Jim Cornette on The Von Erichs & World Class Running In Massachusetts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZE9XhYXbHY

Story About F1RST Wrestling In Minnesota Newspaper.

http://www.startribune.com/pro-wrestling-at-the-mall-body-slams-coming-to-rosedale-center/567329462/

Former WWE Announcer Sean Mooney Signs With NWA

Former WWE announcer Sean Mooney has joined up with the National Wrestling Alliance. Debuting for WWE back in 1988, Mooney worked for the company as a commentator, backstage interviewer, and host on various shows until 1993.

He made sporadic appearances for WWE in recent years, appearing on the 1,000th episode of RAW in July of 2012. Mooney also showed up on the WWE Network show, The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks Of Awesomenes.

"Proud to join such an incredible team! #MooneyisBack @nwa #NWAPowerrr," Mooney commented on Twitter.


NWA announced his first appearance will be on tomorrow's NWA Powerrr.

"We are proud to welcome legendary announcer Sean Mooney to the National Wrestling Alliance family. You'll see his first appearance on #NWAPowerrr this Tuesday at 6:05pm."

FORMER WCW STAR VAN HAMMER ARRESTED FOR DUI AFTER STRIKING FIVE YEAR OLD BOY

Former World Championship Wrestling star Van Hammer (real name Mark Hildreth, 60 tears old) was arrested on Sunday 1/26 and charged with driving under the influence in Boynton Beach, Florida (where he resides) following an incident where Hildreth's car struck a five-year old boy who was riding a bicycle, throwing the boy atop Hildreth's car's hood, according to local police.  The young boy was admitted as a trauma patient with possible internal injuries and "road rash."  He was in stable condition yesterday and his injuries are not said to be life-threatening, according to the Palm Beach Post.

According to the police report, Hildreth was driving driving near south Seacrest Boulevard and Southeast 34th Avenue when Hildreth's car struck the boy, who was riding his bicycle with his father.  Hildreth allegedly got out of the car, stated the boy jumped out in front of him, then drove away.  Another witness followed Hildreth to his home and identified him to police.  The police report notes that Hildreth smelled of alcohol and refused to take a breathalyzer, leading to his arrest.  He was booked into custody at 8 PM Eastern last night.

Hildreth has been charged with felony hit and run with failure to stop in a crash involving others and serious bodily injuries, DUI with injuries to another person  and leaving the scene of an injury crash.   

Hildreth was in Palm Beach County Court this morning to be arraigned with bail set at $125,000.  During the hearing, it was noted he had two previous DUIs in the past, one in Texas in 1985 and one in Georgia in 2004.  Hildreth was also ordered not to have contact with the victim or any potential witnesses, to make himself available to random testing for drugs and alcohol and that he not use any alcohol or drugs not carry and illegal weapons on his person:

Hildreth, best known as Van Hammer, was trained by Dean Malenko and Dan Spivey before debuting in World Championship Wrestling in 1991, playing a heavy metal rock and roll character.    He may be best remembered for a Falls Count Anywhere match with Mick Foley on a live Clash of Champions special and winning a 1992 Jesse Ventura Invitational arm-wrestling tournament.  He was with WCW for several years before departing.  Hildreth received a WWF tryout in 1993 but wasn't brought into the company.  He returned to WCW during the Nitro era, where he was a member of Raven's Flock and a member of the Misfits in Action tag stable as Major Stash.  He also had a hand in training Ring of Honor stars Jay and Mark Briscoe.

Hildreth remains incarcerated at the Palm Beach Main Detention Center as of this writing.

https://youtu.be/NlDh1dPB020

Mat Memory- Eastern Championship Wrestling 1992 Part 2

Almost two hours of ECW TV that was on Sportschannel Philadelphia (I believe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpQyHkDXcY&t=2s

Mat Memory- Eastern Championship Wrestling 1992 Part 1

Over Two hours of ECW TV that aired I believe on Sportschannel Philadelphia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4GY9XWXSh0

Arn Anderson shoots on NWA resurrecting the TV Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cefBNbMIiYs

GLOBAL WRESTLING FEDERATION REUNION SET FOR THIS MAY IN TEXAS

There will be a one night Global Wrestling Federation Reunion Show on Sunday 5/3 in Irving, Texas at Southern Junction with Killer Tim Brooks, Chaz Taylor, Alex Porteau, Rod Price, Steve Dane, Johnny Mantel, Gary Young, James Beard, Stevie Ray, Action Jackson and more slated to appear.

The GWF was launched in June 1991 by Joe Pedicino and Max Andrews out of Dallas, Texas running TV tapings for a daily afternoon timeslot on ESPN.  The promotion ran through late 1994, featuring such talent as Eddie Gilbert, The Patriot, The Dark Patriot (Doug Gilbert), Mick Foley, The Handsome Stranger (Macus Bagwell), Harlem Heat, The Youngbloods, the late "Maniac" Mike Davis and more.

