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• Jeff Hardy Reveals What He Took Before The TNA Victory Road 2011 Main Event

During his appearance on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions on the WWE Network, former WWE Champion Jeff Hardy talked about the TNA Victory Road 2011 main event against Sting.

This is one of the most infamous matches of all time, as Hardy came out high for this match, which was for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Eric Bischoff, who was the Executive Producer in TNA at the time, had to come out and propose a new finish to Sting quickly, which saw the match end in under 90 seconds.

Sting was visibly disappointed with how the PPV main event had to end. You can watch it below:

In this interview with Austin, Jeff Hardy revealed that he took Somas (a muscle relaxer) before this match.

Here’s what he said:

“[Soma] hadn’t become a controlled substance yet. So I was still taking the Somas. But I do remember talking to Sting before I got too altered to even…walk out there, hardly.

We were gonna do this spot with his finish – the [Scorpion Death Drop] – but my head was gonna be in a chair. And I remember being scared of that. Oh, I might really hurt my neck doing that but it’s gonna be awesome if I don’t. So yeah, I just took too much.

By the time it was time for me to go out there, they [had to find me]. Eric Bischoff came out there. They had to shut it down. He had to take it home real quick and that was the right thing. They had to do it.

To screw up like I did that night, it was just insane. But one positive asset that I have by looking back at that footage is just – so embarrassing. So – oh my God – just shameful, you know? Out there with my hero in the main event. All these people are watching. But then to do that?

After that is when I really got it together. So fast forward to like 2012-2013, man. 2012 was one of the best wrestling years in my life in that company. I was on fire. I started doing the paint with the eyes and my creativity was just off the charts because I was completely sober and that’s when everything got really good.”

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• Conor McGregor Has Put On 20 Lbs (Photos)

In the main event of UFC 264, Conor McGregor lost to Dustin Poirier via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) after he broke his leg during the final minute of the 1st round.

McGregor recently noted on Twitter that he wasn’t surprised by his leg injury, because he knew something like this would happen.

Here’s what he wrote:

“In my last camp [I had] a severely damaged left leg, many of my sessions consisted of starting in open guard bottom. And staying there. Full rounds remaining on bottom. I was beating people up until they backed away from me. It then translated to the fight. True story.

Same leg, same spot, I attribute it to why I wasn’t in as much shock as Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva were. I knew something may happen in advance.

Chris was upset with my quote (about having a different response to breaking his leg). Felt I was aiming at him. I was not. If any [consolation] to my reaction, it was because [I had] a heads up it may snap.”

McGregor then went on about how he was hurting Dustin with his elbow strikes in their trilogy fight, and how Poirier doesn’t want a 4th fight with him:

“Really nasty elbows and upkicks for sure. That or maybe a really annoying blue bottle was around him after the fight.

Make no mistake they are not looking forward to what is coming. I will be back and it will be settled. Once and for all.”

McGregor is training very hard, while also recovering from his leg injury. He is putting on size right now.

McGregor usually walks around at 170 lbs when he’s not fighting (he has also fought at this weight multiple times), but he’s 190 lbs right now.

You can check out his recent photos below:

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• WWE Hall Of Famer Thinks AEW Storylines Are Lacking Structure & Discipline

On the latest episode of former WWE announcer Renee Young’s weekly ‘Oral Sessions’ podcast, former WCW President Eric Bischoff talked about the booking of the storylines in Tony Khan’s All Elite Wrestling.

Here’s what the 2021 WWE Hall of Famer had to say:

“I would really like to see a more structured story formula because I see a lot of the same flaws in AEW’s approach to what is referred to as storytelling, but really isn’t in terms of structure and discipline. It’s leaving money on the table.

You’re running through matches, but you’re not throwing any story on the wall that is sticking in a way of growing the audience. That’s the hard part, how do you grow the audience?

Not how do you satisfy an existing audience, that’s called preaching to the choir, you want to expand the congregation and attract people who otherwise aren’t attracted to you.

The only way to do that is with great stories and great characters.”

Eric Bischoff had a few minor cameo appearances on AEW television in 2020 and 2021.

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• Jim Cornette Thinks WWF Legend Will Come Out Of Retirement To Wrestle Kenny Omega

During a recent episode of his weekly ‘Drive-Thru’ podcast, former WWF Manager Jim Cornette stated that he believes WWF Attitude Era Legend Kurt Angle is going to come out of retirement eventually, to wrestle AEW wrestler Kenny Omega.

Here’s what Cornette said:

“If Kurt made his return for another match, it’d be for whoever pays the most money. So, I would not bet against that because I bet Tony Khan would pay him the most money.

And I have a feeling that Kurt Angle made that statement fully aware of the fact that if he was to have one more match, the person who would pay the most money for it would probably be Tony Khan.

And I would further add that Angle is fully aware of the fact that if Khan was going to pay him a large sum of money to have one more match, Tony Khan would probably want to see it against Kenny Omega.”

Angle recently praised Omega on his podcast. Here’s what the 2017 WWE Hall Of Famer said:

“What he’s been able to do the past 10 years in wrestling, over in Japan, here in the United States, he was the biggest star and the most talented superstar that never went to WWE. He will go down in history as that if he never does enter WWE.

His success, what he’s had in Japan and AEW, phenomenal. I haven’t seen a talent like him in a long time. I would say he’s every bit as talented as Rey Mysterio and he belongs on that upper echelons of talents.

One of the greatest workers in the business today.”

Kurt Angle retired from professional wrestling in 2019 after losing his WrestleMania 35 match against Baron Corbin.

Kenny Omega recently lost the AEW World Championship to “Hangman” Adam Page at the AEW Full Gear 2021 PPV, and is currently written off television to undergo some important surgeries and heal from all of his other injuries.

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• Former Local WWF Announcer Passes Away

According to several different sources, former WWF Announcer Kal Rudman has passed away at the age of 91.

No cause of death has been revealed yet, but at this high age it’s safe to say that we’re talking about natural causes here.

Rudman mostly did the announcing for the Philadelphia market, including televised house shows and the local syndication program.

He’s best remembered for being the backstage interviewer for a Philadelphia-based TV channel called ‘PRISM’, where the World Wrestling Federation aired all of their house shows from the Philadelphia Spectrum until the TV deal ended in 1989.

You can watch him interviewing Hulk Hogan below:

We extend our condolences to his family, friends and fans.

† REST IN PEACE KAL RUDMAN

March 6, 1930 – December 1, 2021

• Steel Cage Match & Main Roster Debut Announced For Next Week

Xia Li will make her official WWE main roster debut on next week’s SmackDown. Below is the match-card for SmackDown:

– Jeff Hardy vs. Happy Corbin

– Sonya Deville vs. Naomi

– Xia Li Debuts

On next week’s RAW, WWE Champion Big E will face Kevin Owens in a Steel Cage match. Below is the updated match-card for RAW:

– Becky Lynch (c) vs. Liv Morgan for the RAW Women’s Championship

– WWE Champion Big E vs. Kevin Owens in a Steel Cage Match

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