Its Still Real To Me, Damn It

Best Finishes - The Steamroller

2012-01-07T21:50:00.002+08:00

Andre The Giant Pictures

2011-12-03T19:21:00.002+08:00

Kane the Intelligent Libertarian!

2011-12-01T22:31:00.001+08:00

Shocking isn't it?

Owen Hart's Death

2011-11-30T19:24:00.001+08:00

CM Punk Shoot On RAW 06/27/2011

2011-11-30T19:17:00.001+08:00

Harley Race Promo - Probably the Best Honest Promo Ever

2011-11-24T23:01:00.000+08:00

WWE 24-7:Legends of Wrestling (Bad-asses)

2011-11-24T21:30:00.003+08:00

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Hulk Hogan's Divorce

2011-11-24T16:15:00.005+08:00

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CLEARWATER — Some might call it a financial smackdown.

Linda Bollea, 52, who divorced Hulk Hogan in 2009, received a little more than 70 percent of the couple's liquid assets in their divorce settlement, a recent court filing shows.

In addition, Hogan, 58, the semiretired professional wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, agreed to give his ex-wife 40 percent ownership in his various companies and pay her an additional $3 million "property settlement," according to the filing.

The confidential financial settlement came to light this week after it was attached to a new motion filed by Terry Bollea's attorneys.

Details from the settlement show Linda Bollea received $7.44 million of the couple's $10.41 million that was held in bank and investment accounts. Terry Bollea got the remaining $2.97 million.

However, he will not have to pay his ex-wife alimony.

Other details that emerged from the court document include:

• Terry Bollea gets to keep any money he makes from personal appearances and the sale of his book, My Life Outside the Ring, published in fall 2009.

• The couple agreed to sell both of their Pinellas County homes, their Clearwater Beach home and the iconic estate on Willadel Drive in Belleair where much of the reality series Hogan Knows Best was filmed.

• Linda Bollea sold the beach house in 2010 for $1.65 million. She pocketed that money as part of the $3 million property settlement, said her attorney, Ray Rafool of Miami.

• The Belleair home was originally listed at $13.9 million. It is still on the market, listed at $8.87 million. When it sells, Terry Bollea will be responsible for paying any money still owed to his ex-wife from the property settlement. Any additional proceeds will then be divided evenly between the two.

• Linda Bollea got to keep a Mercedes-Benz, a Cadillac Escalade, a Corvette, a Rolls-Royce and various off-road vehicles. Terry Bollea, who had an extensive collection of vehicles, got the rest, though they were not detailed in the agreement.

The Bolleas married in 1983 and divorced in July 2009 after nearly two years of acrimonious proceedings. They have two grown children: daughter Brooke and son Nick.

Throughout much of their separation, the couple was involved in an ongoing civil suit with the guardians of John Graziano. Graziano, 26, suffered a catastrophic brain injury in August 2007 when the car he was riding in with Nick Bollea crashed into a tree in Clearwater. Nick Bollea was speeding and driving recklessly when the crash occurred.

The Graziano case was settled in April 2010. The amount of the settlement is confidential, but an attorney for John Graziano's father recently estimated it was $5 million or less.

The Bolleas' divorce settlement surfaced this week because of an ongoing dispute over the amount Terry Bollea owes his ex-wife from his company revenues. The companies manage his trademarked Hogan-themed products and his likeness.

A Pinellas circuit judge ordered Terry Bollea to pay Linda about $126,000 in company revenues last December. An appellate court agreed with the ruling.

His lawyers say the divorce settlement stipulates the couple should handle asset disputes through arbitration, not the courts, and asked a Pinellas judge to set aside the payment order.

David Houston, Terry Bollea's attorney, said the order is faulty because it directs his client to pay his ex-wife 40 percent of the gross revenues, when the couple's agreement had stipulated 40 percent of net revenues.

The matter is important, Houston said, because the payments will continue for years.

Ultimate Warrior Reality Show

2011-11-23T19:04:00.001+08:00

ESPN E60: Scott Hall The Wrestler

2011-10-20T05:58:00.000+08:00

At the height of professional wrestling in the 90's, Scott Hall was adored by millions, his name chanted by loyal fans. Today, he has hit rock bottom. E:60 follows his descent from superstar to a broken man battling alcoholism and drug addiction, but still trying to hold onto the glory he once found in the ring.

Ric Flair's long, steady decline

2011-08-26T03:45:00.001+08:00

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By Shane Ryan POSTED AUGUST 24, 2011

Ric Flair has been physically attacked by at least three of his four wives.

In a 2005 divorce case with Elizabeth Harrell — wife no. 2 — Flair's lawyers detailed their accusations. "On more than one occasion," they wrote, "Plaintiff (Beth) has assaulted the Defendant (Flair), striking him about the head and body in an effort to provoke him into a physical confrontation."

In 2009, Flair filed a criminal complaint against Tiffany Vandemark — wife no. 3 — whom he accused of "hitting him in the face with a phone charger."

And in 2010, Flair and his current wife, Jacqueline Beams, returned to their Charlotte, N.C., home after dinner at the Lodge Restaurant. There, for reasons never made explicit, Jacqueline punched him repeatedly in the face. She was arrested.

The story of Ric Flair was once about a college dropout who rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become a legend. It was about his nickname, "The Nature Boy," and his signature figure four leglock, both lifted from an older wrestler named Buddy Rogers. It was about his multiple championships, his bleach-blond hair, his fast-talking patter (by his own reckoning, Flair was a "stylin', profilin', limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin'-n'-dealin' son of a gun!"), and his signature, trademarked cry: "WOOO!"

Today the story is about a man known in the court system as Richard Morgan Fliehr, 62, born in 1949 and adopted by parents who raised him in Minnesota. That's what he was called this past April, when a judge ejected Fliehr from his Charlotte home because he couldn't pay his rent. That's what he was called in May, when he faced an arrest order for an unpaid $35,000 loan. That's what he's called on the paychecks from Total Nonstop Action, a second-tier outfit where he's still compelled to perform despite suffering from alcoholic cardiomyopathy, and where almost everything he earns goes toward old debts: lawyers, ex-wives, the IRS, former business partners, and anyone who made the mistake of lending him money.

Richard Fliehr declined to comment on the legal matters discussed in this story.

The Mecklenburg County courthouse in Charlotte contains thousands of pages documenting Fliehr's legal adventures. There, it's possible to unearth the gory specifics of a lifetime: how he passed out after attacking his son Reid in a fit of anger after the boy broke his drunken mother's arm by pushing her out of an elevator; how he lost a fistfight with his daughter's boyfriend; how he exposed his genitalia to airline attendants.¹ One can also read how Fliehr allegedly flew into steroid-induced rages against his wife and children; how he suffered anxiety attacks and at least one nervous breakdown, how he broke his back in a 1974 plane crash; how he was mistreated by powerful bosses such as Eric Bischoff; how he bought millions of dollars' worth of jewelry for the women in his life; how he was cited for letting a drunk 20-year-old woman drive his car in North Carolina; how he used the same NWA title belt as collateral for two different loans.

Taken together, the information produces a rough timeline that illustrates Fliehr's self-destructive impulses. It includes excesses that Hollywood screenwriters wouldn't have the audacity to invent, and yet it follows its own logic — one bad decision comes after another, each magnifying the damage of the one to follow.

1990: Fliehr's poor decision-making expressed itself from the beginning of his professional career, but the consequences began to emerge after his 40th birthday.