Also announced for the event are Chico Cabello, Bull Man Downs, Brent McKenzie, Sweet Daddy Falcon, Kenny the Stinger, LA Steel, Miranda Gordy (the daughter of Terry Gordy), Tygress Lourdes, Mike Stetson, Andrew Anderson and The Dirty Blonds

There will be a 3 PM Meet and Greet Session followed by a Q&A for VIP Ticketholders.  Doors will then open to the general public at 4 PM with live action.

Arn Anderson shoots on working in ECW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GmmfJbhDp8

The Villain Marty Scurll Exclusive Interview with Stu Bennett

The surprise appearance of Marty Scurll at NWA Into The Fire has kicked off an inter-promotional rivalry between Ring of Honor Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance. With NWA Hard Times this weekend, we now can share this very in-depth and personal interview with Marty Scurll and Stu Bennett (FKA Wade Barrett). This interview was conducted after NWA Into the Fire and it shows the long history between Nick Aldis, Stu Bennett and Marty Scurll back to breaking into wrestling in the United Kingdom to their rises in the WWE, NWA, and Ring of Honor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1l1ZP0kXbM

HERCULES AYALA PASSES AWAY

The Cauliflower Alley Club issued the following sad news:

We heard this morning that Ruben Cruz, better known to wrestling as Hercules Ayala, passed away last night due to heart issues at the age of 69. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz wrestled all over the world, winning dozens of titles in his career. No one will ever forget his unique look, and we offer our condolences at this time ?to his family and his loved ones.

Ayala, originally born in Puerto Rico, was trained in professional wrestling by the late Angelo Savoldi while living in Boston, where his mother had moved to from the island.  After a chance meeting in a gym, Ayala was taken under Savoldi's wing and worked underneath matches for the World Wide Wrestling Federation.   Working as Ruben Ayala, a babyface, he would work undercard matches, losing to the likes of Baron Mikel Scicuna and getting put over Johnny Rodz and Tony Altimore on live events.

Although he worked a number of different territories in the United States, his major push and star power came from working in his native Puerto Rico, where he was a top performer for the World Wrestling Council in the 80s and 80s, feuding with Hercules Hernandez and Kevin Sullivan, among others.  He defeated Randy Savage for the WWC Championship in 1985 and was such a large star on the Island that he challenged Ric Flair for the NWA World title when Flair visited the territory.

After many years of being a signature babyface for the company, he turned heel and began carrying a chain with him, managed by Chicky Starr. Since he was based around power spots and brawling, the switch came natural to him and the turn led to a long, legendary feud with Carlos Colon Sr. over the WWC Universal Championship.  One major angle saw Ayala attack Colon's wife, Nancy, during a WWC Awards ceremony.  After two years, Colon drove Ayala out of the territory in a Loser Leaves Town Match.

Outside of Puerto Rico, Ayala was a regular partner of WWC official Victor Jovia and the two held the NWA North American Tag Titltes.   In 1978 he toured for the Otto Wanz' CWA, where he crossed paths with the Hart family, setting up his entry into Stampede the following year.   He worked Stampede in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working against the Hart Family as a heel as well as a pre-Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter and Jake Roberts, among others.  Ayala and Jim Neidhart teamed to win the Stampede Tag Team titles.

Ayala also worked for Luttle Internationale in Canada, where he feuded with David Schultz and Abdullah the Butcher for that area's Canadian International Heavyweight Championship.  In St. Louis, he was billed as Crusher Ayala and worked there in the early 1980s against the late Bruiser Brody, Roddy Piper, Bulldog Brown and others.

Ayala returned to Puerto Rico to help run opposition to the Colons in the early 1990s for Gloria Uribe's American Wrestling Federation, where he held the promotion's top title and worked as the booker during its short run.  Hw would return to WWC after the AWF folded, feuding with Bronco I.  The 2011 WWC Anniversario event was dedicated to Ayala.

Ayala had been in poor health for some time.  He was 69 years old at the time of his passing.

PWCI This Week - #210 Pinfall Wrestling Association

On the program as we count down to Blood Sweat & Tears on Saturday at the 8th Street Gym in Springfield, we take a look at a triple threat match between the newcomer Bristol Hayle taking on Shawna Reed and Raven Black! Also a PWA tag title defense as Technicolor Wonderland defend against the Yummibears and the Hooligans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY-UhB3WEOM

Mat Memory- Kay Lee Ray/ Pollyanna Vs Alpha Female / Nikki Cross (Storm) - (NBWA)

This match took place in Banbury, UK on 16th June 2013 and is Kay Lee Ray/ Pollyanna Vs Alpha Female / Nikki Cross (Storm).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIu2SgbC0RU

Mat Memory- Scott Norton vs Vader (NJPW 1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmm8n2F02lM

Mat Memory- Rick Martel vs Terry Gordy (AWA)

October 3, 1985. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Rick Martel defends the AWA World Heavyweight title against challenger Fabulous Freebird Terry Gordy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHUGp03SGI

