Friday, July 20, 2018
#350Days returns to these theaters (ONE NIGHT ONLY):
Wednesday 7/25 – Regal Rockville Center 13 – Rockville, MD 7PM
Thursday 7/26 – Regal Azalea Square Stadium 16 – Summerville, SC 7PM
Thursday 7/26 – Century 16 Santa Fe Station – Las Vegas, NV 7PM
OFFICIAL TRAILER:
Tickets on sale at: FathomEvents.com/350Days
David Schultz on Verne Gagne Confrontation
Legendary wrestler, Bounty Hunter and author of "Don't Call Me Fake" Dr. D David Schultz talks about working for the American Wrestling Association and an intense confrontation he had with promoter Verne and Greg Gagne prior to leaving the company.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_2LoCFLu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_2LoCFLu4
"Dr. D" David Schultz on Fan Attacks!
Legendary wrestler, Bounty Hunter and author of "Don't Call Me Fake" Dr. D David Schultz talks about dealing with fan attacks while wrestling and goes into detail on an incident that occurred in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling in the Canadian Mari-times which future "Midnight Express" member Dennis Condrey credits Schultz with saving his life during a riot situation after a match.
Upcoming Indy Wrestling shows.
- TWE Pro Wrestling on 7/28 in Red Bank, TN at 4825 Dayton Blvd.
- Alpha-1 Wrestling on 7/29 in Hamilton, ONT at 222 Queenston Rd. and 8/19 in Oshawa, ONT at Polish Hall.
- Hoosier Pro Wrestling on 8/4 in Columbus, IN at the 4-H Fairgrounds with four title matches.
- Anarchy Wrestling on 7/28 from the Landmark Arena in Cornelia, GA will also be on FITE TV as an iPPV for $9.99.
- Osamu Nishimura, Joe Doering and Brian Blair will all be appearing on Dory Funk's BANG show on 8/2 and 8/4 in Ocala, FL at the BANG TV Sound Stage.
- KSWA is putting on a benefit show for Ken Jugan aka Lord Zoltan, the longtime area wrestler who is battling cancer. He's a good guy who has been around the wrestling business since his childhood. The show will be on 8/5 in Cheswick, PA at the Shriners Pavilion at 2 p.m.
- The CWL promotion that is buying time to be on Detroit television announced that Matt Striker will be their announcer.
- Great North Wrestling on 8/26 in Hawkesbury, ONT at the Robert Hartley Arena with Wes Brisco Devin Nicholson and a Battle Royal for the Canadian title.
- Destiny Wrestling on 8/25 at the Battlarts Academy in Mississauga, ONT with Sami Callihan vs. Josh Alexander in a cage match and Michael Elgin vs. Petey Williams.
- Eclipse Wrestling on 8/18 in Oshawa, ONT with Michael Elgin headlining.
- Elliot Sexton vs. Brody King was announced for the 8/9 Progress show in Seattle.
- Crossfire Wrestling on Sunday at 4 p.m. in St. Catharines, ONT at the Merritton Community Centre.
Why Does WWE even bother shooting an angle if you're not gonna work it on the house shows?
True to form WWE can't do much right, from A to B booking they're very challenged
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Brickhouse Brown Passes Away
He also had an intense feud with Iceman parsons in WCCW, but of course Meltzer chose to neglect that.
CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: Worldwide #156 Kernodle Cup Finals
Finals of the Kernodle Brothers Tag Team Tournament:
- Trevor Lee & Chet Sterling vs. The Closers (Rick Roland & Sloan Caprice)
- Mike Mars vs. Aaron Biggs
- The Gym Nasty Boys (White Mike & Timmy Lou Retton) & The Cross Brothers vs. Corruption (Cain Justice & Ethan A. Sharpe) & High Profile
CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: Worldwide #155 Kernodle Cup Semi-Finals
Highlights from the 3rd round of the Kernodle Brothers Tag Team Tournament.
