Published on Dec 17, 2017
Vic Ramon makes his debut against the returning Steve Gasbar. The main event is the first ever 3 Point Rush match that sees Cory Bush vs Ricky Reyes vs Michaels Amaydo vs Ron Holiday.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The Viewership of this blog. How many of you have seen this.
Every once in awhile I like to show how much viewership this 'little blog that can' does. So since I've been way overdue to do it, I'll do it now.
This pic I just took, it's the viewership over the last couple days. How many people actually come and read what I post here. THIS is al of you and for all of you that come here and like what I post. I sincerely thank you because it's you that have made this 'little blog that can' be the success it is. So sincerely, thank you.
This pic I just took, it's the viewership over the last couple days. How many people actually come and read what I post here. THIS is al of you and for all of you that come here and like what I post. I sincerely thank you because it's you that have made this 'little blog that can' be the success it is. So sincerely, thank you.
NWO Sting On Keeping The Gimmick Secret Backstage, His Most Exciting Night In WCW, Joining NWO, More
Episode #320 of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling features former nWo member and NJPW star, Jeff Farmer FKA "the nWo" Sting. Talking in great detail about the creation of the character that helped propel the genesis of Steve Borden's Sting persona, Farmer reveals all the details behind the plans for his character as well as the frenzy the "nWo Sting" help create in Japan as part of the nWo Japan faction. The full episode can be downloaded at this link.
The creation of the "nWo/Impostor" Sting character:
"Eric [Bischoff] would have to tell you because I don't know where the concept started or who came up with it or the whole kind of birth of where that came out of but I know that they thought that physically I was similar to Steve (Sting) and size wise we are about the same size even though I was probably heavier than him we were kind of the same general size. They had to find someone who could look the part and be able to pull of the switch. They actually took me in and did prosthetics. I wore contacts and it was very elaborate how they went in and did a mask (like a plaster mask) of Steve's face and did a plaster mask of my face. They used a guy from F/X that was a really good F/X guy that they were using that did all the whole prosthetic pieces of my eyebrows, forehead and chin that they made to make me look similar in the face but later we dropped that because you couldn't tell with the face paint on and I didn't even use it. At first I did and I'd sit in makeup for an hour and put in contacts because I remember when I got out of the limo that was me when that happened and when I kick Lex (Luger) I couldn't even see that good because of the contacts."
"Eric had told me that if it got out that they were going to squash it and kill the deal so I didn't say a word and everybody else involved didn't say anything and it was pretty kayfabe at the time including the boys who weren't sure if it was really Sting. I think that was really one of the coos of wrestling at that point was even though it was a work that the guys didn't know if it was Sting."
The night he joined the nWo:
"You never know sometimes when you are in the thick of it. You can watch it back and maybe pickup things you could have done better or but I agree with you and I thought it went off great and it was believable. I worked with Lex after that for years and I love Lex and was always fun to work with for me. It was good and it was definitely successful and I think Eric was happy and the results were that nobody knew and I think it accomplished what they wanted. You also have to remember that I was also taking orders and just trying to do my best to pull this off. I knew it was a big deal but at the same time I was just going along with what Hogan and I think he was the one that had the whole idea of taking it where it went. Eric had approached me but I don't know who was kind of masterminding the stuff and I don't know who it was, it could have been Hall or Nash or all three of them."
Learning to mimic Steve Borden's Sting and bringing the "nWo Sting" come to life:
"It was such a fun time for me. I had to study Steve's moves because I really didn't wrestle that way but I knew he did the splash and I knew he did the scorpion (death lock) and the "whooooo" and the off the rope brain-buster kind of thing so I watched what he did enough but I never really went and practiced it. Maybe I went through it a little bit at the Power Plant to make sure I knew how to do it but I was really just going off of what I had seen him do. I kind of not mocked it a little bit but I was just trying to go along with what I had seen him do but it was fun and I knew that it was not often that in the U.S. you get to be the top of a program but for me as not a top level guy (and never was in WCW more in Japan) it was a thrill."
What was the anticipated reaction of the fans to an impostor Sting:
"My reaction was that I wanted them to boo. It would be that well you are the impostor or the fake and that was the response that I wanted. When I'd throw my arms up and do a "whoo" instead of them cheering, I wanted them to boo. It was funny when I went to Japan they knew the difference between Sting and nWo Sting because I started going over there and working this character and they are very smart fans in Japan and some of the best fans in the world because they know everything. They very clearly knew that this an nWo version of Sting and they wanted and were hoping that him and I would wrestle each other over there. The idea was to illicit a response from the fans. Which kind of didn't really work because when I was with Chono and Muta when we were doing the nWo the fans were loving it and they liked the bad guys. We were "heeling" over there and it was a very successful character.".
