WWE News: Superstars speak out on recent Iraq trip
Submitted by Matthew Tremley on Monday, December 20, 2004 at 1:52 PM EST







• WWE IN IRAQ: MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED
  By Keith Elliot Greenberg
  
  OUTSIDE TIKRIT, Iraq – Mick Foley was eating breakfast with Big Show, Charlie Haas, Eddie Guerrero and some others at theForward Operating Base (FOB) Paliwoda last week, when he heard a loud explosion.
  
  “We were assured by one of the officers that it was outgoing,” said Foley, in Iraq with a team of WWE Superstars for a holiday SmackDown! broadcast.“A moment later, we heard another explosion.That was incoming.Soldiers went scrambling around for their (bulletproof) jackets and helmets, and we did, too.
  
  “And through it all, Big Show continued to eat his corn pops.”
  
  It’s a frightening story – but one not nearly as unnerving as a conversation I had with Luther Reigns about his visits to U.S. military bases around this war-torn nation.
  
  “If I was 20 yearsold, I’d join the military,” he claimed.“It’s a license to kickbutt legally, and that’s what I like to do.”
  
  Honestly, I wasn’t too shocked by this comment; Luther’s known to utter things like that.It’s this next exchange that gave me pause for thought.
  
  “Did you fire any guns while you were here?”
  
  “No,” Luther responded, smiling demonically.“Heidenreich did.”
  
  It’s been a busy week for the SmackDown!” crew. Days before the show, the Superstars landed in Iraq, and splintered into groups, visiting troops in various locations. I ended up here, just miles from Saddam Hussein’s hometown, at FOB Speicher – site of the program. A few hours later, I heard some Christmas carols emanating from a recreation hall.
  
  I walked in to see former WWE Tag Team Champions Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree among a group singing “God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen.”Suzuki struggled with a word sheet, while Dupree was holding a candy cane and smiling.
  
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  Credit: WWE.com
  

  
  

  
  
  

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