CUT’NPASTE
May 2007 - Bonus Issue
WRESTLINGS DIRTY SECRET BY ERIC COHEN
While many people think of wrestling as a big joke, there is one thing about wrestling that isn't funny. The death
rate among wrestlers is alarmingly high. (ctrl-c’d from about.wrestling.com)
The only time this story was
covered by the national media
was on HBO's Real Sports
with Bryant Gumble. That
segment featured Vince
McMahon mocking the inter-
viewer and slapping the notes
from his hands. In addition,
the only wrestler to speak up
for the wrestlers, Roddy
Piper, was fired after the
piece aired.
Drug Usage
While the outcomes of the
matches are pre-determined,
100%
Stolen Content
Wrestling
Boozeletter
the effort to put on those killers to numb the pain. This
matches takes a huge toll on
their bodies. The wrestlers
are on the road over 300 days
a year and unlike other ath-
letes, they do not have an off
season. In addition, accidents
do happen and injuries occur.
Unfortunately, if wrestlers take
time off, their wallets will suf-
fer significantly. These factors
all lead to the deadly slope
Eddy Guerrero
that many wrestlers have Father, husband, wrestler. Dead
found themselves facing. at age 38 from an enlarged heart
They get addicted to pain due to steroid usage.
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medicine keeps them too le-
thargic to wrestle, so they
take drugs to get high. This
deadly mixture leads to illegal
drug dependency that many
wrestlers have to cope with
even after they retire.
Large Bodies
In the '90s, the WWE faced a
major steroid scandal. While
they claim to test for steroids,
it is obvious to the casual
viewer that many of the wres-
tlers are taking something to
get their physiques to look
like they do. In today's envi-
ronment, a wrestler must
carry either an enormous
amount of muscle or a tre-
mendous amount of fat to
give him the larger than life
size needed to be successful
in the business. That extra
weight, whether muscle or fat,
makes the heart work harder
than it must.
Accidents and Old Age
Not all the wrestlers die due
to the reasons stated above.
Some die due to travel related
incidents because of all the
time on the road. Some have
even died as a result of inju-
ries suffered in the ring. Un-
fortunately, the least common
way that wrestlers seem to be
dying is due to old age.
How bad is the problem?
The list below only includes
wrestlers that have appeared
on national TV and were
stars. Imagine if this many
baseball players died at such
an early age. There would be Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
congressional hearings. Yet Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
because it is wrestlers, no Jerry Blackwell - 45
one cares. In an effort to stop Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
this problem, the WWE has Andre the Giant - 46
recently instituted a wellness Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
program that monitors wres- Mike Davis - 46
tlers for drug usage and car- Hawk - 46
diovascular issues. Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Famous Wrestlers That Have Died
Moondog Spot - 51
Since 1985 Before the Age of 65
Chris Von Erich - 21 Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Mike Von Erich - 23
Pez Whatley - 54
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Eddie Graham - 55
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29 Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Jay Youngblood - 30
Giant Haystacks - 55
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30 The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Ed Gatner - 31
Moondog King - 56
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Gene Anderson - 58
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33 Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
D.J. Peterson - 33
Tony Parisi - 58
Eddie Gilbert - 33
Rufus R. Jones - 60
The Renegade - 33
Owen Hart - 33 Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Chris Candido - 33
Terry Garvin - 60
Adrian Adonis - 34
Boris Malenko - 61
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Yokozuna - 34
Shohei Baba - 61
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35 Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Pitbull #2 - 36
Karl Krupp - 62
The Wall/Malice - 36
Dale Lewis - 62
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38 Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Bad News Brown - 63
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39 Bulldog Brower - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Ray Candy - 43
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NOT DEAD YET
Rumored to be dead, but still
alive, for now.
Top to bottom. Ultimate
Warrior has been the most
popular non-dead dead
wrestler for the last few
years. Corporal Kirschner
was confirmed dead by Mi-
chael Cole run www.com.
That was news to his
mother who informed them
he is in fact still alive.
Paul Orndorff is alive.
PURE DYNAMITE REVIEW BY SOME DUDE
From humble beginnings, to international notoriety, “The Dynamite Kid”
Tom Billington paid his dues.
Now, Billington is no longer competing in the squared circle,
and this is thoroughly chronicled in Pure Dynamite, as a
wrestling career of abuse has left “The Dynamite Kid” a shell
of his former self.
Pure Dynamite is Billington’s way of bringing the fan into his
world. As a young boy in Lancashire, England, Billington was
a rough and tumble youth, who had his share of scrapes. A
review of Billington’s family history indicates that “The Dyna-
mite Kid” had fighting in his blood. His father was a former
amateur boxer, who actually recorded a win over Jim Sulli-
van, who would go onto win a World Championship in box-
ing. Not far from Lancashire, was the town of Wigan, a re-
nowned shoot wrestling Mecca. As most youngsters from this
area, it was only a matter of time before Billington made his
way to the infamous Ted Betley’s training ground. This is
where “The Dynamite Kid” would be born so to speak.
When he was ready to turn pro, “The Dynamite Kid” was
more than a worker, he was a shooter. Wrestling was his way
of avoiding the back breaking work of the coal mines; little did
Billington know that wrestling would be just as back breaking.
His first shot in the pro ranks was working for Max Crabtree.
Working in England did not exactly set Billington’s bank ac-
count of fire, and he soon made his way to Canada.
It was in Canada, working for Stu Hart, that “The Dynamite
Kid” began taking steroids to get bigger. Actually, it was a
tour through Germany, in which Sylvester Ritter, “The Junk-
yard Dog” gave Billington an introduction to the muscle pro-
ducing drug: Dianabol. Ironic that “The Dynamite Kid” was a
shooter in the ring and out. It was also in Canada that Billing-
ton was introduced to another drug, speed, by none other
than Jake “The Snake” Roberts. After doing some good busi-
ness in Canada with Bret Hart, the legend of “The Dynamite
Kid” was heading for the place that would get his name
known world wide, Japan.
In his first tour, Billington was not enthralled with the Land of
the Rising Sun, but subsequent tours of the island nation
proved very lucrative for “The Dynamite Kid,” both financially
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and for his in-ring experience. Working against Tatsumi Fujinami was like a breath of fresh air
for Billington, as Fujinami could match holds with “The Dynamite Kid.” Now in Japan it was
usual for foreign wrestlers to be the bad guys, but “Kido” as the Japanese fans affectionately
called him, was an exception to that rule.

