February 18, 2002 Observer Newsletter: Scott Hall causing problems, more
It took almost no time for Scott Hall to be in the WWF doghouse.
As noted last week, Hall, claiming to have kicked his now legendary alcohol and drug dependencies, showed up on 2/11 in Las Vegas and made a complete spectacle of himself in public to where he had to be dragged into his hotel room to keep from further problems, totally embarrassing management that had gone to bat for him and pleaded his case among wrestlers who with few exceptions, were dead-set against the idea of bringing not only Hall, but also Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash back.
To make matters worse, the next day in Los Angeles, when Steve Austin was told by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross of the plans to work an Austin vs. Hall match at Wrestlemania and to come up with ideas to build it and to work together to get comfortable, Austin’s response was reportedly something to the effect of why even waste my time, he’s not going to be in the company by the time Wrestlemania comes around and we all know it, so why start something when we know it’s going nowhere.
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Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.