— The ESPN news magazine program E:60 is considering doing a piece on Scott Hall, which would center on his publicized struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction. The piece could also be in conjunction of the death of Randy Savage and the recent story of over 25 percent of the performers for WrestleMania VII no longer being alive.

— WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper spoke to WWE.com about lending his voice to an alien bounty hunter named Bolphunga in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, available on DVD and Blu-Ray this Tuesday.

— Former WWE talent Diamond Dallas Page, Stacy Carter and Kizarny are advertised to appear at the Frank & Son Collectible Show in Industry, California on Saturday, June 25 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Visit www.frankandsonshow.net for more information.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— On Saturday, Scott Hall made his first wrestling related appearance since appearing intoxicated at an independent wrestling event in Fall River, Massachusetts on April 8. The multi-time champion seconded Santana Garrett for her match against the D.T.W. Ninja at an independent wrestling show in Sanford, Florida.

Hall cut a promo prior to the match putting over Garrett, calling her “the future of ladies professional wrestling.”

Video of his appearance is available here.

— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson won the award for “Biggest Ass Kicker” at the Spike TV 2011 Guys Choice Awards last night in Los Angeles, California. The dedicated the victory to the U.S. military. The awards show airs this Friday.

— Former WWE star Simon Dean celebrates his 39th birthday today.

Kevin Nash appeared on The LAW radio show on Sunday night and spoke very candidly about his longtime friend Scott Hall’s ongoing battle with substance abuse. The entire episode of The LAW can be heard at TheFightNetwork.com.

Related News: Hall In Very Bad Shape: Ex-Wife Gives Up After Final Attempt To Help

Here is what Kevin Nash said about Hall’s current state:

“These people will say things like ‘you need to have an intervention’ or someone said ‘you need to take Scott fishing without alcohol’ and no one grasps the severity of what this situation is. This is someone that has been to rehab nine times and probably walked out three to four times. He’s been in and out of hospitals for the last year and a couple of times – in Providence (for a recent independent show) – what happened was Scott took a really bad fall in his house and hurt his hip really badly and of course the promoter said Hall got off the plane in a wheelchair blah, blah, blah. I talked to Scott and Scott said ‘I never miss a shot and I’m going to make this shot’ and I told him he sounded horrible and he said ‘yeah’. Somas are the worst thing for wrestlers and I think they’ve killed more wrestlers than anything. He took some of those and hadn’t taken those in a long time and had a really bad reaction…they put him up there for 72-hours and the thing is Scott has been through so many hospitals, so many psych wards, evaluations and so many rehab centers that Scott knows every catch phrase and he knows exactly what the psychologist wants to hear and we’re all workers – that’s what we are and in 72-hours Scott is gone.”

“He’s at a place right now where the peaks and valleys are so incredibly high and low and the last week he’s been at a level spot, his health is bad. I think he went in and saw some doctors and he’s not going to walk in and get a gold label of health and when you get news from doctors that your heart isn’t functioning so well, this isn’t functioning well and this isn’t functioning well and to get all that news all in one day he went into a semi bender.”

“I can’t make Scott Hall want to live, I can’t make Scott Hall want to get better, I can’t make Scott want to repair his relationship with his children, I can’t make any of those things happen and the only one who can is Scott. When and if he does I will be the happiest person on earth. He always knows no matter what, day or night, if he needs me and really needs me or needs anything or anything of me or for him I will be there in an hour and he knows that. I can’t be his therapist, I can’t be his wife, I can’t be his rehabilitation specialist but I can be his friend. I think he needs friends more than he needs people telling him what he has to do or not to do. Lately it’s like the ninth inning, two out, a full count and they’ve walked into the baseball game and sitting in their seat and telling us what’s been going on in the game – I’ve been doing this for 17-years with Scott, you don’t just jump into the game and tell me what he needs to do because you haven’t been here, you haven’t lived it, you haven’t done that and Dana (Hall) has. A lot of people think she’s a crack pot but people forget she has two children with the man, that’s real flesh and blood and Cassidy and Cody are great kids and they deserve better but at the same time Scott – people think Scott’s problem is he likes to get drunk and likes to take drugs and he’s an addict and he’s not – he has post traumatic stress and had several incredibly horrible incidents happen in his early youth going on to his adolescence and early adulthood and he has had things happen to him that he cannot get through.”

