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– After returning home from the Ring Ka King television tapings in India, Angelina Love went on Twitter to say she misses her ‘better half’ Crimson, who is currently touring with TNA Wrestling in the United Kingdom.

Love wrote, “Made it back to America! Now just need my better half home too!@OfficialCrimson.”

Crimson replied, “@ActualALove awe miss you!! Veryyy Soon! Hope India was a blast!”

He is not the first wrestler Love has been linked to as she has also dated Eric Young and Paul London, according to OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com.

– Sting stated yesterday on Twitter that he will be making announcement soon concerning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

“I have an idea regarding the world title,” he wrote. “Will announce soon.”

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Anyone seeking methamphetamine detox will have to make the first move and they might have a hard time finding a suitable clinic to help them. Local and state budgets have been cut to the bone and shifts in health insurance have put a squeeze on rehabilitation services nationwide, especially in the case of the young. This, despite the fact that there’s certainly been no reduction in the need for such care, has created a great need for facilities to deal with meth recovery. Methamphetamine addiction has been a serious drug crisis for almost a full generation.

Military Use

Methamphetamines became prominent during the 1930s and 1940s but especially during World War II when they were given to both German and Japanese soldiers by their governments to help them stay awake for prolonged periods. The drug gave heightened alertness and energy but at a significant cost to health. Meth use is known to cause damage to the small blood vessels in the human brain, potentially leading to strokes. It also inflames the lining of the heart.

Symptoms

There are both short and long-term symptoms of methamphetamine abuse. The former include paranoid behavior, even violently so, skin damage running the gamut from rashes and sores to cracking lips, sunken, blood-shot eyes and frequent scratching of one’s skin. The most frequently mentioned symptom, staying awake for several days on end, perhaps ought not be considered a “symptom of abuse” since it is so often the effect users are seeking.

Long-Term

Over time, the long-term effects of methamphetamine abuse assert themselves. These include decay in all their teeth at once and dramatic weight loss. Further, the abuser will likely suffer hallucinations. These hallucinations, which may be of either the visual variety or the aural or both, won’t just occur as the abuser is smoking the drug. At this stage, they can appear at any time.

Emotional Addiction

Therapists have learned that in treating addicted patients, it isn’t enough to address only physical aspects of their addiction. They have learned that meth, the “party drug”, creates in its abusers an addiction to the lifestyle surrounding that abuse that is as significant as the drug’s pharmacological effects. This is an abuse that creates small, close-knit and mutually-reinforcing communities of abusers. Those within these communities grow attached to their late-night drug culture.

Negative Social Bond

Accordingly, it is ideal for therapy to take place somewhere outside the abuser’s familiar city or town. Separation is necessary so the therapist might work on disentangling him or her not just from the toxin, but also from the toxic social life that has become all too familiar.

Types of Therapy

Person to person treatment is most effective at uncovering, then addressing, the essential reasons the patient turned to methamphetamines in the first place. Reasons vary from individual to individual and may include anything from an exaggerated need to please other people to compulsiveness, from fearfulness of life’s challenges to low self-esteem. The meth addiction group counseling reinforced in the aftercare process is useful for uncovering the personal triggers that send the patient in search of the drug.

UFC on FOX 2 “Evans vs. Davis” — LIVE Jan 28, 2012 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Suga Rashad Evans and Phil Davis will battle it out for a chance at a UFC title fight against Jon Jones. Also, big talkers Chael Sonnen and Michal Bisping will get a chance to put the [...]

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– Hulk Hogan competed in his first match since October at Impact Wrestling’s “2012 Maximum Impact IV” Tour event in Nottingham, England Thursday. After the main event match of Bobby Roode and James Storm ended in disqualification, a six-man tag team match was set up with Hogan, Storm and Sting vs. Roode, Bully Ray and Kurt Angle.

Hogan took no bumps and the opposition sold his offense. Hogan hit the Big boot on Roode, which was followed by Storm nailing Roode with the Atomic Leg Drop for the pinfall victory.

– Kurt Angle was asked on Twitter if he’s a fan of WWE star CM Punk. He replied, “Punk is a Great Wrestler!”

– The official Twitter feed of Impact Wrestling has announced that Velvet Sky, Kazarian and Christopher Daniel will appear at The Entertainer Toy Store, Stratford City, London, on Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

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Greetings jabronis

Ah, the Royal Rumble… that one time a year when hardcore wrestling fans, casual wrestling fans, old- school wrestling fans and folk who just enjoy piling around a friend’s house because they have a PPV all join together in one cheerful unison.

