The Dynasty is on cloud 9 having attacked Teddy Hart and denied the Hart Foundation championship gold last week at Fury Road.
Now, the mouthy MJF looks to outwit and outwrestle 6’6” Davey Boy Smith Jr. as the Bulldog clashes with the obnoxious New Yorker in the main event on this week’s FUSION.
Will the league be able to keep the warring Hart Foundation and Dynasty apart or will all six men collide once again? One of the craziest feuds of the year heats up going into the summer as Smith battles MJF for the first-time ever in singles action.
What is the state of the World Heavyweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor following last week’s savage attack? Lawlor will break his silence in the fallout of CONTRA Unit’s campaign of psychological terror.
The queen of ratings is back running MLW’s flagship show the week of June 15th. MLW can confirm Salina de la Renta will oversee FUSION as the executive producer of the June 15th broadcast with compete autonomy.
What does the Empresaria have in store? What matches will be made? Will the Puerto Rican powerbroker use this power to destroy her enemies… or make new alliances? The world will get a hint on FUSION as the Empresaria reveals the line-up for the June 15th broadcast.
CONTRA vows to continue its “demonstration of violence” as the outsiders attempt to disrupt and destroy MLW.
Fresh off of the historic National Openweight Championship finals, the newly minted National Champ himself, Alex Hammerstone, will be in the house.
Myron Reed wants justice following last week’s match against Gringo Loco. What does the Louisville native have to say this week? Tune in to find out.
The first Kings of Colosseum control center will reveal the main event for the July 6 event.
Atlantic City’s Ace Austin looks to get back into title contention as he takes on the masked Minnesotan Air Wolf in middleweight competition.
“The Haitian Sensation” has had a challenging year thus far but a win over the 6’4” Richard Holliday of the Dynasty would send shockwaves throughout the league… but MLW’s “most marketable” athlete has another idea for the fan favorite scrappy underdog.
Join MLW’s play-by-play broadcaster Rich Bocchini alongside analyst Jim Cornette for a night of top ranked action from the greater Milwaukee area!
MATCHES:
• MJF vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
• Kotto Brazil vs. Richard Holliday
• Air Wolf vs. Ace Austin
Monday, June 10, 2019
Dave Meltzer Corrected Himself On The Mistake He Made That I called Him On.... Sort Of...
So Dave Meltzer who was called out for the mistake he made on his own web page concerning the House Of Hardcore show being the last show at the Nashville Fairgrounds (When in fact ROH has them honors) finally did go and correct himself... Sort of.
Here's the stories I did on this right here... https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/meltzer-screws-up-and-theres-proof.html and here, which includes email convos between he and I and he and someone else where he's side stepped going on to his web page and correcting himself there. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/dave-meltzer-was-corrected-on-story-but.html
Here's the stories I did on this right here... https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/meltzer-screws-up-and-theres-proof.html and here, which includes email convos between he and I and he and someone else where he's side stepped going on to his web page and correcting himself there. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/dave-meltzer-was-corrected-on-story-but.html
Since
he kept claiming he corrected it in his 'publication' which has
nothing to do with the mistake he made on his web page (only Meltzer
sees logic in that, and that's obviously the mentality of a mental
patient) I contacted a few people I know who get his newsletter thru
a subscription. Three people sent me various versions of the
following, which comes, from his own June 10th
issue of the Wrestling Observer.
This
is what he wrote in the June 10 Observer:
"What was billed
locally as the last event ever at the Nashville Fairgrounds Sports
Arena (although ROH does have an 8/25 date in that building which is
actually the last show, and it’s weird because of all the pub in
the market and local media stores about it being the farewell event
when there’s one to go before they tear the building down) took
place on 6/1 for a Tommy Dreamer promoted House of Hardcore show.