During this time, “The Dynamite Kid” was spending his time working between Calgary and
Japan. He also did a shot in Hawaii. Soon “The Dynamite Kid’s” cousin, who would go onto to
become one of the biggest names in the sport, Davey Boy Smith, joined Billington in Calgary.
It was Smith’s own cousin that started him on his collision course with death, by supplying him
with steroids. First they feuded; then they teamed. Eventually they went to Japan as a team.

Portland was “The Dynamite Kid’s” next stop, and it was here that he became a member of
Rip Oliver’s clan. He was stilling doing shots in Japan and Calgary too.

One interesting aspect of the book is that Billington kayfabes his time in Japan, but shoots on
all his other wrestling tales. All of this is the backdrop to “The Dynamite Kid’s” most successful
run in wrestling. His team with his cousin Davey Boy Smith would soon make their way to the
World Wrestling Federation, as “The British Bulldogs.” This tag team rates high on the scale
of the other infamous pairings during the 80s. “Dynamite Kid” was making the best money of
his career, but his reckless style was also taking a noticeable toll on his body. The abuse of
steroids on his body was evident, but he still wrestled and always gave 110 percent. His body
was meant to hold no more than 175 lbs, but the steroids bulked him up in the 220 lbs range.

Billington is not above shooting on the wrestlers he was not fond of; in fact, some of his
statements are downright hurtful to those he directed them to. I will not spoil them here, as I
think it is proper to read the context in which he makes his statements. He was after all a
wrestler trained in the shoot style. I did not find Billington to be as bitter as some who have
reviewed this book, rather I found him to be a straight shooter, who did not hold back. But the
people he did like, he does not hesitate to on the praise, so he is equal opportunity.

On a scale of one to 10, I’d rate this book a solid eight. The back story was all new material
for me, as I knew very little about “The Dynamite Kid” prior to his WWF run. The inside infor-
mation is first rate. Most importantly, I give Billington credit for not laying blame for his per-
sonal problems on anyone but himself. Takes a big man to admit he was his own worst en-
emy. (Stolen from kayfabememories.com)

