ironworks
11-30-2012, 03:18 AM
- We noted earlier that there was a backstage incident at Tuesday's
WWE SmackDown tapings in Bossier City, Louisiana where the fire alarms
went off. There was actually chaos backstage and JBL provided the
following recap on his Facebook:
"I was doing commentary so I
missed the exact facts of what happened, but here's what I know. I had
finished Main Event (Miz was returning from Middle East so I was filling
in) and coming back to change my suit and tie to go back out for
Smackdown.
I see total chaos. Apparently Dave Kapoor (who is Great
Khali's working 'brother') was filming a backstage segment and a light
either burst or got too close to a sprinkler and set off the fire
sprinklers in the dressing room I had my stuff in.
The force of
the water was unreal. Guys were trying to save our stuff in the dark (we
all had computers, clothes etc) and also trying to figure out a way to
get the water off. The alarm had sounded it looked like the filming of
the sinking of the Titanic.
I'm in the room trying to get my extra
suit and computer as my stuff was right under the sprinkler, guys were
helping me with flashlights in the darkness.
The alarm was saying to evacuate the building.
Triple
H had left 'Gorilla' and was directing guys to put towels down to keep
the flooding in one area, it was a ton of water. Our whole crew was back
there trying to figure out how to keep the water in one room. It was
unreal seeing guys trying to stop something minor before it became
something major. If all the sprinklers had come on, tons of stuff would
have been ruined-fortunately it was only one dressing room
They all finally succeeded. Some guys stuff was ruined, poor Dave Kapoor was just soaked with horrible smelling water.
We
tape up to four shows on Tuesdays, not to mention the backstage
stuff-an incredible amount. The WWE did what we always do and adjusted
to outside forces and taped the shows.
Ah, the joys of taping TV. Just another fun chapter now and some really good TV taped around it."
WWE SmackDown tapings in Bossier City, Louisiana where the fire alarms
went off. There was actually chaos backstage and JBL provided the
following recap on his Facebook:
"I was doing commentary so I
missed the exact facts of what happened, but here's what I know. I had
finished Main Event (Miz was returning from Middle East so I was filling
in) and coming back to change my suit and tie to go back out for
Smackdown.
I see total chaos. Apparently Dave Kapoor (who is Great
Khali's working 'brother') was filming a backstage segment and a light
either burst or got too close to a sprinkler and set off the fire
sprinklers in the dressing room I had my stuff in.
The force of
the water was unreal. Guys were trying to save our stuff in the dark (we
all had computers, clothes etc) and also trying to figure out a way to
get the water off. The alarm had sounded it looked like the filming of
the sinking of the Titanic.
I'm in the room trying to get my extra
suit and computer as my stuff was right under the sprinkler, guys were
helping me with flashlights in the darkness.
The alarm was saying to evacuate the building.
Triple
H had left 'Gorilla' and was directing guys to put towels down to keep
the flooding in one area, it was a ton of water. Our whole crew was back
there trying to figure out how to keep the water in one room. It was
unreal seeing guys trying to stop something minor before it became
something major. If all the sprinklers had come on, tons of stuff would
have been ruined-fortunately it was only one dressing room
They all finally succeeded. Some guys stuff was ruined, poor Dave Kapoor was just soaked with horrible smelling water.
We
tape up to four shows on Tuesdays, not to mention the backstage
stuff-an incredible amount. The WWE did what we always do and adjusted
to outside forces and taped the shows.
Ah, the joys of taping TV. Just another fun chapter now and some really good TV taped around it."