Pac-Man wants TNA (wrestling TNA, that is)

Don't forget Brian Pillman (former Bengal), Steve Mongo McMichael, Kevin Greene and Reggie White. And who can forget LT's Wrestlemania appearance against Bam Bam Bigelow, oddly another wrestler who died way too young.

I'm waiting for TNA to sign Michael Vick so the company can have he and Pacman tag-team against the Pitbulls in a steel cage match at their upcoming PPV event in Atlanta. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

 

Except one of the Pitbulls is dead.

 

True. I'm sure they could get the Dogfaced Gremlin Rick Steiner to fill in, dog collar and all.

 

Excellent editing. I completely agree with your changes.

 

From Meltzer's wrestlingobserver.com update today:

-TNA announced Pacman Jones' signing late last night and announced his debut on Impact on Thursday. The story was in, among other places, USA Today and the front page of Yahoo. Jones will be in a taped inset on the show where he'll announce being at the Hard Justice PPV on Sunday. He will announce more during an interview on the PPV. They announced he will be wrestling, even though the Titans have claimed it would violate his contract, and Jeff Jarrett is training him in a ring TNA has set up in Jones' backyard . We had heard all along TNA expects him to wrestle at least twice, if not more. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked about Jones wrestling and said it's up to Jones to decide what he wants to do. It's said the Titans don't want him actually wrestling saying it's a contract violation.

 

Dave Meltzer reports...

Pacman is an idiot.

 

The Titans says 'not gonna happen.'

http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/news_story.asp?ID=215878

Associated Press

8/10/2007 5:01:22 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have asked a court to prohibit suspended cornerback Adam (Pacman) Jones from participating in wrestling.

Jones is scheduled to make his debut with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on Sunday in a pay-per-view event titled ''Hard Justice.''

Citing their contract with Jones, the team said it asked a Tennessee court to intervene in order ''to protect our rights in this in this instance.''

''All NFL players have language in their contracts that prohibit them from engaging in activities `which may involve a significant risk of personal injury,''' said a statement from team spokesman Robbie Bohren. ''We certainly believe wrestling to be hazardous, and it is obvious from the player's conduct that he is ignoring this aspect of his agreements with the club.''

 

Active football players have wrestled before. Kevin Greene comes to mind. Unless there's something Pacman's doing that puts him in unique danger, like say a scaffold match, precedent works in his favor.

 

According to Mortensen, the Titans just want to cover their ass if and when they trade Jones. They don't want a deal rescinded if Jones has a long term injury that's directly attributable to wrestling.

 

Who in the heck is going to trade for Jones? If I were the Titans, I would have cut him months ago. Titans fans are half-and-half with this kid. I think if they got rid of him, they would receive tons of praise.

A good point was made by one of the Las Vegas bouncers in an article I just read online. Jeff Jarrett of TNA knew, and supposedly, worked with the wrestling bouncers at that strip club. The bouncer mentioned the shoot style that some wrestlers use to purposely injure someone. He asks if TNA was signing Pacman to teach him a lesson. That was something I had never thought of. He says TNA may have signed him with the plan to have one of their guys teach him a lession for what he did to Urbanski, a former wrestler as wrestlers consider themselves in their own fraternity of sorts. I personally don't think TNA would do anything like that. With that said, their ratings didn't jump any last night. If Kurt Angle snapped Pacman's ankle, TNA would probably get more positive press than anything they've ever done.

 

There are always teams who will take a chance on talent.

And, guaranteed, with TNA doing shit ratings, not one of their wrestlers will shoot on Pacman. TNA management believes Pacman plus media exposure plus TV ratings plus PPV buys equals more money.

 

No TNA for Pacman:

http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_21248.shtml

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AqhiqoXMT5NJxNdStoaAvyA5nYcB?slug=ap-pacman-tickets&prov=ap&type=lgns