BEYOND WRESTLING PRESENTS "TFT NIGHT 1"
- SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH, 2018
- CHIKARA WRESTLE FACTORY - 4711 WINGATE ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xE1ghqIjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xE1ghqIjQ
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Appalachian Mountain Wrestling- AMW-TV Episode 116: November 24, 2018
Question on everyone’s mind is still will John Noble be able to show up and defend his AMW Heavyweight Championship.
J-Mac vs The Mega Destroyer
Beau James vs Henry Shaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrG0JLZAimw
MLW Fusion Episode 32: World Championship Title Rematch: Low Ki vs. Shane Strickland
Months in the making, Shane “Swerve” Strickland looks to get his mojo back as he challenges Low Ki for the World Heavyweight Championship. Can the once golden boy of MLW reclaim greatness and gold? Tune in to find out!
After the shocking betrayal of his Team Filthy teammate, Simon Gotch will be in the house. Will "Simon the Snitch" explain himself? What are his connections to Promociones Dorado?
The Hart Foundation are in the house dropping truth bombs.
In a middleweight bout, Kotto Brazil will be tested as he squares off against Trey Miguel. Miguel, who owns a victory over Brazil from earlier this year, is the only middleweight to beat the Haitian Sensation. Can Kotto even the score or will Trey prove why he should be in the ladder match in Miami.
Speaking of Miami, new matches will be revealed on this week's control center. Look for some big news about the double shot debut of MLW this December in Miami.
Join Tony Schiavone and Rich Bocchini from the sold out Cicero Stadium in Chicago for a great night of pro wrestling! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TFWqoG-cFQ
CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: CWF Worldwide #175 - Roy Wilkins vs Ike Cross
PWI Heavyweight title: Roy Wilkins(c) vs Ike Cross
TK-OPA!! (Ted "TKO" Ireland & Ulysse Demos) vs Mace Li & Number Man
Nick Richards vs Aric Andrews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTs2GnYavU
LARRY MATYSIK ENTERS HOSPICE CARE
Larry Matysik, 72, who promoted, booked, and announced wrestling and wrote a number of books including "Wrestling at the Chase," is now in hospice care.
Herb Simmons, his close friend, said that Matysik is suffering from pneumonia and his condition is deteriorating quickly.
Matysik was the right-hand man for Sam Muchnick, the longtime president of the National Wrestling Alliance, and the St. Louis Wrestling Club during the 70s and early 80s when St. Louis was considered by many as the key city for pro wrestling in North America. Matysik started out writing for wrestling magazines in the 60s and eventually landed a job with Muchnick, and became the television announcer for "Wrestling at the Chase," which routinely drew an average of 200,000 viewers per week on KPLR-TV, Ch. 11, making it among the highest rated pro wrestling shows in the country. He also on occasion would fill in and do the AWA television show.
Matysik was considered in the 70s along with Lance Russell and Gordon Solie as one of the top three pro wrestling announcers in the country. But he also worked behind-the-scenes at all facets of the business. He was co-booker with Pat O'Connor and was responsible for a major upswing in the business in the late 70s with the introduction of people like Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody, Ted DiBiase, and the Von Erich Brothers, to go along with longtime area legends like Harley Race and Dick the Bruiser.
The climax of the Muchnick era was the final show on January 1, 1982, at the Arena, which drew 19,819 fans and sold out well in advance. Matysik put together a show that brought out major political leaders as well as Muchnick's first lead announcer, Joe Garagiola, who had become a major name on NBC television with baseball, game shows, and as a regular sub for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
St. Louis deteriorated quickly with Muchnick gone, as Matysik had major issues with how the new head of the business, Bob Geigel, would do things. He quit once, but Muchnick put them back together. In 1983, Matysik put together a storyline to lead to a Flair vs. Brody match, a two-of-three falls match that went to a 60-minute draw and set the city's all-time gate record. But when Geigel shorted both Flair and Brody on what had been the usual St. Louis percentage for a world title match, although still giving them what would have been the largest payoff at the time anyone would get in the U.S. at the time, he quit once again.
