Friday, October 26, 2018

EPW (Old New England Indy Group) 076 House of Pain Then and Now Part 2

Dusty Rhodes vs Bob Backlund

Harley Race vs Bob Backlund

Mat Memory- Bob Backlund & Harley Race Promos (About Facing Each Other)

Jay Melrose Speaks Out Following Fight Or Flight Incident (Defiant Wrestling)

Huge implications for Gabriel Kidd heading into Refuse To Lose in Newcastle on November 7th. #WeAreDefiant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMdyVDvRHso

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RECAP AND REVIEW: Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru – Jim’s thoughts on Crown Jewel, Nova vs. Eddie Guerrero, if Dusty Rhodes would have been a better WWWF Champion than Bob Backlund, what’s the worst finishing move? (Ep. 71)

Shame Shame WWE, WWE Reportedly Tried To Keep Rey Mysterio Off Chris Jericho's Cruise,

WWE officials reportedly tried keeping Rey Mysterio from going on Chris Jericho's "Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea" cruise that sets sail this weekend, 
Mysterio informed WWE officials of the cruise booking as a pre-existing commitment when he signed his new contract to return to the main roster and told them he would not be wrestling, he would just be attending as a guest. WWE still tried to keep Mysterio from going.
Mysterio was not booked for any WWE live events this weekend but it will be interesting to see if he makes Tuesday's SmackDown tapings in Atlanta, the final show before Crown Jewel. WWE currently has Rey advertised for SmackDown but the cruise does not end until the next day. It's possible Rey leaves the cruise a day early when they make it to the Bahamas on Monday.

Jazz On Why She Doesn't "Give A Damn" About WWE's Evolution (LMAO!)

Jazz On Why She Doesn't "Give A Damn" About WWE's Evolution (LMAO!)

Jazz didn't have the lengthiest of runs in WWE, but she did manage to win the Women's Championship twice. Both times she took the title away from Trish Stratus who will be returning to the ring at WWE Evolution as she teams with Lita to take on Mickie James and Alexa Bliss.
Even though Stratus credits Jazz with helping her develop in the ring and called her "Hall of Fame level," Jazz won't be appearing at Evolution and hasn't stepped foot in a WWE ring in over 10 years.
Jazz talked about the first WWE all-women's pay-per-view when she appeared on the Duke Loves Rasslin' podcast.
"I never thought I'd ever see that but I'm glad they're finally opening their eyes and giving women a showcase for their abilities on such a platform," stated Jazz. "For so many years they just wanted T and A out there and now they're giving women an opportunity to wrestle."
Jazz has been wrestling on the indie circuit for the last few years and at 45 years old she's still going strong. She is the current NWA World Women's Champion, and while she's happy for the progress of women in wrestling, she could care less about WWE making history.
"I don't give a damn about their Evolution because as the NWA Women's Champion I'm creating my own Evolution. It's about me," exclaimed Jazz.
In the interview Jazz also talked about wanting more mixed tag matches alongside her husband, former WWE Superstar Rodney Mack. She even called out WWE's power couple, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
"What I'm interested in is doing mixed tags. I'm really pulling for someone to book Rodney and myself as a tag team. You can say whatever you want but we really are the power couple when it comes to wrestling in this industry," said Jazz. "I'm talking about my husband Rodney Mack okay? We are pound-for-pound the baddest dogs around and we claim it! If Stephanie McMahon and Triple H want a match just let me know, do I sign a piece of paper or just show up with my gear? You think I would back down from that? Stephanie? Oh my God; PLEASE!"

Changes Behind The Scenes In MLW

Konnan has risen in power in Major League Wrestling and will be replacing Bruce Prichard as the company's senior Producer and top agent behind the scenes. 
Prichard, PWInsider.com has confirmed, will be leaving MLW in terms of working behind the scenes in what has been said to be an amicable departure.    We are told the doors are open for Prichard to return in another role down the line should something come up and that Prichard and Conrad Thompson's uber-popular Something To Wrestle With podcast will continue on MLW's podcast network.  That podcast has morphed into a WWE Network series, which is potentially being brought back for a second season.
Konnan started behind the scenes for MLW last month in Fort Lauderdale and almost immediately grew into a larger role, running the locker room at the MLW Fury Road event in NYC.  He will be taking over all of Prichard's former responsibilities, which also included gorilla position.  The wrestling side of MLW now has Court Bauer, Konnan and Mister Saint Laurent, who all started the first MLW podcast together years ago, as the trio heading up the wrestling side.   We are told this will have no bearing on Konnan's work with AAA or Impact Wrestling.
Former WWE Creative team member Alex Greenfield work as a producer here, with responsibilities including overseeing pre-taped material and has his hands in a lot of the production.
Tommy Dreamer, Low Ki and Sami Callihan also work behind the scenes as agents for MLW.

Impact Wrestling's Current Booking Isn't Working And Here's Proof. (Viewers Drop, again)

The 10/18 edition of Impact, in its new 10 PM EST timeslot, dropped down to 98,000 viewers, the lowest audience number in the history of the series on Pop.  It was way down from last week's 189,000 overnight viewers.
Maybe it's time for Don Callis to actually 'get rid if the silliness' he swore he was gonna get rid of, for real now.  As I've said many times you can't get rid of the silliness if he's the one writing and booking it. If this doesn't give you a big enough hint that you and D'Amore's booking isn't working.. What brick thru a window do you need?