“When you are trying to numb a memory that’s when you have a problem and you’re trying to forget something – that’s a problem. He’s not out being a rock star, he’s making things in his mind go away because he cannot shut it off and does it for days at a time and then when he does think about it he realizes the problem is still there.”

Scott Hall is in very bad shape once again – and his ex-wife Dana fears he may be on the verge of ultimately losing his battle to drug and alcohol addiction. In an interview with Mike Mooneyham of PostandCourier.com, Dana Hall tells a very sad story about her recent attempt to reach out to Scott one last time.

“I could barely understand him, but finally heard him say he was sorry for his behavior, and after wrapping his head around it, he knew he was going to die, didn’t have much time left, and wanted me and the kids to be with him in the end.”

She says Hall hung up when she started to talk and would not answer when she called him back. Not knowing what his condition might be, she says she called 911 to meet her at Hall’s home 10 miles away in case he needed help.

“He sounded like he might be dying,” she says. “I was freaking out because he sounded really bad.”

Emergency medical technicians were already on the scene and climbing through a bedroom window when she arrived. When she got to the front porch, she says, Hall was pushing an EMT out of the door.

“It was nothing short of a scene from ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ meets ‘The Shining.’ This is no exaggeration … I wish it was,” she says.

When he saw her, she says, Hall “went into a rampage against me, telling them to get this (expletive) off his property.”

“He was threatening to beat them all up, doing the crotch chop thing to them, making a fool of himself, ranting and raving like a crazed mental person,” she said.

“I had my hands out to him and was crying, and he could have cared less. He just went on with his ranting,” she says. “He at one point held his hand up to strike me, and they moved me away. There were like eight paramedics and six officers. I told him goodbye. This would be the last time I would come see him.”

“I feel like such a fool for falling for it again. There was nothing behind his eyes but hate and evil. He made his bed … now he has to lie in it.”

This is just the tip of iceberg. Dana Hall spoke at length about her husband’s long battle with addiction, which began long before he rose to the top of the pro wrestling world during the mid 1990’s as Razor Ramon in the WWF.

To read more from Dana Hall’s interview with Mike Mooneyham, visit PostandCourier.com.

Dana Hall told Mike Mooneyham of The Post and Courier that he ex-husband, Scott Hall, now has little contact with their children—16-year-old daughter Cassidy and 19-year-old son Cody.

“He hasn’t seen Cassidy since August 2010,” Dana said. “I don’t think he has seen Cody in almost two years. They may have had one or two brief phone calls since then, but nothing that I know of.

Dana, who fears that her children have suffered irreparably from the dysfunction of the family, says her son won’t communicate with his father “until Scott gets in rehab and away from the enablers he is with.”

“He calls inconsistently and texts him, and Cody doesn’t respond… They hold it in. They hate to talk about it, but they accept that they don’t have a father or a normal life. The last time I talked to him face to face was when I took Cassidy to the hospital to tell him goodbye last August. It was a horrible scene. He had been doing crack cocaine for days and had used all the money in the account he wrote the child support check on and it had bounced.

“I have cut off his contact with me and the kids, and ignore his calls, texts and messages to me, which are 99 percent negative and nasty when he is drunk. At this point, he can have no contact with us unless I know his intentions. Actions speak louder than words.”

Nash stated last week in a blog post that Hall’s problems go beyond substance addiction. His issues, Nash says, are based on events that happened before his wrestling career, and Hall’s only coping mechanism is turning to drugs and alcohol.

“I can tell you Scott Hall has neither a drug or alcohol addiction … Scott’s problem is he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Drugs and alcohol aren’t the problem; to Scott they are the solution,” Nash wrote.

