With TNA airing an all-promo Impact last Thursday, let’s return to the glorious world of 1984 Mid-South Wrestling for this week’s Big Vinny V Show.
And what an episode this was.
Ted DiBiase made his return to the promotion and immediately destroyed Hacksaw Jim Duggan, though the circumstances of that destruction are not clear
Buddy Landel joined General Skandor Akbar’s army and Akbar’s other weapon, the Missing Link, wrestled a horrible match
Hacksaw Butch Reed faced Brickhouse Brown in a grudge match
Ernie Ladd challenged Magnum TA for the North American title
The Rock n’ Roll Express demonstrated the straightjacket they are going to put on Jim Cornette with a shocking conclusion that nobody could possibly have seen coming…except every single fan in the building
Wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan is back under contract with WWE.
Speaking on a new episode of The Hacksaw Hour, Duggan revealed that he recently signed a WWE Legends contract. Duggan said it’s been a while since he was last under a Legends deal — and he’s looking forward to being featured in action figures and video games again.
“I just signed a Legends deal with the WWE,” the 71-year-old Duggan announced. “Just recently signed the Legends deal. I haven’t signed it for a while, there was a little kind of discrepancy what was going on, but we got it all worked out and was able to sign it. So hopefully the action figures and the games will be coming back out again.”
Duggan made an appearance at the WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event episode that took place in San Antonio on January 25. While at the show, he was also interviewed for future WWE content. Duggan said he was treated very well backstage and received a good paycheck for appearing. He feels WWE is a whole different world under its new management regime.
“I’m excited [about the Legends deal]. Like I said, it’s a whole new day up there in WWE. Proud to be part of it,” Duggan said. “Of course, you know, I never blasted the WWE. I never blasted Vince [McMahon]. As bad as he was, I still wouldn’t be where I am without him. Wrestling wouldn’t be where it is without him. I can’t vouch for his character — but as a businessman that took wrestling from high school gyms and National Guard armories to what it is today.
“But I signed that deal, so hopefully it won’t take too long to be in the circuit to come out with new action figures and stuff, and hopefully they give me some abs this time, you know? [laughs]”
Duggan is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2011.
Two days after undergoing emergency surgery, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan has been discharged from the hospital.
An update posted to Duggan’s social media accounts on Monday revealed that he is now out of the hospital. Duggan was admitted last Friday evening and underwent an undisclosed emergency surgery on Saturday morning.
Duggan thanked the staff at the hospital for making these rough few days much easier. He also thanked everyone who was thinking of him or said a prayer for him:
Before his hospitalization, Duggan was honored in Glens Falls, New York last Friday. It was declared as “James ‘Hacksaw’ Duggan Day” in the city, and Duggan was inducted as an honorary member into the Glens Falls Firefighters Association for work that he did as a summer firefighter in the 1970s.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the UFC PPV this weekend with a giant upset, the death of Brett Sawyer, Jim Duggan hospitalized, Bryan Danielson teasing the end of his career, Drew McIntyre and Gable Steveson updates, a big NXT Tuesday, Collision and Smackdown reports and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: UFC 293 recap
18:20: Brett Sawyer passes away, Hacksaw Jim Duggan undergoes emergency surgery
23:20: Bryan Danielson’s future
31:34: Drew McIntyre says he’s not looking to go anywhere else, Gable Steveson works NXT house shows, NXT lineup, new Impact Hall of Fame inductees
An update is available on ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan’s condition.
Duggan was admitted to hospital on Friday evening and underwent emergency surgery Saturday morning. His wife Debra posted a statement that the surgery went well.
An update was posted to Duggan’s official Twitter account on Sunday, noting the 69-year-old is on the mend and will be back on his feet soon.
Update: Jim is resting comfortably. He is on the mend and will be back on his feet soon. Thank you for your prayers, good wishes and messages. Hacksaw’s fans are awesome! Thanks to @JakeSnakeDDT and Cheryl for the beautiful flowers!
Update:
Jim is resting comfortably. He is on the mend and will be back on his feet soon. Thank you for your prayers, good wishes and messages. Hacksaw's fans are awesome!
The type of surgery Duggan had has not been disclosed.
The WWE Hall of Famer was honored in his hometown of Glen Falls, New York on Friday. He was named an honorary member of the Glens Falls Firefighters Association and Friday was declared James “Hacksaw” Duggan Day by the mayor.
Pictured with some of the first responders in Glens Falls!
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Duggan’s wife posted the following to social media on Saturday:
We want to thank everyone that came out yesterday as Jim was honored by the Glens Falls Firefighters Association and apologize to those that came after 3:30.