WWA (Kentucky) Hysteria 101- Reloaded 2020

Hysteria is BACK with a new look for Season 5! -Josiah won a WWA Championship shot on the last episode of Hysteria. He gets that opportunity TONIGHT when he faces Jordan Whittaker for the WWA Championship in the main event. -Will CCW, Dakota France, and Vanderpool explain their actions from the past few months? -Logan Legit and Tyler Hawkins hold a celebration in honor of becoming the new WWA tag team champions. All of this plus the WWA National Champion Stonewall, Willie Finesse, the Other Guys, "Superstar" Ray Waddell, "Superior" Tony Evans, The Queen, Nick Willis, Officer Andre, Jones, Jake Bravado, Cortland Moore, and the re-invention of a certain WWA superstar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQOc16lGM7g

Harley Race's WLW-TV | Tuesday Night Showdown Episode #69

On this episode of Harley Race's World League Wrestling, CT Harrison and Art Sky call the action between Kyle Roberts and REX. Former WLW Tag-Team Champions that are now enemies. In the main event, DaMarius Jones was scheduled to face off against Sean Patrick for the WLW Jr. Heavyweight Championship. The Upgrade has other plans though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJy7KtgJtrw

OVW TV #1067

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwY1DzkHUNU

Mat Memory- John Tolos Vs Killer Kowalski (FMW 1992.. Yes.. FMW In Japan Of All places)

John Tolos vs. Killer Kowalski (FMW September 19th, 1992)
Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGioRRinEK8

Arn Anderson shoots on Vince McMahon making people lose for seemingly no reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwKhyQU4B8

Further Proof That 'Marks' Today Are Pretty Idiotic- WWE NXT Subway Ads Vandalized By AEW Fan

If this is the best that today's 'Marks', or this generation of 'marks' can do and think this actually 'hurts' a promotion? Then they may want to go and re-evaluate their lives. Because if anything this shows what fucking morons they really are.

This was done in New York City.

Mat Memory- The Fabulous Moolah vs. Misty Blue Simmes, ~1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYBkQ01meQ4

Mat Memory- U.S. Women's Title Match: Misty Blue (Simmes) (c) vs Kat LeRoux (11-11-86) @Spartan Sports Center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvTd72U4mZE

WALTER Speaks Out Against WWE Survivor Series Experience

WWE NXT UK Champion WALTER recently spoke with Metro UK and spoke out against his role in the 2019 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view back in November.

Survivor Series saw the leader of Imperium team with Keith Lee, Tommaso Ciampa, Matt Riddle and Damian Priest, on Team NXT, to face Team RAW (Ricochet, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, RAW Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins) and the winners of the match, Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Baron Corbin, Shorty G, Mustafa Ali). WALTER was eliminated first in the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match, at just 2:57, by Drew McIntyre.

WALTER said his involvement in the Survivor Series feud was a mistake, and he didn't care about it.

"I wasn't invested in that. I didn't care," WALTER said. "I care about my guys, my group, I care about the sport, but I don't care about all those people being angry each other. It was a weird match too – three five-men tag teams, and always three guys in the ring. That's when wrestling turns from competition to putting acrobats in a circus to do a show. There's 15 of you, you've got to do something."

He continued, "It's not my world. Any match where I know it's gonna be exciting and good competition, I'm excited. I love to be in the ring."

WALTER will lead Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel and Alexander Wolfe into battle against The Undisputed Era (NXT Champion Adam Cole, NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong, NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) at Saturday's WWE Worlds Collide event. WALTER is looking forward to the match.

"I'm always looking forward to good and exciting competition, and Undisputed Era is going to bring that," he said, smiling. "It's my passion, and Undisputed Era are excellent for that."

WALTER has previously stated that he is not interested in moving to the United States for a call-up to RAW or SmackDown as he's comfortable with his family in Germany. He talked more about his opinion of America.

"I don't mind going to America for a little bit," he said. "I don't want to live there, but as a visitor it's good enough… [But] I was never a big fan of the United States in that sense."

He continued, "I always felt, in the '90s when I grew up, America got glorified in movies and on TV. Then you'd go there the first time and you'd be like, 'What's going on?' I think it would be more helpful if I brought some of my culture there!"

Despite the negative experience at the Survivor Series, WALTER is open to a possible surprise appearance in Sunday's 30-Man Royal Rumble Match.

"I legit don't know," he said when asked about a possible Rumble spot. "I would love – Royal Rumble, I think it's a different case. You're not in there with a group of people you don't really know, but you have to be in a team with them. In the Royal Rumble, it's a lot of people but it's every man for himself."

While he has reservations about working weekly on the main brands, WALTER feels good about being able to reach a deal with WWE, and said he's happy in the company.

"If they would've said, 'no we can't do it', I would've agreed and understood why. There would have been other ways for me to find a place to work. I'm happy it worked out though. I'm happy in WWE – I feel very comfortable," WALTER said.

