Friday, January 29, 2010

Jericho/Hurricane Helms update

From the Wrestling Globe Newsletter:
Some separating fact from fiction regarding the arrests of Chris Jericho
and Gregory 'Hurricane' Helms early yesterday morning in Northern
Kentucky. Ashley Storer, the young women who was traveling in a cab with
Jericho and Helms, said that she was sat between the pair when they
began play fighting. She said she caught an accidental elbow to the
cheek by Helms, became very upset due to heavy intoxication, and the cab
driver then pulled over at a gas station and called the police. She told
TMZ that when the cops arrived everything was blown out of proportion:
"I was crying and drunk and tired from being out all night and I just
wanted to leave". The incident followed a night of drinking a few hours
removed from WWE's Smackdown television taping at US Bank Arena in
Cincinnati. Those close to Matt Hardy told us he was the only one in the
group who hadn't been drinking, although it doesn't explain why he fled
the scene and hightailed it home to North Carolina leaving his friends
to deal with the aftermath. One source familiar with what happened noted
that Hardy had chased after Helms after he ran away but Helms returned
alone. The police said they are not pursuing any sort of action against
Hardy. Another note of interest is that Christian and CM Punk were said
to have posted bond for Jericho and Helms around 90 minutes after they
were booked into Kenton County Detention Center. The pair are scheduled
to appear in Kenton District Court on February 16 to answer public
intoxication charges or they can pay a small fine to dispose of the
charges.

Jim Ross via his blog at www.jrsbarbq.com wrote regarding the arrests:
"TMZ making a semi big deal about a situation that Chris Jericho and
Gregory Helms found themselves in this week. Both these guys are great
people and are credits to the biz and I suggest that this well could be
much to do about not much. No one should rush to judgment about this
issue especially since neither individual has addressed there side of
this overblown story."

Helms has been pulled from Sunday's Rumble match likely as punishment
for the events of this past week. Jericho is still listed at press time.
Well, you didn't think they would punish a main event guy did you?

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