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Dans une entrevue pour le blogue Extra Mustard de Sports Illustrated, Hulk Hogan mentionne qu’il a été expulsé de la WWE par Triple H.
Après avoir rapporté à Triple H qu’une controverse allait éclater à la suite de ses propos racistes émis il y a quelques années, il a reçu rapidement un appel de ce dernier, lui apprenant la décision de la WWE. Triple H a notamment évoqué la réaction de USA Network, préoccupée par ce scandale.
Hogan se demande pourquoi Vince McMahon, qui a souvent accordé des secondes chances, ne lui a pas parlé.
Voici les propos de Hogan en version originale.
“I never talked to Vince. The only person I talked to was Triple H. I called him and told him there was some old news coming out from when TMZ first reported the tape and there were some racial slurs on it. Triple H said, ‘OK, thanks for calling. Let me talk to Vince.’ He called me back a half hour later and he goes, ‘I’ve got some news and it isn’t good. Vince said that you need to resign.’ I never heard from Vince or talked to Vince. In the middle of the night, they just fired me.”
“They had to do what was best for business. Triple H was telling me the USA Network was reacting very badly, and they had to make a quick decision, and that was to put me out to pasture. They were under heavy fire and they were scrambling.”
“That’s not characteristic of what the WWE does. Vince McMahon reaches out and helps people. If you’re a drug abuser or you abuse alcohol, Vince McMahon and the WWE reach out and help people. So what’s so uncommon about this was they took the symptoms, said, ‘Oh my god, there’s a symptom of being a racist,’ and threw me away. They usually go to the source. They’ve known me for over 30 years and they know I’m not a racist, so they should have went to the source. I don’t use the word, ever, except for in that moment of anger, so I wish WWE went to the source instead of the symptoms. I could have explained I’ve tried every day since then to be a better man.”
“The only place for me to be would be the WWE. That’s where my home is. I thought I’d go step-by-step, crawling uphill with WWE, to explain how wrong I was, but that opportunity wasn’t there. I’d love to sit down and connect with Vince. A lot of people make mistakes. If we were all judged by our weakest moment, it would be a sad world. If I had a chance to work with Vince and help people, we could help fix a lot of things together.”
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Jay Lethal, champion du monde et de la télévision de Ring of Honor, a récemment réagi, dans une entrevue pour Channel Guide Magazine, aux rumeurs voulant que la WWE s’intéresse à lui.
Lethal soutient que si c’est vrai, il se dit honoré. Il avoue aimer l’idée de travailler à la WWE, car il a grandi en écoutant cette compagnie à la télévision. Cependant, Lethal affirme être heureux de travailler pour Ring of Honor, qui mise beaucoup sur la qualité des lutteurs dans le ring.
“To be wanted in professional wrestling, that’s all a wrestler can really ask for. Just to be wanted, it’s a great feeling. So if that’s true, I’m honored. I haven’t heard anything about that myself. Would you work for WWE? I’ve answered this question before. To me the answer is still the same.
“When I became a fan, it was because I watched the WWF as a fan growing up. It helped create this love growing up that I have for professional wrestling, much like everyone from my era. All the guys I’ve wrestled today. To say it wouldn’t be cool to work with or for the company that helped create my love for professional wrestling, I would say that I was lying. So given the chance and if the timing was right, sure I would definitely work for or with them. I got to say by the same token, I’m on cloud 9 right now. I’m undisputed champion of a company that’s known around the world. Not for its storylines, music or entrance. I’m the world champion of a company known around the world for its wrestling. What an honor to get to say that.”
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La Global Force Wrestling vient de conclure une entente avec Boulder Creek International, une compagnie majeure de distribution d’émissions de télévision.
Cette compagnie, basée à Londres, propose du contenu télévisuel dans plus de 100 pays. Les épisodes d'”Amped” pourront ainsi être diffusés dès novembre.
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