Ask 411 Wrestling 05.21.08: Shockmasters, Curry Men, Non-World Champions and more!

It’s time to Ask 411 Wrestling! I’m Steve Cook, and I hope you’re having a great week. Me, I’ve had a pretty fantastic week. On Saturday I went to Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio. The show featured the reunion of Stone Temple Pilots, who rocked the cabasa fo shizzle. There were all sorts of other great bands that rocked throughout the day…one of the best times I’ve had in quite awhile. Not to mention all the hot chicks. I didn’t meet the girl of my dreams…but I met plenty of girls that I’ll dream about.

Good times. But man was I pooped for a couple days afterwards. That explains the brevity of this particular column. I’ll try to do better next week, which will be a very special week because I’ll be on vacation from work. Woohoo! Things are looking up. Now if I can get through the next few days at work without suffering a mental breakdown, then we’ll be in business.

Happy birthday, Traci! I don’t think she reads my stuff anymore…but just in case let’s wish her a happy birthday and many years of continued success. Good people.

In other news, the Spurs suck, the Celtics suck on the road, the Reds don’t suck (for now), William Regal is an idiot, and watching WWE PPVs after ROH shows is a bad idea because everything on them looks worse. Well, except the production, which is enough for some people. I don’t understand those people. And what’s with Shania Twain’s husband leaving her for another woman? Craziness. Oh well, on with the column!

Comments, Corrections & Other “C” Words

I also have a correction for you from a couple of weeks ago. Well, it’s not really a correction. You may have already answered it, too. Someone asked who the first to slam Andre was, and the earliest you mentioned was 1981. On Hogan’s dvd, there is a match between Hogan and Andre at Shea Stadium from 1980 in which Hogan slams Andre. It’s fun to watch this match, as Hogan is working heel. – Casey

Where’s the rest of this column? Seriously, it seems about half as long as
usual. – subtlefuge

This week’s column is actually shorter than usual because I started it late due to concerts, drinking and whatnot. Last week’s column was actually right around the usual size, but the lack of feedback compared to previous editions makes it shorter. Feedback used to take up almost half of a given column, now it’s probably not even a fourth. I don’t know if this is due to fewer people reading, more people opting to use the comment section, or me actually getting more stuff right. It may be a combination of those factors.

I’d also submit that Brock’s jobbing to Goldberg was probably considered the
lesser of two evils by the booking team. They had the choice between a guy who
was import talent from a dead federation and who was basically being paid out
for a short-term shot in the arm for the title picture, and a guy who they had
meticulously groomed and “super-booked” into the topmost tiers of the
championship card from his earliest appearances in the federation, who had
abruptly dumped their trust for a pie-in-the-sky shot at an NFL career.

Given that kind of selfish backstabbing, I’d job Brock out, too. Bill’s stock
was on the flop after being “misused” (Depending on who you ask),
whereas Brock was still a hugely viable commodity. Better to hamstring him on
his way out the door and to a possible shot in another organization than to let
him ride out on the top, methinks. – Muschpin

After WrestleMania XX, Meltzer said that Goldberg got the win because WWE
officials felt he was the lesser of two evils.

Basically, Goldberg’s contract was expiring and it was agreed it would be his
last match. Lesnar, on the other hand, was basically walking out on the company
and his contract, thus he did the job.

That’s Meltzer’s version and he’s usually pretty spot on. – O’Dog

Yup. Dave Meltzer is my Internet Jesus, so I’m not going to argue with him. Also, I’m very jealous of his hair.

Steve, in regards to Dreamer going to WCW and the suspenders comment.
Apparently WCW originally wanted Dreamer to be Marcus Bagwell’s tag team
partner in the American Males tag team. When they were unable to get him, they
turned to Scotty Riggs.– Jim

OK, that one I’d never heard before. He could have fit in that role, but it’s a good thing that he didn’t take that offer, who knows where he’d be now if he did.

wiping your feet off on the apron before you enter the ring was one of the first
things i was taught when i trained to wrestle in 2001. it is a sign of respect.
also it keeps debris from getting into the ring which can be a safety issue. – Guest#5963

Another women’s champiom also debuted as a Ho, Lita (according to Lita: A Less
Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas) one of the least interesting
wrestling books around.

