Monday Night Raw drew 1,700,000 viewers this week, down 75,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast just three weeks before WrestleMania.
The first hour started with 1,668,000 viewers, then increased to 1,775,000 viewers in the second hour, before dipping to 1,678,000 viewers in the third hour.
Raw was #2, #3, and #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demo, with 0.49, 0.48, and 0.46 ratings for an average of 0.48, up 0.03 from the previous week. The NBA on ESPN took the #1 spot this week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Tonight’s NXT will feature the first-ever episode of MizTV as The Miz will welcome the new NXT champion Dolph Ziggler.
Ziggler caused an upset last week when he beat Tommaso Ciampa and then-champion Bron Breakker in a triple threat match to win his first NXT title. The win came with some help from former NXT champion himself Robert Roode.
Matches announced for the show include Cameron Grimes vs Santos Escobar with the winner getting a spot in the North American title ladder match at Stand & Deliver, Indi Hartwell vs Persia Pirotta, NXT UK star A-Kid debuts against Kushida, and Sarray takes on Tiffany Stratton.
Rampage on TNT last Friday did 526,000 viewers, down 19,000 viewers from the prior week, tying for the third worst number of 2022 so far. The show did a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demo, same as last week, and placed #23 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
At a packed Hogan’s Beach Shop last night in Clearwater, Florida, Hulk Hogan did a speech remembering his former nWo team mate Scott Hall who had just passed away a few hours before.
“A short while ago, a good friend of mine passed away…Scott Hall,” Hogan said, explaining how Scott took care of him when he was down and out. “I love him so much I can’t even explain it to you,” Hogan continued.
Hogan told fans in the shop that he had a real hard time making it to the shop and appreciated Hall’s friendship and work, especially teaching “Hollywood” how to be a bad guy.
“I got nothing but love…for life,” the Hulkster said.
The second season of Young Rock begins tonight on NBC starting at 8PM ET and will be streaming the next day on Peacock.
The sitcom follows Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who is running as a candidate in the 2032 United States presidential election, with each episode showing flashbacks from Johnson’s life from when he was a kid all the way to starting his wrestling journey.
Young Rock stars Dwayne Johnson as himself, Adrian Groulx as 10-year-old Johnson, Bradley Constant as 15-year-old Johnson, Uli Latukefu as 18–20-year-old Johnson, Stacey Leilua as Ata Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson as Rocky Johnson, and Ana Tuisila as Lia Maivia.
The announcement of a second season came last April after it delivered good numbers for NBC. The show was the number two comedy of the season in 18-49 and also the top comedy debut across digital platforms on record through 60 days with a total of 3.6 million digital views.
Young Rock has averaged 3.1 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in the 18-49.
Tickets for the Money In The Bank premium live event at the Allegiant Stadium went on pre-sale today and can be purchased using the code WWEVIP or RAIDERS on Ticketmaster.com.
Tickets range from $25 all the way to $2,000 for ringside seats but there are huge service fees attached to these tickets, with the cheapest ticket of $25 having a fee of $24 added to it at checkout, comprising of service fee, facility fee, order processing fee, and tax. The $2,000 ringside ticket comes with an additional $490.92 in fees and tax.
The Allegiant Stadium will be using a similar setup like SummerSlam last year with a long entrance ramp that turns and only half the stadium open.
Money In The Bank takes place on Saturday, July 2.
WWE Hall Of Famer Edge had a brand new theme song last night on Raw, moving away from the iconic Metalingus song which has been synonymous with him since he started using it in 2004.
Now a clear heel, Edge is now using the song The Other Side, performed by Alter Bridge, from their 2016 album called The Last Hero.
Metalingus is a super crowd favorite and that song was also performed by Alter Bridge. The song is from their 2004 album One Day Remains.
The band on Twitter tweeted Edge’s entrance from last night’s Raw and wrote, “You think you know me… you never did!” That is in reference to his now old theme song which started with a female voice saying, “You think you know me” before Metalingus kicks in.
You can check out the song and his entrance from last night below.