The show drew 450 fans with the final match of the show being the
Rock & Roll Express over SCU of Christopher Daniels &
Frankie Kazarian in just 8:38. The crowd took to both teams as
babyfaces. SCU put over Nashville, the Fairgrounds and Ricky Morton
& Robert Gibson before and after the match. Morton spoke last
about the Fairgrounds and growing up in Nashville in a nice closing
moment. It was told this was not a great show and the high ticket
prices hurt the crowd, but there were some nice nostalgic moments
and Eddie Edwards vs. Moose was good. The main event saw both teams
go through their usual moves aside from no double dropkick or form
of a moonsault by Daniels. Tommy Dreamer lost to Bram in a street
fight when Moose interfered and James Storm made the save. Michael
St. John, who at one time announced Memphis wrestling, came out for
the last match. John Morrison, Taya Valkyrie and Willie Mack all
worked in Dallas the night before but there were travel issues and
they couldn’t make the show. Dreamer came out before the first
match and announced that they wouldn’t be there and offered
refunds. They pushed around the idea that in the last match ever at
the Fairgrounds, the Rock & Roll Express, a tag team created in
the local promotion with Ricky Morton having grown up in Nashville
going to matches at the Fairgrounds closing it up. Although in
reality, that isn’t the case and it’s whatever ROH puts on top
that closes it up."
As you can see, he refuses to give credit to the person who actually corrected him (me). Ever since this came out he's done everything he can do to avoid giving me the proper credit while he credits others for correcting him. (Must be a Meltzerism). If you want to put it into wrestling terms, Meltzer did a Triple H' and refused to put over the guy who put him in his place.
So there you go, Meltzer's lame attempt at redemming himself after 'the little guy' knew more than he did and he refused to acknowledge it.
But that's ok Meltzer, proof is a mother fucker that I put you in check and I'm the mother fucker who'll always have that proof. It'' always be right here. And you blocking me on Twitter was the best example of showing people you indeed, got checked.
AWF on 45TV - Episode 137 (JDX vs Arik Cannon)
Original Air Date - June 8th, 2019
This week on the AWF, it's student vs teacher with the richest prize in the American Wrestling Federation on the line as AWF Champion JDX puts his championship on the line against the man who taught him his craft; Arik Cannon!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1k9PazYuIM
Mat Memory- The Brooklyn Brawler (managed by Harvey Whippleman) vs The Milwaukee Mauler 1998/04/11
The Brooklyn Brawler (w/Harvey Whippleman) vs. The Milwaukee Mauler. From New Breed Wrestling's Hardcore Saturday Night on April 11th, 1998 at the I.U.E. Hall in Schenectady, NY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtMVnZtkwhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtMVnZtkwhw
An Education On Fan Interaction At Shows By Bill Walkowitz (Obviously This Needed to Be Said)
Let's talk fan
interaction at wrestling shows, shall we? With two fans being tossed
out of Impact Wrestling shows and Bully Ray bulling a fan at a recent
Ring Of Honor show I've watched so much back and forth talk about
this, but for all the talk and chatter people have forgotten three
things (or.. they quickly try to deflect away from that because the
facts hurt).
Number one...
Fan interaction, no matter what level.. Has ALWAYS been part of the
business, and always will be.
Number two....
Without fans, you have no show..
And Number
three.. When a fan buys his ticket, he buys the right to SAY..
Anything he wants at the show.. The moment he paid for that ticket..
he paid for that right... Something I guess ROH, and Impact want to
conveniently forget.
People have
forgotten that THIS, is actually way better than shit that's gone
down in the past. In the 70's fans rioted at shows put on at The
International Amphitheater in Chicago. The late Bobby Heenan talks
about the fans in Chicago and elsewhere here at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDPRCk8fR_M
Then you have
the late Ox Baker who caused a right in Cleveland Ohio.. You can see
that footage here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG-FO6UnaeQ Go ahead and watch it... Yeah, I highly doubt that Atlas Security
would've been able to handle that one in Cleveland.
