tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14882968727224023512024-03-05T09:26:32.438-08:00Truth, Justice, and the DHHS wayRandom goodness.. Funny Ha Ha... Tremendousness.. Here's The Thing, I like to be entertained, if you can't laugh at yourself then let me do it for you. King Kong Bundy once told me, "when all is said and done, there is usually more said than done"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-5219954021585578812018-01-08T17:37:00.001-08:002018-01-08T17:37:39.113-08:00WrestleCon New Orleans with WWE HOFers, Kevin Nash and Gene Okerlund<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-54924789852155072562015-07-28T13:25:00.003-07:002015-07-28T13:25:40.050-07:00My thoughts on "Hulk Hogan"I have had some time to think about the entire Hulk Hogan rant situation and it frustrates me.
It frustrates me that my childhood hero could be "like that"...<br />
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It frustrates me that so many people are experts.<br />
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It frustrates me that the only real reason that this has surfaced is because of a pending lawsuit.<br />
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It frustrates me that we live in a world full of hypocritical people.<br />
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I can only go by my past experiences. I remember when I was going thru my divorce, I had just built a gorgeous new home... felt like I was on top of the world and then BOOM... my world fell apart.
I lost my marriage, my home, and my family was split... I was miserable.<br />
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I made some bad decisions and wound up in a miserable and dark place. I felt like everyone was against me and I was made to feel that I was actually the villain in my own divorce.
I am pretty sure I said some mean and hurtful things around my inner circle that was me venting in a safe place, I cannot imagine what people would think about me or anyone if they heard us vent our pain, frustration, and anger... sometimes we all lash out and say things we regret. I know that I have and anyone who says different is not being authentic<br />
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It is one thing to call Hulk Hogan a racist if someone found the white hood and the propaganda that comes with it in his closet. But nobody has, thye have words from a man that was dark. A man that made bad decisions.<br />
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Again I am not positive but it is just a theory.
Growing up people used to say .... "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" ..... I guess that only applies to kids.<br />
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Now before this thread turns into some hate and race bashing,I would say this about anyone of any race, creed, religion, or color.<br />
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Hulk Hogan is just the example being made.
I may be wrong also. Maybe Hulk Hogan is the man in this video. Maybe he truly is of a hateful heart..... BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HIM.<br />
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Racism has and will always be a problem in this country and around the world. I honestly believe that the media does not help any of us heal, instead it provokes more hate and fear than anything else.<br />
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I will appreciate any and all opinions below, BUT if it involves vulgarity and inappropriate content I will immediately delete your comment and block you. Use this as a vehicle to show the world that we are NOT sheep and that we all want to go forward. We are all #SuperFriends in my book... all the same.
No reason to bash anyone, it doesn't do anyone any good and nobody ever heals.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-86043516963624392712015-07-24T08:22:00.001-07:002015-07-24T08:22:28.819-07:00Hulkamania. ... RIP<p dir="ltr">This morning I woke up to messages about Hulk Hogan being removed from everything WWE... </p>
<p dir="ltr">Everyone was speculating what it was....and then I saw the transcript of his rant. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Let me make this clear... growing up Hulk Hogan was my childhood hero. I believed in Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania. When I wrestled in high school Inwould run laps with "Real American" blasting on my walkman... I believed in the training, the prayers, & the vitamins. I believed in Hulk Hogan.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Hulk Hogan is played by Terry Bollea..... much like Rocky is Sylvester Stallone and Terminator is Arnold Schwarzenegger.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Hulk Hogan is a character. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Terry Bollea is the man that said the hurtful and hateful words. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Hulk Hogan is a huge part of my childhood and for most parts is a reason I am the person i am today. </p>
<p dir="ltr">BUT...... </p>
<p dir="ltr">My parents were my role models.... they are the ones that taught me right from wrong and how to love unconditionally.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our heroes always seem to let us down, this is why we need strong parents and loving parents to be our real guides thru this crazy world and life.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am sure Hulk Hogan will be back....and America will forgive him..... but a part of my childhood has been crushed. </p>
<p dir="ltr">#DHHS</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-84739588239613919312015-01-26T19:40:00.002-08:002015-01-27T07:12:52.056-08:00I believe in Roman Reigns and why Daniel Bryan did not win the Rumble<p dir="ltr">When it Reigns it pours…. Sunday Night the WWE Started off the Road to WrestleMania with the Royal Rumble. The Rumble is one of the more anticipated PPVs that the WWE has every year as it sets the tone for WrestleMania and gives the fans matchups they may not usually see. </p>
