July

July 8, 2010

Muchnick Queries Congressman Anthony Weiner of the House Judiciary Committee

I’ve put the following questions to Congressman Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. When he responds, I’ll let y’all […]
July 8, 2010

WWE: No More Legend Beatdowns After Steamboat (Unless, That Is, They’re Really Important to the Plot)

Want to know what Senate candidate Linda McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment is really like, after the “soap opera” lights have dimmed? Follow it for a week […]
July 8, 2010

What Linda McMahon and Her Husband Told CNN in 2007 About Concussions and Pro Wrestling Chair Shots

World Wrestling Entertainment’s double-talk about last week’s Ricky Steamboat brain aneurysm – excuse me, his burst capillary – sent me back to what Linda McMahon and […]
July 7, 2010

Meltzer Handles Steamboat Story Ably in New Wrestling Observer

More expansive and less cryptic than in his daily website updates, Dave Meltzer does a decent job with the Ricky Steamboat story in the July 12 […]
July 7, 2010

More on Chavo Guerrero’s 2004 Concussion

Important new information (at least new to this blog) from Keith Harris at Cageside Seats: Did WWE downplay the severity of Chavo Guerrero’s 2004 concussion to […]
July 7, 2010

NFL Explains: Maroon Still on Committee, Only Concussion ‘Leadership’ Has Changed

In the  last post I tried to draw National Football League spokesman Greg Aiello out a little more on the status of NFL/Pittsburgh Steelers/World Wrestling Entertainment […]
July 7, 2010

NFL Spokesman Aiello: WWE Medical Director Maroon Still ‘Works With’ League Concussion Committee

National Football League spokesman Greg Aiello says Dr. Joseph Maroon “will continue to work with” the league’s committee on head, neck, and spine injuries. In light […]
July 6, 2010

Do WWE Doctors Serve WWE Wrestlers? Or Just WWE?

The purpose of PR is to emit candy-coated bullshit. The purpose of journalism is to expose candy-coated bullshit and make people think. Last week semi-retired pro […]
July 6, 2010

What Chavo Guerrero Told Chris Benoit’s Dad About His Own Concussion and Bleeding on the Brain

I hope that Mike Benoit, Chris’s father, does not again become so dissatisfied with my coverage of traumatic brain injury and its role in the deaths […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick