It was reported last month that WWE Hall of Famer Road Warrior Animal was removed as the guest host of a slate of recent RAW live events due to WWE's belief that he was critical of their drug testing policy in a recently published interview with Power Slam magazine.
An article was published online pertaining to his comments regarding WWE's Wellness Policy. The multi-time tag team champion stated during a subsequent interview with Minneapolis based sports radio station KFAN Sports Radio AM 1130 that his remarks were taken out of context by the writer of the online article (originally published on this website by me). He also contacted Power Slam to publish a clarification regarding his views on WWE's drug testing policy.
"My true feelings are that it is one of the most stringent drug testing policies in all of pro sports, and there's no way that any athlete can beat it," Animal says in the latest issue of Power Slam. "I was in no way slamming WWE, who gave me a great induction into the Hall of Fame. I support WWE's Wellness policy and all of the other things they do for all their athletes."
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June 13, 2011
Road Warrior Animal Has Magazine Clarify His WWE Drug Policy Views
WWE Releases Carver & Novak
WWE released Michael Tarver and Jacob Novak over the weekend, PWInsider.com has confirmed. Tarver was on the original cast of NXT and was a founding member of the Nexus. After he was dropped from the group, he was brought back for several appearances that saw him standing in the back as the beginning of a re-introduction that never fully happened.
Jacob Novak was part of the most recent cast of NXT, including a mini-feud with William Regal, before being eliminated first from the season.
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to:
Jacques "The Mounty" Rougeau - June 13, 1960
Mike "Virgil aka Vincent" Jones - June 13, 1962
Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia, better known as High Chief Peter Maivia dies of cancer at age 47.
June 13, 1982
Yokozuna defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
June 13, 1993
Mitsuharu Misawa passes away.
June 13, 2009
June 12, 2011
WWE Settles Personal Injury Lawsuit for $5 Million
Gersowitz Libo & Korek, P.C. recently accepted a settlement offer of $5 million after 4 weeks of trial on behalf of a client who was injured in a low impact motor vehicle accident in downtown Manhattan. The client suffered a knee injury which resulted in surgical procedures and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
WWE Star Kevin Nash Cleared After Battery Arrest
WWE legend Kevin Nash is in the clear ... TMZ has learned -- after cops arrested him in Florida recently for allegedly laying the smackdown on some drunk guy ... for hitting on his wife. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, Big Sexy and his lady were leaving a restaurant after dinner, when a man approached Nash's wife and began chatting her up. According to the report, Nash's wife told the guy to buzz off ... but he got aggressive -- so Nash stepped in and dropped him. Nash held the man down until police arrived -- but in a cruel twist of fate, he ended up getting arrested himself on suspicion of battery, a charge that was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence. Nash tells TMZ, he never should have been arrested -- and if he wanted to sue, he'd have a good case in court, adding, "I'm a 52-year-old fake fighter. My hands aren't deadly weapons."
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Terry "Magnum T.A." Allen
June 12, 1959
Happy Birthday to Mark Henry
June 12, 1971
Stan Stasiak passes away due to heart failure at the age of 60.
June 12, 1977
Vince McMahon "dies" in a limo explosion on Monday Night Raw.
June 12, 2007
June 11, 2011
Rumor Mill - WWE Considering New Approach to WWE Magazine
The Wrestling Observer is reporting in an effort to cut costs, WWE is considering making the WWE Magazine an online-only publication. It's being said that over the past few years, the WWE Magazine has broken even financially, and the only reason why it's not losing money is because of the consistent increase in issue price.
As a result, WWE is considering a switch to an online format, which would see the monthly magazine pulled from newsstands and made available for download.
Rumor Mill - John Cena Battling Neck and Hip Issues
WWE Champion John Cena is said to be battling "persistent neck and hip issues" in addition to elbow problems recently and has been described as being more beaten up than he is letting on reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Cody Rhodes Explains Why He Doessn't Use Twitter
SmackDown Superstar Cody Rhodes explained in an interview with WWE Magazine why he does not use the social networking site Twitter:
"I don't want to give followers or adversaries insight into who I am. I'm thinking of having my next T-shirt read, "Cody Rhodes" on the front and, "Not On The Internet" on the back. I think Twitter is ridiculous," Rhodes said.
"If you have time to Tweet about what you're eating, I don't think you're working hard enough. I may be a workaholic—and I know I've been accused of that before—but I can't see myself Tweeting to members of the WWE Universe about how I wanted my eggs over easy and they came scrambled instead. I'll go on the record: The day Tom Hanks gets a Twitter account is the day I'll get a Twitter account."
The magazine editor then notes that Tom Hanks does have a Twitter account.
Lucky Cannon Arrested Earlier This Year For Impersonating A Police Officer
WWE NXT Redemption contestant Lucky Cannon (real name Jonathan Emminger) was arrested earlier this year in Florida for impersonating a police officer.
Emminger, 27, was arrested on the morning of February 28, 2011 in Hillsbourgh, Florida and charged with falsely personating a law enforcement official. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 11:26 a.m. and subsequently released on $2,000 bail.
Emminger previously worked as a deputy sheriff for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department in Pinellas County, Florida, which could explain how he was able portray himself as a member of police.
This information is coming out now because his mug shot was recently cataloged on Google Images, the most comprehensive image search on the web.
source: lordsofpain.net
This Day in Wrestling History
Hulk Hogan signs with World Championship Wrestling after leaving the World Wrestling Federation.
June 11, 1994
Steve Austin walked out of a Raw taping in Atlanta and did not appear on the show. Without clearing it with anyone in management, he booked a ticket home for himself and wife Debra and left Atlanta after working the Raw house shows the previous weekend. Originally, he was scheduled to face Brock Lesnar on the show. Apparently, no one in WWE management communicated with Austin as to what he was going to do on Raw until Jim Ross called him the day before and told him. Austin then chose to walk out and go home, feeling that him losing to Lesnar with no prior buildup between the two didn't make sense from a business perspective. Due to Austin's leaving, the whole show had to be rewritten since it was to have focused on Austin beating Ric Flair the previous week and having Flair become his assistant. Austin's absence caused major rewrites and a totally new direction on the show. WWE changed things up and booked a Vince McMahon vs. Ric Flair match on the spot where Vince McMahon "won control" of Raw and Smackdown. Vince had no plans on wrestling before arriving at the show to find out that Austin was gone. It also put Flair in the confusing position of being a heel to Austin one week and a face to Vince the next. WWE later released a statement on Austin's leaving, saying "On Monday, June 10, 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin again failed to appear for the scheduled Raw event in Atlanta, instead choosing to return home to San Antonio without notice and without company approval." The story went on to say that they understand that Austin wasn't happy with his character's direction, but what he did was unprofessional. They finished with this line: "Therefore, Stone Cold Steve Austin is no longer an active member of WWE's talent roster." He would return to the company by the end of the year.
June 11, 2002
