D-Lo Brown & Pat Kenny Backstage At No Surrender, More

As reported earlier this week, Pat Kenny and D’Lo Brown have been hired by TNA as agents. TNAWrestlingNews.com is reporting that both are in Orlando as we speak for tonight’s PPV. On Tuesday night, D’Lo Brown announced on Between The Ropes that he would be finishing up his wrestling requirements and will then retire from in-ring competition.

Sad to report the passing of Karl Afflis, who was the son of Dick the Bruiser. He passed away today in Florida.

Also sad to report the passing of southern wrestling legend Lester Welch, who also passed away today.

Legendschampionshipwrestling.com sent out the following announcement today, stating that former WWE wrestler Sam Houston was sent back to prison: Former WWE Superstar and LCW Legend Sam Houston (Michael Maurice Smith) was sent back to prison yesterday for a probation violation to finish a 10-year prison sentence from 2005 stemming from multiple DUI convictions. Because he was a non-violent offender, his original sentence was commuted to probation as a result of Hurricane Katrina less than a month after he was sentenced. Smith was recently ordered by his probation officer to attend a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. LegendsWrestling.com spoke with Smith’s ex-wife, Nickla “Baby Doll” Roberts Smith, who said Houston left the 90-day rehab program after only 30 days and the judge decided to send him back to prison as a result of this violation to complete his original prison sentence. In August 2005, Smith was sentenced to 10 years in prison for repeated DUI arrests. He had been arrested numerous times before, with Roberts claiming in 2005 that he had had an average of two DUI arrests per year for the past ten years before he was sent to prison. Smith’s home near New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He worked part-time at a construction company, and also helped his father at a cemetery, which is operated by the Fireman’s Charitable and Benevolent Association, near the French Quarter in New Orleans. Smith is a second generation professional wrestler, his father is former wrestler Grizzly Smith. His siblings are also wrestlers; his half-brother is Jake “The Snake” Roberts and his younger sister is Rockin Robin. Smith worked for NWA’s Jim Crockett Promotions in the mid-80s before moving on to the WWE for a few years in the late-80s.
Lita Backstage At TNA’s No Surrender PPV!