Tommy Dreamer actually looked like a “pretty boy”, back when he was
about 100 pounds lighter and pretty well ripped, you should check out old old
ECW (that’d be NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling) footage. The suspenders came
off when after the “thank you sir, may i have another” caning from the
Sandman, still one of THE Moments of professional wresling. – casual_monday_mayhem

From what I’ve seen of that era, he wasn’t all that ripped…well, he was compared to the Sandman, but who wasn’t? Eh, I’ll take your word for it.

Questions!

Just had an opinion question for you. (Maybe you know the facts around it
too) Do you know why WWE allows Jeff Hardy to use the Twist of Fate as his
set up for the Swanton, when Matt Hardy uses it as his finisher? Doesn’t
this make the TOF look weaker if it is just a set up? Especially when it
is followed up by such a weak move as the Swanton? Do they try to claim
that Matt does the TOF better, hence not needing a follow up move to score
the win? Makes no sense to me. – Nelson

I don’t think Jeff’s using it has hurt the move for Matt, no. The usage of the TOF ensures that the wrestler won’t move out of the way of the Swanton, which is an over finisher regardless of how effective you think it is. In any event, Hardy’s been using the Whisper in the Wind as his finisher since coming back, which is a far more dubious finishing move from where I sit.

Hey dude, is there a youtube video of that one guy from WCW (his name escapes me) that made his grand appearance on WCW television only to fall through the wall and onto his face, losing his mask/helmet in the process….bootleg Tugboat guy.. – 411’s Ramon Arnada

Ask and ye shall receive. His name was the Shockmaster, and he didn’t last long after the War Games for obvious reasons.

Hi Steve, I’ve written before and you’re responded before. Great column, btw. I remember back in 1992 when they were first promoting WrestleMania VIII that Hulk Hogan was announced as the #1 contender for the WWF Championship against Ric Flair. Within a few weeks, they changed it to Hogan vs. Sid Justice and Macho Man getting the title shot against Ric Flair. I have heard that they changed it due to Hogan wanting to retire. If he had decided not to retire, how else would the card at WrestleMania VIII would have different? I mean, I’m sure we would have had Flair vs. Hogan for the WWF title but besides that, I don’t know. Any ideas? -Dan H. from Frederick, Maryland

Hogan vs. Flair would have been the main event, no doubt about it. Savage could have had his feud with Jake Roberts last until WrestleMania and they could have blown it off there. The feud had a lot of heat behind it, and if Jake still wanted to leave after WM, it wouldn’t have mattered because he would have been putting Savage over on the way out. Maybe they would kept Sid Justice a face and had him wrestle the Undertaker, who wouldn’t have had to turn face to take on Roberts. Of course, who knows what effect that might have had on Taker in the long run. I think that covers the people that were at the top of the card at that point…the rest of the show likely would have remained the same.

PS-is there any truth to the rumor that SummerSlam 1992 was originally going to be held at the old Capital Centre (later the US Air Arena) in Landover, Maryland?

Landover was in the discussion, but London ended up being the choice for SummerSlam. If they weren’t able to hold the PPV overseas for one reason or another, Landover could have been the place for it.

I was on WWE.COM before wrestlemania and I was looking at the superstars fondest moment of Wrestlemania when something caught my eye. The Brooklyn Brawler talked of wrestling Paul Roma in a dark match at Wrestlemania 3. I was there and don’t remember this match taking place. This first match to start the show was the Can-Am connection against Muraco & Orton. Am I losing my mind? – Russ

The Brawler faced Roma in a dark match at WrestleMania VI in Toronto’s SkyDome, not at WrestleMania III. I’m not sure why Brawler decided to re-create history, as I’ve found WrestleMania memories from the past two years where Brawler claimed to be the first man in the ring at WMIII. He was not.

hey i got a quick question its probably obvious to others and may have been answered before so you dont have to put it on the column. But what does the hand signal that sabin and shelly use when they enter? it look like they are pointing to their palm or their thumb? i have been wondering this for sometime thanks in advance for the reply! you rock! – Matt

The state of Michigan resembles a hand in its shape. The part of the hand where they point is where Detroit is located. We’re just lucky they aren’t from Florida, which resembles another part of the male anatomy.

Where does Jeff Hardy get the things he wears on his arms? I heard he made them, but out of what? – TheMidnightPunk

You can buy arm sleeves similar to the ones Hardy wears at your local emo kid store. coughhottopiccough I’m not sure exactly what Hardy makes his out of, but I would narrow down the options to fishnet, pantyhose or just general fabric.

Casey has two questions…

1- Do you suppose we’ll see a Davey Boy Smith dvd any time soon?

