Paul Heyman's mother, Sulamita Heyman, passed away yesterday morning at the age of 81 reports The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. She was a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust and was well known by those close to Heyman both in and out of wrestling. Sulamita had reportedly been in poor health for the past few months. On behalf of the entire Wrestleview.com staff, we would like to send out our condolences to Paul Heyman and his family during this very hard time.
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armando alejandro estrada comments on his time in WWE
Estrada puts over OVW as having some of the best trainers, including Nick Dinsmore aka Eugene.
He wasn't disappointed in not being called up with Hassan/Daviari when they got called up. He has just started and wasn't expecting to be with them. He was just thrown in with them as their bodyguard.
Estrada came up with the character, outfits anything that came out his mouth was his "brain child".
He was told he was going to be called up with Hassan/Daviari to be a part of their act when they were on the main roster for just under a year. However, this was the time where there were terrorist attacks going on and the plan was scrapped. He was told to find a new character, and a few weeks later he came up with the Estrada character.
He felt comfortable in the Estrada and as Osama Rodriguez Alejandro bodyguard in OVW.
Estrada is asked if he would rather have been a wrestler or manager. He says he was trained to be a wrestler, and that's what he wants to do, that's his passion. However, he wasn't disappointed in being brought up as a manager. He believes the transition and experience as being a manager helped him become a better wrestler.
He was nervous not for the fact that he was debuting with Ric Flair or on RAW it was more because he had bronchitis. He was literally screaming the words for the people to hear him. He was afraid the fans wouldn't be able to hear what he was saying.
A caller asks if Estrada is seeking a movie career. Estrada mentions that he is in the works with a partner to get a "adult animated cartoon" series. Estrada says it will similar to Family Guy and South Park.
"Anything is possible.. I could work for anyone if the price is right." When asked if he would be working with TNA.
He is asked if he would be a good mouthpiece for TNA. Estrada doesn't know, considering he hasn't worked them.
A caller asks how it felt when Estrada went to Wrestle Mania with Umaga to face Bobby Lashley. He said that it was a great feeling.
Estrada says that he enjoyed working with John Cena. He learned a lot just watching Cena and Umaga working against each other.
He said that he watched Scarface to get a better grasp in how to act Cuban.
He doesn't know where he would rank his laugh. He does mention that Ted DiBiase should be at the top of the list and agrees with Vince McMahon has a good laugh.
"It was a pretty cool feeling." When he saw himself as a action figure.
He says that it was a good transition from being a general manager to a wrestler.
"I had fun with my feud with Colin. I just wish we had more time." He believes that he and Colin Delany could have told a better story if given a couple more weeks.
He makes it known that he is still wrestling, just for the past few weeks he has been focused with his new animation show and restaurant.
Armando says that he left WWE on very good terms. "A lot of people don't realize that I asked for my release." He asked for his release because he wasn't having fun and they weren't using him.
Estrada simply wasn't benefiting from "sitting on the bench."
He believes that he needs to work on everything. Because, there will always be someone who is better that can take your spot. "You can never be happy where you are at. It's hard to get to the top, It's harder to stay at the top."
Estrada says the reason he and Umaga split up was because Umaga could go out to the ring and do it on his own.
Estrada goes on about a favorite rib story. His favorite target is current WWE wrestler JTG of Cryme Tyme. Estrada managed to move some things and was able to make JTG's bed disappear. Estrada also brings up a rib on The Great Khali. He says that he threw all of his pillows out of the 21st floor window at the hotel.
bam neely released
As reported this afternoon, WWE released Bam Neely (Justin LaRouche). He was recently sent back down to WWE's developmental promotion as the company did not have a spot for him on the main roster. There was some heat on Neely after he missed catching Evan Bourne in a high spot several weeks ago on an episode of ECW. Bourne landed on his right ankle and dislocated it as a result. From that injury, Bourne also suffered a torn deltoid ligament. Neely had been with the company for quite some time, which included a stint as Ohio Valley Wrestling Southern Tag Team champion with Charles "The Hammer" Evans (who was also let go this past August). He was brought up to the main roster last spring as the bodyguard of Chavo Guerrero and given the name "Bam Neely" name as a takeoff of NHL star Cam Neely.
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