September 6, 2010
This Day in Wrestling History
The Sheik defeats Seiji Sakaguchi in Tokyo, Japan to win the NWA United National Heavyweight Title. That belt is now part of the All Japan Triple Crown.
September 6, 1972
WWWF(WWE) World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeats Bugsy McGraw & Lou Albano in a handicap match at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
September 6, 1975
At a non-televised event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeats World Champion Triple H in a rare bout between the Smackdown and Raw champions. Before the match, it was announced that only Lesnar's title was on the line.
September 6, 2002
September 5, 2010
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart Arrested on Several Drug Charges
Former WWE tag team champion Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart was arrested today on multiple charges including grand theft and possession of controlled substances. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office has released the arrest report, which can be viewed if you click here. Neidhart is being held without bond in a Tampa, FL jail. He was charged with possession of 95 Oxycontin pills, 28 Methadone pills, two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, two counts of trafficking illegal drugs, one count of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and one count of grand theft third degree.
source: wrestlezone.com
This Day in Wrestling History
On SmackDown from Green Bay, WI, Chuck Palumbo asks Billy Gunn to be his "partner for life" in a very controversial storyline that got national attention.
September 5, 2002
September 4, 2010
Parisyan: "Every fighter I know takes pain medication like it's M&Ms"
"My issues had to do with my anxiety problems and panic attacks," said Parisyan. "Painkillers were thrown out there, but that wasn't it. People made these accusations because I'd been popped for medication (months before). I'd taken two pain pills the morning of my fight for a torn hamstring and didn't think much of it."
Parisyan said he alerted an NSAC official that he'd taken the medication after the bout when he was asked for a urine sample. Parisyan said he was told it wouldn't be an issue as long as he had documentation from his physician.
Parisyan didn't have a prescription for the ingested pills -- later identified as Percocet -- which the fighter said had been given to him by a friend. Thinking the pills were the same as what he'd been prescribed, Parisyan said he was shocked to get the call a month later telling him that he'd be disciplined for it.
"Every fighter I know takes pain medication like it's M&Ms," said Parisyan. "I was the unlucky one who only took it the day of the fight without even thinking about it."
Now, if fighters are taking pain medication like they're candy and, as Hallman said, 50 percent of fighters are on steroids, who in this sport isn't hopped up on something?...More?
source: mmaforreal.com
WWE Hopes for 'Legendary' Entrance into Indie Film Market
When it comes to low-key independent movies, professional wrestlers are hardly the first names on anyone's go-to casting list. But World Wrestling Entertainment wants to change that.
The WWE's most popular and charismatic wrestlers are happily trading gut punches for acting chops.
"These movies allow us to entertain people in a different way," says Paul "Triple H" Levesque, who stars in a film coming out next year called The Chaperone. "Wrestling is big and over the top and dramatic. Movies are a different world. In a movie you can squint your eyes and it reads a million times bigger than a whole face reaction. You just really have to pull it back."
"The movies we do are not what people would stereotypically think," says Levesque. "The stereotype goes 'WWE, the wrestling guys, they blow stuff up and beat up people and there's going to be a big car chase and 100 cars are going to get ruined.'
"People don't care about that," he says. "They care about good stories."...More?
source: usatoday.com
TNA Holding Knockout-Themed Pay-Per-View
A new TNA Knockouts-themed pay-per-view broadcast featuring previously aired matches is scheduled to debut Saturday, October 2nd.
Entitled TNA Wrestling Knockouts: Mad Sexy Vol. 1, its description reads: "TNA Wrestling Knockouts: Mad Sexy Volume 1, hosted by Playboy centerfold and TNA Knockout Christy Hemme, will feature top matches from the past between TNA Knockouts like Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and Gail Kim."
source: pwtorch.com