I haven’t seen one scheduled to come out this year, so I’d say not. I wouldn’t rule one out somewhere down the line, but it’s not on the top of their agenda.

2- I recently came across a great picture of Owen. Assuming the link works properly, you’ll notice two things. Owen is clearly very good at instilling fear into his opponents, and his tights here appear to be a blue version of the Hart Foundation/Bret tights, complete with heart. I have a vague memory of these tights, but I can’t remember when he wore them. Was this after the baggy pants and before he began wearing the Hart Foundation tights, or was it before the baggy pants? – Casey

The blue tights were in-between the baggy pants and the pink/black singlet, so if memory serves me correctly he wore those tights for most of 1993, up until the Survivor Series.

Could you see the character Curry Man as the TNA heavyweight champion? – Manu Bumb

My heart is saying yes, but my head is saying no. When in doubt, I always go with my head. This likely explains why I am single. Curry Man is a fun character, but you really can’t book a wrestling promotion around him unless your promotion is like Japan’s HUSTLE, which is heavily based on comedy and doesn’t take much of anything seriously. Some would argue that TNA’s already in that boat with some of the nonsense that goes on during their shows, but they still manage to treat their titles like they mean something. Current champion Samoa Joe and former champions Kurt Angle, Sting & Christian Cage are all serious wrestlers when not dealing with the soap opera nonsense, and you believe that they can win their matches if they bring their A game. Curry Man’s a fun wrestler, but if he wrestled Samoa Joe do you think he would win? Probably not…Joe wouldn’t put up with Curry Man’s shenanigans very long. That’s why Joe’s in the main event and Curry Man’s teaming with Stone Cold Shark Boy.

Chad continues things with three questions…

1) I remember faintly in mid-late 90’s WCW, the announcers were referring to Diamond Dallas Page as “wrestling’s oldest rookie.” Is there any truth to that? From watching the old AWA repeats on ESPN Classic, I can see he was involved in wrestling as a manager but not actually an active wrestler. Also, if he isn’t the oldest rookie…who is?

DDP started wrestling at the age of 35, which by most standards is pretty late to start a wrestling career. He may be the oldest to start that isn’t somebody that wrestles occasionally like Vince McMahon does.

2) Do you think that WCW dropped the ball on Diamond Dallas Page by not having him beat Goldberg at Halloween Havoc for the belt in 98? If I remember correctly, Page was crazy over with the fans…if not almost as/more over than Goldberg. I think a win over Goldberg, then breaking his infamous win streak, would have pushed Page to the top and would have solidified him as another huge main event money making contender in the wrestling biz.

There was a question very similar to this in the 03.05.08 edition of this column, which I shall quote now…

Do you think WCW missed the boat not give DDP a title run around 97-98,just before the Goldberg era, rather than Lex Lugar?i felt he was the number 1 babyface at that time, well besides Sting maybe but a shock win over Hogan wouldnt of been too harmful for business i think.

I think DDP would have been received as champion a lot better in the 97-98 time frame than he was when he finally won it. It seemed like one of those cases where a promotion waited too long to put the title on a guy…if you wait too long, the people are going to move on to something else. I have difficulty saying WCW missed the boat because I don’t think not putting the belt on Page at that time hurt them all that much. I think Page’s career would be more fondly remembered today had he gotten the belt at the apex of his appeal to wrestling crowds, and people wouldn’t take Ric Flair’s word for it when he says that Page was an undeserving champion.

I would say that having DDP win the title at Halloween Havoc would have been a much better idea than having Kevin Nash beat Goldberg at Starrcade. But just about anything would have been a better idea than what they went with. It certainly would have worked out better for Page, but I don’t think you’ll hear him complain about it or anything else.

3) Here’s a WWE HOF question for you.
Out of all these wrestling stars who have supposed “burnt bridges” with the WWE…

A) Who will be the first one of them to be inducted into the HOF if you had to pick one?
&
B Which out of this list will never see the WWE HOF ever?

