Since Meltzer likes 'tweeting' so much I bet if someone nails his twitter account asking him how it feels to get one upped by me on a regular basis? Meltzer won't have any balls to respond to it, LOL.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
And SPEAKING of guys catching up, look at Meltzer here doing just that :)
Since Meltzer likes 'tweeting' so much I bet if someone nails his twitter account asking him how it feels to get one upped by me on a regular basis? Meltzer won't have any balls to respond to it, LOL.
ONCE AGAIN, I'm beating PWInsider, Torch, Observer, to the punch. Fallout from Tommy Dreamer, Tim Storm, Nick Aldis confrontation at House of Hardcore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgA7dsTV9P0
Let's watch and laugh at how many have to play catch up to me Again, come tomorrow, LOL. The little columnist that could is once again one upping the big boys of wrestling news sites. :)
Published on Nov 21, 2017
On Saturday night, Tommy Dreamer invited NWA Worlds Champion Tim Storm to his House of Hardcore in Philadelphia, PA. During that moment, Tommy Dreamer was granted a shot at the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title. This brought out an angry Nick Aldis who feels he should be getting the next shot.
This interview with Tim Storm took place moments after they got back from the ring and features Tommy Dreamer
This interview with Tim Storm took place moments after they got back from the ring and features Tommy Dreamer
Let's watch and laugh at how many have to play catch up to me Again, come tomorrow, LOL. The little columnist that could is once again one upping the big boys of wrestling news sites. :)
This 'Little Columnist that could' got another nice prop/compliment in his email box today :) ..
ProWrestling.Net now playing catch up to me on the latest NWA Video :)
Damn I keep beating all the big name sites now, LOL.
https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/11/21/nwa-10-pounds-gold-tim-storm-meets-billy-corgan/
https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/11/21/nwa-10-pounds-gold-tim-storm-meets-billy-corgan/
Looks like The Torch is afraid of having my name mention ed on their webpage, LMAO!
That comment has 'been awaiting moderation' for over 24 hours now, LOL. So obviously what I say here is very true, their actions can't deny it. :)
TOMMY DREAMER SEMINAR IN MINNEAPOLIS
The ACADEMY in Minneapolis, headed by Ken Anderson and Shawn Daivari,
announced that Tommy Dreamer was coming in for a seminar. Here are the complete
details:
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., November 16, 2017 – The Academy is proud to announce that our next training seminar will feature former WWE, ECW, GFW/TNA Impact Wrestling Superstar Tommy Dreamer
.Tommy Dreamer brings 28 years of professional wrestling experience to the table and has left fingerprints all over our industry still seen today through his contributions in the ring and behind the scenes in ECW and as an executive working in WWE's Talent Relations Department scouting and hiring talent who have gone on to become some of the biggest stars in our industry.
After training under WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz, Dreamer began working independents in the Northeast United States, eventually landing in what would become ECW. In ECW, Dreamer had memorable feuds with The Sandman, Raven, The Duddley Boyz and others as well as capturing the World Heavyweight Championship and the Tag-Team Titles on 3 separate occasions. Dreamer then joined World Wrestling Entertainment as part of the ECW Invasion with fellow ECW Original, Rob Van Dam. Dreamer would win WWE's Hardcore Title a record setting 14-times, and retired nthe championship on the main event of RAW emanating from a sold out Madison Square Garden in August of 2002.
Shortly thereafter Dreamer also spent time on RAW's creative team and took over some administrative duties in helping injured talents find proper care and rehabilitation before returning to the ring. In 2004, Dreamer transitioned into WWE's Talent Relations department full-time, where he was head of their developmental territories. Dreamer helped groom developmental talent before their call-ups to the main roster as well as scouting wrestlers from around the world to sign to WWE contracts.
In 2005, Dreamer booked and produced the "ECW: One Night Stand" pay-per-view, which put the gears in motion to revive the ECW brand the next year following "ECW: One Night Stand II." And in 2009, Dreamer captured the ECW World Heavyweight Championship for a second time, becoming the only man to have held the ECW World Heavyweight Title in both the original ECW, as well as the newly formed ECW brand under the WWE. Since then Dreamer has popped up in a multitude of wrestling companies around the globe including two runs in TNA Impact Wrestling as well as two returns to the WWE, most recently with other ECW Originals to feud against the Wyatt Family in 2016.
Dreamer has also began promoting his own "House of Hardcore" wrestling events starting in 2012 in New York. Since then, House of Hardcore has grown into a full touring wrestling company all over the United Sates, as well as various countries around the world. The Academy will be holding two seminars and will be open to anyone looking to gain knowledge in the world of professional wrestling, regardless of experience. All are welcome from those with no pro-wrestling training, to established wrestlers looking to expand their knowledge and take their game tothe next level. The first seminar will be held from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for those who have had 0 to 20 professionalwrestling matches. From 8:30pm to 10:30pm will be the second seminar for those who have had 20+pro-wrestling matches.
Participation in the seminar of your experience level is $50. You can attend both seminars for $75. You can register for Tommy Dreamer Training seminar at: www.theacademyprowrestling.com/tommy
LIMITED SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE AND ONCE SEMINAR IS FULL YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER.
If you are interested in starting a career in pro-wrestling, The Academy: School of Professional Wrestlingis kicking off our Fall Class starting October 6th, 2017.
There are a few open spots left to participate inthis next class.
For more information or to enlist today, please visit www.theacademyprowrestling.com.
The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling
Tel: +1-507-722-2776
E-Mail: info@theacademyprowrestling.com
Web: www.theacademyprowrestling.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theacademyprowrestling
Twitter: @theacademy
SOPWInstagram: @theacademyprowrestling
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., November 16, 2017 – The Academy is proud to announce that our next training seminar will feature former WWE, ECW, GFW/TNA Impact Wrestling Superstar Tommy Dreamer
.Tommy Dreamer brings 28 years of professional wrestling experience to the table and has left fingerprints all over our industry still seen today through his contributions in the ring and behind the scenes in ECW and as an executive working in WWE's Talent Relations Department scouting and hiring talent who have gone on to become some of the biggest stars in our industry.
After training under WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz, Dreamer began working independents in the Northeast United States, eventually landing in what would become ECW. In ECW, Dreamer had memorable feuds with The Sandman, Raven, The Duddley Boyz and others as well as capturing the World Heavyweight Championship and the Tag-Team Titles on 3 separate occasions. Dreamer then joined World Wrestling Entertainment as part of the ECW Invasion with fellow ECW Original, Rob Van Dam. Dreamer would win WWE's Hardcore Title a record setting 14-times, and retired nthe championship on the main event of RAW emanating from a sold out Madison Square Garden in August of 2002.
Shortly thereafter Dreamer also spent time on RAW's creative team and took over some administrative duties in helping injured talents find proper care and rehabilitation before returning to the ring. In 2004, Dreamer transitioned into WWE's Talent Relations department full-time, where he was head of their developmental territories. Dreamer helped groom developmental talent before their call-ups to the main roster as well as scouting wrestlers from around the world to sign to WWE contracts.
In 2005, Dreamer booked and produced the "ECW: One Night Stand" pay-per-view, which put the gears in motion to revive the ECW brand the next year following "ECW: One Night Stand II." And in 2009, Dreamer captured the ECW World Heavyweight Championship for a second time, becoming the only man to have held the ECW World Heavyweight Title in both the original ECW, as well as the newly formed ECW brand under the WWE. Since then Dreamer has popped up in a multitude of wrestling companies around the globe including two runs in TNA Impact Wrestling as well as two returns to the WWE, most recently with other ECW Originals to feud against the Wyatt Family in 2016.
Dreamer has also began promoting his own "House of Hardcore" wrestling events starting in 2012 in New York. Since then, House of Hardcore has grown into a full touring wrestling company all over the United Sates, as well as various countries around the world. The Academy will be holding two seminars and will be open to anyone looking to gain knowledge in the world of professional wrestling, regardless of experience. All are welcome from those with no pro-wrestling training, to established wrestlers looking to expand their knowledge and take their game tothe next level. The first seminar will be held from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for those who have had 0 to 20 professionalwrestling matches. From 8:30pm to 10:30pm will be the second seminar for those who have had 20+pro-wrestling matches.
Participation in the seminar of your experience level is $50. You can attend both seminars for $75. You can register for Tommy Dreamer Training seminar at: www.theacademyprowrestling.com/tommy
LIMITED SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE AND ONCE SEMINAR IS FULL YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER.
If you are interested in starting a career in pro-wrestling, The Academy: School of Professional Wrestlingis kicking off our Fall Class starting October 6th, 2017.
There are a few open spots left to participate inthis next class.
For more information or to enlist today, please visit www.theacademyprowrestling.com.
The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling
Tel: +1-507-722-2776
E-Mail: info@theacademyprowrestling.com
Web: www.theacademyprowrestling.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theacademyprowrestling
Twitter: @theacademy
SOPWInstagram: @theacademyprowrestling
I'm sure somebody wants to know this. WHY THE MIZ DROPPED THE WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Last night's WWE Intercontinental championship change, with Roman Reigns
defeating the Miz, was done, due to the Miz taking time off to film a
movie.
One source believed Miz would be going to film the latest installment of WWE Studios' The Marine movie franchise. There have been five films thus far in The Marine franchise, with The Miz starring in the last three. We are told that there is no current timetable for Miz's return and last night was his final appearance until filming is completed.
One source believed Miz would be going to film the latest installment of WWE Studios' The Marine movie franchise. There have been five films thus far in The Marine franchise, with The Miz starring in the last three. We are told that there is no current timetable for Miz's return and last night was his final appearance until filming is completed.
FORMER WWF STAR DANGEROUS DANNY DAVIS TO RELEASE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Former WWE evil referee turned professional wrestler "Dangerous" Danny Davis
will be releasing an autobiography April 2018 titled.
Promotional material for the book notes:
THE OFFICIAL “Mr. X” DANGEROUS DANNY DAVIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!
This interesting young adult novel/autobiography is based on the life of WWE Referee/Wrestler Danny Davis. This easy and fun read (brought to you by Danny himself and Kenny Casanova) will be one you never forget.
“Mr. X – The Life Story of Dangerous Danny Davis” will bring you everything you want to know about the world’s most famous bad-guy referee. This book will cover his coming-of-age climb to his WWF wrestling career including; setting up the ring, refereeing matches, jobbing, & headlining events.
This book has been specially designed to connect with two demographics; the young adult/high school student, as well as fans of wrestling autobiographies. This book is a hybrid of them both. Danny’s inspirational story is one that certainly transcends the ring. It tells the story of:
“Dangerous” Danny Davis gives you a special behind-the-scenes look on the road working with: Andre The Giant, Mr. T, Chief Jay Strongbow, Captain Lou, The Grand Wizard, Roddy Piper, Jake The Snake Roberts, Hulk Hogan & more!
For more on the book, click here.
If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out
Promotional material for the book notes:
THE OFFICIAL “Mr. X” DANGEROUS DANNY DAVIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!
This interesting young adult novel/autobiography is based on the life of WWE Referee/Wrestler Danny Davis. This easy and fun read (brought to you by Danny himself and Kenny Casanova) will be one you never forget.
“Mr. X – The Life Story of Dangerous Danny Davis” will bring you everything you want to know about the world’s most famous bad-guy referee. This book will cover his coming-of-age climb to his WWF wrestling career including; setting up the ring, refereeing matches, jobbing, & headlining events.
This book has been specially designed to connect with two demographics; the young adult/high school student, as well as fans of wrestling autobiographies. This book is a hybrid of them both. Danny’s inspirational story is one that certainly transcends the ring. It tells the story of:
- Living a tough childhood on the streets
- Overcoming Bad Decisions
- Shifting away from bad decisions
- Developing a good work ethic
- Breaking into the wrestling business setting up rings
- Vince McMahon’s early day takeover of wrestling
- Working hard, getting promotions, & earning respect
- Refereeing for the biggest stars ever
- Wrestling as a masked “jobber” named MR. X
- Muti-tasking as both a ref & wrestler on the same shows
- His huge run as a bad-guy ref turned wrestler
- Becoming a member of the legendary Hart Foundation
- Making important decisions about family
“Dangerous” Danny Davis gives you a special behind-the-scenes look on the road working with: Andre The Giant, Mr. T, Chief Jay Strongbow, Captain Lou, The Grand Wizard, Roddy Piper, Jake The Snake Roberts, Hulk Hogan & more!
For more on the book, click here.
If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out
JIMMY JACOBS VS. REY FENIX SET FOR AAW CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SATURDAY and more on AAW.
