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We say Good-Bye To Brad Armstrong & See Ya L8R To Beth Phoenix!
In Memory of
Brad Armstrong
June 15, 1961 – November 1, 2012
Welcome back everyone. Not a good way to start the celebration of our little Blog that Could! For what it’s worth, Happy 6th Anniversary to The Fatal 4-Way!! Can’t believe we have been doing this for 6 years. Six Very Long Years!
Sadly we have to open with the news of a death in the wrestling family. Brad Armstrong passed away last week at the age of 51. He was most notably a wrestler for the NWA and WCW in the 1980’s and 1990’s and briefly for the WWE in 2006. Brad is one of four sons of “Bullet” Bob Armstrong, brother to “The Road Dog” Brian James, current WWE referee Scott Armstrong, and former wrestler Steve Armstrong who worked for the WWE as Lance Cassidy. It’s understood that he was having some medical issues and had visited his doctor a week prior. He was found unresponsive on the morning of November 1st.
We here at the Fatal 4-Way, would like to extend our condolences to the Armstrong family in their time of loss.
Hey hey hey!! I hope everyone has had a great Halloween. I have come to the conclusion that I do not make a good ginger (Thank-God-lol). Anyways, this week we have a lot to get to. (“Heads Will Roll”-Yeah Yeah Yeahs!), and you guessed it, it’s a music blog this week! It’s time to shut it and get to bidness.
Lots of Diva news this week. Well maybe not lots but enough. (“Skyfall”-Adel). On Friday October 26th, WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia was hit by a SUV while working out. She suffered lacerations and bruising to the left side of her body. She was released from the hospital on the Sunday following her accident and remains at home recovering. On Tuesday she sent out a tout to the WWE Universe: http://www.tout.com/m/qr37lz?ref=tw5dy48b . Other than those details, not much else is known. WWE.com released an interview done with her on Thursday;
“Lilian spoke exclusively to WWE.com for the first time since her accident in Los Angeles. While resting at home, she wanted to clear up rumors about what happened last week.
The SmackDown ring announcer and singer was hit by an SUV while she was working out. She was not in her vehicle. She called it “the most frightening thing” she ever went through.
“I’m suffering from head, neck and back trauma,” she explained. “I have lacerations and wounds on the left side of my body.”
The Diva remains under close medical care since being released from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
“Thanks to the UCLA medical team who took great care of me,” she said.
Lilian is feeling better, but remains on pain medication. She’ll undergo further testing next week when the swelling of her injuries goes down. She is still unsure when she’ll return to WWE.
“Hopefully I’m on the road to recovery,” she said. “I can’t stand sitting here and doing nothing. I miss being on the road for WWE and the fans. I just can’t wait to get back.”
Finally, Lilian wanted to tell the WWE Universe that their love and support has kept her going through this difficult time.
“Thank you. The most amazing fans in the world are WWE fans,” Lilian said. “Thank you for the outpouring of love, well wishes and the support.””
Beth Phoenix wrapped up her WWE storyline this week to take some time off. Nothing on WWE.com was announced regarding her future endevours, but (“Cherry Lips”-Garbage) her profile has been removed from the Superstars page and over to WWE Alumni page. She reportedly left on good terms with the WWE and is welcome back whenever she’s read to return. Her departure comes in time as her boyfriend, former WWE Champion and Hall of Famer, Adam “Edge” Copeland is to go under the knife for the second time for his neck. She is expected to be taking the time off to help him through his tough recovery, as well as spend time with her family. As a fan of women’s wrestling, her departure saddens me as it doesn’t leave much in the way of actual female wrestlers in the WWE. The Diva’s division is dwindling fast. Only Natalya is currently left as one of the only females who could carry an actual match. Tamina is out with an injury and hopefully will return soon. That, unfortunately, doesn’t leave us with much. Beth Phoenix (“I Can’t Quit You Baby”-Led Zepplin) is probably one of the most talented female wrestlers I have ever seen and I’m going to miss her. It’s a massive loss to us female fans, but I wish her well and can’t wait until she does make her return back to the ring. I can’t fault her for wanting to take care of Adam “Edge” Copeland (man, I wish I could have talked my boyfriend into dressing up like Edge for Halloween. He easily could pull it off).
Hey, great news out of RAW last week, Jerry “The King” Lawler is set to return a week this Monday. Glad he’s doing well enough to come back. His heart attack in Montreal was a massive scare to everybody.
