JBL Comments On WWE’s Wellness Policy, Ric Flair Seminar, More

The following press release regarding Ric Flair’s latest project was sent out last night: RIC FLAIR TO HOST WRESTLING TRAINING SEMINAR FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS! Wrestling Legend comes to Boston area to provide once in a life time opportunity. Webster, Massachusetts, 12/10/08 – Ric Flair, the 16-time World Heavyweight Champion known world wide as “The Nature Boy” will be giving active professional wrestlers a once in a life time opportunity on Sunday, March 29, 2008. Flair, for the first time ever, will step in the ring and hold an open seminar for active professionals within the wrestling industry. This first ever event will take place at the Webster Town Hall in Webster, Mass. “Never before has a training seminar of this magnitude been open to the general public.” said Steve Perkins of Big Time Wrestling, “Not only wrestlers, but anyone involved in this industry will benefit greatly from this experience, we expect attendees from around the country.” Ric Flair will provide his unequaled insight into the industry with only 50 lucky professionals. Flair will be assisted by his son Reid, who recently made his pro debut. “The standouts at the seminar are very likely to be given a match that evening at our event at Webster Town Hall.” said Terry Allen of Big Time Wrestling. “It’s a once in a life time opportunity to work a show alongside Ric Flair”. Ric Flair will be managing his son Reid Flair in the main event of the evening, and has vowed to not let any outside interference occur. This once in a life time opportunity takes place, March 29, 2009 at Webster Town Hall. Price of enrollment is only $150 for the first 25 that enroll and $200 for the second 50 attendees. You can reserve your spot right now at www.flairseminar.com.

John Bradshaw Layfield has updated his WWE Universe Blog with his thoughts on WWE’s Wellness Policy, the latest steroid controversy in pro baseball and more. JBL says he’s “thrilled” that WWE has a strict drug policy and he’s 100% against steroids. “I am thrilled that WWE is a leader in testing. I don’t say that because I work for them, I say that because I am thrilled that the temptation to take drugs to look better or perform better was taken away by WWE’s strict drug policy.” He says that as he was training to get back into wrestling shape and nearly lost 100 pounds, he had no temptation to use performance enhance drugs “I am very glad that when I was trying to get back into shape to make a return to the ring that drugs was not an option, because if it had been an option I would have been tempted to go to a doctor (which you can do easily at my age) and get a prescription for testosterone or other drug and take a short cut,” JBL said. “Because, getting into shape after getting so out of shape was tough, and still is. Taking the option of drugs out of the equation was a great thing the WWE did.” JBL believes WWE has created a healthy environment for wrestlers to help remove the temptation of using banned substances. “I have been tested for drugs, AIDS, high cholesterol, concussions; you name it in the past six months alone,” JBL said. “WWE has made sure it has created an environment that is healthy, just as the NFL has done and baseball started doing a few years ago.”

In a column printed in today’s Houston Chronicle, sports reporter Jerome Solomon about this week’s steroid scandal in baseball, with Alex Rodriguez admitting he used performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. Solomon said the focus should be shifted to WWE, where he claims the wrestlers are readily available to be investigated by Congress. “That is good law enforce-ment – when it comes to laws we want to enforce. Is this really one of them? … If so, I submit that a couple dozen steroids arrests could be made if the long arm of the law showed up at a WWE event (or most major gyms around the country on a random Wednesday) with urine sample cups in hand. Heck, several guys could have been scooped up in any Major League Baseball clubhouse a few years ago.” To read more, check out Chron.com.

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