Matysik was close friends with Brody and they started up an opposition promotion and did well at the box office, but there were issues behind the scenes that led to problems with the financiers. Later in 1983, when KPLR made the decision to get rid of Geigel's group due to declining ratings and the weak quality of the television, both Matysik and Vince McMahon pitched for the Chase time slot. A meeting was held where the owner of the station, Ted Kopplar, suggested both work together as partners, which was agreed to, but quickly Jim Barnett told Matysik that they could not be partners after all, and Matysik worked for McMahon through 1991 before he was let go.
Matysik was also talked with in 1988 by Jim Herd to come in and work for WCW shortly before the Turner Broadcasting purchase came through. Herd, who had worked for KLPR, produced Wrestling at the Chase and thus was friends with Muchnick and Matysik. But that fell through as Barnett talked Herd out of that decision and Matysik also refused to move from St. Louis to Atlanta, where WCW was to be based.
Matysik remained associated with local wrestling, and until recently, would announce and book matches with partner Simmons and their Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling promotion.
Matysik wrote a series of books including "Drawing Heat the Hard Way" about the realities of pro wrestling, "The Greatest Wrestlers of All-Time," "Wrestling at the Chase," and "Brody," with Barbara Goodish about the life of Bruiser Brody. He also published a 1959-83 record book of St. Louis matches which included comments on booking which is one of the greatest guides to understanding that style of wrestling booking and politics and how Muchnick ran area wrestling.
He was working on a book that would compare and contrast the wrestling and working for McMahon and Muchnick before his health deteriorated.
Matysik had suffered at least three strokes in recent years, although at the time they were diagnosed differently. Simmons noted that at times he would slur his speech, but to the end, his memory was impeccable.
Matysik is a member of the Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Greater St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Marc Mero On Why His Wrestling Career Was 'Never What He Expected'
After becoming a well-known talent during his run with World Championship Wrestling, having three reigns as Television Champion, Johnny B. Badd left WCW and became the "Wildman" Marc Mero in WWE less than a month after losing the title to Lex Luger. Mero rescued his then-wife Sable from Triple H (then known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley), commencing a feud with the aristocrat.
Following his WWE debut, Mero was able to become a staple midcard talent similar to his status in WCW, but was able to rack up victories against big names such a Helmsley, Steve Austin, the 1-2-3 Kid and Isaac Yankem, Mero defeated Faarooq on the September 23, 1996 episode of Raw to win the Intercontinental Championship. Mero only experienced a one-month reign and was able to remain a strong name for the company in 1996. Mero experienced two more years in the company before leaving in 1999, never making an in-ring return again for the company.
Despite four championship reigns between WCW and WWE, Mero revealed during an interview with ABC News how his addictions refrained him from enjoying these career milestone moments.
"I wasn't able to deal with this adversity because of my mindset and what I was polluting my body with," said Mero. "I traveled the world, made a lot of money and met a lot of people, and lived a life that most people think would be the most incredible life to live – of dreaming big since I was a little boy, of making it in life. And then getting there and realizing it was never what I expected because of the bad choices I was making."
1995 was a very tough year for Mero. Just weeks after defeating Arn Anderson at the Uncensoredpay-per-view, Mero received a call that his mother had passed away at just 58 years old. Mero felt that his life started to spiral after his mother's passing.
"As I look back on my life, they are the most joyful things I can remember," said Mero. "How much she loved me, and [was] so proud of me and to think that I didn't accept that or want to enjoy those moments."
Selling drugs, losing friends, and nearly dying of overdose three times, Mero hit a rock-bottom moment that changed his life.
"It was a day where I felt there was nothing left," said Mero. "I had it all, and now I have nothing. 'I'm all alone.'"
Now being sober for 15 years, Mero spends his time as a motivational speaker, sharing his story with many assemblies across the nation. His "Think Poz" campaign, geared toward going to schools and speaking to students about overdosing and making bad decisions, shows the listeners that they are not alone in their struggles. "My joy comes from helping other people," said Mero. "There is just no greater joy."
Hurricane Helms Gives Update On His ROH Status, Talks Why He Turned Heel In WWE
On a recently 'escaped' episode of The Jim Ross Report, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross spoke with pro wrestling veteran 'Hurricane' Shane Helms. Among many other things, Helms discussed whether he is still with ROH, why he turned heel as Gregory Helms amid his hugely popular run as 'The Hurricane', getting over during the hottest era in the genre, and how pro wrestlers who are not working now have no one to blame but themselves.
