Ringside Review: Hall gets the boot from WWE
Scott Hall’s drinking problems have come back to get him fired from the WWE.
Not all the details are known, but we do know that there were a lot of problems on the trip to England for the WWE. There was a plane incident involving Michael Hayes, Curt Hennig and Dustin Rhodes, but reports say that Hall was passed out the entire flight.
On Monday’s “Raw” show, Hall was so high that he had to be told to put on his NWO shirt before going to the ring. Once there, X-pac had to be in the action much longer than planned, because Hall was so drunk and Big Show cannot go longer than five minutes at a time.
Hennig and Bradshaw are also in trouble because of their actions while in the UK. Hennig has been fired, and Bradshaw suspended without pay.
• As most of you know, the WWF is now the WWE, or World Wrestling Entertainment. The story is a long one.
In 1989, the wrestling group based in Stamford, Conn., changed its name from Titan Sports to World Wresting Federation, or the WWF. The World Wildlife Fund, based in Switzerland, opposed the trademark “WWF.” The legal battles started in late ’89.
In the early 1990s, there was an agreement between the two groups, but the fund said that the wrestlers had violated the deal. In 1994, The WWF.com Web site started selling products under the WWF trademark. The wildlife group sued in a British court, and won.
The WWE now has until the end of this year to change its logo on all its products.
Stephen Johnson, of the Canadian World Wildlife Fund, said, “It’s been the wrestlers against a cute little panda bear. And the panda won.”
• Wayne McWhorter of the Outlaw Wrestling Federation says tonight’s action at Jake’s will have the lady wrestlers, a six-man tag team match, and a main event pole match between Bad Company and Rock Dawg vs. Outlaw Lee Condry, Arric “The Dragon” Andrews and Shawn Williams.
The prize at the top of the pole? A pair of nunchaku.
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