“Please don’t judge Scott on what you just saw. He would give any of you a kidney … He’s my brother (and) we will get through this.”

Dana, however, believes Scott, is running out of options.

“Pretty much, we are done, his brothers are done, his mother is worried sick, feels helpless … We try to live life as if he is already dead, until he does something really bad, and then it is kind of hard to ignore.”

The article is available here.

Hall’s son Cody accompanied Nash to the hospital for a brief visit on Thursday. Dana updated her Twitter page today with news that Scott is out of the hospital, but has not entered a treatment program.

— Miss Tessmacher cut an interview on last night’s episode of TNA iMPACT! and noted the differences in TNA Wrestling during the time she was away. The former WWE Diva says she has been training during that time and that she wants “that championship.” She closed by telling the ‘bitches’ in TNA that Miss Tessmacher is back.

— Eric Bischoff posted a message concerning Scott Hall on his Facebook account yesterday: “Just read Kevin Nash’s latest update on Scott Hall. I agree with Kevin 100% on the real issues at the core of Scott’s problems. God bless Kevin as well as Scott’s family and friends. I hope they find a way to reach Scott before its too late. Scott really is a good man underneath all the scar tissue and pain.”

— Jay Lethal, who was released earlier this week by TNA Wrestling, is accepting independent bookings via Jaylethal471@gmail.com.

— Jeff and Karen Jarrett will be “honorary crew members” for the Joe Denette Motorsports racing team at the Nashville Super Speedway tonight at the Bully Hill Vineyards 200.

source: PWInsider.com

Kevin Nash has updated his blog on Tumblr.com with an update on the heath of his longtime friend, Scott Hall. We wish there was better news to report here ..

According to Nash, Scott Hall is going through a very dark period, one of his worst ever. Nash explains that Scott’s problems are a lot deeper than substance abuse and asks people to see Hall as a human being like all of us, with feelings and problems that might ultimately take him down for good.

Here’s part of what Nash wrote:

“Over the last few weeks, since the horrifying New England appearance of Scott Hall, my Twitter page has blown up with plea’s to help Scott. First of all, nobody has to ASK me to help Scott Hall. I consider Scott like a brother. He’s much more than a friend. I have spent more time with Scott Hall in the last 18 years than I have with my wife in the 23 years we’ve been married. We have no secrets between each other. This is ‘real life’. Nobody knows what Scott has gone thru since early childhood to what he has gone thru up unto this point, except for me. I can tell you Scott Hall has neither a drug or alcohol addiction, Scott’s problem is he suffer’s from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Drugs and alcohol aren’t the problem, to Scott they are the solution. He is a fragile and broken human being, not a race horse that you take a whip to to perform. Scott Hall is in bad shape and each time I talk to him I feel it may be the last. It’s gotten to the point where I save his voice mails, much like I would’ve saved Andrew’s (Test), because I knew sometimes when I heard his message it could be the last. The media will want to blame wrestling when Scott passes. Scott was broken way before he broke into the ring for the first time.”

To read the full blog, visit Tumblr.com. Please keep Scott Hall in your thoughts and let’s pray he pulls through this.

— Scott Hall has made his first public comments since his latest public incident on Friday night. Hall tweeted on Monday @ScottHallNWO:

“At the hospital in New England! Doing good. Thanx for all your well wishes & support! The Bad Guy!”

– WWE Tough Enough contestant Miss USA Rima Fikah told The Detroit Free Press this weekend that she regrets using so much colorful language during last week’s premiere episode. Fikah said:

“I don’t want younger girls to think it’s OK to say bad words. But I do want younger girls to know you have to stand up for yourself.”

– Former WWE NXT Rookie Aksana defeated AJ Lee to become the new FCW Divas Champion at this past Thursday’s WWE developmental tapings in Florida.

