UPDATE: Scott Hall and his son Cody were scheduled
to appear at an event last week in California. Scott texted promoter Kirk White
and told him that he “was in a dark place”, unable to get out of bed and would
not be at the event. Cody, DDP and Hall’s agent Bill Behrens tried to get him to
go but he refused and said he couldn’t.
There is said to
be some concern over his condition after he missed the event. The promoter paid
Hall $1,600 in advance, a 50% deposit, then received the text that Hall would
not be there the day he was scheduled to fly from Atlanta to
California.
Behrens issued the
following statement to White: “I regret that Scott Hall decided last
minute he would not make the trip from Atlanta with his son Cody to Big Time
Wrestling’s Wrestlefest and wrestling event. His son, Cody Hall, Dallas page and
myself all tried to change his mind but he could not get past the personal
issues that had him unwilling to travel to California. Kirk, you are a true
professional who goes out of his way to deliver what he promotes and promises. I
hope the fans who attend WrestleFest and that evening’s wrestling event do not
feel shortchanged by Scott’s decision. I am confident all who attend will have a
great time. I believe it is Scott Hall’s loss to have missed this opportunity to
meet his many fans and to see his son Cody wrestle for the first time in
California. I am sure in time he will come to regret his decision, if he has not
already.”
There isn’t much
known about Hall’s condition at this time. Jake Roberts recently said on Roddy
Piper’s podcast that he is “very concerned” with Hall.
ORIGINAL: As previously reported, Scott Hall
canceled an appearance at Saturday’s WrestleFest show in Newark, California at
the last minute. Big Time Wrestling revealed on their web site that Hall’s agent
Bill Behrens contacted them on Friday to say that Hall was not going to
attend.
The email, which
was published in full, notes that “Scott Hall decided last minute he would not
make the trip from Atlanta with his son Cody” and that Behrens, Cody and Dallas
Page all tried to change his mind. However, Behrens said “he could not get past
the personal issues that had him unwilling to travel to
California.”
The email
concludes with, “I believe it is Scott Hall’s loss to have missed this
opportunity to meet his many fans and to see his son Cody wrestle for the first
time in California. I am sure in time he will come to regret his decision, if he
has not already.”
Medical problems will prevent me
from appearing in Newark, CA tommorow . I apologize to all the fans. Thank
you
— Scott Hall (@SCOTTHALLNWO) May 17,
2014
Thank you to everyone for all your
concern and support.
— Scott Hall (@SCOTTHALLNWO) May 17,
2014
DDP spoke with
Wrestling Inc last week for a podcast and said that Hall was having a difficult
time with the Ultimate Warrior’s passing. He said, “I think the Warrior
passing affected a lot of people. I know Scott and Jake had great discussions
with him. Both of them were supposed to work with Warrior at sometime and
didn’t. Scott was supposed to tag with Flair at Survivor Series and that was
around the time Warrior ended up leaving. Jake was doing all those vignettes and
that didn’t work out either. Jake held onto that anger until they talked. Scott
will never put himself out there as the poster boy for being cured. He’s
thinking he could fall today. He only lives a mile from me, which was his
design, and sometimes he’ll just come by. I am a foundation of positive energy
because the other way sucks. You need to figure out how to pull yourself up
again.”
It is important to
note that no one has specifically stated that Hall has fallen off the wagon, and
it is possible that he could feel that he’s at risk of doing so or is dealing
with some other issue. Until we hear otherwise, anything else beyond “unnamed
personal/medical issues” is just speculation.
On behalf of
everyone here on the website, our best thoughts toward Scott Hall with whatever
issues he may be dealing with.
Also, here is this
week’s edition of #WZRtv featuring Matt Boone and Ryan Clark. In this week’s
episode, we take a look at why WWE has to be concerned with the stock price
tanking and the low Network numbers. The discussion regarding that begins at
1:33:00