THIS SATURDAY - Saturday November 25, 2017 - Reckless Records
Presents Unstoppable
Logan Square Auditorium (2539 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647)
Bell Time: 7:30pm Doors: 6:30pm
Front Row/Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row/Second Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Third Row - SOLD OUT
General Admission/Standing Room - $30 - LIMITED TICKET ALERT
--Tickets are only available at Reckless Records 1379 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
1. AAW Heavyweight Championship Match: Rey Fenix vs. Jimmy Jacobs
2. AAW Heritage Championship Match: PENTA EL 0M vs. Zema Ion
3. David Starr & Trevor Lee)vs. Eddie Kingston & AR Fox
4. Shane Strickland vs. Fred Yehi
5. OI4K (Dave & Jake Crist) vs. Trey Miguel & Stephen Wolf
NEW MATCH 6. Sammy Guevara vs. ACH
NEW MATCH 7. Myron Reed vs. Flip Gordon
Already signed: AAW Tag Team Champions Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett; Curt Stallion; PACO; Jake Something; Connor Braxton
Flights: Fenix, Penta, King, Fox, Starr, Lee, Strickland, Yehi, Flip, Sammy, ACH
THE FOLLOWING Saturday December 2, 2017 - Legacy
Knights of Columbus (209 Gooding St, LaSalle, Illinois 61301) - Legacy
Bell Time: 7:00pm Doors: 6:00pm
Front Row/Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row - $18.00 - LOW TICKET ALERT
General Admission - $15.00
Tickets available: https://aawpro.ticketleap.com/legacy/dates/Dec-02-2017_at_0700PM
1. AAW Women's Championship Tournament - Finals: Ivelisse vs. Rachael Ellering vs. Winner of Havok/LeRae
2. AAW Women's Championship Tournament - Semi-Finals: Candice LeRae vs. Jessicka Havok
3. AAW Tag Team Championship Match Besties In The World (Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega) vs. Shane Strickland & Keith Lee
4. Hurricane Helms vs. Trevor Lee
NEW MATCH 5. Jimmy Jacobs vs. David Starr (if Jacobs wins on 11/25 - this will be for the AAW Heavyweight Championship)
NEW MATCH 6. Matt Riddle vs. ACH
NEW MATCH 7. AR Fox vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Myron Reed
Already signed: OI4K (Dave & Jake Crist); Zero Gravity; Brubaker; Jake Something; Ethan Page; Space Monkey
Saturday December 30, 2017 - Windy City Classic XIII
115 Bourbon Street (3359 w 115th Street Merrionette Park, IL)
Bell Time: 7:30pm Doors: 6:00pm
Front Row - $50 - SOLD OUT
Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row - $40 - LOW TICKET ALERT
Front Row Stage - $40 - SOLD OUT
Thrid Row - $30
Fourth Row - $25
Fifth Row - $25
General Admission - $20
Tickets available: https://aawpro.ticketleap.com/windy-city-classic-xiii/
1. AAW Heavyweight Championship Match: Michael Elgin vs. the AAW Heavyweight Champion
Already signed: The AAW Debut of Sean Waltman; Sami Callihan; Eddie Kingston; AR Fox; Penta EL 0 M.
Logan Square Auditorium (2539 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647)
Bell Time: 7:30pm Doors: 6:30pm
Front Row/Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row/Second Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Third Row - SOLD OUT
General Admission/Standing Room - $30 - LIMITED TICKET ALERT
--Tickets are only available at Reckless Records 1379 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
1. AAW Heavyweight Championship Match: Rey Fenix vs. Jimmy Jacobs
2. AAW Heritage Championship Match: PENTA EL 0M vs. Zema Ion
3. David Starr & Trevor Lee)vs. Eddie Kingston & AR Fox
4. Shane Strickland vs. Fred Yehi
5. OI4K (Dave & Jake Crist) vs. Trey Miguel & Stephen Wolf
NEW MATCH 6. Sammy Guevara vs. ACH
NEW MATCH 7. Myron Reed vs. Flip Gordon
Already signed: AAW Tag Team Champions Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett; Curt Stallion; PACO; Jake Something; Connor Braxton
Flights: Fenix, Penta, King, Fox, Starr, Lee, Strickland, Yehi, Flip, Sammy, ACH
THE FOLLOWING Saturday December 2, 2017 - Legacy
Knights of Columbus (209 Gooding St, LaSalle, Illinois 61301) - Legacy
Bell Time: 7:00pm Doors: 6:00pm
Front Row/Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row - $18.00 - LOW TICKET ALERT
General Admission - $15.00
Tickets available: https://aawpro.ticketleap.com/legacy/dates/Dec-02-2017_at_0700PM
1. AAW Women's Championship Tournament - Finals: Ivelisse vs. Rachael Ellering vs. Winner of Havok/LeRae
2. AAW Women's Championship Tournament - Semi-Finals: Candice LeRae vs. Jessicka Havok
3. AAW Tag Team Championship Match Besties In The World (Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega) vs. Shane Strickland & Keith Lee
4. Hurricane Helms vs. Trevor Lee
NEW MATCH 5. Jimmy Jacobs vs. David Starr (if Jacobs wins on 11/25 - this will be for the AAW Heavyweight Championship)
NEW MATCH 6. Matt Riddle vs. ACH
NEW MATCH 7. AR Fox vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Myron Reed
Already signed: OI4K (Dave & Jake Crist); Zero Gravity; Brubaker; Jake Something; Ethan Page; Space Monkey
Saturday December 30, 2017 - Windy City Classic XIII
115 Bourbon Street (3359 w 115th Street Merrionette Park, IL)
Bell Time: 7:30pm Doors: 6:00pm
Front Row - $50 - SOLD OUT
Front Row Stage - SOLD OUT
Second Row - $40 - LOW TICKET ALERT
Front Row Stage - $40 - SOLD OUT
Thrid Row - $30
Fourth Row - $25
Fifth Row - $25
General Admission - $20
Tickets available: https://aawpro.ticketleap.com/windy-city-classic-xiii/
1. AAW Heavyweight Championship Match: Michael Elgin vs. the AAW Heavyweight Champion
Already signed: The AAW Debut of Sean Waltman; Sami Callihan; Eddie Kingston; AR Fox; Penta EL 0 M.
PWInsider plays catch up to me again and, They LIE to the people who view their webpage.
Last night I posted the two latest videos on NWA World Champion Tim Storm. I posted it BEFORE PWInsider, Torch, Observer and everyone else (which has been the usual). HERE you can see how they're playing catch up to me with them making an announcement of the videos.
https://www.pwinsider.com/article/113746/nwa-champion-heading-to-czw-cage-of-death.html?p=1
In this announcement they 'claim' "As noted here last night at PWInsider.com" BUT.. if you go to their main webpage? https://www.pwinsider.com/ There's NO ANNOUNCEMENT from last night to be found.
So in essence Mike Johnson of PWInsider is full of shit. Isn't it nice to know that certain 'big name' wrestling sites outright lie to the very people who visit their site? Someone should email Mike Johnson and ask him why he's blatantly lying like that for.
https://www.pwinsider.com/article/113746/nwa-champion-heading-to-czw-cage-of-death.html?p=1
In this announcement they 'claim' "As noted here last night at PWInsider.com" BUT.. if you go to their main webpage? https://www.pwinsider.com/ There's NO ANNOUNCEMENT from last night to be found.
So in essence Mike Johnson of PWInsider is full of shit. Isn't it nice to know that certain 'big name' wrestling sites outright lie to the very people who visit their site? Someone should email Mike Johnson and ask him why he's blatantly lying like that for.
Watch PWInsider, Torch, Observer all play catch up to me(again) about this. New NWA Videos
Not one but TWO different NWA Videos featuring World Champion Tim Storm. You can email Dave Scherer and Mike Johnson at PWInsider and tell them how I beat them (and all the others) to the punch, again. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG_VF8GPGUs
RING THE BELL - NWA Ten Pounds of Gold - Episode Six
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG_VF8GPGUs
RING THE BELL - NWA Ten Pounds of Gold - Episode Six
Published on Nov 20, 2017
The story of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title has come down to two men on this day in Hollywood. Nick Aldis as the challenger and Tim Storm as the Champion walk in surrounded by history. The first NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title Match being promoted by the new owner of the National Wrestling Alliance - William Patrick Corgan (AKA - Billy Corgan).
The Ten Pounds of Gold series was created to tell the story of those closest to the most prestigious title in wrestling. These first six episodes have told Nick Aldis and Tim Storm's story up until this day. This is the story up until the bell rings. What was their day like behind-the-scenes at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood.
Tim Storm Answers Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) Invitation for Cage of Death
The Ten Pounds of Gold series was created to tell the story of those closest to the most prestigious title in wrestling. These first six episodes have told Nick Aldis and Tim Storm's story up until this day. This is the story up until the bell rings. What was their day like behind-the-scenes at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood.
Tim Storm Answers Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) Invitation for Cage of Death
Published on Nov 20, 2017
What is Tim Storm's answer to Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)? Since Tim Storm's successful defense of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title against Nick Aldis at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood, numerous wrestlers have come forward to challenge the NWA Champion. This past weekend, Tommy Dreamer threw his name into the hat to challenge for the Ten Pounds of Gold. These challengers are coming from all over the world including Combat Zone Wrestling aka CZW Wrestling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvrbz6cta6Y
CZW sent a public invitation to NWA Champion Tim Storm to appear at their December 9th event CZW Cage of Death. This video is Tim's response to this challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvrbz6cta6Y
CZW sent a public invitation to NWA Champion Tim Storm to appear at their December 9th event CZW Cage of Death. This video is Tim's response to this challenge.
Monday, November 20, 2017
NEW WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION CROWNED (You're going to hate this, UGH!)
Roman Reigns captured his first-ever WWE Intercontinental championship during
the main event of Raw from Houston, Texas this evening, defeating The Miz in a
main event that was set up earlier in the broadcast during a MizTV segment.
By virtue of his win, Reigns is the 78th competitor to hold the IC championship.
By virtue of his win, Reigns is the 78th competitor to hold the IC championship.
KAMALA UPDATE
An update on Kamala. We are told by a source close to the family that the
former WWE star underwent surgery due to some diabetic complications, including
fluid in his lungs on Sunday. He had been dealing with some health issues in
the days leading up to this past weekend.
Several sources have been told that yesterday, things looked really scary but over the course of today, Kamala showed some improvement, was able to open his eyes and was a little more alert than he had been.
Kamala is still heavily medicated and on a ventilator but the hope is that as they take him off the medication, he will continue to be more responsive and they can then work on getting him off the ventilator.
Obviously, it is still touch and go at the moment so keep Kamala and the Harris family in your thoughts. He's not out of the woods yet.
Several sources have been told that yesterday, things looked really scary but over the course of today, Kamala showed some improvement, was able to open his eyes and was a little more alert than he had been.
Kamala is still heavily medicated and on a ventilator but the hope is that as they take him off the medication, he will continue to be more responsive and they can then work on getting him off the ventilator.
Obviously, it is still touch and go at the moment so keep Kamala and the Harris family in your thoughts. He's not out of the woods yet.
Amateur Wrestling group out draws WWE attendence wise? Say it ain't so. lol...
Fresno State wrestling returned for the first time in 11 years. More than 6,800 fans attended, outdrawing most WWE and men’s basketball events. David Taub writes for GV Wire, based in Fresno.
Here's the link on the story.
http://gvwire.com/2017/11/20/wrestling-wreturns-crowd-goes-wild/
Here's the link on the story.
http://gvwire.com/2017/11/20/wrestling-wreturns-crowd-goes-wild/
Think McMahon and WWE will learn a lesson from this? probably not.
The advances for Raw & Smackdown in Houston were not strong at all. Similar to NXT. It's easier for the crew to work four shows in the same building and live gates aren't that important to business, but the idea of four shows surrounding Survivor Series in one market and getting a lot of people to travel didn't work out that well. Last night's show was a legit sellout but it was the only one of the four shows to have a high ticket demand.
KAMALA HOSPITALIZED, SERIOUSLY ILL
James "Kamala" Harris, 67, who worked for a number of promotions over the
course of his career, is currently hospitalized in Oxford, MS. According to a
Facebook
post from a family friend, Harris (who has been dealing with a number of
health issues in recent years, including diabetes that resulted in the loss of
both of his legs) is currently on life support.
Harris, who released an excellent autobiography a few years ago, headlined against Hulk Hogan for the WWF, feuded with Andre the Giant, waged war against Jerry Lawler in Memphis and was a staple of professional wrestling in the 1980s and early 1990s with a tremendously memorable "monster" character in Kamala.
Kamala was one of those hard-working journeyman talents who's colorful personality added a lot of the tapestry of professional wrestling. everyone keep him in their thoughts and prayers
Harris, who released an excellent autobiography a few years ago, headlined against Hulk Hogan for the WWF, feuded with Andre the Giant, waged war against Jerry Lawler in Memphis and was a staple of professional wrestling in the 1980s and early 1990s with a tremendously memorable "monster" character in Kamala.
Kamala was one of those hard-working journeyman talents who's colorful personality added a lot of the tapestry of professional wrestling. everyone keep him in their thoughts and prayers
Always nice to see something like this, in my email box.