Top Rope Promotions owner Steve Ricard sent us the following statement regarding the Scott Hall incident on Friday night:

Top Rope Promotions has been holding family oriented wrestling shows for 30 years now, and on our 30th Anniversary event, we brought in one of the biggest names in pro wrestling, Scott Hall (aka Razor Ramon).

We drew a packed house and a good majority of them were there to see Hall. Hall and his people down in FL had all claimed he was clean and good to go. His flight and hotel were pre paid, and his appearance fee was demanded upon arrival at the airport (which he asked for within 3 min of being picked up).

Hall had arrived in a wheel chair with 3 bottles of prescription pills in his posession. Hall had performed an interview with our local newspaper The Herald News around 6 PM on Thursday night, saying how much he was looking forward to coming to the show, and how he was clean. Less then 24 hrs later, he showed up in the state he was in, demanding his appearance fee. Right off the bat, we were in a bad situation.

Having Hall at the building, already pre paid with his appearance fee, hotel, flight, etc. He even harassed my driver in the process. Hall was persistent to appear on the show. His heart was in the right place, unfortunately I can’t say the same about his mind or his body.

Throughout the night he made threats to numerous members of my staff, as well as myself demanding more money, demanding to go to the ring when he wanted to etc. He was also threatening to kill me if I “screwed” him over. I’m 31 years old and I should be in no circumstances, babysitting someone in there 50’s.
Hall made at best, an embarrassing performance in the ring and for the fans who came to see him, trashing matches that were on the show before him and addressing the crowd as if we were in England.

Neither Hall, nor anyone who helped line up the date, or any of his close friends or agents have called to apologize or offer a refund for his “less then stellar” appearance. He showed his true colors and who he was this past Friday night. If he’s upset that we’re airing a stream of this atrocious appearance, maybe he should issue an apology to the fans, the promotion, and the workers of the company. One would only assume that no one that night got what they paid for, myself included.”

– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross wrote the following about Scott Hall’s recent troubles:

“Didn’t mention scott hall’s recent incident over wk’end. Don’t know any details. Feel bad 4 scott & pray 4 his good health. Really talented.”

– TNA executive Eric Bischoff posted the following on his Facebook page:

“Just watched the video of Scott Hall’s appearance in New England. Wish I knew how to help him. I know that others (including Vince McMahon) have tried recently. He was such an amazing talent, and deep down inside, a great person. His demons are killing him.”

– Kevin Nash also wrote about Scott Hall’s Friday night incident and asked people to support his friend during this tough time:

“Scott is in the hospital up north,I’ll be at the airport when he lands and taking him to my home when he lands. Please don’t judge Scott on what you just saw.He would give any of you a kidney. to the motherf—– that made a joke who would want his kidney lol send me your address and lets see how funny it is. he’s my brother we will get through this. To Scotts fans thank you 4 your love you’re as special as he is”

A representative of Scott Hall told TMZ that he is upset that Top Rope Promotions is using footage of his in-ring incident from Friday night to promote their online pay-per-view event taking place tonight.

“We find the footage to be very distasteful and not suitable for a pay-per-view audience and it’s sad that the promoter has decided to air the uncut footage from the pay-per-view,” representative Geena Jinev Anac said.

A video was posted online of Hall struggling to get into the ring, followed by a promo to purchase the online event.

Hall was hospitalized following an appearance at an independent wrestling show in River Fall, Massachusetts on Friday. He is being treated for cardiac issues and possible complications from the 10 different prescriptions he’s taking.

TMZ reports that Scott Hall was hospitalized following an appearance at a “low rent” wrestling show in Massachusetts on Friday.

The former wrestling champion was taken to a local hospital to be treated for cardiac issues. Hall’s publicist says he will be hospitalized for at least three more days while doctors examine his health.

TMZ reports that Hall is taking ten different medicines for “various ailments.” He was hospitalized earlier this week after overdosing on prescription medication.

Hall appeared for Top Rope Promotions Friday night in Fall River, Massachusetts. TMZ says he “looked clearly out of it” throughout his appearance and needed ten minutes to get out of the ring with assistance from police officers.