He had a lifelong enemy in the IRS. Throughout the '80s, he did not pay his taxes. Finally, the state of North Carolina issued its reckoning: a 1990 notice that he owed more than $62,000 in back taxes from 1982, '83, and '88. Fliehr presumably paid without consequence. He wouldn't always be so fortunate.

In November 1990, Fliehr was caught traveling 95 mph in a 65 mph zone in Beckley, W.Va. He was forced to apply for a restricted license so he could drive from airports to his wrestling events. The superior court granted his request almost a full year later.

The same year, a woman named DeAnn Siden began to stalk Fliehr. Siden spent the next eight years following him from city to city, getting kicked out of wrestling venues, and eventually threatening his life. She claimed the two had an affair.

During the time of the stalking, Fliehr had been married to his second wife, Elizabeth, for seven years. They would have two children, Ashley and Reid. His first marriage to Leslie Goodman lasted from 1971 to 1983 and produced two other children, David and Megan.

1991: In August, Fliehr switched from WCW to the WWF. The NWA filed a lawsuit against him, angry that he was using his NWA title belt from 1990 in televised WWF promotions. Fliehr refused to return the belt, but a judge ruled that he could not use it for any commercial purpose. Additionally, he was barred from referring to himself as the NWA champion.

1992: DeAnn Siden, the stalker, gave birth to a girl named Tiffany. She claimed the child was Fliehr's.

1996: Macrolease International, a New York company, sued Fliehr for failure to pay $66,000 in gym equipment and fees for his Gold's Gym in Hickory, N.C. They earned a default judgment, meaning that Fliehr chose not to plead or defend himself in any way. This is the first documented sign of Fliehr's inability or refusal to repay his debts.

In March, Fliehr was arrested for letting a 20-year-old woman named Colleen McCune drive his car with a blood alcohol content almost twice the legal limit.

1997: A Charlotte painter named John Henighen received a $1,500 judgment for work on the Fliehr home. "We painted their large house inside and out," he wrote. "Had one day's work left for one painter and they would not let us complete the work and have not paid a red penny towards all the painting we did, which took 3 weeks or more and she Mrs. Fliehr treated us badly. Rude."

1998: Fliehr, unhappy with a proposed three-year contract with WCW, missed several appearances and was sued as a result. He countersued soon thereafter, complaining of mistreatment, especially by executive producer Eric Bischoff. While his appearances were being reduced, wrestlers like Hulk Hogan were promoted. Fliehr and his lawyers alleged that Bischoff treated him "in an increasingly hostile, rude, threatening and degrading manner. … [Bischoff's] language is crude, rude and 'socially unacceptable' even in the world of professional wrestling. He has threatened to bankrupt Plaintiff, put Plaintiff out of work, banish him to some foreign country and has referred to him as 'garbage.'"

They settled, and Fliehr stayed with WCW until 2001.

On January 3, DeAnn Siden phoned Fliehr and threatened to kill him and her own daughter if he didn't meet with her. She later phoned Elizabeth multiple times, voicing threats such as, "You will be sorry, you bitch!" and "You bitch, you are not going to get away with this!" Over the next month, Fliehr and Elizabeth identified several of her calls coming from the McDonald's restaurants where she worked.

After these calls and years of confrontations, Fliehr finally had his lawyers pursue criminal warrants for Siden's arrest.

In response, Siden made the bizarre move to file a domestic violence complaint against Fliehr. In the complaint, she said he had threatened to kidnap her if she didn't bring her daughter to visit from Houston, and "would tie me up, beat me up, and rearrange my face." She contacted Fliehr and told him she would drop her suit if he dropped his. Instead, a judge issued an injunction preventing her from having any contact with the family.

That seemed to end the drama, at least as far as Fliehr was concerned. In 2003, Siden was arrested for stalking another wrestler, Kurt Angle, and threatening to kill his wife.

Bad Money: The Early Signs of Trouble

2000: A judgment against Fliehr showed $15,000 in back taxes, interest, and late penalties to the state of North Carolina from 1989.

Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) received a default judgment in March for the more than $20,000 Fliehr and Elizabeth owed on a loan. Again, Fliehr chose not to make any plea or defense after the suit was filed. Matters would soon become more critical, and he could no longer afford to stay above the legal fray.

2001: Back in 1999, Fliehr and Elizabeth purchased $19,871.21 worth of furniture and financed it through Household Bank, operating in North Carolina. Fliehr left the repayment to his wife, as he did with most financial matters, and the family suffered the consequences. Elizabeth was tricked by the bank into paying more than $26,000 on the principle, and they didn't sue until it became clear that Household still showed a balance of $7,921.07 plus interest accruing on the account. In September, bank representatives called Fliehr at 1:30 a.m., threatening his wrestling earnings. The bank asked if Fliehr thought he deserved special treatment. In a different phone call, Elizabeth heard a voice in the background say, "Tell him you're Steve Austin." Austin was a popular wrestler at the time.

The case was settled out of court. It's tempting to see this incident as an innocuous case with a relatively small penalty (especially by Fliehr's standards), but it gives the first hint of Elizabeth's method of dealing with money.

In November, Fliehr returned to the WWF.

2002: In May, Fliehr and a group of other wrestlers, including Scott Hall ("Razor Ramon") and Virgil Runnels III ("Dustin Rhodes a.k.a. Goldust") were on a chartered flight back to the United States after a series of shows in Europe. They began drinking, and the situation quickly deteriorated. Two flight attendants, Taralyn Cappellano and Heidi Doyle, would compile their allegations into a 2004 lawsuit. Chief among the chronicled misdeeds was Fliehr's sexual aggression. He wore nothing but a jeweled cape, the flight attendants said, and "flashed his nakedness, spinning his penis around." He separately grabbed each woman's hand and placed it on his crotch, and then "forcibly detained and restrained" Doyle "from leaving the back of the galley of the airplane while he sexually assaulted her." Other wrestlers on the flight passed out syringes to the flight attendants with instructions to dispose of them. The specifics of the assault aren't clear. At other points during the flight, Hall licked Doyle's face, told her he wanted to "lick her pussy," and asked Cappellano to "suck his dick." Runnels advised Cappellano that, "You and me are gonna fuck."

Fliehr has insisted that there's no truth to the allegations, but WWE settled with the women out of court.

In May, a man named Troy Wilkinson sued Fliehr for failing to pay him a share of a project involving the sale of "Crown Point," which likely related to gyms managed by Wilkinson in which Fliehr owned an interest. Fliehr admitted to owing Wilkinson $35,000 plus interest, though Wilkinson was demanding only $22,500 at the time. The two settled out of court.

2004: The federal government issued a lien on Fliehr's property and rights to property for $874,000 owed in back taxes from 1994, '95, '96, '98, and '99. A lien is a claim on property used to secure any tax debt. It stops short of a levy, which actually takes the property to pay the debt. This was the first of the really significant sums demanded by the government.

Ward Cagle, a Charlotte resident, sued Fliehr in July for breach of contract. Cagle had loaned Fliehr $40,000 in 2000, and Fliehr had agreed to pay the money back within 70 days. Nearly four years later, it was still unpaid. He did write Cagle a check in April 2001 for $44,000 (the loan plus interest), but it bounced. The men settled out of court, with Fliehr reportedly paying Cagle $10,000 and giving him a motorcycle.²

2005: Peter Wirth, a general contractor and part-owner of Testa & Wirth, put a lien on Fliehr's home in Charlotte due to $107,000 Fliehr and Elizabeth owed for work done on their home. "I will be able to get a list of people who say the Fliehr's [sic] do not pay their bills," Wirth wrote. "I thought of them as true friends and keep doing work for them figuring we might straighten out at the end. … Mrs. Fliehr was well aware of the past due bills and smart enough to know all of the work she asked for would have to be paid for."