Friday Night Smackdown on FOX did a final viewership number of 2,260,000 viewers, down 1,000 viewers from last week’s show. This was the third-best viewership of Smackdown for 2022. Smackdown was #1 in the 18-49 demo among network and cable television with a 0.57 rating, down 0.02 from the prior week. In the overnight numbers, each hour of Smackdown was listed at doing 2,133,000 viewers. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The world of professional wrestling is in mourning following the death of Scott “Razor Ramon” Hall yesterday, whose death was announced at the beginning of Monday Night Raw.
WWE, AEW, Impact, NJPW, and other promotions all paid tribute to Hall on social media, with WWE producing a fantastic tribute video that aired during Raw.
Major news websites such as CNN, New York Times, Sky, NBC News, and others all covered the passing of Hall on their portals and many of his friends and colleagues used social media to express their sadness.
Eric Bischoff: “his has been a tough one. Two people who had such a pivotal role in how my future played out early in my career left us today. Mike Shields hired me in the AWA. Taught me the TV business from the ground up. Scott Hall? You know the story. Forever grateful gents.”
Triple H: “I’m gutted…Lost a brother. I love you Scott!! I’ll see you down the road…”
Shawn Michaels: “I love you my friend!!”
Shane McMahon: “I am so deeply saddened by the loss of Scott Hall, a singular talent and in my view, perhaps the greatest to ever preform in the squared circle. I will miss you, my friend. God speed. “Hey yo””
Sting: “Heart breaking, HUGE loss. He definitely made us all better – helped me with that one-of-a-kind Scott Hall insight. So many “Too Sweet” memories. Scott – you will be missed.”
Diamond Dallas Page: “My brother has gone on to Valhalla to raise some hell. The bad guy till the end. ‘YO Death, what’s your finisher? Can’t wait to kick out.’
He may not have kicked out, but he wasn’t gonna put that MF’er over clean.
@realkevinnash love you & miss you more! God Speed RIP”
Tony Schiavone: “This is a very sad day. Scott Hall was one of the greatest wrestlers to compete in any era. When he walked on to Nitro on May 27, 1996 it changed wrestling. “Survey Says: May the Bad Guy Rest In Peace.”
Arn Anderson: “Scott Hall was a gifted performer, a brilliant mind, and a credit to this profession. God bless Scott and his loved ones. His contributions will never be forgotten.”
The Rock: “Pro wrestling just lost a legend in Scott Hall. Scott came from an era of pro wrestling where wrestlers were the biggest and toughest men on the planet. Scott was a big man who was athletically gifted. Tough as hell. And inside that ring he was an extraordinarily talented and intense athlete. Before my match here with Scott, I made sure to tell him how much his in ring work influenced me. When I was a rookie in wrestling, I would study Scott’s matches. His style, intensity, crispness and his excellent in ring IQ and psychology. I studied his matches, frame by frame. He was shocked to hear this from me. We came up in different eras. He knew I was a student of the game, but had no idea he was one of the ones I studied. He thought that was so cool and we went out there that night and lit it the fuck up inside that ring. It was my honor, brother. And “thank you for the house.” Go rest high.”
Trish Stratus: ““Bad times don’t last, but bad guys do.” #RIPScottHall”
Kenny Omega: “He was the coolest when I’d watch him as Razor and just as cool when I’d met him 25 years later. Always meet your heroes if you can. Some turn out awesome like Scott. RIP”
The Miz: “This was taken after a Wrestlemania. We all made sure we had toothpicks to try to look as cool as Scott Hall. Didn’t work, but this is something I will cherish forever. “Hard work pays off. Dreams come true. Bad times don’t last but bad guys do.” You will be missed. #RIPScottHall”
Mickie James: “My heart is heavy with the untimely passing of Scott Hall. A legend & icon in this business. My heart, thoughts, prayers, & deepest sympathy all go out to his son Cody & daughter Cassidy. I can’t imagine. To his family, his friends, his brothers & sisters in the industry.”
Natalya: “So many prayers for Scott Hall and his family right now. The wrestling community is a very strong family and near or far, we have each others backs. Times like these are never easy but I do know there are so many incredible people waiting for you on the other side, ‘Bad Guy.’”
Johnny Gargano: “Being able to watch back the Wrestlemania X Ladder Match with Shawn and Razor at the Performance Center will always be one of my favorite memories. Thank you for being a huge part of my childhood and taking the time to share your knowledge with all of us that day. #RIPScottHall”
Date: March 14, 2022 Arena: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena City: Jacksonville, Florida
Raw opens with the showing of the unfortunate news of the passing of WWE Hall Of Famer Scott Hall.