Give me THIS over the Monday Night Crapola anyday. Fight Pro Wrestling Episode 18
Published on Nov 19, 2017
Stella Grey makes her debut against the undefeated Kelly Klein. The main event, Cory Bush vs Bobby Shields in a Grapplers Division match.
A few things including, FORMER WRESTLEMANIA LOCATION DEMOLISHED, ANOTHER WWE NETWORK SERIES LOOKS TO BE DONE
No injury update on Drew McIntyre yet. As of last night, he had
not definitive word on his arm injury.
If you ever wondered what it was like when a WWE talent does something that Vince McMahon doesn't like, the 365 WWE Network documentary on Kevin Owens literally features a scene where McMahon shuts down Owens with one word and then ignores him backstage at Wrestlemania, unhappy with the Owens vs. Chris Jericho match earlier this year in Orlando.
For those who have asked, while there's been no official cancellation announced, it appears the WWE Network's Bring it to the Table is done. We are told the set was literally put in storage and there are no plans for future episodes currently. (Hopefully they won't cancel 'Table For 3' because I've watched a few of them and the ones I watched I enjoyed).
The Georgia Dome, which housed Bill Goldberg's first WCW World championship victory and Wrestlemania 27 (John Cena vs. The Miz main event) was officially imploded today. Thanks to Derek Clark.
The Miz actually commented on the destruction of the venue via Twitter, blaming Cena for it:
Naomi noted on Instagram that after last night's PPV, she learned her car had
been broken into:
"Sooooooo yesterday started out great...I met @travisscott (cool dude), performed in front of thousands at #surviorseries pay per view, and then got my car broken into losing so many irreplaceable items... what a freaking day !???? (they lucky we didn't catch their a** ) #crazyday #houstonitsbeengreatnot #wtf #smh #youneverknow #lifeiscrazysometimes #neveradullmoment #cantstealmyglotho"
If you ever wondered what it was like when a WWE talent does something that Vince McMahon doesn't like, the 365 WWE Network documentary on Kevin Owens literally features a scene where McMahon shuts down Owens with one word and then ignores him backstage at Wrestlemania, unhappy with the Owens vs. Chris Jericho match earlier this year in Orlando.
For those who have asked, while there's been no official cancellation announced, it appears the WWE Network's Bring it to the Table is done. We are told the set was literally put in storage and there are no plans for future episodes currently. (Hopefully they won't cancel 'Table For 3' because I've watched a few of them and the ones I watched I enjoyed).
The Georgia Dome, which housed Bill Goldberg's first WCW World championship victory and Wrestlemania 27 (John Cena vs. The Miz main event) was officially imploded today. Thanks to Derek Clark.
The Miz actually commented on the destruction of the venue via Twitter, blaming Cena for it:
For the people who say @JohnCena doesn’t have power, he had a whole stadium imploded to forget about his loss to me at @Wrestlemania. People don’t forget, John. ???????? https://t.co/EvrWzpS59R— The Miz (@mikethemiz) November 20, 2017
"Sooooooo yesterday started out great...I met @travisscott (cool dude), performed in front of thousands at #surviorseries pay per view, and then got my car broken into losing so many irreplaceable items... what a freaking day !???? (they lucky we didn't catch their a** ) #crazyday #houstonitsbeengreatnot #wtf #smh #youneverknow #lifeiscrazysometimes #neveradullmoment #cantstealmyglotho"
Austin Aries - The Truth (Epic Return Promo Gone Wrong) From This Weekend's House of Hardcore show in Philadelphia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etGjVPi_DGE
Austin Aries returned to the independent professional wrestling scene at Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore. Excited to come back, Aries gets things off his chest, only to be greeted with a drunk and hostile crowd at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania five minutes in. The promo is incredible throughout, but chants of "shut the f*ck up" and "boring" ensue after the crowd has had enough. One member of the audience must have had one too many, as Aries insists that he comes into the ring.
In the promo, Aries discusses:
His return to the independents
Professional wrestling as his career
His bad reputation
Jim Cornette
Vince Russo
Not being liked backstage in WWE
Being released from WWE
Being miserable in WWE
WrestleMania 33 not being fun for him
Austin Aries returned to the independent professional wrestling scene at Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore. Excited to come back, Aries gets things off his chest, only to be greeted with a drunk and hostile crowd at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania five minutes in. The promo is incredible throughout, but chants of "shut the f*ck up" and "boring" ensue after the crowd has had enough. One member of the audience must have had one too many, as Aries insists that he comes into the ring.
In the promo, Aries discusses:
His return to the independents
Professional wrestling as his career
His bad reputation
Jim Cornette
Vince Russo
Not being liked backstage in WWE
Being released from WWE
Being miserable in WWE
WrestleMania 33 not being fun for him
Here's the promo where Tommy Dreamer challenges NWA World Champion Tim Storm.
From this past weekend's House of Hardcore show in Philadelphia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUQ9grmGYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUQ9grmGYY
Batista On Fans Chanting 'CM Punk' Despite Punk Walking Out Of WWE, If Daniel Bryan Was Held Down
Source: The Ross Report
As noted, actor and WWE alum Dave Bautista, also known as Batista, was a guest on The Ross Report with WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross. Among many other things, Batista talked about his favorite matches, being upset when fans booed Rey Mysterio at WWE Royal Rumble (2014), and his most recent run with WWE.
According to Batista, his favorite televised match was a Hell In A Cell versus Triple H, presumably at WWE Vengeance (2005).
"My favorite match is that Hell In A Cell I had with Hunter, actually. It was in a No Mercy pay-per-view, I believe. The reason why I love that match, and it wasn't nearly as good as the one I had with Taker, definitely wasn't as significant or as big, but the reason I love this match is because I think up until the very last second, and we beat the hell out of each other and that was in the good old days when you could do that and we were bleeding everywhere, we were going to war with each other and we started this match with people chanting, 'boring! Boring!' By the end of the match, we just had everybody just sucked in. This match they literally didn't know what the outcome was going to be until the very last second, which is hard to get done. And I felt really accomplished coming out of that match."
Moreover, Batista shared that his favorite match of all time was a house show match against Rey Mysterio in Mexico.
"My favorite match of my career was actually a house show match I had in Mexico with Rey. Yeah, yeah, I was [the big heel] and I begged and pleaded because we weren't on the card. I was a short-termer in the company and we had torn it down. Working Rey as a heel in Mexico is a dream. It's anybody's dream come true. And I begged and pleaded with [Johnny] Ace to give me this match and I finally got it and we gave them a pay-per-view match, man. When we came back from the match, everybody was… I mean, people were applauding, the boys, they were applauding us. We turned a house show into a pay-per-view and we just gave everything. I mean, everything, all the bells and whistles."
On his most recent run with WWE, Batista said he was heartbroken when Mysterio was booed at the Royal Rumble.
"That was one of my big issues when I went back [to WWE] last time. During the Royal Rumble, like, I had a real issue with people booing Rey Mysterio coming out, just because he wasn't Daniel Bryan. And I get their love for Daniel Bryan, but at the same time, that's not a reason to s--t all over Rey Mysterio because he's not Daniel Bryan, man, that broke my heart. That broke my heart, man. If one guy doesn't deserve that, it's him.
Batista suggested that the situation with Mysterio at the Royal Rumble was indicative of the disconnect he felt with the WWE Universe. 'The Animal' divulged that he did not have a meeting of the minds with the fans during his last run with WWE, as he did not understand why the fans chanted for 'CM Punk' after he walked out on them.
"But that's what it was like the whole run. The fans, it just changed so much and I didn't know where the fans were at. It was just a weird atmosphere and a lot of 'CM Punk' chants after he walked out, which I don't understand and I love CM Punk, man. As a person, Phil Brooks, I love him. I love that guy. We've always gotten along. I've got a lot of respect for him, but I didn't necessarily like the way he left the company and I thought, 'the fans are cheering him like they're martyring him, and he really just walked out on them.' I didn't love that."
Similarly, Batista said he did not understand how the wrestleverse could think that Daniel Bryan was being held down.
"So a lot of that and 'Daniel Bryan' chants and it's like every segment. And I thought, 'man, these people, if they get 16 segments of Daniel Bryan, that's going to get old real fast. Man, really? Just wait for the guy.' And there [were] people saying, 'Daniel Bryan's being held down.' Man, this kid's living his dream! He's featured on every show, he's making millions of dollars, how in the hell is he being held down? I just couldn't see eye-to-eye with what these people were thinking, man. It just didn't seem to make any sense to me at all."
You can listen to the show here.
As noted, actor and WWE alum Dave Bautista, also known as Batista, was a guest on The Ross Report with WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross. Among many other things, Batista talked about his favorite matches, being upset when fans booed Rey Mysterio at WWE Royal Rumble (2014), and his most recent run with WWE.
According to Batista, his favorite televised match was a Hell In A Cell versus Triple H, presumably at WWE Vengeance (2005).
"My favorite match is that Hell In A Cell I had with Hunter, actually. It was in a No Mercy pay-per-view, I believe. The reason why I love that match, and it wasn't nearly as good as the one I had with Taker, definitely wasn't as significant or as big, but the reason I love this match is because I think up until the very last second, and we beat the hell out of each other and that was in the good old days when you could do that and we were bleeding everywhere, we were going to war with each other and we started this match with people chanting, 'boring! Boring!' By the end of the match, we just had everybody just sucked in. This match they literally didn't know what the outcome was going to be until the very last second, which is hard to get done. And I felt really accomplished coming out of that match."
Moreover, Batista shared that his favorite match of all time was a house show match against Rey Mysterio in Mexico.
"My favorite match of my career was actually a house show match I had in Mexico with Rey. Yeah, yeah, I was [the big heel] and I begged and pleaded because we weren't on the card. I was a short-termer in the company and we had torn it down. Working Rey as a heel in Mexico is a dream. It's anybody's dream come true. And I begged and pleaded with [Johnny] Ace to give me this match and I finally got it and we gave them a pay-per-view match, man. When we came back from the match, everybody was… I mean, people were applauding, the boys, they were applauding us. We turned a house show into a pay-per-view and we just gave everything. I mean, everything, all the bells and whistles."
On his most recent run with WWE, Batista said he was heartbroken when Mysterio was booed at the Royal Rumble.
"That was one of my big issues when I went back [to WWE] last time. During the Royal Rumble, like, I had a real issue with people booing Rey Mysterio coming out, just because he wasn't Daniel Bryan. And I get their love for Daniel Bryan, but at the same time, that's not a reason to s--t all over Rey Mysterio because he's not Daniel Bryan, man, that broke my heart. That broke my heart, man. If one guy doesn't deserve that, it's him.
Batista suggested that the situation with Mysterio at the Royal Rumble was indicative of the disconnect he felt with the WWE Universe. 'The Animal' divulged that he did not have a meeting of the minds with the fans during his last run with WWE, as he did not understand why the fans chanted for 'CM Punk' after he walked out on them.
"But that's what it was like the whole run. The fans, it just changed so much and I didn't know where the fans were at. It was just a weird atmosphere and a lot of 'CM Punk' chants after he walked out, which I don't understand and I love CM Punk, man. As a person, Phil Brooks, I love him. I love that guy. We've always gotten along. I've got a lot of respect for him, but I didn't necessarily like the way he left the company and I thought, 'the fans are cheering him like they're martyring him, and he really just walked out on them.' I didn't love that."
Similarly, Batista said he did not understand how the wrestleverse could think that Daniel Bryan was being held down.
"So a lot of that and 'Daniel Bryan' chants and it's like every segment. And I thought, 'man, these people, if they get 16 segments of Daniel Bryan, that's going to get old real fast. Man, really? Just wait for the guy.' And there [were] people saying, 'Daniel Bryan's being held down.' Man, this kid's living his dream! He's featured on every show, he's making millions of dollars, how in the hell is he being held down? I just couldn't see eye-to-eye with what these people were thinking, man. It just didn't seem to make any sense to me at all."
You can listen to the show here.
NEW UNDISPUTED ICW CHAMPION CROWNED, RVD, MYSTERIO, BRAM, THREE WAY WOMEN'S CAGE MATCH & MORE: INSANE CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING 'FEAR AND LOATHING X' RESULTS FROM GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Insane Championship Wrestling: Fear & Loathing X
19 November 2017
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
7-Man Scramble, Winner Challenges ICW Champion At Square Go Match: Bram defeated Aaron Echo, DCT, 'The Phoenix' Jody Fleisch, Kid Fite, Joe Hendry & Ravie Davie (w/ Martina 'The Session Moth').
ICW Tag Team Championship Match: Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey) defeated The Marauders (Mike Bird & The Wild Boar) to become the new champions.
'The Bollocks' Kenny Williams defeated Rey Mysterio by pinfall.
Fatal-4-Way (King Of Insanity) Match: Stevie Boy defeated Chris Renfrew, Jimmy Havoc & Mikey Whiplash.
