All-Purpose Wrestling Thread

[Dyne]

he came back this time at 250lbs which is even less than the original quad comeback.

[Dolemite]

It seems that tearing quads does wonders for Trip's bodyfat. He always leaves fat and comes back in shape.

he came back this time at 250lbs which is even less than the original quad comeback.

When he made his first comeback he was more huge and jacked than he had ever been in his career. The wrestling websites were calling him "Quadruple H."

I guess he learned this time that he needed to come back a bit lighter.

[Dyne]

It seems that tearing quads does wonders for Trip's bodyfat. He always leaves fat and comes back in shape.

i remember when he was shredded after the first one. i don't remember what happened between the two tho. didn't he have a minor injury and when he came back he was rolly polly? i don't remember him gradually getting that way, i just remember him all the sudden being on tv again and being huge but hardly not defined at all.

[BerringerX]

From Wrestlezone and confirmed on WWE.com:

Wellness Policy Suspensions
Written: August 30, 2007Based on independent information received from investigators from the Albany County, NY D.A.’s office, WWE has today, under the penalty provisions of its wellness policy, issued suspension notices to 10 of its performers for violations. It has been WWE’s practice not to release the names of those who have been suspended, but notice has been sent to all WWE performers that names of anyone who is suspended under the Wellness Policy as of November 1 will be made public

Should be interesting to see who they were/are. I'm willing to bet that none of their current main-eventers are on that list.

[Tommy Tallarico]

I'm willing to bet that none of their current main-eventers are on that list.

How much? Tommy Tallarico is down.

Tommy Tallarico

[BerringerX]

Sorry, Tommy. No deal. I don't make the big bucks like you do and I obviously only have about 25% the charisma you do.

ALSO, from here:

Exclusive

Top WWE names emerge in doping scandal
BY T.J. QUINN

DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 6:28 PM

The WWE was rocked again today, after several of wrestling's top names emerged in the Albany district attorney's probe into a widespread Internet doping scandal.

The wrestling conglomerate based in Stamford announced that it will suspend 10 of its biggest stars for violation of its wellness policy.

In a list obtained exclusively by the Daily News, top wrestlers Randy Orton, Charles Haas, Jr., Adam "Edge" Copeland, Robert "Booker T" Huffman, Shane Helms, Mike Bucci, Anthony Carelli, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, Darren "William Regal" Matthews, Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson, Eddie "Umaga" Fatu, Shoichi Funaki and Chavo Guerrero were all identified as clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, the site raided by Albany County and Florida law enforcement agencies in February for distributing steroids and other prescription drugs to clients who had not been examined by doctors. The investigation is part of a probe into illegal Internet drug distribution by Albany D.A. David Soares.

It is unclear at this time which of these wrestlers will be suspended by the WWE.

The WWE said in a statement that it issued suspension notices based on independent information received from the Albany D.A.

The WWE's announcement comes as members of Congress prepare to investigate steroid use in professional wrestling, as the Daily News reported today.

Two of its recently deceased stars - Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero - also received steroids and other drugs from Signature, as prescribed by Florida physician Gary Brandwein, who has pleaded not guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal diversion of prescription drugs. Benoit murdered his wife and son before killing himself in June and Guerrero died in a Minneapolis hotel in 2005 from heart disease.

Guerrero received the steroids testosterone and nandrolone, along with the estrogen-blocker anastozole, a drug commonly taken by men on steroids to prevent developing breast tissue, Nov. 2, 2005, just 11 days before he died of heart disease.

Guerrero's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, found Guerrero unconscious in the hotel room.

Benoit received steroids from Signature, based on a Brandwein prescription, in February, 2006.

The WWE stars are among the first athletes to face discipline for their part in the nationwide Signature Pharmacy scandal, the Internet steroid ring that has already led to guilty pleas from nine doctors, anti-aging clinic owners and operators. Law enforcement sources have said they expect the names of numerous NFL and Major League Baseball athletes to emerge as well.

UH OHS.

Who knows if this list is legit, anyways? If so, there's going to be a bit of shuffling on tv.

[Tommy Tallarico]

You're not willing to bet then, you fucking pussy.

Tommy Tallarico

[BerringerX]

Here's an updated list of the names being thrown aroud implicated in this:

Randy Orton
Charles Haas, Jr.
Adam "Edge" Copeland
Robert "Booker T" Huffman
Shane Helms
Mike Bucci
Anthony Carelli
John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan
Darren "William Regal" Matthews
Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson
Eddie "Umaga" Fatu
Shoichi Funaki
Chavo Guerrero
Dave Bautista
Chris "Masters" Mordetsky

I got Masters and Batista from an article on ESPN.com.

[Error]

[Jeremy]

Seeing Ken "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SHOW SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!!!" Kennedy be named got a chuckle out of me. Realistically, WWE is screwed due to this. Bucci's already lost his job due to being named, and I'd expect Umaga and Morrison to lose their belts at the next set of tapings.

The guys found with stuff that pre-dates the wellness policy will be fine, but post-wellness folks are fucked, as internet prescriptions aren't considered valid, and WWE is actually taking the policy seriously once again. Hopefully that stance lasts longer than about two weeks this time around.

The current holder of every title in TNA, Kurt Angle, was named in a similar scandal about five months ago. TNA still doesn't have a wellness policy in place, nor is one planned, despite them hiring people like Kurt, BG James, and Kip James (who now dresses like Torrie Wilson) who were fired due to drug problems in WWE.

Cost issues have been cited as a reason for their lack of a policy, but they never seem to come up short when it comes to paying "name" talent, like Pacman Jones, who is currently paid $25,000 per appearance to stand around and spray paint people ala the NWO circa 1996.