Completely unfounded rumour... but...

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Reported by Chris Hyatte, no less:


Ohhhh, something BIG is brewing.

How big? SO big that the "heavyweight" reporters (Meltzer, Scherer, Keller) are quietly checking and re-checking the facts before reporting on this.

HOW BIG? Well, IF it's true it might cause a mainstream uproar that SHOULD be on the level of Eddie's death and the subsequent Drug Testing announcement

HOW BIG?? Big enough that the Undertaker could potentially have a MAJOR lawsuit against the WWE...

I'm sure you know the story, but let me recap it a bit...

Rumor has it... that "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr has Hepatitus. A pretty nasty, permenant disease that lives in his blood. In varying degrees, it could be fatal. It's also easily transmitted through mixing of body fluids. It just wipes out your liver.

Rumor has it... that Orton has had this for a while.

Rumor has it... Orton only told John Laurenitius. Probably the McMahons too.

Rumor has it... Laurenitus didn't bother to tell anyone else other than, (and this isn't for sure, just possible/probable) the McMahons and.or anyone higher on the management chain

Rumor has it... Orton got to work with this disease that IS EASILY PASSED ON THROUGH MIXING BLOOD in an environment where he sometimes is called to get physical with others and bleed.

FACT... Orton bled like a stuck pig during his son's Armageddon "Hell in the Cell" match against the Undertaker

FACT... Orton bled all over the Undertaker

FACT Undertaker was bleeding too

FACT Randy Orton was bleeding as well. All three ended up covered in each other's blood.

Rumor has it... Laurenitius saw this and said, "Uh oh".

Rumor has it... Laurentitius waited until it was too late, and until he had a load of muscle behind him, to break the news to the Undertaker

Rumor has it... The Undertaker is infuriated.

FACT Neither Cowboy Bob or the Undertaker has been seen since

And there you have it.

Do you understand what the ramifications are if any of this is true?

First of all, to ignorantly expose the Undertaker, the most loyal dog the WWE has ever had, to this is... is just mind blowing. Years... over a decade of service... of money generating fan appeal, to just callously let him work with a guy WITH A LIVER DESTROYING DISEASE IN HIS BLOOD and allow them to bleed all over each other. Without a warning... without a single heads up.

And the LEGAL ramifications. Mark Calloway, if any of this is true, could possible destroy the WWE. I mean, the irresponsible behavior here is just... it's worse than their ongoing drug problem. At least with drugs and 'roids, the WWE can say, "Hey, we didn't know!" In this situation, management (Laurenitius at least... and he WILL be the fall guy if this is as bad as it looks) DID know... and willfully withheld the information.

If this is true, the reign of John Laurenitius... maybe the biggest cocksucker ever to find his way on the WWE pay-roll, is over. You can't hide this. You can't sweep this under the rug. You can't throw a ton of money at the Undertaker and tell him to shut u...

Oh right... you can. Calloway could sell out. He might be a big enough dope to do it.

Anyway, if any of this is true... we are looking at the biggest act of betrayal to a loyal employee since the 1997Survivor Series.

Man, I hope it's all true.

alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

a statement from WWE.com

"This statement is with regards to the recent rumours of 'Cowboy' Bob Orton Jr and his health status with Hepatitis.

We the WWE would like to assure our viewers that it is our top priority to ensure that the safety our employees are not compromised, and that, under no circumstances would our employee be allowed to wrestle if there are serious risks of disease or injury, to themselves as well as that of others.

We can confirm that 'Cowboy' Bob Orton is Hepatitus B positive and is currently undergoing medical treatment. The reason The Undertaker was allowed to wrestle with Bob Orton at the December SmackDown pay-per-view "Armageddon" was that: although we already knew at that point that Bob Orton was Hepatitis B positive, we were not in the knowledge then or now of any evidence within the scientific community to suggest that Hepatitis B can be transmitted through blood to someone already deceased."

(p.s. this post is made up. this wasn't a real statement from WWE.com)

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

Because when you want the BIG NEWS, you go to Hyatte.

After wading through is pleas for Missy Hyatt to take his virginity, that is.

ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

http://pf.xanga.com/f4/42/f44258aec32e21d0f59de3a5cc4a73ff19372952.jpg
HI DERE WEHRE TEH HEPATITTIES AT?

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

i choose to believe everything i read regarding wrestling on the internet.

alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

Hyatte getting ready for another big scoop:

http://billmon.org/archives/janitor.gif

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

FACT: Undertaker disappears after every PPV
FACT: Randy Orton has been on Smackdown since the PPV


its all bullshit.

eithgg, Friday, 27 January 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...
- As a follow up to the Undertaker/Orton/hepatitis story, the Undertaker recently had a meeting at Smackdown where he told the workers that if they didn't want to work with him until he was fully cleared in a few months, he was cool with that.

So that's from Inside Pulse, which credits the Wrestling Observer newsletter... any word here?

alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...
wudda bin gd if taker sued wwe

AvD, Thursday, 1 June 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)


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