To further update the Dan Maff leaving wrestling story, Homicide told the DOI today, that Dan Maff blackballed himself from wrestling. He said Maff could uplift his blackball status from wrestling anytime and could return to wrestling, but it is up to Dan Maff. Maff would have to do the right thing, in order to be allowed back into pro wrestling.

As many know, Homicide will be doing an interview with the DOI. The interview, which is being conducted soon, will ask Homicide about the recent events around Dan Maff's career. However, due to legalities and the severity of the situation between Maff and Homicide, some questions might not be answered in full. Homicide will explain why in the interview, but as of right now, Homicide will not be able to tell some of the story due to outside elements. The purpose of Homicide's earlier comments were meant to show that he does not like Dan Maff. Homicide also said that he has no plans of explaining the entire story because it is too personal and is above and beyond pro wrestling.

Homicide did want it to be made known that Maff did something that involved his family. Rumors about Maff being involved in any criminal activity are false.

It should be known that ROH and JAPW agreed that Maff was in the wrong in this incident. It did come down to either using Homicide or Dan Maff, and both promotions opted to use Homicide, because it made sense on a business level, and because they felt Maff was out of line.

Look for the interview with Homicide, where he'll talk about everything going on in his career, such as ROH, JAPW, CZW, 3PW, WXW, AWA, His Students, The Koji Cutter, His Favorite Matches, Wrestling All Over the World & So Much More by Sunday night.

Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com UPDATE

I have recieved literally dozens upon dozens of emails since posting the Dan Maff article, which I've included below this update. To inform everyone: this is not a work that the DOI is doing with JAPW. This is a true story. Will it become an angle later on, like a year from now? Maybe, but as of right now this is not a work.

Ring of Honor booker, Gabe Sapolsky, posted this on the ROH message board:
Unfortunately, Dan Maff has been forced to pull off future ROH events and is not out of ROH. We will have an announcement on the Tag Title situation early next week in the Newswire. We wish Dan Maff the best in his future endeavors.

There was a thread on the ROH message board about Dan Maff leaving ROH, as the DOI broke that story. ROH decided to delete the thread, as ROH likes to monitor all their fans internet activity. Whenever something goes wrong in ROH, Gabe is the first one to censor all the fans, as is evident in this scenario.

For the people who are emailing the DOI wanting to know the full story, please be advised that I can't tell you anymore than what was originally reported already. The DOI is working on an interview with Homicide, and Homicide will make public what he chooses to make public in that forum. It is our policy to not write about wrestler's personal lives, unless we are asked to by the wrestlers themselves.

We'll have more on this story as news develops.

Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

In a story that JAPW announced today, which you can read on the DOI Main Page, Dan Maff, the JAPW Heavyweight Champion, will not be appearing at the 3/26 ECW Arena event. As of right now, Dan Maff does not have a working relationship with JAPW.

Dan Maff was slated to defend his championship against Jay Lethal this Saturday night. JAPW cited "personal reasons" for Maff's absence. Maff has forfeited the JAPW Heavyweight championship. JAPW has been throwing around many ideas about what to do with the championship, and those plans will all be clear, Saturday night, on March 26th.

It is not the DOI's mission to report on personal information that is intended to be private, but we were contacted by Homicide, the man who trained and brought Dan Maff into the wrestling business. Homicide told the DOI that "Maff is done with wrestling because of me. Maff betrayed me. Dan Maff is done with wrestling for good."

Hearing what happened between the two, before writing this article, all I can say, is that Maff bit the hand that fed him. As far as the entire story, as of what happened between the two men, professionally, I don't think it's my place to say it, as it something that is so beyond the wrestling business. However, Homicide has agreed to do an interview with the DOI, and will talk about Dan Maff, among other things, in the interview. The interview is 30+ questions long, and has the potential of being one of the top interviews ever conducted on the DOI.

In the interview, Homicide in his own words will tell everyone his thoughts on Maff and why he has pretty much blackballed Maff from the wrestling business.

Dan Maff missing the next JAPW show is only the first, of what will be many missed bookings. Dan Maff is expected to be removed from Ring of Honor as well. Look for ROH to announce something about Dan Maff soon.

Maff was 1/2 of the ROH tag team champions with BJ Whitmer. Look for Ring of Honor to replace Maff, and give Whitmer a new tag team partner. Personally, I think it would be ironic if it was Monsta Mack, although I see someone from the Midwest area replacing Dan Maff.

Maff will also cancel any future indy bookings for now. Homicide told the DOI that pretty much, anyone who books Dan Maff from this point on, will have a problem with Homicide. From what I've heard personally, Homicide has told other wrestlers and promoters the reason for his hatred for Dan Maff right now. Talking to some wrestlers and promoters who knew about this situation, all have said that Maff was wrong and definitely betrayed Homicide, just not as his trainer in wrestling, but as a real life man. I have not heard from anyone who knows the story, taking Maff's side.

Personally, I do feel sorry for Maff, as he just made the biggest mistake of his career. It's hard to say never in the wrestling business, but the impression I got from talking to Homicide is that Maff is finished with wrestling for a while. Maff hasn't been the same in-ring performer, in my eyes, during the second half of 2004 and into 2005. As a matter of fact, as a singles wrestler, the last Dan Maff match that I truly enjoyed in the past 9 months, was his bout with Jay Lethal in JAPW. Now looking back at everything in retrospect, I'm wondering if this incident affected Maff pyschologically and professionally during these past few months when he wrestled.

For the fans who don't know what happened and might think that Homicide is hurting ROH and JAPW by removing Dan Maff from the shows, once you find out what happened (After all, it will eventually leak because this is the internet & Homicide might tell the exact story in the interview) you will agree with Homicide, and realize that Maff made the hugest mistake of his career.

Talking to JAPW management today, JAPW has several ideas to replace Dan Maff and crown a new JAPW Heavyweight Champion. JAPW is definitely saddened about losing Maff, but the show will go on. JAPW has a stacked line-up this Saturday night, and you don't want to miss this show. JAPW has always been a master of improvision when there is controversy, and Saturday night will not be any different. The show looks like one of the best indy line-ups in recent memory. JAPW has been working hard on this show, and I think this has the potential to be one of the best JAPW shows of all time.

Stay tuned to the DOI for the JAPW review and News/Notes that occurred after the show. Also stay tuned for the DOI Interview with the Notorious 187 Homicide.

Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com