UPDATE x
2: Scott Hall tweeted the following today:
Bad
times don’t last…
— Scott Hall (@SCOTTHALLNWO)
May
22, 2014
Hall then tweeted
this photo of himself and Kevin Nash on Thursday evening:
Through thick and thin….#Outsiders
pic.twitter.com/S5csALlHUV
—
Scott Hall (@SCOTTHALLNWO) May 22,
2014
As noted earlier,
there are many people who are concerned with the current health of Scott Hall.
That includes DDP and Jake “The Snake” Roberts as well as many of his close
friends. On behalf of everyone here on the website, our best thoughts toward
Scott Hall with whatever issues he may be dealing with.
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