ARN #18: Royal Rumble 2015

On this week's episode of ARN, Arn and Conrad discuss one of the more infamous Royal Rumbles in WWE history, Royal Rumble 2015 from Philadelphia, PA! Daniel Bryan had just returned from injury, and the WWE Universe was hopeful for a repeat performance from The Yes Movement and Bryan's fantastic Wrestlemania XXX including his title victory to close the show; however, RAW Superstar Of The Year Roman Reigns was in the midst of a huge push, and the crowd was just starting to resent it. With those two as the clear favorites, who would come out on top and head to Wrestlemania, and what was Arn's opinion on the structure of the Rumble that year, and its controversial winner? Also on the card, Brock Lesnar as WWE Champion defended his title against John Cena and Seth Rollins, The Usos vs. Miz/Sandow for the WWE Tag Team Championship, the Bellas, Paige, The Ascension, The New Age Outlaws, The New Day, Cesaro and more! Plus, Arn discusses the state of the locker room after CM Punk left the year before, his reaction to and conversations about Bryan's injuries, John Cena as WWE Champion in 2015, HHH & Stephanie McMahon as The Authority, "Macho Man" Randy Savage going into the WWE Hall Of Fame, and so much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OhFD3FNUoU

Spike Trivet vs Mark Haskins w/ Vicky (NORTH Wrestling UK)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghkkmufzaf0

Mat Memory- Paul Robinson vs The Primate Jason Prime (NORTH Wrestling UK)

The much anticipated brawl between the bastard from Essex, Paul Robinson, and the Primate from the North, Jason Prime, did not fail to live up to expectations. There might have been somewhat of a false start... but these two know how to scrap, and scrap they did. This No Disqualification bout spilled onto the banks of the Tyne, with both men trying to throw the other into the murky waters. Battling around the Riverside - who finally got the upper hand?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRu9m05y8z4

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ZERO-G TITLE? (ICW UK)

Bad Boy Liam Thomson will get his rematch for the ICW Zero-G Championship at the ICW: 9th Annual Square Go, but will he challenge Leyton Buzzard or Kenny Williams? Don't miss Leyton vs Kenny for the Zero-G Title at ICW: GONZO on Saturday 1st February, the night before the Square Go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scn3I4gIdFo

ACW Proving Ground - January 15, 2020

Richard King vs Ash Taylor ... 0:46 Jay Sky vs Alex Kane ... 9:09 Jarett Diaz vs Bobby Flaco ... 23:00 Words from Cyrus Satin ... 34:03 Justin Blax vs Jake Shadows ... 36:54 Sophia Castillo vs Ellie ... 47:48 TITAN vs The Good Ol' Boys ... 52:45 Damyan Tangra vs Aaron Epic ... 1:03:58 Katalina Perez / Lexii Gomez Contract Signing ... 1:15:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAOOFRrsi_Y

Bert Prentice's USA Championship Wrestling Episode 86 1-18-20

The Brothers of Seduction, Bam Bam Bundy, Kid Wrestling, and so many more are featured after a wild Oman Arena event!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRl2q6TaRY

Jim Cornette Reviews Cody's Promo On AEW Dynamite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8pQgll6weg

Jim Cornette on TNT Renewing AEW For Four Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAw4QM5Sz4w

Pro Wrestling Magic's- Monday Morning Magic

"Monday Morning Magic" is back for the final episode before "Full House" and the 2020 Chad Adams Memorial Rumble on January 25th. Episode 11: "The One With That 90s Chick" On this installment, Jimmy Riot and Shane Fair bring you a fantastic contest from our archive. On commentary, we have Mark Williams. It's Jordynne Grace vs. Sonya Strong in a match from Thick Mama Pump's reign as the PWM Women's Champion. From there, Jimmy Riot gets a few minutes for a sit down interview with Erica Leigh, "That 90s Chick" we've all been getting to know as of late in the Pro Wrestling Magic kingdom. They discuss the comments made by Jared Evans, after Evans lost to Erica on a previous episode of "Monday Morning Magic," and Jimmy shares a special announcement with her about her future in PWM. To close out the episode, Jimmy and Shane do the RUMBLE RUNDOWN and cover more competitor announcements for the match on January 25th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt1ytdg6Bbs

Mat Memory- 7 16 83 Snuka vs Muraco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=931VIssKB-0

MLW Fusion #93: Opera Cup Finals Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Brian Pillman | Myron Reed vs. El Lindaman

Matches: •Opera Cup Finals: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Brian pillman Jr. •World Middleweight Title Match: Myron Reed (c) vs. El Lindaman •NYC Street Fight: Savio Vega vs. Gino "El Intocable" Medina MLW invites you to experience history in the making as the 2019 Opera Cup comes to a close with the tournament finals on this week’s MLW FUSION. After 71 years the Opera Cup will be presented to a new winner as Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr. clash in the finals. Will Smith’s power, technique and sheer size be too much for Pillman? Or, will Pillman’s tenacity prove unstoppable? Tune in to see the Hart Foundation collide before a capacity crowd in New York City. Complimenting Opera Cup finals is a World Middleweight Championship bout. In his first title defense, Myron Reed will take on Japan’s El Lindaman. Will the powerful middleweight from Japan bring gold back to the StrongHearts? Will Injustice prevail as their momentum surges? Following the heinous attack on Konnan, Savio Vega has challenged Gino “El Intocable” Medina to a New York Street Fight. The “Brawling Boricua” is not happy with the disrespect shown to his fellow hermano and looks to beat some respect into the newly minted member of the Dynasty. A new Lifestyles of the Rich and Dynastic brings viewers into the rarified air of the tony 21 Club in midtown Manhattan. The Dynasty toast their newest member with champagne and caviar. Is this foursome now unstoppable? Will Tom Lawlor feel the heat for his attack on the Von Erichs? You may be surprised to hear who he is in hot water with! Will the Opera Cup alternates Injustice interrupt the historic Opera Cup? Plus, Alicia Atout provides an exclusive with both finalists. Join AJ Kirsch and Rich Bocchini for a memorable night from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FhGIAmRaGU

