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0 Subject: Pacman to TNA

Posted by: Punk42AE
- Donor [036635522] Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 13:45

Pacman to pro wrestling
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has agreed to sign with the Total Nonstop Action pro wrestling group.

According to WTVF in Nashville, the deal will be announced Tuesday.

Jones was suspended for the entire 2007 season on April 10 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for numerous run-ins with the law in just two NFL seasons, including some type of alleged involvement in a shooting at a Las Vegas strip club during the NBA's All-Star weekend in February. That incident left an employee of the club, ironically a former pro wrestler, paralyzed from the waist down.

Since entering the NFL, Jones has been questioned by police 10 times and has been arrested five times.

The TNA wrestling promotion is based in Nashville and is owned by Panda Energy but is a distant second in a realm ruled by World Wrestling Entertainment. The company is run by Dixie Carter and longtime pro wrestler Jeff Jarrett.

The signing of Jones is an effort to garner publicity for a fringe company in an industry already stained by implications of steroid and other drug use after the highly-publicized Chris Benoit murder-suicide case.
1Great One
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      Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 15:05
Media is jumping all over this... of course when a guy like Urlacher does it, nobody notices, right?

off the top of my head - celebrites in TNA the last few years...

Toby Keith & Gretchen Wilson
Johnny Damon
AJ Pierzynski vs. David Eckstein
Frank Wycheck
Brian Urlacher
Johnny Fairplay
Chris Rock
Tito Ortiz
Tom Arnold & Chris Rose
Dennis Rodman
Darrell Waltrip

Not quite a WWE list (Liberace! Aretha Franklin! Mike Tyson! Pamela Anderson! Donald Trump!)... but pretty good.
2blue hen
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      Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 15:12
Don't forget actor Dwayne Johnson made a few appearances in WWE.

You're absolutely right. My first thought here was... "So?" I mean, A.J. Pierzynski was much more entangled. It's interesting when athletes cross-perform, but not when it's PacMan Jones, because I've stopped caring about him.
3Great One
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      Tue, Jan 15, 2008, 14:22
Pacman Jones reportedly punched a female lawyer at the Body Tap strip club in North Atlanta on January 3rd.

Jones apparently entered the manager's office, accusing the club of stealing money from him and falsely accusing his entourage of owing a tab. Jones reportedly lunged at the woman multiple times during the meeting, in what the lawyer said was an attempt at grave bodily harm. Jones didn't connect until afterwards in the hallway, when he reached around a security guard to "sucker punch" the woman. Not only could this be a violation of Jones' parole, it could result in the league delaying his March return to football activities, and certainly make the Titans less willing to welcome him back. Jan. 15 - 12:31 pm et
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