During the interview, Helms divulged that he is still with ROH, but has not agreed to new dates with the company.
"Yeah [Helms is still affiliated with ROH], we just haven't agreed to dates." Helms explained, "we're on wonderful terms. They are super happy with me. They're happy with how everything worked out with me and Marty Scurll. Yeah, I like [ROH]. I like the locker room. They're very positive. Everybody's busy. Man, seeing The Young Bucks and Cody, it seems like they've got different projects every week and they're doing it all the time. Whether it's them or SCU, guys like that, filming these vignettes. How they got over that Being The Elite YouTube show. I mean, it helped guys like Adam Page. It helped guys like Marty. I did the Gregory Helms thing on there and for the first time in my career, Gregory Helms for a brief moment, was more over than 'The Hurricane' was just from that Being The Elite video. So I love seeing guys work hard and be excited about it."
In Helms learned view, he got over in the hardest time to get over in the history of pro wrestling.
"I got over in the hardest period in the [pro wrestling] industry to get over. And I don't think a lot of people, not that you have to focus on things like that, but that period of time when ECW is gone, WCW is gone, and you've got one company, just one. There's a limited amount of TV time. We didn't have the [WWE] Network back then. It was just there's a limited amount of TV time and now you've got everybody fighting over that TV time. Yeah, I mean, I was an ECW guy coming in, so WWF guys, that's why there was that animosity back then. There was real legit animosity in that locker room." Helms continued, "and it wasn't just a roster. It was the most stacked roster in history of the game. I mean, when you've got [The] Rock, [Steve] Austin, Taker, Triple H, Jesus Christ, Eddie [Guerrero], [Chris] Benoit, The Hardys, The Dudleys, Edge and Christian, I mean Kurt Angle, that's all on one roster and then you've got my ass getting over as 'The Hurricane' or at least trying to get over. And that's why I had so much fun with that character."
Also during the conversation, Helms shared that he had the idea to turn heel during his big run as 'The Hurricane' because he knew character had a ceiling.
"I get asked all the time why did I drop 'The Hurricane' for that brief moment when I was [doing] the heel run, Gregory Helms. It's like, well, I was stuck in a rut there and I wanted something different. I knew what 'The Hurricane' character was. He was a definite super card and it got over, and sold a lot of merchandise, but 'Hurricane' was never going to carry that top belt. That just wasn't going to be the case. I could have been an Intercontinental [Championship] guy, a US [Championship] guy, that sort of thing and that's fine." Helms added, "I knew that character had a ceiling on it. And that was fine. I loved that [character]. I mean, I exploited it for all that it was worth and everything. I know the royalty checks I got and of course Vince [McMahon]'s was bigger than mine, so the company was happy with that, but I just knew it was time for a change, so it was actually my idea to drop it for a little while and become that heel character Gregory Helms."
In Helms' opinion, the pro wrestling business is so healthy right now that if a performer is not working, it is on them.
"A lot of them do the exact same things they've been doing for years. They're making no [adjustments]. I've had that conversation with many guys, 'what are you doing to change it if you're not happy with what you are?'" Helms offered, "and this last year, I mean, the explosion in this year-and-a-half [or] maybe going into two years. I guess I left Impact [Wrestling] two years ago now. Just the way everything immediately took off and suddenly more opportunities [manifested]. When I see guys, if you're not working right now, I think it's got to be on you. If you can't find work right now in 2018, this has got to be on you and I know I've had a blessed career, but that's coming back on me right now. My 2018 has been out-of-this-world crazy. I can't think of too many guys that have had a better 2018 than I did. But the guys that I see working, like The Boogeyman with the worms, I've seen him a lot this year and just to see him out there, hustling, doing his thing, and that's cool. And every now and then, I'll see somebody and I'll say, 'are you staying busy?' and they say, 'naw, naw, not really.' And I'm like, 'why? What are you not doing?' Billy Gunn is a good example. I see his ass everywhere. He's in the best shape of his life, working his ass off."
REY FENIX OUT REST OF YEAR DUE TO INJURY
MLW Tag Team Champion and Impact Wrestling regular Rey Fenix will be out the remainder of 2018 with a groin injury, according to www.LuchaCentral.com.
Fenix was injured wrestling Cavernario at CMLL’s Leyenda de Plata tournament.
