Last week, it was reported that Brian Knobbs had been rushed to the hospital due to experiencing serious stomach-related issues. Doctors are saying it will be months before Knobbs can leave the hospital again. A GoFundMe has been created to help him with medical expenses. 

Eric Bischoff recently commented on Knobbs’ situation during an episode of his 83 Weeks podcast. According to Bischoff, the situation is worse than is being let on.

“I do know the complexities of what he’s dealing with and, since they haven’t been made it public, I’m not going to do that. I just want to let people know that his situation is much more serious than perhaps you’ve heard or read about,” Bischoff said.

Bischoff is encouraging everyone who can to please donate to Knobbs’ GoFundMe.

“I’m praying for him, and if anybody listening to this, man, please donate. It doesn’t matter if you donate a buck or a hundred bucks, or five bucks, please donate,” Bischoff continued.

As of this writing, the GoFundMe for Knobbs has raised $14,358 USD of its $20,000 goal. In addition to his stomach issues, Knobbs also needs surgery on his knee in order to walk again. A link to the GoFundMe is here.

Brian Knobbs has been hospitalized with what is being referred to as “major stomach issues.” He was rushed to the hospital recently and doctors are advising that he will likely need to remain there for months.

A GoFundMe has been created to help Knobbs with medical expenses.

“Brian was rushed by ambulance to the emergency ward where he is going through a battery of tests to determine the severity of his major stomach issues,” the GoFundMe reads. “His doctors have expressed extreme concern and told Brian that he will probably remain in the hospital for at least the next couple of months.”

Along with his partner Jerry Sags, the Nasty Boys were 1x WWF tag-team champions and 3x WCW tag-team champions. Knobbs was also a 3x WCW Hardcore Champion.

“Losing his ability to hit the road and make a living, and having Limited insurance to cover his mounting medical and household bills, Brian is humbly reaching out for help with a GoFundMe campaign. He’s not looking for a hand out, but rather asking for a hand up to help him heal.”

Knobbs has also been bothered by knee issues recently. Doctors are also saying he will need surgery to be able to walk again. A link to the GoFundMe is here.

Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags, collectively known as the legendary tag team The Nasty Boys, recently joined Bill Apter for an interview for The Apter Chat. During their conversation, the pair shared who they believe their toughest opponents have been throughout their lengthy careers. Knobs also addressed his health issues, detailing his recent problems and concerns.

Health Issues

Knobs explained how he recently suffered from an infection that affected his leg. This infection forced him to require a new knee replacement. He shared how he had been in the hospital for two weeks before having to undergo four weeks of rehab.

“I just got out, doing better, but I got to keep a track on everything because the infection, you know, it spreads, you got to watch yourself, I don’t want to lose my leg or anything,” Knobs said. “Diabetes is a very serious thing and anybody out there, I’d say don’t mess around, get checked, I got diabetic two and right now I got everything kind of normal again, under control, but it was a scary situation.”

The Nasty Boys Reveal Their Toughest Opponents

When asked who their toughest opponents have been, Sags reflected on how The Nasty Boys have been fortunate enough to work with so many legendary tag teams. For him, however, there was only one team that answered Apter’s question: The Steiner Brothers.

“The breakthrough match for us when we were really young was Ole Anderson paired us off and putting us against The Steiner Brothers,” Sags explained. “At that time, it was still the old school working. Here you have two guys that are amateur wrestlers, old dudes who didn’t want to get suplexed across the other side of the ring. But we let it rip with them, we can work with anybody, and that match was a breakthrough match because at Halloween Havoc we stole the show.”

He continued, “It was an incredible match that nobody has ever seen something like on a PPV or TV till that time. It was like what we did at those first street fights with Mick Foley in Chicago, and then the Philidelphia street fight. That was never seen before until we did it, that type of match on a PPV or live television situation. So, The Steiner Brothers is what put us to the next level, and then, of course, we got to the big highest level, which is WWE or WWF at the time. The Hart Foundation, rest of ’87, come on, that’s our pinnacle of those two putting us to a different level.”

Knobs then name-dropped other notable names. He pointed to teams like The Road Warriors, The British Bulldogs and a cavalcade others. Knobs credited their experiences with these teams in helping The Nasty Boys grow as they competed for numerous promotions across the world.

