Follow my blog with Bloglovin Sex tapes seem to make or break celebrities. It's been like that for quite some time. Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee became even more famous. And sex tapes are responsible for giving the world celebrities like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. Now a few WWE Superstars find themselves at the center of a sex tape scandal.
Xavier Woods Courtesy: WWE
Recently a video with former Divas Champion and NXT Women's Champion Paige was released. She is seen doing very personal and private things with former referee Brad Maddox and current Superstar Xavier Woods. It's been reported WWE does not plan to punish Paige nor Woods. Maddox no longer works for the company. I think the decision to not punish the parties involved is a good one. Paige's phone was either stolen or hacked and the videos and images released without her knowledge.
Paige and Alberto Courtesy: TMZ
Paige's fiance Alberto Del Patron has withdrawn from an upcoming appearance at WrestleCon. His statement “Due to the invasion of our privacy I need to be home with the person that needs me more at the moment and our family. Thanks for your support and I’ll be seeing you the next time.” There have been countless memes and jokes made about the situation online. Now that the news is about a week old, and WWE has had live events since the situation will come to pass. I do expect taunts and chants at WrestleMania next week and on the Raw that follows.
Paige in NXT Courtesy: WWE
I'm not going to lie, I've chuckled at some of the memes I've seen. But sometimes we fail to remember that celebrities are real people. Paige is deeply hurt by this leak and her family is legitimately worried about her well-being. Whoever chose to hack and share the information needs to be held accountable and prosecuted for the act. I realize sometimes these things are done intentionally to garner attention, however that is not the case with this situation. Then one could argue too, if you don't want those types of images stolen, don't have them in the first place. Hindsight is 20/20. Be more thoughtful of other people's feelings before judging them and sharing the hate.
On January 28, legendary rock band Mötley Crüe announced its retiring at the end of 2014. The band has been together for more than 30 years, forming in 1981. Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx have been the primary members through the decades.
I was ten when their album "Shout at the Devil" was released, and it was really the first time I took notice. It was hard not to notice the four guys with hair teased up high, makeup, and spandex. It was the MTV era and their videos were on all the time. I'll be honest though, I wasn't really into them with that first album. My brother was a fan and played the music all the time. Eventually, I got hooked to it too.
Theatre of Pain
In 1985, when I was in middle school, Mötley Crüe released "Theatre of Pain." My brother owned this album too, and we'd play it often. Even though I'd never smoked, I always enjoyed the song "Smoking in the Boys Room." The music video was even more memorable. I remember they stopped playing it at school dances as they were afraid it would encourage some sort of rebellion. "Home Sweet Home" was another popular hit on that album and one of my favorite songs by the Crüe.
By the time 1987 rolled around, I was in high school and "Girls, Girls, Girls" was released. This song and music video are burned in my memory and for obvious reasons. At least the video is. I'll never forget that song either though, because it was during my freshman year that we had a jukebox in the school cafeteria. Every day during lunch, a classmate of mine would put his quarter in and he'd play "Girls, Girls, Girls." I'm not exaggerating, this happened daily for the entire school year. That was 27 years ago and I can still see him walking up to the jukebox and rocking his way back to his seat at the lunch table.
I think 1989's "Dr. Feelgood" probably produced the most favorites for me. "Without You" being at the top of the list, not just as one of my favorite Mötley Crüe songs of all time, but one of my favorites in general. "Kick Start My Heart" and "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" are a couple of other great songs from that album.
Mötley Crüe today
Through the years the band has had its up and downs. Drummer Randy Castillo, who had replaced Lee, died of cancer in 2002. He was replaced by the band's only female member, Samantha Maloney. Eventually all the original members would reunite and that brings us to today. Mötley Crüe has a 72 city farewell tour starting in July. Alice Cooper will be with them as well. They'll be in St. Louis in July and I am seriously considering going, just for a little nostalgia if nothing else.
Holy cow, I nearly forgot that in 1998, Mötley Crüe performed on Monday Night Raw and introduced the wrestling world to their "roadie" Test. I can't believe I almost missed an opportunity to connect a blog with wrestling and the WWE. My bad...
