Published on Nov 3, 2017
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Jimmy Jacobs Impact Wrestling Media Interview (no PWInsider paywall Elite fee here to listen to it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3f_Sy5rcvw
Published on Feb 22, 2018
Jimmy Jacobs Impact Wrestling Media Interview 2/22/18
Former WWE Creative team member & Ring of Honor Wrestler and current Impact Wrestling star Jimmy Jacobs does a media teleconference for Impact Wrestling which "The HANNIBAL TV" Zach McGibbon participated in on behalf of GNW.
Former WWE Creative team member & Ring of Honor Wrestler and current Impact Wrestling star Jimmy Jacobs does a media teleconference for Impact Wrestling which "The HANNIBAL TV" Zach McGibbon participated in on behalf of GNW.
NWL TV Taping
NWL is taping television tomorrow night in Overland Park, KS with Jeremy Wyatt vs. Eddie Kingston for the NWL title, Gary Jay vs. Maverick and more.
Indy show in Brockport, NY tomorrow night.
IWF Pro Wrestling in Brockport, NY at the Elks Lodge tomorrow night.
I bet this wasn't a coincidence, since WWE is well known for doing this to smaller indy groups.
•Pro Wrestling Eclipse announced its 3/10 show in Oshawa is off since WWE is running the same night in the city. They will be running 3/18 with Teddy Hart
HHHMM, someone a fan of this "Below The Belt" Blog?
This name being used seem to be too much of a 'coincidence? LOL. (especially since I've had a column on and off in various monthly newsletters since the 90's. Makes you go "hhhmmm".
Showtime Sports announced a new talk show today called "Below the Belt," hosted by Brendan Schaub. It will be a twice monthly 30 minute show which debuts on 2/28 digitally. Among the guests on early episodes will be Steve Austin, Joe Rogan and Paulie Malignanaggi. Other dates for new shows on 3/14, 3/28, 4/11, 4/18, 5/2 and 5/16. Compilations of these shows will also be airing on television on Showtime Extreme.
Showtime Sports announced a new talk show today called "Below the Belt," hosted by Brendan Schaub. It will be a twice monthly 30 minute show which debuts on 2/28 digitally. Among the guests on early episodes will be Steve Austin, Joe Rogan and Paulie Malignanaggi. Other dates for new shows on 3/14, 3/28, 4/11, 4/18, 5/2 and 5/16. Compilations of these shows will also be airing on television on Showtime Extreme.
Austin Idol’s 1975 Plane Crash and how he survived
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc92fI9GoU8
Published on Feb 20, 2018
Did you know that Austin Idol survived a plane crash on this date - February 20th, 1975. The Universal Heartthrob Austin Idol has not only lived a legendary professional wrestling career but an extraordinary life. Today, Austin Idol is the manager of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis. On February 20th, 1975, Austin Idol as involved in a plane crash in Tampa Bay. On this episode of Tales of Idolville, Austin Idol tells the story of that day. What lead to boarding that plane, who was on the flight, and the moments after impact.
Find out more about Austin at AustinIdolLive.com
Find out more about Austin at AustinIdolLive.com
Wade Barrett On WWE Misusing Superstars, Neville Being One Of The Best In-Ring Performers Ever
Wade Barrett spoke to SPORTbible on working with Neville and WWE's misuse of some Superstars. Here are some of the highlights:
Neville being one of his favorite opponents:
"Neville for sure is in my top three opponents of all-time. When I saw my name against him, it was almost like I knew I could go asleep during that match because everything he does is amazing. I think a lot of people look at Neville think, 'Oh he's that high-flying guy who does all the flips', but literally everything he does, from even the most basic stuff, locking up, tying up, the way he moves around the ring; the way he reacts to anything I do to him and sells my stuff is always incredible, so, he's one of the best in-ring guys ever."
WWE having limited space at the top and misusing some Superstars:
"They [WWE] misuse a lot of guys, there's a lot of guys you could do more with but at the end of the day they pick the guys they want to go with and go with them. I don't think they purposely sabotage, I think there are limited spots to be at the top of the card or the highlighted guys - there are probably seven or eight guys where it's like, 'Ok these are our main guys going forward for the next six to twelve months' and they need to be the guys getting the biggest reactions, being involved in the biggest storylines and stuff like that. So if there's a guy who is getting bigger reactions than them, then I think there is an attempt to, I'm sure, make that reaction transfer on to the guys they are going with - the guys they want to push. There are just a limited number of spots, that's the issue. You can't have everyone in those spots."
Barrett also discussed more on Neville. You can check out the full interview by clicking here.
"Neville for sure is in my top three opponents of all-time. When I saw my name against him, it was almost like I knew I could go asleep during that match because everything he does is amazing. I think a lot of people look at Neville think, 'Oh he's that high-flying guy who does all the flips', but literally everything he does, from even the most basic stuff, locking up, tying up, the way he moves around the ring; the way he reacts to anything I do to him and sells my stuff is always incredible, so, he's one of the best in-ring guys ever."
WWE having limited space at the top and misusing some Superstars:
"They [WWE] misuse a lot of guys, there's a lot of guys you could do more with but at the end of the day they pick the guys they want to go with and go with them. I don't think they purposely sabotage, I think there are limited spots to be at the top of the card or the highlighted guys - there are probably seven or eight guys where it's like, 'Ok these are our main guys going forward for the next six to twelve months' and they need to be the guys getting the biggest reactions, being involved in the biggest storylines and stuff like that. So if there's a guy who is getting bigger reactions than them, then I think there is an attempt to, I'm sure, make that reaction transfer on to the guys they are going with - the guys they want to push. There are just a limited number of spots, that's the issue. You can't have everyone in those spots."
