How much you want to bet that, it'll either be 'waiting for moderation' forever, or the author of the report will delete it because I gave my honest opinion, again? :)
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Sunday, February 11, 2018
Billy Corgan Says Former TNA World Champion Would Get 'Openly Buried' During Impact Meetings
NWA Owner Billy Corgan stopped by Busted Open Radio to talk pro wrestling, future plans with NWA, and some of his experiences while working in TNA/Impact. The conversation turned to current NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Nick Aldis, and how he would be openly buried by people within TNA during meetings.
"I sat in many TNA meetings where Nick [Aldis'] name came up and people in the company openly buried him," Corgan said. "And you would say this guy is in his prime - both as a performer and as a talent - and it was always about his attitude. People didn't want to work with him."
For Corgan, he never had any problems with Aldis since his joining with NWA and gave a possible reason why.
"Me personally, never had an issue," Corgan responded. "I've been friends with his wife, [Mickie James], for years so maybe that changed the tenor of the dynamic with working with him. So when the opportunity came up for him to be involved with the NWA, we jumped at it because we think he's a top tier talent."
Known as Magnus in TNA, he worked for the company between 2008 and 2015. Leaving for about two years, he returned for a much shorter run in 2017. Aldis himself had noted not signing an exclusive deal, financial compensation, and creative challenges as reasons for the exit. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship one time in December of 2013. More recently, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Tim Storm last December.
For Corgan, he never had any problems with Aldis since his joining with NWA and gave a possible reason why.
"Me personally, never had an issue," Corgan responded. "I've been friends with his wife, [Mickie James], for years so maybe that changed the tenor of the dynamic with working with him. So when the opportunity came up for him to be involved with the NWA, we jumped at it because we think he's a top tier talent."
Known as Magnus in TNA, he worked for the company between 2008 and 2015. Leaving for about two years, he returned for a much shorter run in 2017. Aldis himself had noted not signing an exclusive deal, financial compensation, and creative challenges as reasons for the exit. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship one time in December of 2013. More recently, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Tim Storm last December.
I've been corrected (something I'm sure Mike Johnson,(PWInsider) Dave Scherer and others won't admit)
I reported this...
Former TNA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted, Chris Harris and James Storm, will be reuniting for the first time in a decade for Ohio independent promotion ASWA's Spring Sting event on 4/7 at the Malabar Gymnasium in Mansfield, Ohio.
But a friend of mine named Justin handed me this link showing that the report is incorrect. So, since Dave Scherer won't admit he was wrong. I will. America's Most Wanted teamed together back in 2016 and here's the proof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoaB-urtNaM&feature=youtu.be
Former TNA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted, Chris Harris and James Storm, will be reuniting for the first time in a decade for Ohio independent promotion ASWA's Spring Sting event on 4/7 at the Malabar Gymnasium in Mansfield, Ohio.
But a friend of mine named Justin handed me this link showing that the report is incorrect. So, since Dave Scherer won't admit he was wrong. I will. America's Most Wanted teamed together back in 2016 and here's the proof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoaB-urtNaM&feature=youtu.be
Billy Gunn On Bart Gunn Getting Knocked Out At WrestleMania 15, Where Bart Is Now, Funny Road Story
former WWE Superstar Billy Gunn stopped by 317 Gimmick Street for a conversation with WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin on The Steve Austin Show podcast. Among other things, Gunn talked about his former tag partner, Bart Gunn, WWE's shootfight Brawl For All tournament, and Bart's WrestleMania 15 fight versus Butterbean. Also, Austin and Gunn told an amusing story about shenanigans on the road.
According to Billy, he met his Smoking Gunns tag partner, Bart, at Eddie Mansfield's pro wrestling school.
"Eddie Mansfield had a [pro wrestling] school and nobody ever went there except for me and Bart." Billy said, "and so I went and he went and we kind of met up and we were the only ones that would ever come. Nobody else would come that would train or anything, so me and him were kind of self-teaching each other by watching stuff on TV and then we'd get in there and implement it. But the problem with that is you have no rhyme or reason for why you're doing it. You're just doing it because it looks really cool."
During the podcast, Steve recalled traveling with the Smoking Gunns and ending up in a dive bar in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada (or possibly Red Deer, Alberta, Canada). Apparently, Steve took over the DJ booth, and made Billy and Bart dance.
"We were traveling and we stopped at a bar." Steve continued, "we [were] hitting the goddamn beers and we had a spot show down there and there wasn't [anybody] there. We got back. We had to kick it up a little bit! And I don't know how I got the gumption to get in the DJ booth and I am for damn sure no DJ Jazzy Jeff and I was over there talking on the RF mic. And back then, I'm actually a pretty shy guy, but goddangit I was on fire that night and y'all were out there tearing up the dance floor. Literally, there were only six people in the club. It was awesome!"
Billy recalled the events in question slightly differently.
"[Steve] made me dance… kicked the DJ guy out 'because 'Stone Cold''s here to spin some tunes and get out of here!' He's spinning tunes; he's making me and Bart go and dance with people." Billy added, "it was highly suggested that if you're going to spin tunes, that somebody's going to dance, and it wasn't going to be you along with the bigger lady over there."