Or you can have
it like it is Puerto Rico where they throw rocks and batteries and
try to stab you.. Kamala speaks about this at this link here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMp18i80gRY
Back when I was
just a fan and didn't know shit about the wrestling business (except
for what I read as news in the magazines Bill Apter was apart of) I
went to several wrestling shows in the Chicago area as well as the
Hammond Civic Center in Hammond Indiana. The one thing I knew then is
what I still know now.. Fans have the right to SAY.. Anything they
want during a show.. Whether a Bully Ray likes it or not.. It's again
the fans right which they earned the moment they paid for that
ticket. Thru the years I head the “ show your tits” thing thrown
at Sherri Martel, Wendi Richtor, Tammy Sytch, China, etc etc.. Fans
say a lot worse back when I went to shows in Chicago and Hammond,
than these recent incidents and you know what? The talent, the
WRESTLERS actually handled it better back then, than they do now.
Because without that paying fan who's yelling whatever it is he or
she is yelling... They don't get paid.. The company doesn't make any
money.. It's that simple, and it's funny how people are conveniently
forgetting that.
Hell I remember
going to a WWF event at what is now the AllState Arena in Rosemont,
Illinois. I was front row ringside and Luna Vachon came and got right
in my face cause I was yelling stuff. Her and Bam Bam Bigelow were
together and Bigelow was going against Doink The Clown that night.
Her and I went back and forth for almost five minutes and Bigelow was
leaning on the top rope laughing, saying to her “You gonna take
that from him”? She wound up giving me the finger and going back by
the ring.
In 1997 I and
two others went to a WWF house show at the Cumberland County Civic
center in Portland, Maine. During a match between HHH and Scott
Taylor (Scotty Too Hottie) Fans three rows in front of me chanted
“Chyna gives blowjobs” over and over.. I added to it by adding
“at ten bucks a pop”. And the fans heard me and between them and
me we had it going nice and loud..
Now did Chyna
come and get in our faces? No.. We were tossed out of the building?
Absolutely not. HHH got out of the ring, pointed at us and told us to
shut up, while Taylor egged it on some more and was enjoying it.
which got even more crowd reaction. Chyna yelled at us and wound up
giving us the finger before turning around and continuing to do what
she was out to do.
THAT'S.. How
it's supposed to be done.. No knocking a fan's beer out of his hands,
no crying to your boyfriend in the back so that way he could have the
fan brought back and he can try and throw his weight around., none of
that coward shit... You go back to the ring and continue on with what
you're supposed to be doing out there, why you're out there in the
first place. Fan interaction has, and will always be part of the
show.. And how one handles that interaction, no matter how bad they
may 'perceive' it to be, it's HOW they handle it PROFESSIONALLY in
the end that's most important.
And if you're
going into a city like Philadelphia, where you already know how rowdy
and outspoken the fans are. WOULDN'T YOU THINK.. That wrestlers,
management, etc would be preparing for that ahead of time? HHMMMM.
Evidently the answer here is no.
Ric Flair,
Magnum T.A. And countless others have spoken on how the Philly, NYC
and Boston crowds are very rowdy and outspoken.. So it's not like
this is some newsflash that's come out of nowhere. It's been
established for HOW MANY YEARS now that the fans are like that?
It doesn't
matter if it's known as the ECW Arena or the 2300 Arena, it doesn't
matter if it's twenty years ago or now.. The one thing that's thru
and thru is fans are gonna say what they want at wrestling shows, no
matter what. It's just the way has been and the way it always will
be.
How many times
has Francine heard “show your tits” or “She's got herpes”
during her ECW run? How many fans were tossed because of that? None.
They'd have to eject more than half the building if they did that.
There's a huge
difference between SAYING something to the talent during a show, and
DOING something. That line is pretty obvious.. Never jump the rail
and enter the ring, don't take a swing at a wrestler, etc etc.. I
knew that back when I was clueless to the business.. On the flip side
if a wrestler DOES something to a fan, you think the fan is just
gonna stand there and take it? Of course not. Wrestlers SAT shit all
the time and even when I was an employee for the three indy companies
I worked for, I be sitting ringside and had all sorts of shit SAID to
me during shows. The late King Kong Bundy ripped me a new ass on a
Sylvano Sousa show in Nashua, NH back in 1997. And New England indy
managers Chris Grande in WWA New England and Everett Payne who was a
manager in the EWA (among other New England Indy groups).. God the
shit they yelled at me during shows would've riled up any 'regular'
fan. But they never touched a fan, never whined to whoever in the
back to have someone ejected, they carried on and used it as part of
the show. The way it's supposed to be.