Show begins with showing Kevin Owens calling out Stone Cold Steve Austin for WrestleMania and Austin’s acceptance from last week.
As we go live, Kevin Owens’ music hits and Owens is announced. Owens gets in the ring with a mic in hand and stares at the WrestleMania sign.
He starts off with a “Hey Yo” and says he is not only going to WrestleMania, he is going to the main event of WrestleMania on Saturday because he has Stone Cold Steve Austin on the KO Show. Owens ends his segment by delivering a Stunner to the camera man.
They show Austin Theory telling Pat McAfee he is his opponent for WrestleMania and then what happened on this past Friday’s Smackdown before the Intercontinental Championship match.
Finn Balor VS. Damian Priest
Balor goes right after Priest with a dropkick in the corner. Priest’s power takes over. Balor takes control and as he was going to the top rope, Austin Theory who was on commentary, got up on the apron distracting Balor, who gets down and gets grabbed by Priest but kicks Priest in the head before jumping off the apron. Balor ran and dropkicked Theory into the chair he was about to sit back down in. Balor gets back in the ring, but Priest catches him with the Reckoning.
Winner: Damian Priest
After the match, Theory get in the ring and hits the KTL and took a selfie with Balor down on the mat.
In the back Seth Rollins is interviewed being asked about being part of WrestleMania and just stares and does not answer.
Omos VS. Commander Azeez
Apollo distracts Omos as Azeez pulls Omos over the rope and splashes Omos in the corner and as Azeez went for the suplex, Omos countered and suplex to Azeez, then picked Azeez up for the slam and pin.
Winner: Omos
In the back they again show Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens walked up to him and tried to talk to him. As Owens kept going on about having a vision and helping Rollins remember all his WrestleMania moments and said he can help him, Rollins put his fingers up to Owens to shut him up and began laughing and walked away.
Liv Morgan VS. Queen Zelina
Before the match they show Zelina talking to Carmella and told her to get her head in the game or else. During the match Carmella got on the apron and distracted Liv which caused Rhea Ripley who was at ringside with Liv to go after Carmella who runs and jumps on Corey Graves’ lap at the commentary desk. In the ring, after Zelina Powerbomb to Liv from the distraction, Liv gets up and hits Zelina with a face down DDT off the ropes for the pin.
Winner: Liv Morgan
After the match, Zelina gets up and looks out and sees Carmella with Corey and looks very mad.
Seth Rollins’ music hits and Rollins comes out and is all smiles as he gets in the ring. He says he has a plan to get himself to WrestleMania. He says he has a plan and wants his best friend Kevin Owens out there with him to enjoy this moment with him.
Owens comes out and grabs a mic and asked if everyone was ready…Seth says Kevin has his talk show with Stone Cold Steve Austin and what if he had his own talk show. Seth says there can only be one talk show and he and Kevin should have a match and whoever wins gets the talk show with Stone Cold Steve Austin and as they argue Sonya Deville comes out and makes the match and if Rollins wins, he replaces Kevin Owens at WrestleMania.
They show a package of the Mysterios and The Miz and Logan Paul.
After break, they show Kevin Owens upset talking to Sonya Deville about the match tonight and asked how can you condone someone stealing someone elses idea.
The Miz’s music hits and out comes Miz and Logan Paul to watch the next match at the commentary table.
Rey & Dominik Mysterio VS. Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander (The Hurt Business)
Double 619 on Alexander as Rey jumps off the apron onto Benjamin, Dominik goes up to the top rope hits the frog splash and gets the pin.
Winners: Rey & Dominik Mysterio
After the match, The Miz and Paul attack the Mysterios and as the Mysterios got the upper hand, The Miz pulls Paul out of the ring and head to the back.
They show Edge’s promo from last week. They announce Queen Sharmell going into the Hall of Fame.
Edge comes out to a new theme song. Edge cuts a heel promo saying he is better than everyone. He said the Edge that came back to please everyone was weak and if that Edge would have shown up to face A.J. Styles at WrestleMania, Styles would have left him laying in the dust.
They show Bianca Belair whipping Becky Lynch with her hair.
