partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
-- Francisco "McGyver" Gaztambide of PRWrestling.com sent this along: Scott Hall no showed his scheduled appearances in Puerto Rico for WWC where he was scheduled to wrestle Friday in Ponce and Saturday in Caguas. Hall, along with Rico Casanova, arrived late Friday to the Island, the reason why he no showed the Ponce event. In Saturday's case, even though he was on the Island, the wrestler was too affected emotionally because of several family issues that happened this past week that have taken a toll on him. Hall wishes to let everyone know that right now he has to deal with his problems and for the time being those are more important than wrestling itself.
-- Bret Hart appeared on on Off the Record with Michael Landsberg on 12/7. Bret said that he doesn't want to watch much wrestling anymore because he wants to get passed what happened with Chris Benoit -- it brings too much grief. The host said it could take forever for Bret to get passed it considering how many guys Bret knew well who have passed away. Hart says there are guys he worries about now, specifically naming his former tag team partner Jim Neidhart. Bret says there's more being done for the wrestlers of today, but feels the wrestlers being ignored are "the ones who have been used up and pushed out the door," like Jim Neidhart, not to mention wrestlers that have already passed away such as Brian "Crush" Adams, Sherri Martel and Bam Bam Bigelow. Bret said they end up broke and have nothing left. "Someone might say, hey, there's Bam Bam Bigelow, but he's passed out in the back of his car. No one helps them with their pain, they paid for their own surgeries, and the addiction to painkillers spiraled out of control. The WWE is focusing on their current guys, but they don’t care about the guys they’ve already let go," Bret said.
-- WWE Hall of Famer Greg "The Hammer" Valentine has been telling people he's in the upcoming movie "The Wrestler" starring Mickey Rourke. The movie was originally going to star Nicholas Cage, but he pulled out of the movie for undisclosed reasons.
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