Here’s the list…
Bruno Sammartino
Macho Man Randy Savage
The Ultimate Warrior
Chris Benoit
Paul Heyman
Chyna
Goldberg

For a), I’d say Macho Man. It seems like the only thing that is holding it from this happening is money….and statch rape charges! (kidding)

And, for B) I’d say Bruno, since his David & family most likely will carry on his wishes when he passes, and when the WWE would get the rights to put Bruno in, it probably will be too late fro Bruno. Not knocking his achievments or anything, but time and people forget. I’ll also say that Benoit (obvious) & Goldberg (not caring if he is in it) will not be in there. – Chad

Out of all the people on your list, I think Heyman’s the one that’s burnt the least bridges and has the best chance of getting in. Vince has been all about recognizing other promoters in his Hall of Fame, and Heyman hasn’t done anything to embarrass WWE or the wrestling business in general since he left. I don’t think Vince holds a grudge against him either, which helps.

B. Bruno will not be inducted, and that’s the way he wants it. I would be very, very surprised if Chyna was inducted for various reasons. Savage & Warrior probably both deserve consideration for what they accomplished with the company, but I don’t see them getting in due to their eccentricities. Goldberg doesn’t want anything to do with WWE. Benoit’s not getting in. So frankly I don’t see most of the people on that list getting in.

Hey what’s up? My question is about gay characters in pro wrestling. Have there been very many? I can think of Goldust and Adrain Adonis, Billy and Chuck, but have there been more? Are wrestlers with gay characters always heels? – Joshua

Online World of Wrestling lists the following as “gay” wrestlers…

Adrian Street
Chris Kanyon (not until he disappeared from the national scene)
Dizzy Davis
Faron Fox
Gorgeous George
Hardcore Homo
Japanese Pool Boy
Kwee Wee/Bruce
Lazz
Lenny Lane
Lodi
Pink Assassin
Rico
Ricki Star
Simon Sermon
Shane Storm (not from CHIKARA)
The Christopher Street Connection
The Heart Throbs

I have seen “gay” wrestlers booked as fan favorites, most notably the CSC in their later ROH run, the Heart Throbs in OVW & Rico when he was paired with Jackie Gayda & Charlie Haas. But none of them started out as babyfaces, which leads me to believe that promoters believe that most fans won’t accept “gay” wrestlers as babyfaces until they’ve been around for a while. They are probably correct about that, to be perfectly honest with you. Let’s face it, the great majority of wrestling fans aren’t exactly the most tolerant people in the world, know what I mean?

I found this on some forum. It’s dated the day after WrestleMania 23 but no website is given as a source:

MICHAELS UNHAPPY WITH MATCH AGAINST CENA

“Shawn Michaels was said to be extremely upset and unhappy with his match against John Cena last night, screaming about how it sucked right when he got backstage. The spot after the match where HBK abruptly walked away from a Cena handshake attempt was not scripted, as they were supposed to shake hands. Michaels was red hot at Cena for not selling his leg that he spent the first few minutes of the match working on. A lot of the agents were unhappy with Cena for that as well. In fact, you could see during the match that HBK got in Cena’s face and started cutting a shoot promo on him, which is why the audio went out for a few seconds and was replaced with crowd noise.”

I personally thought this match was great and I don’t remember hearing anything about this at the time. Any truth to it? – Paul Quinn

This was a pretty hot topic of discussion right after WrestleMania, actually. I can’t say for sure that it isn’t true, but I think that Shawn Michaels would know better than to throw a hissy fit in front of 80,000 people right after a WrestleMania main event. He’s been around way too long to do something unprofessional like that, even if he thought Cena no-sold some of his offense. I know the old HBK probably would have done it, but I think the whole thing where he didn’t shake Cena’s hand was planned. I could be wrong, but I think this was just a story planted by somebody in order to make somebody else look bad.

Clyde has two questions…

1) Has there ever been an inter-federation title unification match that basically didn’t spell the “death-knoll” for the losing federation or at least one of the two?

None that I can think of. I’m sure if there is one the readers will inform me, but every time federation titles get unified, that means that one of the feds won’t be lasting much longer. And before anybody says it, I’m not counting the time RVD held the WWE & ECW titles. Same company.

2) Has there ever been two or more wrestlers who were fighting against each other who broke kayfabe and complimented each other on a move or laughed at something funny, shook hands, that kind of thing? (Not counting stuff like the Clique or things like when the Rock dropped his sunglasses and Foley handed them back to him…) – Clyde

Well, the “indy standoff” that became popular during Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn matches is the one thing I can think of that kind of breaks kayfabe. Late Years WCW had a lot of stuff where wrestlers would break kayfabe by laughing at something. There was the time Sid claimed that he had half the brain that Kevin Nash did, which made Scott Hall break down laughing. Or the time “blood” got dropped on the audience instead of in the ring, which was followed by a camera shot of Vince Russo with an “ughhhhhhhhh” look on his face while Konnan & Juventud Guerrera laughed behind him.

