Kuroyume said:
Aw jeez...that's so hard to watch now.Kuroyume said:
Wow.On Denis & Callahan on WEEI out of Boston this morning they mentioned Eddie's death, ragged on him for probably doing steroids, and then said "Well, at least he didn't fall out of the rafters like some of them do...SPLAT!"
Nov 14
I've been up all night and haven't realy slept as everyone knows by know Eddie Guerrero has passed away. Everybody knows Eddie had his demons but he had been clean for a long time, it was way to soon for him to go and he leaves behind three beautifull young daughters and a wonderfull wife my heart goes out to them. Eddie was a huge help to me. He helped me progress in the ring and we even wrestled at wrestlemania in houston in 2001 for the european championship. Eddie I pray you are in a better place and THANKYOU for everything you taught me. Now instead of usually talking about what I'm up to I'm going to break down the reality of this business we call wrestling. When I say "who's next" I'm not coining Goldbergs line I'm actually wondering who's next? Who's next to die?
I can think of at least 15 to 20 people who have died from various things mostly prescription pain killers. For all you wanna be wrestlers who wanna get in this business..escpecially now when wwe doesn't pay you anymore than you would make at a 9 to 5 job let me break some things down for you. When I started wrestling I had never seen or heard of vicodin or percocet or soma. How come so many wrestlers die from these medications and football players and hockey players don't? The answer is simple..wrestlers especially wwe wrestlers work 5 days a week all year long taking bump after bump in the ring, a doctor explained it to me like this..everytime you take a fall in the ring it's like gettin rear ended by a car going 20mph so how many bumps in the ring a night do you take? multiply that by how many times a week you work all year long..that's a hell of a lot of whiplash and pain. I can remember hearing a conversation from some unamed wwe head guys talking about how this certain person needs to go to rehab but they couldnt send him because he was to important to the show..that's the reality people thta is how we are treated...look at me I break my neck in the ring had to have 2 discs taken out of my neck and a steel plate put in and was told at the time by Johny Ace in his exact words were when I asked if my job would be in jeopardy? He said "we don't fire people with injuries like that" Hmm that's funny cause 2 months after surgery I got fired because I wasn't working. My 7 years of busting my ass for them and putting over the bosses son while my foot was broken in a cast were all forgotten about. I remember when I was bein trained by Bret and I met Bad News Allen he said this to me and I'll never forget it "all wrestlers are to Vince are puppets and when he is done playing with you he throws you away but sometimes he'll dust you off bring you back and play with you some more" That is the truth people...when Johny Ace called me and told me they were releasing me which of course he put all the heat on Vince...I said to him what kind of message are you sending the boys that if they get hurt they are going to get fired? So all the guys who don't want to lose their jobs what do they do...popp a couple of percocet or vicodin and mask the pain cause god forbid they say they are hurt and lose their job...I'm not going to name any names but I know at least a dozen or so wrestlers who are addicted to these things for that very reason...get hurt lose your job...
I just turned 30 my back aches everyday, I have a metal plate in my neck and yes I got in the business at the right time and have a lot of nice things but is it all worth it? you guys don't see the ugly side of this business..yes wrestling is entertainment but the bumps and bruises are real and sometimes they don't go away...so think long and hard before you get in this business cause I can tell you first hand that if your not working or making them money they don't give a SHIT about you....and the sad part is Eddie was clean and I guarantee he won't be the last one to die in the next 12 months..so that's why I say who's next? Don't take your life for granted it's a gift..don't go to bed mad and tell the people you care about you love them because you never know....take care
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:WWE needs an off-season bad. Even for just a month. I don't see any negatives to it at all except lost house show revenue, and when they come back, everything will be fresh and over with the crowd.
J2 Cool said:Agreed, maybe even post Wrestlemania. A month or two. Hell, it would even give them time to structure a year out roughly, make it fresh again, and most importantly give the guys some rest.
Outcast2004 said:how about just cut out the crap house shows that no one really goes to anyway?
Nothing ever happenes at them and all it does is wear the talent out and line McMahon's pockets.
That and give the writer's time to come up with some real quality material also. I think alot of benefit would come from this as well. Ever since I started seeing ads on T.V. for the in-house shows I wondered "man, when do these guys get the time to rest?"J2 Cool said:That's true, though even football players have days off between, practices, and an offseason still to rest up. Next to football players and hockey, wrestlers arguably take the worst beatings. Some wrestlers anyway.. But some spots and bumps seriously need months to heal sometimes, not just days. I'm in full support of an offseason. I don't think I'd have ever gotten turned off to wrestling if there was a 2 month lapse, and everything got wrapped up before it began again. WWE can even use that time for new talent. And you know they need that.
Outcast2004 said:i agree that something, hell ANYTHING needs to be done to lessen the brden on these guys.
Now you see why TNA is becoming a much brighter alternative for wrestlers. More emphasis on performance, MUCH lighter schedule, and plenty of time to recover.
Kintaro said:OT: But if TNA starts up the house show circuit, will this remain true? Alternative now, but when touring starts going more and more, could be more of the same? I dunno. =/
WWE needs to look at the Puro companies and their tour system. They tour a region, with a big blow off show or something at the end, than the wrestlers get a good couple weeks or so downtime. Any downtime is a good time for these guys.
Himuro said:Where the hell did that interview with test come from?
The Main Event said:We don't see some of the wrestlers every week on TNA Impact (for now), doing this could actually leave the wrestlers breathe a little as well as not oversaturate their presence.