You can talk about Wrestlemania and Summerslam as being the “big guns” on the WWE calendar, and the amount of gimmick PPVs seems to expand annually – but if truth be told, the only truly unique event, and the one that everyone gets giddy for, is The Royal Rumble. There’s a joyous level of carnal gratification achieved in watching wrestlers simply try and throw one another over the top rope – and when there is often over a dozen men in the ring simultaneously, the titillation is turned up tenfold.

That, to me, is why the event is so accessible and appealing – even to outsiders. Viewers need no background knowledge of feuds, they don’t have to buy into some ridiculous stipulation and they don’t have to cringe at comical offence. This is just a tale of several large blokes trying to hurl each other onto the floor. Who can’t enjoy that?

A quick English lesson to WWE before I start with my predictions: This will be the 25th Royal Rumble, accordingly it is the 24th anniversary of the event, not the 25th anniversary… SO QUIT MARKETING IT AS SUCH, YOU FREAKING DUMBASSES!!

Anyway, onwards and upwards…

*****

John Cena v Kane

I’m having trouble buying into this feud without rolling my eyes and sighing – as it’s just so damn ridiculous. You probably knew that already, but allow me to elaborate anyway…

John Cena is close to competing in arguably one of the biggest matches in wrestling history with The Rock, and their feud seems so very real. Their styles and general conduct as human-beings seems to clash very genuinely, and their exchanges – both on Twitter and in TV promos – are always littered with hard truths and personal jabs and, again, seem very real.

And then, simultaneously, you have Cena feuding with a guy who can control fire, create “hellish pits” in the middle of the ring, can disappear at whim, grow his hair supernaturally fast and is going around breaking people’s backs. The two feuds just don’t belong in the same world!

Cena will win here of course and send a message to The Great One – WWE can’t have their mega-star losing as he prepares for their Wrestlemania showdown – I just wish that in preparation he was battling a more believable opponent, like someone from the same planet at least (which rules our Broodus Clay I guess).

I foresee Cena doing something very un-Cena like to win the match – like smashing Kane with a sledgehammer or shoving him up an elephant’s ass or something – thus giving his character an extra degree of intensity going into Wrestlemania. Although it’s mighty difficult to take that intensity seriously when Cena’s “angry face” is funny as hell.

I guess there’s always the possibility of Kane winning by stoppage (ie the ref DQs Cena for excessive force) – and then the match could end with the visual of Kane in a clear amount of pain, but also in fits of laughter as he celebrates his goal of making Cena “embrace the hate”… Either way, Cena will be the only one standing at the end of this one.

Pick: John Cena

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Daniel Bryan v Big Show v Mark Henry

I’m really enjoying the evolution of the Daniel Bryan character. His heel turn has been subtle and super entertaining, whilst his matches have continued to be some of the best on WWE programming, and his promos bring a cheery grin to my chops. I’m a big fan. Hooray!

Conversely, frequent readers will know that I’m no fan of The Big Show, so I was relieved to see his latest title reign last just a few seconds. I get that he brings a different dynamic to wrestling matches, and his freakish size makes him a good marketing tool for the casual fans… But in my mind’s eye he’s a blubbery, midcard novelty act. Not a main eventer.

I have very similar thoughts pertaining to Mark Henry. I admire his intensity… But despite a spell of dominance, I just can’t take someone seriously who was essentially a jobber for 15 years and is so ridiculously out of shape. Plus his beard annoys me. It’s too fluffy. (You’re a bit guilty of this too, Mr Bryan).

On to the match, it seems pretty obvious to me that the triple-threat stipulation has been executed to see Big Show and Mark Henry essentially cancel each-other out and see Daniel Bryan emerge with a lucky win. I see the two super-fat-heavyweights simultaneously knocking each-other out, leaving Bryan to escape the cage with what will be sold to us as an undeserved victory. And hey, that would be great.

At first, I thought Bryan had no chance of holding onto the belt into Wrestlemania – but I’m beginning to change my mind on that. I’m now leaning towards the winner of the Smackdown elimination chamber next month earning the right to face Bryan, who will be heading to Miami with the strap still firmly around his waist.

Pick: Daniel Bryan

*****

Dolph Ziggler v CM Punk

The Z Man gets a chance to shine in a PPV world title match, and I have high hopes that this bout will be an impressive spectacle indeed. Ziggler is surely set to be champion at some point in 2012 – and there’s nobody better than CM Punk to lose his main event virginity with. How romantic.

