Hunter's Torn Quad

More from F4W on the drug testing. Everyone from Raw and ECW has passed. The best theory as to why, coutesy of Lance Storm, is that because Lashley's enzyme level went back to normal after a week, and so the Raw crew had plenty of time to get off whatever they had to in order to pass. Apparently, almost eveyone has gotten off whatever they've been on except marijuana, which they are not testing for.

It goes into detail on the Angle deal, and also mentions that more than one source is saying Angle is "heavily addicted to painkillers and a walking wreck."

No. Madden hates Hogan, and was simply going crazy because he thought Hogan was really getting double crossed. Well, Hogan was double crossed in the second half of the angle, but in the first part Hogan was in on it and Madden didn't know that.

It was by no means a guarantee that WM 3 was going to be financial success. Same with WM 1. And, contrary to what you keep saying elsewhere, Dave does not hate Monsoon. He disliked his commentary style, but that was it. It was not, and never was, personal. Straight from Dave:

Beans is actually a nickname for his daughter, and not her actual name.

He said that the fact WWE publically fired Angle shows you how bad Angle is doing, given that they would normally go out of there way to avoid having to let him go. He also said that if we knew how bad Kurt was hurt, it would "absolutely stun you", and Meltzer thinks Kurt is done. Meltzer did, however, say, that he thought the same of Muto and Kobashi were done and they came back and had some big years, especially with Kobashi. Meltzer is going under the assumption that Kurt will never be the same and probably shouldn't wrestle again. Meltzer also points out that Angle's biggest problem could be that, in Angle's mind, he's been proving people wrong all his career, like with his neck, and with something like this it could cause major problems. Meltzer said he hopes Angle wrestles again, but not after a long time and dealing with his problems, but from his tone I don't think Meltzer realistically sees that happening. And if you want to see some major denial of how bad Kurt is, go to the ROH boards.

--The Sabu vs. Paul Heyman main event tonight on ECW was a change made yesterday by Vince McMahon. The original show was thrown out yesterday by McMahon on the guise they needed something stronger for ratings tonight. The feeling was last night's Raw, because it was on Sci-Fi and not USA, was going to do 25% less viewers, so ECW would have less people being directed to watch Sci-Fi and thus needed a more enticing then usual match.

Why wouldn't Foley let Flair say I quit? I don't understand that at all Foley respects Flair a great deal. He'd never want Flair to have to lose like that.

It's a YTMND, but I don't care because it's awesome. http://hollywoodloompa.ytmnd.com/

Meltzer didn't say those things. Someone else did.

A Tammy Sytch replica crack pipe?

Impact did a 0.8

--There is an AP story on Kurt Angle, which is him going public with the story that he asked to leave after suffering injuries on 8/13 because he no longer wants to take pain medication to continue to wrestle. It's the public story for him to save face in case other media investigates further and finds out he was actually let go, as opposed to him making the call to leave. This will likely be in many newspapers in the morning.

The desperate need to clear a decade long case that has haunted your office can make people do crazy things like ignore the need for real proof.

Straight from the Observer site: I really don't know where to begin. Granted, it wasn't as wild as their first fight, mainly due to Griffin being so much better than Bonnar and so there was a disparity in talent levels this time around, but I don't in what universe the fight could be called boring.

Randy can distract Jeff with drugs and hit the RKO.

Shane and Tully's '60:00' match springs to mind.

Since the Hughes vs. Gracie numbers came out, WWE haven't released any numbers from their PPV's, so you know they're not happy.

Goldberg was champion, but who was still in the main events and in the most pushed programs? That's what some people really forget.

Yeah...assuming there are still morons in the crowd who believe that Hogan really did "lose" as opposed to laying down for them. Kayfabe is dead, and Hogan doing the job to a younger dude might help for say...the 2 days the fans will remember it... You make it sound like jobs don't matter anymore simply because kayfabe is dead. Hogan doing a job in the right circumstances and with the right presentation could literally make a career. I don't know if those circumstances are ever likely to happen, simply because the business is so down right now that by the time they do happen Hogan may be a cripple or dead, but if they do occur it would be a nice for Hogan to do what's right for business. I'd like to think that Terry Funk and Mick Foley aren't the only HoF wrestlers willing to give back to the business that made them. Then again, wrestling is a business that rewards selfishness and tends so shit on those who put the business ahead of their own interests.

Kurt must be way gone to walk away from a $1 million per year deal rather than get treatment.

Or maybe he's waiting to confirm what he's been told already.

--The WWE web site ran a story on Kurt Angle's being let go. Angle called it a mutually agreed parting of the ways because he needs to heal up, needs a break and that Kurt has concluded that unless he can get in the ring without pain medication that he shouldn't be wrestling. He noted that not only did he pull his groin, but also tore his abdominal muscle on 8/13, all before he tore his hamstring. He said he has no idea when he'll be able to return. Obviously the great unanswered question is, Angle had a $1 million per year guaranteed contract with a company that always pays wrestlers while healing up, and even if they need rehab for drug dependances, or in the case of Shawn Michaels, for many years while having what was thought to be a career ending injury without missing a big paycheck because that's the nature of a guaranteed contract. Why this story is so incomplete is that why would someone with so many major financial obligations, leave a contract paying him that much money even if he's not sure if he can wrestle again and needs help? If someone has all those injuries and is relying on pain medication, of course it is for the best he gets out of the ring. But wrestlers get hurt every day, many go to rehab and come out of it, and aren't either being fired or asking to quit, or in this case both, for any of those reasons. Meltzer.

Sounds like Jeff Hardy, and we all know they made sure Jeff had got his act together before bringing him back. It's only been a week I know but there hasn't been anything at all saying Hardy is causing trouble. Why is it so hard for this board to give someone another chance? Jeff couldn't even handle the TNA schedule without screwing up to the point that Jeff Jarrett gave up trying to save his job. WWE didn't give Eddie Guerrero or William Regal another chance until they proved themselves, especially in the case of Eddie. I'm all for Jeff being given a second chance but he should have proved it like Eddie, William and others have. The fact WWE hired Jeff back without him doing anything to prove himself, added to the fact that Jeff flaked out working the easier TNA schedule, shows that it's very likely Kurt just has to wait around and he'll get hired back with no questions asked.

Sounds like Jeff Hardy, and we all know they made sure Jeff had got his act together before bringing him back.