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BROCK TO DRAW
100,000 BY LUIS CRUZ
Brock Lesnar interview recap
Brock Lesnar is gifted athlete. His credentials
speak for him. He's a former NCAA amateur
wrestling champion, professional wrestling
Heavyweight champion in WWE and came up
just shy of making a spot on the Minnesota Vi-
kings NFL football team. With mixed-martial arts
taking off and becoming a viable option to Lesnar
as a way of earning a living, Lesnar no longer has to consider returning to the insane traveling schedule that comes
along with being a professional wrestler. It's an avenue to take the wrestling skills he's accumulated across nearly twenty
years and further it into a career in combat sports.
On Saturday, June 2nd at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, Brock Lesnar will do his part to help try and pack a building
that seats nearly 100,000 people as he makes his debut as a MMA fighter. He'll be clashing with the 7'2'' kickboxer
Hong Man-Choi in the semi-main event of the K-1 debut MMA show in the United States, which now has backing from
Elite XC (and Showtime), Strikeforce and Cage Rage.
Yesterday (April 5th), MMANews.com's own Luis Cruz discussed this and more in an exclusive twenty-plus minute
interview with Brock Lesnar. Below is part one of a two-part transcript. Thanks to "Smoogy" from the MMANews.com
forums for providing the following text write-up of part one. Make sure to check back here later today for the second and
final part of the interview.
BROCK LESNAR INTERVIEW - PART ONE (for part two go to MMAnews.com)
Luis Cruz of MMANews.com: This is Luiz Cruz of MMANews.com and I'm
joined by the new MMA phenom, Brock Lesnar. Brock, what's up man?
Brock Lesnar: How are you doing?
MMANews.com: I'm doing good.
Brock Lesnar: Let's not call me "phenom" quite yet, [or] until this first one is
over with! [Laughs]
MMANews.com: Hey, you're a beast dude. I'd call you a phenom. Now, before
I get to MMA at all, I just have two quick questions for you about pro wrestling.
The first one, a lot of fans wanted to know: Is Vince McMahon really as asshole
to work with?
Brock Lesnar: Ah, well, no. I mean, Vince is the boss, you know? I made a lot
of money. He runs a tight ship up there and he does what he has to do to run
his business, and that's pretty much that.
MMANews.com: Alright, and the second question I have is, knowing him a little bit as a businessman, do you think
he would actually dip his hand in the MMA bucket, try to maybe start a promotion or anything?

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 Brock Lesnar: I think if he was smart about it, he would do it. But you know, I think... I think it would be a wise choice
for him to do that, MMA is exploding you know? It's big-time, but then again Vince McMahon is good at promoting wres-
tling, and I don't know if he could promote anything other than that.
MMANews.com: Alright. Now let's go ahead and move on. When did you become a fan of this sport?
Brock Lesnar: I've always been a fan of it. Since the first UFC, you know? I've always been watching just as every-
body else was. I watched Royce Gracie create the legacy he created, and Ken Shamrock, Don Frye... all these guys that
started the pavement for... to you know, started to make it is where it is today.
MMANews.com: At one point did you say to yourself, "I want to give this a shot", was that before the NFL?
Brock Lesnar: Well, yeah. I would've gotten into it a long time ago if it would've been big, but when I was coming out
of college I had a pretty good offer from Vince McMahon on the table and I wasn't going to go fight in some bingo hall or
auditorium for two hundred and fifty dollars a fight, you know?
MMANews.com: I don't think anyone would disagree with that decision.
Brock Lesnar: That's where it was when I got out. Really, you've got to take your hat off to Dana White here, because
mixed-martial arts has taken off and it is where it is because of the UFC. And Dana saw something with it, and took it -
put it on television and made superstars out of these nobody guys that were at one time fighting in the bingo halls. He
put their faces on TV and it just goes to show how strong television is.
MMANews.com: Did any certain fighter influence you? Did you look up to a Mark Coleman or a Kevin Randleman, or
another wrestler?
Brock Lesnar: Well, I really liked to see the wrestlers do well since obviously I'm an amatuer wrestler myself, so yeah,
I did follow those guys. And you know honestly, was there somebody out there that I really followed? No, honestly I can't
say that, but I did pay attention to the wrestlers and was rooting for those guys.
MMANews.com: When exactly did you start training for mixed-martial arts?
Brock Lesnar: I started training last June. Thats
when I decided that I was going to really give this thing
150-percent go ahead.
MMANews.com: A couple of names that I've heard
that you've trained with, I don't know for a fact, this is
just what I heard but - Royce Gracie, the Miletich
camp, [Sean] Sherk and Josh Thompson. Are those
pretty accurate?
Brock Lesnar: Yes. Yes, I actually started out look-
ing for a camp. I went down to the Miletich camp for a
couple weeks and then I decided that I wanted some-
thing a little closer to where I live, you know? I'm es-
tablished in Minnesota - my family is here. I was on the
road living in hotels, working for Vince McMahon, de-
cided that I didn't want to be driving back and forth
every week. So I found the Minnesota Mixed-Martial
Arts Academy with Greg Nelson, and decided to compile Greg's background and Marty Morgan from the University of
Minnesota, and took those two guys, and said, "make me into a fighter". Here we are. I've got a fight coming up less
than two months away, and at this point I feel like I'm well rounded, and I'm working on my training cycle right now to
make sure I'm peaking at the right time.