Jim was taken to the hospital and admitted yesterday evening. He had emergency surgery this morning and everything went well. We will reschedule tomorrow in Utica, MI for a later time. We welcome your prayers and we will continue to provide updates.
Pro wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan is recovering after having to undergo emergency surgery.
Duggan’s wife Debra issued a statement on Saturday announcing that Duggan was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening and underwent emergency surgery this morning. Debra wrote that everything went well with the surgery. The statement didn’t disclose what type of surgery was done.
The full statement can be read below:
We want to thank everyone that came out yesterday as Jim was honored by the Glens Falls Firefighters Association and apologize to those that came after 3:30.
Jim was taken to the hospital and admitted yesterday evening. He had emergency surgery this morning and everything went well. We will reschedule tomorrow in Utica, MI for a later time. We welcome your prayers and we will continue to provide updates.
Thank you, Debra
Friday was declared as “James ‘Hacksaw’ Duggan Day” in Glens Falls, New York. Duggan was also inducted as an honorary member into the Glens Falls Firefighters Association for work that he did as a summer firefighter in the 1970s.
A meet-and-greet with Duggan raised $2500 for the GF Nation Fund.
Duggan’s social media accounts said: “Yesterday was named James ‘Hacksaw’ Duggan Day by the mayor! We didn’t know anything about it and it was an incredible honor”
Pro wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan has issued a statement after dealing with a scary situation at his home.
As noted in Saturday’s Daily Update, Duggan tackled and detained an intruder who came through his front door at around 6:45 p.m. on December 8. Duggan held the intruder at gunpoint after detaining him.
Duggan told Wrestling Inc. that the intruder was a man in his mid-20s who was “fleeing individuals related to a separate legal matter, leading him to seek refuge.” The intruder “reportedly pounded on multiple other doors before climbing over the Duggans’ fence and entering through their unlocked door. Duggan did not press charges when asked, letting the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department apprehend the intruder.”
The intruder, who Duggan and his wife Debra said was “hysterically frightened,” claimed that there were people from a nearby home who were coming after him to kill him. Because they heard other people yelling in the neighborhood, Duggan and Debra turned their Christmas lights off and told the intruder to be quiet. Duggan told Wrestling Inc. that he kept his .44 caliber pistol on his lap and had his hand on the intruder’s back until police came.
In an Instagram post over the weekend, the 68-year-old Duggan wrote that he and Debra are safe with no damage. Duggan thanked everyone for their concern and well-wishes.
We would like to thank the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department for their prompt and professional response last week. A man who we had never seen before climbed our fence, ran through our yard to our front door, and was pounding on our glass doors.
Before we could get to the door, he opened it and fell into our house. I held him at gunpoint while Debra called 911. We are safe with no damage.
Thanks to everyone for the concern and well wishes!
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SummerSlam and Clash at the Castle notes
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Full coverage of Saturday’s UFC show
Television ratings for every national wrestling show
Details behind the IWGP Women’s Championship and why
Stardom PPV coverage from last week and the upcoming shows this week
Dragon Gate’s biggest shows of the year this week
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Lots of injury updates
New Japan Strong tapings
Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame induction ceremony notes
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Monday News Update
WWE
Raw last night had a video package highlighting past United States champions.
Matches taped for this week’s Main Event include Omos vs. Ezekiel and T-Bar vs. Shelton Benjamin.
NBA star Dwight Howard, who recently took part in the WWE tryouts held over the weekend, is a guest on this week’s episode of The Bump.
Roman Reigns on Twitter commented on reaching the 700 day mark as Universal Champion: “For over 700 days, you’ve sat at MY table and enjoyed MY body of work. It’s not over, I’m not finished, but if you’ve waited until this point to do so… #AcknowledgeME”
GCW regular Cole Radrick is okay after being involved in a car accident on August 1.
This weekend’s New Japan Strong will be a two-hour show hosted by Ian Riccaboni celebrating two years of the show.
The Tennessean has an article on Ric Flair’s Last Match.
NWA announced that Samantha Starr, accompanied by Baby Doll, is the first entrant for The Burke invitational battle royal on night one of NWA 74 on August 27.
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Vince McMahon, the non-disclosures, the economic effect, reaction from talent, the investigation, keys as to whether he stays or goes, keys to the current investigation, the settlements, details of the most recent settlement story and key points in it, comments from women over the years, the 2006 tanning bed story, Rita Chatterton talks, and follow-ups of other investigations.