On the subject of the Brawl For All, Billy shared that he knew that then head of talent relations at WWE, Jim Ross, wanted 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams to win the tournament and 'The One' begged 'JR' not to let 'Bang Bang' Bart compete because he knew his kayfabe brother would win.
"Of course, they did [want Dr. Death to win]. And I told JR from the get-go, 'don't put Bart in it.' I told him from the start. I said, 'don't put him in it because he's going to crush everybody.'" Billy remembered, "when they were putting that all together and he was in, I just started laughing. And, of course, JR, and I love JR to death, this was a Steve Williams thing, just because he was just coming into the business and he had that reputation, but I just think he was just in too deep."
According to Billy, he could attest to Bart's toughness and fighting ability, as he even witnessed firsthand Bart take on 15 guys at once in a barroom brawl. Billy said Bart only stopped fighting when someone stabbed him with a broken beer bottle.
"I've heard so many stories of him cleaning places out. I've seen him clean out one club in Orlando [Florida] and I think it was like 15 guys till he get a bottle stuck in his side." Billy recalled, "he already whooped 10 guys. He looked down and goes, 'oh, where did that come from?' Like, he's that guy!"
In Billy opinion, Bart lost to Butterbean at WrestleMania 15 because Bart took boxing lessons to prepare, but Bart was a fighter, not a boxer.
"I think it was a disaster all around and then you put him in there and the end result is WrestleMania with Butterbean. You put him in there with a professional fighter and it's kind of like, 'let's put an end to Bart's reign', which, to this day, Bart still wants to fight him."
Billy said, "[taking boxing lessons] is exactly where everything went awry. There was no part of boxing and no part of finesse and it was, 'ding, ding, ding, and start swinging.' So whenever they started to set this up, and said, 'hey, we're going to have you do this. We're going to have you get ready.' And now he's taking boxing lessons, so he comes out trying to box and Butterbean just ducks his head and swings them! Like, I think that's what bothers Bart the most is he knows that messed it up. That was the thing that put the brakes on it because he'd be like, 'oh, now I've got to go face him? Now I've got to learn how to box and move my feet and stuff.' What brought you to the dance was those big old mittens! Just sling those around!"
Billy said the former 'Bodacious' Bart resumed working as an electrician after his pro wrestling odyssey came to a close.
"He was a master electrician out at The Cape before he started getting into wrestling. Then when he got out of wrestling, no, he did this stint in Japan and it was a huge deal over there in Japan for eight, nine years, I think. And then, came back and redid all of his licensing. Now he's a master electrician again, loving life."
Oh, hell yeah! If you use any of the quotes from this article, please credit The Steve Austin Show with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
Source: The Steve Austin Show
"Eddie Mansfield had a [pro wrestling] school and nobody ever went there except for me and Bart." Billy said, "and so I went and he went and we kind of met up and we were the only ones that would ever come. Nobody else would come that would train or anything, so me and him were kind of self-teaching each other by watching stuff on TV and then we'd get in there and implement it. But the problem with that is you have no rhyme or reason for why you're doing it. You're just doing it because it looks really cool."
During the podcast, Steve recalled traveling with the Smoking Gunns and ending up in a dive bar in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada (or possibly Red Deer, Alberta, Canada). Apparently, Steve took over the DJ booth, and made Billy and Bart dance.
"We were traveling and we stopped at a bar." Steve continued, "we [were] hitting the goddamn beers and we had a spot show down there and there wasn't [anybody] there. We got back. We had to kick it up a little bit! And I don't know how I got the gumption to get in the DJ booth and I am for damn sure no DJ Jazzy Jeff and I was over there talking on the RF mic. And back then, I'm actually a pretty shy guy, but goddangit I was on fire that night and y'all were out there tearing up the dance floor. Literally, there were only six people in the club. It was awesome!"
Billy recalled the events in question slightly differently.
"[Steve] made me dance… kicked the DJ guy out 'because 'Stone Cold''s here to spin some tunes and get out of here!' He's spinning tunes; he's making me and Bart go and dance with people." Billy added, "it was highly suggested that if you're going to spin tunes, that somebody's going to dance, and it wasn't going to be you along with the bigger lady over there."
On the subject of the Brawl For All, Billy shared that he knew that then head of talent relations at WWE, Jim Ross, wanted 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams to win the tournament and 'The One' begged 'JR' not to let 'Bang Bang' Bart compete because he knew his kayfabe brother would win.
"Of course, they did [want Dr. Death to win]. And I told JR from the get-go, 'don't put Bart in it.' I told him from the start. I said, 'don't put him in it because he's going to crush everybody.'" Billy remembered, "when they were putting that all together and he was in, I just started laughing. And, of course, JR, and I love JR to death, this was a Steve Williams thing, just because he was just coming into the business and he had that reputation, but I just think he was just in too deep."
According to Billy, he could attest to Bart's toughness and fighting ability, as he even witnessed firsthand Bart take on 15 guys at once in a barroom brawl. Billy said Bart only stopped fighting when someone stabbed him with a broken beer bottle.
