ROH's Return To NYC Revealed, Bret Hart/WWE, & More News
At last night's ROH Final Battle show, it was announced that the company would be returning to New York on February 13th for the 8th Anniversary show. Scheduled to make his return to ROH that night is Brian Kendrick. I expect to meet up with a bunch of people again. To those of you who I did meet, it was good seeing all of you. I hope to do it again on February 13th.
New England Championship Wrestling has canceled their debut TV tapings last night, due to the storm in the northeast. They were to tape at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA. NECW promoter Sheldon Goldberg had the following to say on the cancellation? "We felt it was in the best interest of the talents and our fans not to have them out in hazardous conditions. Obviously, This was a major night for us, but we have to think about everyone's safety. We'll reschedule the taping as soon as we can, obviously."
The Calgary Sun discusses Bret Hart "possibly returning" to WWE at https://www.calgaryherald.com/
In his latest column, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons has an email exchange with author Malcom Gladwell. They eventually discuss concussions, and Simmons brings up pro wrestling. Here are the highlights?"If you think football is bad, check out pro wrestling. It might not be a real "sport," but it combines every bad thing about every other sport. Steroids, painkillers and PEDs? Hell, yeah. Repeated concussions from chair shots? Absolutely. A union that doesn't look out for its members? There is no wrestling union, so I'm going to say yes. Fixed outcomes and shady referees? You betcha. Athletes getting paralyzed or dropping dead? And then some. (Google "dead wrestlers" sometime. Your eyes will pop out of their sockets.) The "sport" is a disgrace. They eat these guys up and spit them out. My friend Sal is friends with Roddy Piper and happened to be eating dinner with him the night Umaga, a WWE wrestler, died. When Roddy heard the news, he just started crying. His attitude was, "Another one ? and there's going to be more ? and nobody cares ?"