Taya Valkyrie
knocked a beer out of a fan's hands. That led to some fans blaming
Taya for the situation, which is is true, This one is on her and she
is at fault. Would that fan spit at her if she didn't knock the beer
out of his hands? Most likely... No.. For every action there's a
reaction and because of her action of knocking that fan's beer out of
his hands, she got the receipt for it by being spit at. So that came
back to haunt her. Instead of tossing the fan why not have someone in
the company buy the fan another beer? Would it really been that hard
to do? I guess that concept was too difficult for people there to
figure out.
Of course.. All
the 'big time' and 'well known' wrestling writers don't and won't
consider that either.. Which of course is typical of them because
they want to keep kissing asses of promotions so they can have their
talent on their podcasts and stuff. Better to keep kissing that ass
than tell the straight facts or give of a story that's more sensible.
Impact had to
toss another fan out of their second NYC taping for harassing Don
Callis repeatedly, who was also tossed after repeatedly being warned.
A
fan was standing up in the front row, yelling random things all
night, putting down every match and every move. He's pushing on the
barricade and it's pushing against Don Callis' back.
After
the match, he gets asked to put the phone away because there's no
recording. He says on the ticket there is nothing that states that.
He's given three to four warnings in the same conversation and he's
not listening. Then, Atlas Security kicks him out. It was unclear
what exactly the fan was yelling or to whom.
I can understand
the first part because unlike say, WCCW, AWA or even Crockett's NWA
where the commentating team was right at ringside and not against the
barrier, Impact has it like WWE with the team against a barrier. THIS
would be the perfect reason TO HAVE them at the ring as opposed to by
a barrier, but of course, you know.. People will overlook that
obvious thing as well.
But.. The second
part? I bet there's a lot to be desired on this.. The fan said
there's nothing on the ticket about recording.. Most concert tickets
have that somewhere, OR... The arena where the wrestling
show/concert, etc would have signs posted, OORRR.. An announcement is
made at the beginning of the show about it will be made. I HAVE seen
this on my ticket to WWF shows, seen the signs posted at the (Now)
AllState Arena and United Center in Chicago and even the Whittemore
center in Durham, NH where I saw acouple wrestling shows there as
well. So if none of that happened, nothing on the ticket, no signs at
the arena and/or no announcements made, Guess what, it's open season
to record. And even with all that I mentioned. You can't stop
everyone from grabbing their phones and recording stuff. It's
impossible. You toss one person out for it there's four others doing
the same thing.
You'd think the
security there would've known if there were signs, an announcement
made, something? Apparently not. And if the guy showed his ticket to
where nothing was stated? Security loses the argument, then and
there. So since there was no announcement, etc etc.. and it's
'unclear' (be it unclear is really true or, the story they're going
by) what the fan was 'yelling (AKA SAYING...) Then the fan was
wrongfully ejected and should be compensated by the arena or the
wrestling promotion for that bad decision.
And yes, he can
be compensated.. I'll give you an example of my own personal
experience where security hassled me all night long at Crockett NWA
event ad after finding the right avenue to pursuit a complaint, I was
compensated, by the arena.
It was when
Crockett was running the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on a regular basis.
I bought the ticket for the same seat, every time. First the ticket
company printed two of the same tickets because someone else tried
claiming I was in his seat.. (and me showing the ticket stub to
various security several times revealed I had my ticket, and the
other person had the same seat as well).. And when security offered
me the 'opportunity' to leave my floor near the ring side seat, for
something “upper and away from the ring” and I refused. The
harassment from security over everything they could nitpick on
started. They tried to confiscate my camera and said I couldn't take
pictures of the event. I pointed all around the arena at all the
other flashing bulbs and said “you gonna get them as well”? Which
of course pissed them off even more. After I got home I got the
address for Jim Crockett's NWA as well as the UIC Pavilion and
something called “On your side” which was a segment they did on
my local news station. They looked into various complaints. About a
week later I get a call from the UIC Pavilion apologizing for what
happened and they offered me a ticket to any upcoming event they were
running. The woman went down a list of upcoming events and I chose
the Bill Watt's UWF show. Ticket for that same seat was at the 'will
call' window and I was able to see Gordy vs Dr. Death for free. That
ticket was mine before they even made the announcement on Watt's
Power Pro TV show we got every week. Not one hassle from security
came my way.. Not over the AWA shirt I wore, not the camera I had.
