Joe's 411: B/R Pro Wrestling News (July 8, '09)

Joe Burgett by Senior Writer Written on July 08, 2009
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I feel his pain, as I have had something similar happen to me; and believe me, it isn't comfortable by any means. I have to give Hardy credit for gutting it through the match despite abdominal issues.

We need to remember, Hardy also had his appendix taken out because of problems with it. He got sick fast and had to have emergency surgery to remove it, if my memory serves me correct.

So with that said, Hardy does have a history of issues in the gastric area and this did not help the cause any.

Let's hope he heals up fast, so we can see him back soon. The original plan was to see him back at or near Cyber Sunday as he is supposed to be out eight to 10 weeks.

 

WWE Marijuana CrackDown

From what reports are saying, the WWE is not cracking down as hard on Superstars who test positive for marijuana. While the WWE will always fine the Superstars who test positive for it $1,000 dollars, they have not been stopping many pushes as of late.

Before, the WWE would stop pushing stars that tested positive. They would even take titles away from them, and sometimes suspend them.

As a matter of fact, Rob Van Dam quit the WWE because of the fact that he was not happy being scaled back there because of his usage of the drug. As we all know, RVD has been for and will always be for the usage of marijuana. He did leave for his wife too, but he said that he could have stayed and had a lighter schedule to be with his wife and still wrestle.

RVD claims that marijuana is not bad for you, that smoking cigarettes or using cocaine kills more people than marijuana does. While that is true, he did say kills more, not that it didn't kill people because it has been proven to do so.

It also doesn't help out a person's life at all. It is addictive, no matter who says it isn't. You want to use it more and more of course which leads you to ONLY wanting to do that and forgetting everything else. Also, it kills your lungs the same way cigarettes do, just not as fast, depending on how often is it used.

The drug is also illegal, so if a WWE Superstar gets caught with it, they will be arrested. If caught on more than one occasion, there is a possibility of a few years in prison, so the WWE is risking their company's well-being by keeping people on the roster who use the drug.

Also, if a champion gets caught, they can really hurt the image of the WWE. The WWE, of course, does not want that, which is why people who are in the middle of pushes or are doing well on shows are basically sent to jobbing instead of main-eventing.

Take a guy like Brian Kendrick for example. He is a guy who will never live up to his potential because he'd rather be high. He is not, and will never be good because of it. This is why the WWE has tried to push him, but never really went through with it. He is killing his career by using the drug, and this is why the WWE will never make him a champion again, especially a singles champion.

Now, some stars who saw this figured out that if people are going to lose their spot because of using the drug, then we need to stop too—and many who were using did.

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