Among the work Wirth's company performed was the installation of a $9,000 cedar ceiling, a $5,000 circular staircase, and almost $4,000 in marble work. Wirth's name would come up again before long.

Fliehr was also sued, again, by BB&T for repayment of $35,000 on a $400,000 loan they'd given him in 1998 to start "Flair with Wood," a business that operated his Gold's Gym in Hickory, N.C. "It seemed like it would be a home run in Hickory," Fliehr later said. He went on to speak about his partners in the enterprise, saying, "They just robbed, stole, cheated, and left me holding the debt." He told lawyers he couldn't sue them because they lived in Dallas, Texas, and the DA and BB&T wouldn't press charges. "They didn't have to," he said. "They had me."

Fliehr eventually paid off the $35,000. He sold the Hickory club.

Divorce from Wife No. 2 — Elizabeth

Fliehr left his wife in February 2005 for his "safety, health and wellbeing."

In the divorce settlement, Elizabeth accused Fliehr of "cruel and barbarous treatment," which included all of the following: abandoning the family, failing to provide love or affection, slapping her, kicking her, choking her, biting her, pulling her hair, verbal and emotional abuse, demeaning her in public, exposing his genitalia to the parties' friends, acquaintances, and even complete strangers, excessive use of alcohol and prescription drugs, steroid use and attendant bouts of rage and violence, adultery, exposing the children to his "paramour," crippling them financially because of his spendthrift ways, starting a fistfight with his son Reid at a wedding reception, taking his son to a strip club and serving him alcohol, opening up wrestling scars in order to appear bloody after he called the police on her, insulting her friends with racial slurs, bragging about the size of his genitalia, calling Beth fat, old, and a slut, accusing her of dressing "sexily" for other men, saying she would be "nothing in this town" without him, demanding sex, and, finally, forcing her to have sex.

She withstood it all, she noted, despite suffering from a cracked lumbar, osteopenia, and high cholesterol, and stood by Fliehr "in the midst of his nervous breakdown and frequent anxiety attacks." Not to mention the times she played his "loyal wife" during skits, bleached his hair, picked out his wardrobe, and helped in developing the "Nature Boy" persona.

In turn, Fliehr had some accusations of his own. Elizabeth, he said, was emotionally unstable, "as verbally abusive as any person [he'd] ever known," and physically violent. She spoke in a vile and profane manner, using the word "fuck" as a "noun, adjective, adverb, exclamatory remark and in every other way one can imagine." She told her kids to "fuck off" and told Fliehr to "get fucked." She projected her weaknesses and faults on others, was "mentally and physically slovenly," and lounged around the house. She was mean-spirited, belligerent, and had nothing nice to say about anyone. Further, she refused to engage in a meaningful or intimate relationship, and even encouraged him to look outside the marriage. She would often assault him in an attempt to provoke a fight, and was compulsive in her habit of making things up about Fliehr to humiliate him.

In her original affidavit, Elizabeth gave some insight to the couple's lifestyle and subsequent debts. She and Fliehr were accustomed to spending $5,500 per month on clothing and more than $2,000 per month on dining out, as well as $750 per month for a home lease that had expired. In Fliehr's response, he noted that Elizabeth had requested $17,000 per month for child support, despite the fact that both children were grown and out of the house, and $950 per month in gas. These demands were curtailed in later versions of the affidavit.

The Fliehrs acquired more than $750,000 in jewelry throughout the course of their marriage. He owned 20 guns — nine Magnums, four shotguns, four rifles, one 9mm semiautomatic pistol, and two other 9mm handguns.

But the truly lasting legacy of the marriage, especially for Fliehr, would be debt. Before the settlement was finalized, the couple already owed more than a million dollars. Most of those debts stayed with Fliehr and were aggravated when Elizabeth was awarded a lump sum of $140,000 and $15,000 per month in alimony for two years (a total that declined gradually as the years went by). Fliehr would eventually owe her more than $700,000. Combined, they were also liable for $1.15 million in taxes.

Lost somewhere were the two children, particularly Reid, who Fliehr admitted had "significant difficulties in the past two years, some of which are the result of the dysfunctional family dynamic in our home." He had been arrested during the divorce proceedings (he was bailed out by Fliehr's lawyer), and Fliehr attributed this at least partly to his upbringing. Reid Fliehr has since been arrested for assault and battery, possession of black tar heroin, and DWI. Ashley Fliehr, too, would clash with the law. In 2008, she was arrested for kicking a police officer after her father got in a fistfight with her boyfriend.

Each child used a Yukon Denali, Jet Skis, a Sundancer boat, and a Land Rover between them.

In April 2005, the IRS began to seize Fliehr's WWE earnings to pay back taxes.

In November, while stuck in a Thanksgiving weekend traffic jam, Fliehr was charged with assault after a motorist on I-485 in North Carolina said Fliehr grabbed him by the neck and kicked the vehicle's door. Witnesses to the incident never showed up for court, and the case was dropped.

2006: Gary Wright of the Charlotte Observer reported that Elizabeth's attempt to have Fliehr held in contempt for not sharing his Carolina Panthers season tickets failed.

A company called Conbraco Industries, which manufactures water valves, filed a suit against Fliehr for repayment of a $300,000 loan. According to a source close to the situation, Conbraco provided Fliehr with the financing to open 10 Gold's Gyms. When the gyms were sold or closed, Fliehr still owed more than $200,000. He stopped making his regular payments in April 2003.

Conbraco eventually received a favorable judgment; Fliehr owed them $185,000 plus interest from 2003 and $10,000 in attorney's fees.

Fink's Jewelers filed an action against Fliehr for $81,000 plus interest. Receipts show that Fliehr bought at least $76,000 of jewelry in a four-month period between November 2004 and February 2005. The case is ongoing.

On May 27, Fliehr married his third wife, Tiffany Vandemark. As his marriage to Elizabeth came to an end, he allegedly cashed in an annuity to buy a $100,000 engagement ring for Tiffany. He also bought her a Louis Vuitton bag and a Rolex watch. The wrestler Triple H was his best man.

2007: Greg Leon, who owns seven restaurants in South Carolina, loaned Fliehr $47,750 in October. According to Leon, Fliehr and Tiffany visited him at the time of the loan to decide on collateral. Fliehr offered to give him the engagement ring off Tiffany's finger, but a female friend of Leon's balked at the notion, and Leon reluctantly said no.

"I should have taken the ring," he said, "but that's just degrading." Instead, Fliehr gave him a Rolex watch, a motorcycle, and a boat. When it became clear that the debt wouldn't be repaid, Leon sold the Rolex. The boat and motorcycle, however, turned out to have no proper title. The boat is at a marina and the motorcycle stays in Leon's garage. A South Carolina judge awarded Leon a full judgment against Fliehr in early 2008, but the full amount hasn't been repaid.

When asked what it was like dealing with Fliehr, Leon said he regrets ever having done business in the first place. "I thought he was an honorable man."

But Fliehr had been a victim, too. Earlier in the year, he and his ex-wife finally began to realize the extent of their financial mismanagement. They filed a complaint against Scott Storick (among others), a man who had been their financial advisor and had gradually milked them in a staggering multiyear process.

