— The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a health update on Lex Luger, who suffered a severe spinal injury last October and had double hip replacement in February. Luger’s health has gradually improved since the injury as he can now stand on his own for brief periods and uses a walker at times, although he lost his motor and finger skills, which are usually the last functions to come back from his particular injury. Luger is unable to lift a one-pound dumbbell, and is now down to 185 pounds. “I was one of the strongest guys on the planet. I was freaky strong before. I was bench-pressing 450 pounds my senior year of high school. I was a freak. Now I can’t lift a one-pound dumbbell.” Luger also added, “But God tells me that mind, body and spirit and what we are as a man is measured not by our physical strength, but our inner strength.” Luger was released from the Shepard hospital in mid-March and now lives in a one-bedroom apartment across the street it, but is OK with it. “I’ve never been stronger or richer in spirit or as a man as I am right now,” Luger said. You can read the article at this link.
— The radio DJ (Bubba the Love Sponge) who played those threatening phone calls directed to the Hogan family from the brother of John Graziano appears on tonight’s edition of Showbiz Tonight on CNN Headline News. Here is a preview:
TONIGHT ON SHOWBIZ TONIGHT –
CNN HEADLINE NEWS 11pm ET/PT
Hey, It’s Brooke Anderson. I have an explosive interview for you tonight! An exclusive, with the radio DJ who played those threatening phone calls to Hulk Hogan and his family!
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT EXCLUSIVE!
Hulk Hogan and his family threatened — and caught on tape! I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard these phone calls — really chilling threats. Tonight, for the first time and in a Showbiz Tonight exclusive, we have the radio DJ, a close friend of Hulk Hogan, who played those phone calls for the world! How did he get the tapes? Who was making those calls? Tonight, we’re asking the tough questions!
— The Los Angeles Times has an interview with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, which you can read at this link. Johnson said he took a lot of chances during his wrestling career. “It got to a point where there was nothing I was not willing to try in front of a live audience,” Johnson said. “Sometimes I stank, and sometimes it was grand slams, and those balls still haven’t come down.” He also commented on dropping “The Rock” from his name. “When I made the transition into film, I knew eventually I was going to be billed as my given name,” he said. “I wanted the transition to happen naturally. Ten years ago [when he went into films and television], I didn’t want to make an announcement or a statement, ‘From this day forward, I’m an actor.’ I didn’t want to make a big deal about it. There was just a natural and easy way for the transition to happen.” Johnson also said that he hopes to structure his acting career like Tom Hanks or Will Smith.
See photos of Lex Luger in TNA!