http://www.wwe.com/inside/mike-chioda-suspended

 

WTF?

Referees are considered in-ring talent.

 

Still...WTF?

It's so weird how the wellness policy seems to have come back after an absence of over a year. Nobody failed at all in 2010?

Referees are considered in-ring talent.

 

Still...WTF?

Which wrestler switched his piss with Mike's?

Mike took the hit for Orton.

 

John

Well if anyone was wondering how naming names with referees not being allowed names would be reconciled, you now have your answer.

Mike took the hit for Orton.

 

John

A ref taking one for the team is kinda funny.

wow never seen this before. Adrian Adonis's death makes Entertainment Tonight in 1988. 1:00 in or so DA Meltz talks about the gay gimmick

 

 

http://www.wwe.com/inside/mike-chioda-suspended

 

WTF?

That reminds me of the story in Ring of Hell about WWE commentators being on the gas.

In other wellness failure news. TE winner Andy Leavine got popped as well for 30 days

Silent Roid Rage?

http://www.wwe.com/inside/mike-chioda-suspended

 

WTF?

Maybe the guy's a big pothead? I was surprised to learn George Zimmer of The Men's Wearhouse is a long-time pot user and advocate.

 

Or it could be pain killers. I remember he got his skull cracked pretty hard by Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV. I'm sure the guy's taken a few pretty stiff shots in his day.

Maybe the guy's a big pothead? I was surprised to learn George Zimmer of The Men's Wearhouse is a long-time pot user and advocate.

Didn't the WWE go on a witch hunt against the potheads on its payroll a few years ago and smoke them all out (pun intended)?

My God, it's been 10 years. Will the "What?" chants ever die?

http://www.wwe.com/inside/mike-chioda-suspended

 

WTF?

A couple of years ago, I was in a bar in Louisville and a bunch of WWE guys came in. I can't remember who all was there, but I think Shad Gaspar (sp?) was one of them, maybe the Tolands and some other guys that have since been cut. Anyway, what struck me was that Chioda was one of the bigger dudes in the group. I think that sometimes just being around all these juiced-up guys every day, day-in and day-out, would make someone want to fit in and get bigger. Also, as artDDP pointed out, he's probably taken some knocks in his career and may need some pain help.

Am I crazy, or was Kofi sporting some U.N.-themed gear on Raw?

Maybe the guy's a big pothead? I was surprised to learn George Zimmer of The Men's Wearhouse is a long-time pot user and advocate.

Didn't the WWE go on a witch hunt against the potheads on its payroll a few years ago and smoke them all out (pun intended)?

 

I'm kind of fuzzy on this, but I remember sometime recently they announced they have even begun testing against synthetic weed (K2 and the like). Whenever it gets brought up, Meltzer always mentions how large the fine is and how the wrestlers are very frustrated with the rules.

In his book Bob Mould talks about how he was convinced to go on the gas after a couple of weeks on the road. For those who don't know, Mould was a writer, with no on screen role.

In his book Bob Mould talks about how he was convinced to go on the gas after a couple of weeks on the road. For those who don't know, Mould was a writer, with no on screen role.

To be fair, though, Bob is pretty deep in the bear scene, so it had sexual advantages beyond vanity.

That's true, but if you follow the book he claims to have never done them before wrestling.

His reasons for doing them were a bit odd:

 

I was there for four weeks before I started doing steroids. I was tired from traveling five days a week on no sleep, I was working and thinking so hard every day, and my brain felt as if it were about to explode. I remember riding in the car one day in Florida with my traveling crew and someone saying, “Bobby, you gotta get on the gas…”

Anyway, this is an interesting interview of Bob:

 

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/06/bob_mould.html

 

John

A lot of it was trying to keep continuity. They brought in a couple writers from New York who were ADD, who were so scattered that they couldn’t remember what they’d done from week to week. We’d write the stories on Wednesday and Thursday at the meetings, and I would say, “We did this two weeks ago.” Or there would be things that were sort of homophobic or racist, and I would say, “Do you really want to have the Mexican guy hit the Japanese guy over the head with a tequila bottle?” And somebody would be like, “Are you calling me a racist?” And I’d say, “No, but the idea is a little funny.” I became the naysayer with a certain group, and with another group, they were counting on me to be the naysayer. It was a little crazy.

Awesome.

Is the Stan Hansen book out now? If so, has anybody picked it up yet?

Awesome.

Yeah... you kind of wish Bob had written a full book on his time there.

 

John

Well he did do Wrestling Observer Live and Figure 4 Daily.

 

Speaking of Alan4l actually woke me up and texted me that he recorded this as he knew I would mark:

 

http://www.f4wonline.com/component/content...the-masterpiece