Saturday, December 2, 2017
Wish I could've went to this. I grew up on this
What, you want MORE Indy Wrestling? Fine fine, here. :) AWA Supreme Last Word Episode 9: Boston's Baddest
Published on Nov 29, 2017
On this edition, catch highlights of the Mid America Heavyweight Championship match between "Boston's Baddest" Angus Barnett and champion "Tailor Made" Roger Malcolm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nm0xcQYWN0
Tonight's Indy Wrestling feature is... Appalachian Mountain Wrestling AMW-TV: Dec 2, 2017
Published on Dec 2, 2017
Catch up on everything from our HUGE cards from Thanksgiving and Black Friday and get ready for Season's Beatings in Viper, Kentucky.
Plus, hear from all the stars of AMW and hear about an event just added to the schedule you can't miss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKj_-m78Zb8Plus, hear from all the stars of AMW and hear about an event just added to the schedule you can't miss.
Jim Cornette Farewell
From his last appearance as a manager, managing Dan Severn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sOKSDdHE0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sOKSDdHE0w
Jim Cornette on Managing for the Final Time (Dan Severn, WrestleCade 2017)
Jim talks about his final appearance as a manager (unless something he can't say no to is offered) managing Dan Severn at WrestleCade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9Rkf3d2WU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9Rkf3d2WU
ProWrestling.Net a day late and a dollar short, and is also playing catch up to me on this.
Damn, awesome watching the 'big boy' news sites always playing catch up to me. ProWrestling.Net took TWO DAYS (just like PWInsider) to finally get around to catching up to me.
Man these guys are some slow fucks, LOL.
https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/12/02/nwa-video-billy-corgan-sets-stage-tim-storm-vs-jocephus-championship-wrestling-hollywood-taping-sunday/
Man these guys are some slow fucks, LOL.
https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/12/02/nwa-video-billy-corgan-sets-stage-tim-storm-vs-jocephus-championship-wrestling-hollywood-taping-sunday/
Brandi Rhodes On The Pressure Of Being In The Rhodes Family
Brandi Rhodes spoke with Fansided on a number of topics in and outside of pro wrestling. Here are some of the highlights:
Ring of Honor's Women of Honor division:
"Since I've only been a part of Women of Honor for a short time, I'm going to speak to the girls that have been there for a while. Folks like Mandy Leon, Sumie [Sakai], Kelly Klein, those are the girls who really built this division and made it what it is today. And they have worked with nothing, basically, and then got it somewhere, and now are hopefully taking it other places. Then, at this point, here I am coming in and hoping to help. But I think it's definitely a testament to their talent, to their abilities and just their 'gung-ho-ness' — wanting to work with this and make it something that can stand on its own. That was the most important thing to Women of Honor, to be able to stand on their own, not to kind of coattail off of Ring of Honor. They're doing their own thing, they're not part of the Ring of Honor show. Women of Honor is its own separate sect. So, I think they've done a great job. They definitely have contoured an audience, and we'll see where we can take it from here."
The pressure of being in the Rhodes family:
"I'll say one thing, and that is that being married to Cody does not help me in any way as far as confidence goes, because he's a fantastic wrestler and he comes from a family of fantastic wrestlers. Here I am, a girl — the only girl in the bunch — and there's all this lineage to try and keep up with and push the name along in a positive way. It's a lot pressure. Of course, where it does come in handy is that, he's an amazing wrestler. So, I'm able to get in the ring with him, I'm able to bounce ideas off of him and then things that I, of course, wouldn't have available to me, I do because of him and because he loves wrestling so much. I've never had him say 'Hey, hon', I can't go with you today, I can't do this, I can't help you train.' Or if I want to learn something or I'm probably going to end up popping him in the face or something ridiculous, I've never heard him once say 'Uh, maybe we shouldn't do this today,' or 'Maybe I'm not the person to do this, someone else can show you.' He's always there and he will do whatever it takes to make me happy with what I'm learning. It's great.