Nothing.
So it comes back
around to what I said at the beginning. A fan has the right to SAY...
Anything they want because when they bought the ticket, they have
that right. Somewhere in their training these talent must've not
learned the art of dealing with fans yelling at them, and another
thing is, if you can't take heat from the fans? Don't be a fucking
heel then, that simple.
Fans will always
be saying what they want at shows, no amount of ejecting them, trying
to bully and intimidate them, whatever, will ever change this. So the
sooner promotions remember this and prepare accordingly, the sooner
these kind of dumb ass incidents will stop. Continuing to infringe on
a fan's right to SAY whatever they want will just fans lose interest
in your product, and in Impact's case, can they really afford to do
that?
Think about
it...
Impact Wrestling Notes
The St. James event had in the 400-500 range. Which if this is to be perceived as a 'national promotion'? Then attendance like this shows how far down the scale they have fallen. With the rental of the building, paying the talent, etc etc. You have to wonder how in the world they made a profit off it.
There was a lot of hustling yesterday afternoon before the Digital Destruction event as nothing was set up two hours before they were set to go on the air on Twitch. It turned out that the Sports Arena in St. James, New York had double booked the venue and the ring could not be set up until a scheduled soccer game ended. Shane O’Neil from New York Wrestling Connection and his team pitched in to help and everything was set up by 4:39, just 19 minutes before they had to go on the air. Had they run late with the ring, the plan was to start streaming live with a pre-show featuring talents and the announcers talking to stall until the ring was ready. HHMM, you'd think you'd know ahead of time whether a venue you booked had been double booked or not. But I guess among other things at Impact Wrestling, things like logic and common sense doesn't seem to exist there.
There was a lot of hustling yesterday afternoon before the Digital Destruction event as nothing was set up two hours before they were set to go on the air on Twitch. It turned out that the Sports Arena in St. James, New York had double booked the venue and the ring could not be set up until a scheduled soccer game ended. Shane O’Neil from New York Wrestling Connection and his team pitched in to help and everything was set up by 4:39, just 19 minutes before they had to go on the air. Had they run late with the ring, the plan was to start streaming live with a pre-show featuring talents and the announcers talking to stall until the ring was ready. HHMM, you'd think you'd know ahead of time whether a venue you booked had been double booked or not. But I guess among other things at Impact Wrestling, things like logic and common sense doesn't seem to exist there.
There was a lot of talk online about the fan who was thrown out of the Philadelphia event, who was so belligerent in yelling at Taya Valkyrie that Tommy Dreamer actually addressed him from the ring mic. There was video footage of the fan spitting at Taya’s back after she knocked a beer out of his hands. That led to some fans blaming Taya for the situation, but having been there, she was certainly not in the wrong as the fan had been acting out all night before the main event. The fan was finally removed when a security guard approached him and he responded by arguing with the guard, at which point security removed him. There was a lot of talk after that had Atlas Security been there, it never would have taken to the main event for the fan to be tossed.
Impact had to toss another fan out of their second NYC taping for harassing Don Callis repeatedly, who was also tossed after repeatedly being warned.
I myself will be writing an article about these kind of 'incidents' as nobody.. Not Meltzer, not Keller, Not Scherer, nobody has seen (or wants to see apparently) what I've seen, remembered growing up and experienced personally as a fan and working for three different indy companies. I of course will have the opinion that most fans and marks may not want to see but.. Someone has to step up and since nobody else will.. Yours truly will and will have it up later today.
The Great Muta signed before St. James but did not appear in the ring. Which seems to be a waste cause he could've been an added plus in the ring that Impact does need.
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