Being included in the 1996 War Games as "nWo Sting":
"I have to tell you guys that that was probably the most exciting night in wrestling for me. I remember very clearly just the "pop" that I got when I came out and the whole thing because it was a big event and everybody from the announcers, the referees, to the TV people in the back everybody kind if did a great job of getting this to work. The whole thing in the ring at the end it was to me one of the best highlights that I had in the business that night at War Games."
How over the nWo Japan faction was in NJPW:
"An interesting side not to all this is later they had other "impostors" and I don't know if you remember that. Like they had Kanyon and a few others doing it and the reason that happened was because it was the New Japan thing was really on the same heels of what was going on there (in WCW). It was really becoming popular in New Japan at the same time. They had said that they wanted the nWo stars to come to Japan because it was heating and Hogan, Hall and Nash weren't going to go in the middle of a really hot thing and go to Japan so once it died down even a little bit they asked who they could send from the nWo and it was me, Bagwell and Scott Norton who was already a superstar in New Japan.
"The thing with Japan just kind of took off. Sadly, I wasn't around for the other part of when they had some fallout over who was responsible and they did the red and black nWo and broke them into teams and I wasn't even around for that whole segment because I was working full time for New Japan. I was in WCW but as a talent for New Japan so I was over there most of the time."
"Eric [Bischoff] would have to tell you because I don't know where the concept started or who came up with it or the whole kind of birth of where that came out of but I know that they thought that physically I was similar to Steve (Sting) and size wise we are about the same size even though I was probably heavier than him we were kind of the same general size. They had to find someone who could look the part and be able to pull of the switch. They actually took me in and did prosthetics. I wore contacts and it was very elaborate how they went in and did a mask (like a plaster mask) of Steve's face and did a plaster mask of my face. They used a guy from F/X that was a really good F/X guy that they were using that did all the whole prosthetic pieces of my eyebrows, forehead and chin that they made to make me look similar in the face but later we dropped that because you couldn't tell with the face paint on and I didn't even use it. At first I did and I'd sit in makeup for an hour and put in contacts because I remember when I got out of the limo that was me when that happened and when I kick Lex (Luger) I couldn't even see that good because of the contacts."
"Eric had told me that if it got out that they were going to squash it and kill the deal so I didn't say a word and everybody else involved didn't say anything and it was pretty kayfabe at the time including the boys who weren't sure if it was really Sting. I think that was really one of the coos of wrestling at that point was even though it was a work that the guys didn't know if it was Sting."
The night he joined the nWo:
"You never know sometimes when you are in the thick of it. You can watch it back and maybe pickup things you could have done better or but I agree with you and I thought it went off great and it was believable. I worked with Lex after that for years and I love Lex and was always fun to work with for me. It was good and it was definitely successful and I think Eric was happy and the results were that nobody knew and I think it accomplished what they wanted. You also have to remember that I was also taking orders and just trying to do my best to pull this off. I knew it was a big deal but at the same time I was just going along with what Hogan and I think he was the one that had the whole idea of taking it where it went. Eric had approached me but I don't know who was kind of masterminding the stuff and I don't know who it was, it could have been Hall or Nash or all three of them."
Learning to mimic Steve Borden's Sting and bringing the "nWo Sting" come to life:
"It was such a fun time for me. I had to study Steve's moves because I really didn't wrestle that way but I knew he did the splash and I knew he did the scorpion (death lock) and the "whooooo" and the off the rope brain-buster kind of thing so I watched what he did enough but I never really went and practiced it. Maybe I went through it a little bit at the Power Plant to make sure I knew how to do it but I was really just going off of what I had seen him do. I kind of not mocked it a little bit but I was just trying to go along with what I had seen him do but it was fun and I knew that it was not often that in the U.S. you get to be the top of a program but for me as not a top level guy (and never was in WCW more in Japan) it was a thrill."
What was the anticipated reaction of the fans to an impostor Sting:
"My reaction was that I wanted them to boo. It would be that well you are the impostor or the fake and that was the response that I wanted. When I'd throw my arms up and do a "whoo" instead of them cheering, I wanted them to boo. It was funny when I went to Japan they knew the difference between Sting and nWo Sting because I started going over there and working this character and they are very smart fans in Japan and some of the best fans in the world because they know everything. They very clearly knew that this an nWo version of Sting and they wanted and were hoping that him and I would wrestle each other over there. The idea was to illicit a response from the fans. Which kind of didn't really work because when I was with Chono and Muta when we were doing the nWo the fans were loving it and they liked the bad guys. We were "heeling" over there and it was a very successful character.".
Being included in the 1996 War Games as "nWo Sting":
"I have to tell you guys that that was probably the most exciting night in wrestling for me. I remember very clearly just the "pop" that I got when I came out and the whole thing because it was a big event and everybody from the announcers, the referees, to the TV people in the back everybody kind if did a great job of getting this to work. The whole thing in the ring at the end it was to me one of the best highlights that I had in the business that night at War Games."