There is no word yet how this will change MLW's creative course for their December TV tapings in Miami, Florida.
Friday, November 23, 2018
Another Dumb Ass On Twitter I Had to put In Check. (It's just way too easy when you deal with dipshit mentality)
Chris wound up being like alot of the other idiots on Twitter and FB I've had to put in check, someone who has no idea really about how the indy wrestling business is, or how a blog like this one actually helps plug and give exposure to indy feds who appreciate what I do with this blog and the many many people who read what I post here every day. Chris was the latest example of trying to throw insults at a guy who's a master and has a PHD in this kind of engagement. Someone actually sent me these screenshots before he himself got blocked by Chris as well because Chris wasn't just getting hammered by me, but by at least three others as well were thumping him all over Twitter.
In the end as you can see by the shots, Chris couldn't handle the fact I took all his arguing power away from him when I one, provided proof of how many viewers of this blog I get just today (which shattered his claim about my 'tiny blog' not getting many fans). And second, when I told him 'come talk to me when you actually promote or locally promote an indy show, then you'll finally have something credible to say". The result is what you see, he ran and hid behind a block, proving he couldn't handle the fact he was getting checked by me and others nonstop when he should've just gave up and walked away knowing he was unprepared for the verbal beating he received.
I went to see if I could grab more from the thread to add to this but all of Chris's replies on the topic are gone thanks to him being a chickenshit and blocking me. It was pretty much the same responses i get from everyone else that ever tries to engage against me trying to put themselves over. So many different people but yet they ALL, always have the same ol same ol five same replies and cop outs and not much else. Nothing ever ereally differs from the same ol typocal responses i always get. Unlike Scherer and John son at PWInsider or Joshua Gagnon at WrestlingInc, I don't block people. As you can see, I MAKE, people block me because they get humiliated by me so easily. Someday, it'll actually be a challenge when someone tries to engage me because if this is always the end result (someone like Chris blocking me), and I wasn't even trying or really giving alot of effort putting his ass in check? Then maybe he, like the others I've checked, should go to insult school and learn how to battle before trying it against a master like me and easily getting slaughtered so bad they're crying behind the block they set up as a result of being embarrassed so easily by me. In the end as you can again see, I don't run, i make others run, LOL!
History of FMW (Japan)
History of FMW Volume 1: Before they were FMW
History of FMW Volume 2: 1989
Warning For Other Indy Promoters- Brutus Beefcake Fucked over CWE (Canadian Indy Fed)
- Brutus Beefcake disappeared in the middle of the CWE tour. He never said a word to anyone and flew home. Jimmy Jacobs came in and took his place.
So heed the warning, booking Beefcake may have this same result happen to you.
Mat Memory- Shawn Michaels vs. Venom - TWA 4/15/2000
Texas Wrestling Alliance.
Total Impact.
Aired on April 15, 2000.
TWA Heavyweight Title Bunkhouse Brawl.
Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Venom (Paul Diamond/Max Moon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQmEkpbJJvE
Mat Memory- Greg "the Hammer" Valentine vs. "Fantastic" Tommy Rogers (1998)
A match from 1998 in Greenwood, MS for American Championship Wrestling a battle between two veterans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmf_YViplxk
Latest AIWF Mid Atlantic Wrestling TV Shows
Midatlantic 332
Midatlantic 333
Kay Lee Ray Interview: Starting Out In Wrestling, Future Goals & More! (Defiant Wrestling)
Kay Lee Ray returns to Defiant in Newcastle on December 3rd in Newcastle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dk-rfULrG0
Tracy Smothers on JBL One Night Stand Incident
Tracy Smothers on JBL One Night Stand Incident
Former WWE/WCW/ECW Superstar and former WWE Trainer Tracy Smothers/Freddy Joe Floyd gives a very detailed account of the infamous JBL "ECW One Night Stand" WWE PPV Battle Royal incident where Bradshaw attacked Blue Meanie in an unplanned event busting Meanie open which led to Somthers and JBL mixing it up a bit after which Smothers says Layfield still holds a grudge over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no2thXZV7uc
Jake Roberts Talks Steve Austin's "Austin 3:16" King Of The Ring Promo
Jake Roberts spoke with the Milwaukee Record on working with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and if having his cobra bite a wrestler would work in today's pro wrestling. Here are some of the highlights:
Working with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and his famous "Austin 3:16" promo at King of the Ring in 1996:
"It was important for me because Steve had came to the WWF and, you know, he was kind of treated poorly a couple of other places and not been given the shot. You know, to make himself known, really. You know, he was Stunning Steve for awhile and he was with DiBiase as the Ringmaster. And I was writing television at the time for Vince [McMahon] and I told Vince, 'That's your guy right there' and he's like 'Are you kidding? No way, Jake. That guy is middle of the card.' And I'm like, 'Really?'