Mat Memory- Ace Romero vs Keith Lee

In preparation for Ace Romero's return to the Pro Wrestling Magic kingdom on January 25th at "Full House," we here at PWM have decided to bring you a classic from Acey Baby's past. Ace Romero takes on current NXT Superstar, The Limitless Keith Lee. Enjoy the match and get hyped for "Full House" on January 25th, where Ace Romero will enter the 2020 Chad Adams Memorial Rumble to battle for a title shot of his choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irxTdLYo4jI

Mat Memory- Rocky Johnson vs Bruiser Brody (From 1978 Houston)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cRy4x_zrM

Eric Young On How TNA Used To Be A Legitimate Alternative To WWE

Eric Young grew up a pro wrestling fan and has been in the industry for over 20 years. While speaking with NewsChannel 5, he talked about how he got to fulfill a dream with TNA.

"Pro wrestling is all that I've wanted to do since I was five years old," Young said. "My first and only goal in wrestling was to sign a contract to say, 'this is what I do for a living.' I don't have another job on the side. I pay my bills, and live a decent life through wrestling. In 2004, that became a reality for me, and TNA was the reason for that."

Young also talked about his unique career in TNA and how it opened up other opportunities outside of wrestling.

"My career is interesting for that way. I've done everything. I've wrestled the opening match. I've wrestled the main event. I've won every title there was. I've wrestled girls. I was Knockouts Tag Team Champions with ODB. I can truly say that I've done it all. People say, 'did you like doing the comedy stuff?' The first year I was there I was a member of Team Canada. I didn't say a word for two years. I did the comedy thing for almost eight years, maybe closer to nine years. Loved that," Young said. "[I] got a fishing show out of that, branched into television. Hosted a thing on Spike and did a bunch of other stuff because it showed I could do other things."

Young was asked about the similarities between Vince McMahon and Dixie Carter, and he praises McMahon for growing WWE into a multi-billion dollar business.

"The similarities is that wrestling, at all levels, has all of the same problems, they're just at a different scale. [They're] two professionals. [The] two [have] very different views on business, very different views on wrestling," Young said. "Vince McMahon, if you're asking my opinion, is a genius. He invented network television, how we know it. He was ahead of the curve on how television was going to be consumed in the next five years by having the WWE [Network] for $9. He went from a $750-800 million business to a $2.9 billion business. He did that in a year. Who grows a company like that? Nobody and that's just for the rights to air his television shows. That's not including digital content [and] merchandising. T-shirt sales alone, I don't think there's another media business that sells as many t-shirts as WWE."

Young talked about how TNA was more of an alternative to WWE rather than serious competition. He also pointed out how AJ Styles was made popular thanks to TNA.

"When I was in TNA, there was a point where it was a legitimate alternative. There was a place that guys could go. Guys could make a very good living. If you were a fan, and you were tired of this, you could go see this. If you didn't like this, then you could switch back over to this. There was never a point where it was a competition. We were never competing with the WWE. We were definitely an alternative, but there was never a competition," Young said.

"We were playing the same game. We're doing the same things. They were the Yankees. We were the Nashville Sounds. Nashville Sounds are fun. It's still professional baseball. Some of those guys are just as good as some guys in the majors, but they don't have that one-way contract yet. That's what it was. Look at the WWE roster now. 10 of the top 20 guys worked with me. In my opinion, right now, AJ Styles is the best in-ring performer there is. He's been that for a long time. Well, he was put on the map and discovered by TNA wrestling, and he would say that too."

Sean Waltman On Marty Scurll Possibly Fixing ROH's Recent "Lackluster" TV Product

WWE Hall of Famer, Sean 'X-PAC' Waltman, took to his X-Pac 1, 2, 360 podcast to discuss the recent re-signing of Ring Of Honor star, Marty Scurll. Waltman believes that this is a huge move in the world of pro wrestling because regardless of where Scurll would have ended up, it would have brought about a positive change.

"Marty is a smart guy, I am sure he weighed his options very carefully," Waltman said. "And it was an incredibly important decision to make at this time in wrestling because if he goes to AEW and he's on that stage, he could make a difference wherever he goes.

"He chose to stay there… [ROH] has some good talent there. Marty's there, I am a fan of Brody King, and some other guys there."

