Sunday, September 16, 2018

Former Wrestler And Promoter Eddie Mansfield Arrested.

  • Mickey Mansfield, 61, who wrestled as Eddy Mansfield, was arrested on Friday night in Orange County, FL, on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm. Mansfield was a star in the 70s and early 80s who later promoted in Florida, and was best-known for his blading on camera as part of a pro wrestling expose in 1985 on the TV show 20-20.

Defiant Wrestling- FULL MATCH: Walter vs Will Ospreay, First-Time Ever! (Internet Championship, Stacked '18)

Don't miss the incredible first-time ever match between Walter and Will Ospreay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIuiyypK1d8

MLW Fusion Episode 22: War Games 2018

For the first time in 15 years MLW will present a WAR GAMES® match featuring the 2-ring steel cage encounter. WAR GAMES® will mark the MLW debuts of Tommy Dreamer and Abyss, both competing for the first-time ever in a WAR GAMES® match. Unleashing terror throughout MLW, Sami Callihan and his Death Machines have targeted underdog Kotto Brazil and the mighty 469 pound Barrington Hughes after taking out their childhood hero MVP in a Boiler Room Brawl on MLW Fusion. All summer long Kotto and Barrington have clashed with Callihan and his Death Machines on MLW FUSION. This Friday night there will be no place for them to go as they step foot in the 2 ring steel cage WAR GAMES® match. Callihan is also attributed with ending Strickland ‘s 3-month World Heavyweight Title reign and has been battling the ex-champion all summer long. John Hennigan and Callihan collided in the final stages of the Battle Riot match and sources indicate there are undisclosed issues between the two that may be revealed on MLW Fusion in the weeks ahead. Tommy Dreamer was reportedly recruited by John Hennigan due to his penchant for the extreme and if there is one match that is extreme, it’s a WAR GAMES® match. Abyss makes him MLW debut by aligning with a murderers row for this year’s WAR GAMES® as Sami Callihan captains the Ravagers featuring Jimmy Havoc, the Death Machines (Fulton and Leon Scott) and now Abyss. The team will go to battle against John Morrison, Tommy Dreamer, Barrington Hughes, Kotto Brazil and Shane Strickland.

Appalachian Mountain Wrestling- AMW PRIME TIME SPECIAL: SUPER SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

Shawn Stasiak On Rumored Backstage Tape Recording Scandal, Why He Was Fired During His First WWE Run

Recently, The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling welcomed former WWE/WCW Superstar and son of former WWWF World Champion, Stan "The Man" Stasiak, Dr. Shawn Stasiak. In this excerpt from the near 90 minute interview, Stasiak addresses allegations that he was tape recording WWF wrestlers during his first stint in the company in 1999. 

Coming into the WWF following his father's passing:
"I really don't think I dealt with his death in a way that suit me the best. Especially being now immersed in a sea of sharks and in a business that is cut-throat. I came in with a good body and had all the right intentions and raw skills but I just really never had anybody to kind of overlook me like a Pat Patterson did for Dwayne Johnson or Jim Ross did for Stone Cold Steve Austin and I'm not saying those guys weren't great talents and worked their asses off and they deserved everything and all the success they got. I'm not taking anything away from them at all. My point is that I didn't have anybody to kind of take me aside to say let me mentor you like those guys."
A rumor he was tape recording fellow wrestlers leading to him being fired in 1999:
"Looking back and hindsight being 20/20, I just didn't want to fail. I didn't want to mess up. The more you think about not messing up what do you think you are going to do? You are going to mess up. I made it hard on myself and I think I got labelled and a couple of things like that tape recorder incident that took place. Honest to God and I have shared this story many times but I've read articles and heard these podcasts and the other day I tweeted at (Jim) Cornette because he told a story that I was so paranoid that I was recording people's conversations and that is so far from the truth.
"I had a tape recorder in my bag because it was encouraged when I was training by Dory Funk Jr. and Tom Prichard to say that when you are on the road for hours to get a tape recorder and record yourself doing promos and work on your craft. I just played a rib on a couple of guys that I was going to play back for them and that backfired. Simple as that and it made me look real bad and I ended up getting fired. I think even though I came back to WWE a year or so later that the stigma was always stuck with me.

"Mike Enos (formerly of The Beverly Brothers) said that professional wrestlers are like junior high school kids with money. I kind of understand that now and everyone jumps on the bandwagon and they just took this little incident and I'll say maybe it wasn't little and if I was there and that happened now and I'm in the locker room and I hear of this young 'rook' coming in and tape recording me that it would upset me but it was the furthest thing from what their paranoid thoughts were. I wasn't working for Hard Copy and I wasn't trying to blackmail anybody it was simply a rib that went bad and I got fired. It is that simple and it just never helped my career."