Professional Wrestling Thread

**DeviousOne** · 02-04-2013

If bret wouldve just went in there and did business the right way I'm sure his career wouldve been so much different after wwf

**claud3** · 02-04-2013

that's the thing, i guess he tried and fail in some aspects of his career... But to not accept the politics at the start of his career

Was a killer to him and this is his payback i guess

**claud3** · 02-04-2013

Vince News, it seems the injury was a pre-injury before Brock done anything

Here is the latest update on Vince McMahon needing hip surgery. Many had wondered why Vince would do the angle with Brock Lesnar if he was already hurt, but the feeling was that he was already injured and going to have surgery no matter what so if he got injured further, it wouldn't be a big deal.

McMahon's surgery will be similar to The Undertaker's hip procedure, where he will get the top of the hip joint repaired. It will not be a full replacement, just fixing of the existing issue. Word is that McMahon needs the surgery because he continues to be a fanatic when he works out in the gym, which includes the fact that at age 67, he is still doing squats.

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/1...-needs-surgery

Terry Funk to induct Mick Foley for the H.O.F

Terry Funk has been pulled by WWE from his non-wrestling appearances for Pro Wrestling Syndicate over WrestleMania weekend. This likely means that he will induct Mick Foley into the WWE Hall of Fame. The PWS shows were the first events Funk was booked at since the AWE Night of Legends PPV where he lost to Tommy Dreamer.

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/1...ock-not-at-raw

This would be the excellent choice for this induction in my opinion...

**DeviousOne** · 02-04-2013

Absolutely terry funk should induct foley makes perfect sense.

Looking forward to raw tonight!

**claud3** · 02-04-2013

i ain't, still going to be the same 3 hours of crap

But terry funk most certainly is the man to induct Mike Foley and no other person has had a wrestling and personal history with Foley

**claud3** · 02-04-2013

Great News For H.O.F class of 2013

Legendary pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino will be announced as the next inductee into the Class of 2013 WWE Hall of Fame tonight during RAW. ESPN's Jon Robinson already has a story up covering the big and quite unexpected news for those who have kept tabs on Sammartino's comments in recent years.

Sammartino added, "Being inducted into the Hall of Fame at Madison Square Gardens is the biggest thing in my life,” Sammartino said in an exclusive interview for ESPN Playbook. “Any time that people feel that you accomplished enough to enter into a Hall of Fame, of course this is a tremendous, tremendous thrill for me. I had a lot of my success due to appearing at the Garden. I wrestled there over 200 times, it’s where I won the title, and it’s where I picked up 630-plus pounds of Haystacks Calhoun."

Paul "Triple H" Levesque is a big reason Sammartino is accepting the invite according to the ESPN article. It had been made public that Triple H had made numerous attempts to get Sammartino as part of the Class of 2013 with the ceremony taking place at Madison Square Garden. Sammartino added, “In talking to Paul Levesque, I made it clear, I’ve had issues with WWE and wrestling in general, because there were other organizations. I didn’t like the direction they had taken. It was

bothersome to me. I’m an old-school guy. I spent 25 years in this business. But after talking to Paul, and him explaining to me the changes they’ve made in their program, and how they’ve hired a doctor like Dr. Maroon, who is a world-renowned neurosurgeon, who also operated on me, and now that he has been put in charge of the company’s wellness program and their drug testing, that impressed me. I know what kind of a man he is, and he is a giant in that field, so I take my hat off to WWE because they took such huge steps to make things better for the wrestlers themselves and making sure they are

healthy to perform. That was very, very important. But as Paul explained to me, WWE made a lot of other changes. There’s no more profanity, there’s no vulgarity in the current product, and that stuff had bothered me as well. When Paul first spoke to me and told me all the changes, I started watching it again, and I was very convinced that they are doing amazing things. I see the wrestlers and all the changes they made. There’s no profanity, there’s no vulgarity, and it’s a family-friendly program. That’s what it used to be, and that’s a huge role in the whole factor.”

“From a legitimacy standpoint, it’s important for us to get Bruno in,”Levesque said. “He’s one of the biggest names there has ever been in the business. So for us to not have him in there, for the legitimacy of the whole thing, it was a major issue. For me, the more important thing was that nobody deserves to be recognized for being a big star and paving the way for the stars of today more than Bruno. Everything that we have today in the business, Bruno was a cornerstone of that foundation.

He truly is a living legend. As we started getting into Hall of Fame season, it’s almost like this storyline wrote itself. To have Bruno Sammartino brought into the Hall of Fame in Madison Square Garden, a building he sold out more than anybody in the world, that’s a remarkable achievement. It was an opportunity to honor Bruno, but it was also an opportunity for our fans.

There has been this bad blood between Bruno and the WWE for years, and we’re not trying to hide any of it, but I just felt like we are at a point where a lot of it can be resolved. Our wellness program and the way our programming is now, a lot of people are unaware of it, so I felt like if I could get Bruno on the phone and I could run down a list of those things that he didn’t like, I could show him how we changed. We’re PG, family-friendly entertainment with a wellness program that is truly

based on the wellness of our performers. We want them to be healthy and live long, productive lives. So I just felt that if Bruno knew about those things, he might feel differently, and eventually, that’s what came to be. Clearly, Vince knew about this right from the get-go, and when I said I wanted to reach out to Bruno, Vince was probably thinking, ‘Well, good luck with that,’”Levesque said. “So Bruno and I established this relationship, and as we came to an understanding on all of this, Vince asked me, ‘Hey, do you think I should call Bruno? I’d like to talk to him.’ At the same time, Bruno said, ‘Do you think I should have a conversation with Vince?’ And I said no to both of them. I didn’t think it was right to do over the phone. They had bad

blood for a long time, and we’ve all kind of buried the hatchet here, and it’s a new beginning and a fresh start and everybody is in a great place with this. But going back to what Bruno said about being old-school, I think we should all get in the same room together and the two of them should look each other in the eyes and shake hands. This should be in person. I don’t

think it’s right to do over the phone. They both agreed to do that, and while it hasn’t happened yet, Hall of Fame is probably where we’ll make that happen. Vince and Bruno will see each other for the first time in years and officially, in person, look each other in the eyes and bury that hatchet.”