on Callis Goes In-Depth on Verne Gagne & the AWA from Killing the Town with Don "Cyrus" Callis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVjKnfVj7UQ
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Supreme Wrestling (Based In Madison, Indiana) Supreme Last Word 23
n this edition of Supreme Last Word, EPIC attempts to cause turmoil and chaos among those who oppose EPIC and promise a new member to be revealed soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErUxh0_wm4
Mat Memory- Jerry Crusher Blackwell vs Larry Zbyszko and Sheik Adnan AlKassey (AWA)
October 18, 1984. Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA. Crusher Blackwell takes on Larry Zbyszko and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie in a handicap match. Pre match interview with Al-Kaissie included. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW0lN5T0IhY
Mat Memory- Jerry Crusher Blackwell vs Crazy Luke Graham (AWA)
December 12, 1984. Las Vegas, Nevada. Post match interview with Crusher Blackwell included. From a pro wrestling USA TV taping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5yWmCHeDtY
World of Sport’s Justin Sysum wrote an open letter to British Wrestling about WWE UK’s new restrictions
After World of Sport’s Justin Sysum wrote an open letter to British Wrestling about WWE UK’s new restrictions and said that he doesn’t want a job with WWE, Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, and Trent Seven all responded to him on Twitter:
- Dunne: “Every step myself and other members of the NXT UK roster have taken within WWE over the past two years has been nothing but a benefit to the independent scene. Don’t disregard that because of hear say and rumours.”
- Bate: “NXTUK is a great opportunity for all UK based performers to showcase their talents and make a living doing what they love doing. This open letter to British Wrestling is based off of nothing but rumours, don’t believe everything you read.”
- Seven: “Hang your head in shame Justin. We’ve all worked incredibly hard over the past few years to create a thriving scene for all levels of talent to perform on. Delete your tweet and stop attention seeking.”
Jim Cornette Buries EVERYONE At His Own Comedy Roast!
From KC's Ring Roasts 3: The Roast Of Jim Cornette - Jim Cornette Buries EVERYONE At His Own Comedy Roast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QKZWr2VM4
Young Bucks sign new figure deal
Matt Jackson tweeted yesterday that the Young Bucks have signed a deal with an old company making a return. He showed a picture of the corner of a box with the LJN logo. LJN used to make hard plastic WWE figures that were extremely popular in the 1980s. The side of the box indicates the figures can be manipulated.
You can see Jackson’s tweet below:
Chris Jericho On Recent Meeting With Impact, Rumors Of All Elite Wrestling, Being Done With The List
Chris Jericho is enjoying life as a wrestling free agent with the ability to go anywhere he wants to. Just this year he's wrestled for both WWE and New Japan and Y2J also recently completed his Chris Jericho cruise that featured wrestlers from many different promotions.
Jericho has done all of this while also being an active presence in his rock band, Fozzy. Jericho spoke with Drew Dalby where he revealed what he has planned for the immediate future in terms of wrestling appearances.
"I have to go to Japan to do one more match for New Japan Pro Wrestling," stated Jericho. "I have a couple of movie shoots that I'm doing. But other than that, I'm pretty wide open for the next 3 or 4 months, by design…
"Will I go back to wrestling? I have no plans of really doing anything, but that's all stuff I'm going to have to think about."
Dalby mentioned that Jericho has all of these options in front of him from New Japan to WWE to Impact to the potential new promotion with Jacksonville Jaguars' owner, Tony Khan. While Jericho wouldn't say what his next steps will be, he did say he won't do one thing in WWE.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do," Jericho admitted. "There's nothing set in stone. I've spoken to people in all of those organizations that you've mentioned.
"Impact, I had a great conversation with them the other day in Toronto and there's some great matches I could have there... There's a lot of matches in Japan that I would still like to have. Is Tony Khan opening his own company? I've heard nothing that says he's not, and of course, WWE is WWE and I have a 20-year history there. I could walk in the door tomorrow and know exactly what to do to get a reaction.
Being in Jericho's position is something most wrestlers would be envious of because of the options he has. Jericho says that many of those opportunities are also available to others and that's the best part of the wrestling business right now.
"The most exciting thing to me is that there's a lot of places guys can go to work. There's a lot of guys making big money outside of the WWE system because it wasn't like that for 20 years," said Jericho.
"So it's exciting for me to know there's options. I can go anywhere and not have to worry about anything. The fact that we did the cruise with six guys (Alpha Club vs. Bullet Club), none of us under contract and able to sell out a cruise with it. It really makes all of us top contenders as to 'who's going to go where?'
"That's exciting for me. I like giving the power back to the guys in a way."
Dynamite Kid Passes Away
World Wrestling Entertainment announced this morning that former WWF Tag Team Champion Tommy Billington, known professionally as The Dynamite Kid, has passed away at the age of 60 years old. Billington was in many ways the originator of the type of smash-mouth, physical style that exemplified the best in "workrate" inside the professional wrestling ring but also became a massive cautionary tale for the excess of the business as well as the physical destruction that it can bring to those who perform within the ring.
There will be a lot written about Billington, good and bad, in the coming hours and days and a good deal of it will be true. He was one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, period, from a performance standpoint. He had one of the best wrestling autobiographies. He inspired countless others in the generations that followed him. He broke down walls. He was a notorious practical joker and bully. He went from being one of the scariest (behind the scenes) and mightiest in the ring to a massive recluse, the money made from his body of work long gone, his body left in a terrible physical state.
Tom Billington exemplified the greatness that is professional wrestling as well as the excess of the business. Much like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being the allegory for the darkness that lurks within all men, Billington represented the duality of professional wrestling - that strive for greatness when the spotlights shine down upon the performer in the squared circle and the darkness that can lurk beneath that shining veneer.
Dynamite Kid was the right nickname for him, because like an stick of dynamite, he shocked the system with his explosive performances and forced everyone to take notice. When that explosion had passed, however, whatever remnants left behind were never going to be put back together. There was no going back once the fuse had been lit.
Good and bad, Dynamite Kid was professional wrestling.
WWE issued the following statement:
WWE is saddened to learn that Thomas Billington, known to his fans as Dynamite Kid, has passed away at age 60.
Born in Golborne, Lancashire, England, Billington pursued sports-entertainment as a means to avoid a life as a coal miner. Although somewhat undersized, he possessed a ferocity and determination that earned him the nickname The Dynamite Kid.
As a singles competitor, he made his mark in WWE Hall of Famer Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, developing a style that was both technically brilliant and wildly aggressive. It was in Japan, however, where Dynamite Kid set a new standard for junior heavyweight competition in a legendary series of matches against Tiger Mask, which would influence an entire generation of competitors, and help set the stage for brands like WWE’s 205 Live.
Dynamite Kid joined WWE in 1984 with his cousin, Davey Boy Smith, forming one of the most popular tag teams of their era, The British Bulldogs. Alongside their mascot, an English bulldog named Matilda, the duo battled it out in classic matches against Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart of The Hart Foundation, and defeated Greg "The Hammer" Valentine & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake to win the World Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania II.
WWE extends its condolences to Billington’s family, friends and fans.
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