Barrett also discussed more on Neville. You can check out the full interview by clicking here.
Ivory Talks How Much She Made During Her Time With GLOW, Netflix Series Accuracy On Auditions
2018 WWE Hall Of Fame nominee Ivory, also known as Lisa Moretti, recently spoke with WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin on The Steve Austin Show. Among many other things, Ivory discussed her experience as Tina Ferrari on the original GLOW series. Specifically, Ivory talked about the GLOW audition process, how the depiction of the audition process on NETFLIX's GLOW series stacks up to the real thing, and how much she was paid during her run with GLOW.
According to Ivory, she went with a cheerleader friend to the GLOW audition.
"One of the cheerleaders, Nadine is her name, she was my buddy and she was an actress. A lot of the girls were choreographers, dancers, actresses, so she got an opportunity to go on an audition for this wrestling show and she called me to go with her." Ivory asked, "'why the hell would I want to do that?' Of course, like everybody, I imagined huge women. 'I don't know anything about it. Why would I go and get my ass kicked? For what? You're crazy!'"
Ivory recalled that she was intrigued when she arrived at the audition and an armed guard was on hand making sure the girls got to and from their cars safely.
"I went and it got even more exciting when we found the location." Ivory continued, "so we show up and we're going to this boxing gym and there's this big black guy out front and he had a gun. And he was making sure all the little girls got inside the door safe. Back to your car, out of your car, so now this did not deter me. I was starting to get intrigued. Now it's getting to be fun."
Apparently, Ivory got really interested in the pro wrestling instruction at GLOW when the instructor, Mando Guerero, made one of the girls cry for flouting his rules of no laughing and no hanging on the ring ropes.
"The training starts and Mando Guerrero is the guy in charge. Lucky Mando! He gets to train a bunch of bimbos! So imagine that poor guy, right?" Ivory remembered, "early on into the training, some girls are hanging onto the ropes, and, of course, when he teaches us how to sell, that's awkward and it can be a little bit funny. We get some giggles going. Not me! The bimbos. So, oh my God, he just snatched one of these girls off the rope, laid her down, applied some pressure, and made her cry. Oh! That's when I was like, 'I'm in. I want to learn this.' Not because she cried, but because it meant so much to him and that this was real training."
Also, Ivory put over NETFLIX's GLOW as accurately depicting the real life audition process.
"That's what's so great about the NETFLIX show, that first few episodes of showing that collection of people traveling through this audition and sitting in the bleachers, 'oh,' raises hand, 'so, are we really going to wrestle? You want us to be wrestling characters?' And they're like, 'what?' That's how we were and even if you were there because you're an actor."
Ivory divulged that she made $400.00 per week at GLOW.
"I'll give you numbers. I gave numbers to everybody." Ivory said, "I made $400.00 a week for my tenure at GLOW. I was there for about nine months."
Check out the podcast here. 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
"One of the cheerleaders, Nadine is her name, she was my buddy and she was an actress. A lot of the girls were choreographers, dancers, actresses, so she got an opportunity to go on an audition for this wrestling show and she called me to go with her." Ivory asked, "'why the hell would I want to do that?' Of course, like everybody, I imagined huge women. 'I don't know anything about it. Why would I go and get my ass kicked? For what? You're crazy!'"
Ivory recalled that she was intrigued when she arrived at the audition and an armed guard was on hand making sure the girls got to and from their cars safely.
"I went and it got even more exciting when we found the location." Ivory continued, "so we show up and we're going to this boxing gym and there's this big black guy out front and he had a gun. And he was making sure all the little girls got inside the door safe. Back to your car, out of your car, so now this did not deter me. I was starting to get intrigued. Now it's getting to be fun."
Apparently, Ivory got really interested in the pro wrestling instruction at GLOW when the instructor, Mando Guerero, made one of the girls cry for flouting his rules of no laughing and no hanging on the ring ropes.
"The training starts and Mando Guerrero is the guy in charge. Lucky Mando! He gets to train a bunch of bimbos! So imagine that poor guy, right?" Ivory remembered, "early on into the training, some girls are hanging onto the ropes, and, of course, when he teaches us how to sell, that's awkward and it can be a little bit funny. We get some giggles going. Not me! The bimbos. So, oh my God, he just snatched one of these girls off the rope, laid her down, applied some pressure, and made her cry. Oh! That's when I was like, 'I'm in. I want to learn this.' Not because she cried, but because it meant so much to him and that this was real training."
Also, Ivory put over NETFLIX's GLOW as accurately depicting the real life audition process.
"That's what's so great about the NETFLIX show, that first few episodes of showing that collection of people traveling through this audition and sitting in the bleachers, 'oh,' raises hand, 'so, are we really going to wrestle? You want us to be wrestling characters?' And they're like, 'what?' That's how we were and even if you were there because you're an actor."
Ivory divulged that she made $400.00 per week at GLOW.
"I'll give you numbers. I gave numbers to everybody." Ivory said, "I made $400.00 a week for my tenure at GLOW. I was there for about nine months."
Check out the podcast here. 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
AWA Supreme Last Word S02/E08: History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1eRIkdmGsg
Published on Feb 21, 2018
On this episode of AWA Supreme Last Word, witness the chaos that took place at AWA Supreme this past week as "Custom Made" Eric Draven and "The VIP" Nic Noble go to war with each other!
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