WrestleMania, SummerSlam and ROH Death Before Dishonor
Stardom Midsummer Champions and the next major Stardom events
UFC notes from this past week
Ratings from all wrestling shows
2022 World Grand Prix tournament
AAA major summer show
What will be Triplemania’s major title match
Dragon Gate’s biggest show of the year
Triple Crown title change
Pro Wrestling NOAH co-promoting this year’s tournament that led to the formation of ROH in 2001
Keiji Muto has one of his final matches this week
Update on Kota Ibushi
First week of G1
Two legendary tag teams have singles matches against each other
Three AEW stars on Japanese women’s show
Bill Goldberg talks Bret Hart
Ric Flair documentary series
Japanese stars coming to base in North America
Legendary promoter cutting back after 52 years
Full breakdown on ticket sales to All Out
Lots of injury updates involving the biggest stars
Goal of the three-way tag title match on Dynamite and original plans
Upcoming ticket sales for WWE and AEW
Chris Jericho talks his illness from last year
AEW star in Bare Knuckle fight in England
Streaming numbers for WWE & AEW
UFC lobbying for a bill that could have great effect on pro wrestlers
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Tuesday News Update
WWE
In an interview with Metro UK, Alexa Bliss discussed Liv Morgan winning the Money in the Bank briefcase. “If it was anyone else, I don’t think the match would have perceived as well,” she said. “We wanted to see Liv win, and the crowd wanted to see Liv win. She’s the choice. She’s worked so hard and she deserves that win. She picked her moment, she capitalised, she pushed Becky off the ladder, there you go! Very happy for her!’
Xavier Woods will be at the San Diego Comic Con on July 21 as part of the Attack of the Show: Who Let Us In? panel.
The latest WWE 2K22 DLC, the ‘Whole Dam Pack’, released today. This pack include Rob Van Dam, Logan Paul, Machine Gun Kelly, LA Knight, Xia Li, and Commander Azeez as playable characters. This is the final announced DLC pack for the game.
New WWE developmental signee Valerie Loureda was on HOT 97 to talk about transitioning from MMA to WWE and the importance of representing her culture.
The company recently filed trademarks for Gunther, Kayla Braxton, Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, and Maxxine Dupri. Dupri has been billed as the sister of Max Dupri and will debut this Friday on SmackDown.
A SummerSlam car will be featured at this weekend’s NASCAR Pocono event.
AEW/ROH
This week’s AEW Road to, which focuses on the barbed wire everywhere match between Chris Jericho and Eddie Kingston.
Britt Baker spoke to Sportskeeda about Adam Cole, winning the Owen Hart tournament, and more.
The presale code for Grand Slam 2, which takes place at Arthur Ashe Stadium on September 21, is SUNNYBLISS46. The presale starts on Thursday from 10 am to 10 pm PST at ticketmaster.com. The official sale starts on Friday morning.
Effy trended on social media today after a spot at a Underground Wrestling Alliance event drew comparisons to Joey Ryan. The spot involved Effy thrusting his pelvis into the face of Sandra Moon. Moon wrote on Twitter: “I thought the spot was funny when two god tier sports entertainers put it together, thought it was funny while it was happening, thought it was funny enough after to qt with a goofy caption. the PAYING fans had an amazing time, I had my dream match, @EFFYlives is my hero. I love professional wrestling and the people I surround myself with; for y’all to compare anyone as amazing as EFFY to the diabolical POS that y’all are is so weird to me. If you didn’t laugh or think it was funny than it wasn’t for y’all.”
At a recent K&S WrestleFest virtual signing, Hacksaw Jim Duggan said that he has completed 27 out of 39 radiation treatments. He is hopeful the treatments will cure his cancer.
Shingo Takagi talked to NJPW’s website about working with Sting at Forbidden Door when asked what catches his eye in AEW. “Well, I think the guys that I have wrestled before, or had near misses with. So Bryan (Danielson) (Samoa) Joe, Claudio (Castagnoli), PAC. But then Sting… Sting just entirely carried that match we had (laughs). From the entrance on, it was all Sting. That’s a legend for you. He was a real model for me going forward, that’s the kind of wrestler I need to be.”
CZW will be holding a free show in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on August 20.
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan has provided an update on his battle with prostate cancer.
Duggan had surgery to remove his prostate last October. He then announced in May that he will be undergoing radiation treatment as the cancer had returned.
In a video he posted to Instagram recently, Duggan spoke about having to do six more weeks of radiation treatments.
“Hey folks, I was just in there brushing my teeth, getting ready for bed, feeling sorry for myself. It wasn’t that long ago I had kidney cancer, I lost a kidney. Then just three years ago, I had all the heart problems, where I was in the ICU unit and ended up having an ablation. Then I had two other incidents where I was in the ICU unit, and then I get diagnosed with prostate cancer, they take out my prostate and I still have to have radiation because the cancer is still in me.”