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 MMANews.com: There was a rumor that when you were in the Miletich camp that you rolled a little bit with [Matt]
Hughes, and that he got you in a rear naked choke. Now what from I read, or heard, you pretty much just got up and
slammed him. Is that true?
Brock Lesnar: [Laughs] Don't believe everything you read or watch on television. [Laughing again] Matt Hughes is a
tough guy, you know, and me and Matt did roll around, you know... Matt's the champion of all champions. So I mean, I'm
not stirring anything up. Matt's a good guy - I like him and all of those [Miletich] guys are good. I enjoyed their camp, you
know, but I'm not going to start anything here. That's nonsense.
MMANews.com: [Laughs] Alright. What's the comparison like in training between amatuer wrestling, pro wrestling,
NFL, and mixed-martial arts? Like, what are some of the differences and similarities amongst them?
Brock Lesnar: Well... I've really got to say that basically I've done it all, you know? Like you said - amatuer wrestler,
try-outs for the NFL, I was a professional wrestler. It's all very different and I would have to say that training for MMA has
probably been a little more difficult for me, because of, you know... I really can't explain it but you have to be in really
good shape to go out there and throw punches, and to be able to wrestle, and to do it all at the same time. I would have
to say that MMA has been a great challenge. It's probably because I'm trying to cram so much into such a short amount
of time. Football was a great challenge as well, but as far as conditioning-wise, I didn't have to be in that great a condi-
tion but it was harder for me to pick up on because I hadn't done it. Now, MMA involves a lot of wrestling, which I have
done, I've got eighteen years of experience in it. But you know, it's learning to be able to throw punches, and be able to
grab a hold of a guy and have enough grip strength and enough lungs left in you... you know, it's difficult. It's definitely
not an easy sport.
MMANews.com: Lets talk about your training for a bit. You mentioned that you thought you were pretty well rounded
now. Who have you been training with, mainly for your stand-up and striking game?
Brock Lesnar: Greg has been a big influence for me. And guys such as Sean Sherk, Nick Thompson... guys like that
who have plenty of time in the octagon and in the ring. But Greg has been a huge influence, as far as working the strikes,
I spent a lot of time with Greg, you know, working the bag. I've got sparring partners who've got experience [in] boxing,
and Pat Miletich has helped me out and his gang, you know, his group of guys down there, with my striking and in the
jiu-jitsu. So I've had a lot of
guys along the way... mainly
Greg.
MMANews.com: Are we
going to see you utilize that
striking a lot more than we
might initially think, or are you
going to just go with what
works?
Brock Lesnar: I really can't
say. I mean, anybody that's
been in a fight... obviously
there's a gameplan here in-
volved, but... I'm going to just
have to go with whatever hap-
pens out there, you know? If
this guy can really defend my
takedowns, then I'm going to
have to stand with him, you know? I'm not lacking any confidence in that area.