Hey Cookie! Vince McMahon owns the Stampede wrestling library, yes? If so, have any plans for a DVD been officially announced yet? – Mike

Vince does own the Stampede tapes, but no plans for a DVD have been announced.

Brad has two questions…

1. other than roddy piper & jimmy snuka, are there any big names who never won a major world heavyweight championship belt? (i know snuka was the first ecw champ. i’m still not sure if that counts.)

The Penguin and I discussed this, and here’s a short list that we came up with. Of course, you can dispute who’s a “big name” and who isn’t…

Arn Anderson
Jake Roberts
Ted Dibiase
Scott Hall
The Sheik
Abdullah the Butcher
Bruiser Brody
Tully Blanchard
Fritz Von Erich

Keep in mind that I’m being somewhat liberal with the term “major world championship” and am not counting wrestlers that didn’t spend a majority of their time in the United States. Penguin wanted to include Jeff Hardy, but I argued that Hardy still has plenty of time to win a major world championship and shouldn’t be included until he retires.

In case one questions the Enforcer being on the list, I would refer you to a video compilation put together by friend of the column Mike.

Best of Arn Anderson [3]
Disc 1
Arn Anderson vs. Dusty Rhodes (NWA World TV Title 7/27/85)
Arn & Ole Anderson vs. Buzz Sawyer & Terry Taylor (9/7/85)
Arn Anderson vs. Ron Garvin (NWA World TV Title 4/86)
Arn Anderson vs. Manny Fernandez (NWA World TV Title 4/86)
Arn Anderson vs. Wahoo McDaniel (NWA World TV Title 5/86)
Arn & Ole Anderson vs. Kansas Jayhawks (9/86)
Arn & Ole Anderson vs. The Rock-n-Roll Express (Starrcade 11/27/86)
Arn Anderson vs. Barry Windham (U.S Title) (Superstars on the Superstation 2/7/87)
Arn Anderson vs. Tim Horner 3/28/87

Disc 2
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger & Barry Windham (Clash I)
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Sting & Nikita Koloff (GAB 7/10/88)
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Paul Roma & Jim Powers (11/12/88; Best of WWF #18)
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. The Rockers (2/16/89; More Saturday Night’s Main Event)
Arn Anderson vs. Scott Steiner (3/4/90)
Arn Anderson & Ric Flair vs. Rock N’ Roll Express (10/6/90)
Arn Anderson & Barry Windham vs. Doom (Starrcade 12/16/90)
Arn Anderson vs. Brian Pillman (3/23/91 Pro) (Not much of a match since Sid interferes)
Arn Anderson vs. Tommy Rich (3/30/91 WCWSN – WCW TV Title)
Arn Anderson vs. Brian Pillman (4/13/91 Main Event)
Arn Anderson vs. Tim Horner (4/20/91 WCW Pro – WCW TV Title)

Disc 3
Arn Anderson vs. Bobby Eaton (Superbrawl 5/19/91 – WCW TV Title)
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbysko vs. Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat (Clash 17)
Arn Anderson & Steve Austin vs. Steiners (6/13/92)
Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton vs. Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes (Clash 19 6/22/92)
Arn Anderson vs. Steven Regal (Superbrawl 2/20/94) Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair (Fall Brawl 9/17/95)

You can reach Mike at [email protected]…you may remember him from a previous column where I posted a Bruiser Brody compilation he put together. He was very appreciative of me doing that and apparently it helped business for him. Which I’m happy to do. He has all sorts of other compilations that you can find out about by e-mailing him…lots of good stuff there. Check it out!

2. does wwe have any plans for an actual brick-and-mortar hall of fame?

WWE would like to build an actual HOF someday, and has been storing wrestling memorabilia in preparation for such a thing. Shane McMahon said to the Miami Herald that it would be at least a couple of years before it was constructed, but it’s something that they really want to do.

