different perspective on everything," the only man who has ever held the NCAA, WWE, and UFC Heavyweight Championships said, "I know what I have to do, and I am sure Shane Carwin knows I am uniquely capable of doing it."

The way I look at it, from my own personal perspective, is that one of two things is happening here. The first scenario is really scary. We may be witnessing a dramatic shift in the Lesnar mindset, a far different approach than he's ever carried with him into the Octagon. Uh oh. That could be a very scary "unknown factor" for Shane Carwin to deal with. The other possibility is Brock is at one with his own emotions, and the beast will emerge when that Octagon door is locked, and it's only Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin, and the referee inside the cage. Having known Brock for over 8 years, I can't tell you which scenario is scarier. They both seem pretty frightening to me."...More?

source: the heyman hustle

This Day in Wrestling History

A federal court ruling allows the WWF(E) to move its programming from USA Networks to CBS/Viacom on TNN (now Spike TV).
June 27, 2000

Triple H & Stephanie Mcmahon Spotted in Westport

According to greenwichtime.com, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were spotted to gether on Father's Day:

WWE wrestler Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) and his wife, a very pregnant Stephanie McMahon, were seen on Father's Day enjoying a late afternoon meal at Sherwood Diner in Westport.

This Day in Wrestling History

"The Original Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers dies of a stroke at age 71.
June 26, 1992

Mick Foley is named the new WWF(E) Commissioner by Linda McMahon.
June 26, 2000

SmackDown Results: Hot Pursuit

Bitter about losing the World Title at Fatal 4-Way, Jack Swagger mounted an aggressive offense against Big Show. With The World’s Largest Athlete locked in a painful ankle hold, the former champion closed in on victory. However, when Big Show reached the ropes and Swagger failed to heed the ref’s orders to break the hold within a five-count, Swagger was disqualified. The brutal hold left Big Show stumbling and reeling in pain after the bout. Full results.

source: wwe.com