ICW Women’s Championship (Steel Cage, Special Enforcer: Carmel Jacob) Match: Kasey Owens defeated Kay Lee Ray & Viper (Champion) by Escaping the Cage to become the new ICW Women's champion.
Triple Threat (Elimination) Match: Lionheart defeated 'The Whole Fn' Show' Rob Van Dam & Zack Gibson by Pinfall, pinning Van Dam.
The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) defeated The Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan),
ICW World Heavyweight Championship/ ICW Zero-G Championship Match: 'The Oddity' BT Gunn (ICW Zero-G Champion) defeated 'The Iron King' Joe Coffey (ICW World Heavyweight Champion) by Submission to become the undisputed new ICW World Heavyweight Champion
19 November 2017
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
7-Man Scramble, Winner Challenges ICW Champion At Square Go Match: Bram defeated Aaron Echo, DCT, 'The Phoenix' Jody Fleisch, Kid Fite, Joe Hendry & Ravie Davie (w/ Martina 'The Session Moth').
ICW Tag Team Championship Match: Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey) defeated The Marauders (Mike Bird & The Wild Boar) to become the new champions.
'The Bollocks' Kenny Williams defeated Rey Mysterio by pinfall.
Fatal-4-Way (King Of Insanity) Match: Stevie Boy defeated Chris Renfrew, Jimmy Havoc & Mikey Whiplash.
ICW Women’s Championship (Steel Cage, Special Enforcer: Carmel Jacob) Match: Kasey Owens defeated Kay Lee Ray & Viper (Champion) by Escaping the Cage to become the new ICW Women's champion.
Triple Threat (Elimination) Match: Lionheart defeated 'The Whole Fn' Show' Rob Van Dam & Zack Gibson by Pinfall, pinning Van Dam.
The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) defeated The Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan),
ICW World Heavyweight Championship/ ICW Zero-G Championship Match: 'The Oddity' BT Gunn (ICW Zero-G Champion) defeated 'The Iron King' Joe Coffey (ICW World Heavyweight Champion) by Submission to become the undisputed new ICW World Heavyweight Champion
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Some Indy things for you...
Insane Championship Wrestling from last night in Glasgow: Kenny Williams b El Ligero, Viper & Kasey NC Katie Forbes & Kay Lee Ray, Stevie Boy & Lewis Girvan & Aspen Faith b Jack Jester & Sha Samuels & Jody Fleisch, DCT won Battle Royal, Daniel Atterhagen b Dickie Divers, Ravie Davie b Bram, Lou King Sharp & Krieger b Krobar & Stevie James, Iestyn Rees b Aaron Echo, Rob Van Dam & Lionheart & BT Gunn & Chris Renfrew b Joe Coffey & Bram & Zack Gibson & Mikey Whiplash.
There is a seminar for women wrestlers on 12/1 in Los Angeles with Bull Nakano, Madusa and Cheerleader Melissa. For more info you can email kevin@wrestlingpipeline.com.
Dynamo Pro Wrestling on 11/25 in St. Louis at Concordia Turners Gym.
Lucha Xtreme TV results from Fresno yesterday: Ayoka b Christopher Donald, Robbie Phoenix won three-way over Vilago and Chazz Herrera, Sgt. Majors b Calder McCall, Azul won 10 man Rumble.
Best in the West on 12/16 in Fresno at Fresno City College featuring Eli Drake with a 6 p.m. start time...
United Wrestling Coalition is doing its annual Toys for Tots show on 12/2 in Wrightstown, NJ at Kelly's Banquet Hall. Admission is free if you donate a new, unwrapped toy with a suggested minimum value of $10 or a $10 Walmart gift card for Houston flood victims at the door. Toys are distributed within Burlington county. They are also encouraging fans to bring small stockings with small items a card for Houston children impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in Swansea, IL before 375 fans: Toll b Jimmy D, Moondog Rover b Purple Passion,Clint Poe won three-way over Ax and David Vaughn, Curtis Wylde & Tony Flood b Gary Jackson & Sean Vincent, Big Texan b Bobby D in a no rules match,Chris Hargas & Superstar Steve Fender d Flash Flanagan & Heath Hatton, Ken Kasa b Mark Houston-DQ, Bobby D won Battle Royal.
There is a seminar for women wrestlers on 12/1 in Los Angeles with Bull Nakano, Madusa and Cheerleader Melissa. For more info you can email kevin@wrestlingpipeline.com.
Dynamo Pro Wrestling on 11/25 in St. Louis at Concordia Turners Gym.
Lucha Xtreme TV results from Fresno yesterday: Ayoka b Christopher Donald, Robbie Phoenix won three-way over Vilago and Chazz Herrera, Sgt. Majors b Calder McCall, Azul won 10 man Rumble.
Best in the West on 12/16 in Fresno at Fresno City College featuring Eli Drake with a 6 p.m. start time...
United Wrestling Coalition is doing its annual Toys for Tots show on 12/2 in Wrightstown, NJ at Kelly's Banquet Hall. Admission is free if you donate a new, unwrapped toy with a suggested minimum value of $10 or a $10 Walmart gift card for Houston flood victims at the door. Toys are distributed within Burlington county. They are also encouraging fans to bring small stockings with small items a card for Houston children impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in Swansea, IL before 375 fans: Toll b Jimmy D, Moondog Rover b Purple Passion,Clint Poe won three-way over Ax and David Vaughn, Curtis Wylde & Tony Flood b Gary Jackson & Sean Vincent, Big Texan b Bobby D in a no rules match,Chris Hargas & Superstar Steve Fender d Flash Flanagan & Heath Hatton, Ken Kasa b Mark Houston-DQ, Bobby D won Battle Royal.
Kazarian injured, Daniels suffers mild burns at ROH weekend shows
Both Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian were injured at Ring of Honor events in Texas this weekend.
Kazarian took a bad bump taking the Indytaker move, a spike piledriver, during the finish of Friday night's main event in San Antonio, a match with The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes & Stephen Amell vs. Daniels, Kazarian, Scorpio Sky & Flip Gordon. Kazarian didn't work last night in Dallas, and flew back home to California before the show. It was thought on Friday to have been a possible stinger.
Daniels suffered mild burns last night in Dallas from a spot where he took a powerbomb through a flaming table. Cody defeated Daniels in a Texas Death Match to retain the ROH World Championship at the show.
Those at ROH believe the injury to Kazarian is not serious, but he won't be on tonight's show in Oklahoma City. The belief is that Daniels will be able to work tonight's show.
Kazarian took a bad bump taking the Indytaker move, a spike piledriver, during the finish of Friday night's main event in San Antonio, a match with The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes & Stephen Amell vs. Daniels, Kazarian, Scorpio Sky & Flip Gordon. Kazarian didn't work last night in Dallas, and flew back home to California before the show. It was thought on Friday to have been a possible stinger.
Daniels suffered mild burns last night in Dallas from a spot where he took a powerbomb through a flaming table. Cody defeated Daniels in a Texas Death Match to retain the ROH World Championship at the show.
Those at ROH believe the injury to Kazarian is not serious, but he won't be on tonight's show in Oklahoma City. The belief is that Daniels will be able to work tonight's show.
You mean two wrestlers thought caling themselves these stupid names was a GOOD idea? (rolls eyes)
BurgerBear (w/ Bear Ranger) and Dusto Bunny, where did they get these lame ass names from, the 3 for a buck bin at a dollar store? Couldn't pay me to go watch this shit.
11/18 KAIJU BIG BATTEL 'ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH' LIVE REPORT FROM SOMERVILLE, MA.
Kaiju Big Battel “ONCE More Unto The Breach”
11/18/2017 Somerville, MA
The band Psychic Dog is playing a pre-show set! Good high energy rock. Check them out on Twitter: @PsychicDog. Kaiju is streaming this show on Twitch!
Match 1: Poo Kaiju vs French Toast
This starts in between songs. It is quick. Poo hits a superkick and gets the pin in a minute. The band resumes playing.
Winner: Poo Kaiju
As we go through the official show introduction, a fighto spills into the ring from the back
Match 2: DW Cycloptopus III vs Slofang
After some back and forth including some slams and a cutter, Cycloptopus wraps a building around Slofang’s head and destroys it with a whirlwind punch for the pin.
Winner: DW Cycloptopus III
They announce that BurgerBear won the Kaiju Twitchcontinental title, defeating Dr. Cube posse member Hell Monkey. Dr. Cube is out with Grudyin to cut a promo on BurgerBear. He says he is here for his pound of medium rare grilled flesh. Cube dips Grudyin’s Horn in poison and demands BurgerBear come defend the title.
Match 3: BurgerBear (w/ Bear Ranger) vs Grudyin (w/ Dr. Cube) for The Twitchcontinental title
Brawling to start. Bear Ranger throws an onion ring to BurgerBear to use. Dr. Cube grabs the leg and B.B. gets hit instead. Grudyin is caught in the onion ring. Grudyin starts smashing buildings. B.B. gets powerbombed from the top. Grudyin is German suplexed. Bear Ranger hits a cross body. Grudyin goes to Stab BurgerBear with the poison horn but Bear Ranger takes the hit instead. Dr. Cube’s minions take Bear Ranger’s body away for experiments. In the confusion, Grudyin nails BurgerBear and gets the pin!
Winner & New Kaiju Twitchcontinental Champion: Grudyin
Match 4: Tikirilla vs Dusto Bunny (Hair vs Hare)
Tikirilla has a leg bone and uses it to beat and choke Dusto. The room reeks of baby powder smell now. Good gimmick, needs more ventilation. Dusto almost gets the pin off a side Russian leg sweep. Tikirilla thinks this is a HAIR match and insists on trying to tear the hair off of Dusto’s body. Bunny hulks up after a building shot to the head and gets a near fall off a stunner. Bunny hits a pedigree but misses a follow up elbow. Tikirilla almost chokes him out but Dusto rolls up him for the 3 count.
Winner: Dusto Bunny
(Intermission)
Match 5: Buzz & Feed (Merle Skeeter & Yarsminko) vs The Bodega Boys (Silver Potato & Kung Fu Chicken Noodle)
A rare Kaiju Tag battle! Silver Potato is on fire, dancing and nailing Skeeter with lots of high flying offense. Kung Fu tags in and the Bodega Boys are running wild. Potato hits a giant catapult Senton on Skeeter. Kung Fu can gets clocked, allowing Buzz & Feed to double team Potato with several shots. Kung Fu grabs a cell phone and orders some pizza. The pizza man arrives but the monsters steal the pizza and eat it. Kung Fu gets Potato out of there and fends off the monsters. They set up a pair of buildings and lay the remains of the pizza across it. The Bodega Boys fight back and 3D Skeeter through the pizza for the win!
Winners: The Bodega Boys (Silver Potato & King Fu Chicken Noodle)
Derano is out for an open challenge. Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder answers the call!
Match 6: Derano vs Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder
Boulder destroys Derano. He overpowers Derano, slamming his into, onto and with all the available buildings. Boulder gets the easy pin after a splash onto a building.
Winner: Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder
As they announce the main event, Dr. Cube hits the ring holding Bear Ranger’s Head. “Alas poor Bear Ranger, I killed her well!”. He calls out Pedro Plantain for a rematch for the Kaiju Grand Championship. Announcer Mario Bueno reminds him that someone wants revenge and introduces American Beetle, the Kaiju Cube originally beat for the belt. Cube is not happy. Mario Bueno says that Beetle will not be alone in the fighto. Kaiju Grand Champion, Pedro Plantain is here too! This is a 3-way!
Main Event: Dr. Cube vs American Beetle vs Pedro Plantain for the Kaiju Grand Championship
The bell rings and Dr. Cube immediately says he won’t touch his opponents and replaces himself with Super Minion 13.
NEW Main Event: Super Minion 13 vs American Beetle vs Pedro Plantain for the Kaiju Grand Championship
Beetle and Pedro try to fight off 13 but the Super Minion is too powerful for them. Dissension breaks out and we have a proper triple threat. Some big moves including a Monster Destroyer. Beetle wipes out Plantain and almost gets the pin. 13 ejects the ref before the 3 count, hits a double underhook piledriver on Beetle and steals he pin on Pedro. We have a new champion!
Winner and new Kaiju Grand Champion: Super Minion 13
After the match, Dr Cube demands his creation presents him with the championship but 13 shoves his down and walks away victorious. Dr. Cube ends the show in a dumbfounded fury!
11/18 KAIJU BIG BATTEL 'ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH' LIVE REPORT FROM SOMERVILLE, MA.
Kaiju Big Battel “ONCE More Unto The Breach”
11/18/2017 Somerville, MA
The band Psychic Dog is playing a pre-show set! Good high energy rock. Check them out on Twitter: @PsychicDog. Kaiju is streaming this show on Twitch!
Match 1: Poo Kaiju vs French Toast
This starts in between songs. It is quick. Poo hits a superkick and gets the pin in a minute. The band resumes playing.
