Vor ein paar Tagen haben Hector Garza, Silver
King und Ciclope ihre Verträge mit der WCW um jeweils 2 Jahre verlängert.
Auch Rey Misterio Jr. hat seinen Vertrag verlängert. Er sogar um drei
weitere Jahre.
OPEN LETTER TO ANYONE WHO CARES
10/7/98
WCW is helping Scott Hall destroy himself - does anybody care?
WCW recently stated on the Oct. 5 Nitro show that they "did not condone Scott Hall's behavior, and that Scott Hall is a very sick man."
Although WCW states this, why are they allowing
him to retain his status (which he so sorely
abuses) to clearly break policies (stated as
a breach of contract), and taking every opportunity to exploit and humiliate
his very real sickness, as "entertainment"?
My question to them is "What are they going to do about it?"
Are they going to get him the serious help he needs?
If this is just a storyline and "not real", then
how can they explain Scott's recent arrest, and the
very public displays of intoxication other than
in front of the camera? Although "recent" events on the show have been
staged, the storyline they are portraying is in fact the terrible truth.
Scott has had an ongoing addiction problem for 20 years, resulting in the
destruction of his marriage and family. Is this entertainment?
Scott's stumbling around and vomiting on stage may be "fake", but what he is doing in "real" life is the same thing. Wrestling has just become "real" in the case of Scott Hall.
Scott may be "acting" out his addiction problem now on TV, but there have been many times in the past that he was truly under the influence and WCW allowed him to perform. This storyline is just a cover-up for their irresponsibilities and their failed attempts to try to rehabilitate Scott. Now they have decided to exploit his very real problem with his addiction to drugs and alcohol as a means of entertainment to the fans for profit and ratings, only to stand by and watch him destroy himself.
These stagings of a matter so serious are deplorable, disgusting and inexcusable. The wrestling industry is so twisted and sick, and clearly without conscience. It does not need to be this way. WCW has overstepped the line in this case, as far as I am concerned.
This is not entertainment. This is not funny anymore. The storyline needs to come to a conclusion. This man has two young children, who need him to get 100% well. They are being terribly affected by their fathers' behavior as well as the WCW's enabling and exploitation of it.
His children and family members (with whom he
chooses to have no relationship with) do not
deserve this pain and embarrassment for the public's
"entertainment". Scott is obviously not
rehabilitated. A 40-yr old man "keying a limo"
is a definite "cry for help". Now he has added a felony to his list of
on-going unacceptable, disturbing incidents. Scott has obviously lost all
judgement, dignity and sense of what's right,
and WCW has taken advantage of that.
This can no longer be denied or ignored.
What kind of message is this display of something
so serious sending to children whether it be
staged or not??? Doesn't Scott have a responsibility
as a public personality and role model to behave in a decent manner? He
is clearly abusing his status, intimidating and disrespecting people, breaking
laws, hurting his family...and WCW is allowing this.
WCW clearly has had several reasons to fire him, but instead they made a meager attempt to try to rehabilitate him, and it quite clearly did not work, so they are just using him for as long as they can. It is inevitable that as long as Scott continues on this path, he will ultimately destroy himself. Is this what the fans want to see?
Scott needs to be urged in any way possible, by everyone, to turn his life around. He has already lost so much. It is very sad, especially to his children who need this man to be well, to be a father to them. He has lost so much already. I cannot, as the only responsible and fit parent they have, allow his children in his presence unsupervised under the circumstances. Can you imagine how hard it is for them to understand this mess and why their dad chooses to be sick, and not get well, for himself and for them? They need and deserve a "well" father - not a dad who's a wrestler. Scott will never be able to get well as long as he is a "wrestler," and exposed to all its sickness. It has fed his addiction and allowed it to grow for years, and now they are feeding off it. This is wrong any way you look at it.