Belair is interviewed backstage and said she only used her hair after Lynch tied her hair in the ropes first. And it’s been quiet without Lynch around Raw and in a couple weeks she is going to silence Lynch for good.
They show a promo for Veer Mahaan coming to Raw
Bianca Belair VS. Doudrop
Nikki A.S.H. accompanies Doudrop to the ring. Bianca goes for the K.O.D. early but Doudrop gets out of it and Bianca rolls outside the ring. Doudrop goes out after her and picked her up for the slam but Bianca gets out of it and pushed Doudrop’s back into the ring, but Doudrop fights back and pushes Bianca into the ring barrier and we go to break with Belair on the floor.
Back in the ring the action continues as Doudrop goes for the suplex, Belair fights out and Doudrop finds herself in the corner as Belair picks Doudrop up and carries her to the center of the ring and hits the K.O. D. for the pin.
Winner: Bianca Belair
After the match, Becky Lynch shows up and attacks Belair by pulling Belair out of the ring by her hair then bouncing her face off the commentary table then face first into a folding chair. Becky then pulls Belair’s head through the chair and whips her with the chair by her neck into the ring post. Lynch walks to the back smiling as Belair is attended to.
Smackdown Breakdown shows Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair’s feud.
Back in the ring they announce the New Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro. As Orton was giving Riddle gifts, they are interrupted by the Street Profits who started out by congratulating RK-Bro on winning the tag team championships and they are owed a title shot. The Street Profits officially challenge them for the titles at WrestleMania.
Orton starts by telling them no. Dawkins said when it comes to those titles, we are not bros. Ford stated they are way past asking for opportunities around here, he is telling them they are challenging them at WrestleMania.
Orton said in 19 years, the Undertaker, not even Vincent Kennedy McMahon, has told him what he is going to do in this ring, and they are not going to be the ones to tell him what to do. Riddle then says they need opponents for WrestleMania and it’s the right thing to do. Orton then accepts the Street Profits challenge.
Ford says next time they will show them how to throw a party and Riddle grabs him and says he now does not want to wait till WrestleMania. As the Street Profits started saying they are up, and they want…Orton interrupts them and says oh no we are not ending this segment like that we are ending it with the 3 most dangerous letters in sports entertainment RK BRO.
Riddle VS. Montez Ford
Riddle out powering him with suplexes. Ford then goes after Riddle on the floor and jumps off the top rope only to be caught by Riddle who goes for a belly to back suplex only for Ford to land on his feet and knock Riddle down as we cut to break.
Back from break the action is back in the ring, Riddle catches Ford with a powerslam then a DDT off the ropes like Orton always does. Riddle goes for the RKO and Ford counters with a kick to the head, Riddle catches Ford with an RKO.
Otis out of nowhere knocks Orton over the barrier at ringside and then goes after Riddle, Gable is out attacking Dawkins. With Ford left in the ring, Otis goes off the rope onto Ford and Gable follows with a moonsault.
Dawkins and RK-Bro all laying at ringside and Ford in the ring as Alpha Academy raise their arms.
The announcers then talk about the passing of Scott Hall and show a tribute video.
Kevin Owens VS. Seth “Freakin” Rollins
They begin by arguing as the bell rings and they tie up, Owens yells at him and say it is my spot you don’t belong there and Rollins went crazy hitting Owens and then the back and forth action continues.
Rollins hits Owens with a knee off the top rope an throws Owens outside. Back in the ring, Owens is met with a superkick, Rollins off the top rope with a frog splash but only 2 count and Owens kicks out.
Owens then hits a superplex off the top rope for a long 2 count but Rollins kicks out. Rollins rolls up Owens but the ref had to jump out of the ring for safety and only got the two count, Rollins then goes for the stomp but Owens moves hits the stunner and gets the win.
WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall passed away yesterday at the age of 63 following complications from hip replacement surgery. Hall suffered three heart attacks after a blood clot came loose and was placed on life support. His family decided to stop life support after it was evident that there was not going to be any improvement.
Hall made his professional wrestling debut in 1984 for the NWA and then moved to the AWA where he spent four years wrestling there, wrestling as a single and then as a tag team with the late Curt Hennig.