Winner: Poo Kaiju
As we go through the official show introduction, a fighto spills into the ring from the back
Match 2: DW Cycloptopus III vs Slofang
After some back and forth including some slams and a cutter, Cycloptopus wraps a building around Slofang’s head and destroys it with a whirlwind punch for the pin.
Winner: DW Cycloptopus III
They announce that BurgerBear won the Kaiju Twitchcontinental title, defeating Dr. Cube posse member Hell Monkey. Dr. Cube is out with Grudyin to cut a promo on BurgerBear. He says he is here for his pound of medium rare grilled flesh. Cube dips Grudyin’s Horn in poison and demands BurgerBear come defend the title.
Match 3: BurgerBear (w/ Bear Ranger) vs Grudyin (w/ Dr. Cube) for The Twitchcontinental title
Brawling to start. Bear Ranger throws an onion ring to BurgerBear to use. Dr. Cube grabs the leg and B.B. gets hit instead. Grudyin is caught in the onion ring. Grudyin starts smashing buildings. B.B. gets powerbombed from the top. Grudyin is German suplexed. Bear Ranger hits a cross body. Grudyin goes to Stab BurgerBear with the poison horn but Bear Ranger takes the hit instead. Dr. Cube’s minions take Bear Ranger’s body away for experiments. In the confusion, Grudyin nails BurgerBear and gets the pin!
Winner & New Kaiju Twitchcontinental Champion: Grudyin
Match 4: Tikirilla vs Dusto Bunny (Hair vs Hare)
Tikirilla has a leg bone and uses it to beat and choke Dusto. The room reeks of baby powder smell now. Good gimmick, needs more ventilation. Dusto almost gets the pin off a side Russian leg sweep. Tikirilla thinks this is a HAIR match and insists on trying to tear the hair off of Dusto’s body. Bunny hulks up after a building shot to the head and gets a near fall off a stunner. Bunny hits a pedigree but misses a follow up elbow. Tikirilla almost chokes him out but Dusto rolls up him for the 3 count.
Winner: Dusto Bunny
(Intermission)
Match 5: Buzz & Feed (Merle Skeeter & Yarsminko) vs The Bodega Boys (Silver Potato & Kung Fu Chicken Noodle)
A rare Kaiju Tag battle! Silver Potato is on fire, dancing and nailing Skeeter with lots of high flying offense. Kung Fu tags in and the Bodega Boys are running wild. Potato hits a giant catapult Senton on Skeeter. Kung Fu can gets clocked, allowing Buzz & Feed to double team Potato with several shots. Kung Fu grabs a cell phone and orders some pizza. The pizza man arrives but the monsters steal the pizza and eat it. Kung Fu gets Potato out of there and fends off the monsters. They set up a pair of buildings and lay the remains of the pizza across it. The Bodega Boys fight back and 3D Skeeter through the pizza for the win!
Winners: The Bodega Boys (Silver Potato & King Fu Chicken Noodle)
Derano is out for an open challenge. Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder answers the call!
Match 6: Derano vs Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder
Boulder destroys Derano. He overpowers Derano, slamming his into, onto and with all the available buildings. Boulder gets the easy pin after a splash onto a building.
Winner: Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder
As they announce the main event, Dr. Cube hits the ring holding Bear Ranger’s Head. “Alas poor Bear Ranger, I killed her well!”. He calls out Pedro Plantain for a rematch for the Kaiju Grand Championship. Announcer Mario Bueno reminds him that someone wants revenge and introduces American Beetle, the Kaiju Cube originally beat for the belt. Cube is not happy. Mario Bueno says that Beetle will not be alone in the fighto. Kaiju Grand Champion, Pedro Plantain is here too! This is a 3-way!
Main Event: Dr. Cube vs American Beetle vs Pedro Plantain for the Kaiju Grand Championship
The bell rings and Dr. Cube immediately says he won’t touch his opponents and replaces himself with Super Minion 13.
NEW Main Event: Super Minion 13 vs American Beetle vs Pedro Plantain for the Kaiju Grand Championship
Beetle and Pedro try to fight off 13 but the Super Minion is too powerful for them. Dissension breaks out and we have a proper triple threat. Some big moves including a Monster Destroyer. Beetle wipes out Plantain and almost gets the pin. 13 ejects the ref before the 3 count, hits a double underhook piledriver on Beetle and steals he pin on Pedro. We have a new champion!
Winner and new Kaiju Grand Champion: Super Minion 13
After the match, Dr Cube demands his creation presents him with the championship but 13 shoves his down and walks away victorious. Dr. Cube ends the show in a dumbfounded fury!
DREW MCINTYRE HELPED TO THE BACK AFTER HIS NXT TITLE MATCH, injury update
After losing the NXT Title to Andrade "Cien" Almas, a trainer came into
the ring with Drew McIntyre.
Drew was nursing his left arm/shoulder when he walked back to locker room.
Triple H confirmed during his post-Takeover Wargames interview on Facebook that former WWE NXT champion Drew McIntyre is believed to have suffered a torn biceps muscle during his match with Andrade "Cien" Almas during NXT Takeover: Wargames and could require surgery. HHH said McIntyre will be undergoing an MRI ASAP.
WWE released the following interview with McIntyre after the Takeover show:
Former ECW World champion Taz was the first to recognize the injury and predicted it was a torn bicep, as he suffered the same injury during his WWE tenure:
Drew was nursing his left arm/shoulder when he walked back to locker room.
Triple H confirmed during his post-Takeover Wargames interview on Facebook that former WWE NXT champion Drew McIntyre is believed to have suffered a torn biceps muscle during his match with Andrade "Cien" Almas during NXT Takeover: Wargames and could require surgery. HHH said McIntyre will be undergoing an MRI ASAP.
WWE released the following interview with McIntyre after the Takeover show:
EXCLUSIVE: "I know it's probably not good, but I won't know anything official until I talk to the doctor." - @DMcIntyreWWE #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/4vz6ftz4OJ— WWE (@WWE) November 19, 2017
Former ECW World champion Taz was the first to recognize the injury and predicted it was a torn bicep, as he suffered the same injury during his WWE tenure:
I dont normally do this on here but i just watch the #NXTTakeOver Championship match, looked to me like @DMcIntyreWWE might've torn his bicep on the finish as he held the rope. Could separation in base of his Bicep. Been there, it sucks for Drew. head up brother.— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) November 19, 2017
HOUSE OF HARDCORE RESULTS & NOTES FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA
Quick House of Hardcore results from Philadelphia, PA at the 2300 Arena:
Before the show began streaming on Twitch, there was a segment where Tommy Dreamer put over that NWA champion Tim Storm was in the house and challenged for a title shot. He invited Billy Corgan to come and appear at HOH anytime he wanted. Nick Aldis came out and said Dreamer was playing politics to try and get a title shot for himself when Aldis is owed a rematch. The NWA streamed the segment live as a surprise on their Facebook page:
The full results of the HOH show, which streamed live at Twitch.tv/HouseofHardcore, where a replay can currently be watched:
*Bull Dempsey pinned Hot Young Briley.
*MVP pinned Lance Anoai.
*Matt Cross pinned Petey Williams. Eddie Kingston attacked Williams after the match.
*Ace Romero pinned Vik Dalishus.
*Nick Aldis pinned Billy Gunn after drilling him in the knee with a steel chair.
*Super Crazy and Little Guido Maritato defeated The Spirit Squad.
*The Luchasaurus (making his Philly debut) defeated Willie Mack and the debuting Matt Riddle.
*Austin Aries pinned Alex Reynolds after cutting a long promo.
*Joey Mercury beat Tommy Dreamer in a First Blood Match. Nick Aldis came out to interfere. Shane Douglas hit the ring for the save but turned on Dreamer. The Sandman made his grand entrance to make the save but out of the crowd came Jay and Mark Briscoe who attacked Sandman and Dreamer and left them laying.
Notes: Among those backstage were Dave Lagana, Luke Hawx, Homicide and Jeff Jones. Hawx and Shane Douglas were speaking for a long time and apparently settled their personal differences, which went back to the Extreme Rising promotion a few years ago....HOH will return to Philadelphia in January....the company's next event is 12/2 in Waukesha, Wisconsin with Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss in a Hardcore War, Candice Michelle vs. Lisa Marie Varon in Michelle's retirement match, Austin Aries vs. Joey Mercury with Aries wrestling in his hometown for the first time ever, Al Snow & Swoggle (with Dave Herro) vs. The Squad plus MVP, Carlito, Little Guido Maritato and more.
Before the show began streaming on Twitch, there was a segment where Tommy Dreamer put over that NWA champion Tim Storm was in the house and challenged for a title shot. He invited Billy Corgan to come and appear at HOH anytime he wanted. Nick Aldis came out and said Dreamer was playing politics to try and get a title shot for himself when Aldis is owed a rematch. The NWA streamed the segment live as a surprise on their Facebook page:
The full results of the HOH show, which streamed live at Twitch.tv/HouseofHardcore, where a replay can currently be watched:
*Bull Dempsey pinned Hot Young Briley.
*MVP pinned Lance Anoai.
*Matt Cross pinned Petey Williams. Eddie Kingston attacked Williams after the match.
*Ace Romero pinned Vik Dalishus.
*Nick Aldis pinned Billy Gunn after drilling him in the knee with a steel chair.
*Super Crazy and Little Guido Maritato defeated The Spirit Squad.
*The Luchasaurus (making his Philly debut) defeated Willie Mack and the debuting Matt Riddle.
*Austin Aries pinned Alex Reynolds after cutting a long promo.
*Joey Mercury beat Tommy Dreamer in a First Blood Match. Nick Aldis came out to interfere. Shane Douglas hit the ring for the save but turned on Dreamer. The Sandman made his grand entrance to make the save but out of the crowd came Jay and Mark Briscoe who attacked Sandman and Dreamer and left them laying.
Notes: Among those backstage were Dave Lagana, Luke Hawx, Homicide and Jeff Jones. Hawx and Shane Douglas were speaking for a long time and apparently settled their personal differences, which went back to the Extreme Rising promotion a few years ago....HOH will return to Philadelphia in January....the company's next event is 12/2 in Waukesha, Wisconsin with Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss in a Hardcore War, Candice Michelle vs. Lisa Marie Varon in Michelle's retirement match, Austin Aries vs. Joey Mercury with Aries wrestling in his hometown for the first time ever, Al Snow & Swoggle (with Dave Herro) vs. The Squad plus MVP, Carlito, Little Guido Maritato and more.
Letter I read somewhere, and I agree with most of it.
A subject that often comes up is the question of logic with regard to
booking e.g. "What happened to the 30 day title defence rule?" or "Why are
Ziggler and Roode suddenly on the same side when they've been beating the tar
out of one another for the last several weeks?". Episodic TV shows used to, and
may well still do, have someone on the staff whose responsibility was
"continuity" i.e. making sure that the script didn't suddenly become nonsensical
like someone being in a different place without some explanation of how they got
there or being dressed differently. Should WWE be doing this sort of thing, or
don't they care? Or does Vince consider that to be beneath his product? After
all, if he considers it to be "entertainment", shouldn't it be produced as
such?
If you ask me? Oh yeah I think that they should have a continuity person. I have been saying that for years. However, Vince McMahon doesn’t think that they need one so that is the way it is.
If you ask me? Oh yeah I think that they should have a continuity person. I have been saying that for years. However, Vince McMahon doesn’t think that they need one so that is the way it is.
The ONLY New England indy group that can keep my attention. House Of Bricks Pro Wrestling HoB Turnbuckle TV Season 2 Episode 35
Published on Nov 16, 2017
HoB Turnbuckle TV
Season 2
Episode 35
On this week's episode of House Of Bricks Pro Wrestling #TurnbuckleTV, #HouseOfBricks brings you more action from the final event of 2017, #VeteranSlam3. "Journalism" Joe Rebelo and "Greatness Himself" Mr Chad Epik provide the commentary this week and guest ring announcer from Mix 104.1, Ms Loren Petisce introduces the combatants. Before each matchup, we hear from the competitors in action this week on #HoB #TurnbuckleTV. In the opening contest, a return match from #FlashbackFridayNight3, "Entitled" AJ Phoenix takes on Justin "Coco" Sylvia. #HoB makes a announcement regarding a new feature coming soon, and in this week's #MainEvent, in a rematch from last year's #VeteranSlam, Teddy Goodz takes on Triplelicious in one on one competition.
Season 2
Episode 35
On this week's episode of House Of Bricks Pro Wrestling #TurnbuckleTV, #HouseOfBricks brings you more action from the final event of 2017, #VeteranSlam3. "Journalism" Joe Rebelo and "Greatness Himself" Mr Chad Epik provide the commentary this week and guest ring announcer from Mix 104.1, Ms Loren Petisce introduces the combatants. Before each matchup, we hear from the competitors in action this week on #HoB #TurnbuckleTV. In the opening contest, a return match from #FlashbackFridayNight3, "Entitled" AJ Phoenix takes on Justin "Coco" Sylvia. #HoB makes a announcement regarding a new feature coming soon, and in this week's #MainEvent, in a rematch from last year's #VeteranSlam, Teddy Goodz takes on Triplelicious in one on one competition.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Remember Impact Wrestling Fans. THIS is what their world title belt looks like.
