Jericho, JBL, Mickie etc put in danger in Iraq

[Steveweiser]

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

While in Iraq for the Tribute to the Troops taping, several WWE superstars found themselves in grave danger. A helicopter carrying Dean Malenko, Mickie James, Carlito, Chris Jericho, JBL, and Ron Simmons was damaged while landing, stranding the superstars for five hours in a war zone in Tarmiyah, Iraq. They were in the middle of fires, smoke bombs, dead animals, and razor wire everywhere while hanging out with soldiers in an unsecure location.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I understand why they're doing the Tribute to the Troops shows...but perhaps they look into other ways to reach out, they're going to get the workers really hurt. I know it's a battle zone...but WWE's workers are not soldiers...

[Christianv2]

.. Wow, im sorry I dont doubt that the situation happened but the way they worded it makes it sound like so much bull shit.

[marvelocity]

With this, and the recent plane scare for the Smackdown crew, there is some very bad karma following the WWE superstars. Hopefully it all ends here.

[Tyfo]

Now I just have this mental image of the APA kicking everyones ass who came near them on the battlefields in Iraq.

Im glad they were all ok though.

[willywonka666]

This is getting more and more dangerous each year

[Stu]

tyfo85 said:

Now I just have this mental image of the APA kicking everyones ass who came near them on the battlefields in Iraq.

That would totally rule. And imagine Triple H destroying terrorists with his sledgehammer or Edge spearing them into oblivion.

That said, I'm glad everyone's fine.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

For five hours in the war zone ?? Wow, that must have been stressful. Not quite as much as for the soldiers who experience it every day, though.
Well, at least now they can tell how horrible being on the battlefront is.

[bitteroldman]

This makes RVD look fairly prescient by refusing to make those trips. The dude may be a stoner, but....

[salTy]

I bet I can guess what Ron Simmons' reaction was...

[lotus]

lobo said:

I bet I can guess what Ron Simmons' reaction was...

Soemthing along the lines of a ding dang darn?

[Sumbody Gon' Get Dey Kneelift]

jguy4life said:

tyfo85 said:

Now I just have this mental image of the APA kicking everyones ass who came near them on the battlefields in Iraq.

That would totally rule. And imagine Triple H destroying terrorists with his sledgehammer or Edge spearing them into oblivion.

That said, I'm glad everyone's fine.

These aren't terrorists; we're in their country, and their infrastructure has basically fallen apart, and they were mad before, and they're even madder now. These are insurgents.

Though the idea of someone popping up with an RPG and abruptly getting a codebreaker is very appealing.

Speaking of, I've always wanted to see someone holding an AK-47 get stunned, so that they could flop backwards with the AK firing randomly into the air.

[CrazySting]

Without getting too into the politics...it does seem to be getting more and dangerous by the year. I know Vince loves it, but I don't know how if he can continue to keep taking them over there under such circumstances.

And it is a potential law suit waiting to happen. Everyone knows it's not really voluntary (you can't refuse to go without getting a lot of heat and your push suffering). If anything does happen, you'll have family members in court screaming about how Vince forced their lovedone to go to a dangerous warzone or they would lose their job.

[Citizen Snips]

I guess Raw really IS War....

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

dothebird said:

I guess Raw really IS War....

Sssshhhhhhh !! You' re giving the WWE creatives ideas !

[Turd Ferguson]

Does Orton go to the Tribute to the Troops? 'cause I'd imagine the troops would have major beef with a deserter.


Mmmm....beef.


Mmmm...dessert.

[Steveweiser]

He did, and all the female troops seemed to cream themselves over him.

[CrazySting]

I remember him saying he would never go a few years ago, because of what happened, but he's been twice now.

I don't know if that's out of the goodness of his heart or he was aware of the political ramifications of saying he wouldn't go. I'd like to say the former but it was probably the latter.

[The QC Loser]

Tarmiyah, Iraq HUH wow I've been there actually. Great little chicken stand across from the police station. for like 5 bucks you could get a whole chicken all kinds of veggies and like 5 pepsi's

[The Beast Disincarnate]

ssnakebite said:

For five hours in the war zone ?? Wow, that must have been stressful. Not quite as much as for the soldiers and iraki civilians who experience it every day, though.