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KANYON TALKS ABOUT WHY HE SHOWED UP AT WWE SHOW LAST NIGHT, SAYS WWE FIRED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS GAY 

Chris Kanyon has posted his reasons for why attended last night's WWE house show in Tampa, FL last night on his blog today.  For those who didn't read the house show report, he came through the crowd down to ringside during DX's match and yelled at Shawn Michaels and Triple H before he was removed by security.

In his blog, he cites the beginning of the end for him was when he returned from injury to the Smackdown taping on 2/11/03.  He wrote, " It was my return to national TV after many months recovering from injury as well as many months helping with the WWE's training system, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), in Louisville, KY. After so much time off TV, instead of any build up and fanfare for my return, the WWE had me dress up as a known homosexual (Boy George), come out of a large crate in the middle of the ring (a closet, so to speak), sing in a very effeminate voice ("sing like a fag" I was told by the agent/creative person assigned by Vince McMahon to me and this "storyline,"), and take a very physical, stiff beating from the Undertaker including 3 extremely brutal and UNSAFE chair shots to the small of the back and the top of the head."

He said that he believed he was booked in this way due to "my possible plans, at the time, to come out of the closet nationally. Prior to my comeback, I had several discussions with people within the WWE about coming out, and I am sure it got back to Vince. Instead of just telling me that he would prefer it if I didn't come out, I believe he set up this angle as a message to me. I can't say that for sure, but if it wasn't a message, it was an incredible coincidence. Following this incident I was very rarely on Smackdown or Raw, and was pretty much beaten every week until I was fired. I guess everyone can draw his/her own conclusions."

He then added, "Now, as recently as a few weeks ago, my goal was to return to the WWE, I guess in some ways not wanting to believe that I was really fired because I was gay. But I was curious. Several attempts to contact and talk to the WWE about a possible return went unanswered. And in trying to find out about the potential for a return, I found out from people within the WWE that my suspicions about being fired because I was gay, according to them, were correct.  One person high up on the corporate side confirmed that Vince knew that I was gay and that was at least part of the reason that I was released. This person told me that Vince has said in the past, "it is my company, and I can hire and fire whoever I want for whatever reason I want." And, although morally I do not agree with that statement, in some ways I see his point and in some ways I agree with him….if it was a private company. But the WWE is a public company, and Vince's top priority should be turning a profit for his stockholders. He should not allow any of his personal animosity or prejudices towards any groups or individuals affect decisions that may affect potential profit for his stockholders. But that is just my opinion."

He went on to say why he showed up at the house show last night.  "I decided to attend the show because I was frustrated with my inability to hear from Vince McMahon on whether what I had heard was true or not. If I found out from him that it was true, I would have to move on with my life. There would be no attempted lawsuits (I really don't believe in them) and I believe I would really have no hard feelings. I would just know it was my time to move on. Everything happens for a reason, and I would take this as a sign that there are other things for me to do out there. It would give me closure to a great chapter in my life.  On the other hand, if it is not true, I would like one more run. I miss wrestling in the WWE and I feel I still have something to offer. But, thus far, I have not heard from Vince. So I decided to bring 2 signs to the house show. "HHH, PLEASE ASK VINCE WHY HE REALLY FIRED ME" and since that really didn't let Vince know what I was thinking. "SHAWN PLEASE PRAY FOR MY GAY SOUL." I intentionally did not do this during the match out of respect to Shawn and HHH, since I would never want to distract from anyone's match."

For those who say, "this was all done to get people talking", he said, "And that was that. Not a publicity ploy, as some will accuse."

Whether you believe that or not is up to you.

SECOND MATCH ANNOUNCED FOR RAW ON MONDAY FROM MSG, JBL GOES AFTER ANOTHER WORKER, CM PUNK AND MORE
by Steven Fernandes

WWE.com has "learned" that a huge epic six-man tag match will take place this Monday night. Cena, Carlito and Jeff will take on Edge, Orton and Nitro.  OF course, they have already announced that Triple H will take on Vince McMahon.

They also have exclusive footage from the Smackdown taping of JBL terrorizing Tony Chimmel with the T-shirt gun. Chimel makes it all the way to the ramp before Steve Keirn sneaks up on him and tackles him so JBL can hit him. 

They have a poll for a new CM Punk t-shirt.  To vote, click here.

WWE NEWS AND NOTES

Add The Philippine Star to the list of papers that have done a piece on Batista.  You can read it by clicking here.

Steven Fernandes reporting. ... They were running ads during Smackdown and ECW last night for the Montreal Supershow next week, mentioning King Booker vs. Vito and Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero in a steel cage as non-televised main events.

While Matt Stryker's Steve Irwin comment was edited off of the Australian broadcast, Daryl Vandenberg and Adam Nobess sent word that it did air on the Canadian broadcast last night.

Rob Allison sent word that Smackdown will air in Main next Friday on WPXT at 11:05 p.m.

Speaking of Smackdown viewing, Dave Whitaker sent this one. ... Viewers who tuned into WGNM 64 on Friday night didn't see WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Rather they saw the announcement of the station going full-time Christian TV programming. WGNM had split time as a UPN affiliate and a Christian TV station. But with the pending debut of The CW, WGNM will now be full-time Christian TV. Which means you can add many areas to those who won't be seeing Smackdown. WGNM 64 was the UPN affiliate for many cites and small towns in Central GA. It's also the affiliate for anyone in Central Georgia who subscribes to local channels via DirecTV. The good news is WBZL TV-14 (which had been simulcast in Macon as the WB affiliate) will be switching to the CW (they've shown promos for the debut and continue to air network programming such as Smallville.)

And Chris Grant added this. ... I just read something posted on the site about Smackdown here in St. Louis. I have some information that may clear things up. WRBU 46 switched from UPN to My Network TV on September 5, as stated by T. Boler on the site. Also, KPLR 11 won't change to CW until the end of the month. However, WRBU is airing Smackdown early Sundays at 3:00 am until it launches on CW later this month. I hope that clears it up for the fans in St. Louis, where I am from, who want to set their VCR's or DVR's to watch it.

Tony Maverick sent word that Matt Striker's comment about swimming with stingrays was wisely edited off of ECW when it aired in Australia today. Vince McMahon apologized for the comment, which was made to get heat on Striker in the wake of the death of "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

 

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