Jim Cornette was the guest on Talk Is Jericho this week. During the interview, Jim shared a little-known story about the time he and the Midnight Express were pursued by the WWF in 1986: “We’re working in Charlotte, and we’re the tag team champions there. That year we made close to 200 grand apiece. It’s the first year of the […]
On the most recent episode of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness, Dustin Rhodes talked about being introduced to the Goldust character and growing into it: “Me and my dad, we were kind of not on the best of terms at that point. I’d just gotten released from WCW, so I’m sitting at home and Vince calls and he presents this idea. […]
This past Friday, the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featured an interview conducted with Michael Hegstrand, AKA Road Warrior Hawk, recorded 25 years ago. The wrestling industry was experiencing a downturn in business in 1992. Hawk gave his thoughts on how to turn things around and improve business: “I think it’s been definitely heavily saturated exposure-wise on TV and everything. […]
During this week’s episode of The Raven Effect, co-host Chad Damiani, AKA Busby, and Raven were discussing the Young Bucks and how their style is a tribute to the teams they grew up watching, such as the Hardy Boys. This prompted Raven to recall meeting Michael Hayes for the first time: “You base yourself on people because you’re still trying […]
Rory Karpf, director of the upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 “Nature Boy” was the guest on this week’s Ross Report. Karpf talked about his background as a wrestling fan, what led him to Ric Flair and what wrestler ESPN initially wanted to feature: “I grew up in Philadelphia in the 1980’s, a huge wrestling fan. I mean, enormous. I kind […]
The Ross Report Release Date: October 18, 2017 Recap By: Dylan Bowker; Recovering Smark DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Stories: -JR seeing Will Ospreay as one of the best workers of 2017 -Ted DiBiase Jr. playing a pivotal role in The Price of Fame coming to fruition -Ted’s rider having his tires slashed when he worked heel against JYD in […]
X-Pac 1-2-360 – Episode 59 Guest: Johnny Mundo Release Date: October 18, 2017 Recap by: Sean McGraw DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Newsworthy Items: X-Pac revealed that all WWE employees go through media training. Johnny Mundo believes Lucha Underground will begin taping episodes in January of 2018. Mundo and Vampiro have smoothed everything over and are going to work together […]
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast – Interview Friday Release Date: October 20, 2017 Guest: Jim Ross Recap by: Jason Darling DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Newsworthy Items: Jim calls out Bill Watts for not being open and honest with talent or members of his staff during the late ’80s, Vince McMahon being the complete opposite. One night after Raw, Vince said […]
Doink the Clown was the topic on this week’s episode of Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard. Bruce discussed the origin of the gimmick and how it fit Matt Bourne. During an earlier run with the company, Matt was first pegged to bear a resemblance to another famous clown: “Mike Hegstrand (Road Warrior Hawk), looking at Matt Bourne, saw him […]
Kevin Owens was a guest recently on E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness and discussed how surreal it was to work a program with Vince McMahon: “I knew something was going to happen with Vince for a couple days beforehand. I wasn’t sure what it was exactly until we ironed out everything that day. When it happened, when I actually went through with […]
Edge & Christian’s Pod of Awesomeness Recap With Kevin Owens Release Date: October 12, 2017 By: Jeff Indelicato DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD “For The Benefit of Those with No Time” (Top Stories) Owens feels that his time as Universal Champion did not solidify him as a top guy. He believed that the feud with Shane and the attack on Vince were […]
Killing the Town with Storm and Cyrus dedicated this week’s episode to Michael Hegstrand, AKA Road Warrior Hawk on the fourteenth anniversary of his passing. Several guests were interviewed, including Bret Hart: Regarding the only times they wrestled each other: “We actually had one match with Hawk and Animal. I remember Hawk kind of got a little messed up and […]
Jim Cornette was a recent guest on the most recent episode of Dinner With The King to talk about a recent incident at a Bruce Prichard live show. Here are the highlights they sent along: Cornette on exposing himself to the crowd during Bruce Prichard’s live show: “As we were sitting there at our two man podium, I noticed there […]
Chad Damiani, AKA Busby on the Raven Effect podcast, told the story this week of how he landed a job as an announcer with WCW. Below is the full transcript of that recounting: “I started by just writing reviews of (WCW Monday Nitro) because I had a good friend down there who was just helping me out. Then, the NWO […]
Sporting News published an exclusive interview this week with Ted Dibiase. The article is in promotion of Dibiase’s new documentary, The Price Of Fame, opening in select theaters on Nov. 7. In the interview, Dibiase discussed the focus of the film – his battles with drinking, drugs, and infidelity, and the strain his lifestyle placed on his marriage. Regarding the […]
Titus O’Neil was this week’s guest on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia. The two talked at length regarding a number of issues including O’Neil’s suspension in 2016 for unexpectedly pulling Vince McMahon off course as he was exiting to the back on live TV. O’Neil has maintained since that time he was on friendly terms with Vince and was just […]
Metro Sport published an interview with Finn Balor this past Friday. A host of topics were discussed: Regarding his time in NXT: “I think I’m more confident in my own abilities right now. Obviously, I’ve traveled all over the world wrestling and a lot of people were surprised when I signed with WWE that I went straight to NXT. People […]
Sports Illustrated recently published an interview with Joey Ryan: Regarding not being beholden to the rules and structure of a corporate environment like WWE: “That just makes me want to turn up the volume even more. That leaves more doors open for me.” On his earning power as an independent wrestler: “It’s now become profitable to become an independent wrestler, […]
Jinder Mahal was interviewed by The Indian Express this week to promote the company’s upcoming tour to India this December. Several topics were discussed in the video interview, including his journey to the WWE championship: “The journey is storied, definitely. I’ve had my bottoms and I’ve seen the top. I got released in 2014 due in large to the fact […]
X-Pac 1,2,360 Guest: Kevin Nash Release Date: October 12, 2017 Recap By: Sean McGraw DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Newsworthy Items: X-Pac think that if Neville walked out the way the reports say, then it was a bad decision X-Pac claims to be the first person to suggest that Sami Zayn should turn heel X-Pac and Kevin Nash think The […]
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