You can thank Anthem Sports for being so fucking cheap and lazy that instead of getting g a newer and better looking title belt made, just be cheapskates and lazy fucks and just slap on an 'Impact Wrestling' plate over the middle part, without even TRYING to cover up the "GFW' ones on the side. Like they really thought that NOBODY would notice that? DUH, dipshits. Yeah, you got some real fucking geniuses working there at Anthem Sports. Top notch thinking there and yet, they want fans to take them seriously, LOL. Yeah ok. Jim Herd working for this group? because this probably would be something he'd do.
Pay FIFTY DOLLARS for a picture with Flair? Get the FUCK Outta here.
You say you want more indy wrestling? Ok, How about.. House Of Glory Wrestling HOG Live 11/16/17 - Sonya Strong vs Mia Yim
Streamed live on Nov 16, 2017
Tonight on HOG Live our coverage of "Glory of War" continues as we will see Sonya Strong vs Mia Yim. Plus a throwback match from our 6th Anniversary Show, its Anthony Gangone vs Eddie Edwards.
…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq2e4IaLdHA…
Jim Cornette on Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee Feud w/ Scott Bowden...
Published on Nov 18, 2017
Jimmy and Scott Bowden of the Kentucky Fried Wrestling Podcast discuss what made Jerry "The King" Lawler vs "Superstar" Bill Dundee feud one of Memphis Wrestling's hottest angles for so many years..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDi_6-vqOoM
Someone in WWE really thought THIS was a great offer, NOT!
A WWE Network offer sent to some people advertised that you could buy Survivor Series as a one-time purchase and access Network content through Monday for $24.99. With the first month being free to new subscribers and it being $9.99 to anyone else, that wouldn’t seem to be much of a deal. Much of the appeal of still offering traditional PPV is to reach people without good internet connections, but you’d need one to watch Survivor Series with this option anyway.
Tonite's Indy Wrestling focus will be.. Appalachian Mountain Wrestling AMW-TV: November 18, 2017
Published on Nov 18, 2017
Just days away from Thanksgiving Turmoil 2!
The Main Event features the "Rookie Sensation" Jordan Clearwater challenging AMW Heavyweight Champion Sexy Stan Sierra with Phil Phair in his corner. After weeks on television of Stan Sierra trying to end Jordan's career, he finally has his shot at the gold.
See the NON SANCTIONED- LIGHTS OUT FIGHT!!!!!After all the sanctioned matches have happened there will be a three on three fight to the finish Featuring "Team Tennessee" made up of "The Loud Mouth From Tennessee" Stan Lee, The Mega Destroyer and "The King of the Mountains" Beau James vs "The Driller" Eddie Browning, "The Goliath" Clinton Stacy and "The Pride of East Kentucky" Kyle Maggard. In this match anything goes, beat your opponents senseless. This match is NOT sanctioned by AMW. AMW is not responsible for anything that happens to any of these contestants.
See the 7Ft 500lbs Monster Big Rig Jake Break w/ Lemonjuice McGee in Action as well
and more matches to be announced later!!!!
The Main Event features the "Rookie Sensation" Jordan Clearwater challenging AMW Heavyweight Champion Sexy Stan Sierra with Phil Phair in his corner. After weeks on television of Stan Sierra trying to end Jordan's career, he finally has his shot at the gold.
See the NON SANCTIONED- LIGHTS OUT FIGHT!!!!!After all the sanctioned matches have happened there will be a three on three fight to the finish Featuring "Team Tennessee" made up of "The Loud Mouth From Tennessee" Stan Lee, The Mega Destroyer and "The King of the Mountains" Beau James vs "The Driller" Eddie Browning, "The Goliath" Clinton Stacy and "The Pride of East Kentucky" Kyle Maggard. In this match anything goes, beat your opponents senseless. This match is NOT sanctioned by AMW. AMW is not responsible for anything that happens to any of these contestants.
See the 7Ft 500lbs Monster Big Rig Jake Break w/ Lemonjuice McGee in Action as well
and more matches to be announced later!!!!
Interview Highlights: Greg Gagne talks about Ric Flair, working with him as a booker, does he regret being a family man
Former AWA Tag Team Champion Greg Gagne, who was featured in the ESPN Ric Flair “30 for 30” special, was a recent guest on the Pancakes and Powerslams Show. Gagne discussed the behind-the-scenes process of the special, shared more Ric Flair stories, discussed whether Flair regrets being a family man, difficulties in working with Flair as a booker, and more. The following are the highlights sent to PWTorch.com by @PeterBahi…
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We had a great time, and spent two long nights with Ric [Flair]. We spent time together since way back in college, all the way from when we started wrestling, we were pretty close friends, and always had some interesting evenings with Ric, that is for sure. It was great to see him. I had a flight at 4:15 a.m. and we got in at 2:15 a.m., so when I came home, my wife said that you and Ric must have had a good time. Yes, we definitely did.
There are a lot of great Ric Flair stories from college days. Murray Warmath was our coach, and he knew Ric and I were friends. For some reason, I was supposed to be taking care of him. I get the call one day from Murray saying that Ric didn’t register so he couldn’t play football. He got hooked up in a fraternity. This was when Murray had called me one day – and Murray is from Tennessee so he calls me with this accent; “Where’s Flair?” I said to him that I don’t have a clue where Ric is. He lives in a different area than I do; he’s in a house, I’m in an apartment. He told me that I had to find him. I responded by telling him that I don’t know how I could find him, but I asked if there was a problem? He said that there was a problem because that Flair charged the school a phone bill total of $1,800. These were all long distance phone calls. He asked me to help him find him. I asked where he was calling and Murray said Michigan. Apparently, he met a young Wendy on a recruiting tour, so he was calling back and forth to Michigan to talk to her. We couldn’t find him. I find out that she finally convinced him to come to Michigan. He was there for a month and a half but nobody knew where he was. He ended up coming back and got an ear full from the coach. I don’t know how he ended up settling the $1,800 but it was settled someway.
He had his two year stint in Charlotte, which then he ended up getting into that plane accident, which ended up breaking his back. They saw the potential that this guy had, and they didn’t want to let him go. They didn’t want to send him back, so we checked up on him. Nobody ever knew he would wrestle again. He came back and the Crocketts got him going. He had that natural charisma. He caught on quick with the people and they didn’t want to let him go. The only way they could let him go was to get him a position to win the NWA World Championship. Once he got that he was on the road all the time, and we couldn’t get him back over here. He did come back over here once, where he faced Nick Bockwinkel in Winnipeg. We had two champions against each other; it was a phenomenal match. We really wanted him back here, but we just couldn’t get him.
There was Pedro Morales, who was a huge star in the WWE. He came in to the AWA and they were going to give him a big push, but he couldn’t get established here. He couldn’t get passed the third match on the card. It was a totally different style. The McMahons wanted big guys, cartoon characters, they didn’t care if they competed or not. In the AWA, that match had to be competitive and we had the top athletes in professional wrestling that came here because they only wrestled 270 days out of the year, not 360. We had time with our families and you gave yourself time to heal. The matches were much more competitive. Coming from New York, they didn’t know how to do that. When Vince needed people from us, like when “Superstar” Billy Graham and went up there, six months he was a main eventer. Bobby Duncam Sr. is another example. It was so different, we could be elevated in the WWE real quick, but when they come here, majority of them never really got into the main event category here because the matches were conducted.
I laid down a scenario that I think would have really done well, but he didn’t like it, and he felt that we were trying to move it out, and we weren’t. He didn’t listen to the long-term picture. He went on with the way he wanted to do it and it didn’t work out well, but I told him when we were riding in the car that if he had just let me finish and tell him where we were going with it and how we got there, it would have made sense to you, but you are so sensitive that we are all the same age, that we were trying to move him out, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Once he found out what the plan was he apologized, but that’s the way it was and later on, with [Hulk] Hogan, I helped him get in there. Then they got Kevin Nash and Scott Hall back in there because Eric Bischoff didn’t really know what he was doing, and all of a sudden he is listening to them. I laid out a scenario when they bought the AWA and they already owned the AWA, let’s create the two champions with Hulk Hogan as AWA Champion, and Ric Flair as NWA Champion, and you’ve got something Vince McMahon can’t do, which everybody wants to see is them beat. I laid the whole scenario out with Bischoff and the TV people, and a week later he fired me.
All of a sudden it was WCW and the NWO, which worked good for a year, but they didn’t have the spoke in there that could run that wheel and make it work. I was trained by my father that when you book, you have to book a year out and see down the road with it, but nobody down there knew how to do that. So, when they fired me, nobody knew how to get to that long range that they all thought they did but they didn’t. Most of them ran weekly where we started a year out and went backwards. Bill Watts, when I got there said that here is why I am bringing you in. I give you 24 hours to give me a scenario and so I laid out a whole year in front of him and when I came back they were blown away, and he told me that was what I learned from your dad, which is why I wanted you here, but there was too many conflicts down there with personalities. You had to be careful not to step on their egos; you weren’t, you were just doing what was right for business, and sometimes they don’t, sometimes you miss it, but with Flair’s scenario, when he came back where we had the AWA and NWA we could have taken Vince McMahon out of business.
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•On Who Got in Touch With Him to Appear at Money in the Bank 2017:
I imagine the call came down from their main office, but it was a request from Triple H and Stephanie [McMahon], and I guess they’re the ones who are calling the shots down there so that is where it came from. Vince [McMahon] was very gracious and he came up and thanked me for participating and being there. It was a nice event and a nice thought. Of course, you know every time they do something it helps them, so whatever it does to help them that is what they are going to do, but they’re good people and treated us well.We had a great time, and spent two long nights with Ric [Flair]. We spent time together since way back in college, all the way from when we started wrestling, we were pretty close friends, and always had some interesting evenings with Ric, that is for sure. It was great to see him. I had a flight at 4:15 a.m. and we got in at 2:15 a.m., so when I came home, my wife said that you and Ric must have had a good time. Yes, we definitely did.
•On His Overall Reaction to Ric Flair’s 30 for 30 Special:
It was a great experience. We did two and a half hours with them, and then they took out what they wanted. They ended up getting the stories that they wanted, which is what I am sure they did with everybody. They got all the stories they could have gotten out of it, but I knew Ric since he was in high school; not real well, but we were in the same conference. I knew the name, and we met. He was a huge wrestling fan back then, and as the story goes, and I repeated it on “30 for 30.” He had gotten in trouble and his parents sent him away and came back we were in college together. He got recruited by a number of schools, he was a projected All-American when he came to Minnesota but he never registered for classes so he didn’t compete much.There are a lot of great Ric Flair stories from college days. Murray Warmath was our coach, and he knew Ric and I were friends. For some reason, I was supposed to be taking care of him. I get the call one day from Murray saying that Ric didn’t register so he couldn’t play football. He got hooked up in a fraternity. This was when Murray had called me one day – and Murray is from Tennessee so he calls me with this accent; “Where’s Flair?” I said to him that I don’t have a clue where Ric is. He lives in a different area than I do; he’s in a house, I’m in an apartment. He told me that I had to find him. I responded by telling him that I don’t know how I could find him, but I asked if there was a problem? He said that there was a problem because that Flair charged the school a phone bill total of $1,800. These were all long distance phone calls. He asked me to help him find him. I asked where he was calling and Murray said Michigan. Apparently, he met a young Wendy on a recruiting tour, so he was calling back and forth to Michigan to talk to her. We couldn’t find him. I find out that she finally convinced him to come to Michigan. He was there for a month and a half but nobody knew where he was. He ended up coming back and got an ear full from the coach. I don’t know how he ended up settling the $1,800 but it was settled someway.
•On Whether Ric Ever Expressed Concern Over Not Spending Enough Time With His Family:
No. He had no concerns at all about them. What I got a kick out of it is when people say that wrestling made the Nature Boy who he was, but Ric Flair was the Nature Boy before he ever got into wrestling. That was really who he was. When we graduated from Verne’s training camp, Ric was around in the AWA for a while. We had a few matches together, and then he would send everybody out to different areas. Jim Brunzell went to Kansas City for a couple of years, and Ric was sent to North Carolina where Verne had sent Ricky Steamboat. He knew he would get the type of education that he needed because they wrestled every night and competed with each other so he can come back to wrestle for the AWA. He would send everybody out for a year or two and when he thought they were ready he would bring them back to the AWA.He had his two year stint in Charlotte, which then he ended up getting into that plane accident, which ended up breaking his back. They saw the potential that this guy had, and they didn’t want to let him go. They didn’t want to send him back, so we checked up on him. Nobody ever knew he would wrestle again. He came back and the Crocketts got him going. He had that natural charisma. He caught on quick with the people and they didn’t want to let him go. The only way they could let him go was to get him a position to win the NWA World Championship. Once he got that he was on the road all the time, and we couldn’t get him back over here. He did come back over here once, where he faced Nick Bockwinkel in Winnipeg. We had two champions against each other; it was a phenomenal match. We really wanted him back here, but we just couldn’t get him.
