All-Purpose News Thread Part II

[Megahab]

This is crazy. I blew 0.16 once and was drunk as hell.

 

[EpochLink]

WWE offered Jeff Hardy rehab but he refused it, he then told them to f*** off.

WWE said fine, we offered you refused and we ain’t responsible for shit coming from you.

Jeff needs help, not his enabling asshat Matt Hardy.

 

[BostonBob]

Not a strong enough punishment from AEW.

from bleacherreport.com:

All Elite Wrestling suspended Jeff Hardy without pay following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence in Florida.

AEW President Tony Khan said Tuesday that Hardy "can only return to AEW upon successfully completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety."



Hardy's most recent arrest for alleged DUI was his third in 10 years, and his substance use is well documented.

Matt Hardy addressed the news Tuesday:

 

[BostonBob]

from bleachereport.com:

TMZ Sports obtained dashcam video from the Florida Highway Patrol of Jeff's arrest. Multiple officers appear to try to communicate with Hardy while he remained in his vehicle. They then drew their weapons when he didn't exit the car.


One officer finally opens the door, at which point Hardy walks out and is guided to the front of a patrol car to be interviewed.




Per ESPN's Marc Raimondi, authorities measured Hardy's blood alcohol content at 0.294 and then 0.291, well above the legal limit of 0.08 in Florida.

Hardy made his AEW debut in March after having been released by WWE last December. The 44-year-old has maintained a steady presence on AEW programming and teamed with Matt to beat The Young Bucks at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in May.

The Hardys were scheduled to compete in an AEW tag team title ladder match on Wednesday's edition of Dynamite, but that match has been pulled from the card.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Dave Meltzer reported prior to Hardy's suspension that "WarnerMedia was told to stop all promotion of Jeff Hardy in any commercials or anywhere else immediately."

 

[Jussi]

According to Meltzer, WarnerMedia told AEW to stop all promotion of Jeff Hardy.

Edit: I see that was already on the bottom paragraph in the above post. Nevermind.

 

[CDJ]

Dude was ripping shots of fireball at 9 AM. True alcoholism

Reminds me of a guy at my dads work. A coworker reported him because he saw him throw back a nip on the job. They ended up getting his BAC tested…..

0.60

Not a 0.06…a 0.60. Nurse tested him multiple times with different instruments. Highest she’d ever seen. Guy drove machinery and apparently would never have been caught if it wasn’t for the coworker informing ppl as he wasn’t out of control or anything

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Lance Storm came out pretty strongly about this.

Lance Storm Comments On Jeff Hardy’s DUI Arrest

The fact that the WWE and later and worse AEW, kept letting Jeff do his BS body wrecking crap, even on throw away matches on TV, when it was probably pretty clear that letting a guy who's body is breaking down was just outright stupid. And its part of the pattern of lazy booking by AEW and WWE. Someone should have had the balls to tell Jeff Hardy that he's not doing that stuff anymore. Instead wrestling and his brother enabled Jeff for the all mighty buck.

At the same time Lance is also correct in pointing out what happened with Scott Hall. When he got away from wrestling and the road, he was a great story of recovery. Once he got back into the road atmosphere it killed him.

Jeff Hardy will become a stat in terms of wrestling tragedies. All of the major organizations need to not book him again. He's had too many chances and screwed them up, and he's going to kill himself or someone else.

But I don't think it matters, with his history he's probably seeing for real and actual jail time.

“This isn’t just with Jeff, but I think one of the cruxes of the problem is anyone I know who has battled addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, the key to overcoming it in most cases is getting away from the lifestyle, the cycle, and the habits you had while you were intoxicated.”
“Scott Hall is a great example of this. He gets away from wrestling and often gets help from DDP, gets away from wrestling, gets sobered up and cleaned up, and then he takes bookings, gets back on the road, and falls off the wagon again. The continued cycle of going to rehab and then going back on the road also leads to another thing.”
“He (Jeff Hardy) is really hurting, he is really banged up, and he is doing swantons on the steel stairs. He continues to get booked in dangerous matches and a willingness to do stunt matches. We also have a decades-long history of injuries of guys being all beat up in pro wrestling that leads to self medication. That’s something that needs to be addressed because there are a lot of people working really hurt, and this is in every company, there are stunt matches on every show with guys that are getting hurt, and then we have people with substance issues. It is a scary combination.”

 

[Jussi]

Lance Storm came out pretty strongly about this.

Lance Storm Comments On Jeff Hardy’s DUI Arrest

The fact that the WWE and later and worse AEW, kept letting Jeff do his BS body wrecking crap, even on throw away matches on TV, when it was probably pretty clear that letting a guy who's body is breaking down was just outright stupid. And its part of the pattern of lazy booking by AEW and WWE. Someone should have had the balls to tell Jeff Hardy that he's not doing that stuff anymore. Instead wrestling and his brother enabled Jeff for the all mighty buck.

