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    http://blogs.three8six.com/jawbreaker/2009...-test.html#more

     

    Being only 33 years old, it's another unfortunate incident. He obviously had challenges with addiction.

     

    We were friendly, (but) he had a different group of friends as we had an age difference. I did spend a fair amount of time with him (overseas trips, etc.). He was always first-class, very cordial and a polite, professional guy.

     

    I never saw any evidence of substance abuse until about a year and a half ago. All the time before that he was always sober and professional.

     

    We were really close. I helped him get into rehab. WWE picked up the dollar and helped him through rehab. Andrew went in. He was doing really well, making his meetings.

     

    He went over and worked in Japan (recently). He was in that not as busy as you once were routine. We don't know the cause of death, and I would hate to speculate.

     

    The combination of muscle relaxers and pain pills are lethal.

     

    He was a great guy. I kind of looked at him like a little brother. I considered him one of my better friends.

     

    He was a big guy. He was a bud.

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    Nicolas Cage, who is doing promotion for his forthcoming film "Knowing," was originally cast for the role of Randy "The Ram" Robinson in Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler". Cage commented on his departure from the movie today to Access Hollywood.

     

    "I wasn’t quote ‘dropped’ from the movie,” said Cage. “I resigned from the movie because I didn’t think I had enough time to achieve the look of the wrestler who was on steroids, which I would never do.”

     

    The story that is most often told, likely to build the romanticism of Mickey Rourke's role as Randy the Ram, was that director Aronofsky couldn't get the film financed with Rourke, so he cast Cage, then had a change of heart and Cage understood.

     

    The reality is that Cage did train briefly with Afa the Wild Samoan at his school in Allentown, PA before leaving the production. After his departure, Aronofsky turned back to Rourke and worked with a greatly reduced budget for the film.

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    Once again, my bad for letting Enigma back in.

     

    You sure didn't sound so negative about me when I was supplying WON for TSM for 42 straight weeks!

    That was before you clogged up threads with every piece of trivial news you could copy and paste from PWI.

     

    "Hey everyone, some totally irrelevant WWE developmental talent was released. Here's his tl;dr blog about it"

     

    Boy, we sure wanted to know the latest on that major news item.

     

    I thought it was newsworthy because of the backlash on tattoos, which everyone bitches about Kennedy having. And I didn't make a thread about it. Venkman made it a thread.

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    Two decades in the making…Two of wrestling's biggest legends…One historic showdown inside the infamous six sides of steel cage. Hardcore legend Mick Foley…"The Icon" Sting…The battle of a lifetime! TNA Wrestling presents Lockdown, where every match takes place inside the barbaric six sides of steel cage. Live! Sunday April 19th on Pay-per-View

     

    It looks fake as shit to me, but it's on InDemand's website, so it's real.

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    SKeith's opinion on Superbrawl V from his original rant:

    The show itself is horrible and worthless, as were most things in 1995 WCW. Don't even bother checking out the back of the video box in the store, rent porn or something instead.

     

    I look forward to it in the 'I know it's going to be bad" way.

     

    Trust me, don't. It's not car crash bad like Vince Russo's WCW stuff. It's put-you-to-sleep bad like pre-Russo WCW 1999 was.

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    PWInsider is reporting that WWE apparently called Wendi Richter about appearing in the Divas battle royal at WM25. This is interesting because Richter, 47, of course was screwjobbed a'la Bret Hart out of the Women's Title back in 1985 when she refused a contract extension Gorilla Monsoon was attempting to get her to sign before her match with Spider Lady (Moolah).

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    World Wrestling Entertainment released developmental talent Ryan Braddock sometime in the last few days. Braddock, who has worked independents as Jay Bradley before being signed by the company, had done some enhancement work on the Smackdown brand but wasn't given much of any kind of television push.

     

    Braddock, an Illinois native, was signed in December 2005. He held both the Deep South and Ohio Valley championships while working for those then-developmental promotions.

     

    Braddock debuted on the Smackdown brand in August 2008. He was last seen on the brand defeating Festus by DQ before being wrapped up in duct tape and packing paper by Festus and Jesse as part of the "moving to MyNetworkTV" unspoken storyline during the final days Smackdown aired on the CW Network,.

     

    In recent weeks, he had been doing a gimmick in Florida Championship Wrestling where he had been sitting ringside taking notes on competitors on a laptop computer.

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    So I wanted to post this myself so that everyone can hear the truth from me. I was released from the WWE today March 7, 2009 after 6 months and 22 days of being in the developmental program FCW. It did come as a shock to me.

