Konnan Interview 09/06/2007, Second Donation Drive Details For Konnan Who Needs Our Help

The Don Tony Show

DTD Entertainment LLC

Wrestling, Sports, Comedy

4.0 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2007

⏱️ 51 minutes

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RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download our 09/06/2007 episode now. CLICK HERE to listen to the 09/06/2007 episode online ========== SYNOPSIS: KONNAN INTERVIEW 9/6/2007 Did you know that Konnan was in US Navy for 7 years and fought in Lebanon?.. Konnan offers his sincere thanks to the fans for the donation drive that led to his Kidney Transplant Surgery.. Konnan explains in detail his 23 days in the hospital battling his body rejecting the kidney, developing high blood pressure & diabetes, his bladder filling up with blood, and more.. Discusses his medical expenses, details behind broken promises TNA made to cover his surgeries.. Confirms Homicide being fined by TNA for sending him a Myspace message showing love and support with his recovery.. How TNA accused Konnan of blackmail, and why he is suing TNA. Keep in mind all these issues occurred while Konnan was suffering from his life threatening kidney ailment and hip replacement.. Details how TNA ignored the entire donation drive for Kidney Transplant.. Story behind 'James Storms' Night', Jeff Jarrett's attitude towards roster, disgruntled wrestlers in locker room, more.. Konnan explains why he's speaking to Congress, news media and more battling steroids issues in wrestling.. Konnan rips Ken Kennedy and other WWE stars who criticized his (and others) TV appearances. He also intelligently explains why neither WWE or TNA should be upset at his appearances in Congress and news media.. He compares WWE and their 'suspensions' to NBA towards referee scandal, and Atlanta Falcons towards Michael Vick.. Konnan comments on WWE main eventers, and their very muscular CEO.. Konnan discusses why steroids is an addiction and needs to be eliminated completely. Not one ounce should be allowed by WWE.. Konnan rips Eric Bischoff, Jarrett, and their 'blogs' on steroids issue.. Konnan rips Jeff Jarrett and how he was treated by JJ while he was battling his life threatening issues.. Konnan praises Ring Of Honor and AAA, their locker room, product, and more.. Konnan discusses how it appears WWE has moved on from marketing smaller Heavyweight Champions like Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio. He also explains how pissed off he was at WWE and how they used Eddie in storylines following his death.. Konnan also offers his Political views towards government, keeping it real to fans and friends.. Interview wraps up with another sincere thank you to everyone who has helped him thru this life threatening crisis. To him, it makes his 20+ year career all worth it. Trust me when I tell you this. Konnan will do other wrestling interviews. Take it from someone who has developed a friendship with Konnan. This is a must listen. And we ask everyone to help once again in his serious time of need. DONATION INFORMATION Both myself and Georgian Makropoulos of Wrestlingfigs.com led the last donation drive that raised close to $16,000 for Konnan's Hip Replacement Surgery. And every penny raised went towards that surgery. Both of us are extemely humbled by everyone's help and genorosity with that drive. We are about to commence a second drive for Konnan. He has incurred thousands upon thousands in medical expenses due to his medical complications. His Kidney Anti-Rejection Drugs. He has developed Diabetes as a result from his complications. Not to mention he cannot work for several more months as a result of this surgery. I hope we can all get together one more time and do it for this man. Feel confident that $1, $5, $10 is never too small to send. As Konnan has said himself. He had thousands of donations of just $1. $5. Every dollar adds up. A Paypal account and email address (GetWellKonnan@aol.com) has been setup so everyone can send donations. Every penny donated will go towards Konnan's Kidney Transplant Surgery. If you do not have a Paypal account, setting one up takes 5 minutes. If you prefer to send a donation by mail, an address is listed at the bottom of this article. For Paypal Donations, click the button link below. CLICK HERE for donation information and PAYPAL links for Konnan. With 2007 being filled with tragedy and scandal, Konnan's road to a healthy recovery and your help is one thing we can look back on and smile about. Thank you for your time. Anthony DeBlasi

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0:00.0	There's a standard for the stars.
0:01.7	There's a standard for everybody else.
0:03.3	And if you're a star, and they're paying you big money, you get respect and you're a human.
0:10.3	Everybody else is dispensable in their eyes.
0:12.9	That whole place is miserable.
0:14.5	You know, I keep in touch with a lot of people there, and they're just miserable.
0:17.5	But the problem is that unlike, you know, the National Football League or if you're a singer, there's 24 other teams you can go to in basketball. There's a, in wrestling, it's just TNA or WWE, basically. And so they're, the way they think is, okay, well, where are you going to go? If W.W.E wanted you, they would have you. Yeah, exactly. Where are you going to go? You WWE wanted you, they would have you. Yeah, exactly.
0:38.0	You have nowhere to go, and that's just how they treat you. I remember right when I quit, I had told Jeff Jarrett, I said, you know, Ron Keillings was mad because they had brought him, they hadn't used them on TV for a while, and all of a sudden and he had come back from a knee surgery, which he also had to pay for.
0:56.3	Right.
0:56.6	And he was hurt in their ring. and used them on TV for a while and all of a sudden he had come back from a knee surgery
0:54.5	which he also had to pay for right and he was hurt in their ring okay so um ron killing they hadn't
1:01.6	had him on tv for a while because of his knee surgery and he'd been ready for a while so they
1:06.4	bring him in on this paper if you match him and James Storm against a football player. I think it was
1:11.8	Yichick. Yeah. And I forget who the other guy was. It might have been Jerry Lynn, who they just
1:17.1	fired him too long ago. He was a decent guy. But anyways, so, you know, Ron was mad because they
1:24.5	weren't coming out to his, because they didn't want to put his music.
1:31.3	And so Jeff came to me and he goes, what's Ron mad about? I go, well, you haven't used them on TV. You want him to do the job. Well, he's not going to do the job. I go, and you don't even want him to come out to people. This is James Storm's night. So, you know, so, you know, tell him that
1:41.4	you know this is about James Storm
1:43.0	I go why don't you tell him yourself
1:44.4	I go your problem Jeff is you don't talk to anybody in TNA
1:47.7	you only talk to you only talk tell him that, you know, this is about James Storm. I go, why don't you tell him yourself?
1:44.5	I go, your problem, Jeff, is you don't talk to anybody in TNA.
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