Despite enjoying Marty's work overall, Waltman says that ROH has been putting on some lackluster matches as of late. He hopes that Scurll will spawn some change amongst the locker room so that ROH will bring back some "flavor" to it's broadcast.

"But I turn the [ROH] TV on, I watch their TV show and I am like, 'What's going on here?' [There are] lackluster matches. I am not trying to s--t on their product because I root for them but when I watched ROH recently, I didn't feel that feeling that I usually feel," Waltman explained. "It didn't have that vibe, that flavor. When you used to think of ROH, that was the 5-star match factory.

"I hope it changes because I root for them. And thank God for that company because half the main roster in WWE that's making that money now came from there. So I am hoping they listen to Marty because Marty's got fresh eyes, fresh thoughts."

I Always Enjoy The "Fan Support" I Get For This Blog :)

And they say people don't 'care', LMAO. 

Reality of Wrestling TV: Episode 271

(Reality of Wrestling) is a wrestling promotion owned by Booker T that runs out of Houston, Texas showcasing the top unsigned talent from around the world in a weekly episodic series. Matches: Alex Gracia vs Rok-C Demteri Action Jackson vs Savage King Luke & PJ Hawx (HAWX AERIE) vs La Familia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev1kl7HOXpk

Konnan Gets Punk Slapped (And Doesn't Do Shit About It).. UPDATED!!!!

Here's the link to the video. https://www.facebook.com/LuchaMundial...

Konnan gets slapped and didn't do shit but take it, like a bitch. Didn't even try, and 

fight back. 

Konnan was confronted by the second man to play Psicosis, who took over the persona after

the original one went to America and slapped Konnan. Apparently Konnan had said some things online

about the second Psicosis and now, he had to answer for it. 

Mexico City yesterday. Lucha Blog described what led to the situation: “Last month, the second Psicosis (***NOT THE WCW ONE***) was asked why he isn't on AAA TV right now. He said it was a Konnan issue, wouldn't be back until Konnan was gone. Konnan fired back that if Psicosis was so deserving, why couldn't he get a job in another big place? Psicosis II said he'd see Konnan in January to continue this discussion in person. Psicosis meant the show he was promoting in Leon, but instead ended (unmasked) at tonight's Impact tapings in Mexico City. Psicosis II demanded Konnan say the same things to his face. Konnan didn't want to talk to Psicosis. So, Psicosis slapped Konnan and dared him to fight. The video is all over Mexican wrestling sites tonight. Nothing more came of it. Konnan wasn't getting into a street fight. Psicosis II calmed down enough to walk away after a minute. Most didn't immediately even realize it was him unmasked but the tattoos gave it away. Konnan was apparently asked about the incident by the press there to cover the Impact taping and said it was no big deal.”

No big deal except he got punked slapped, and bitched up right then and there. 

ACW Presents: New Years Bash on the Blvd (Full Show)

Alpha Championship Wrestling: New Years Bash on the Blvd (Match line up includes) ~ Preshow (Triple Threat Match) ~ The Cornerman vs KC Lycan ~ Adena Steele vs Vicious Vicki in a Table Match for the ACW Open Challenge Championship ~ Rage vs Nimrod Texieria in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match ~ The Throne vs The Congregation vs Team Splendid w/ Big Bad Brown in a AWA World Championship Match ~ Joey Ace w/ AJ Pan vs Joe Scott Winner to be Crown the First ACW International Champion ~ El Charro Boricua Jr. vs Mr. Abbs w/ The Cornerman in a Triple Threat Match ~ Alexander Thorne vs El Lui Lindo vs Prince Ahmed in a ACW United States Championship Match ~ Lockjaw vs Vince Steele w/ Magic in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match to Crown the First ACW Tag Team Champions ~ BX Strong vs The Dominican Garden vs Nikos Rikos & Mike Lannuzzi ~ Low Life Louie vs Bull James Main Event for the ACW World Heavyweight Championship ~ "The Greek God" Papadon vs Chris Banks Plus Appearances By: Prince Nana, Grim Reefer and Ken Sweeney. Commentary By: A Shot of Wrestling (Michael, Abel & Marc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbjn01DT07A

AMW-TV Episode 17: January 18, 2020

AMW-TV 176: As we gear up for the AMW Tag Team Cup in March. We go back and take a look at a classic match between the AMW Tag Team Champions the Heastseekers and the 9x World Champions the Rock N roll Express.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kGDQ8CnFc

I Thought ACH Proclaimed He 'Retired' From Pro Wrestling, Looks Like He's Lied :)

He said it all over Twitter that he's retired because of how he 'feels" he's been treated.

If that's the case, then I'd love to see how he tries to dodge and deflect his way around, THIS.

• AAW on 1/24 in Chicago at the Logan Square Auditorium has Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett vs. Curt Stallion & Jake Something for the AAW tag titles, Hakim Zane vs. Paco for the AAW Heritage title, Jordan Oliver vs.. Jake Lander, ACH (who I guess isn't retired) vs. Fred Yehi, Jessicka Havok & Kimber Lee vs. Hyan & Savanna Stone, Willie Mack vs. AR Fox, Sami Callihan & Jake Crist vs. Juventud Guerrera & Aramis plus Killer Kross, Nate Webb, Air Wolf, Angel Dorado, and more.