My question is about merchandise. I am a long time fan and almost always buy a t shirt when I attend a live event. This year is started teaching elementary school, and over the course of a day I must see a dozen or more of those $5-10 Wal Mart wrestling shirts on the kids. My question is, does WWE make more money off of the shirts that we see on tv and can buy at shows, or those more affordable shirts from Wal Mart and Kmart? Great column by the way. – Dusty

WWE makes more money off of the shirts that they produce, mostly because they charge you an arm and a leg for them. The cheaper shirts are a good way to reach the portion of their audience that can’t necessarily afford to throw 25 bucks down on the new official John Cena t-shirt, but a portion of that has to go to the company that actually makes the shirts. I’m not sure which type of shirt they sell more of, but I’ve seen far more official t-shirts than cheap shirts during my travels. Heck, I saw somebody at Rock on the Range wearing a Hurricane t-shirt. Why, I have no idea.

Mike has three questions…

1. I am 26, read PWI religousley growing up..were guys like Eddie Ellener and Dave Rosenbaum all made up guys?? I look back and read some old interviews now and the answers the wrestlers supposledy give just sound so made up

Most of the interviews were kayfabe, yes. I’m under the understanding that most of the PWI columnists were real people, with the exceptions of Matt Brock & Liz Hunterl, which were characters invented by Bill Apter and penned by a variety of columnists. Ellner was a real person, and after writing for PWI he went on to be a yoga instructor. You can read about him here.

2. How did Jerry Lawler get to become a WWE announcer in the first place?? I remember seeing him for the first time on WWF Superstars Saturday at 12 and being like Wow thats the guy i have read about in PWI

It started when the WWF & USWA came to an agreement where they would exchange talent. This happened in 1992, and the deal basically was that WWF would send some of their lesser-used talent to Memphis to work USWA shows while guys like Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett would get to work in the higher-profile WWF. The WWF needed a new color commentator after Bobby Heenan left, and Lawler was known as one of the best talkers in the business, so somebody thought it would be a good idea to put him in the booth with Vince. The rest, as they say, is history.

3. When was the first time you herd someone mention another promotions name on TV? I mean, when was the first time someone from the WWF or WCW said the other companys name on a PPV or TV? I think I remember Bobby Heenen saying “WWF” on a WCW PPV in like 94 I am not sure.

Hmmmmmmmmmm. As far as major promotions go, it was definitely WCW. The first time I actually remember hearing it (I’m not saying it didn’t happen before then, but I didn’t hear it) was on WCW Monday Nitro, when Eric Bischoff gave out the Monday Night Raw results.

Brad wraps things up with two questions…

1.) I’ve noticed (as well as read a few people comment on this site about it) there appears to be something wrong with one of Shawn Michaels’ eyes. Did something happen? When he looks into the camera, one eye appears off.

I turned to my HBK expert on this one…

Penguin *bgca says:
ive never noticed it, and he doesnt say anything in his book about it
Penguin *bgca says:
if anything it’d be a lazy eye
Samoa Steve says:
Saturn had one of those
Samoa Steve says:
more noticable, though
Penguin *bgca says:
i had one as a kid
Samoa Steve says:
how’d you fix it?
Penguin *bgca says:
wore a patch over the other eye
Samoa Steve says:
so you were like a pirate?
Penguin *bgca says:
caused the lazy one to do all the work and it straightened itself out
Penguin *bgca says:
argh matey
Samoa Steve says:
awesome
Samoa Steve says:
I’ll bet that drove the chicks wild
Penguin *bgca says:
i was like four
Penguin *bgca says:
and i never really wore it because it got on my nerves
Penguin *bgca says:
to this day i can tell my visiion is worse in that eye

We think it just may be a lazy eye. But to be honest I’ve never noticed either, so…eh.

2.) Professional wrestlers do not have insurance, so when something catastrophic happens, do they pay the entire bill themselves? I was wondering this after seeing Cena go through his rehab as well as Triple H’s quad surgeries. Medical bills are expensive enough WITH health insurance, so I was wondering what happens for these guys when they get injured, which is an inevitable part of wrestling. Thanks! – Brad

Well, it depends on the situation. Konnan was able to get some help from TNA when he injured his hip, but they didn’t cover all of the charges. I think guys like Cena get a lot of help from the company because they make a lot of money for the company. But for the most part, wrestlers are independent contractors, which means that the company isn’t liable for their injuries. That’s why a lot of wrestlers come back too soon from injury, because they need to make money.

That’s all we have time for this week. This is usually the portion of the column where I would tell you to send any questions to [email protected], and I still suggest that you send comments or corrections there. Next week will be a special FAQ edition of Ask 411 Wrestling, which will cover some of the most-asked questions in the history of the column. I hope this will reduce the number of repeat questions and make future editions of the column more intriguing. Until then, booooooooooooooohica!