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Post by Stratusfaction on Jan 6, 2008 22:06:29 GMT -5
- If you recall, Stevie Richards was getting a fair amount of television time on ECW broadcasts throughout the summer and into the fall, but without warning, he completely disappeared. He hasn't appeared on a single show since mid-September. What happened is that in October, Richards' difficulties breathing worsened to the point that he needed have surgery on his throat -- the first of five surgeries in 2007. Joey Styles wrote on the ECW website: "Stevie's difficulties breathing worsened weekly until finally in October, Stevie endured the first of five surgeries that would continue through the remainder of 2007. The purpose of these surgeries was to open up Stevie’s airway, which had slowly and steadily been closing since April, and then to attempt to restore Stevie's voice to the way it had sounded prior to the initial injury in 1997." Styles notes that Richards has been suffering from issues stemming from his voice dating back to May 1997 after he broke his neck in a match with Terry Funk. Funk dropped a steel guardrail on top of Richards which struck him right in the back of his neck. Styles then goes into detail on the number of problems Richards has had to endure over the years in his column at this link. There's also a post-surgery photo of Richards' neck showing a huge stitched-up scar
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Post by Burnham on Jan 10, 2008 4:29:19 GMT -5
oh i hope he gets better,
p.s. has tommy dreamer been released? i ask this because he hasnt been on ECW for a while
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Post by Iceman on Jan 10, 2008 6:28:48 GMT -5
Wow, that's really a shame. I thought it was bad enough when he broke his neck from the Funk ladder, but I never thought he'd still be having problems with it today. That's really beat and tough. Sorry for Stevie.
Don't know about Dreamer, but I guess it has been at least a month since I've seen him too.
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Post by Stratusfaction on Jan 10, 2008 8:09:55 GMT -5
Nahhh he hasnt been released hes still under contract with them
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Post by DA NEMISIS on Jan 10, 2008 22:19:11 GMT -5
loosing Dreamer would not be a good idea to WWE. He 'could' consider TNA then. Have some good hardcore matches in there too
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Post by Burnham on Jan 11, 2008 4:26:34 GMT -5
yeh TNA actually has hardcore matches, unlike wwe
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Post by DA NEMISIS on Jan 13, 2008 18:28:21 GMT -5
yep. And I notice they dont use the word "Hardcore" much either (TNA). Would this be because WWE has crapped all over that word?  maybe / maybe not.. |
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Post by DA NEMISIS on Jan 13, 2008 18:29:07 GMT -5
not to mention that Dreamer would make a wicked 'aganet' for TNA also.
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Post by RKO Babe on Feb 8, 2008 16:10:02 GMT -5
no dream er hasnt been released i watched him on ecw tues night
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