Updates on JBL's Wife, WrestleMania 24, Masters, More

[Black Widow]

Partial source: PWInsider.com

- WWE.com has picked up on the news of JBL's wife Meredith receiving the death threats with comments from Mr. Layfield himself. JBL tells WWE.com that police are pursuing leads in the case. “She stuck her neck out and told the truth. After all, she has to be honest with her investors, which a lot of analysts won’t do for fear of upsetting the wrong people." JBL canceled a trip to Texas to see his family to be in New York with his wife. “Meredith will be fine, of course,” explained Layfield. “I’m just worried about one of these cowards unexpectedly running into her on the street and verbally accosting her. I would hope that anyone who would threaten my wife would try to get physical with me, because, believe me, I wouldn’t hesitate in the least.”

- Over 46,000 tickets were sold for WrestleMania XXIV on Saturday, making it the highest-grossing event in the history of the Florida Citrus Bowl. As previously posted, good seats still remain for the show, including plenty in the $90 range.

- Chris Masters is telling people that his most recent Wellness violation isn't his fault. Masters is saying that it was something leftover in his system from the past that caused him to fail the recent Wellness test.


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It’s an old adage that money makes people do crazy things sometimes. Unfortunately, WWE Superstar John Bradshaw Layfield and his wife Meredith Whitney are finding this out the hard way.

On Thursday, Whitney, a financial services analyst and Fox Business Channel contributor, recommended a “sell” rating for Citigroup, the global banking giant, which, simply put, means that she’s recommending to stockholders that they sell their shares in the company.

A “sell” rating from such a well-respected analyst as Whitney shook Citigroup’s stock to the core. The market capitalization of the company, which has been rocked lately by the subprime-mortgage crisis, dropped an estimated $15 billion, and, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company’s chairman and CEO, Charles Prince, plans to tender his resignation effective Sunday.

“I’m proud of Meredith for what she did,” said Layfield. “She stuck her neck out and told the truth. After all, she has to be honest with her investors, which a lot of analysts won’t do for fear of upsetting the wrong people.”

In the rough and tumble world of Wall Street, where fortunes may be earned and burned on a whisper, such a downturn, however, can send shockwaves of fear and anger through the investment community. Sure enough, shortly after the reverberations were felt, a few incensed investors emailed and phoned Whitney, leaving her threatening messages. As one might imagine, such behavior didn’t sit quite so well with JBL.

“I think whoever would threaten the life of a woman is a cowardly piece of s***,” fumed the SmackDown announcer, who canceled a planned trip to Texas so that he could be with his wife in New York City. “Meredith said she’d be fine and wanted me to visit my folks, but when someone threatens your wife, it’s not a good idea to leave her.”

Layfield, also a contributor to the Fox Business Channel, confirmed that law enforcement has been pursuing leads, but admitted the whole incident still leaves him somewhat ill-at-ease.

“Meredith will be fine, of course,” explained Layfield. “I’m just worried about one of these cowards unexpectedly running into her on the street and verbally accosting her.”

Layfield, who has been married to Whitney since February 2005, assured WWE.com that if he were to ever run across one of the persons who threatened his wife, it would not be a pretty site.

“I would hope that anyone who would threaten my wife would try to get physical with me,” said Layfield, obviously angered at the mere idea, “because, believe me, I wouldn’t hesitate in the least.”

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- Chris Masters is telling people that his most recent Wellness violation isn't his fault. Masters is saying that it was something leftover in his system from the past that caused him to fail the recent Wellness test.

yeah right lol. Like anybody is actually going to believe that one. Thats almost like I seen the bridge was out but I still drove off it. I say Masters may be gone from the WWE before the end of the year.

[JohnCenaFan28]

Thanks for this. What Masters said is BS:lol:

[Kaz]

I feel for JBL and his wife... Death threats suck and they change everything... I hate 'em.

Masters is also full of BS

[legolas4792]

any sucka who would do that to somebody like jbl is asking to get his ass whipped and if that is so masters lets see how well u do on the next one