How over the nWo Japan faction was in NJPW:
"An interesting side not to all this is later they had other "impostors" and I don't know if you remember that. Like they had Kanyon and a few others doing it and the reason that happened was because it was the New Japan thing was really on the same heels of what was going on there (in WCW). It was really becoming popular in New Japan at the same time. They had said that they wanted the nWo stars to come to Japan because it was heating and Hogan, Hall and Nash weren't going to go in the middle of a really hot thing and go to Japan so once it died down even a little bit they asked who they could send from the nWo and it was me, Bagwell and Scott Norton who was already a superstar in New Japan.
"The thing with Japan just kind of took off. Sadly, I wasn't around for the other part of when they had some fallout over who was responsible and they did the red and black nWo and broke them into teams and I wasn't even around for that whole segment because I was working full time for New Japan. I was in WCW but as a talent for New Japan so I was over there most of the time."
Former ROH Tag Team Champions To WWE NXT Soon?
Former ROH Tag Team Champions "War Machine" Hanson and Raymond Rowe are currently going through medical testing to be signed by WWE. No word yet on when Hanson and Rowe may debut for WWE but word is that they will be working the WWE NXT brand, setting up another potential showdown with Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish.
War Machine finished up with Ring of Honor this past weekend but they are still scheduled to work New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 12 event from the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, 2018. If all goes well with the WWE medical tests, we could see the former IWGP Tag Team Champions in NXT before WrestleMania 34 Season gets going.
War Machine finished up with Ring of Honor this past weekend but they are still scheduled to work New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 12 event from the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, 2018. If all goes well with the WWE medical tests, we could see the former IWGP Tag Team Champions in NXT before WrestleMania 34 Season gets going.
SHOWCASE PRO WRESTLING HOLDING TRYOUT NEXT MONTH IN MA
Showcase Pro Wrestling will be holding a 1-day tryout Camp Saturday January
6th 11am - 4 pm.
The Showcase Pro Wrestling Trainers:
Chris Blackheart, Our owner and head trainer, himself trained with Killer Kowalski he has twenty years of in ring experience. Blackheart founded Showcase Pro Wrestling twelve years ago, bringing the company to the forefront of wrestling promotions in New England.
Sgt. Muldoon is a 38 year veteran who also trained with Killer Kowalski. He was part of the Bedlam from Boston era of IWF. Muldoon has worked for the WWF, NWA AWA, WWC, and various promotions throughout his 4 decades in the ring. Muldoon has been in the ring with Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik, Roddy Piper, Dino Bravo, Dory Funk Jr. and many others. He is a two-time Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer.
Don Vega, who will be the head trainer for this event brings 20 years of knowledge to the ring. Vega has trained with Al Snow, Les Thatcher, Tom Pritchard, and Mike Bucci. He has worked in the WWE, appearing on both Raw and Smackdown. He has wrestled in Canada, Puerto Rico, and throughout the United States. Vega has shared the ring with such greats as Sabu, Perry Saturn, Tony Atlas, Matt Bourne, and The Bushwhackers as well as many others. He has held numerous singles and tag team championships.
What does this opportunity do for you?
Learn to train correctly as a professional wrestler from those who have enjoyed long careers in the ring.
Learn to speak to an audience with live promos, study character development to further your career prospects.
Show us what you are made of.
Our training center offers two rings, crash pads, strike dummy, and more.
Guest trainers will also be in attendance to assist in training.
The cost only $39.
Are you willing to invest $39 into your possible future as a professional wrestler?
Space is limited for this unique experience reserve your spot
The Showcase Pro Wrestling Training Center is located at 126 Main Street Woonsocket Rhode Island
E-mail
promoter@showcaseprowrestling.com
www.showcaseprowrestling.com
Open to Men and Women serious about a career in Professional Wrestling
Showcase Pro Wrestling Upcoming Events
******
Try-out / Dream Camp
Saturday January 6th, Woonsocket, RI
*********
Saturday January 6th,Woonsocket, RI
Saturday January 13th, Taunton, MA
Friday February 2nd Woonsocket, RI
Saturday February 3rd, Attleboro,MA
Saturday February 17th, Taunton, MA
Friday March 2nd, Woonsocket, RI
Saturday March 17th, Taunton, MA
Friday April 6th Woonsocket, RI
Saturday April 21st Taunton, MA
For Advance Tickets and information on Training, Birthday Party & Fundraiser
www.showcaseprowrestling.com
Facebook.com/spwrestling
The Showcase Pro Wrestling Trainers:
Chris Blackheart, Our owner and head trainer, himself trained with Killer Kowalski he has twenty years of in ring experience. Blackheart founded Showcase Pro Wrestling twelve years ago, bringing the company to the forefront of wrestling promotions in New England.