- Semi-Final: Trevor Lee & Chet Sterling vs. The Carnies(Nick Iggy & Kerry Awful)
- Semi-Final: Redemption (Michael McAllister & Nick Richards) vs. The Closers (Sloan Caprice & Rick Roland)
- 4 Way RGL Title Match: Kool Jay (c) vs. Mace Li vs. Jeff Castro vs. John Castro
- Roy Wilkins vs. Dirty Daddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5YOH-QbSQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5YOH-QbSQ
Billy Corgan on Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon | Cody Rhodes | Plus Tim Storm Update (2018)
NWA President and owner - Billy Corgan (aka William Patrick Corgan) visited the Nashville Municipal Auditorium to discuss the Flip Gordon vs. Nick Aldis NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Match. Billy discussed a famous story involving Ric Flair, the reason he booked Flip Gordon into an NWA Worlds Title Match and some advice for Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes.
Also we get an update on the Jocephus vs. Tim Storm match happening at Tried N True Pro Wrestling this weekend straight from Tim storm's mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5H2JskajLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5H2JskajLY
Tommy Dreamer On What Item Shouldn't Be Used In Hardcore Matches
Tommy Dreamer will celebrate his 30th anniversary in the pro wrestling business in ten short months. He was a part of ECW since the birth of the extreme movement and is now using everything he learned through his career to lead the House Of Hardcore today.
"People think about blood, or tables, or chairs but to me, hardcore is a work ethic," Dreamer explained during a recent media call. He is set to battle Eddie Edwards at Slammiversary on July 22nd in a House Of Hardcore Rules Match where anything will be legal.
I asked The Innovator Of Violence what the line of danger should be in a hardcore wrestling match. Dreamer admitted he would be a hypocrite if he said someone has gone too far. Living in the age we do, plenty of things have changed since the days of the original ECW. Dreamer discussed how medical testing should be a part of preparing for any match to really ensure the safety of everyone involved.
"I would be a hypocrite to say, 'oh you can go too far.' Cause I was the guy who would walk into a building and go, 'I'm either gonna get thrown off that or I'm gonna throw somebody off of that.'
"But we've learned different things. Chair shots to the head should never happen in professional wrestling again. No one should be having hardcore matches unless the other person that you know has a blood test. You know what I love about wrestling in Louisiana? They have a blood test. If there's going to be a commission, you should have a blood test. Because guys are bleeding."
He then discussed some weaponry that should never be used in a pro wrestling match. Glass light tubes shouldn't be broken over anyone's head, but it happens all the time on the modern-day battlefield of hardcore pro wrestling. Dreamer strongly advised against this practice. It had little to do with the actual glass, but what is in those fluorescent lights.
He then painted a metaphor of the hardcore pro wrestling scene, but stressed that medical testing should always be part of the procedure.
"Light tubes are ridiculous. Here's why: inside there is cancer carcinogens inside it. So when you breathe that in, you're breathing in cancer. So that's stupid.
"You know what? If you look at it from a horror film [perspective]. There are people who like scary movies, there are people who like super scary movies, and there are people who like gore movies which are just out there for blood, guts and all that stuff. It's to each their own, but there have to be certain precautions because you have heard of -- 'oh, by the way, there's something called hepatitis.'
"Because you've heard of a wrestler who's doing hardcore matches when he knew he had HIV and that should never have happened. So there you go."
Dreamer opened up about the current trend of various pro wrestling companies working together. He said it is vital in order to survive with WWE alone at the top. Impact Wrestling is joining forces with other companies which is essential. The ECW Original continued to discuss how he hated the neverending presence of backstage politicking. He also discussed how the new regime in Impact Wrestling is doing their best to get rid of the negative stereotype previously associated with the product.
"All of these companies are working together. If you don't work together you will not survive in today's climate. WWE leads the way, cool. They have their own vision. Impact Wrestling, they have their own vision. They have their own fans, they have their own different match style. So does House Of Hardcore. All of these people are working together for the betterment of professional wrestling so how can I not get behind these guys?