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– Following her release from WWE NXT yesterday, Abbey Laith issued the following statement on Twitter this afternoon.

https://twitter.com/AbbeyLaithWWE/status/972170039565651969

She already has an indie wrestling appearance lined up next month for Beyond Wrestling in her hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

BREAKING: Beyond Wrestling returns to the @WrestleFactory_ in Philadelphia for a doubleheader with @CHIKARApro on Saturday, 4/28 featuring #KimberLee's homecoming! @AbbeyLaithWWE #ShesAWrestler pic.twitter.com/g5jaLmyJ6o

— Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) March 9, 2018

https://twitter.com/AbbeyLaithWWE/status/972187956046958592

– The Nasty Boys, Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, wrestled matches in Germany over the weekend for Deutsche Wrestling Allianz (DWA) and Independent Pro Wrestling Germany (IPW Germany). According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Sags worked most of the matches since Knobbs “was hurting bad.”

https://instagram.com/p/Bf4N1fyFJA1/

Here is footage from their match for DWA.

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– Former WWE star Melina Perez is celebrating her birthday today as she turns 39 years. WWE is celebrating her birthday as well with these posts on social media.

https://instagram.com/p/BgHC3zJABWd/

Happy Birthday to former @WWE #WomensChampion @RealMelina! #WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/Njv09FQmsC

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) March 9, 2018

• Whatever happened to DDP’s ex-wife Kimberly?

Brian Knobbs, one-half of the legendary Nasty Boys tag-team, recently appeared as a guest on The Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling podcast. Below are some highlights from the interview.

On who was a favorite tag team of the Nasty Boys to work against: “We had some of our best matches with The Rockers. We liked each other and trusted each other, they are the ones that innovated the different maneuvers that you didn’t see before like the double leap frogs, double drop downs, double hip toss, double elbow/pop up a lot of double stuff put together and that was all done by Shawn (Michaels) and Marty (Jannety). We were more of the brawlers. But we worked so fantastic together. I remember a match against them that still holds up in my head and it’s on one of the Coliseum Videos from the WWF. Nasty Boys against The Rockers at the Royal Albert Hall in England. We were the tag champs at the time and what a great match we had, we just clicked and you could see that. When you are in with a group where you are learning from them or and maybe a little older then you in the ring and you get along then you can see the work that happens in the ring and how smooth it works and how good everything looks.”

On working with Jimmy Hart as the Nasty Boys manager: “I consider him to be our true manager. He is the one that took us to the top and he is definitely one of the best managers out there. From Capt. Lou Albano to Bobby “The Brain” Heenan you’ve got a lot of different managers out there, but Jimmy Hart is the hardest working man in show business and he still looks fantastic. He is still out there doing his thing and he loves this business and was a true manager for us when we first broke into the business. When we got to WWE, he said that he would ride with us and get a room together and help us out. After 10 days we landed in Tampa and he said “Nasty Boys, I love you but you guys can handle it from here”, he lasted 10 days with the Nasty Boys and we weren’t rooming or riding together anymore. But those were the crazy days, what can I say?”

On the origin of the Nasty Boys look: “When we were in Memphis, we came out in black ladies rain coats that looked like leather and had these spandex gold tights and long boots and Jerry Lawler said “if you are supposed to be Nasty Boys you don’t look like you are from the streets.” So me and Sags went out and really became the first ones who decided to cover up their bodies. Our arms looked great but everything else didn’t look that great so we could cover everything else and if our arms got any smaller we would have just worn long sleeve sweatshirts. We started to cover up and added the splash with the Nasty Boys logo and actually the only thing I didn’t like was that he (Lawler) painted our face and that was the Road Warriors trademark so we got rid of that right before we left Memphis.”

On today’s wrestling scene: “I still love the wrestling business, but the only thing I dislike is there are not too many places for the younger guys to go work. When we were growing up if you were good enough there were other places you could go work to become the very best at what you do and work on your craft. Today, I think that is missing in the wrestling business but everything changes and you have to go with the flow.”

On possibly being inducted into the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame: “That would be the final liner in the Nasty Boys legacy to get actually inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. That would put the ultimate stamp on our careers and we are getting older, me and Sags are both 52 and that would be the honor of all honors to get inducted. So I hope people are out their rooting for us because it would be our highest honor.”

Check out the complete interview at Podomatic.com.

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– With next year’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the company plans to pay homage to the famous area.

Besides Mick Foley likely being enshrined, there is discussion of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) and Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) being inducted, according to F4WOnline.com. Johnson made his debut at the famous arena in 1996, while Harlem Heat was a New York-based gimmick. In the case of The Nasty Boys, who hail from Allentown, Pennsylvania, the two were billed from “The Streets of New York City” during their time in World Championship Wrestling.

Company officials would also like to honor Owen Hart, who defeated Bret Hart in a memorable WrestleMania match at Madison Square Garden in 1994. Despite the push for Owen, the enshrinement is unlikely to materialize because his widow would not allow it. Hart’s brother Smith revealed on Twitter earlier this year, “Because she blames the wrestling business in its entirety for his death. “She is the sole owner of his estate. With Martha, there will never B a way, perhaps his kids may eventually make the choice. But thats at least 20 yrs in future.”

