Sunday, February 02, 2003

Alabama makes it into the Onion! Alabama Governor Injured Imitating Pro Wrestling MONTGOMERY, AL—Gov. Bob Riley broke his collarbone Monday while imitating a wrestling move he saw on TNN's WWE RAW. "[Secretary of State] Jim [Bennett] and I were just funning around," Riley said after his discharge from St. Mary's Hospital. "I tried to do The Undertaker's Last Ride powerbomb—not for real, just pretend—and I slipped." Monday's incident marked the state's worst wrestling-related gubernatorial injury since 1991, when then-Gov. Guy Hunt was paralyzed jumping off a friend's roof onto a backyard trampoline.