As we’ve been covering here on the site, Scott Hall appeared at a live event for Top Rope Promotions on Friday night and was in “no condition to perform.” Hall could barely walk or stand up on his own and had to be held up by several people.

Ryan Drew from Top Rope Promotions sent word that Hall showed up to the building in the afternoon under the influence of something and was “belligerent and incoherent.”

There was an autograph signing and Hall fell asleep during it and when he was awake, his signature consisted of a line, not a name. Drew issued the following statement to pwinsider.com regarding Hall’s latest episode:

“Unfortunately, Top Rope Promotions does not own the footage, the iPPV company does. And they plan on running the iPPV as planned with Scott Hall segment intact. TRP would like to issue an apology and would urge fans not to order the iPPV, as the Scott Hall footage is disturbing. He needed several people to get him in and out of the ring. And he even fell over in the ring. Please pray for the guy. We wish him the best.”

• View The Footage Here: Scott Hall A Total Mess Friday Night (So Sad)

It was reported earlier this week that former WWE star Scott Hall had been hospitalized due to a drug overdose. Hall’s reps over at Lightening Entertainment issued the following statement on Thursday night disputing the original report:

For Immediate Release
New York, NY

Recent rumors regarding wrestler Scott Hall following a drug overdose were denied by Scott Hall’s rep Geena Jinev Anac of Lightening Entertainment. “I just spoke to Scott, he is at home, doing fine in Orlando FL.

“Late last night Scott was at the hospital due to extremely low blood pressure & his doctor changed his blood pressure medication. Scott never overdosed last night, he is still recovering from last summer’s double pneumonia & is being treated for heart. Scott regularly visits the hospital for blood work & checkups.”

“All these rumors on the media are completely untrue & fabricated. “Scott is thankful to all his fans for their continuous support through thick and thin and looking forward in his future appearances throughout the states.” Concluded Geena Jinev Anac

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— Former WWE talent Scott Hall announced last week that he would not be on hand for this weekend’s WrestleMania XXVII festivities in Atlanta, Georgia because the atmosphere would be detrimental to his quest to stay sober. CM Punk took to Twitter to praise Hall for his efforts.

“Is it true that Scott Hall didn’t attend the HOF due to it being a situation that threatened his sobriety?” he wrote last night. “If so this needs to be commended.”

— WWE.com has posted a brief video of Daniel Bryan giving his thoughts on competing in his first match at WrestleMania. He considers it a milestone as it’s always been a dream of his to compete at the event.

— Yoshi Tatsu beat Justin Gabriel in a singles bout during last night’s WrestleMania Axxess session.

source: prowrestling.net

During an interview over the weekend with the Wrestling News Live radio show, former WWE superstar Scott Hall set the record straight as to whether he will be attending WrestleMania weekend and Shawn Michaels’ Hall of Fame induction.

“ I want to announce right now that I wanted to be in Atlanta to see Shawn (Michaels) get inducted into the hall of fame but I had to change my mind because I’m not strong enough to be in that situation right now. All I wanted to be was around all my old buddies in Atlanta where we were over like rover with the NWO stuff, such a fun city… but being with the boys is such a heavy trigger for me to party like that. I’m not ready for that atmosphere, I’m just going to sit at home and watch it on Pay Per View”.

For somebody that’s had a very storied history of battling addiction, you’ve gotta give Hall a ton of credit for making what appears to be a very difficult decision. You can tell how bad he wants to be there, but at this point in his life, he’s putting his sobriety first – and that’s something he deserves a ton of credit for.

To listen to an MP3 of the interview, click here.

Former WWE talent Scott Hall was sentenced to three months probation today in a Tampa, Florida courtroom stemming from his arrest last year on charges of disorderly intoxication and resisting a police officer.