"From that point on, I started getting with Steve every night. If I wasn't in the same town with him, he would call me. I'd go over his match. I'd go over and talk to him about doing different things, and saying different things, and creating, and we put it together. He just had to be himself, basically. That was the problem. They let him be himself and he became Steve Austin. The Austin 3:16 thing, everyone was like, 'Oh, that must have really upset you.' Are you kidding me? You know how many people opened the Bible just to check that out who had never even opened a bible before, you know? Yeah, I've got my relationship with God. He knows where I'm going, I don't, but he does. So that didn't offend me at all.
"The only thing that kind of upset me is they didn't put the money maker out there which would've been Austin's 10 commandments. You know: Thou shall not kill unless thou are pissed. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife unless she's really hot. Thou shall honor thy mother and father unless they're jerks. You know, right on down the line. You could've had a lot of fun with that. That would've been a great seller, no doubt. Steve Austin, that was a— you know, a lot of guys can help themselves in this business. But to me, the people that mean the most are guys that can help everybody, and that's what I prided myself on. And that was my job in the WWF."
Talking about his cobra biting "Macho Man" Randy Savage and if that would work in today's wrestling:
"I could still do it. Yeah, I could still do it. That's the problem today. Nobody can do much of anything because guys aren't allowed to be their own characters. You know, when you have people writing television that also write the interviews, it doesn't work because that person cannot put out there what this guy would say. They don't know him from inside and out.
"That's one thing that we had with this group here is that we did our own interviews, man, and we were able to get our characters out there. You can't get a character out if you're having five or six different people write interviews for you. It just doesn't work. They should see that and move on, but they can't take the time to teach all these guys how to do interviews. You know, or write interviews. I never wrote an interview in my life, but when that camera came on, I was able to do one."
Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment Logo Opposed By Adidas
Several of the companies owned by clothing & sneaker brand Adidas have asked the United States Patent & Trademark Office for more time to oppose the logo registered by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment, which was created to relaunch the XFL in 2020. The argument is that the Alpha Entertainment logo could be seen as infringing on the Adidas logo. Adidas has until March 6, 2019 to file an opposition or ask for another extension.
For The Three People Who Might Care- Why WWE Dropped Ronda Rousey Angle
WWE had plans for Natalya to turn heel on RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey but those plans were nixed.
It's been noted that the friendship angle between Rousey and Natalya has been dropped for weeks but the plan was always for Natalya to turn on Rousey, around this point in time.
The heel turn was dropped when WWE Legend Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart passed away back on August 13. The feeling was that they couldn't turn Natalya anymore once her dad passed, which is why they went back to Nia Jax for the feud with Rousey. Rousey is scheduled to defend her title against Jax at WWE TLC on December 16. Rousey already defeated Jax at the WWE Money In the Bank pay-per-view.
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Here's A Story I Bet Scherer, WrestlingInc, Won't Cover- FITE Pay Issues W/ Wrestling Shows
Looks like having a wrestling show on FITE isn't all it's cracked up to be. Bet Meltzer, Keller, PWInsider, WrestlingInc etc. won't cover this story. So thank me for being the one to break this story out when the others either won't cover it? or won't give me the credit for being the one to find out about it before them.
Apparently The FITE Network which has various wrestling shows on their network haven't been paying the owners of these shows. As evidenced by this video of longtime promoter Herb Simmons (Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling) Ralking to Hannibal (who said in this video he's having the same problems Simmons is having). And when Herb and Hannibal made a request to the FITE Network to remove their footage off their service? Apparently FIRE has refused to do so.
