| 4/28 Memphis TV report: Aftermath of Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Wight ...
--Jimmy Hart and Corey Maclin are outside in chairs at FedEx Forum at night after the big show. Maclin and Hart pull someone off the street that is selling roses. Maclin buys them for Hart. The guy says $20, but Maclin gives him $10. Maclin couldn't quit laughing. It was funny. --Hart and Maclin are on Beale Street in Memphis talking to drunks and then Maclin talks to a horse named Barney. --"Opening the Vault" with Jimmy Hart interview. He is surrounded by Dennis Coundry, Norvell Austin and the Assassin (Don Bass). "First Family" had just turned on Bobby Eaton. Coundry/Austin were two of the founding members of "Midnight Express" and both were damn good on the mic. The Assassins/Norvell Austin vs. Jim Jameson/Bobby Fulton/Robert Crow - total squash. CLIPS FROM THE CLASH --Abdullah The Butcher vs Al "The Dog" Greene clips.
Camp gets a new start after fire
(WAPELLO COUNTY) Last year a fire in the Heartland destroyed buildings at Forest Lake Camp where many children spend their summers. Now the camp is getting a new start as crews begin rebuilding what was lost. It was a chilly day in February of '06 as the camp's old dining hall and lodge went up into flames after a wood stove in the dining hall ignited the fire. At the time, camp director, Jim Ross watched it all burn down.
"By the time I got down her, the building was completely engulfed...the building was just gone," Ross said in February of 2006. Returning to the scene, old burnt bricks and small pieces of glass are all that are left of the buildings that once sat on the empty foundation, but those small piles of rubble didn't stop camp directors from moving on and looking towards the future.
Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling
They aren't the types of sordid stories that can be found on one of World Wrestling Entertainment's "historical" DVD releases. "Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death and Scandal" is comprised primarily of controversial free-lance magazine articles Irvin Muchnick has written over the past 19 years. Muchnick dishes dirt on alleged behind-the-scenes improprieties of well-known figures like WWE owner Vince McMahon, Jimmy Snuka, Hulk Hogan and the Von Erich family while also tackling such serious issues as the deregulation of pro wrestling by state athletic commissions and the rash of young-grappler deaths that have rocked the industry. "There are some things real serious fans already know about, but it's a useful historical document having them all in one place," Muchnick said this week in a telephone interview.
Butcher Vachon: Author; Tidbit On Divas 'Makeover' Rumors; WWE ...
WWE issued the following press regarding their new Energy Drink to be released in conjunction with Eric Bischoff's Bliss Beverage. Walmart is supposed to stock the new drinks later this week: WWE(R) 'Socko Energy' Drink To Hit Wal-Mart Shelves Nationwide
Monday May 14, 1:09 pm ET STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Wrestling Entertainment? and Bliss Beverages have joined forces for a major rollout of WWE licensed beverages into nearly all Wal-Mart stores nationwide. The WWE branded drinks will hit Wal-Mart shelves on May 15. The WWE branded beverages are part of Bliss' "Socko Energy" line - their flagship product. The drinks include "WWE? Slammin' Citrus(TM) Powered by Socko" and "WWE? Raw? Attitude(TM) Powered by Socko." "WWE is very proud of this new venture with Bliss Beverages, and of the superior product we've put into Wal-Mart stores," said Donna Goldsmith, Executive Vice President of Consumer Products.
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