On May 14, 2010, authorities were called to the Hitching Post Bar in Chuluota after Hall, who had been “drinking heavily” according to a police report, “became aggressive”. When authorities arrived, they found Hall yelling and cursing at the patrons and staff of the bar. Hall was told he was not allowed to return to the establishment. On his police report, Hall listed himself as an “unemployed” professional wrestler, despite having a job with TNA Wrestling.

Following his release from TNA a month later, Hall checked into a WWE sponsored rehab. Hall checked out of the rehab facility in early October 2010. Hall was recently hospitalized, as he needed a pacemaker implanted into his heart.

source: PWInsider.com

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– One of our WWE sources is under the impression that Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio is not very happy that there’s another Mexican wrestling star, Mistico, coming to WWE. Del Rio knows that Rey Mysterio’s in-ring career will not last forever and apparently does not want competition in being seen as WWE’s top Mexican performer.

– WWF Wrestling Buddies, the early 1990s pillow toys most of us have given a few off-the-couch elbow drops to, were ranked as one of the 100 Best Toys of all-time by Time Magazine.

– Kevin Nash is starring in a new DVD movie called Monster Brawl which also stars former WWE star Kurrgan, WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart and UFC referee Herb Dean.

– Scott Hall wrote on Twitter that he and fellow Kliq member Sean Waltman will be filming a shoot interview next week.

– The Cartoon Network’s animated show MAD will air a WWE parody called “WWER” tonight. The sketch will feature a hybrid world of WWE and the old NBC show ER and will feature parodies of  Triple H, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston and WWE divas.

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

Scott Hall posted his latest “Last Call with Scott Hall” video, where he and Larry Zbyszko remember the late Curt Hennig on the eighth anniversary of his death. Curt Hennig, the father of WWE star Michael McGillicutty, passed away on February 10, 2003.

Check out the video below, where Hall and Zbyszko watch an old AWA match from 1985, where Hall and Hennig took on AWA tag champions Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal.

– WWE announced on Wednesday that it has signed a new 5-year agreement with its current television partner in Japan, the J Sports Broadcasting Corporation. . J Sports will continue to exclusively carry WWE pay-per-views as well as RAW, SmackDown, NXT and Superstars. For more on this story, visit Corporate.WWE.com.

– Speaking of WWE and Japan, former WWE Diva China told TMZ.com this week that she’s currently enrolled in language classes at UCLA in California. Her goal is to teach English to children in Japan. She told TMZ, “I love TV but I’m ready to move on,” she said. “I’m glad I’ve finally figured out what I want to do.”

– Scott Hall appeared in a Florida courtroom this week to answer charges related to a probation violation stemming from his September 2010 arrest for public intoxication and resisting arrest charges. As we’ve seen with Jeff Hardy’s pending drug charges, Hall received a continuance until March 7th. The judge is allowing Hall to travel to Texas for his latest rehab stint, but he has been ordered to keep in contact with his probation officer and attorney.

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Former WWE and WCW star Scott Hall was recently interviewed The Miami Herald and said he’s heading back to the Menninger Clinic in Houston for treatment. Here are some highlights of what Hall said about:

Going Back To Rehab & Mental Illness “This place is really cool because it’s a psychiatric hospital. A lot the people there don’t have drug and alcohol stuff. Mental illness is real, and I got them. I don’t know if it’s the multiple concussions or the lifestyle choices…I’m going to a place where they can help me.”

His health: “I recently had this pacemaker/defibrillator put in my heart. We have bad hearts in my family genetically. My lifestyle contributed to it, too. I made some bad decisions and some bad choices. If you dance with the devil, you got to pay the price.”

Training Former WWE star Ricky Ortiz: “This is my first student ever. People ask why I don’t open a wrestling school. I tell them that I’m not just going to take anybody’s money, if they can’t handle it. If I don’t think you are going to be a big star, I’m not going to try to hurt anybody’s feelings, but I’m not going to waste my time. So I got this cat [Young]. He doesn’t drink or do drugs. He is very positive. He is like the young me.”