Plus, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events, is said to “desperately” want Bruno Sammartino enshrined, but it’s considered a long shot for a multitude of reasons.

– Though WWE has attempted to distance themselves from Chris Benoit since his career and life ended in a murder–suicide on June 24, 2007, the recently released WWE Encyclopedia features a sizable entry on the late wrestler. According to F4WOnline.com, this move has many people in WWE “baffled,” with his entry taking up more than half of a page.

The bio acknowledges Benoit emulating Dynamite Kid after seeing compete when he was 12-years-old, training in Stu Harts’s famous Dungeon, wrestling all over the world, making a name for himself in WCW before jumping to WWE, and fulfilling his destiny when he captured the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX in a Triple Threat Match versus Triple H and Shawn Michaels. There is no acknowledgment of the double murder/suicide, though he is addressed in the past tense.

– Mick Foley appears at Cherryvale Mall 7200 Harrison Ste 5 Rockford, Illinois tonight beginning at 6:00 p.m. as he signs copies of his new holiday children’s book, “A Most Mizerable Christmas.”

– Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, The Nasty Boys, are the latest profile addition to WWE.com’s Alumni section. WWE says of the duo:

“No tag team in sports-entertainment history was as hard-hitting, unpredictable and just plain nasty as the two sweaty, toothless thugs from Allentown, Pa. Over the course of a 15-year ring career, The Nasty Boys crushed skulls in AWA, WWE and WCW. No duo was safe from the gnarly antics of Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags.”

– Jake “The Snake” Roberts is now on Twitter at JakeSnakeDDT. Jake tweeted on Thursday:

day 2 on this computer havent mastered yet u can teach a old dog new tricks even shit thats outside the box like this yoga sobriety

— JakeSnakeDDT (@JakeSnakeDDT) November 14, 2012

The official YouTube account of Diamond Dallas Page has released two videos of one of DDP’s yoga clients giving the legendary wrestler a tutorial on the social networking website.

– WWE.com is advertising the Raw Supershow taking place August 6 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas as Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night.

– WWE developmental wrestler Bo Rotundo is now listed as Bo Dallas on the official website of Florida Championship Wrestling.

– Bill Goldberg and Brian Knobbs were among the celebrities at the Jim Kelly Celebrity Classic VIP Charity Gala Sunday night in Buffalo, New York. Goldberg appeared on stage a few times to quiet the crowd while Kelly spoke but mostly kept out of sight at the event. Knobbs was very accessible as he took pictures and mingled with guests all night long.

source: F4WOnline.com

— Dave Bautista revealed an altered appearance in a brief video published Wednesday evening on Viddy.com. The former WWE Superstar is currently in Montreal filming the movie Chronicles of Riddick 2, which also stars Vin Diesel.

— Jim Ross stated on Twitter that he was backstage at Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma working on an undisclosed project with Jerry Lawler. The Wrestling Globe Newsletter reports Ross spent the afternoon working with THQ on their next WWE video game, WWE ’13. Ross and Lawler will be providing commentary for the game.

— PWF Northeast Pro Wrestling will present their tenth anniversary show on February 18 at the West End Rec Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The Nasty Boys—Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags—and Steve Corino are scheduled to appear.

— It was reported Sunday that Randy Orton, who is out of action after suffering a herniated disc on the L4-L5 level on the left side, would be returning on Jan. 16 Raw SuperShow in Anaheim, California. He is now scheduled for all SmackDown events beginning on Jan. 17.

— A photograph circulating online of The Undertaker and Michelle McCool arriving at an arena parking lot is being inaccurately depicted as being taken today in Memphis, Tennessee. The photo is over a year old as it was taken in September 2010.

— The Nasty Boys, Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, appear at the In Your Face Wrestling Academy 3 Mcelwain Ave. Cohoes, New York this Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

— Jerry Lawler headlines AAW Wrestling’s event on Feb. 24 in Merrionette Park, Illinois at 115 Bourbon Street. Visit aawrestling.com for more information.

According to multiple accounts, former WWE Tag Team Champion Brian Knobbs mocked Randy Savage’s death at a wrestling convention last Friday in Newark, California.

A number of former WWE stars were on hand for Big Time Wrestling’s annual Wrestlefest event last Friday at the Newark Pavilion including Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Jim Neidhart, Jerry Sags, Greg Valentine and Jimmy Hart. News of Savage’s passing broke Friday and Knobbs was cracking jokes about the deceased wrestler later that day in front of his longtime colleagues.

Waltman, who witnessed Knobbs’ mean-spirited behavior, took to Twitter to criticize the Nasty Boys member.

