Details are sketchy, but the latest in the Cow Palace Fan Fest disaster according to a source close to the situation is that nearly everybody's checks with the exception of Goldberg and Roddy Piper bounced, all three promoters have disappeared (Chris Salisbury who arranged the convention and MMA promoters David Huerta and Phil Flathers), and the only MMA fight of the weekend involved Don Frye after the entire fight card scheduled for Saturday night was canceled.
Frye apparently got into an altercation with a bodyguard while it was being explained by one of the MMA promoters to the other fighters that because the show was canceled, they weren't being paid. According to a source, Frye, who had been trying to mediate the meeting, challenged the bodyguard to take it outside after the bodyguard had screamed at him and poked him repeatedly in the chest. When Frye turned around he was sucker-punched twice. They got into a brawl, the police were called, and then later Frye and the bodyguard happened to run into each other again and had another fight. There are reports that Don was knocked out, but he was in the hotel shortly afterwards signing autographs for people so that story is likely inaccurate. He did have a huge shiner. We should have more on this story later today.
I am told that ROH officials met with the Cow Palace, and as of Saturday night the 4:00 PM Sunday afternoon show is still on. There are also rumors that a new individual has offered to step in to try to save Sunday's convention festivities.
Latest on Lex Luger is that he is still in the hospital and they don't believe he suffered a heart attack or a stroke. According to one source, it is believed he had a lumbar issue that resulted in partial paralysis ("nerve impingement"). {plug}
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