{"id":7067,"date":"2012-10-11T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2012-10-11T09:13:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T13:13:15","slug":"carriker-no-welch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2012\/10\/11\/carriker-no-welch\/","title":{"rendered":"Carriker No Welch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>welsh or welch<\/strong>\u00a0 (w?l?)<br \/>\n\u2014 vb\u00a0 (often foll by on )<br \/>\n1. <em>to fail to pay a gambling debt<\/em><br \/>\n2. <em>to fail to fulfil an obligation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker had wrestler Goldberg on his 4th and Pain show before the game against the Falcons, and the two of them made a bet:<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, an ardent Falcons fan, would wear a Redskins jersey if Washington beat Atlanta. Carriker subsequently agreed that if the Falcons beat the Redskins, that he would don Goldberg&#8217;s full wrestling garb, including speedo, as his &#8216;punishment.&#8217;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We all know how the game turned out, a 24-17 Atlanta victory, and Carriker was left holding the wrestling bag. A man of his word, Carriker fulfilled his part of the deal, and even <a title=\"Carriker on TMZ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/10\/11\/nfl-star-loses-embarrassing-bet-actually-pays-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ picked up on it<\/a>. Here he is, in his full wrestling regalia:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7068\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7068\" title=\"1010-adam-carriker-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1010-adam-carriker-1-500x458.jpg\" alt=\"Carriker on TMZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1010-adam-carriker-1-500x458.jpg 500w, https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1010-adam-carriker-1.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by TMZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So hey Aaron Rodgers, if you&#8217;re paying attention, this is what MEN do. They don&#8217;t <a title=\"Rodgers A Welch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/09\/20\/aaron-rodgers-boys-ii-men-chicken-sandwich\/\" target=\"_blank\">welch on bets<\/a>. After all, a welch is not much better than a stoolie. Maybe we can arrange for a friendly little Carriker Jackhammer of Mr. Rodgers on 4th and Pain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but Adam Carriker &#8211; he ain&#8217;t no welch.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a man&#8230; in tights.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter @TheHogsdotNet or hit up Adam himself @AdamCarriker94<\/p>\n<p>Hail!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>welsh or welch\u00a0 (w?l?) \u2014 vb\u00a0 (often foll by on ) 1. to fail to pay a gambling debt 2. to fail to fulfil an obligation Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker had wrestler Goldberg on his 4th and Pain show before the game against the Falcons, and the two of them made a bet: Goldberg, &#8230; <a title=\"Carriker No Welch\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2012\/10\/11\/carriker-no-welch\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Carriker No Welch\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[792,1315],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-redskins","tag-adam-carriker","tag-goldberg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carriker No Welch | The-Hogs.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2012\/10\/11\/carriker-no-welch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carriker No Welch | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"welsh or welch\u00a0 (w?l?) \u2014 vb\u00a0 (often foll by on ) 1. to fail to pay a gambling debt 2. to fail to fulfil an obligation Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker had wrestler Goldberg on his 4th and Pain show before the game against the Falcons, and the two of them made a bet: Goldberg, ... 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