He wrote, “There’s no shoot brewing with Knobs. He’s just an asshole for making jokes about Randy Savage dying on the same day it happened. He’s pathetic.”

Waltman also wrote the following to Hulk Hogan, a close friend of Knobbs’: “I’m sorry to even bring you into Knobs BS, but he needs to be held accountable for once. You’re the only one I know who can do it.”

Lanny Poffo was also scheduled to appear at the event but canceled due to the death of his brother.

Brian Knobs appeared on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show this week and spoke at length about the Nasty Boys’ recent run in TNA, the recent altercation between Ric Flair and Orlando Jordan’s  male companion, whether the Nasty Boys have spoken to WWE and more. You can listen to the entire interview at MondayNightMayhem.com (MP3).

Interview highlights courtesy of The Mayhem’s official correspondent, Paterson From New Jersey:

The truth behind The Nasty Boys reportedly being released from TNA Wrestling: “Right now, no one has contacted me or Saggs. No one from TNA. I have talked to Hogan, and he has not verified whether we are not. Supposedly, we are still with TNA. Nobody hasn’t told us anything yet. There’s a lot of stuff going on there as you see. They went to Monday nights, they’re trying to get ratings up, they’re throwing a lot of stuff together right now, and right now we are in ‘the limbo factor.’ Nobody has told us that we are there or not there yet. I’m not gonna speculate like everyone else is on the Internet, and I’m not gonna throw wild stories out there like ‘Brian Knobbs acted crazy to one of the executives at Spike, took his pants down, & ran naked across the pool at The Hard Rock.’ C’mon, we know better than that.”

The truth behind the alleged incident at The Hard Rock Cafe: “Let me put this into perspective. Something did happen two or three weeks ago, but I was there with Orlando Jordan’s significant other & Ric Flair. Now you don’t think that if I went crazy & we haven’t been there in over a month, even if it was in February or January, somebody would have said or put on the internet because they are a bunch of fans in front of everyone? There are no private parties like they put on the internet. There was nothing like that. Every time we were through with a match, we went out for a couple of beers, and we were professional as hell. We were at the Hard Rock Cafe, and we were with everybody. So you don’t think if we were acting like people are saying, it would have been on the internet the next day. Not when you hear The Nasty Boys are not there now, and this might have happened; that’s all speculation, and it’s a bunch of BS.”

Knobbs’ relationship with Hogan, Eric Bischoff, & Dixie Carter when The Nasty Boys came into TNA & if it changed throughout their run with the company: “Let’s face it. Me & Hulk are good buds, and we are always going to be good buds, but Hulk brought us in. Hulk asked me & Saggs, we did not ask to come to TNA. Hulk asked us to come help him out, and that’s what we were doing. We were coming to help him out. We never went against Team 3-D, and it was like a legendary match-up made in heaven, since they’re crazy, and we’re crazy. So we loved it, and said, ‘Sure we’ll come help.’ Now Dixie Carter has always been nice to us, always a real sweetheart. She’s out there doing a lot of things, and she always talked to us real nice. Eric Bischoff on the other hand…you never know. It’s 50-50 with him. He’s now running a lot of stuff again, so who knows…Between Hulk & Dixie Carter, there is no ill will, and I wouldn’t think there would be no ill will between us & Eric, but you never know.”

Was there any heat from the TNA locker room towards either Knobbs or Saggs: “Truthfully if there was, they never really showed it to me & Saggs. Everybody was great to us, and everybody showed us a lot of respect, and we do have a lot of friends down there too. Sting’s a very good friend from many years, and Kurt Angle’s a good friend. We had wars with Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) in WCW, so we have a lot of buddies down there also, so when came in, we fit right in. We never got into with anybody. We joked around…had fun. There was no ribs pulled or nothing like that. The old Nasty Boys didn’t come out…that’s for sure. As mind-bogging as it is to you guys, it’s pretty mind-boggling to us.”

Whether The Nasty Boys were contacted by the WWE prior to going to TNA or have been since their reported release: “We got contacted back in January. They called me and left a message to call them back, and they wanted to see what our status was in TNA. It was short & sweet, and they left a number, but I never did call it. I told Hogan they called us, and he said we should check it out, but I said right now, we’re down here, and our loyalty is our loyalty.”

More is contained in this exclusive interview with one half of The Nasty Boys, including Brian’s candid comments about The Honky Tonk Man being one of the first outlets to break the news about The Nasty Boys reported release from TNA, debuting for the company as the “Hogan/Bischoff Era” was just beginning (and how things changed after their splash into the promotion), along with his thoughts about The Nasty Boys’ chances at the WWE Hall Of Fame/the possibilities of getting inducted. For all of the details on the Nastyville School of Pro Wrestling, Log onto www.NastyKnobbs.com