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 MMANews.com: Now, speaking of going to the ground - how much did you learn from Royce Gracie?
Brock Lesnar: I never said that I trained with him. I haven't trained with Royce yet. Our schedules haven't allowed us
to be able to get together yet.
MMANews.com: Oh, I thought you mentioned him in the past, sorry.
Brock Lesnar: No, I haven't got to meet up with Royce yet. We've had conversations, trying to get together with one
another, but it just hasn't happened. I'm going to try to squeeze it in, but now... I'm really focused on my training for this
fight, and he's got a fight coming up, and if he can get together in time - great. But we will meet in the future.
MMANews.com: Alright. Now, is your current contract just for one fight with K-1?
Brock Lesnar: I have a one fight deal with K-1, yes.
MMANews.com: The UFC, PRIDE - either or, are you looking to fight for them sometime in the future, maybe when
you're established?
Brock Lesnar: You know, I'm just focusing on this one fight. I've been happy with K-1, they've been great to work
with, and I'm not speculating or starting anything in that area yet, you know? I'm just focused on this one fight. But I
have spoken to those guys in the past.
MMANews.com: That's why I was asking.
Brock Lesnar: As of right now, no. I haven't conversed with anybody and I don't intend to until this fight is over with,
or at least until a good time after that.
MMANews.com: Speaking of the UFC, let's say you did sign with them in the future. Can you make the 265 pound
weight limit?
Brock Lesnar: Actually, I finished my workout today at 268.
MMANews.com: Oh wow, ok. So you trimmed down a lot.
Brock Lesnar: I'm lean and mean, baby!
MMANews.com: [Laughs] Now, what is your goal weight? Do you
have a goal weight?
Brock Lesnar: I feel good. I'll come into this fight 270, you know,
265 ain't a problem. I feel good where I'm at. This is where I won my
national title, at this weight, and I feel really confident at this weight.
MMANews.com: Alright, I thought you'd be a little bigger, but
that's good. Now let's talk about your opponent - seven foot, two
inch Hong-Man
Choi. This is only his
second MMA fight actually, in his ca-
reer, and I don't think his first fight
even lasted thirty seconds - if I re-
member correctly. Now, aside from
him being almost a foot taller than
you, what do you know about him.
Brock Lesnar: I know that, well, there's
really not a lot to know about him. I
mean, he's kickboxer. I've studied his
tapes and I know that he's not the ath-
lete I am - let's just put it that way.
MMANews.com: Is there anything at
all that concerns you about him, like one specific thing?

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 Brock Lesnar: Um... well, everybody's as good as that one punch that connects, right? You know that, you've
watched enough fights to. So, of course he's a threat - he's a big dude. Anybody that can throw big hands and land
them is a threat, you know? So I've just got to avoid his hands.

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MEET THE MONEY MARK BEHIND
TAKING CARE
TNA BY THE UK SUN
DIXIE CARTER must be every wrestler's dream come true. The grap game OF THEIR OWN
is famous for unscrupulous small-time promoters at one end of the scale
and ruthless WWE boss Vince McMahon at the other.
But the TNA president is determined to act like neither — and bring a more
caring feminine side to what has always been a brutal business.
In an exclusive interview, she told us: "The ultimate responsibility for every-
thing in this company is mine and I take that very seriously.
"For a lot of our guys this is their livelihood, so I am conscious to make
decisions that mean this company is healthy and around decades from now.
"While we want financial success, at the same time I want TNA to be a
completely different kind of wrestling company.
"We work a much lighter schedule than the WWE which allows our wres-
tlers to protect their bodies and lengthen their careers.
"A wrestler's career only lasts as long as his or her body does — and that's
why I take our guys' health very seriously.
"We do everything we can to make sure they are saving for the future and
have even brought in financial advisors to help with things like tax.

TNA’s T&A
Dixie Carter

Chris Candido. Lockdown’s

First Casualty.
After dying of a blood
clot due to surgery for an
in-ring injury, TNA sent
his domestic partner Tammy
Sytch a boneless ham. TNA
also offered to let Chris
be buried with his title
belt. How nice of them.

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 "Not only does it benefit TNA but it is also the right thing to do."
"From the internal environment to the locker room, to the type of show we attempt to put on, we are a very different
product.
"In my mind we have the most talented roster of wrestlers in the world and I'm doing everything I can to make sure
that is always the case."
But Dixie knows that no matter how well she looks after the wrestlers, or how well they perform in the ring, TNA has
to have interesting storylines to hook viewers in.
In an attempt to do that she added former WWE and WCW writer Vince Russo to the TNA booking committee.
But fans — blaming him for the running WCW into the ground and associating him with the most ridiculous wrestling
storylines — have been chanting "fire Russo" during live events.
Despite this, sacking Russo is something Dixie maintains she would never do.
The mother-of-two said: "I love the passion of wrestling fans but there is just so much that they get wrong, that they
perceive to be one way when it's not.
"It's interesting that at our last PPV during the Sting v Abyss match they started that chant.
"First of all that match was something Vince had absolutely nothing to do with.
"Second of all it wasn't 120 seconds later that the crowd were jumping up and down screaming 'holy s***' and 'TNA'.
"Vince is human, and has one of the best hearts in this business, so I am sure the chants hurt him. They hurt me for
him.
"But it's amazing how off the mark these folks are.
"One thing they blame him for is that we sometimes try and cram too much into our TV shows, as we only have 42
minutes, but Vince has actually been a big part of helping me slow that down and make positive changes.
"But the hardcore fans don't see it and there's no telling them any different."
The other major key to success in wrestling is having main-event talent who can draw people in to buying the PPV
shows — such as TNA's upcoming Lockdown event.