"Something that's worse is the BS and the politics. I know that's my company's mantra, and I know because I've talked to them, Scott D'Amore and Don Callis. Don Callis works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. They are trying to get rid -- and they're doing a great job -- to get rid of that negative funk that has been through Impact Wrestling and try to get from the BS of it.
"A lot of people wanna deal with the behind the scenes crap and the internet wants to jump on that. Well you know they're putting on a really good product today. I know this because -- they let Bobby Lashley out of his contract. Look at what Bobby Lashley's doing in WWE. Great for Bobby Lashley and also great for Impact because it opened up a spot a spot for someone like a Pentagon to come in or debut in Impact Wrestling.
"It opened up a spot for Tessa Blanchard. She turned down a spot to go to WWE to work in Impact Wrestling. So stuff like that is what I love about wrestling. The BS and the politics is what I do not love. Because there is a bunch of men and women in WWE that are being wasted, they could make a huge difference in Impact Wrestling, in House Of Hardcore, and throughout the wrestling industry."
Tully Blanchard Reveals Why He Had Past Heat With Arn Anderson After WWE Firing
Former NWA United States, Television, and Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard was a recent guest on Robbie E's Why It Ended podcast. Blanchard went into detail regarding why his relationship with NWA ended while he was wrestling under Jim Crockett Promotions, why his WWE stint was short, and how all of this led to his current role as a minister.
Blanchard revealed why his successful stint for JCP ended.
"It was not the fact of getting paid, it was signing contracts," said Blanchard. "When [Ted] Turner was hiring and buying the company, he was signing people to big contracts and other people had got the contracts, and they didn't sign Arn and I to a contract. So, it was job security as well as money. When you're the people who are selling tickets, when it's a sellout when the Road Warriors are beating you up, and it's not a sellout when they're beating somebody else up.
"[Jim] Crockett was negotiating with Turner to sell his company to Turner, and Turner was doing interviews with the key players, which I was one of, and we were instructed to be honest with everything. And I said, 'ok, I will.' So they asked me some questions, and I was honest with the answers, and Crockett didn't like my answers because the people at Turner asked him some questions that I guess were uncomfortable to be answered. And I wasn't smart enough to just sashay around the questions. I answered them. I'm just a plain old simple guy. So they politely kicked me off the plane, and told me I wasn't loyal, and so I said that I don't need to work here. And Arn and I dropped the titles the next night in Philadelphia."
Blanchard also revealed that he and Arn had a secret meeting in his house while they were with Crockett, and Vince stated that they had a job anytime they wanted. Blanchard stated that he was going to quit and go up to WWE alone, but he was pleasantly surprised that Arn went up with him. He and Arn dropped the titles to the Midnight Express, and he said goodbye to everyone. Blanchard added that the locker room was cold when he walked in after the dissension with the executives.
Thankfully, Blanchard and Arn as the Brainbusters achieved success in the WWE, winning the tag team championship and being asked by Dick Ebersol to compete at Saturday Night's Main Eventdue to being two of only a few other heels to be able to opposite Hogan on a big stage.
Although Blanchard did state that moving to WWE was a lateral move, he made a request to Jim Barnett to resurrect the original Four Horsemen. They made a request to leave WWE at Survivor Series 1989, and Arn made it but Blanchard did not due to admittedly failing a drug test for "licking the bag" of cocaine to "look like a party animal" after buying it for the women. However, they planned on heading to WCW to reform the Horsemen, and now was offered $750,000 to compete there. At the time, WCW did not have a drug policy, so he "did not see anything coming down the road that would be harmful."
WCW pulled out of the $750,000 deal for Tully, after Ric Flair called him on November 13, 1989, at 1:00 in the morning, due to WCW finding out that he was popped for a drug policy in WWE. Unfortunately, Blanchard stated that Arn Anderson's salary was reduced as well, which he had some heat with Arn for a while following this.
Now unemployed because of his decisions, Blanchard felt like everything was crashing in his life. At a state of rock bottom, Blanchard stated that he surrendered to God and felt an indescribable calmness. Since his conversion in 1989, Blanchard has mainly devoted himself to ministry, and still finds time to appear at conventions. Blanchard also had a brief stint in ECW in 1995, as well as competed on the Heroes of Wrestling debacle in 1999.