•On the Difficulties of Trying to Get Flair Back in AWA:
Ric became so established down there and he had the opportunity to carry the NWA. Anytime you were the champion and able to carry the AWA and NWA was a strong indication for anything that WWE was coming out with at the time. When you wrestled for the McMahons – I remember having a match with Johnny Rodz – it was the second match on the card in Madison Square Garden. Vince McMahon Sr. was there. We went out and tore the place down; we had the people standing. Vince McMahon Sr. came in and said to us, “Man, that was a heck of a match. What are my guys going to do?’ I said that I guess they better try following it. It was very funny because, I’ll tell you a good example.There was Pedro Morales, who was a huge star in the WWE. He came in to the AWA and they were going to give him a big push, but he couldn’t get established here. He couldn’t get passed the third match on the card. It was a totally different style. The McMahons wanted big guys, cartoon characters, they didn’t care if they competed or not. In the AWA, that match had to be competitive and we had the top athletes in professional wrestling that came here because they only wrestled 270 days out of the year, not 360. We had time with our families and you gave yourself time to heal. The matches were much more competitive. Coming from New York, they didn’t know how to do that. When Vince needed people from us, like when “Superstar” Billy Graham and went up there, six months he was a main eventer. Bobby Duncam Sr. is another example. It was so different, we could be elevated in the WWE real quick, but when they come here, majority of them never really got into the main event category here because the matches were conducted.
•On the Insecurities of Flair As a Booker:
Flair wanted to be back there. He had opportunities to be back in the WWE and he felt that his roots were in the NWA and WCW. There were people that groomed him and made him who he was in the ring, so he felt some loyalty there. Ric came in and it was Mike Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Bill Dundee and myself booked all the TV’s and all that. They got Ric involved when he came back. It’s hard for guys that are in the main event to get their egos out of it when they are booking. They make it around them, and that was a little difficult with Ric.I laid down a scenario that I think would have really done well, but he didn’t like it, and he felt that we were trying to move it out, and we weren’t. He didn’t listen to the long-term picture. He went on with the way he wanted to do it and it didn’t work out well, but I told him when we were riding in the car that if he had just let me finish and tell him where we were going with it and how we got there, it would have made sense to you, but you are so sensitive that we are all the same age, that we were trying to move him out, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Once he found out what the plan was he apologized, but that’s the way it was and later on, with [Hulk] Hogan, I helped him get in there. Then they got Kevin Nash and Scott Hall back in there because Eric Bischoff didn’t really know what he was doing, and all of a sudden he is listening to them. I laid out a scenario when they bought the AWA and they already owned the AWA, let’s create the two champions with Hulk Hogan as AWA Champion, and Ric Flair as NWA Champion, and you’ve got something Vince McMahon can’t do, which everybody wants to see is them beat. I laid the whole scenario out with Bischoff and the TV people, and a week later he fired me.
All of a sudden it was WCW and the NWO, which worked good for a year, but they didn’t have the spoke in there that could run that wheel and make it work. I was trained by my father that when you book, you have to book a year out and see down the road with it, but nobody down there knew how to do that. So, when they fired me, nobody knew how to get to that long range that they all thought they did but they didn’t. Most of them ran weekly where we started a year out and went backwards. Bill Watts, when I got there said that here is why I am bringing you in. I give you 24 hours to give me a scenario and so I laid out a whole year in front of him and when I came back they were blown away, and he told me that was what I learned from your dad, which is why I wanted you here, but there was too many conflicts down there with personalities. You had to be careful not to step on their egos; you weren’t, you were just doing what was right for business, and sometimes they don’t, sometimes you miss it, but with Flair’s scenario, when he came back where we had the AWA and NWA we could have taken Vince McMahon out of business.
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Ted DiBiase On When He First Met Virgil, His Son's WWE Career And Reaction To Working With Virgil
Source: Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast
On episode 159 of Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast, pro broadcaster and pro wrestling enthusiast Sam Roberts interviewed WWE Hall Of Famer 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase. Among other things, DiBiase discussed his retirement from pro wrestling, working with Virgil, and his son, Ted DiBiase, Jr.'s decision to leave WWE.
According to DiBiase, he did not have a hard time calling it a career when he retired from pro wrestling, as he got more involved with his faith-based work. With that said, 'The Million Dollar Man' wishes that he had worked with Ted Jr.
"Yeah, I mean, I really didn't have any trouble because people ask me that all the time, they say, 'don't you miss it? I mean, man, you were the guy.' And it's like, I had a 19-year active career and overall I was in the industry as a full-time participant for 25 years. That's long enough. And when I transitioned out of this, into the ministry, the ministry began to consume me in the same way. And so, I kind of feel for the guys because there [are] a lot of guys that have a real hard time making that transition, but I didn't. I didn't. And people ask me all the time, 'don't you miss it? Don't you ever just wish you could get back in there again?' and I go, 'I really don't.' I say, 'now maybe if I see a really good match or I see a young guy and I see a lot of talent, I go, 'man, if I could get in there and have a match with him, it would help him a little bit.' Something like that. But wanting to be the guy again? No problem." DiBiase added, "there was one [up-and-coming star he regrets not working] for sure, my son."
On the subject of Virgil, DiBiase shared that he did not know Virgil before being paired with him by the office. DiBiase noted that Virgil was a decent guy who had a good look, but he was not very smart. Moreover, DiBiase indicated that they could have had a good run if Virgil was a better worker.
"Well, actually, I can't claim Virgil because I didn't even know Virgil until they introduced me to him in the office, so I'm not sure who found Virgil. But they hired Virgil. I mean, he had the look and he had the guns. And I guess that's about all I can say about that! Yeah, I mean, here's the thing about [Virgil]. He wasn't a bad guy. I mean, he showed up on time. He didn't smoke or drink or do drugs. I've been told that he likes to gamble, but other than that… But I did realize that [he] wasn't the smartest book on the shelf. No, not at all. And what we could've done if Virgil had some really, really good or decent wrestling skills, we could have had a heck of a run, but that wasn't in the cards."
Apparently, when Ted, Jr. was put with Virgil, 'The Fortunate Son' called asking his dad how he put up with Virgil.
"When he told me, 'they're going to put Virgil with me - it's very brief, very, very short,' but i think the idea was that they were trying to do a thing whereby he keeps saying, 'I'm not my dad,' but he keeps acting like me, right? And so, the first night Virgil is on TV with him, I'm watching the live show and it's over, well, I live in the central timezone, so it's over at 10 o'clock my time. At 10:05, my phone rings and it's Teddy. He said, 'dad, how did you put up with this idiot for as long as you did? He's driving me crazy!'"
Also during the interview, DiBiase indicated that he was very proud of his son for leaving WWE because it is the right thing to do for his family. DiBiase said his son understood that to be a top guy in WWE, he would have to put in time that he would otherwise be spending with his family.
"I was proud of him. I mean, he called me before, just before, and he said, 'dad, I just wanted you to be aware of something,' and he said, 'but before I tell you, the first thing you've got to promise me is you won't say those words.' I said, 'what words might that be?' 'I told you so.' And so he told me, he said 'my contract's about up and they want me to re-sign.' And he said, 'I'm not going to go back.' And I said, 'really?' And he said, 'yeah,' he said, 'because basically, you're right.'"
DiBiase explained, "nobody works harder in that company than Vince [McMahon], himself, and it's just going to be expected of you and he got that. He understood that, but that's also what he understood. He said, 'if I do that, it's not fair to my wife and it's not fair to my child.' And I said, 'I won't say those words!' And I said, 'but I'm glad you figured it out and I support you' and I know he bowed out gracefully. And, I mean, if he wanted to go back, he probably could."
On episode 159 of Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast, pro broadcaster and pro wrestling enthusiast Sam Roberts interviewed WWE Hall Of Famer 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase. Among other things, DiBiase discussed his retirement from pro wrestling, working with Virgil, and his son, Ted DiBiase, Jr.'s decision to leave WWE.
"Yeah, I mean, I really didn't have any trouble because people ask me that all the time, they say, 'don't you miss it? I mean, man, you were the guy.' And it's like, I had a 19-year active career and overall I was in the industry as a full-time participant for 25 years. That's long enough. And when I transitioned out of this, into the ministry, the ministry began to consume me in the same way. And so, I kind of feel for the guys because there [are] a lot of guys that have a real hard time making that transition, but I didn't. I didn't. And people ask me all the time, 'don't you miss it? Don't you ever just wish you could get back in there again?' and I go, 'I really don't.' I say, 'now maybe if I see a really good match or I see a young guy and I see a lot of talent, I go, 'man, if I could get in there and have a match with him, it would help him a little bit.' Something like that. But wanting to be the guy again? No problem." DiBiase added, "there was one [up-and-coming star he regrets not working] for sure, my son."
On the subject of Virgil, DiBiase shared that he did not know Virgil before being paired with him by the office. DiBiase noted that Virgil was a decent guy who had a good look, but he was not very smart. Moreover, DiBiase indicated that they could have had a good run if Virgil was a better worker.
"Well, actually, I can't claim Virgil because I didn't even know Virgil until they introduced me to him in the office, so I'm not sure who found Virgil. But they hired Virgil. I mean, he had the look and he had the guns. And I guess that's about all I can say about that! Yeah, I mean, here's the thing about [Virgil]. He wasn't a bad guy. I mean, he showed up on time. He didn't smoke or drink or do drugs. I've been told that he likes to gamble, but other than that… But I did realize that [he] wasn't the smartest book on the shelf. No, not at all. And what we could've done if Virgil had some really, really good or decent wrestling skills, we could have had a heck of a run, but that wasn't in the cards."
Apparently, when Ted, Jr. was put with Virgil, 'The Fortunate Son' called asking his dad how he put up with Virgil.
"When he told me, 'they're going to put Virgil with me - it's very brief, very, very short,' but i think the idea was that they were trying to do a thing whereby he keeps saying, 'I'm not my dad,' but he keeps acting like me, right? And so, the first night Virgil is on TV with him, I'm watching the live show and it's over, well, I live in the central timezone, so it's over at 10 o'clock my time. At 10:05, my phone rings and it's Teddy. He said, 'dad, how did you put up with this idiot for as long as you did? He's driving me crazy!'"
Also during the interview, DiBiase indicated that he was very proud of his son for leaving WWE because it is the right thing to do for his family. DiBiase said his son understood that to be a top guy in WWE, he would have to put in time that he would otherwise be spending with his family.
"I was proud of him. I mean, he called me before, just before, and he said, 'dad, I just wanted you to be aware of something,' and he said, 'but before I tell you, the first thing you've got to promise me is you won't say those words.' I said, 'what words might that be?' 'I told you so.' And so he told me, he said 'my contract's about up and they want me to re-sign.' And he said, 'I'm not going to go back.' And I said, 'really?' And he said, 'yeah,' he said, 'because basically, you're right.'"
DiBiase explained, "nobody works harder in that company than Vince [McMahon], himself, and it's just going to be expected of you and he got that. He understood that, but that's also what he understood. He said, 'if I do that, it's not fair to my wife and it's not fair to my child.' And I said, 'I won't say those words!' And I said, 'but I'm glad you figured it out and I support you' and I know he bowed out gracefully. And, I mean, if he wanted to go back, he probably could."
Bret Hart Says Punch To Vince McMahon Was The 'Most Beautiful Punch Anyone Could Ever Throw'
Source: Calgary Herald
Bret Hart spoke with the Calgary Herald on topics in and outside of pro wrestling. Here are some of the highlights:
Punching Vince McMahon backstage after the "Montreal Screwjob" at Survivor Series in 1997:
"It was only one punch but it was such a beautiful punch. Of all the things I've ever done in my life, it was the sweetest, most beautiful punch anyone could ever throw. It was just amazing. The whole memory of it brings a smile to my face. I just maybe wish that I'd mopped the floor with Triple H and Shawn Michaels both at the same time right after. That would have been ideal. ... I think what it really amounted to was a case of Vince — and he's a very macho kind of guy — he wanted to back me down in front of everybody in the dressing room and show that he was the boss and save face. So he took it upon himself to put himself in a physical situation, which was laughable. But he put himself in that situation and I knocked him out."
Being lied to by people he worked with:
"To be lied to and screwed over legitimately by people that I had worked so hard for, I think it's always been a black eye on them, not me. Everything I said was true, everything that I said happened, it happened the way it did."
His goals when he got into wrestling:
"I got into wrestling to make some money, see the world, and meet girls. I accomplished that. Those were my initial goals. When I look back on everything, I'm really amazed by my career. I had so many wonderful guys that I worked with and great matches, that's what was most important to me — and the fans. I had a great fan base across the country and around the world."
