According to The Fayetteville Observer, Trooper B.J. Smith stated to former WWE and TNA star Matt Hardy appeared to have "taken some type of impairing substance" after crashing his 2009 Chevrolet Corvette into a culvert pipe and tree when it ran off the road at 12:46 p.m. on Saturday. Smith said Hardy submitted to a blood test and didn't appear to have been drinking. Speed was described as being a factor as Hardy was traveling more then 55 mph, but less than 70...More?
August 22, 2011
Matt Hardy took "some type of impairing substance..."
Matt Hardy Court Date Set
Former TNA wrestler Matt Hardy is set to appear in a Moore County, North Carolina court on September 28th, following his arrest last Saturday night. North Carolina Highway Patrol officially state that Hardy is charged with Driving While Impaired and an additional infraction of Exceeding Safe Speed.
WWE Corporate Shakeups Just The Beginning
WWE's web shakeup, in which Brian Kalinowski, Executive VP of Digital Media was let go as Stephanie McMahon took over the web division (and merged it with the magazine division) is just the first of several corporate shakeups that started with the removal of COO Donna Goldsmith, a key WWE insider has told WrestleZone.
According to our source, and confirmed by a major player in another division in the company, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is taking the stock drop as a lack of investor confidence in the company and is going to revamp the corporate side in order to hopefully boost the stock.
WrestleZone has learned Vince is keen on revamping the consumer products division as well as the sponsorship team, which has already started to be, as we were told, "gutted and re-built."
"Vince is of the mindset that if only he, Stephanie, and HHH are left standing in this next set of changes, so be it," our source told us, "right now in WWE, no executive is safe."
This Day in Wrestling History
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title.
August 22, 1982
Mick Foley defeats Steve Austin & Triple H in a Triple Threat Match to become WWF(E) Champion at SummerSlam '99. Jesse "The Body" Ventura was the special guest referee.
August 22, 1999
Lita defeated Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley for the WWF(E) Women's title and Shane McMahon defeated Steve Blackman for the WWF(E) Hardcore title.
August 22, 2000
Professor Toru Tanaka (Charles "Charlie" J. Kalani, Jr.) died of a heart attack at age 70.
August 22, 2000
August 21, 2011
Why WWE's Corporate Site Was Pulled and More Changes to WWE.COM
According to sources within the company, Stephanie McMahon is now in charge of WWE website as a result of structural changes made in recent weeks.
As we noted a few months back in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, the company has merged the website and magazine departments. We have heard that the magazine side of things are now overseeing the website.
As Dave Scherer noted earlier today, the corporate side of the WWE.com site was pulled and redirects to the main URL address. I was told this is so the company can make changes to that side of their website.
source: pwinsider.com
More Departures From WWE's Corporate End
There were at least two more departures from WWE's Corporate side in the last week in what was described to me as a "major restructuring."
Mark Keys, Vice President of Digital & Interactive Content Production & Social Media for the company has departed the company within the last several days.
We have also heard a major executive within the company's Sponsorship division has also left, but haven't confirmed the executive's name.
These departures follow the exit of Brian Kalinowski, who was WWE's Executive Vice President of Digital Media and left the company several days ago as well.
source: pwinsider.com
Strange Things Are Going On In WWE
WWE's corporate website, corporate.wwe.com, is suddenly forwarding to WWE. My hunch is that it's just a mistake of some kind since the site was created as a tool for people who bought the company's stock. Coming on the heels of former New Media honcho Brian Kalinowski leaving the company, I am sure it will get people talking. It very well could be that it's a matter of WWE's PR department, which runs the corporate site, is redirecting until they get Kalinowski's bio off of the page.
source: pwinsider.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Dusty Rhodes defeats Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
August 21, 1979
WCW held the Clash of the Champions XXXV, the final Clash ever, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN.
August 21, 1997
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