At the same time Lance is also correct in pointing out what happened with Scott Hall. When he got away from wrestling and the road, he was a great story of recovery. Once he got back into the road atmosphere it killed him.

Jeff Hardy will become a stat in terms of wrestling tragedies. All of the major organizations need to not book him again. He's had too many chances and screwed them up, and he's going to kill himself or someone else.

But I don't think it matters, with his history he's probably seeing for real and actual jail time.

That's not what killed him. Plus he was working as a coach at the PC. Covid and the lockdown got him back on the wagon for a while but I think he got help on that, not sure if I remember that. He died during surgery.

 

[mrmovies779]

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Tony about to throw more money at another ex-WWE talent.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Tony about to throw more money at another ex-WWE talent.

With good reason

She would be what, third biggest outside signing?

Punk
Danielson
Mercedes

 

[WingsMJN2965]

With good reason

She would be what, third biggest outside signing?

Punk
Danielson
Mercedes

Personally, I think she’s overrated. But yeah, as far as their disaster of a women’s division goes, she’d be a big addition.

God help them if they give her any sort of creative control.

 

[GKJ]

Tony signing Sasha would be as important to the women’s division as Danielson was. It would be like giving Cody back. Unlike the other ex-WWE women, she is/was a featured act, main evented shows, multi-time champion, visible in media, and draw in audiences that AEW struggles with. Vince knows she’s important. And she would get a deal that lets her do other stuff as well. Don’t know if I’d be cutting her with Vince and Laurinitis in hot water though, there’s still something else to that.

Also, looks like she just had LASIK eye surgery.

 

[GKJ]

Personally, I think she’s overrated. But yeah, as far as their disaster of a women’s division goes, she’d be a big addition.

God help them if they give her any sort of creative control.

Don’t know why you would think that anybody has creative control anywhere

 

[Sheppy]

Tony signing Sasha would be as important to the women’s division as Danielson was. It would be like giving Cody back. Unlike the other ex-WWE women, she is/was a featured act, main evented shows, multi-time champion, visible in media, and draw in audiences that AEW struggles with. Vince knows she’s important. And she would get a deal that lets her do other stuff as well. Don’t know if I’d be cutting her with Vince and Laurinitis in hot water though, there’s still something else to that.

Also, looks like she just had LASIK eye surgery.

I think signing Sasha would be bigger than getting Cody back. Truthfully, I don't even notice that Cody is missing.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Don’t know why you would think that anybody has creative control anywhere

Don’t know why you would think they don’t.

It’s not 100% like the Hogan days, but guys in AEW have definitely negotiated to have input, and it’s noted that Cody negotiated a lot in his new WWE deal.

Granted, creative input in WWE is essentially that you don’t have to read a script word for word.

 

[GKJ]

Don’t know why you would think they don’t.

It’s not 100% like the Hogan days, but guys in AEW have definitely negotiated to have input, and it’s noted that Cody negotiated a lot in his new WWE deal.

Granted, creative input in WWE is essentially that you don’t have to read a script word for word.

They negotiate because Tony isn’t the iron fist that WWE is. But nobody has ‘creative control.’ No one has that anywhere.

 

[GKJ]

I think signing Sasha would be bigger than getting Cody back. Truthfully, I don't even notice that Cody is missing.

I don’t notice it either and it’s probably for the better of everyone. What I’m saying though from WWE’s standpoint, what they gain from Cody, they’re giving back if they release Sasha. That’s an even trade-off for them, while for AEW it’s a clear win.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

They negotiate because Tony isn’t the iron fist that WWE is. But nobody has ‘creative control.’ No one has that anywhere.

If you don’t think Punk can absolutely refuse to do something Tony books, I dunno what to tell you. (Or Brock in WWE, for that matter)

There’s a reason he hasn’t worked with any of the dorks.

 

[GKJ]

If you don’t think Punk can absolutely refuse to do something Tony books, I dunno what to tell you. (Or Brock in WWE, for that matter)

There’s a reason he hasn’t worked with any of the dorks.

Punk went 10 minutes each with Lee Moriarty and QT Marshall

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Punk went 10 minutes each with Lee Moriarty and QT Marshall

And oddly I don’t think he’s done two seconds with Orange Cassidy, the Bucks, or any of the other dorks on their roster.

 

[GKJ]

And oddly I don’t think he’s done two seconds with Orange Cassidy, the Bucks, or any of the other dorks on their roster.

Orange Cassidy was just out for 2 months

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Orange Cassidy was just out for 2 months

Punk has been there for 10…

 

[GKJ]

Punk has been there for 10…

Ok well you can’t work everyone at once.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Ok well you can’t work everyone at once.

And who he works makes it very clear who he wants to work…

Punk isn’t putting himself in a position where he has to sell Orange Cassidy’s dumb bullshit because he actually wants to be taken seriously.