– Thomas Golianopoulos spent a day with Tiny Lister a.k.a. Zeus last month and profiled him for his latest story on ESPN’s Grantland, which you can check out here. In the piece, Hulk Hogan talked about accidentally busting Lister’s nose during the filming of No Holds Barred. Lister also noted that he was never interested in a wrestling career and revealed how Vince McMahon convinced him to join the company.
“Vince McMahon was a great negotiator,” Lister said. “He would already wire the money into my account before he even started [negotiating]. Who’s going to say no? You’re going to take $56,000 out of your checking account?”
– WWE took a shot at CM Punk via his official WWE Facebook page. The top post is a link to a playlist looking at people walking out of the company with the text: “Superstars who threw in the towel.”
– WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin commented on Rusev on his Twitter earlier this week. He wrote:
“The kid has a good luck and lots of potential. I like the gimmick. We’ll see how it goes. #dontrush”
– Speaking of Austin, part two of his podcast with Vader drops this Thursday at Podcast One.
– Below are comments from Prince Devitt’s interview with the Low Blows podcast where he talks about the decision to leave New Japan Pro Wrestling. Devitt also commented on the WWE rumors:
“There has been a lot of talk and speculation about me doing TNA, WWE, and NASA projects but at the moment I’m happy doing my thing at home. There is a possibility that I might go to the States in the future for a potential opportunity there but until then, it’s all just rumors and speculation unfortunately.”