I am begging everyone on behalf of his children, to help get Scott to a place where he can see this, and put himself in God's hands and find a way out of this living hell he has created for himself - a hell that the wrestling industry has greatly contributed to through the years and now chooses to exploit. This cannot be allowed to continue. My children and I have no peace in our lives as long as Scott remains sick and is enabled.
Addictions and wrestling have destroyed our marriage and our family, and are continuing to destroy my children's future, and their father - Scott Hall.
Something can, and needs to be done by the people who hold power in this situation and those who claim to be his friends - for the sake of his children.
Please speak out, as I feel in my heart it is the right thing to do.
Dana Hall
Ein paar Tage später ging sie noch einmal mit einem Brief an die Öffentlichkeit. Darin beschuldigte sie die WCW das diese die Sache mit den Alkoho- und Drogenproblemen als Angle darstellt. Auch hier der originale Brief:
WCW has obviously chosen not to respond to me, but I am sure I've been heard. However, I feel they are still not going to do what's right.
Watching last night's Thunder, and hearing what they said [towards the show's conclusion], "Nothing's wrong with Scott Hall", only proves what they are going to try to do, and that is attempt to make the fans think he's OK. WCW may stop exploiting Scott's alcoholism in this "storyline", but how will that work when nothing truly has been done to help him?
Is no one going to see him in a bar anymore, or drinking, or in trouble - just like that? Can WCW wave its magic wand, and suddenly he's fixed? It only proves again that they don't care - they are just exploiting him in a different way now. The fact of the matter is, Scott is still sick - nothing has been done to change that.
WCW thinks that they can shut me and the fans up by stopping the "stagings", but fans should demand that this not be enough. They should demand an apology from Scott & WCW for mocking this very real situation, and still urge in any way possible for Scott to take a break from wrestling and for WCW to support this. Furthermore, fans should demand for WCW to start enforcing their own drug policies and codes of conduct more seriously in the future.
Just because it seems that WCW will eventually change the "storyline," the fact remains that Scott's real life problem has not been seriously addressed by them, and it will only interfere with their storyline in the future. They have not atoned for their mistake, and that is not acceptable to myself, nor [my son] Cody and [daughter] Cassidy. Scott still has to answer to the judge and to me concerning his addictions and inappropriate behavior. These kids deserve no less than a clean and sober father. Scott is not living up to this, and I feel he never can as long as he is exposed to the sicknesses of wrestling.
I wish someone could convince Scott of this. He has already missed out on 10 months of his children's lives. His road to recovery is going to be a long one. But he needs to get on that road, though I feel he has no chance of that as long as he is in the wrestling industry. WCW made the wrong choice in trying to fool the fans, and worst of all, for not trying to convince Scott to get the help he truly needs, so that he may be a clean and sober person and a parent to his children.
Fans cannot overlook, as I have not, the past 10 months of ongoing turmoil in his life. That was all real, and it just can't be fixed solely because Bobby Heenan says so in his commentary. We cannot forget what WCW and the wrestling industry has done by helping this situation for Scott and other wrestlers through the years, by their lack of concern for an actual drug policy and enforcement of such in a proper manner to allow help for wrestlers who were in need. Fans should be very concerned, especially those with children, that something so serious (not to mention illegal), is being taken so lightly. The lack of moral obligation as an industry that reaches so many families and children is inexcusable. The wrestling industry does not have to be as sick, twisted and obscene as it is. It does not need to help destroy marriages, families, and individuals to exist.
Scott may have agreed to be exploited by participating in this storyline, but WCW is still in the wrong, since we (the kids and I) did not agree. We did not choose to give WCW the power to exploit something that has been a very real pain and embarassment in our lives, and for that, WCW owes us an apology and more.
I am still very much upset about this. There will be more time wasted and more pain brought to his children until Scott chooses to be clean and sober. WCW is deterring that from happening, and I will continue to speak out until they stop and encourage Scott to get help. I feel I have to do something, because all I care about is for Scott to clean up his act and to be a father to his kids. I am asking for the support of all of you in hopes that it will help, somehow.
Thank you,
Dana Hall.