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January 20, 2012
Straight Shoot: Drugs In Professional Wrestling
Evan Bourne was suspended for the second time under WWE's wellness policy, but are his violations any worse than others in pro wrestling history? Aubrey Sitterson breaks down the long and storied history of pro wrestling drug abuse and the struggles of today's superstars. Click here.
source: ugo.com
WWE Studios Joins Found Footage Movie Rage With ‘Bermuda’
WWE Studios has acquired Bermuda, a found-footage horror spec script by Bobby Lee Darby and Nathan Brookes. Set in the Bermuda Triangle, the story focuses on a documentary film crew that goes missing. The only trace is the discovery of their film footage chronicling their final desperate days. The scribes previously wrote Slaughter, a homage to Japanese cult horror films that won a Horror Screenplay Competition prize at Slamdance. Original Artists repped the scribes along with Hung Entertainment. ”The Bermuda Triangle has always been an intriguing and mysterious setting,” said WWE Studios president Michael Luisi. “Bobby and Nathan’s script puts a very unique spin on the found footage genre.”
source: deadline.com
Chael Sonnen Talks CM Punk Reports
UFC fighter Chael Sonnen tells MMAWeekly.com that WWE Champion CM Punk was never confirmed to escort him to the octagon for the UFC on FOX special later this month in Chicago. Despite Punk telling MMA Weekly last week that Vince McMahon had pulled him from the appearance, Sonnen said last night:
"I gotta tell you. I read those headlines. I never confirmed them. CM Punk never confirmed them. I'll speak for myself - I'm not in the business of stopping a headline, but I never confirmed that anybody would be joining me. I know he didn't confirm it."
Tully Blanchard Addresses Horsemen Line-up for WWE HOF; Comments on Conversation with Triple H
Four Horsemen member Tully Blanchard commented this week on whether the line-up of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, and himself is the correct group be inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame this year. "The most dynamic group that we had was with Barry. You had more guys that could perform with more opponents. Big, small, all sizes and that was the most powerful group we had," Blancard said on the Busted Open satellite radio show.
Blanchard also commented on the possibility of Triple H inducting the group: "He just shared with me in brief that he watched and appreciated everything we did, not just we, but he was talking about me, specifically...If that is what he watched and that is what he molded himself after, then he would have a great amount of input on how the images of the Four Horsemen blended together and affected him."
source: pwtorch.com
Washington, DC to Host Raw
WWE Raw Supershow on Monday, April 9th, 2012 will be held at the Verizon Center in Washington DC.
This Day in Wrestling History - Bobo Brazil Passes Away
Houston Harris was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bobo Brazil. Harris was credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling. Harris is considered one of the first successful African-American professional wrestlers, and is often referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of professional wrestling." Originally, Houston was to be known as "Boo-Boo Brazil", but a promoter misprinted his first name as "Bobo" in a print advertisement and it stuck.
Early in his career, some wrestling promoters would match Brazil against fellow African-American wrestlers. Fans clamored to see Brazil face opponents of any type and Brazil would have many matches with competitors such as Killer Kowalski, Dick the Bruiser, Johnny Valentine, and The Sheik, who feuded with Bobo over the course of several decades. These and other rivals would all fall victim to Brazil's finishing maneuver, the Coco Butt (which was a headbutt). Brazil also once wrestled André the Giant to a draw, and challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship in a battle of two top babyface competitors. On October 18th, 1962 Bobo Brazil made history by becoming the first Black American to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. (This distinction is often mistakenly given to Ron Simmons, the first recognized African-American world champion after winning the WCW Title). Although Bobo Brazil initially refused the title (because of an "injury" that Rogers had claimed to have), Brazil was awarded the title the next day after doctors had found nothing wrong with Rogers. However, this title change is not recognized by the NWA. Brazil served as a mentor to wrestler "Soulman Rocky Johnson".
Brazil's manager was James Dudley, the first African-American to be in charge of a major arena in the United States. Dudley would run to the ring waving a towel, as Brazil followed behind. Brazil was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1994.
source: wikipedia.org
Bobo Brazil vs Buddy Rogers
Houston "Bobo Brazil" Harris July 10, 1924 — January 20, 1998
This Day in Wrestling History
Mr. Perfect returns to the WWE for the 2002 Royal Rumble and lasts until the final four.
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