Alongside new stars like Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, the company have brought in famous faces who used to wrestle
in WCW and WWE. TNA have recruited the likes of Sting, Christian and the Dudleys and unsuccessfully negotiated with
Bill Goldberg and Hulk Hogan. Hogan, after announcing a match with then-champion Jeff Jarrett, claimed injury and
ended up back in the WWE, while Goldberg recently went on record saying TNA can't
pay him what he is worth.
But Dixie blasted back: "There is a lot more to being happy and successful than
just a pay day.
"If that's where Mr Goldberg's happiness lies then he is missing the boat on a
whole lot of other big issues."
Undoubtedly TNA's biggest coup to date was surprising the world by announc-
ing the signing of Kurt Angle on their No Surrender PPV, just one month after he had
'quit' wrestling after being fired by the WWE.
Dixie told us: "When that announcement was made in that arena, it shocked
WWE as much as anyone else.

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 NO I WON’T PEE IN A What's good for the wrestlers is
ultimately good for TNA. -Dixie

FREAKIN’ CUP Carter

TNA has told Konnan that they
will not pay for his kidney
transplant surgery which is
going run him around
$100,000 in the U.S. TNA has
offered to loan him the money
to have it done but he must
pay it back.

"Again that's where we differ as a com-

pany. I am doing everything in my
power to protect Kurt's health and if
needs time off then he can take it.

"At first only one or two people knew, then the week
of the PPV we had to film a promo, so I handpicked four
or five people in the company to tell — and I threatened
them with their lives.
"And that was it. The wrestlers didn't know, nobody
did."
But what about the 'personal issues' the WWE said
Angle had, which were their reason for letting him go.
Again Dixie stands by her man.
"Kurt did have a lot of health problems," she admits.
"But that's because he was not given the time off to
rehab.
"When you're not given that you pop your body full
of pain medicine to get by.
"Then you're not given time off to get off the pain
medicine and you get caught in this vicious circle.
"The only way he could break that was to get out of "He is pursuing Mixed Martial Arts and I am also
that environment. supporting him fully in doing that.

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 "I am not frightened for our guys to have suc-
cess outside of the TNA world.
"My philosophy is that we're all partners and
what's good for the wrestlers is ultimately good for
TNA.”

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 MATT HARDY STILL A DOUCHE SAYS
RIP OLIVER INTERNET
WRESTLING
COMMUNITY
Thiz iz what the IWC iz say-
ing about the former Internet
darling and all around loser,
Matthew Moore Hardy. Seen
posing below last year dur-
ing his “wellness issues.”
He read the Sunday paper
and saw an article about
staph infections. Ironic,
huh?
The IWC has accused Mr.
Hardy of working them over while pretending to negotiate with
Dixie Carter.

CUT’NPASTE ISSUE 1 A
“SUCKCESS”
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Rip Oliver, not pictured
above, Ishjew 1 had over
250 readers on it’s first
day of release. Feel free
to pass it on to your Who readz
friends, if you’re lucky
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HOW DOES HURRICANE AFFORD THE PAWNDBYSI
GOOD STUFF~? BY BRYAN ALVAREZ
Is Hurricane Greg Helms on HGH? Sports Illustrated has named Helms
and several others in a recent steroid probe. (Reprinted without permis-
sion from f4wonline.) Hurricane's response: "Now, before I clear the air, I
wanna ask a question? If you get hurt and a doctor prescribes you a medicine/
drug and therapy to help you and you take it, did that become wrong some-
where? Did I miss a meeting? No need to answer because apparently the an-
swer is yes. Apparently pro wrestlers never get hurt and if they do they aren't
allowed to get treatment. So anyway, here's the story, several years ago I had
hurt my knee and was advised by 2 different doctors to undergo this particular
therapy. I didn't ask for it, hell, I didn't even know about it, all I knew is that I
didn't want to have to have surgery. Not to mention that I would like for my life
after wrestling to be as painless as possible. I won't be able to wrestle forever
and I would hope that I'm entitled to the best quality of life available to me
when that time comes. I would like to think that it's well in my human rights to
take whatever a doctor tells me to if it helps my condition and relieves my pain.
Isn't that what everyone goes to a doctor for? Shane Helms committed no
crime and did absolutely nothing illegal. And that is a FACT!!! Trust me, there
are a million ways to get any kind of legal or illegal medicine/drug you want.
However, I was under the assumption that going thru a doctor, getting treat-
ment and therapy for a totally LEGAL medicine was the right way to go about
dealing with this particular injury. And this injury that might have led to surgery

Bryan Alvarez
impersonator.
O’h.