The Storick Episodes

In the simple version of the story, alleged in a lawsuit, Storick repeatedly convinced Elizabeth to purchase replacement life insurance policies for herself and Fliehr. He told her that it would be a better deal for both, when the truth (speaking broadly) is that life insurance policies accrue money as they age, and prematurely dumping one before it pays off is a waste of money.

The problems began in 1994. At the time, Fliehr had whole life insurance with Guardian, a low-risk policy that accrued value over time. The beneficiaries were Fliehr's parents and Elizabeth. Scott Chamberlain, a representative of Principal Life, convinced the Fliehrs to switch their coverage to a universal life policy by showing that the premium payments would be less and the death benefit more. What he didn't explain was that because universal life policies oftentimes fluctuate more wildly with the market, less cash is guaranteed. Also, the new policy essentially meant that the insurance company could charge higher premiums if they determined over time that Fliehr — already an aging professional wrestler who would later admit to using steroids — was increasingly likely to die.

When Fliehr and Elizabeth figured out what happened, Storick entered the equation. Also a Principal Life agent, he "exhibited great concern" about Chamberlain's mismanagement and guided the Fliehrs into buying a Principal whole life policy. But he left out the fact that Fliehr's original Guardian policy, with all its accrued value, had yet to expire and could still be used. Instead, he led them through the process of surrendering that policy in favor of the new one. The new annual premium was more than twice the Guardian rate, and Storick benefited from the commissions. (The policy was put in Elizabeth's name "to prevent Mr. Fliehr from borrowing against the cash value of the policy.")

Storick became close to the couple as time went on. He was their main financial advisor and became so trusted that "Mrs. Fliehr confided to him the combination of her home safe."

That's when the policy churning began. In 1998, he sold Elizabeth a life insurance policy from Guardian, his new company. When he became a Travelers agent in 1999, he convinced Beth to replace both of Fliehr's Principal policies with Travelers universal policies. In 2000, he had Beth replace her own policy with a Travelers option.

Every time he made a switch, Storick approached Elizabeth as a friend, promising her that he'd found a better deal. Instead, Fliehr and his wife forfeited any accrued money, exposed themselves to greater risk, and lined the pockets of Storick and his successive companies.

In 2002, when Storick went to General American, it happened again. Two new policies for Fliehr.

By the time it was over and the divorce was settled, every active policy was surrendered to Elizabeth, though none of them were worth anything like their purported payout value. Fliehr was left without life insurance (at a time in his life when he was becoming less and less insurable) and with a net cash loss around $270,000.

But it didn't end there. If it was so easy for Storick to churn their life insurance policies, why not sell them annuities too? An annuity is a stock market investment, with the idea that at a specified date you'll receive annual payments. Many investors use them as retirement security, but the key aspect of an annuity is that it acts slowly. There's rarely an immediate benefit, and taking money out early often comes with associated penalties.

By telling Elizabeth that annuities were good substitutes for a savings account, he convinced her to buy 12 annuities for $1.24 million between 1994 and 2003.

In one particularly ruthless case in 2003, he advised Elizabeth to repay money borrowed from Fliehr's mother by purchasing two final annuities totaling more than $700,000. He didn't tell her that annuities are perhaps the worst kind of investment for debt purposes since they take too long to pay out. In the end, almost all of this money was levied by the IRS for back taxes.

In early 2000, Storick told Elizabeth that in order to use $150,000 she'd made from the sale of Fliehr's gyms as collateral for a different loan, she would have to put the money in a mutual fund. This advice, nearly absurd in its inaccuracy, was swallowed hook, line, and sinker. She listened, and lost $53,000 to the market by 2003.

After the divorce Fliehr received less than $150,000 on all annuities, after an initial investment of $1.24 million.

Storick couldn't keep the Fliehrs to himself. In 1999, he introduced Fliehr to Peter Wirth, the contractor who would later sue the family for unpaid work. Within a year, Storick and Wirth convinced Fliehr to invest $220,000 in a commercial real estate project. Next came a new project and an investment of $142,000. Then another for $101,000. A series of maneuvers by Wirth followed (including contracting the construction of an office building to his own company, Testa & Wirth, at a discount rate). By the time Fliehr's divorce went through, he'd made no return on the property investments and had lost almost $150,000.

Fliehr sued both men, eventually settling out of court for $230,000. Of that total, $60,000 went to his lawyers, and the remaining $170,000 went to pay part of the $708,000 he owed Elizabeth in back alimony payments.

After it was all over, Elizabeth Fliehr still considered Scott Storick a close friend.

2008: A Charlotte golf club, The Tournament Players Club of Piper Glen, received a $5,000 judgment against Fliehr for unpaid membership fees.

Blair Academy, a New Jersey private school attended by Reid, won a $33,859 judgment for unpaid tuition.

Chris Porter, a business partner, sued Fliehr for $115,000 on a $140,000 loan.

According to Fliehr's response to the lawsuit, Porter had convinced Fliehr to start a company called Ric Flair Finance, which was "intended to use the fame popularity of Fliehr in order to build a lead generation company for mortgages." Porter told Fliehr that they didn't need a lender or broker license to start the online company, which would generate leads and pass them to lenders for a fee. Fliehr advertised the company on WWE television broadcasts and before a NASCAR race in Delaware. When RFF finally launched, the "business model … turned out to be completely illegal." North Carolina shut down the company for noncompliance.

C&G Leasing sued Fliehr for $130,000 plus interest owed on a loan to rent gym equipment. In a deposition with C&G lawyers, Fliehr said he stopped making payments because "I couldn't afford to make them," and continued: "I'm saying that the crux of the matter is, I will make it good. I just can't do it today. That's where I'm at with a couple other things. … Right now, I can't do it. I'm going to court for a divorce on Tuesday, and things are tight again. The last divorce cost me $5 million. This one is costing me a lot, too. I never really saw it coming."

William K. Diehl, Fliehr's former attorney, demanded $180,000 in fees. "In the past, you have promised to pay me, but you have failed to do so," Diehl wrote in a letter. "I will also want you to bring me up to date on exactly the status of your obligations to Beth. You mentioned last night that she's excited that you have left Tiffany and she wants you to come home. Great idea!"

The letter also reveals that Fliehr signed a consulting deal with WWE and was planning to start a reality television show.

In August, Fliehr signed a security financing agreement with Conbraco. As collateral for the $185,000 he owed the company, he put up two championship belts, wrestling gear, a Rolex watch given to him by Shawn Michaels engraved "To Be the Man," framed magazine covers, an autographed poster of Michael Jordan, a poster of Fliehr and Vince McMahon, and any future earnings from the Storick lawsuit (these were never collected by Conbraco since they went to paying Elizabeth's alimony).

In September, Fliehr got in a fight with the 22-year-old boyfriend of his daughter Ashley at an apartment in Chapel Hill, N.C. When officers responded, they found Fliehr bloodied and bruised, lying on a bed. They described him as "elusive," and said he "just wanted everything forgotten." The Associated Press reported that Ashley "became belligerent and kicked an officer." She was charged with resisting arrest.

The Divorce from Wife No. 3 — Tiffany

Just two years after their wedding vows, Fliehr and his third wife were separated.

In June 2009, Tiffany hired a moving company to retrieve her possessions from Fliehr's house. She allegedly broke into the home using a shovel. In the process, she destroyed five "Flair Bear" stuffed animals and took 25. Also taken from Fliehr's house were 12 action figures, two handguns, three robes, a ruby necklace, and Fliehr's dog. One of the destroyed Flair Bears was found in a "lewd and lascivious" position in Fliehr's pool.