You can read the full interview by clicking here.
Bret Hart spoke with the Calgary Herald on topics in and outside of pro wrestling. Here are some of the highlights:
"It was only one punch but it was such a beautiful punch. Of all the things I've ever done in my life, it was the sweetest, most beautiful punch anyone could ever throw. It was just amazing. The whole memory of it brings a smile to my face. I just maybe wish that I'd mopped the floor with Triple H and Shawn Michaels both at the same time right after. That would have been ideal. ... I think what it really amounted to was a case of Vince — and he's a very macho kind of guy — he wanted to back me down in front of everybody in the dressing room and show that he was the boss and save face. So he took it upon himself to put himself in a physical situation, which was laughable. But he put himself in that situation and I knocked him out."
Being lied to by people he worked with:
"To be lied to and screwed over legitimately by people that I had worked so hard for, I think it's always been a black eye on them, not me. Everything I said was true, everything that I said happened, it happened the way it did."
His goals when he got into wrestling:
"I got into wrestling to make some money, see the world, and meet girls. I accomplished that. Those were my initial goals. When I look back on everything, I'm really amazed by my career. I had so many wonderful guys that I worked with and great matches, that's what was most important to me — and the fans. I had a great fan base across the country and around the world."
You can read the full interview by clicking here.
COMPLETE HOUSE OF HARDCORE RESULTS FROM ST. JAMES, LONG ISLAND
House of Hardcore returned to the Sports Arena in St. James, Long Island
tonight with the following results:
*Bull Dempsey pinned the debuting Young Hot Briley (former WWE developmental talent Ryan Nemeth) with the Doink Drop.
*Vik Dalishus pinned Ace Romero.
*The debuting Luchasaurus (former WWE developmental talent Judas Devlin) pinned Alex Reynolds.
*Billy Gunn pinned MVP with a Famouser.
*Austin Aries pinned Matt Delray.
*Petey Williams defeated the debuting Willie Mack and Matt Cross.
*In an Elimination Tag Match, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Little Guido & Super Crazy defeated Joey Matthews, Nick Aldis & The Spirit Squad.
*Bull Dempsey pinned the debuting Young Hot Briley (former WWE developmental talent Ryan Nemeth) with the Doink Drop.
*Vik Dalishus pinned Ace Romero.
*The debuting Luchasaurus (former WWE developmental talent Judas Devlin) pinned Alex Reynolds.
*Billy Gunn pinned MVP with a Famouser.
*Austin Aries pinned Matt Delray.
*Petey Williams defeated the debuting Willie Mack and Matt Cross.
*In an Elimination Tag Match, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Little Guido & Super Crazy defeated Joey Matthews, Nick Aldis & The Spirit Squad.
11/17 CHAOTIC WRESTLING 'PLAYING WITH FIRE' LIVE REPORT
Chaotic Wrestling “Playing With Fire”
November 17, 2017
Woburn, MA
Chaotic returns with their first show following their big “Breaking Point” event last month. Elia Markopolous defends his Chaotic title against Chase Del Monte, who earned the shot by being the sole survivor of the “Caged Chaos” main event.
MATCH ONE: “Man of Steel” Mike Verna v. Robo The Punjabi Lion (with Sydney Bakabella)
Bakabella out cutting a promo. It was entertaining as usual. My favorite part was when fans were chanting “no one cares,” he turned to that section and said no one cares that they’re all going to die alone.
Bakabella played up Robo being the only undefeated wrestler from India in the world, so the story became USA v. the world, with fans chanting USA.
Match was a bit of a struggle. It seemed like Robo was having trouble on being in the right place at the right time and on a couple of spots where he was supposed to catch Verna. They worked hard and the crowd still enjoyed it. Verna got the win with the fireman’s carry into the uranage.
After the match, Verna cut a promo saying he has unfinished business with Del Monte, and that he hopes it’s for the Heavyweight Title after tonight. Good command from “The Man of Steel.”
WINNER: Mike Verna
MATCH TWO: Tripilicious (with Christian Casanova) v. Scotty Slade
Simple babyface/heel story. It was okay. Slade was in control until Casanova distracted and let Tripilicious get the heat on him. Finish came when Casanova tried to get involved but it backfired. Slade with a sit-out uranage for the win. After the match, Casanova and Tripilicious laid Slade out.
WINNER: Scotty Slade
MATCH THREE: Chaotic Tag Team Championship – Anthony Greene (defending alone) v. DL Hurst & Brett Domino
Greene turned on his partner Cam Zagami last month via a fireball to the face, so Zagami is out injured. Greene came out and announced himself as THE Tag Team Champions. Plural. He cut a promo saying he’s been an afterthought to “that other guy” when in reality he’s been doing it all alone, and he’ll continue to do it alone. Good promo.
AG did a bit where he didn’t get the best of things right at the start, so he went to the corner, went to the apron, and tagged himself in. Very clever, although if he keeps doing it it’ll totally get himself over as a babyface because the crowd loved it and kept asking him to do it. The cheers were louder every time he did it during the match.
The match was decent and the work from all three guys was good, but they were in a hole from the start from a psychology standpoint as it was two babyfaces against one heel, so the crowd never fully got into it.
The finish saw AG push Hurst into Domino, who was on the top rope, and he rolled up Hurst for the pin.
WINNER: Anthony Greene
MATCH FOUR: Chaotic New England Championship – Josh Briggs (c) v. Wildman Kongo
This one was fine. Kongo played the aggressor and got the heat on Briggs and did good in the role. Briggs is over enough with this crowd that he didn’t have to kill himself to get a reaction (even though his nose might have been broken and he was bleeding). The match structure was good, I just think that Kongo, who was a last minute replacement for JT Dunn, wasn’t known with recent Chaotic crowds, so there wasn’t much reaction to him.
The finish saw Kongo go up top, but Briggs cut him off and hit the I Hope You Die (reverse Razor’s Edge into a Falcon Arrow) for the win. Good job by both.
WINNER: Josh Briggs
INTERMISSION
MATCH FIVE: The Logan Brothers (Matt & Bryan) v. The Amazing Graysons (Tommy & JP)
Pretty decent match. The Graysons have a lot of potential as a high-flying babyface act. Good, simple storytelling with the Logans playing heel and the Graysons getting to shine at certain points. The finish saw the Logans get the win with a sitout reverse powerbomb/cutter combo.
After the Logans went to the back, they played a video of Del Monte talking to the Logans, telling them to stay in the back and let him handle the main event alone.
WINNER: The Logan Brothers
MATCH SIX: Number One Contender to the Chaotic Women’s Title – Davienne v. Alexxis (Alisha Edwards) v. Delmi Exo
I enjoyed the interplay of Davienne and Alexxis. I thought they showed good fire and genuine dislike of each other. The finish saw Davienne look to have the finish when Exo threw her out of the ring. She then tapped Alexxis with Cattle Mutilation. Otherwise, the match struggled.
WINNER: Delmi Exo
MAIN EVENT: Chaotic Heavyweight Title – Elia Markopolous (c) v. Chase Del Monte
Slow burn, old school main event style of match. I was worried about it for a while as the crowd didn’t seem into it, but it ended up being a very good match. Elia came out working full blown heel and he was great in the role. He’s been a babyface that the fans turned on organically, and it’s good they’re finally going with him as the heel.
The finish saw a double pin and the crowd wasn’t happy. GM Johnny Vegas came out and restarted the match. After some good nearfalls, Elia got a chair. Vegas stopped him from using it from the floor. As the ref went to get the chair out, Elia grabbed the title belt which was he wanted to use earlier and hit Chase with a belt shot for the pin.
After the match. Vegas said Elia needs to learn respect. Elia said he doesn’t care about respect or the fans, he cares about the title. Vegas slapped him. In return, Elia dropped him with a TKO to end the show. Good turn and a good finish to the show.
WINNER: Elia Markopolous
November 17, 2017
Woburn, MA
Chaotic returns with their first show following their big “Breaking Point” event last month. Elia Markopolous defends his Chaotic title against Chase Del Monte, who earned the shot by being the sole survivor of the “Caged Chaos” main event.
MATCH ONE: “Man of Steel” Mike Verna v. Robo The Punjabi Lion (with Sydney Bakabella)
Bakabella out cutting a promo. It was entertaining as usual. My favorite part was when fans were chanting “no one cares,” he turned to that section and said no one cares that they’re all going to die alone.
Bakabella played up Robo being the only undefeated wrestler from India in the world, so the story became USA v. the world, with fans chanting USA.
Match was a bit of a struggle. It seemed like Robo was having trouble on being in the right place at the right time and on a couple of spots where he was supposed to catch Verna. They worked hard and the crowd still enjoyed it. Verna got the win with the fireman’s carry into the uranage.
After the match, Verna cut a promo saying he has unfinished business with Del Monte, and that he hopes it’s for the Heavyweight Title after tonight. Good command from “The Man of Steel.”
WINNER: Mike Verna
MATCH TWO: Tripilicious (with Christian Casanova) v. Scotty Slade
Simple babyface/heel story. It was okay. Slade was in control until Casanova distracted and let Tripilicious get the heat on him. Finish came when Casanova tried to get involved but it backfired. Slade with a sit-out uranage for the win. After the match, Casanova and Tripilicious laid Slade out.
WINNER: Scotty Slade
MATCH THREE: Chaotic Tag Team Championship – Anthony Greene (defending alone) v. DL Hurst & Brett Domino
Greene turned on his partner Cam Zagami last month via a fireball to the face, so Zagami is out injured. Greene came out and announced himself as THE Tag Team Champions. Plural. He cut a promo saying he’s been an afterthought to “that other guy” when in reality he’s been doing it all alone, and he’ll continue to do it alone. Good promo.
AG did a bit where he didn’t get the best of things right at the start, so he went to the corner, went to the apron, and tagged himself in. Very clever, although if he keeps doing it it’ll totally get himself over as a babyface because the crowd loved it and kept asking him to do it. The cheers were louder every time he did it during the match.
The match was decent and the work from all three guys was good, but they were in a hole from the start from a psychology standpoint as it was two babyfaces against one heel, so the crowd never fully got into it.
The finish saw AG push Hurst into Domino, who was on the top rope, and he rolled up Hurst for the pin.
WINNER: Anthony Greene
MATCH FOUR: Chaotic New England Championship – Josh Briggs (c) v. Wildman Kongo
This one was fine. Kongo played the aggressor and got the heat on Briggs and did good in the role. Briggs is over enough with this crowd that he didn’t have to kill himself to get a reaction (even though his nose might have been broken and he was bleeding). The match structure was good, I just think that Kongo, who was a last minute replacement for JT Dunn, wasn’t known with recent Chaotic crowds, so there wasn’t much reaction to him.
The finish saw Kongo go up top, but Briggs cut him off and hit the I Hope You Die (reverse Razor’s Edge into a Falcon Arrow) for the win. Good job by both.
WINNER: Josh Briggs
INTERMISSION
MATCH FIVE: The Logan Brothers (Matt & Bryan) v. The Amazing Graysons (Tommy & JP)
Pretty decent match. The Graysons have a lot of potential as a high-flying babyface act. Good, simple storytelling with the Logans playing heel and the Graysons getting to shine at certain points. The finish saw the Logans get the win with a sitout reverse powerbomb/cutter combo.
After the Logans went to the back, they played a video of Del Monte talking to the Logans, telling them to stay in the back and let him handle the main event alone.
WINNER: The Logan Brothers
MATCH SIX: Number One Contender to the Chaotic Women’s Title – Davienne v. Alexxis (Alisha Edwards) v. Delmi Exo
I enjoyed the interplay of Davienne and Alexxis. I thought they showed good fire and genuine dislike of each other. The finish saw Davienne look to have the finish when Exo threw her out of the ring. She then tapped Alexxis with Cattle Mutilation. Otherwise, the match struggled.
WINNER: Delmi Exo
MAIN EVENT: Chaotic Heavyweight Title – Elia Markopolous (c) v. Chase Del Monte
Slow burn, old school main event style of match. I was worried about it for a while as the crowd didn’t seem into it, but it ended up being a very good match. Elia came out working full blown heel and he was great in the role. He’s been a babyface that the fans turned on organically, and it’s good they’re finally going with him as the heel.
The finish saw a double pin and the crowd wasn’t happy. GM Johnny Vegas came out and restarted the match. After some good nearfalls, Elia got a chair. Vegas stopped him from using it from the floor. As the ref went to get the chair out, Elia grabbed the title belt which was he wanted to use earlier and hit Chase with a belt shot for the pin.
After the match. Vegas said Elia needs to learn respect. Elia said he doesn’t care about respect or the fans, he cares about the title. Vegas slapped him. In return, Elia dropped him with a TKO to end the show. Good turn and a good finish to the show.
WINNER: Elia Markopolous
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