     

    Things were going really well. I have learned so much in the last 6 months that I am light years ahead of where I was when I got here. I can only say thank you to Steve Keirn, Tom Prichard, Dusty Rhodes, Billy Kidman and Norman Smiley for everything they have taught me. If you factor in my time with Team 3D, my time in developmental and all the trials and tribulations that 2008 dealt me, the leaps and bounds I have grown as a person and a wrestler are immeasureable.

     

    Although I find the reasons I was released to be complete B.S. I am still thankful for this door closing for now because I know that ten will open. Most of you know I showed up here out of shape and had to get back in shape. From April of last year until August I lost my 15 year old sister, my grandmother and 3 of my friends. I even lost one of my best friends since the age of 14 a week before Christmas. All this after losing my father in 2007 as well. I never made an excuse to them and I got back in shape losing 47lbs in 3 months and still changing my body to be one of the best in the entire WWE. I received praise from my peers, but more importantly my superiors for working so hard. However I guess that was still a strike against me despite my personal issues.

     

    So with all that said this past December while in the midst of one of my best friends passing, I had my family members decide they wanted to pay for some tattoos to be added to my forearms. Let me point out I already had tattoos on my forearms and I just wanted to add detail to them. Well as a WWE employee you are not allowed to get tattoos without permission. I spent 12 days trying to get permission only to find out the person who needed to give me permission was out of the country and wouldn't be back til I'd no longer be able to get them. So I got my tattoos anyway figuring I would get permission because of what they were. Well when my bosses got back I immediately told them I had already got them. I was told that I probably would've gotten permission but since I didn't wait I was suspended for 6 days and fined 1000$. Let me tell you when you make 500$ a week and can barely get by, that kinda fine will cripple you.

     

    After that issue blew over I went back to training and applied myself as hard as I possibly could. I was getting alot of positive feedback from all my trainers and from my superiors. After looking at some recent pictures of myself in comparison to 6 months ago I decided to ask my bosses for permission to seek a supplement endorsement to help me out financially. This past tuesday I strained my right quad at practice and am currently being treated for it. It's not that big of a deal and I'll be better in 14 days or so. I actually left the emergency room on tuesday evening, drove an hour and a half in rush hour traffic home and went to the gym for 3 hours. I spoke to my bosses on wednesday and was told that I was being given a pay raise to 750$ a week. They told me to heal my injury, get better and get back to training safely. I was scheduled to start rehab the follwing day which was yesterday.

     

    I got up yesterday morning and went to the gym so that I could get that out of the way before going to rehab since we had a show last night. I used mapquest to get directions to the place where I would be doing rehab. When I got to the exit on the highway my directions told me to take, it was closed because of construction. I had to drive 7 miles down the road to get off on the next exit and there was no return for the highway I was on. I have been here for 6 months but still do not know my way around here completely. I don't have time for anything but wrestling so why would I? It was ten minutes before I was due in to rehab so I called them and told them the situation. I was told to get there as soon as I could and they would see me. I ended up being 30 minutes late.

     

    I got up this morning once again to go to the gym before I went to rehab. I got a phone call from my bosses right as I finished working out. I was aksed why I was late to rehab yesterday and I told them what you just read in the last paragraph. I was told it was an excuse and it was unacceptable. I was told that I have now been given too many chances and that I'm unprofessional. I was told that I have all the potential in the world and they know I will be a star some day. Then they told they were letting me go until I can be more professional.

     

    So there you have it. I was let go for a combination of showing up out of shape back in August when I went through what most people wouldn't have come back from. I got tattoos added to my arms where I already had tattoos back in December that made the tattoos I had better. And top it off with me being late to rehab for physical therapy due to traffic. I am truly grateful for the opportunily I received with the WWE. I can only thank them for allowing me to finish rehab on my quad and taking care of it. And they are gonna pay me for the next 90 days which is a blessing. I am going to take the next 90 days to clear my head and spend some time with my family and girlfriend. I am going to move back to Orlando and resume training with Team 3D as soon as I'm allowed to. I have made numerous friends and connections in the business in the last 14 months. I will have several doors open to me. I will figure out what the best one for me to take is.

     

    I promise all of you this is just a small bump in the road and not the end of the world. I'm not upset and I respect the WWE and their decision. I love you guys from the bottom of my heart and I'll be kicking ass again in 90 days.

     

    The one and only

    ~PATRICK BRINK~

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