The ruby necklace was worn by Fliehr's mother and given to him after her death as an inheritance.

The dog was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Natch. Fliehr confirmed with his veterinarian that not only did Tiffany take the dog, but also had the "temerity to re-name Defendant's dog."

Fliehr, at this point, had debts totaling $1.7 million. He now earned a $32,824 net monthly income from WWE.

Tiffany was $754,948 in debt. "I struggled to maintain our living expenses along with an enormous debt that I had amassed during my previous marriage," said Fliehr. "I borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from WWE, my family, and friends to make ends meet. Tiffany and I also accrued marital liabilities related to our own failed business ventures& Tiffany knows as well as anyone that we have no assets and a lot of debt."

Fliehr, bereft of a life insurance policy, had been persuaded to buy a new policy through Tiffany's mother. Tiffany was designated as an owner as well as a beneficiary, with 75 percent of the payouts going to Fliehr's children. Following their separation, Tiffany canceled the policy, leaving Fliehr, again, without life insurance.

Despite his troubles, Fliehr gave each of his children $1,600 per month for allowance. He spent $14,000 on Christmas gifts in 2008, bought Tiffany $200,000 worth of jewelry and a 2006 Porsche, spent $1,300 per month to dine out, and lived in a home that cost $5,000 per month.

Fliehr paid $7,000 per month as part of a separation agreement, but the payments lasted only until mid-2009. By May 2010, all matters had been settled and the case was dismissed.

2009: Fliehr's contract with WWE expired in June, and he was hired soon thereafter by TNA. As of February 2011, he made $22,000 per month with the organization (though the figure, a source told me, can fluctuate from month to month).

He filed a June complaint against Tiffany for assault and stalking after she hit him with a cell phone charger while trespassing near his home. In the complaint, one question asks whether the defendant abuses drugs or alcohol. Fliehr circled "alcohol" and wrote "a lot" in the space provided.

On November 11, he married Jacqueline Beems, his fourth wife.

2010: Three months into their marriage, Jacqueline was arrested for punching Fliehr in the face after a night on the town. She spent three hours in jail.

The State of North Carolina issued a certificate of tax liability against Fliehr for $45,000 in back taxes from 2008.

The federal government placed another lien on Fliehr's property for $627,758 in back taxes from 2005 to 2008.

Fliehr purchased a new Corvette and Camaro, both immediately subject to the IRS lien, leaving a total purchase balance of $110,000.

Ring of Honor, a wrestling promotion company, won a judgment for more than $40,000 against Fliehr for his failure to make contracted appearances.

Fliehr trademarked his familiar cry of "WOOO!" to make a trust for Jacqueline and his children.

2011: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Fliehr's former lawyers, sued him for $88,000 in legal fees. They had helped him in his divorce proceedings against Tiffany and also advised him on other matters, such as how to protect trademarks such as his signature phrase: "To be the man, you've got to beat the man."

Wells and Donna Hall, property owners, received a default judgment against Fliehr for $17,000 in unpaid rent from 2010 and damage to property.

The Morehead Inn won a $4,000 judgment for money owed after a party Fliehr threw for his daughter Ashley.

In April, Fliehr received a judgment of ejectment from his home on Sharon Road in Charlotte. He was $4,542 in arrears on rent. The judge ordered that he "be removed from the premises." A source close to the situation says that Fliehr has caught up on rent and is still living at the property, which costs $3,683.00 per month.

As of February, TNA had not paid him royalties for six months.

He and Jacqueline still spend four to five thousand dollars per month traveling and dining out.

On May 26, an order for contempt and arrest was issued on Fliehr for failure to pay $35,000 he owed to Highspots, Inc., a wrestling merchandise company. They had previously tried to sell an NWA title belt Fliehr used as collateral to recover the loan, only to discover that it was already being used as collateral for Fliehr's debt with Conbraco.

Michael Bochicchio, the owner of Highspots, told me that he'd arranged a six-figure deal with Fliehr for promotional appearances and DVD projects, but that it fell through. He became Fliehr's friend during the process, and still describes him as "the greatest wrestler of all time." Soon, Fliehr asked to borrow money. The initial sums were small, only a few thousand, and were consistently repaid. Then he began asking for more.

"I felt like, you know what, this is still a good investment for my business," said Bochicchio. "I didn't mind doing it."

Fliehr put up the title belt, which Bochicchio called "the holy grail of wrestling merchandise," as collateral. When the deal fell through and Fliehr still owed $35,000, Highspots tried to sell the belt. They had an offer of $100,000, but soon discovered the conflict with Conbraco.

"We made our bed with Ric Flair, and it took us two years to get out of it," Bochicchio said. "He has absolutely no plans for the future. He could never separate Ric Flair from Richard Fliehr."

Blue Bloods

2011-08-22T10:54:00.002+08:00

Booker T & Goldust Jedis

2011-08-22T10:50:00.000+08:00

Goldust Test backstage

2011-08-22T10:48:00.000+08:00

Stone Cold Funny Moments

2011-08-22T08:35:00.000+08:00

The Rock Funniest Moments

2011-08-22T08:30:00.003+08:00

Mr Perfect & Ric Flair Clip

2011-08-12T14:33:00.000+08:00

EXPOSED! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets

2011-08-12T03:10:00.001+08:00

MOST ILLEGAL Move in Pro Wrestling

2011-08-06T21:57:00.000+08:00

Looking Back at the nWo, 15 Years Later

2011-07-09T00:18:00.002+08:00

Source

Its fun to think back to about a decade ago when professional wrestling was a TV ratings juggernaut, not the hot mess it is right now. Back then, Monday Night was must see TV for fans of all ages and all genders. No, the “Monday Night Wars” wasn’t subjugated to any one specific demographic anymore; Men, women, children…you didn’t have to look too far to find a diehard fan of the business. You’d go to the grocery store and see a Sting shirt here and a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt there. Wrestling was a runaway success that I personally never imagined it becoming growing up as a fan. When you said you were a fan of wrestling, it was always immediately met with the criticism of “You know that stuff is fake, right?” Yes, I knew. It was entertainment. And to put it simply, I was entertained. But something happened in the late 90’s that would change the landscape of the sport forever; the nWo.

The Story

I remember it being late in May of 1996 and I was studying for my finals (I was still in High School). Having some noise on always helped me study, so I would turn on an NBA game or whatever was on. But with this being a Monday, I had on WCW Nitro. By this point, I didn’t really follow the program week to week, but if it was on and I was around, I’d watch it. But there was a match on between The Mauler and Steve Doll, so naturally I wasn’t really paying attention until I heard the audience in attendance going nuts. To my surprise, I saw Razor Ramon from the WWF (it was still called the WWF back then) making his way through the stands and eventually to the ring. He then went on to deliver the now famous “You want a war? You got one” speech to the WCW. Now this was before the internet had taken off and you could read everything that was going to happen on these programs and what was scripted or not. So no one knew if that was real or not, because as far as everyone knew, he still worked for WWF.

For the next few weeks, I watched religiously to see if anything else happened. And every week, Razor would show up for a few minutes to mess with play-by-play announcer Eric Bischoff and continue to tell him that a war was coming. But after a couple of weeks of that, WCW icon Sting confronted him and slapped the hell out of him. This made Ramon say that he had “A BIG surprise” for them next week. I was hooked.