If she ever spoke with Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) who was previously on E!'s WAGS:
"No, actually. Barbie, actually, she was friends more so with Cody than me. I really don't know Barbie very well. I was on my way in when she was on her way out. I feel like it would've been weird for me to reach out to her. I'm sure at some point we'll run into each other. I think she and Cody even trained together at [Ohio Valley Wrestling], so they've known each other for a long time, which is cool. But, I guess if there's anything I learned from Barbie and watching her on the show is, she, in my opinion, was herself, which is great. There are always going to be people who, I think, miss the mark because they try so hard to be something on a show like this, what they think other people expect them to be or whatever. I feel like the people who resonate the most are the one's who are themselves, rather than trying to be somebody they're not. And I think Barbie was herself on the show, which is why she's had success with it."
Source: Fansided
"Since I've only been a part of Women of Honor for a short time, I'm going to speak to the girls that have been there for a while. Folks like Mandy Leon, Sumie [Sakai], Kelly Klein, those are the girls who really built this division and made it what it is today. And they have worked with nothing, basically, and then got it somewhere, and now are hopefully taking it other places. Then, at this point, here I am coming in and hoping to help. But I think it's definitely a testament to their talent, to their abilities and just their 'gung-ho-ness' — wanting to work with this and make it something that can stand on its own. That was the most important thing to Women of Honor, to be able to stand on their own, not to kind of coattail off of Ring of Honor. They're doing their own thing, they're not part of the Ring of Honor show. Women of Honor is its own separate sect. So, I think they've done a great job. They definitely have contoured an audience, and we'll see where we can take it from here."
The pressure of being in the Rhodes family:
"I'll say one thing, and that is that being married to Cody does not help me in any way as far as confidence goes, because he's a fantastic wrestler and he comes from a family of fantastic wrestlers. Here I am, a girl — the only girl in the bunch — and there's all this lineage to try and keep up with and push the name along in a positive way. It's a lot pressure. Of course, where it does come in handy is that, he's an amazing wrestler. So, I'm able to get in the ring with him, I'm able to bounce ideas off of him and then things that I, of course, wouldn't have available to me, I do because of him and because he loves wrestling so much. I've never had him say 'Hey, hon', I can't go with you today, I can't do this, I can't help you train.' Or if I want to learn something or I'm probably going to end up popping him in the face or something ridiculous, I've never heard him once say 'Uh, maybe we shouldn't do this today,' or 'Maybe I'm not the person to do this, someone else can show you.' He's always there and he will do whatever it takes to make me happy with what I'm learning. It's great.
If she ever spoke with Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) who was previously on E!'s WAGS:
"No, actually. Barbie, actually, she was friends more so with Cody than me. I really don't know Barbie very well. I was on my way in when she was on her way out. I feel like it would've been weird for me to reach out to her. I'm sure at some point we'll run into each other. I think she and Cody even trained together at [Ohio Valley Wrestling], so they've known each other for a long time, which is cool. But, I guess if there's anything I learned from Barbie and watching her on the show is, she, in my opinion, was herself, which is great. There are always going to be people who, I think, miss the mark because they try so hard to be something on a show like this, what they think other people expect them to be or whatever. I feel like the people who resonate the most are the one's who are themselves, rather than trying to be somebody they're not. And I think Barbie was herself on the show, which is why she's had success with it."
Source: Fansided
Former WWE Women's Champion On Getting Yelled At By Lita, Injuries Ending Her WWE Career, Retirement
Candice Michelle spoke to On Milwaukee before her upcoming retirement match at House of Hardcore 36 on December 2, which will air live on Twitch. Here are some of the highlights:
When she first started with WWE, getting called out by Lita in the locker room:
"It was brutal. I remember I was in the locker room with Lita, who is very intimidating. I went to put my makeup on; I thought I took the worst spot in the locker room. I thought I was being respectful. I sat on the floor by a mirror. And she got up in my face, and she was like, 'What? Do you think you can walk in here and take the best spot in the locker room?' And I was like, 'I'm sitting on the floor!' I was considered the Hollywood girl. These wrestling girls, they paved the way of going to these indie shows and training camps and putting their bodies through this for so long. And I just come from Hollywood and show up. So I get their side of it. I had to earn the wrestling respect side of it."
