----I always print stuff from the Observer, but rarely get to see the Meltz on TV. Marc Mero and Meltz were on Dan Abrams Live and thought this was a very well done piece.
Meltz had this to say about Mero today - Marc Mero is becoming something of a TV personality out of all this because he has got his speech down, but in the end, judging his points, I can't disagree with him. If he's speaking out against anything that will slow down the death rate, he's closer to the side of the solution than the guys who are going around in denial there is a problem. It's not a game of blame Vince vs. absolve Vince of all blame, which is as simplistic and lazy a way to look at this as the people who just say Benoit did it because of steroids and don't look elsewhere. There is a real problem. It's a gigantic problem. Covering up for the problem or burying your head in the sand because you love wrestling will guarantee it won't get better. I love wrestling, but I've seen this stuff for 25 years and so much of the covering up on the guise or not hurting the business is a partial reason (far from the only reason) why the deaths keep happening at an alarming rate.
Credit: www.wrestlingobsever.com
----Also on Observer site today -
--Penny Durham,the wife of the late Johnny Grunge. Durham, like her husband, has gone public in the past few days since her husband's death has become news because of the link to Astin. It was actually Mike Durham who hooked Chris up with Astin about seven or eight years ago. She was also exceedingly tight with Chris and Nancy Benoit. She said her husband would likely still be alive if Dr. Astin wasn't dishing the drugs out like candy. She also said it was ridiculous that Daniel had Fragile X as Nancy would have surely told her.
----I get chills every time I think that Benoit/Nancy were shooting their son with HGH only because he was short. I have heard this is becoming common practice, but I find it just appalling.