Names Named by Namers

Boxing
•!Evander Holyfield
Bodybuilding
•!Victor Martinez
Pro wrestling
•!Kurt Angle
•!Randy Orton
•!Adam Copeland (Edge)
•!Shane Helms (The Hurri-
cane)
•!Oscar Gutierrez (Rey
Mysterio)
•!Eddie Guerrero

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had I not taken the therapy that I did. It's strange how that part of the story was conveniently left out! Besides, look at
me! I'm not 300 lbs. of muscle, the biggest I've ever been is 215, I'm not abusing ANYTHING other that the abuse my
body takes doing the job I love. Hell, I didn't even drink alcohol until I was 27. Now I get that this 'reporter' was just do-
ing his job and was only using certain names from his list to sensationalize the article. And I guess it makes it sound
more colorful to use the name Hurricane although I haven't been The Hurricane in almost 2 years now. Hell I guess this
guy can pretty much get away with saying whatever he feels, I honestly don't know. I don't know him and I don't even
deal with that particular Doctor anymore either. And if that Doctor did anything wrong himself, as long as it didn't involve
me it shouldn't concern me or be directed towards me. Am I making an excuse? Not at all. Making up an excuse would
be admitting that I did something wrong or illegal. I did neither. I'm just a guy that has torn his body to shreds for the job
he loves. And there are times that I've had to do to the hospital and get different kinds of medicines/drugs/whatever to
help me heal. I'm not Wolverine, I can't heal from every injury instantaneously. I get hurt! And I'll get hurt again." Again,
why would a doctor prescribe HGH for an injury? And if the doctor did, why would he not write the prescription? Helms'
claim is that his doctor told him he needed HGH, but instead of getting it from his doctor he went ONLINE and got it
through a pharmacy that has since been busted in a drug probe.
As far as prescribing steroids for injury rehab is concerned, when Buddy Wayne got double back fusion surgery his
doctor told him that Deca was going to help his back, but he couldn't prescribe it for him. He told him if Buddy could get
his hands on some he would tell him how to take it safely and provide him with needles, but that was all he could do. He
had never heard of anyone being prescribed HGH for injury rehab (especially something like a knee injury), and said
stronger steroids were only prescribed for people who had been in, say, a horrible auto accident and might not be able to
walk again, or a wasting disease. For more articles such as this subscribe to the Figure Four Weekly at f4wonline.com

Robbie Brooksie of England can’t afford the $1000 a

month it takes for a decent HGH treatment schedule.

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BIXPIX
Stephanie loans
HHH her strapon.
His original member
was eaten by Chyna
back in the 90z

Who is Bix? DUDES? LADIES?

Bix is a well known Wrestling is defi- Some hunka hunka burn-
member of the Internet nitely homo-erotic. ing love action for
Wrestling Community. Here’s something for you.
This pictorial is our gay brothers.
dedicated to him. It
is believed that this
is something he would
enjoy. Bix rules,BTW.

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 A few fans have had less amiable motives for batter-
ing Flair. At a recent book-signing held in a Goldsboro,
REDNECKS RUIN RIC FLAIR BOOK NC Walmart, shopper Jim LaRoy became agitated when
he opened the book’s dust jacket and found that Flair’s

