Why did Hall no-show the PPV?

[mysticalhamster]

Here are some short explanations of the choices I have given everyone above!

So, why did Scott Hall no show the PPV? Everyone is assuming it is because he was drunk, having given in to his 'demons' again. But Hall was (supposed ) to be sober for 10 months or so. Why all of a sudden on the night of a big PPV does he go back to drinking?

Everyone is also saying that the food illness story is a lie. How can we be sure? I know firsthand how quickly you can get sick from eating tainted food - it can come on FAST. I am going to give Hall the benefit of the doubt, since just assuming someone is lying all of the time is not a good way to relate to people.

They he could of forgot about the PPV. You never know.

Scott Hall (was) is a member of the nWo, and it's slogan is that when you are nWo, you are nWo '4-life'. If this is true, Hall simply could have decided not to show up. No reason is needed, for he is nWo.

Hall's vehicle broke down on the way to the arena. This could have caused the food illness, for he had to walk to the closest gas station. Perhaps he decided to eat some of that nasty gas station food, like the hot dogs on the rollers, or he could have had a drink of the slurpee, out of the tank they never clean.

There is a chance Hall has totally lost his marbles, and phoned in the match to TNA. What do I mean? It's just like it's written. Hall called up TNA, and went through the match as played out in his head moment by moment, move by move, changing his voice to sound like Tenay and West calling the match. He also puts himself over strong during this delusion.

Mr. Hall had to attend a secret nWo meeting at a local nWo swamp hideout. A source close to the nWo via rajah.com has told me that Buff Bagwell, Virgil, Fake Sting, Hollywood Hogan, and The Macho Man Randy Savage were also present at the meeting.

The there is the final option:

Who the hell knows!!!

[angryfan]

I'll go with "he got advice on dealing with TNA from X-Pac". Really, that's the only explaination I can come up with. One "Kliq" member (although a marginal, mascot kind of type) no shows a PPV when he was scheduled to go over in a high profile tag match (the finals of the Candido Memorial tourney) and disappears for a few days. Now, another fomer Kliq member no shows a PPV where he was to participate in a very high-profile tag team match.

[biafra]

After reading the recap on Gerweck it looks like a big work.

I mean..if it was an actual no show would they actually show Nash informing Joe of the fact and then Joe shooting on it?

[Gillberg: 0-175]

biafracorleone said:

After reading the recap on Gerweck it looks like a big work.

I mean..if it was an actual no show would they actually show Nash informing Joe of the fact and then Joe shooting on it?

...yes. It happened in WCW all the time. This is what makes TNA look like a second-rate promotion on lines with your average indy. They put too much emphasis on guys not in the promotion to draw for them, when they need to build stars so shit like this won't happen. This is on line with Piper no-showing a 300 person indy show.

[Ken Ivory]

I went wih "Who the hell knows" because, let's face it, with Scott Hall, who in the Hell does know?

I don't want to rag on the guy and I genuinely hope he had a good reason for missing the show but there's always the possibility that his old drink craving crept up at the wrong time.

[EJS]

biafracorleone said:

After reading the recap on Gerweck it looks like a big work.

I mean..if it was an actual no show would they actually show Nash informing Joe of the fact and then Joe shooting on it?

Because when someone no shows in your MAIN EVENT you don't just pretend they were never advertised and replace them. You have to work it in somehow, and turning it into a "shoot" is one way. You turn your real life lemons into worked lemonade.

Alternatives would be ways to "cover it up" and not admit what actually happened. An off screen "beatdown" which leaves Hall "unable to compete" but he's never seen, for example. That's a lot less harsh, but obviously if this no show is legit, TNA wasn't interested in protecting Hall's reputation in such a way.

[Welfare Willis]

hadesgigas said:

biafracorleone said:

After reading the recap on Gerweck it looks like a big work.

I mean..if it was an actual no show would they actually show Nash informing Joe of the fact and then Joe shooting on it?

Because when someone no shows in your MAIN EVENT you don't just pretend they were never advertised and replace them. You have to work it in somehow, and turning it into a "shoot" is one way. You turn your real life lemons into worked lemonade.

Alternatives would be ways to "cover it up" and not admit what actually happened. An off screen "beatdown" which leaves Hall "unable to compete" but he's never seen, for example. That's a lot less harsh, but obviously if this no show is legit, TNA wasn't interested in protecting Hall's reputation in such a way.

For some reason, I see Scott Hall as Bela Lugosi like in the movie, Plan 9 from Outer Space. Hall gets a beatdown but we only see the back of his head...and for some reason he's wearing a cape. ;D

Well I want to believe Hall really was sick and not blowing another chance in the "spotlight." Maybe Scott should stay away from the Puerto Rican food.

[ghettooverlord]

Well...if Hall was sick, and he took a nice heave in the middle of the ring, would anyone here believe he wasn't drunk?

[Welfare Willis]

ghettooverlord said:

Well...if Hall was sick, and he took a nice heave in the middle of the ring, would anyone here believe he wasn't drunk?

No...but I think the ppv would content for worst ppv ever if that occured. The epic showdown between this and Legends of Wrestling would be awesome.

[I'm The Cool One]

i have no clue.

[Next Level was WRONG]

He had to return to his home planet.

[biafra]

It still looks like a work to me.


Hopefully I'm right..it was nice to see him working, in decent shape and apparently cleaned up at least for awhile.

[Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta]

None of those choices, he didn't appear because of:

A) It's a swerve; a very stupid swerve, but a swerve nonetheless.

or

B)Hall got cold feet about performing in front of the biggest audience he's performed in front of since his last WWF run, either because of doubts about his ability or his physique, and decided to pull out.

[Hiroshi Hase]

theloosecannon said:

None of those choices, he didn't appear because of:

A) It's a swerve; a very stupid swerve, but a swerve nonetheless.

or

B)Hall got cold feet about performing in front of the biggest audience he's performed in front of since his last WWF run, either because of doubts about his ability or his physique, and decided to pull out.

Actually he performed on several TNA shows in 04, including their first one in Huntsville,AL in 02 where it was a bigger crowd and he has done shows recently in Puerto Rico that had bigger crowds than the Impact Zone.

[biafra]

yjc1019 said:

theloosecannon said:

None of those choices, he didn't appear because of:

A) It's a swerve; a very stupid swerve, but a swerve nonetheless.

or

B)Hall got cold feet about performing in front of the biggest audience he's performed in front of since his last WWF run, either because of doubts about his ability or his physique, and decided to pull out.

Actually he performed on several TNA shows in 04, including their first one in Huntsville,AL in 02 where it was a bigger crowd and he has done shows recently in Puerto Rico that had bigger crowds than the Impact Zone.

Including the crowd that would be watching at home?

[Fireravenv]

In a way I hope it is just a storyline. It was nice to see, what looked like, Hall taking control of his life again.