His Trips To Rehab: “I have been to about nine rehabs. They were high dollar and some of the best ones around. [WWE Chairman] Vince [McMahon] has picked up the tab the last couple of times. If you ever work or worked for WWE, if you ever need help, he will give it to you. He is really cool. Thank Vince, his wife Linda, [daughter] Stephanie, [son] Shane and Paul [Levesque/Triple H]. Thank you for helping me. It’s hard to ask for help. It’s even harder to accept it, when people offer it.”

— WWE Hall of Famers Eddie Guerrero, Sgt. Slaughter and Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka have been confirmed for THQ’s WWE All Stars video game.

— The storied careers of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were highlighted on last night’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection. The following segments aired:

* “Razor Ramon” vs. Savio Vega from WWF Raw on September 30th, 1996
* The Diamond Stud and Oz vs. Tom Zenk and Big Josh from WCW Main Event on August 25th, 1991
* Razor Ramon’s vignette from WWF Superstars on June 13th, 1992
* Razor Ramon vs. Paul Van Dow from WWF Superstars on August 15th, 1992
* Shawn Michaels introducing Diesel from WWF Raw on June 7th, 1993
* Diesel vs. Lex Luger from WWF Raw on July 18th, 1994
* Scott Hall invading WCW from WCW Monday Nitro on May 27th, 1996
* Scott Hall introducing Kevin Nash from WCW Monday Nitro on June 10th, 1996
* Eric Bischoff confronting The Outsiders from WCW Great American Bash 1996
* The Outsiders vs. The Nasty Boys vs. Meng and The Barbarian from WCW World War 3 in 1996

— WWE Champion The Miz appears tomorrow for an autograph signing at the Kmart located on Boardman-Poland Road in Youngstown, Ohio beginning at 5:00 p.m. A wristband policy is in effect for the first 300 attendees.

source: PWInsider.com

— Former WWE talent Scott Hall recently caused a disturbance at a gas station near his Chuluota, Florida residence which resulted in police being summoned. However, he was not arrested.

— Rebecca Budig, who hosted Sunday Night Heat on MTV in the fall of 2000, is a finalist on ABC’s Skating with the Stars. Notably, Budig jokingly said during an October 2000 episode that Stephanie McMahon was “twice her size,” in front of the WWE heiress no less. Budig never appeared on WWE programming again.

— Diamond Dallas Page, among other wrestlers, were on hand for Rob Van Dam’s 40th birthday party last night at the Rainbow Room in West Hollywood.

— Scott Hall is hospitalized after undergoing surgery to implant a pacemaker in his heart. Sid Vicious discussed Hall’s health during an interview Wednesday night with www.ringsideradio.com:

“His condition is this, I think everybody knows a little about, he just received a little thing in his heart where it monitors his heart beat and if it gets too low it kicks his heart back in because of some of the medication he has been on and because of this heart deal he has been having a few seizures. That is why he has been in the hospital the last couple of days. One thing is he has told me and the people around him, I forgot how many hits he had for his birthday, those things right there. Those are the things that people like me and Scott, of all the things I cherish in this business are things like that…I know all the comments and all the great feedback he got for his birthday and about his condition has been good. I hope people keep that up.”

— Beth Phoenix wrote a message Thursday on Twitter praising WWE’s drug testing policy and noting she herself is drug-free.

“The WWE Wellness Policy is such an important part of our company. I am very proud to be a healthy drug-free athlete,” The Glamazon wrote. “I want young female athletes to know you CAN be the best and lead a healthy lifestyle. Make smart choices for your future.”

Scott Hall posted his first “Last Call with Scott Hall” YouTube video in four months yesterday. The former WWE Intercontinental Champion says he will explain his recent health issues in his next video entry.

In Hall’s latest video installment, he follows former WWE performer Ricky Young (a/k/a Ricky Ortiz) to a mixed martial arts submission tournament in Florida, with Young winning his match. Hall offers commentary during Young’s MMA debut.

To view Hall’s video entry, click here.