“Gentleman” Chris Adams Held On Manslaughter Charges
July 1, 2001 Veteran wrestler “Gentleman” Chris Adams turned himself in to authorities last week on manslaughter charges in connection with the April 2000 death of a Dallas woman. Linda Kaphengst, 30, died from an overdose of alcohol and Gamma-Hydroxy- Butyrate (GHB) April 22, according to a medical examiner. She had been at a North [...]
Steiner Being Sued By Fan
June 9, 2001 Scott Steiner is being sued by a fan who claims he assaulted her while he was in Knoxville for a WCW event last year. The two-page document filed by Sheila Reed Turner says Steiner was in Knoxville on June 6, 2000, when he, “without consent, provocation or justification,” assaulted Turner. It states [...]
Dana Hall Apologizes To Husband
April 4, 2001 Dana Hall, whose on-on, off-again marriage to Scott Hall has been the topic of widespread conversation and speculation over the past several years, has issued a statement to her husband and wrestling fans that she has requested be printed. The following is her statement. Apology to All Concerned: I am writing this [...]
Wilcox Makes Splash In XFL Game
March 10, 2001 Former New Orleans Saints tight end and part-time professional wrestler Josh Wilcox made an impact during last weekend’s televised XFL game. After catching a touchdown pass, the Los Angeles Xtreme star – in true wrestling fashion – went to spike the football, but instead put the ball down and dropped an elbow [...]
WCW Releases Crowbar
March 10, 2001 World Championship Wrestling has released Crowbar (Chris Ford) as a cost-cutting move to make way for other talent, including former ECW performer E.Z. Money, who is scheduled to make his WCW debut on this week’s Nitro. A number of other roster cuts are expected as WCW trims its budget in anticipation of [...]
Austin May Turn Heel
March 10, 2001 Look for Stone Cold” Steve Austin to turn heel heading into Wrestlemania. Austin believes a heel turn is best for business and would revitalize WWF ratings. The WWF, coming off a record low for Raw on TNN of 4.5, scored a disappointing 3.9 for Smackdown Thursday night on UPN. It’s a fairly [...]
XFL Continues Downward Spiral
March 10, 2001 The season may be far from over, but the outlook for Vince McMahon’s XFL looks bleak at best. Ratings continue to plummet, and despite announcing staff switches and weekly modifications, the bottom line is that the dropping numbers threaten the future of McMahon’s fledgling football league. NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer last [...]
Arn Anderson Serving Suspension
March 3, 2001 Arn Anderson is serving a two-week suspension handed down by Eric Bischoff because of a recent incident at Nitro. In yet another case of the inmates running the asylum, Lex Luger and Bagwell didn’t do exactly what Anderson had directed them to do, which is not atypical of a many WCW performers, [...]
Nitro Hits All-Time Low
Feb. 24, 2001 Nitro hit an all-time low with a 2.0 rating last week – the lowest number ever for that show in its regular time slot. Reports now have WCW possibly scrapping plans to go dark in April prior to the relaunch of the “new WCW.” Sources say that talks finalizing Time Warner’s sale [...]
WCW Dropping Women From Ranks
Feb. 24, 2001 WCW is cleaning house on all of its women performers. Joining the initial purge of Daffney, Paisley, Tygress and Major Gunns are Scott Steiner valet Midajah and Ernest “The Cat” Miller valet Miss Jones. Eric Bischoff, who has stated in the past that he is not a proponent of women wres tling [...]