As I mentioned in the reply to Nate's DVD post, I had to Wiki the 1991 BattleBowl because I couldn't recall what it was. As always happens with Wikipedia, you start clicking on links and suddenly you find yourself reading about Gold-Bond Medicated Powder which is completely inexplicable because the original article you searched for was the Atari 5200. Somehow I made my way from Battlebowl 1991 to the World Bodybuilding Federation to WWE New York to XFL to Joey Styles, where I found a link to this interesting article.One of the most newsworthy events that transpired on World Wrestling Entertainment's tour of Iraq last week took place nowhere near any of the cameras that were filming the tour. I was stunned at hearing the following story over the weekend and initially chalked it up to being just an urban legend, but as it turns out, it was completely accurate.
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As the story was initially explained to me (and all versions I've heard since have matched the original report I was conveyed), JBL made [Joey] Styles something of a target because it was Styles' first tour of Iraq for the company and was hazing the former ECW announcer.
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Several days into the tour, JBL (who by all accounts, had been drinking) did something that caused Styles to physically retaliate in defense. A number of wrestlers stepped between them and held the two apart. When JBL broke free, he went towards Styles, who "nailed him perfectly with a pretty good shot" according to one witness, laying JBL out, busting him open and blackening his eye.
Little Joey Styles knocked JBL the fuck out. That is the finest wrestling-related story I've heard in quite some time. It couldn't have happened to a more-deserving jerkass or been done by anyone more appropriate unless Steve Austin whipped Hulk Hogan's ass.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Joey Styles: Great Announcer or Greatest Announcer?
4 comments:
That is great. I remember a story from back when I was into wrestling where JBL was picking on Blackman for some reason and Blackman laid him out (or threatened to lay him out). I have never understood why "workers" have to be sons of bitches in the name of "the biz."
WHOA...this story has left me inspired...touched, even...and full of the Christmas spirit.
Joey Styles knocks JBL the fuck out...chalk one up to the little guy!!
And while the Jim Ross's and Gordon Solie's of the world will inevitably win those pesky "Greatest Announcer of All Time" awards, Mr. Styles should always hold his head high as a true talent and innovator in his field.
If I recall correctly, there's a story about JBL threatening or "attempting" to rape someone, Matt Hardy maybe, in the shower as a "rib" but that may be conflated memories although it sounds true enough so I'll go with it. JBL seems to be the type that would act like that in any locker room, even the executive gym in a Fortune 500 company, as long as he's in a position where he can get away with it.
Your recollection is pretty spot on, although I think it might have been Shannon Moore.
I like how man-rape is considered a practical joke, where wrestling is concerned. Seems kayfabe has finally caught up with our justice system.
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