Again, they never said his name or anything about the WWF, so no one knew if this was really an “invasion” or not. True to his word, Razor showed up near the end of the program to start more trouble. But this time he didn’t say a word. He simply pointed for Bischoff to look behind him. Then another shocker, as Diesel from the WWF was behind him and he gave a speech much to the same as Razor had by declaring war on the WCW.

For the next few weeks, the duo would show up and cause trouble, but never got in the ring. Finally, at the next pay-per-view, Bischoff confronted the two men and asked them if they were still employed by the WWF and they said no (turns out that this was because Vince McMahon was threatening lawsuits over it) and gave their names as Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. Bischoff gave them some lip and Hall punched him in the stomach and Nash power bombed him off the balcony and through a platform below. I seriously thought the guy was dead. It may be of the norm now, but that kind of stuff didn’t happen in wrestling up to this point.

The Outsiders, as they named themselves, then started to talk about a “mystery partner” behind the scenes. Someone who was plotting every move for them. They challenged WCW to come up with three participants to challenge them at the Bash at The Beach pay-per-view. They chose Sting, Lex Luger and Macho Man Randy Savage. I was all in at this point and I decided to purchase the PPV with my brother, who was a casual wrestling fan if at all. But he too was intrigued by this storyline. When the show finally rolled around on July 7^th, 1996, It was still only the two men against WCW’s trio. Mean Gene demanded to know who the third guy was but Nash would only comment “Just trust me, he’s here.” But the match continued on for around thirty minutes between the five men. Lex Luger was eventually injured and had to be taken off on a stretcher as the match went on. But the Outsiders were really taking over and just when they were about to win the match, who was coming down the ramp and towards the ring? Hulk Hogan!

The crowd went nuts as he climbed in the ring and did his patented tearing off of the shirt. The Outsiders jumped out of the ring as Hogan dared them to get back in there. The crowd was going bonkers and even I was having a moment of childhood memories and growing up a “Hulkamaniac. Then my brother said something that I will never forget. He said “Wait, do you think he’s the third guy?” I was like “Are you out of your mind?” Mr. Say your prayers and take your vitamins a bad guy? No way!” Sure enough, in the moments that followed, wrestling history was forever changed.

Hogan then attacked the helpless Randy Savage and Sting multiple times and The Outsiders came back in the ring as the three of them celebrated together. The fans, completely stunned, were about as silent as could be. Then Mean Gene came into the ring to get an interview and Hogan delivered quite possibly the greatest in-ring interview in the history of the sport. Give it a listen below.

And just like that, the New World Order was born. If you didn’t experience it first hand, you’re probably saying “So What? It was just another wrestling stable. What was so special about that?” Well, I’m here to tell you why.

Why It Was Important

Around the time it happened, the wrestling ratings for both the WCW and WWF were the lowest they had ever been. WWF had a death grip over WCW for years and no one could touch Vince’s promotion in the ratings. But when the nWo was born, fans flocked over to Nitro, which aired at the exact same time a Raw, to see Hulk Hogan as a heel.

Hogan had been off of TV for a little while because the Hulkamania thing had run its course, many believed. It was a tired gimmick that had gone about five years longer than it should have. Fans still loved him, but they were tired of it. He would forever be the ultimate face who always did right by the fans. This is why it was so shocking for him to tell the fans to “stick it, brother!” It was such a big deal that I remember the national news reporting that Hulk had “went bad.” It was flat out a homerun for the writers of the show. And for the next six months, the trio dominated WCW in what was dubbed a “hostile takeover.” They won almost every title and injured numerous opponents with their aggressive ways. And the audience went from jeering them adamantly to eventually growing to love the stable. Within a year, the crowd was littered with nWo shirts who were suckers for all of their catch phrases, such as “4-Life” and “Too Sweet.”

The real importance of this was that WCW was now dominating the WWF in ratings so bad that Vince McMahon decided that his program needed to change or he was going to bankrupt the WWF. Thus, the true Monday Night Wars began.

The Monday Night Wars

With both Nitro and Raw airing at the same time, something had to give. And for over two years, WCW won the ratings battle. But when the WWF ushered in the “Attitude” era, both shows became terrific. People, such as me, began to watch one live and record the other. WCW had the nWo and Vince created Degeneration X; both “heel” stables that the fans actually rooted for. WCW had Sting and Diamond Dallas Page, WWF countered with The Rock and Mankind. You get the point. It was a battle in ratings that got so nasty that both programs began to mudsling at one another on air.

Impact

The impact of the New World Order was so big that ratings for WCW almost tripled in a span of two years. All of a sudden, it was cool to like wrestling. Around the halls in High School you were seeing Outsiders and nWo T-Shirts. People were making the “4 Life” hand gestures and talking about who the nWo messed up the night before.

Legacy

Sure, in the end, WWF regained control and eventually put the WCW out of business just five years later. But to deny the impact that the nWo had on professional wrestling is just foolish. They made the competition change its game completely just to keep up. People still make the 4-Life hand gesture. People still have the New World Order ring tone on their cell phones. And the group is frequently listed as #1 on most “Greatest wrestling stable of all time” lists. And rightly so. Who knows if WWF would have ever changed from their family friendly format to up their game had there been no nWo. Who knows if the ratings would have ever risen. Who knows if it would have ever become cool to like the heels? We may never know. But one thing we do know is that just fifteen years to the day of the official formation of the group, the current wrestling landscape is a mess without them. Often imitated, but never duplicated; the legacy of the New World Order will always be at the forefront of real wrestling fans opinions.

Ultimate Warrior's "Macho Man" Randy Savage Tribute

2011-06-10T13:57:00.000+08:00

Finding Hulk Hogan

2011-06-10T08:29:00.001+08:00

Ultimate Warrior Tells the Truth about Hulk Hogan

2011-06-10T07:51:00.002+08:00

The Voice VS Hulk Hogan

2011-06-10T07:49:00.002+08:00

Macho Man Randy Savage 2000 Interview

2011-06-10T07:48:00.000+08:00

Randy Savage - Be a Man Hulk!

2011-06-10T07:44:00.000+08:00

RIP Macho Man Randy Savage.Poffo

2011-05-21T22:29:00.003+08:00

Several wrestlers have been commenting on the passing on Randy Savage, here are their thoughts…

Jeff Jarrett: Just got a call w the news. RIP Randy. I met him when I was 11yrs old. He would always teach, correct, encourage, and compliment as my... Career progressed. I have NEVER forgotten the intricacies and attention to detail he taught me over the years. Randy always had a method to His madness. Randy is gone, but will never be forgotten. Thoughts and prayers are w the entire Poffo family. And, he may be the greatest card player the business has ever seen... When he lost, he was only setting you up to take more money from you!

UFC Fighter Shane Carwin: RIP Randy Macho Man Savage! We are going to SOOOOOOOOOO MISSSSS YOUUUUUUUU...... He was a great Entertainer!

The Rock: RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage - you were one of my childhood inspirations and heros. Strength, love and prayers to the Savage/Poffo family.

Kevin Nash: I lost a close friend today. If anybody in heaven is wondering who the cat in the ugly cowboy hat is it's Randy. Love you Bro. Never another

Shannon Moore: RIP Macho Man Randy Savage. One reason I loved wrestling.

Mick Foley: I just heard the sad news about the Macho Man. Randy Savage was one of my favorites performers, and my heart goes out to his loved ones

Jim Ross: Just heard Macho Man died this morning of a heart attack while driving his vehicle in Tampa. Condolences to all Randy Savage fans/family.