So have this be a warning to promoters who think being on FITE is a great deal, this video here proves... It's not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dDuXWz8p-k
Apparently The FITE Network which has various wrestling shows on their network haven't been paying the owners of these shows. As evidenced by this video of longtime promoter Herb Simmons (Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling) Ralking to Hannibal (who said in this video he's having the same problems Simmons is having). And when Herb and Hannibal made a request to the FITE Network to remove their footage off their service? Apparently FIRE has refused to do so.
So have this be a warning to promoters who think being on FITE is a great deal, this video here proves... It's not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dDuXWz8p-k
Major City Considering Dropping Pro Wrestling As A Combative Sport
Edmonton, the capital city of Canadian province Alberta, is considering dropping professional wrestling as a combative sport, CBC News reports. Promoters in Edmonton say they are conflicted regarding the city's recommendation for this decision. Currently, in Edmonton, pro wrestling is combined under city bylaw with other combative sports such as MMA and boxing, all overseen by the Combative Sports Commission.
Edmonton-based Real Canadian Wrestling promoter Steven Ewaschuk expressed that he feels this decision can be a "catch-22."
"It gives us more freedom to present events as we see fit, as many as we want," said Ewaschuk. "But it's also not good because it opens the doors for outlaw, untrained, unprofessional promoters to just come in and run shows as they see fit."
Ewaschuk added that the current relationship between the commission and the city three wrestling promotions involves approving events and offering guidelines, while the promoters pay an annual $700 licensing fee. If the recommendation goes through, promoters would require to pay a business licensing fee and will no longer be governed by the Combative Sports Commission.
Prairie Wrestling Association promoter Kurt Sorochan feels that the proposed changes "don't really change much," but he did voice the benefit of being a part of the commission. "For us, being under them and having some kind of governance kept out bad competition or poorly run groups that would come in," Sorochan explained.
In 2017, pro wrestling was a part of a temporary ban of all combative sports in Edmonton, following the death of fighter Tim Hague during a boxing match during the summer. At the time, PWA promoter Sorochan defended pro wrestling to the committee, stating, "we have pre-determined outcomes. We are 100 percent entertainment."
A WWE event scheduled for this past February in Edmonton was postponed because of the ban, but pro wrestling was lifted from the ban just two weeks prior to the show.
Terry Funk vs Maniac Mark Lewin (April 27, 1979)
From the Sam Houston Coliseum, April 27, 1979. Two iconic legends of wrestling square off in this amazing match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMecrcHoshQ
Travis Banks returns at Chapter 78! (PROGRESS Wrestling)
Former World Champion Travis Banks, not seen in a PROGRESS ring since July, made a huge return at Chapter 78. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuqx2nUMwE
House Of Bricks Pro Wrestling ( Based In Mass.)- HoB Turnbuckle TV Season 3 Episode 41
On this week's episode of House Of Bricks Pro Wrestling #TurnbuckleTV available TOMORROW MORNING on the #HoB YouTube Channel, Youtube.com/HoBProWrestling. First, we hear from the current #HouseOfBricks Heavyweight Champion, Justin "Coco" Sylvia. A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT is made concerning the #HoB2019 Season. And in this week's Featured Contest, from the final event of the year, #VeteranSlam4, it is this year's #VeteranSlamRumble with the winner receiving a contract for a match against ANY CHAMPION the winner chooses! Like, Share, and Subscribe to NEVER miss an episode of #TurnbuckleTV!
Marty Scurll Talks If He Would Want To Sign With WWE
Recently on The Jim Ross Report, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross spoke with the one-time ROHWorld Television Champion Marty Scurll. Among many other things, Scurll talked about getting a great deal of creative freedom from the pro wrestling promotions for which he works. Scurll talked about why he would be disinclined to sign with WWE. Additionally, Scurll talked about the "weird psychology" in American pro wrestling where talents do not want to lose via submission.
According to Scurll, he is fortunate to have a lot of creative freedom from ROH and NJPW. For example, 'The Villain' did not smarten up NJPW brass about the massive mechanical wings he planned for his Wrestle Kingdom 12 entrance.
