The Wrestling Thread

[Charles Arrington]

i gotta say Grantland is one of my blogs to read after that Flair article.

for all the wrestlers that have passed away under the age of 50, the ones that are still alive might be worse off like Flair and Jake Roberts among others.

i loved Flair growing up and still do. There was a strong rumor years back from HHH and others that Flair could actually wrestle a match with his eyes closed - no exaggeration. The guy was solid and still took crazy bumps into his late 40s and 50s.

how long til all this debt trouble gets Flair killed or in jail?

[Kormod]

This isn't surprising. http://wrestleheat.com/ric-flair-threatens-lawsuit-scatching-tellall=11170:

Ric Flair is suing the website who wrote a scathing exposé story earlier this week about the personal and financial hardships he’s put himself and his family through over the past 20 years. Despite the fact that most of the article’s facts were pulled straight from court documents the countless lawsuits that Flair’s been involved in (ex-wives, business associates, horrified flight attendants), Flair claims the Grantland.com investigative piece written by Shane Ryan falsely states that he suffers from Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy — a disease caused by years of alcohol abuse which often leads to heart failure.

The following statement was released by Flair’s representatives, Legacy Talent and Entertainment:

“Mr. Fliehr has declined to comment on the “Grantland” story published this week, as he has consistently with media inquiries regarding legal affairs. While the information gleaned from courthouse records may be credible, Mr. Fliehr is currently evaluating his legal options with respect to falsehoods in the story, specifically the untrue statement that he suffers from alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Our client understands that these allegations are part of the territory when you are not only famous, but a living legend. Ric Flair is a sports entertainer, which has been a lifelong passion that he still enjoys delivering to his fans today, along with his work outside of the ring with various charitable causes. We will be sure to advise Mr. Fliehr against running for County Treasurer and instead to continue entertaining his millions of fans all over the world as he has been doing for the past 35 years.”

The hilarious thing about all this: http://books.google.com/books?id=wMItEY4Z_SYC&lpg=PT439&vq=cardiomyopathy&pg=PT439#v=onepage&q&f=false

[buffcoat]

The hilarious thing about all this: http://books.google.com/books?id=wMItEY4Z_SYC&lpg=PT439&vq=cardiomyopathy&pg=PT439#v=onepage&q&f=false

I'm struggling to think of when I've encountered a tale of a sadder sack than depicted here.

He is the face and voice of Carolina Hurricanes goals, screaming "Woo! Woo! Woo!" on the Jumbotron and getting the crowd into it.  When I read this article, I said, "WOOO! Wooo! wooo! woo woo woo"

[Chris L]

Wait,Flair is considering running for county treasurer? What could possibly go wrong?

[Kormod]

I think he has a shot -- after all, running for County Treasurer and acting like an escapee from a mental institution are no longer two very different things:

Phil Davison, GOP Candidate, Delivers Stark County Treasurer Speech Fail goes viral Funny speech

[Charles Arrington]

does Kevin Nash know the striped shirt he has on makes him look like the Sandman from Spiderman 2?

[wood and iron]

True Story: Kevin Nash played Super Shredder in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.

[hotmessization]

does Kevin Nash know the striped shirt he has on makes him look like the Sandman from Spiderman 2?

Sandman was Spiderman 3.

And I've always said Cena looks like Sandman. I think it's the mouth.


In any case. House show in Wheeling in a few days. Del Rio is wrestling Punk and then Cena (They're advertising it as Del Rio faces Punk with the winnerfacing Cena, with a picture of Cena and question mark beside him, as if the title's going to change at a house show in Wheeling, WV)

[Charles Arrington]

good call. havent seen those films in yeeears....

[hotmessization]

I made a point that everything Kevin Nash says sounds like an automatic response from a video game character, and my buddy brought up that he also looks like Error.

[TheBrettster]

Bobby Blayze Talks About His Upcoming Match With Pupu

A few months ago somebody asked me to host a music festival in Newark, NJ. Somehow it warped into me turning into multiple wrestling personalities, including Bobby Blayze.

But you all should come, seriously: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118621501569020

[VealCutlet]

A few weeks ago, Bob Mould spoke about his involvement with wrestling on The Sound of Young America.  I had never heard anything about this previously - he was a "creative consultant" with WCW during 1999/2000...does not compute.

[TheBrettster]

Also compare and contrast the music videos:

Rock n Roll Express "I Love Rock n Roll"

Bobby Blayze: The Music Video

[Kid Pain]

NWA Ric Flair & 4 Horseman Attack Ricky Morton in Dressingroom

[Greggulator]

The Brettster kindly asked me to participate in his rasslin' event. Unfortunately, the timing didn't work out for us.

HOWEVER! I'm in a similar project called PRO MANIA. It's part of the Philly Fringe Festival. It's a bunch of us local comedy folks who love wrestling doing a wrestling show. We even got Tim Donst of Chikara to participate.

Anyways, here's the promo I cut as "Downtown" Darrel Keagan -- a New York City native who was born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the son of an attorney for Goldman Sachs.

Downtown Darrell Keagan invades Pro Mania