ECW Zombie Wins Award; WWE Snide Remark Towards Kurt Angle & Family; Stupid Joey Mercury Rumor; Summerslam 2007 Location Officially Announced
A special shout out to a good friend of ours, Tim Arson. Mainstream fans remember him as the ECW Zombie. However many aren't aware that he has been busting his a** wrestling in Puerto Rico for most of 2006.
I was just emailed from a friend in PR that Lucha Libre Online voted Tim as the Best Foreign US Wrestler (Performing In Puerto Rico) of 2006. Add to that a wedding in '07 and 2006 wasn't too bad of a year for The Arsonist. Everyone here sends along our congrats to Tim on his hard work.
There's a very stupid rumor going around the net that when Joey Mercury returns to action, he is scheduled to be a full-time "jobber to the stars". Please don't put any merit into that claim.
Although we've mentioned before that Summerslam next year was moved to the Continental Airlines Arena (NJ), WWE made it official last night. During a Raw house show last night, the announcement was made to the fans. Originally WWE was proposing having Summerslam at Madison Square Garden. Unfortunately talks broke off, and WWE opted to go with the Continental Airlines Arena instead.
WWE has been counting down their Top Stories of 2006. Today at #4 was the release of Kurt Angle. Here is what WWE wrote about Kurt Angle leaving WWE. Notice all of the 'real' references at the beginning. Just a coincidental choice of words? Or just a dig. Either way as you will read towards the end, can you smell disgruntledness? Not to mention the interesting remark WWE made assuming that Kurt Angle is not spending quality time with his family while working in TNA.
Then again WWE should remember the old phrase about 'assuming'. Some geek sites won't pick up on it until someone else mentions it first. But trust me you'll hear about that remark from a higher source soon.
Here's the article from WWE.com:
WWE’s decision to grant Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle an early release from his contract last August is real. That this was arguably the most shocking news reported by WWE.com last year is real. Beyond these sole indisputable facts, however, it’s up to you to decide what else is real in our No. 4 story for 2006—a story that continues to unveil many “truths.”
According to WWE.com’s exclusive interview with Angle on August 26, the six-time World Champion and the company mutually agreed to part ways. Angle himself admitted to Michael Cole that the reason behind this decision was due to the wear-and-tear on his body after 30 years of non-stop wrestling, whether as an amateur, an Olympian, a WWE Superstar, or an ECW Extremist. “My body is so beat up and run down, I can’t even think straight,” he explained. “I have done this for too long without a break. I haven’t seen my family, I’ve had problems with medication—I’m just fried, physically and mentally.”
Throughout his seven-year tenure with WWE, Angle’s long list of injuries had been well-documented—most notably, the recurring neck injuries that had plagued him even before winning his gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. Less than two weeks prior to his release, at his last ECW live event, the “Wrestling Machine” suffered a severely pulled groin, a blown hamstring, and pulling his lower abdominal muscle off his pelvic bone.
Responding to the widespread shock felt by fans and Superstars in the locker room, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon informed WWE.com on August 28 that Angle’s release was indeed “unfortunate all the way around…but circumstances were such that Kurt should have been, and was, granted his release.” Citing the “Wrestling Machine’s” mounting health problems and personal well-being, McMahon added, “I think Kurt has some issues he has to face, as we all do from time to time.”
Kurt Angle had seemingly taken a real step in addressing those issues, based on an official statement posted on his website in early September. He thanked WWE, its Chairman, and the fans for their support, then reiterated that it was time to rest and spend time with his family.
The rest period and quality family time lasted less than three weeks.
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