Don't you love how idiots say one thing, then do another? LOL. 

Allysin Kay Rips Tessa Blanchard's Statement About Recent Controversy

Last weekend, Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard commented on Twitter, "Hey women, try supporting one another. Cool things happen." On Sunday, Blanchard won the title against Sami Callihan at Impact Hard to Kill, making her the first woman to hold the title.

After her tweet, NWA World Women's Champion Allysin Kay brought up an incident between Blanchard and La Rosa Negra while in Japan.

"Remember when you spat in a black woman's face and called her the N-word in Japan? Was that you 'supporting women'? The AUDACITY of this tweet."

Blanchard originally said it was "not true," and loosely commented about it after Sunday's Hard to Kill PPV. After Kay's tweet, numerous other women's wrestlers, including NXT star Chelsea Green, commented on their negative experiences with Blanchard.

Although initially advertised to speak at Impact Media Day last Saturday, Blanchard was pulled from the event. Blanchard was also removed from an upcoming Heavy Metal Wrestling show in light of the allegations.

Two days ago, the Impact World Champion issued a statement:

"Over the last week, I have been accused of calling a fellow wrestler a racial slur," Blanchard wrote. "To read this allegation has been personally upsetting. To be clear, I absolutely did not use that word. That word is not in my vocabulary. That word is not in my heart. Racism is not in my heart.

"Yet I know many people have to deal with racism in a way I will never have to. Racism is an awful part of American history, and it is equally awful that it's still part of our society today. While I did not do what was claimed, I stand ready to use my platform to support the fight against racism however I can."

Kay has since responded to Blanchard's latest statement, "You can try to babyface the fans, but the majority of our peers know Rosa's story is true and that's what matters. I really hope that one day the other two witnesses of this incident come forward and further expose you as not only a racist, but a liar and an undeniable scumbag."

As noted, La Rose Negra commented earlier this week about what happened.

Big Show Talks Getting Chewed Out By The Undertaker During His Early WWE Days

Two weeks ago, Big Show returned to RAW as the mystery partner for Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens' match against Seth Rollins and AOP. Big Show had been out of action since late 2018, and went through five surgeries before being able to make his in-ring return.

Since his comeback, Big Show spoke with Sports Illustrated about a wide range of topics, including how working in WCW compared to WWE. He also relived getting critiqued by The Undertaker on a nightly basis during his early years in WWE.

From 1995 until February 1999, Big Show—then known as The Giant—spent his days in WCW. That same month in 1999, he signed a ten-year contract with WWE, and quickly realized the worlds of WCW and WWE were wildly different.


"It was a lot different in WCW, which had guaranteed contracts," Big Show recalled. "WWE was a shark tank, it was competitive. It wasn't a locker room where everyone went to Chipotle after the show together. People legitimately didn't like each other.

"I was so young in WCW, I was 22, 23 years old at the beginning. The only other young guy was Alex Wright. Macho, Hulk, Flair, Paul Orndorff, they were all in their 40s or older. It was like I was everybody's kid brother. And I made a lot of mistakes back then. My real training happened when I got to work with Undertaker."

That training came in the form of Undertaker critiquing Big Show after each of his matches during WWE's live tours.

"I used to come through the Gorilla position after a match against Undertaker on our live tours, and Undertaker would be there waiting for me," Big Show said. "He'd wave me over with that crooked finger, and he'd chew out my ass for the next 15 minutes.

"This happened night after night. It seemed like I couldn't do anything right, no matter what I tried. And I'm a little more hard-headed than most, so it took me a while, but a lot of the lessons I learned from Undertaker put me in a position now where I can help a lot of people not make the same mistakes I made."

Tim Storm On What Makes Nick Aldis So Successful As NWA World Champion, Their On Air Chemistry

This week on the TMPT Empire's flagship interview podcast, the NWA's Tim Storm joined the show to discuss the upcoming Hard Times event-taking place on January 24th available on FITE. The former NWA World Champion took the time to discuss his phenomenal success over the last few years as the NWA has returned to prominence but also put a strong emphasis on the work of Nick Aldis as a main contributing factor to the brand growing in such a large way. In this excerpt from the interview, Storm details the chemistry between the two on air and just how confident he is in Aldis as a leader of the company.

Nick Aldis leading the NWA:

"I don't want to rant and rave too much about him because we are a little bit at odds right now programming wise and as far as we are at in our TV stuff but I know that they picked the right guy. In my mind at least on the purchase and in my mind at least they were going to bring in somebody that they were familiar with and comfortable with and there would probably be a title change pretty quickly and I'm out at 53 years old. They actually went in just the opposite direction. Nick, he really is the complete package and look at what he's done and I don't mean his history, I mean his NWA run.


