Kevin Thorn Update & New Look, JBL Praises Obama's Win, & More
? John Bradshaw Layfield has posted a blog praising Barack Obama for winning yesterday's U.S. Presidential Election yesterday. "I am especially proud to be an American today. I want to congratulate our country for making a huge leap forward by electing an African-American to the highest office in the land," JBL wrote. "After riding many years with Ron Simmons, my best friend, The Godfather and Theodore Long and seeing how blacks can still be treated in certain areas, I am very proud that a black man will be president. This is a great day." JBL notes that he didn't actually vote for Barack Obama, but he's proud that he's the new president.
? A few websites have articles talking about the news of the leaked memo WWE and THQ put out instructing the video game press to not show Triple H in a vulnerable position when reviewing the SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 video game. The game, which is scheduled to come out next Tuesday, says: "refrain from showing Triple H in a losing/defeated/defenseless position." They wrote: "Non-wrestling watchers may wonder why one star is so coveted. These actions could be due to Triple H's notoriety as one of the biggest drawing superstars with the WWE — or his marriage to the company's owner's daughter, Stephanie McMahon." PC enthusiast website also has an article on the situation. They wrote: "Companies making content requests of news outlets when they write up previews isn't anything new in the gaming world. Nor is it that unusual to see developers or publishers make strange requests of reporters when we review or preview a game. THQ and WWE can now be added to the list for making bizarre demands of publications writing about the upcoming Smackdown vs Raw game." They also added: "This is a fighting game, and to demand that journalists NOT show one of the characters getting beat up or losing seems ridiculous at best and moronic at worst. By insisting on controlling what can be covered, THQ and WWE will earn a lot of animosity from the gaming press corps. What's sad, though, is that all of this bad karma will be earned for a WWE title."
? Kevin Thorn — who is still employed to WWE — has posted a new blog on the WWE Universe site. He basically tells people to dress how they want to dress and not be afraid. "Why can't everyday be like Halloween where it ok to dress up, be a little weird, and try to stick out without the worry of are they looking at me funny asking yourself am I to goth, am I to nerdy, am I geek, am I too scared will they make fun of me? THE ANSWER to all these QUESTIONS is YES!! YES!! YES!!," Thorn wrote. "You know what WHO CARES, because if they are looking at you like that they are wondering if you are doing the same to them.. Everybody has fears and doubts. I KNOW I DID!! That is why I welcome you to the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is for the BROKEN, BRUISED, PICKED ON AND ABUSED!!!" He also posted a photo of himself holding his son, who he took trick or treating for the first time last Friday. Thorn has gone back to his former look in ECW, but with his beard grown in.