TOUR RIP’D FROM THE CHAR’LET NEWZPAPER

trademark yell “wooooo” literally bore a trademark
symbol. “I been yelling ‘wooooo’ every time I get six or
eight beers in me for the past fifteen years, and my daddy
before me done the same,”
LaRoy said. “I don’t appre-
ciate Flair trying to wrangle
away a piece of my
heritage.” “But the nice
thing,” he added, “is that
with Flair, I can come down
here and we can take our
shirts off and settle this
[intellectual property dis-
pute] like men. Wooooo!”
Other fans have no
particular beef with Flair,
but simply wish to test their
mettle against one of wres-
tling’s greats. Sam Pratt,
an area property manager,
was one such fan. “To be
the man, you have to beat
the man,” Pratt said, quot-
ing a Ric Flair
catchphrase. “Well, I’m
ready to be the man,
wooooo!” He asserted as
he dribbled tobacco juice
into an empty Mountain
Dew bottle. “What I do, I
watch each WWE event
once straight through, but
An unidentified fan applies the sleeper hold to at the same time I’m taping it
author Ric Flair at a Wilson, NC Barnes and Noble on the VCR so I can go back with the slo-mo and such
and really break it down. I think Flair and the rest of the
Goldsboro, NC- folks here at Walden Books took me for a patsy once they
Publishers of professional wrestler Ric Flair's autobi- seen how pale and hairy I looked in them jockey shorts,
ography Ric Flair: To Be The Man have announced that but I done my homework. I think Flair would tell you that
Flair will be canceling the Southeastern leg of his book he got more than he bargained for out of me.”
tour after a string of altercations with over-zealous fans. “What we are seeing is exactly what we would ex-
The announcement comes on the heels of an inci- pect to see based on Bandura’s classic studies of ag-
dent at a Rocky Mount, NC bookstore in which a fan gression,” said Duke University psychology professor
caught Flair in a full-Nelson and held it for nearly forty-five Steven Grenman. “Fans see Ric Flair and other pro wres-
minutes while the other fans, forgoing autographs, lined tlers on television modeling all sorts of flamboyant and
up to strike Flair about the head, face, and chest with aggressive behaviors. Then, when they encounter him in
hardcover editions of the ghost-written memoir. real life, they feel that they have free reign to behave in
According to Flair's publicist Renee Dodson, it was a the same manner.”
turn of events that has become all too common. "We What these fans need to understand, says Flair’s
weren't experiencing these types of incidents in the publicist Dodson, is that Ric Flair is a 55 year-old man
Northeast," she said, "but ever since the tour left Rich- and the years he spent in the ring have left him with the
mond, fans see Ric Flair and the first thing they want to arthritic joints of a man in his nineties.
do is put him in some sort of wrestling hold or bash him News of Flair's severe rheumatism, however, only
over the head with a folding chair. We understand that it caused fans to self-narrate their manhandling of him with
is just these fans' way of showing Ric that they are famil- such commentary as "Oh my, look at him testing the
iar with his work, but, from a logistical standpoint, its been arthritis-stricken verty-brates of Flair" and "Oh, what's
problematic." this? Billy Lee is just flat-out going to town on that
weared-out hip cartilage".

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 “As much better after start-
ing this, not
as Ric enjoys come down with
and appreciates a summer cold
his Southeast- immediately af-
ern fan base,” terwards.
Still, I was good
Dodson said, enough to go to
“his body simply wrestling, and
couldn’t endure getting out was
another month of this book tour.” actually a good
thing. The cough
is superficial, not
in my
chest at
all, and I
think I've
been kind
of a wuss
about the
whole deal. Especially after watching the 57-year
old Ric Flair getting thrown around the ring a cou-
ple of nights ago.
The big test is going to be when I get lab work
done in a couple of weeks. What happens if the T
Cells have dipped slightly? Or the viral load peaks
up to say "Hi"? I'll probably have a dream, in which
Hulk Hogan is pointing his finger at me as I stand
on the other
side of the
ring, shout-
ing,
"Whatcha
gonna do,
Positoid?"

This kid ended up with HIV after meeting RIC FLAIR.

Not libel cuz it’s true. A touching and very real story.
(Stolen from Shawn’s HIV Blog @ poz.com)

Whatcha Gonna Do, Brother?

Written AUGUST 16, 2006

That's the famous opening to Hulk Hogan's taunt, "...

when Hulkamania runs wild on you!" I myself am more of
a Ric Flair guy, and on Monday night I got to see both
legends in action here in Charlottesville.

My dad used to take me to the matches just after my di-

agnosis in 1987, so I figured, "Why not take the old man
this time around?" I also got a ticket for my brother, Kip,
and Zach, a kid who is obsessed with wrestling.
The only dilemma was that this cold or whatever it is is
still lingering. It really does seem to be going around, but
last night I had a dream that a friend was shouting at me,
"YOUR VIRUS IS REBOUNDING!" So there's a subcon-
cious struggle going on, mainly because I thought I'd feel

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PEREZHILTON.COM ASKS?
Is Brooke Hogan a MAN?
The National Enquirer reported last
week that Brooke & Linda Hogan
were consulting divorce lawyers.
Now, Page Six is adding fuel to
that fire!
Sources close to the couple say
they are "going through a very
hard time and their marriage is un-
der a lot of strain."
And for no
reason at all,
Sid Vicious.
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Hulk's manager, Jimmy Hart, adds,
"There's ups and downs in every
marriage. I was with them last
weekend in Miami shooting the
show [VH1's Hogan Knows Best]
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and everything seemed fine." 1234 Main Street
Things aren't always what they
seem, though. Anytown, State 54321
A breakup will definitely make for
good reality TV!
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