Somewhat unfortunately for Dolph – this match is being marketed just as much as being Punk v John Laurinaitis as it is Punk v Ziggler. It’s a shame that the commentary will no doubt focus on the guest referee’s actions rather than the offence from the two competitors… But Ziggler will inevitably have an onslaught of main event matches to come, so I’m gonna let it slide.

Of course, Johnny Ace’s actions are gonna play a big role in how this one ends, but those wrestling-minded among us will know that the chances of Punk leaving without his title belt are very slim indeed. I’m willing to bet my spleen that CM Punk will be co-headlining Wrestlemania as champion. So, however unlikely WWE would like us to believe it is, Punk will emerge victorious here.

Pick: CM Punk

*****

The Royal Rumble

WWE has really undersold the “royal rumble” part of The Royal Rumble PPV this year. I can’t believe that neither the RAW or Smackdown broadcasts this week ended with the ring choc-full of midcard wrestlers who have spontaneously decided to get involved with whatever match was happening at the time – whilst the commentators scream: “Good God Almighty! What will happen this Sunday!?!”.

Instead, WWE has been giving more focus to the world title pictures – which isn’t necessarily a bad thing I guess.

There aren’t as many “surprise entrant” rumours circulating this year as there were last year (when Booker T and Kevin Nash both fantastically made comebacks) but, inevitably, there will be a few for sure ( Mick Foley for one, has already been confirmed… so, admittedly,  that can no longer be defined as a “surprise”).

From the injury list, I think Christian and The Undertaker are both candidates to make an appearance – but it’s still too soon for Rey Mysterio, Del Rio or Sin Cara to be hopping about inside the ring. As for special appearances, I think Goldust could well be an entrant and enter to eliminate his brother, and I don’t think we can write off a cameo from The Road Dogg either.

One guy who I certainly can’t envision running to the ring is Brock Lesnar. Were he ever to return to WWE, it wouldn’t be as a surprise entrant in The Royal Rumble. WWE would want to market it to the world that he would be returning – and rightly so. He’s gonna be a big, big draw for the company if he opts for one more run as a pro-wrestler.

Realistically, I think there are only two guys who can win the rumble. A lot of us would like to believe that the likes of The Miz, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes or R-Truth have a chance of winning – but for me it can only possibly boil down to two men: Randy Orton or Chris Jericho.

If Orton wins, I think it could be perceived as being very anti-climatic – because, of course, seeing Orton challenge for the title is certainly nothing new.

Y2J, on the other hand, has been out of the game for 18 months, so he returns with an aura of freshness – and there surely must be some relevance in his “end of the world” proclamation on RAW this week, and winning the rumble will give him chance to air what’s been troubling him. Thus, the sensible money here is on Jericho. Just for fun (because fun is fun) – my pick for the final four is Jericho, Sheamus, Orton and Barrett.

So, for me, it’s Jericho to win the rumble and set his sights on the World Championship – and then the most salivating feud of the year can begin to unfold: Chris Jericho vs CM Punk.

Pick: Chris Jericho

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Those are my predictions, folks. As ever, please leave your own below, I love it when you do. And also tell me who you think will be surprise entrants on the night. Would you do that for me? Come on…. Be nice.

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So, the big news this week has to be the Evan Bourne suspension saga. First he is suspended for fake pot, then he points the finger at R-Truth. Upon his return, he is suspended again for something else, so we are lead to believe. Rumblings are that WWE wants to future endeavor him before he comes back to TV. The real issue though, is once again locked up in the details. There have been certain hints for a while now that things are not all rosy for Bourne in the WWE, and so I ask the question: Is Bourne trying to get fired?

First of all, a warning to all of you. I’ll be upfront now and say that I am straight edge. I have been for years now and I believe that marijuana is just like any other drug. Everybody is entitled to their opinion and in this piece, I’m not going to talk about whether Evan is right or wrong for his drug use. By all means, voice your own opinions on the drug issue, but don’t start telling each other why you are right and they are wrong. Let’s all be buddies, ok?

Now, I want to take you all back in time a little bit. We need to go all the way back to the 4th of November. Evan took to Twitter to make a good natured jab at the WWE Twitter campaign, like so many of us have done before. His exact words were:

“I wonder if WWE ’13 will have our twitter handles, random tweet pop ups and Cole talking tweets? Might make gameplay as annoying as viewing.”