(“Personal Jesus”-Depeche Mode)Jake “the Snake” Roberts has reportedly moved in with Diamond Dallas Page in order to train and get back into ring shape for one more run. Roberts, who is 57 years old, wants one more go. Camera’s will be trained on both Page and Roberts as DDP helps whip Roberts into shape as he’s now weighing in at 302 pounds. WOW! Roberts started using DDPYoga as on of Page’s stipulations. Roberts started using the yoga program at his home in Texas and lost 20 pounds in the first 3 ½ weeks, and has so far lost 35 pounds all together. The goal is to get Roberts using things like Facebook and Twitter and also he will undergo drug testing and if he fails one, he’s gone.
“Bottom line is, everybody wants the comeback story. Everybody wants to see Jake look good, and feel good, and not be a mess anymore. That would be great. I think there are a lot of really positive things that can come out of this if Jake really does it.” -Diamond Dallas Page
As a Jake “the Snake” Roberts fan growing up, I would love nothing better than for him to get back into shape and be clean and healthy. (“You Shook Me All Night Long”-AC/DC) If he feels the need to return to the ring for a farewell match, I hope it’s in the WWE because I would love to see him one last time. In good shape and healthy. With the life that he’s lead, I’m actually surprised he’s still around to be talking about, but I’m glad he is. I’ve already lost 2 out of 3 of my heros, and Jake is the last one left. I’m rooting for Jake in every way possible. As much as I loved the special DVD set the WWE put out a few years ago, it broke my heart to see what happened to him.
(“If Not For You”-George Harrison) I watched the Hell In A Cell pay-per-view this past week. I don’t care what anyone says, but what Alberto Del Rio did to Randy Orton, had to fucking hurt like a son of a bitch;
With Orton not being flat on the ground when Del Rio jumped off onto his chest, I’m really shocked that Orton still has a sternum. There were two additional matches not advertised, which isn’t news. There always is now days; Antonio Cesaro defended his United States Championship successfully against Justin Gabriel. Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio defeated The Prime Time Players. Can I just say (“All My Loving”-The Beatles) that Antonio Cesaro may be Swiss, but when he talks, he sounds so much like the Swedish Chef from The Muppets. Just sayin. Lol!!! I can’t believe they put the World Heavyweight Championship on Big Show. Well, actually I can. In my gut, I think I knew that’s what they were going to do, I just didn’t want that to be the case. I was hoping once Big Show was done, that Sheamus would be defending it against Wade Barrett. No secret about my feelings for Wade, but c’mon, even you guys cannot deny the chemistry that Sheamus and Barrett had in the ring together the last few weeks. The only match worth talking about is The Intercontinental Championship. (“Bawitdaba”-Kid Rock)Kofi Kingston defended his championship successfully against The Miz, but those two stole the entire show as far as I’m concern. They had Match of The Night.
I have the greatest boyfriend in the world. On Thursday he went out and bought me WWE 13, for Xbox. I own a Wii, but he owns the Xbox 360, and he knew the graphics were so much better on the Xbox so he bought me the game for that game council Thursday night it was late and I didn’t really get much time to play it before I left for work, but Friday I started and I really enjoy the game.
I have a few issues, but that might just be me working on a game council that I’m not use to. There is a reason as to why (“Sympathy For The Devil”-The Rolling Stones) I love the Wii so much… less buttons to push. My issues are this, in this order; 1)I hate that I have to download Natalya. I get downloading legends and such but not a current Diva. 2) Why are the Bella’s in it? Weren’t they gone before they started making this? Now, THEY should be downloadables if they must be in the game. I could honestly do without the Twat Twins. 3) Give me time to reverse holds for crying all night! It either tells me I’m “too fast” or “too late”. This could be partially my fault since I have no idea which buttons are where or what. Also, I’m not a gamer. I don’t usually “game”. 4)My boyfriend is a quick learner and I thought I would be able to figure things out easier.
It’s a tough game, but I like it. I can’t figure out when you go to create a superstar or diva that when you create a diva they look like Chyna before all the plastic surgery, but hey whatever. Also missing, is Tyson Kidd. Where is Tyson? I could give a flying fuck over Mike Tyson, but I want Tyson Kidd. How am I suppose to have him and Justin Gabriel tag team when Tyson Kidd is missing out of the game? (“Barely Breathing”-Darren Criss & Cory Monteith from Glee)
All in all, I’m giving it 4 ½ out of 5 stars.