Impact Star Reportedly Taken To Hospital After MLW Match, Slammiversary Match In Question
At last night's Major League Wrestling Battleriot event, Rich Swann was taken to the hospital by ambulance after his match. Early word was Swann had a bad concussion that he sustained towards the end of his tag match (Swann and ACH vs. Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr.).
Swann was scheduled to be involved in this Sunday's Impact Slammiversary XVI PPV in a Four-Way Match against Johnny Impact, Rey Fenix, and Taiji Ishimori. As of this writing Impact is watching the situation and working on a replacement if Swann isn't able to compete this weekend.
Brian Cage On What WWE Had Planned For Him Before He Was Released
Impact Wrestling star Brian Cage was recently interviewed by the The Roman Show to promote his upcoming match for the X Division championship against Matt Sydal at Slammiversary. In 2008, Cage made his debut in FCW. After seeing his look and athleticism, Dusty Rhodes pulled him aside and told him that he needs a character change.
"I am out there having awesome matches with Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Trent Barreta, and Dusty Rhodes pulls me to the office and goes, 'Let me tell you something baby. You are a phenomenal worker. You got to have something else. You can't be that. Hey Matt, what's that guy called the Honey Badger The Wolverine yeah. But you can't be the Wolverine because that's a trademark, so give me something else.'"
Cage became Kris Logan, and gained a short run with Justin Angel (Gabriel) as the FCW Tag Team Champions. Being impressive to the FCW staff, Cage was being groomed to move up to the main roster. Cage explained what WWE had planned for him before being released from the company.
"I went back, and I was looking through my trading cards and comics, and I said, 'I'll be like the Dark Claw which is Batman and Wolverine,'" Cage explained. "I made my attire off that, and they were going to bring me up, and then Hurricane came up and Dusty said, 'OK, we are thinking of feuding or teaming you with Hurricane.' So I started doing a bunch of heel promos but I got released."
Regarding his upcoming match at Slammiversary, Cage explained that he plans on calling it a different name when he wins it.
"He will lose the title, and I'll change it to the Weapon X Division title," said Cage. "It's a play on Wolverine, and I'll remain supreme, until I move over to another title."
Slammiversary will be held at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We will have live coverage of the show this Sunday.
Tommy Dreamer Says WWE Offered Him 'A Lot Of Money To Close House Of Hardcore'
Tommy Dreamer recently took part in a media call to help promote his upcoming match against Eddie Edwards at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary event on July 22nd. He was asked about balancing all of the various promotions he works for and whether he has signed a contract with anyone. Dreamer revealed he hasn't signed a deal even though WWE offered him one in 2015 when he returned to team with The Dudley Boyz in a six-man tag match against The Wyatt Family.
"I learned a lot of lessons in my life. Everyone talks about ECW and the greatness that was ECW and it was. But none of us ever knew that Paul Heyman was in bed with WWE the entire time. I had to live with those effects for a long, long time. I would not sign a contract with anyone. WWE asked me to sign a contract when I went back with The Wyatts and they offered me a lot of money to close House Of Hardcore and I refused."
Dreamer was asked if ECW would be even more successful if they existed today and had social media as a tool. He didn't seem too hopeful that a promotion like theirs would be able to survive in today's world. Several things have changed that would make it extremely difficult to remain the extreme rebels they used to be in today's litigious culture.
"Honestly, I think we'd be out of business and here's why," Dreamer explained. "Everything we did in ECW, most of it was illegal. Music, which was such a huge part of ECW we wouldn't be able to use. If you want to talk about conflicts and drama -- I mean we would have riots all the time.
"Now think of the era of the cell phone camera. Now think of we would after shows party with fans. Or have fights in bars. Or think about if stuff went down with the owner not paying people or even writing bad checks -- that's illegal. I said it on the WWE Network, most people want to b---h about Paul Heyman but most of them chose to stay."
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