"I've heard so many stories of him cleaning places out. I've seen him clean out one club in Orlando [Florida] and I think it was like 15 guys till he get a bottle stuck in his side." Billy recalled, "he already whooped 10 guys. He looked down and goes, 'oh, where did that come from?' Like, he's that guy!"
In Billy opinion, Bart lost to Butterbean at WrestleMania 15 because Bart took boxing lessons to prepare, but Bart was a fighter, not a boxer.
"I think it was a disaster all around and then you put him in there and the end result is WrestleMania with Butterbean. You put him in there with a professional fighter and it's kind of like, 'let's put an end to Bart's reign', which, to this day, Bart still wants to fight him."
Billy said, "[taking boxing lessons] is exactly where everything went awry. There was no part of boxing and no part of finesse and it was, 'ding, ding, ding, and start swinging.' So whenever they started to set this up, and said, 'hey, we're going to have you do this. We're going to have you get ready.' And now he's taking boxing lessons, so he comes out trying to box and Butterbean just ducks his head and swings them! Like, I think that's what bothers Bart the most is he knows that messed it up. That was the thing that put the brakes on it because he'd be like, 'oh, now I've got to go face him? Now I've got to learn how to box and move my feet and stuff.' What brought you to the dance was those big old mittens! Just sling those around!"
Billy said the former 'Bodacious' Bart resumed working as an electrician after his pro wrestling odyssey came to a close.
"He was a master electrician out at The Cape before he started getting into wrestling. Then when he got out of wrestling, no, he did this stint in Japan and it was a huge deal over there in Japan for eight, nine years, I think. And then, came back and redid all of his licensing. Now he's a master electrician again, loving life."
Oh, hell yeah! If you use any of the quotes from this article, please credit The Steve Austin Show with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
Source: The Steve Austin Show
BOOKER T CLEARS THE AIR WITH COREY GRAVES
Booker T had Corey Graves on his radio show "Heated Conversations" today to
clear the air after Booker's comments from last week, where he blamed Graves for
him losing his spot on Monday Night Raw. Right off the bat, Booker and Corey
said it was all a work. They said it was kind of curious because they said none
of the reporters contacted them to ask about. To that I would respond,
reporters posted your words Booker, so that doesn't make it fake news as you
assert. And Corey please give all of the reporters your phone number and will
be glad to check with you on every story pertaining to you.
As I said last week, if Booker was working only he knows for sure, but they did talk about others speculating on what the goal of his statements were (which is what commentators are supposed to do). As it turns out, they had one last segment of the radio show to do and had nothing to talk about, so Booker decided to make his statements and get people talking.
He also said that he was actually happy to removed from the Raw announce team, and Graves concurred.
Graves also mentioned that Big E had any problem with New Day mocking the "story" in their bits on Smackdown, and Corey said go for it. Booker didn't know since he didn't watch Smackdown, and he laughed when he was told about it.
As I said last week, if Booker was working only he knows for sure, but they did talk about others speculating on what the goal of his statements were (which is what commentators are supposed to do). As it turns out, they had one last segment of the radio show to do and had nothing to talk about, so Booker decided to make his statements and get people talking.
He also said that he was actually happy to removed from the Raw announce team, and Graves concurred.
Graves also mentioned that Big E had any problem with New Day mocking the "story" in their bits on Smackdown, and Corey said go for it. Booker didn't know since he didn't watch Smackdown, and he laughed when he was told about it.
RARE WWE VS. IMPACT BOUT YESTERDAY, AMERICA'S MOST WANTED REUNITING AND MORE
There was a rare WWE vs. Impact Wrestling match yesterday for Great Britain's
Preston City Wrestling as part of a tournament with Apollo Crews defeating
Moose. Crews was working the event as part of an agreement where WWE allowed
him to work the shows yesterday in exchange for PCW helping them get into a
venue that the promotion has contractual exclusivity on.
Destiny Wrestling announced the first match for the 3/4 "Impact Road Show" in Mississauga, Ontario would be Trevor Lee versus Josh Alexander.
Former TNA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted, Chris Harris and James Storm, will be reuniting for the first time in a decade for Ohio independent promotion ASWA's Spring Sting event on 4/7 at the Malabar Gymnasium in Mansfield, Ohio.
Destiny Wrestling announced the first match for the 3/4 "Impact Road Show" in Mississauga, Ontario would be Trevor Lee versus Josh Alexander.
Former TNA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted, Chris Harris and James Storm, will be reuniting for the first time in a decade for Ohio independent promotion ASWA's Spring Sting event on 4/7 at the Malabar Gymnasium in Mansfield, Ohio.
JERRY LAWLER ANNOUNCES THAT WRESTLING WILL RETURN WEEKLY TO MEMPHIS TV IN APRIL
Jerry Lawler announced on the Cerrito Live podcast that Memphis Wrestling
will return to local televisions in April with a weekly broadcast on Channel
30.
They will air new episodes on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m.
You can listen to his announcement by clicking here.
They will air new episodes on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m.
You can listen to his announcement by clicking here.
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