"For a lot of places, to get back to [Ross'] question, I have a lot of creative freedom. New Japan, for example, last year, Wrestle Kingdom, I decided I was going to do this big, elaborate entrance where I came out with these mechanical wings. I don't think I even told New Japan about that. I just turned up with them because in my head, it's, 'okay, I'm in this match, there are four of us, there [are] a lot of big stars on the show, Chris Jericho on the show, Kenny Omega, all these big matches. I've got to maximize my minutes. How can I steal the show somewhat?' I'm like, 'okay, well, I do have an entrance. Just make sure it's the best entrance on the show. I can control that, so stuff like that." Scurll added, "Ring Of Honor, I've had a really good time recently. Ring Of Honor has always been about young, hungry talent, and going out there and leaving it all in the ring."
During the interview, Ross suggested that Scurll can pretty much write his own destiny at this point and sign with whatever pro wrestling promotion he desires. Scurll responded that it is a testament to the strength of the independent pro wrestling scene.
"I think it really speaks volumes as to how far the [pro] wrestling scene has come in the previous five years even." Scurll explained, "when I came into wrestling it was after the time WCW had been bought out, ECW had been bought out, so there [were not] a lot of options for guys. It was go to WWE or not."
According to Scurll, WWE is not the be all end all anymore for pro wrestlers anymore and there is something attractive about being your own boss. The former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion suggested that pro wrestlers are not truly independent contractors if they cannot call their own shots.
"Most recently with the growth of things like New Japan and even companies like Ring Of Honor and stuff we've been doing, it [has] given us another platform to make money and not just provide for our families, but make good money. We've got out shirts in every single mall in America now. We're running stadium shows now. There are Pop! Funkos out there for us. It's like, 'wow'. We're in a position now where maybe we don't have to work in the WWE to make good money." Scurll continued, "and obviously there is something very satisfying about being your own boss. Like, as an independent contractor, [pro] wrestlers are always independent contractors, but they'll always be questioned, 'oh, are they really independent contractors?' Right, but myself, I'll be an independent contractor and I'm going to make sure that I am my own boss, that I pick my own hours. I'm going to make my own business decisions. I'm going to be where I want to be when I want to be and that's really cool."
Also during the podcast, Scurll divulged that he is unsure about whether he ever wants to go to WWE. While the member of The Elite admitted that he would lying if he had not thought about having a WrestleMania entrance, Scurll stated that WWE run would have to be on the right terms.
"Most of the jobs I had when I was younger, I got fired from. I never had the attention span. I had good grades in school, but I was always in trouble. I used to get suspended and I'm not very good at being told what to do. And that's a fault of mine for sure, but in this wrestling, I feel like I can make it work. So, like I said before, I'm always going to work best, I think, doing things on my own. In terms of WWE, great company, I'm not sure if that's ever something that I would really want to do. At the same time, I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't thought about doing my entrance, for example, at a WrestleMania. I'm sure that could be a hell of a production and something the fans can really get behind. And it just has to be on the right terms." Scurll added, "it always has to be what's best for me."
Apparently, Scurll struggled to make a name for himself early on in the United States as opponents did not want to tap to the crossface chicken wing. The former 'Party' Marty claimed he never understood the problem American pro wrestlers have with submitting because it is believable and much easier than pinning someone in a real fight.
"That was one of my struggles coming to America to make a name for myself." Scurll recalled, "my finish or my special would be the crossface chicken wing submission. And I'd find, a lot of guys, it would hurt their ego if they had to tap out, which I found shocking because in a real fight, like I told you from my shoot experience, if we had a fight right now, Jim, it would be much easier for you to catch me in a submission and tap me out than it would be to pin my shoulders to the mat for three seconds. Do you know what I mean? It's believable to catch someone in a submission. It happens to everyone. You see Brock Lesnar and he tapped out. Right [in his first fight]! It happens. It happens, so if he's going to tap out, I'm pretty sure we can all do it. Do you know what I mean? It's a weird psychology."
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
AMW THANKSGIVING TURMOIL PRIME TIME SPECIAL 2018(RNR Express On This)
A day away from the Biggest night of the year, Thanksgiving Night right there in Hazard, Ky
We Preview all the matches including The Gauntlet match with Beau James taking on Lemon's Legionaries
Kyle Maggard in action.
