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Greg Price becomes the latest independent wrestling promoter to see the very worst of Ric Flair
by kjh on May 26, 2010 7:13 PM EDT
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NWA Legends Fanfest promoter Greg Price has become the latest in a long line of independent wrestling promoters (such as ROH's Cary Silken and Highspots) to accuse Ric Flair of being a lying con man who engages in extortion. He did this via Facebook in a post entitled "Ric Flair, I've seen the very worst of you...". For those of you who aren't members of Facebook, here is his whole post, which pretty much speaks for itself:
I heard today that someone told a fan at a convention a few weeks back that I owed this person $25K and that I had ripped them off last year.
I'm not sure how many people he's told this or why, but let me assure everyone that I don't owe Ric Flair one red cent. We had a written agreement and I have witnesses that will verify he was paid per our written agreement, and then some. To say that I owe him anything is a complete lie.
I take great pride in the relationships I've made in wrestling and value them immensely. I don't have a reputation of stiffing guys on payoffs and take offense when a guy that I grew up idolizing is trying to disparage me for reasons unbeknownst to me.
Ric Flair, I've seen the very worst of you. Not a lot of people know that you and your family stood outside of the Hall of Heroes awards ceremony last year screaming, jumping up and down in front of a handful of people and threatening to walk out on the banquet unless I paid you more money. I know we have fans that saw that firsthand. That's what's called holding someone up. "You pay me more money or I'm leaving now!" I believe that's extortion. It's wrong.
I hate I wasted so many years idolizing a liar and a con man.
I'm not looking for a battle with you. I just want you to set the record straight. I don't know why you'd claim that I owe you money. You know that's not true. For any other folks that you may have told the same lies, I want them to know the truth too.
Ric Flair, you owe me an apology. And you need to set the record straight.
You know I don't owe you one cent.
Price goes in a lot more detail about the events surrounding Flair's extortion on his forum in a thread entitled "Could Ric Flair Be At 2010 Fanfest?" for anyone that's interested.
So how is the wrestling media covering this story? Are they still giving Ric Flair his usual free pass to continue being a con artist? To his credit Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com broke this news over 24 hours ago, but to the best of my knowledge Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bryan Alvarez of Figure Four Weekly, Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell of the Pro Wrestling Torch and Jason Powell of prowrestling.net haven't touched this story with a barge pole yet. And they wonder why people think that they treat Flair at times like a sacred cow that can't be criticised? If it was someone like the Warrior apparently pulling these sort of stunts they wouldn't keep so quiet, especially if the story was already in the public domain.
Panic Grips the iMPACT! Zone
by Mike Garza on Jan 25, 2010 10:22 PM EST
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When faced with change, wrestling fans tend to reach a level of overreaction unseen in any other form of entertainment. The drones who inhabit the iMPACT! Zone are no different. Here is the story of one such individual.
Nick Hogan: "[John Graziano] wanted to kill homos."
by Bix on Dec 11, 2009 5:27 PM EST
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According to Radar Online, the following exchange took place during Nick Hogan's deposition in the lawsuit filed by John Graziano's family against the Hogans over the car accident the left Graziano in a vegetative state:
When a lawyer asked about what type of issues John had Nick told them that John had hatred for some people, a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
The lawyer kept probing and asked what type of people. Nick responded: "Homos. He wanted to kill homos."
The room grew silent and one lawyer put his head in his hands, the source told RadarOnline.com.
In other news, drug testing doesn't really matter because pro wrestling is entertainment, not a sport. Jerry McDevitt said so.
Cageside Seats Monster Month #1
by Mike Garza on Oct 31, 2009 12:34 PM EDT
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We have finally made it to the finish line! Who comes in at #1 on our list of the 31 greatest monsters of pro wrestling?
Cageside Seats Monster Month #2
by Mike Garza on Oct 30, 2009 8:05 PM EDT
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BRUISER BRODY
One of the most intimidating and merciless men both in and out of the ring, Bruiser Brody was a wrestling nomad who bounced from territory to territory and continent to continent. Known for being incredibly stiff in the ring and a notorious hard ass backstage, he was a polarizing figure. As far as wrestlers went he was one of the best big guys ever and induced fear in both the fans and his opponents. Everywhere he went he drew money. Of course, he never stayed anywhere too long for fear of growing stale and also because he had a habit of going into business for himself and not doing jobs. He was a promoters greatest asset and also his biggest headache. Unfortunately for us, Brody was shanked and bled to death in a Puerto Rican locker room by eternal douche bag Jose Gonzalez. A wild eyed, crazy haired, chain swinging mad man, Bruiser Brody shattered the mold of what a monster looked like and blurred the line between reality and entertainment. They don't make 'em like him anymore. Here's a match between him and a VEEEEEERY young Undertaker as well as an awesome brawl between Brody and Terry Funk. We're almost to the end of Monster Month! Come back tomorrow to see who clinched the top spot on our list of the top monsters in the history of pro wrestling.
Cageside Seats Monster Month #3
by Mike Garza on Oct 30, 2009 1:14 AM EDT
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SID VICIOUS
Psycho Sid. Sid Justice. Sid Vicious. Sid Eudy. Master and Ruler. The dude who put his leg on backwards. These are all titles that Sid answers to. I would say that Sid is my greatest "guilty pleasure" but I find no guilt in being a fan of his. At 6'9 he casts an ominous shadow over the world. Bad enough to attack a man with a pair of scissors or a squeegee, Sid fears no one walking the Earth. I have a dream of one day seeing Sid show up on Raw and him powerbombing CM Punk off of the stage. Yes, I'm aware that Punk is on Smackdown now. This is my dream so BACK OFF. The only thing that equals his love for death and destruction is his love of softball. WWF, ECW, WCW, Sid has been there and curb stomped that. The man who single handedly keeps Body Glove in business and makes the fist bump cool. Bow down before your master and ruler!
Cageside Seats Monster Month #14
by Mike Garza on Oct 18, 2009 11:15 PM EDT
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LEATHERFACE
In the history of professional wrestling there have been maybe 5 or 6 original ideas. Everything else has been a rehashing of a previous idea with varying degrees of success. So the fact that a wrestling character was based DIRECTLY on a movie character should come as a shock to literally no one. Mike Kirchner enjoyed modest success in the WWF in the mid 80's as Corporal Kirchner before flunking a drug test and losing his job. He headed to Japan and took on the Leatherface persona and did OK, although he did have some controversial moments. In one instance he beat the living hell out of a fan and did a stint in jail. Later on he went nuts during a deathmatch and leg dropped a piece of a bed of nails onto the throat of Hiroshi Ono before powerbombing Ono onto the bed of nails. Yeah. Apparently he still works from time to time, popping up in the ICP garbage promotion once in a while. Yes, I hate Juggalos. Deal with it. There were two Leatherfaces, and truth be told I'm not sure which one is in the Kensuke Sasaki/Leatherface match I'm posting here, nor do I care. I'm also posting both parts of a nice garbage brawl between Leatherface and Crash the Terminator. Knock yourselves out.
Kurt Angle's first comments on arrest...
by isaacduke on Aug 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT
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TNA World Champ and former Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle called into Pittsburgh radio station B94's morning show, "Buckhead and Bubba," and made his first public comments discussing his arrest over the weekend.
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