Source: Wrestling Observer
The movie Ready to Rumble, is scheduled to be airing on City TV in Canada on December 2nd in Toronto and late night in other markets.
In today’s Sydney Morning Herald in Australia, features an interview with Triple H. He speaks on the new WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 videogame.
Chris Benoit’s doctor, Dr. Phil Astin, has requested to the judge to ease his bail conditions so he can work and earn a living. Astin filed for bankruptcy when he was unable to work due to being under house arrest. He wouldn’t work in the medical field as he voluntarily handed over his medical license.
In the latest issue of Maxim magazine, which features Sarah Michelle Geiler on the cover, has an article on Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide.
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Hey everybody…You can read the whole article right here!
http://www.maximonline.com/Thelastdaysofchrisbenoit/articles/9733.aspx?src=tstcb:Mtd
As I’m reading through this article (which is a good article, btw) I’m finding some problems with the math.
With respect to WrestleMania 6, the writer claims, “Of the 45 performers who entered the ring that April night in 1990, a dozen are dead.”
I count only 10 dead wrestlers (11 if you include Elizabeth, who did not wrestle). Of those 10, one was Dino Bravo who was murdered and another was Andre the Giant who had his hormone problems.
I’ll never be one to defend the way WWE treats its performers, but I had hoped the Maxim article would be more on-point.
Now that I’ve read the article completely, there are other glaring problems with the math. For example, a linked sub-article cites that 64 wrestlers have died under the age of 50 in the last ten years. The implication is that these folks died of steroid use. A closer look at their own article proves this wrong.
Of those 64, 16 either died of non-steroid related reasons (cancer, murder, car accident, etc) or were not wrestlers. Of the remaining 48 dead wrestlers, many are not names that were well-known to the masses. In other words, the argument that claims wrestlers take drugs to cope with the pressures of the spotlight and of performing in front of thousands of fans does not apply to these men.
Why doesn’t it apply? Because they didn’t perform in front of thousands of fans!
Again, I just hoped that Maxim would have been more truthful in their reporting because they reach the core audience that WWE is looking for. Instead, it looks like we got more of the sensationalism from them. What a shame.