Sgt. Muldoon is a 38 year veteran who also trained with Killer Kowalski. He was part of the Bedlam from Boston era of IWF. Muldoon has worked for the WWF, NWA AWA, WWC, and various promotions throughout his 4 decades in the ring. Muldoon has been in the ring with Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik, Roddy Piper, Dino Bravo, Dory Funk Jr. and many others. He is a two-time Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer.
Don Vega, who will be the head trainer for this event brings 20 years of knowledge to the ring. Vega has trained with Al Snow, Les Thatcher, Tom Pritchard, and Mike Bucci. He has worked in the WWE, appearing on both Raw and Smackdown. He has wrestled in Canada, Puerto Rico, and throughout the United States. Vega has shared the ring with such greats as Sabu, Perry Saturn, Tony Atlas, Matt Bourne, and The Bushwhackers as well as many others. He has held numerous singles and tag team championships.
What does this opportunity do for you?
Learn to train correctly as a professional wrestler from those who have enjoyed long careers in the ring.
Learn to speak to an audience with live promos, study character development to further your career prospects.
Show us what you are made of.
Our training center offers two rings, crash pads, strike dummy, and more.
Guest trainers will also be in attendance to assist in training.
The cost only $39.
Are you willing to invest $39 into your possible future as a professional wrestler?
Space is limited for this unique experience reserve your spot
The Showcase Pro Wrestling Training Center is located at 126 Main Street Woonsocket Rhode Island
promoter@showcaseprowrestling.com
www.showcaseprowrestling.com
Open to Men and Women serious about a career in Professional Wrestling
Showcase Pro Wrestling Upcoming Events
******
Try-out / Dream Camp
Saturday January 6th, Woonsocket, RI
*********
Saturday January 6th,Woonsocket, RI
Saturday January 13th, Taunton, MA
Friday February 2nd Woonsocket, RI
Saturday February 3rd, Attleboro,MA
Saturday February 17th, Taunton, MA
Friday March 2nd, Woonsocket, RI
Saturday March 17th, Taunton, MA
Friday April 6th Woonsocket, RI
Saturday April 21st Taunton, MA
For Advance Tickets and information on Training, Birthday Party & Fundraiser
www.showcaseprowrestling.com
Facebook.com/spwrestling
Indy Wrestling mixture.
Jake Roberts will be in as a manager on 12/26 in Stonewall, MB at the Old Fellows Hall for the CWE promotion and 12/28 in Yorkton Saskatchewan at the Yorkdale Central School.
IPW from Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand: James Shaw b Liam Fury, Matty Short b Oliver Griffin, Ashlee Spencer b Delilah, Kingi NC Marcus Kool, Vinny Dunn b Michael Richards, Candy Lee b Britenay to win the women's title, Mr. Burns b Brook Duncan to win the IPW title FIST b Privileged in a fans bring the weapons match.
Lucha Xtreme TV from Saturday in Fresno, CA: Calder McCall b Koto Hiro, Guy Cool b Snipes, Sgt. Majors b Calder McCall to keep the Lucha Xtreme title.
Jimmy Havoc vs. Shane Strickland in a death match has been added to the 1/11 MLW show in Orlando at Gilt Nightclub. That joins previously announced MVP vs. Low Ki and Tom Lawlor & Seth Petruzelli vs. Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb matches.
Haku vs. Hannibal will headline a 5/12 show in Brockville, ONT at the Memorial Hall called Cage Wars 2 for Great North Wrestling. Quebecer Pierre and Laurel Van Ness are also announced for the show, where every match will take place inside an MMA cage.
IPW from Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand: James Shaw b Liam Fury, Matty Short b Oliver Griffin, Ashlee Spencer b Delilah, Kingi NC Marcus Kool, Vinny Dunn b Michael Richards, Candy Lee b Britenay to win the women's title, Mr. Burns b Brook Duncan to win the IPW title FIST b Privileged in a fans bring the weapons match.
Lucha Xtreme TV from Saturday in Fresno, CA: Calder McCall b Koto Hiro, Guy Cool b Snipes, Sgt. Majors b Calder McCall to keep the Lucha Xtreme title.
Jimmy Havoc vs. Shane Strickland in a death match has been added to the 1/11 MLW show in Orlando at Gilt Nightclub. That joins previously announced MVP vs. Low Ki and Tom Lawlor & Seth Petruzelli vs. Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb matches.
Haku vs. Hannibal will headline a 5/12 show in Brockville, ONT at the Memorial Hall called Cage Wars 2 for Great North Wrestling. Quebecer Pierre and Laurel Van Ness are also announced for the show, where every match will take place inside an MMA cage.
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