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-- Washington Redskins player and wrestling fan Adam Carriker spoke about suffering a season ending leg injury and thinking about Triple H when he went down during the game against the Rams. Here is what he had to say… "I'm laying there on the turf at the Edward Jones Dome and there's one thing going through my mind and it's the image of Triple H tearing his quad tendon off his knee in the ring. Why I'm thinking about that, I don't know. I think that's because it's exactly where I felt it i...
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