All in good fun, am I right? Certainly not an original quip, it’s one I have heard in various different formats for some time, even before he made the comment. Plenty of people have made comments on the overbearing WWE Twitter hype, me included. However, Bourne wasn’t finished. He added:

“My guess is WWE 13: “The Network”. You are Vince and control the WWE with a WWE “Univers(e)al” Remote. Create history and earn money!”

Now, here is where my ears prick up a bit. CM Punk’s recent work-shoot comments sound familiar right about now, comments about Vince controlling everything to make money. Punk is golden in the WWE now, an accepted part of the upper echelon. Do you think Bourne has that kind of safety net? I don’t think so, so to make a jab like that at your boss is a risky move. Bourne essentially took a shot at how Vince has not only his fingers in every pie but his whole damn arm as well. Remember what happened with Paul London? He had backstage issues, broke the rules on screen, ended up being the accidental focal point of the ‘Who killed Vince’ story and then was released at the earliest possible time.

So, we say for now that Evan pushed the envelope with those comments and ruffled a few feathers. WWE values Twitter more than some of their own wrestlers, so those comments won’t have gone unnoticed. Even more interesting, looking over Bourne’s Twitter reveals something even more curious, Evan is the only WWE Superstar who regularly swears on Twitter. I looked on John Cena’s, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Mark Henry, CM Punk and a few others, none of them swear. I mean the big words too. The F-Word and the S-Word, are words that a family friendly entertainer like Bourne shouldn’t be using. It’s not a million miles out of the realm of plausibility to think that, because WWE is in a PG era, there will be kids who use Twitter, who will follow Bourne and read those tweets. WWE brass will not be best pleased with this in my estimation, as they like to keep their programming as clean as they can. Bourne’s use of profanity on Twitter, a media WWE is pushing hard, isn’t going to win him any fans quickly and only makes him a more visible target to his detractors.

Bourne’s political stance might be an issue as well. Vince is a known loyal republican, while one look at Bourne’s Twitter feed over the last 3 months shows how liberal he is. His ideology no doubt clashes with Vince’s, which may not be an actual issue in most cases, but when it happens on Twitter, Vince will care. Vince wants you to read what he wants you to read, not what you want to. That’s why the Twitter frenzy is happening, because WWE can stack the deck, fish out the positive posts and push negative ones under. It’s a forum they can control to a degree. Talking to RVD about Ron Paul being right about some policies might not get you as over with Vince as you think, something else we can put in the case for Bourne wanting to leave.

The most telling thing is how he responded to his second suspension on Twitter.

“Sorry y’all. Sometimes we become our own worst enemy.”

It’s a very flippant response. It doesn’t imply much ownership or understanding of how much of an issue this is to WWE. They likely see it as him not caring, thinking that WWE are blowing things way out of proportion. The second strike is the last one you can have while keeping your job and for this to be his response isn’t very positive if I’m the WWE. His reaction to his first suspension was to point the finger at R-Truth as being his partner in crime, which while it was fair to have Truth be suspended as well, it came at a bad time. Truth was in the middle of the hottest angle on WWE TV and had managed to get himself more over than he ever has been in his career. Bourne stopped all that, albeit with a legitimate claim to equality, but Bourne is the reason Truth was suspended immediately. If it had been kept quiet, Truth would have likely had a suspended 30 day suspension, taken after the story, when it was time for him to go away. Instead, the story got interrupted because of Bourne wanting Truth to be treated the same. I agree with him and Truth shouldn’t be treated differently, his immediate suspension was fair and consistent, but WWE won’t see it like that. All they will see is the money and TV rates they lost from Truth having to leave TV. If you ignore all the Twitter stuff, this act alone will have cost Bourne a lot of fans backstage.

Truth be told, the only person that knows the truth is Bourne. Only he knows what’s going through his head. Bourne is one of the elite few wrestlers from this generation that built himself a following before WWE and much like Punk, Joe, Styles and other names like that, they know that money can be made outside of the WWE bubble, so if he were out of the WWE, he wouldn’t be out of pocket. It also has to be said that while WWE has made many leaps in size diversity, Bourne doesn’t fit the mould of WWE champion quite like some of the other talent on the roster now. Maybe frustration has been coupled with realisation that he has reached his limits in the WWE has caused his string of bad behaviour. In my estimation though, his behaviour has been very strange recently, and I get the feeling that Bourne may be feeling the urge to fly outside the WWE universe once more.