"He's everything. He is surprisingly big for anybody who's never been around him, I am a big guy and I'm probably not 6' 3" anymore as I continue to get older but 6' 3" two hundred and fifty pounds and he's got two inches on me in height, he's got the British background as far as technical wrestling and one of the set ups to his finish is coming off the top rope and you don't see too many guys at 6' 5" hit that elbow like he does. His conditioning is phenomenal and look at what he's done on promos because he's carried this promotion.

"He's been the face of the franchise, he's had the tittle twice and he's worked both sides, which is basically to me what an NWA World Champion does. You do whatever you've got to do on any given night to continue to be that champion. He got rave reviews walking out there for the first ten episodes and everybody was cheering him and now he's flipped it and he almost couldn't cut a promo the other night because they wouldn't stop booing him. He's working both sides and doing a fantastic job. Man, I've got to stop raving because at some point I've got to punch him in the mouth."

The Strong On-Air Chemistry They Have:

"I think we feel that too sometimes. In most cases we are going out there and it's just we are going. We don't rehearse, we don't do anything and sometimes I have to kind of as the face throttle it back and make sure that you know when he's hard to top on a promo. When we are interacting and we are going back and forth, I won't say all of that is true emotion all the time but all of that is pure interaction with very little knowing what we are going to do and what we are going to say and I definitely feel the chemistry when we are doing that."

Can Ricky Morton Win Ten Pounds Of Gold From Nick Aldis | NWA 2020

Ricky Morton earned a chance to fight for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship this past week on #NWAPowerrr. The backstory between Nick Aldis and Ricky Morton started with a comment that Morton (of the Rock N Roll Express) stated that NickA Aldis had a long way to go to match up with Ric Flair and Harley Race. The man currently holding #TenPoundsOfGold took exception to this and lead to the confrontation on NWA Power. With the debut of Strictly Business and using Scott Steiner as a surrogate, the National Treasure Nick Aldis believed he was in control to put down the Rock N Roll Express one last time. Now this Tuesday @ 6:05pm, Ricky Morton gets one last chance to challenge for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship the he came so close to winning back in the 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_3ubdRcqGg

Mat Memory- GCW February 13, 1982 #2 (When Roddy Piper Met Gino Hernandez)

Tape: Jack & Jerry Brisco vs. Len Denton & Butch Bronson Jimmy Garvin vs. Deke Rivers Masked Superstar & Super Destroyer vs. Gerald Finley & Bruce Gallagher Buzz Sawyer vs. Rusty Roberts Brad Armstrong vs. Chick Donovan Ron Bass vs. Ken Timbs Jimmy Garvin vs. Ricky Harris Kevin Sullivan vs. Rick Benefield Tommy Rich vs. Rick Connors Also on Program: Ole Anderson, Bob Armstrong, Ric Flair, The Great Kabuki, Dusty Rhodes, Leroy Brown, and Tom Prichard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqlp6rmbGU

Baron Corbin Takes Shot At AEW Dynamite (And He Wasn't Wrong)

It appears as though Baron Corbin was scouting the competition last night.

The WWE star tuned into AEW Dynamite and tweeted about the opening segment. The show opened up with a tag title number one contender bout featuring The Young Bucks, Best Friends, Santana and Ortiz and Kenny Omega and Hangman Page. The latter team won, with the Young Bucks confronting them afterward.

Corbin mocked the pace of the match and how it was booked on Twitter, using an image of a member of Team America: World Police throwing up.

"Winner gets a title shot so.....forget covers, everybody get pops, spot spot spot dive dive dive spot spot spot spot dive dive dive dive spot dive spot dive spot group spot group spot dive, get your s--t in, neck beards "this is awesome""

Corbin did not provide any other feedback of the show following that bout. You can check out his tweet below:

Impact Wrestling Banned From Twitch Over Racy Rob Van Dam - Katie Forbes Segment

While Impact Wrestling had a lot of buzz this week (No, they really didn't)  coming off of their Hard to Kill PPV, they are facing some issues with their Twitch channel. The company's channel for the streaming platform was issued a ban on Wednesday evening (h/t to @StreamerBans).

One of the reasons for the ban could have been a segment on this week's show with Rob Van Dam, Katie Forbes and Jennifer Barlow. The segment featured RVD bragging about his PPV wins over Brian Cage and Daga at Hard to Kill. During the celebration, Forbes and her girlfriend joined him for a celebration, using whipped cream to cover their bodies (with several parts blurred out) while also making out with one another. You can watch the video above.

The trio have posted racy photos and videos in the past, with Forbes stating that she was married to Van Dam and that Barlow was their girlfriend (h/t to Daily Wrestling News).

The segment might have violated Twitch's guidelines regarding sexual content on its service, which states:

"We restrict content that involves nudity or is sexual in nature, and are committed to ensuring that Twitch is not used for sexual exploitation or violence... While we understand that some nudity or sexual content might be intended for educational, scientific, artistic, newsworthy, or academic purposes, we restrict this content due to the diversity in age and cultural backgrounds of our global community. We may, in limited educational and artistic contexts, make pre-approved exceptions to these policies."

It is not known when the ban will be lifted for Impact. The company has yet to comment on the matter.