In July, former world champion of Ring of Honor (ROH), Dalton Castle, sustained a bicep injury that put him out of action for the rest of the year.
In a recent installment of the “Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend” podcast, Castle offered insight on his injury and revealed his aspiration of resuming his professional career by January.
He stated, “I tore my biceps back in July during my last match. It was an unusual accident during a match with a colleague. It hurts a lot. My opponent took a grossly unfair advantage of my situation. Apart from missing my match, I had to forgo a hiking trip that was planned the very next day. Now, my days are filled with physical therapy, and antiquing keeps me busy during the weekends. It is a painful realization that the my friend, and the guy I was wrestling, waited for no one even after witnessing my injury. But I avoid dwelling on it much. My solitary aim right now is to bask in the break and focus on recuperating. I have kept away from wrestling, to avoid any unnecessary distraction. But then when my friends do something spectacular, I end up watching it and feeling a surge of excitement. However, soon I realize that I am still injured and it revives my feelings of frustration. It’s a whirlwind of emotions but I am finding ways to enjoy it. In the end, all my hopes are pinned on getting back to wrestling by Jan.”
Don Callis recently featured on “The Mark Madden Show,” and made a revelation that in 2001 he received an opportunity to be a part of the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a commentator.
Callis shared that he could have been the new color commentator on WCW Monday Nitro if Eric Bischoff had managed successful acquisition of the company.
Callis said, “I’ve been part of every major wrestling company, except for WCW, where I almost had an offer to join, if Eric Bischoff had procured it. The job role was to be a color commentator on Nitro. I had no intentions of hinting at the fact that I would be substituting you.”
However, Bischoff’s attempt to take over WCW was unsuccessful. Turner networks terminated WCW’s programs, which led to WWE buying out their rival in 2001.