Hulk Hogan says he's "completely devastated" by the death of Randy "Macho Man" Savage -- saying they just rekindled their friendship after not talking to each other for nearly ten years.

Hulk just went to his Twitter page and wrote, "I'm completely devastated, after over 10 years of not talking with Randy, we've finally started to talk and communicate."

He added, "He had so much life in his eyes & in his spirit, I just pray that he's happy and in a better place and we miss him."

"We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This was a tough one."

Shawn Michaels: @IAmJericho jus txt me the news. We've lost one of the greats!! Our prayers go out to the family & friends of Randy Savage.

RVD: Rest in Peace Macho Man Randy Savage.

Christopher Daniels: RIP Randy Savage, an inspiration who set the standard! As a fan, watching Randy in Wrestlemania 3,4 and 5 was incredible! True Story: at Turning Point 2004 (AMW-XXX cage match), I asked Randy's permission to drop the elbow of the top of the cage! Randy's reply? "God bless you, brother, I don't even do the elbow anymore." And, he gave me a thumbs up after the match as well!

Claudio Castignoli: When I was 12 I turned my jacket into a Macho Man Jacket, adding tassels on the sleeves and ran through my house yelling "oh yeah" The tower of power, too sweet to be sour, funky like a monkey uuuuh yeah! RIP M

Natalya: My prayers are with Randy Savage and his family right now.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper: To SAD TO TWEET..

Jim Cornette: Our deepest condolences in losing another legend. R.I.P. Randy.

Carlito Colon: RIP Macho Man! In my opinion prob top 5 worker of all time!

Bill DeMott: When I got my start in WCW it was Randy that gave me the rub....my prayers and thoughts to the Poffo Family.

Steve Corino: Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat at WM3 is still 1 of my favorite matches ever. I was 14 & though I "hated" Savage, I never booed him again

The Honky Tonk Man: Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lanny Poffo and his family. Macho Man Randy Savage sadly died today. One of the all time greats. Such sad news fans. We are lost for words. One of the greatest of all time.”

William Regal: "Just heard of the passing of Randy Savage.A one of a kind great performer. RIP."

John Cena: "CeNation. The untimely passing of randy savage is indeed tragic. All true fans of wrestling will mourn this loss. One of the all time greats"

Zack Ryder: "RIP MACHO MAN. One of my favorites and one of the best of all time. DIG IT! http://t.co/PSYmsrJ"

Trish Stratus: "Rest in peace Randy-my first inspiration in the ring. My prayers & condolences to the Savage family #RIPMachoMan"

Howard Finkel: "I am profoundly saddened by the passing of one of the all-time greats, Macho Man Randy Savage. My condolences go out to the Poffo family."

Mark Henry: "Wow family, one of my favorites is gone! Rest well (Randy savage) you will be missed. Savage vs steamboat look it up do yourself a favor family one of my favorite."

Kharma : "In utter shock about Macho Man. So much charisma in one soul. #ripmachoman"

Yoshi Tatsu: "The Macho Man Randy Savage was one of my heros when I was childhood and one of the best of all time. Rest in peace."

Rey Mysterio: "RIP Macho Man Randy Savage! Doing promotion in Seattle for Over the Limit ppv, was asked earlier today at a radio station, Who would I of loved to wrestle from back in da day? I said would of loved to hit it off in a 3ple threat, Macho Man, Ricky the Dragon, and myself!RIP RMS!"

CM Punk: "@BretHart: I have no words to say. This one hits me hard. We lost one of the best." This sums it up."

Goldust: "Prayers go out to randy savage family.....god be with them in this tough time"

Vickie Guerrero: "RIP Randy Macho Man Savage. My prayers are to your family"

Tommy Dreamer: "Randy Savage was the 1st person I saw piledrive someone thru a table. Thanks 4 all the memories. Hope u walk the aisle w/ Liz & Sherri again"

Alyssa Milano: "Rest in peace, Macho Man Randy Savage."

Donnie Wahlberg: "#RIPMachoMan"

Rob Thomas (Rock Star): "RIP RANDY "MACHO MAN" SAVAGE."

Marcus Camby (NBA): "RIP Randy Macho Man Savage. Ooooooooooooh. Yeaaaahhhhhh."

Ryan Seacrest: "RIP Macho Man Randy Savage... loved watching him in the ring growing up. Oooooh yeeeah! http://bit.ly/jvssAd"

Kirk Morrison (NFL): "Ooooooohhhhhhhh Yeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhh (Macho Man voice)"

Brian Cushing (NFL): "RIP Macho Man Randy Savage."

Michelle Beadle (ESPN): "Just to remember one of the baddest: http://tinyurl.com/ywfdze. Macho Man."

Bill Simmons (ESPN): "RIP, Randy Poffo aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage aka one of the greatest pro wrestlers who ever lived."

Greatest Ric Flair strut of all time

2011-05-15T15:46:00.000+08:00

HBK Makes Fun of Hulk Hogan

2011-04-09T03:34:00.000+08:00

Cena's Response to the Rock

2011-02-25T17:15:00.001+08:00

"It's Still Real" Dave Interview

2011-02-19T00:37:00.000+08:00

He's Still Got It

2011-02-16T15:57:00.000+08:00

THE WRESTLER Roundtable

2011-01-17T23:31:00.005+08:00

When Fans Attack Pro Wrestlers

2010-10-10T11:47:00.001+08:00

Pro Wrestling vs Boxing

2010-09-06T21:44:00.004+08:00

Muhammad Ali vs Gorilla Monsoon 1976

Muhammad Ali vs Kenny Jay 1976

Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki 1978

Nobuhiko Takada vs Trevor Berbick 1991

Wrestlemania 21 (2005) Movie Parodies

2010-09-03T23:10:00.004+08:00

Who says wrestlers can't act?

Braveheart

Gladiator

A Few Good Men

Forrest Gump

Basic Instinct

Dirty Harry

When Harry Met Sally

Pulp Fiction

Taxi Driver Bloopers

Real Bloopers

Val Venis and the Big Show

2010-08-19T19:22:00.000+08:00

Razor Ramon's Vignettes/Promos

2010-08-19T12:04:00.001+08:00

Kurt Angle & Daniel Puder Incident

2010-08-18T01:06:00.001+08:00

Puder entered the fourth Tough Enough competition that was conducted as part of WWE SmackDown between October and December 2004.^[8] The prize was announced as a $1,000,000 professional wrestling contract, however, it was in reality a four-year contract at $250,000 a year, with the option to terminate the contract after the first year.^[9] On October 28, 2004, episode ofSmackDown!, during Tough Enough, Puder was legitimately shoved spine-first into a locker by The Big Show.^[10]

On November 4, 2004, episode of SmackDown!, during an unscripted segment of Tough Enough, Kurt Angle, a former Americanamateur wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist, challenged the finalists through a squat thrust competition. The winner was Chris Nawrocki, and the prize Nawrocki won was a match against Angle. After Angle defeated Nawrocki, Puder challenged Angle. During the match, Angle and Puder wrestled for position before Angle took Puder down; in the process, Puder locked Angle in a real submission hold, a kimura lock. With Puder on his back, one of two referees in the ring, Jim Korderas, quickly counted three to end the bout, but some observed that during the pin, Puder's shoulders were not on the mat. Puder later claimed he would have snapped Angle's arm, thus making Angle tap out on national television, if Korderas had not ended the match.^[11]^[12] Following the incident,Dave Meltzer and Dave Scherer gave these comments;