So, that’s my opinion on the situation. If you have an opinion, let me know here or on Twitter at @NoHopeForSome. Remember to like the Facebook page for Wrestling Truth and on Twitter. Should things get sorted sometime soon, I will be getting to have a chance to speak with current NWA champion Adam Pearce, which is personally a big deal for me. If anybody has any questions you want me to ask him, please let me know and I will do my best to ask him. Once I get more info, I’ll let you know, but for now, let’s hear what you have to say about Evan!

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Construction sites today now require the use of hardhat for all workers regardless of position. These seemingly simple hats are quite valuable and have an extensive history in the safety industry. Hard hats protect workers from the hazards that can be associated with falling debris. Although commonplace now, they were not so easy to find 100 years ago and did not offer the protection to workers that they do today.

The First Hard Hat

Some credit Franz Kafka with developing the first hard hat during his time at the Worker’s Accident Insurance Institute; this has yet to be verified. However, in the United States, a mining equipment firm based out of California with over 20 years in the safety business discovered the “Hard-Boiled Hat”.

1919

Although the concept of a hard hat was not completely nonexistent they were mostly featured in military combat. The Bullard Company did use leather protective hats on their sites to protect workers. That all changed when E.W. Bullard returned home from World War I with his steel helmet. After his arrival home in 1919 the company soon patented the “Hard-Boiled Hat”. Different from its leather prototype this hat featured steamed canvas, black paint, and glue.

The “Brodie” Helmet

After the Hard Boiled Hat, the United States Navy then commissioned Bullard to come up with a shipyard protective hat to protect workers from falling debris. Soon after his development of the shipyard hat Bullard thought up an internal suspension system that would in turn provide a more effective protective hat. The inspiration for these new more effective hats was the military M1917 “Brodie” helmet.

Mandatory

Although the hard hat industry was constantly creating safer and more effective hats, the safety clothing and equipment still weren’t a requirement on the job site. In 1933 the Golden Gate Bridge construction site mandated that all workers wear hard hats, only the second ever in the country to mandate such an order. The first project was the Hoover Dam in 1931. Now with more sites requiring safeguards, Bullard was working on creating a hard hat that also protected those who worked with sandblasting. The hard hat featured a window with a view and allowed for a hose for air from an air compressor.

Evolution

Since 1933 the hard hat has gone through mass renovations, aluminum eventually became the main component, minus those conducting electrical maintenance. In the 1940’s fiberglass was introduced, only to last about 10 years. Thermoplastics lead the way in the 1950’s and is still featured in many hard hates today, as most are made of high density polyethylene, also known as HDPE.

Take it from Rashad Evans, who knows a thing or two about The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 3 champion, having eeked out a split decision over the Brit at UFC 78 way back in 2007.

Fast-forward to 2012.

Evans will join the former light heavyweight on the upcoming UFC on Fox 2 card this Saturday night (Jan. 28) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, battling Phil Davis for a chance to face off against Jon Jones for the division strap later this year.

So, what’s the scouting report for Michael Bisping vs. Chael Sonnen?

After the jump, “Suga” breaks it all down for Bleacher Report:

“Bisping is a scrapper, man, and that’s one thing people don’t really realize. You can’t watch a Bisping tape and get a true appreciation for just how good he really is until you’re in there. And by then, it’s usually too late. He’s very tricky and he’s a lot better than what he looks. You underestimate him because he doesn’t look strong but he’s surprisingly pretty strong. For me, I think the pressure Chael Sonnen brings is hard to match with his offense, takedowns, ground and pound, hand in the face and dropping elbows and shots. It kind of wears down a fighter. And, if he does that to Bisping too much, I think he’ll be able to maul him.”

Bisping (22-3) is on a four-fight winning streak within the division, including a recent beatdown of fellow TUF 14 coach Jason Miller just last month.

“The Count” is widely-considered one of the top contenders at 185-pounds. Aside from his impressive record, he’s one of the few middleweights left on the roster who hasn’t already been disposed of by Silva.

That includes Sonnen (26-11-1), who was submitted by “The Spider” at UFC 117 back in August 2010.

Still, the ex-Realtor does have a legitimate claim to a rematch based on the four-and-a-half round ass-whooping he fed the Brazilian prior to getting stuck inside a triangle choke. Can he defeat the British banger and reclaim what he believes is rightfully his?

According to Evans, he can.

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