(“Glory Box”-Portishead) Well, I’m done folks. I’m tired and way behind on so much. Because, In Life…There Are Winners, and There Are Losers….Be Jealous and Be Sexy!
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Hey everyone, how are we doing this week? Did you get any trick or treats? I hope your Halloween was lots of fun! Mine was pretty good. I watched some scary stuff on TV including American Horror Story! That is a really creepy show! I really suggest you check it out if you haven’t already! I know this is going a little bit off topic at the moment but I really wanted to show you guys why I love Halloween! Check out my Pumpkin Carvings that I did this year! I carved Ironman, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Sleepy Hallow Scarecrow Face.
I really enjoy Halloween and love to carve pumpkins! I have been doing it for years now. Anyway I hope you enjoyed my carvings. J
Now back to wrestling related things. First off I laughed so hard last week at Sarge’s blog! OMG the guy who challenged CM Punk to a fight! What a big loser! I can’t believe this guy even bothers. Punk is not going to respond to the idiot. This guy needs to get a life (I don’t think he really can) but please stop making us wrestling fans look like idiots. To be honest I can’t believe there are so many wrestling fans who are morons. When Diva and I were at the Hamilton House show two months ago I was looking at the fans and I was thinking to myself oh man I look really hot compared to more than half of these fans! LOL I don’t mean to sound shallow but a lot of people there seem to be trailer trash. Not everyone was like that. I saw some normal wrestling fans there. I also have met some really great people at different signing events. It just sucks we have some stupid wrestling fans like that guy who challenged Punk to a fight.
Moving along Ryback didn’t end up winning the WWE Championship. I guess in a way I was hoping he would but now the more I think about it, I’m glad Punk is still the WWE Champion. I’m also glad he is in a traditional Survivor Series match too. That’s right folks; the next WWE PPV is Survivor Series. I will not mention the Montreal Screw job; nope it has been discussed, examined so many times. I don’t really need to bother. It is too bad when people think Survivor Series that comes up in our mind right away (well for me it does). The PPV concept is actually pretty good. I always liked how they had teams or 4 or 5 against each other. I also liked how the one year they had faces and heels on the same team! How cool was that?! This year we have Team Foley (sorry Diva for saying that) VS Team Punk. On Foley’s team we have Randy Orton, Ryback, Kane and Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston. On Punk’s team we have The Mize, Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandown, and Punk himself. It should be a good main event. John Cena won’t be involved with it. LOL
Speaking about Cena what do you all think of this “friendship” of AJ and Cena? Does anyone really care? I for one really like AJ as a character. But I hate how this affair has to involve John Cena. He seems to be in really bad storylines and it makes everyone dislike him even more. Plus Cena is such a horrible actor when he does scenes like this. I rather watch paint dry than Cena’s “real acting”. Anyway it seems this who AJ and Cena storyline is going to probably end up as a Survivor Series match. I can see John Cena and AJ VS Dolf Ziggler and Vicki. Yeah that will be an exciting match to watch. Haha I hope Dolf and Cena will carry the match well. Actually AJ isn’t a bad WWE Diva. I have seen her wrestle live before and she isn’t that bad. It is Vicki who I don’t want to see wrestle. I don’t mind her as an on air character but I can’t stand seeing her wrestle.
Seeing Big Show holding the World Championship seems so wrong to me. I’m watching him on Smackdown holding it and talking to Sheamus. I really thought Sheamus was going to win at HITC. I really hope Show’s title reign doesn’t last that long. I really hope Sheamus or Wade Barrett ends up getting it from him. But the way they booked Wade on RAW this week it makes you wonder if he will ever get a title shot.
As much as I love Randy Orton, he should be putting over younger talent. It just seems like he doesn’t really do it as much. I don’t know maybe it is just me who just sees it. I know when he was getting over Triple H done a lot for him along with Batista and Ric Flair. I think Orton should do the same. But I don’t give Orton all of the blame. It goes down to the writers again. They are the ones who decides who goes over and who doesn’t.
It is good to hear Jerry “The King” Lawler will be returning to the RAW announce team in two weeks. I’m really happy about that. I miss hearing The King do colour commentary every Monday Night. I’m not sure what is going to happen with Michael Cole when Lawler comes back. Will MC go back to being a heel or he will he just stay as he is now. I have a feeling JR will go back to announcing NXT. But it has been fun seeing JR on RAW.
Anyway that’s it for me this week, I hope you have a nice day!! J
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