"It was real. If you don't follow fighting, Puder had Angle locked in the Kimura, or keylock as Tazz called it, although Tazz didn't let on the move was fully executed. Not only was Angle not getting out of the move, but most MMA fighters would have tapped already. Angle couldn't tap for obvious reasons. The ref counted a three even though Puder's shoulders weren't fully down, trying to end the thing, because the reality was Angle would have been in surgery had it gone a few seconds longer or had Puder not given up the hold." ― Dave Meltzer^[13]^[14]

"As you would expect, Kurt Angle was less than happy backstage at Smackdown after almost being forced to tap out to Tough Enough contestant Daniel Puder. Downright ticked off would probably be the best way to describe his mood. The unscripted nature of the contest was the main reason that Angle was made to look so bad since Puder just reacted to the situation and could have forced Angle to submit had the referees not thought quickly and counted a pin that wasn’t there on Puder." ― Dave Scherer^[13]

Pro-Wrestling vs MMA

2009-07-20T01:25:00.002+08:00

Kurt Angle vs Daniel Punder

Here is an old school shoot:

Kimo vs Bam Bam Bigalow

Macho Man, present day

2009-05-04T12:06:00.001+08:00

As crazy, and as bitter as the Iron Sheik, working out

Sid: LEGENDARY blooper

2009-03-27T02:04:00.000+08:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger Trashes Triple H

2009-03-08T12:50:00.001+08:00

The Governator in action

Tribute to the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestlers

2009-03-06T21:29:00.001+08:00

Possibly the stupidest match ever

2009-03-06T21:20:00.002+08:00

Best wrestling move EVER

2009-03-06T21:07:00.000+08:00

The Rock - Hall of Fame 2008

2009-03-04T23:04:00.000+08:00

WWE Hall of Fame: Ricky Steamboat

2009-03-04T22:24:00.001+08:00

Stone Cold Steve Austin: Desire 3:16

2009-03-04T22:03:00.001+08:00

Kurt Angle Desire

2009-03-04T22:01:00.001+08:00

Kurt Angle & Edge funny segment

2009-03-04T21:50:00.000+08:00

Superstars comment on Stone Cold's career

2009-03-02T02:38:00.000+08:00

Lita - !t Ju$t Feel$ R!ght

2009-03-02T01:31:00.000+08:00

Bret Hart Tribute To The Wrestlers Who Passed Away

2009-03-02T01:24:00.000+08:00

Davey Boy Smith Tribute

2009-03-02T01:10:00.001+08:00

In Memory of Davey Boy Smith 1962 -2002

Hulk Hogan Shoot Interview

2009-03-01T23:40:00.001+08:00

Behind the Scenes Vince McMahon vs Hulk Hogan

2009-02-25T20:16:00.000+08:00

Wrestlers pissed off by interviewers

2009-02-25T13:38:00.002+08:00

David Schultz

The Hogan-Belzer

Honky Tonk Man Shoot Interview

2009-02-21T22:25:00.000+08:00

Rick Rude tribute

2009-02-21T22:13:00.000+08:00

Val Venis Promo

2009-02-21T21:54:00.001+08:00

Hello Ladies!

"The Model" Rick Martel - Promos

2009-02-21T21:45:00.002+08:00

"The Model" Rick Martel - Arrogance commercials

Controversial moves: The Crotch Claw

2009-02-21T15:18:00.004+08:00

First used by Tommy Dreamer in the ECW

vs Francine

vs Dawn Marie

Also used in the WEW

April Hunter used it on Lollipop

Amy Lee on Simply luscious

Eventually the WWE used it too

Mickie James on Trish

So popular, it even spread to rollerjam

The worst characters ever

2009-02-21T01:03:00.004+08:00

Legends of Wrestling discuss the worst characters and gimmicks ever.

Ultimate Warrior & Sting, the early years.

2009-02-20T22:30:00.002+08:00

Freedom Fighters Promo.Classic early footage from Memphis. Earliest Warrior & Sting footage ever? A Freedom Fighters promo is interrupted by Phil Hickerson who challenges Jim (Warrior) to a match. Steve (Sting) interferes and Hickerson is beaten down by both men until Steve Keirn makes the save.

Debut Promo of the Blade Runners

Ultimate Warrior Training

2009-02-20T22:20:00.001+08:00

The Warrior, training for his one time return to the ring in 2008

Rob Van Dam impersonating the Ultimate Warrior

2009-02-20T22:05:00.001+08:00

Rob Van Dam impersonating the Ultimate Warrior in a cross promotion for the Warrior's one off return to the ring in 2008

Ultimate Warrior vs Phil Collins????

2009-02-20T22:03:00.001+08:00

One of the most bizarre cross promotions ever. Defies belief really, but it happened, no joke!

Ultimate Warrior famous squash matches

2009-02-20T21:48:00.002+08:00

Ultimate Warrior vs Honky Tonk Man At SummerSlam 88. The Warrior wins the Intercontinental Title for the first time. He got the biggest pop in history here, bigger than anything Hogan, the Rock or Stone Cold produced then or since.

Ultimate Warrior vs Triple H at Wrestlemania 12. This is the Warrior's first return match since he left the WWF in 1992. Triple H was a newcomer then.

Hulk Hogan vs Iron Sheik

2009-02-20T21:32:00.002+08:00

1/23/1984 WWF Heavyweight Championship when Hogan won the title. Iron Sheik had an erection at 6:01

Iron Sheik crazy shoot interview

2009-02-20T21:30:00.001+08:00

Iron Sheik going crazy

Abdullah The Butcher's battle scars

2009-02-20T21:24:00.001+08:00

Andre the Giant Tribute

2009-02-20T15:43:00.002+08:00

In Memory of Andre The Giant 1945 -1993

Chris Benoit Official Tribute

2009-02-20T15:38:00.001+08:00

In Memory of Chris Benoit 1967 - 2007
Chris Benoit Official Tribute from WWE Raw 25-06-2007

Eddie Guerrero Official Tribute

2009-02-20T15:32:00.002+08:00

In Memory of Eddie Guerrero 1967 - 2005
Eddie Guerrero Official Tribute from WWE Raw 15-11-2005 and WWE Smackdown 18-11-2005

Owen Hart Raw Tribute

2009-02-20T15:06:00.004+08:00

In memory of Owen Hart 1965 -1999
Owen Hart Official Tribute from WWF RAW 5-24-99

Full Tribute

Owen's Funeral

Fan tribute

Ric Flair Farewell 2008-03-31

2009-02-20T14:28:00.002+08:00

The Retirement of Ric Flair. After 36 years of career, Ric Flair lost versus HBK in WM 24. His career was on the line... So a day after, in RAW, Ric had his farewell.

The Genius Lanny Poffo Shoot Interview

2009-02-20T11:00:00.002+08:00

Never my favorite wrestler, funny heel but good interview, Seems like a really nice guy

Ultimate Warrior Shoot Interview

2009-02-18T19:49:00.003+08:00

My favorite wrestler. Independent and strong, as I remembered him.

Rock vs Brock Training to face each other

2009-02-18T19:41:00.002+08:00

Rock's Training

Brock's Training

Kurt Angle and Brock Lesner Funny

2009-02-18T15:35:00.003+08:00

Funny segment with Hogan, The Rock and Kane!

2009-02-18T15:13:00.001+08:00

"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig Promos

2009-02-18T14:43:00.001+08:00

Rick Rude's Training

2009-02-18T14:41:00.001+08:00

Title of this blog, 'nuff said

2009-02-18T14:16:00.002+08:00