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Former WWE wrestler Rico Costantino, 49, was the subject of one of those I-Team investigative news reports in his home city of Las Vegas. Costantino, who used the name Rico, doing an Adrian Street gimmick, was a law enforcement officer in Las Vegas before starting pro wrestling at a relatively old age, first signing with WWE at 37. He actually did great in developmental, so great that when he and John Cena were a tag team in OVW, and they had great chemistry as a team, Costantino was the star of the team. But the age worked against him when called up, as they felt he was too old to invest in. The story noted that he just returned as a senior supervisor with the Vegas Taxi Cab authority after a lengthy suspension. The story quoted one officer as saying Costantino is a hot shot who crosses the line, enforcing laws that don’t have to do with taxis, such as pulling over cars for traffic violations, and has rep for using excessive force and he’s always in the middle of controversy. Officer James Dudley (yes, that’s his real name, I wonder if there’s an officer Johnny Rodz) filed a report noting in 2008 when a man skipped out on an $18 fare, the two worked together to find him in an apartment, and banged on his door. When there was no answer, Costantino pulled out a large knife, used it to pry open a window and got into the apartment. Dudley said Costantino was bragging and laughing about the incident. Another officer, Kevin Hinkle, said in 2009 he saw at least five incidents where Costantino tracked down people who skipped out of paying fares and used knives to pry open windows and get into their homes, that he also used a metal baton to smash private property and that he would sometimes drive up to 100 miles per hour to get to the scene of a minor cab fare dispute. In April 2010, Costantino responded to a call for someone who skipped out on a fare of less than $10 speeding down the strip, lost control of his car and smashed into a palm tree in front of the Imperial Palace, causing heavy damage to his police car. Okay, that scene clinches it. I’m doing a movie on this guy. A cab driver filed a complaint against Costantino saying he pulled him over for a minor traffic violation, and handcuffed him to the bumper of his police car. Costantino worked from 1985 to 1987 as a police officer, but was so controversial at that job that the police chief had to call a news conference to fire him after he brutally beat up an Air Force Sergeant he pulled over for a traffic violation. It was the second time he had brutally beaten up an African American and was named in a multi-million dollar wrongful death suit. Another officer, Scott Lewis said, “He used to tell stories about how he would get out of the patrol car with dog leash on his neck and his Sergeant would take the dog leash off and he would go into a house and beat people up and tell them to leave Las Vegas.” Man, if that guy told those stories to Vince when he was hired, he’d have been given this crazy vigilante cop gimmick which is a hell of a lot better than playing Adrian Street for longevity in this business. The story noted that Costantino is still the No. 2 ranked enforcement supervisor in the taxi cab authority.
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Good lord.
 
Screens from Hogan's new game:

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At first I was thinking what the hell.. Warrior.. C'mon.. Lay off of the hulkster... Then I saw the screen shots of that abomination... MY EYES. Warrior had obviously seen this game and felt the need to record himself for an hour just slating the guy about stuff from the past 25 years. In fact I may do the same myself. Right now.
 
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They addressed it. Wonder if it was intentional for another rematch on Raw.
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I don't think it was because sin cara and jackson looked confused and thought the match wasn't over yet and Bryan had to get them into the ring to celebrate the win.
 
Randy Orton was to take Dr. Joseph Maroon's controverisal IMPACT testing today to see if he would be cleared to wrestle Christian on Sunday's PPV. If not cleared, the match will not take place.
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Anyone know anything about this test and why it's so controversial?
 
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Anyone know anything about this test and why it's so controversial?
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http://impacttest.com/about/background
imPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) is the first, most-widely used, and most scientifically validated computerized concussion evaluation system.

Developed in the early 1990's by Drs. Mark Lovell and Joseph Maroon, ImPACT is a 20-minute test that has become a standard tool used in comprehensive clinical management of concussions for athletes of all ages. ImPACT Applications, Inc. was co-founded by Mark Lovell, PhD, Joseph Maroon, MD, and Michael (Micky) Collins, PhD.
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No idea why it's controversial though.
 
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http://impacttest.com/about/background
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Was going to say it's only a 20 minute test and Orton tweeted 8 hours ago that he was about to take the test. No update since then. Maybe it didn't go well?

No idea why it's controversial though.
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Only thing I can think of that would make it "controversial" are critics saying the test isn't thorough enough to actually "clear" someone with a brain injury, especially only days after suffering the injury.
 
I would imagine if Orton isn't fully "cleared" to wrestle, Christian will come out and cut a promo about how Orton is avoiding him. He'll come out, RKO Christian, ref calls for the match to start, quick count and Orton wins.
 
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I would imagine if Orton isn't fully "cleared" to wrestle, Christian will come out and cut a promo about how Orton is avoiding him. He'll come out, RKO Christian, ref calls for the match to start, quick count and Orton wins.
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that would certainly fit his out of nowhere! rko gimmick
 
Why can't they have Christian beat the living hell out of Orton back stage (during the PPV) with a weapon and set up a surprise punishment match for Chrisitian right after? Give us a loony moment in the ring and have Orton come a huntin' for Christian until the next PPV.
 
"The 6/16 edition of Impact did a 1.25 rating with 1,766,000 viewers. That is up from recent weeks when they were going up against the NBA Finals. "

So increase due to build of X division based ppv and a much much better Impact than the last few months or increase due to NBA finals?
 
Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
Why can't they have Christian beat the living hell out of Orton back stage (during the PPV) with a weapon and set up a surprise punishment match for Chrisitian right after? Give us a loony moment in the ring and have Orton come a huntin' for Christian until the next PPV.
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logical booking doesnt work in wwe they want to maintain the action sports opera
 
Call me crazy, but I actually like the Usos. I think they have some nice moves and a decent ring presence. They shouldn't be on a mic any time soon, but I think they got potential. Kinda weird how one is more chubby than the other though lol

/crazytalk
 
abstract alien said:
Call me crazy, but I actually like the Usos. I think they have some nice moves and a decent ring presence. They shouldn't be on a mic any time soon, but I think they got potential. Kinda weird how one is more chubby than the other though lol

/crazytalk
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It's not really that absurd.

If Smackdown was any indicator, I'd say that I like them too. They loook good actually doing something and not jobbing.
 
spindashing said:
It's not really that absurd.

If Smackdown was any indicator, I'd say that I like them too. They loook good actually doing something and not jobbing.
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I'm pretty sure any good that could come from them will be squashed once management gets the oh so bright idea to run a story with the Bellas.
 
Shane McMahon talks about his life outside of the WWE:


"It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make," McMahon said of his leaving WWE to strike out on his own. "I didn't want to wake up when I was 70 and say, 'I should have done that.'" Telling his father he wanted to leave was "brutal" and now, almost two years later, there remains some residual tension. "It's still hard," he said.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/shane-mcmahon-is-his-own-man.html
 
Finally saw the rest of Raw after Piper's pit. Stone Cold vs Punk for Wrestlemania 28 better happen! Also, was Cena sent to the hospital after that water bottle shot?

Edit: What happened to Ryder?! At least he had a superstar match. :/
 
Shadowlink said:
Edit: What happened to Ryder?! At least he had a superstar match. :/
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Blame Vince, Ziggler and some other tweets basically confirmed it was Vince "ribbing" Ryder and because he hates the internet.
 
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