“I’m sitting there feeling a little sorry for myself. Then I look in the mirror, and the man in the mirror is looking back hard at me. And it’s ‘Duggan, pull your head out! Stand up straight! God bless that you have only 6 more weeks of radiation. God bless that you only have six more weeks of radiation. Look around, look around, you got it a lot better than a lot of other people, God bless. So, Hacksaw, pull your head out and I’m going to do it and folks, make sure you get your physicals, save your life.”
Hacksaw Jim Duggan is currently battling cancer again.
Duggan on Instagram uploaded a message saying that despite the removal of his prostate last year, his cancer has returned.
“It seems that my cancer treatment is not over even after the removal of my prostate last October,” he said. “And tomorrow, I am getting my second hormone shot and Tuesday I am being set up for radiation treatment, which will be eight weeks, five days a week.”
Duggan said he was optimistic about recovery, though he may have to cancel dates set up in the future as a result of radiation treatment.
“The doctors are very optimistic that they caught it early,” he said. “It’s a terrifying time for me and my family. But the doctors also said to go ahead and live life, which we’re going to do.”
In October, Duggan announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and by December, had announced he was cancer free. Duggan additionally fought kidney cancer during his time in WCW in the late 90s.
Less than two months after revealing his prostate cancer diagnosis, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan has announced that he’s cancer-free.
Duggan posted an update on Wednesday announcing that he just received the good news that his cancer was entirely encapsulated in his prostate, and he’s cancer-free after undergoing surgery.
“Hi everybody. I just want to share everybody the great news I just received that my cancer was all encapsulated inside my prostate. They checked my bones, that came out clear. The surrounding tissue came out clear. The lymph nodes came out clear. So, thank God I’m cancer-free,” Duggan said.
“You know, this is my second bout with cancer. Twenty years ago I had kidney cancer, now prostate cancer. Folks, remember, early detection saves lives. And merry, merry Christmas. Ho, Ho, Hooo!”
Duggan underwent prostate cancer surgery on October 29. Prior to having surgery, Duggan said it was an issue that had been going on for a couple of months and he had been living with it and getting ready for it.
WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan posted a video today, giving a health update after undergoing two surgeries last month.
Duggan underwent surgery related to a prostate cancer diagnosis on October 29. He underwent another surgery on October 20, though he and wife Debra did not reveal whether or not that was related to the prostate cancer.
“Hi everybody. I’d just like to give everybody a quick update after my back-to-back surgeries. Obviously I’m home. Doing well. Feel much, much better.
And I also want to say thank you to everyone for the thoughts, the prayers, the good wishes.
You know folks, it’s humbling to have so many people all over the world care, and I tell you, it means a lot. From the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you so much to so many folks for checking in on me.
And also, I’d like to say I’m sorry and I hope you all understand I’m going to have to cancel the rest of the shows for this year, but we’re looking forward to traveling the world next year, God willing. And so, hopefully we’ll see you down the road.
Again, thank you very much for all the good wishes and prayers. God bless and hopefully see you soon.”
Pro wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan is set to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
In an Instagram video with his wife Debra, the 67-year-old Duggan announced that he’ll be undergoing cancer surgery this Friday. Duggan said the situation has been going on for a couple of months and is something he’s been living with and getting ready for.
“Hi folks. You know Debra and I, we always share the good times with you, but today we got to share some bad times. I’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and I’m having my surgery tomorrow. Actually, it’s been going on for a couple of months now and Debra and I have been living with it and getting ready. But reality is here and I’m going down to Charleston tomorrow to have my cancer surgery,” Duggan said.
“So folks, I know you’ve been thinking and praying for me about it this last surgery. Please think of me this Friday as I go get my cancer surgery down in Charleston. Debra will keep everybody updated, but I want to take a break from social media. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. We’ll see you down the road with the grace of God and the skill of the doctors. Love you.”
Duggan had an undisclosed emergency surgery done on October 20. Debra noted that everything went well and thanked everyone for their prayers, good vibes, and good thoughts.
Duggan is a kidney cancer survivor, having battled the disease in the late 1990s. He’s also dealt with heart issues in recent years.
Duggan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.
The 67-year-old Duggan has battled health issues the past few years, undergoing a heart procedure in March 2019 following an atrial fibrillation scare over Thanksgiving weekend in 2018. Later in 2019, Duggan suffered an infection that was serious enough to require two operations in 24 hours.
In a January 2020 interview with Wrestling Inc., Duggan said his health had improved and that he had lost 40 pounds.
Even after his days in the major organizations were done, Duggan remained active in indie wrestling through May 2019 and in the aforementioned Wrestling Inc. interview, he said his in-ring career was done. It’s believed he is still under a WWE Legends contract.