In 1991, Hall joined WCW as the Diamond Studd and was managed by Diamond Dallas Page. His first stint in WCW didn’t last long and in 1992, Vince McMahon took him to the-then WWF where he made his debut as Razor Ramon. In his four years with McMahon, Hall was positioned strongly in the Intercontinental title picture and won the title four times. Perhaps his biggest match at the time came at WrestleMania X where he defeated Shawn Michaels in the first ever WrestleMania ladder match.
In mid-1996, Hall started the Monday night war and jumped ship to WCW and was followed by Kevin Nash. As the Outsiders, the two wrecked havoc and at that year’s Bash At The Beach, Hall and Nash were joined by Hulk Hogan who turned heel and started one of the biggest factions in pro wrestling history – the nWo.
After WWE bought WCW, Hall, along with Nash and Hollywood Hogan, returned to the WWE as the nWo and at WrestleMania X8 he had a match against Stone Cold Steve Austin. His second stint with WWE was very short and he was let go around six months after he returned.
In 2004, Hall went to TNA after working for their first pay-per-view in 2002. He worked for TNA part-time between 2004 and 2010 and was released in June 2010 due to several legal problems.
Hall, who had a memorable wrestling career spanning 25 years, was often in the news for the wrong reasons due to his alcohol and substance abuse. He had several health issues as well and in 2013, Diamond Dallas Page invited Hall to go and live with him. He required a few different surgeries and a crowd-funded campaign raised over $100,000 to pay for his medical bills. Hall recovered and often thanked DDP publicly for saving his life.
In 2014, a sober Scott Hall was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his friend Kevin Nash while the rest of The Kliq – Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and X-Pac – joined on stage much to the delight of the crowd. Hall would later join X-Pac, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan as the headliners of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021, making him a two-time Hall of Famer.
At WrestleMania 31, he appeared with Hogan and Nash to help Sting in his match against Triple H after D-Generation X interfered. Hall also appeared on the Raw 25th Year Anniversary show in January 2018 and again at the Raw Reunion show in July 2019.
His last WWE appearance was at WrestleMania 37 last year during the Hall Of Fame segment.
Hall won several titles throughout his career, including the WCW United States title twice, the WCW Tag Team title seven times, the WCW TV title once, the TNA Tag Team title once, and the WWE Intercontinental title four times.
PWInsider.com is reporting that former ROH Women’s champion Rok-C has signed a deal with WWE and will be heading to NXT.
Booker T, who helped trained Rok-C, originally announced the deal last month but then corrected himself a day after he spilled the beans, saying that he was incorrect and she hadn’t signed yet.
Rok-C was part of a WWE Performance Center tryout class late last year and then dropped the ROH Women’s title a few weeks later to Deonna Purrazzo on Impact Wrestling.
The 20-year-old from Laredo started her wrestling career in 2018 and worked for Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling promotion before moving to Ring of Honor in 2021.
Tonight’s Monday Night Raw will be live from Jacksonville, Florida, a place Cody Rhodes knows very well. If Cody Rhodes is really coming to WWE, tonight will be the night and the situation will more clear by the time Raw will be over.
Rhodes has been penciled in for a match against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania, but the former TNT champion had not signed a deal with WWE as of last week. Rollins, who was involved with Kevin Owens going for the Raw Tag Team titles, is now free and clear of that program as they did not win the titles and Owens is moving on for his program with Steve Austin at WrestleMania.
Cody was still doing the Go Big Show for TNT and now that show has concluded as well. If Cody does not come, Rollins has no WrestleMania program unless there’s a secret plan B in place.
There are only three Monday Night Raws left before WrestleMania, including the one tonight, so if something were to happen, it has to happen soon. Very soon. Debuting Cody in Jacksonville would be very ironic, but a move that will pack a punch.
Speculation has been running rampant about Cody and WWE. Some say that Cody held out for a better pay while others suggested that while talks have died down, it’s not over yet. Others seem to think that it’s all a work and Cody will be back with AEW soon.
Whatever it is, hopefully tonight we will have some answers.
The next guest on Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions series is none other than WWE Hall Of Famer Lita.
Lita made her return at the Royal Rumble and was then involved in a program with Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch, a program which climaxed in a match at the Elimination Chamber premium live event in Saudi Arabia.
This episode of Broken Skull Sessions will premiere on Friday, March 25 on Peacock and WWE Network.
