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| Journalist Claims Orton Attempted Suicide | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 19 2007, 01:16 AM (486 Views) | |
| Doakey | Sep 19 2007, 01:16 AM Post #1 |
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Widely published wrestling journalist and author of the book “Wrestling Babylon”, Irv Muchnick, posted an update on his website claiming that well-placed sources within WWE have told him that Randy Orton recently attempted suicide. Muchnick was a guest on various TV programs when the Benoit tragedy was all over the news. The following is an excerpt from his website: A rumor is swirling that World Wrestling Entertainment star Randy Orton attempted suicide within the last year. Very well-placed wrestling sources tell me that the rumor is true. In the wake of the June murder-suicide of Chris Benoit and the scandal involving scads of WWE performers who ordered steroids and human growth hormone from the Internet gray-market dealer Signature Pharmacy, this is serious stuff. It’s already clear that WWE’s response to the Signature revelations — generated by the district attorney in Albany, New York, and reported by Sports Illustrated and others — is a joke. Some vague number of the miscreant wrestlers, not named, were “suspended,” but the suspension appears to have consisted of simply being downgraded for a few weeks in TV storylines. From the same evidence, Randy Orton was not touched at all. That is more than a little strange. Orton’s Signature Pharmacy order marked, at the very least, his second “strike” under WWE’s so-called wellness policy, which would have called for a 60-day (rather than a 30-day) suspension. The suicide whispers mark the problem as more than a game of “gotcha” or even taste (Orton acquired the gimmick “Legend Killer” after WWE blithely turned Eddie Guerrero’s 2005 death into just another “angle”). It’s a matter of life and death. Orton, 27, is a third-generation wrestler. He is engaged to marry Samantha Speno, a part-time gymnastics teacher, this fall. Last year Randy and Samantha moved into a country-club estate in High Ridge, Missouri (suburban St. Louis), complete with a gym, a hot tub, and four decks. Over to you, WWE. Irvin Muchnick |
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| frighty | Sep 19 2007, 01:30 AM Post #2 |
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You'd think a widely published wrestling journalist and author would get this correct. Feeling nit-picky this evening.[/color] |
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| President Skroob | Sep 19 2007, 02:22 AM Post #3 |
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Orton's such a fuck-up he can't even take his own life. |
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| Mutant Couch | Sep 19 2007, 02:34 AM Post #4 |
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As wrong as it might be, I found it funny and at least it does show that the angle could have gotten even more tasteless. Also, you've got to love suicide coverage that ends with details about his house, classy stuff. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 19 2007, 08:29 AM Post #5 |
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Wow. A hot tub, huh? We really should'nt know about this. (The attempted suicide that is.) |
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| King of Kings | Sep 19 2007, 10:19 AM Post #6 |
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Wouldn't it be his third? |
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| Nathan Versus | Sep 19 2007, 12:03 PM Post #7 |
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If this is true, I’m surprised it wasn’t reported sooner. It’s just the kind of news that WWE management would desperately try to withhold, ensuring that it would’ve been leaked in record time. I’d like to know the identity of the source. I’d wager that Orton simply got drunk, tried to climb out of a hotel window or a moving vehicle and almost plummeted to his death. Somebody saw it, heard about, whatever and now this Muchnick fellow is trying to get paid.
Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, who knows? I think Orton gets some extra. |
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