The AMW Title picture with John Noble
and the Main Event featuring the WWE Hall of Famers The Rock N Roll Express as the Defend their AMW TAG TEAM Championships against the Legion of Juice in a 3 on 2 Handicap match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbYHE8w4FnE
Grado & Al Snow vs. Martin Kirby & Davey Blaze (BCW In The UK)
I believe this was from a few months ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMEollrCA8
Mat Memory- Da Crusher's Tux Gets Ripped Apart (AWA)
December 12, 1977. AWA All Star Wrestling. The Super Destroyer and Lord Alfred Hayes rip apart The Crusher's tuxedo and he then demands a match with both of them but promoter Wally Karbo tells him he must have a tag team partner so The Crusher picks the first man he sees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2URC_timE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2URC_timE
Kenny Omega: "If My Motivation Was Money, I Would Already Be In The WWE
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega spoke with The Business Times while at the gaming convention, Gamestart Asia 2018. Here are highlights from the interview:
Realizing there are more promotions out there other than WWE:
"Everyone has a choice to watch whatever they want. It's okay to like both or other promotions too. When I was growing up, I thought there was only WWE. That's it. One promotion in the world. And then as I grew up, I found that there's local wrestling. There's WCW, there's ECW. In Mexico, there are the luchadores. And then finally, I realized there's wrestling in Japan. I think for many people, they think there's one giant promotion and that's all that there is. It must be the best. But as they expand their palate and their horizons, they realize that, oh, there's other wrestling out there. They might not necessarily like it more but it's an option now. It's cool that there are so many options for people all over the planet."
Learning to speak Japanese:
"It was always a constant struggle. I was trying to learn since 2008. I would buy books and subscribe to online programs and none of it really worked. What I knew was so little and most of it was unusable. I would ask him for translations and he would tell me words and phrases I could use in conversation and I would write them down in my notebook. I would study them and memorize them and eventually, I had a huge list of words and sentences. I was able to look at these words and sentences and take apart the grammar and made my own sentences. I could recite my own thoughts. It was kind of a very strange way to learn but that was how I started to really build my own Japanese."
"I am sort of very much a part of representing an alternative. If my motivation was money, I would already be in the WWE. I was down on the current product and I wanted to create a style and have matches that my friends, my family and other athletes could watch and enjoy. There's a certain kind of-of wrestling fan that will only like a certain style. They think that's the right way and that's okay but I'm not trying to impress those people. Those people are already kind of set in their ways. I'm trying to open the world to a different style, what pro-wrestling has the potential to be."
Mick Foley Talks Some Of The Difficulties He Faced With Being WWE RAW General Manager
After retiring from in-ring competition in 2012, Mick Foley made sporadic appearances in WWEbefore making his return as RAW general manager in 2016. His run ended after eight months, and he discussed his firing on a recent episode of the Not Sam Wrestling podcast.
As general manager, Foley was a fan-favorite who catered to babyfaces and challenged authority, namely Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. Foley said he needed some time off, so he was happy to end his run the way he did. He had an explosive confrontation with Triple H that saw him bring out Mr. Socko and shove it down Triple H's throat. The following week, Foley was fired by McMahon after a scathing promo, and Foley said he wouldn't have had it any other way.
"I definitely needed some weeks off, and let's just say in the interim period, let's just say Mr. McMahon found a shinier toy [Kurt Angle] and I was no longer needed in that spot, but I had a great eight months, and the only thing you can ask for is a good send off, and instead of a soap opera where I would be killed off, I had a glorious firing by Stephanie McMahon," Foley said. "It really was. The week before when I had the face to face confrontation with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, it was one of the best moments that I had in the past 10 years in the business. I had that post pay-per-view rush that I hadn't had in a long time, which was all I could ask for."
Foley admitted he struggled at times with his role as GM. He was surprised by the vitriol he received from fans on social media over some of the decisions he would make. He revealed that at times he would approach Vince McMahon to request more freedom with his promos. All in all, Foley said he enjoyed his run.
"It was a tough job, and the strange thing about it was the unparalleled negativity from the fan base on social media, who apparently thought WWE really allowed a 53-year-old with a fanny pack to run a billion-dollar corporation," he said. "Most of the comments will be negative, and I did have some say in certain instances, and part of that job was to see which battles to fight and why. There would be times when I would talk to Mr. McMahon and say that I would like to handle this on my own. I had some words, and how I say something is more important than what I say. If I had left six or seven lasting impressions in the eight-month span then that is a pretty good track record."
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