Bully Ray recently tweeted a photo on the set with Austin where he recorded an episode for the series but no date has been announced for that and WWE never promoted it as of now.
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There are dozens of variations of baccaratufa games out there, and many have similar rules. It’s a good idea to do some research before you head to your local casino so that you can find a game that fits your skill level and expectations.
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Expected value is a fundamental concept in many types of gambling, especially card games. It refers to the average amount you can expect to win (or lose) per unit of risk. But how can you ensure that your expected value is positive? If you’re playing a game with an expected value of zero, you’ll end up losing money, even if you seem to be winning at first.
There will be another husband and wife couple in the WWE Hall of Fame as today WWE announced that Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman will be inducted into its Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2022.
The 51-year-old started her professional wrestling career in 1999 as a Nitro Girl and then moved to WWE in 2001 where she became a backstage interviewer. Her first stint only lasted a year and left the business altogether, only to return in 2005 with her husband Booker T. After Booker T won the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, she switched to Queen Sharmell as part of her new gimmick and is mostly remembered for that role.
Sharmell, who won Miss Black America 1991 contest at the age of 20, also worked for TNA Wrestling between late 2007 and 2009.
“I was so happy,” Sharmell told Complex.com, who was given the exclusive news today. “I didn’t even know what to say. It was an unexpected, great surprise – a welcome surprise.”
Nowadays, Sharmell helps her husband run the Reality of Wrestling promotion in Houston, where she is in charge of the business-side of things. She also helps students with character work, promos, and life.
The news of Scott Hall being on life support after three heart attacks trended on Google, with over 500,000 searches yesterday, coming only behind searches for Tom Brady, William Hurt, and Brent Renaud.
Just to give you an idea, that’s over the double amount of interest pay-per-views such as WWE Elimination Chamber and AEW Revolution did when it comes to searches on Google.
The news of Hall’s hospitalization was covered by major news portals around the world and on Twitter, he has trended since the news came out.
Several of his former colleagues also used Twitter for words of encouragement but Kevin Nash had a heartbreaking update later, saying that Hall will be taken off life support once his family gathers.
The nWo member is currently admitted at the Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.
Roman Reigns, who was not advertised for the upcoming WWE tour in Europe, has now been added to the London and Paris shows.
Reigns has not done any traveling outside North America except for the Saudi Arabia shows and missed the last European tour as well.
The tour was going to be headlined by Ronda Rousey but now that The Tribal Chief is back, it’s safe to say that he will be getting the top billing in those two cities.
Tickets for both the London and Paris shows go on sale today. WWE will also visit Newcastle and Leipzig on this four-day tour.
In a very somber update, Kevin Nash wrote in a post on Instagram that once Scott Hall’s family is “in place,” they will discontinue life support.
“I’m going to lose the one person on this planet I’ve spent more of my life with than anyone else. My heart is broken and I’m so very f*cking sad,” Nash wrote.
“I love Scott with all my heart but now I have to prepare my life without him in the present. I’ve been blessed to have a friend that took me at face value and I him. When we jumped to WCW we didn’t care who liked or hated us. We had each other and with the smooth Barry Bloom we changed wrestling both in content and pay for those a lot that disliked us,” Nash continued.
Nash said that Scott always felt that he was not worthy of the afterlife but is hoping that God has some gold plated toothpicks for his brother.
“My life was enriched with his take on life. He wasn’t perfect but as he always said, ‘The last perfect person to walk the planet they nailed to a cross.’ As we prepare for life without him just remember there goes a great guy you ain’t going to see another one like him again. See Ya down the road Scott. I couldn’t love a human being any more than I do you,” he concluded.
Hall suffered three heart attacks following complications stemming from hip replacement surgery.
WWE Hall Of Famer Diamond Dallas Page has offered to help Big E in his recovery from a broken neck.
DDP, who runs DDP Yoga and helped countless of colleagues throughout the years, tweeted that both Tommaso Ciampa and Ivar of the Viking Raiders went to spend a few days with him for their neck recoveries and is opening up the invitation for the former champion as well.
“[Xavier Woods] has my # don’t hesitate to reach out my friend,” DDP wrote.
Perhaps two of DDP’s biggest challenges were Scott Hall and Jake “The Snake” Roberts, both of who credit DDP for saving their lives.