How injuries ended her WWE career:
"We were coming back from a two-week European tour, and it was our last match in Nebraska before we got a break. It was a big match with me and Beth Phoenix, and I went up to the top rope for a spot where she was gonna hit the rope and I was gonna eat it. But my boot caught, and I nose dived. So I was knocked out, on live TV. The next thing I remember is waking up in the ambulance, and they said, 'Your husband's being flown in.' When you're in a neck brace, and you're in an ambulance, and they're flying your husband in, it's pretty scary. Thankfully, I just had a broken collar bone and a concussion. But the hardest part is it shelved me. I worked so hard to get that spot, and that recognition from my coworkers, and from the fans. And now I'm shelved for six months.
I think most wrestlers have a very relentless mentality. Somehow, I had to convince [Producer] Johnny Laurinaitis and the doctors there that my collarbone was not broken anymore, even though the X-rays show it was still. Somehow, I weaseled my way into a match, and the first drop kick, I shattered it. But, I finished the match. I was shelved another six months. Then I was coming back, and WrestleMania was coming up, just being in overdrive. I did a Superman punch, landed on my ankle and tore two ligaments. That was the final injury where I got the call to say, 'All right, kid. You're done.'"
Training for upcoming retirement match:
"I did training at Knox Pro Wrestling Academy, back in L.A. That first bump, woo! That s--- hurts. You forget. And my body forgot. I trained for a month and a half there a couple times a week. I cried every time I was there. Whether it was because I was in pain or because I missed it, or because of facing those spirits."
Source: On Milwaukee
"It was brutal. I remember I was in the locker room with Lita, who is very intimidating. I went to put my makeup on; I thought I took the worst spot in the locker room. I thought I was being respectful. I sat on the floor by a mirror. And she got up in my face, and she was like, 'What? Do you think you can walk in here and take the best spot in the locker room?' And I was like, 'I'm sitting on the floor!' I was considered the Hollywood girl. These wrestling girls, they paved the way of going to these indie shows and training camps and putting their bodies through this for so long. And I just come from Hollywood and show up. So I get their side of it. I had to earn the wrestling respect side of it."
How injuries ended her WWE career:
"We were coming back from a two-week European tour, and it was our last match in Nebraska before we got a break. It was a big match with me and Beth Phoenix, and I went up to the top rope for a spot where she was gonna hit the rope and I was gonna eat it. But my boot caught, and I nose dived. So I was knocked out, on live TV. The next thing I remember is waking up in the ambulance, and they said, 'Your husband's being flown in.' When you're in a neck brace, and you're in an ambulance, and they're flying your husband in, it's pretty scary. Thankfully, I just had a broken collar bone and a concussion. But the hardest part is it shelved me. I worked so hard to get that spot, and that recognition from my coworkers, and from the fans. And now I'm shelved for six months.
I think most wrestlers have a very relentless mentality. Somehow, I had to convince [Producer] Johnny Laurinaitis and the doctors there that my collarbone was not broken anymore, even though the X-rays show it was still. Somehow, I weaseled my way into a match, and the first drop kick, I shattered it. But, I finished the match. I was shelved another six months. Then I was coming back, and WrestleMania was coming up, just being in overdrive. I did a Superman punch, landed on my ankle and tore two ligaments. That was the final injury where I got the call to say, 'All right, kid. You're done.'"
Training for upcoming retirement match:
"I did training at Knox Pro Wrestling Academy, back in L.A. That first bump, woo! That s--- hurts. You forget. And my body forgot. I trained for a month and a half there a couple times a week. I cried every time I was there. Whether it was because I was in pain or because I missed it, or because of facing those spirits."
Source: On Milwaukee
Almost TWO DAYS LATER PWInsider finally catches up to me on this, two days later, LOL.
https://www.pwinsider.com/article/113939/nwa-title-returns-to-ecw-arena.html?p=1
PWInsider finally catches up me. Boy is Mike Johnson at PWInsider 'slow', LMAO!
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