<p dir="ltr">This year, former Shield member and company favorite Roman Reigns was the man who outlasted 29 other WWE superstars including WWE fan favorite, Daniel Bryan. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Daniel Bryan was the WWE Universe darling last year that wound up main eventing WrestleMania with out even participating in the Royal Rumble match. The WWE Universe was very vocal about his placement and eventually the WWE took notice and worked Bryan into the Main Event for the WWE Championship match vs. Randy Orton and Batista. Daniel Bryan was the “Little Engine That Could” or “David vs. Goliath”. He overcame all the odds and left WrestleMania as the WWE World Champion. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Two months later Daniel Bryan had to undergo career threatening neck surgery and was on the injured list for the next eight months. All that investment and time into his character development was gone. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Since that time Brock Lesnar, the former UFC World Champion and former WWE Champion and the man who ended The Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania, defeated John Cena in a brutal match to win the WWE World Championship ( a title that Bryan had to forfeit) </p>
<p dir="ltr">This years Royal Rumble was filled with many young and up and coming studs such as Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Rusev, and eventual winner Roman Reigns. Daniel Bryan was one of the first 10 eliminated in the match and the Philadelphia audience was none too pleased. But he was eliminated at the right time. Imagine the heat if he was Final Four and still lost. Suicide for Reigns. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Daniel Bryan is an amazing talent. Daniel Bryan has a loyal fan base. Daniel Bryan is a huge star. Daniel Bryan has a damaged neck and last year they already played the “Underdog” Daniel Bryan character. If I am the WWE, I do not put one of my biggest stars, Daniel Bryan who had two career threatening neck surgeries against a beast like Brock Lesnar, a man that loves to suplex his opponents all over the ring. Lesnar’s style is to brutal for the recently returning Daniel Bryan. Roman Reigns was the right call to win the Royal Rumble. Eventho the fans in Philadelphia and the IWC (Internet Wrestling Community) may not agree.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Reigns is the only man capable of taking on Lesnar in a believable "fight". Roman Reigns has the look of a champion. Now before everyone gets on his case and complains that he is not the wrestler than Daniel Bryan is….. you are right. He is NOT the wrestler that Daniel Bryan is. He is a WORKER. He is a character, he is a personality, he is NOT a technical wrestler. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Here is a list of “Wrestlers”… Dean Malenko, Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne, Chris Benoit, Ricky Steamboat, and Bret Hart ….. “Workers” include Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, The Rock, John Cena. All amazing talents, all successful performers but the “workers” always seemed to be the bigger Box Office Draw….. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Last year the WWE gave you what they wanted in Daniel Bryan, unfortunately he got hurt and the investment of time and money in him was lost. When you ask how did they lose money on Bryan, you have to figure every <u>segment</u> of Monday Night Raw is worth $250,000… do the math on all the Bryan segments….. so John Cena was once again called on to bring balance to WWE untl Brock Lesnar was ready. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I am rambling and I am sorry… almost done. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The Rumble was well executed. Yes Bryan was eliminated early, but eliminated by young stud Bray Wyatt not Wade Barret or Cesaro, but by a guy who was dominant. Bubba Ray Dudley came in to put The Wyatts over in the match which elevated them. Boogeyman was in the match to put over Bray Wyatt, another elevation, and Diamond Dallas Page was used for Rusev. Rusev and Wyatt were booked very strong. </p>
<p dir="ltr">WWE needs stronger heels and the Rumble made both legit. Roman Reigns has movie star good looks and women love him, that sells tickets. Whenever you see women in the audience you know you are making money. San Francisco / San Jose has a huge Samoan population and the local media will be all over Reigns.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Perception is reality and when you see Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar on the poster the general public will see two monsters ready to fight. You will not get the same response with Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar. It doesn’t look believable. Some will argue that CM Punk gave Lesnar a competitive match, Punk lost. Like I said you got your Davis vs Golitah or Drax match last year. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Daniel Bryan will once again be the WWE World Champion, but right now the WWE is investing their time and money into making another star. The WWE needs more than just John Cena and Daniel Bryan…. Both are an injury away from being done. They don’t have anyone else ready to take their place…… yet. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Roman Reigns was give everything at the Rumble. He eliminated the two monsters in Big Show and Kane, got a save from The Rock and eliminated the Evil Russian Rusev to win the Rumble and even a closing hug from the Rock and Philadelphia still boo’d. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Give Roman Reigns a chance, remember when you all boo’d The Rock when he first started?? Now look at him. BOX OFFICE. </p>
<p dir="ltr">In closing… Seth Rollins became a star at the Rumble. He was tremendous, and even though he took the loss as long as he has that briefcase he will always be a top guy. WrestleMania will be amazing, it is every year. Let the stories play out stop looking for the last chapter of the Cliff Notes and just watch and enjoy. </p>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 2001…. I went to the ER because I had tremendous
pain in my side. After hours of tests
and blood work and other procedures I learned that I was type 2 diabetic. I guess I was not very shocked because I
never watched what I ate and I could drink a six pack of Coke in a sitting. But
I just didn’t believe it. It was not a concern for me, so I casually took the
medicine that I was prescribed and even bought the blood sugar tester and
strips. I checked my levels on and off but still did not take it very
seriously. I felt like I was bullet proof and I would be fine…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over time I developed
<a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147963.php" target="_blank">neuropathy</a> in both of my feet and to be honest it still did not motivate me to
get myself fixed. At one point I stepped on a needle that was on the floor and
did not notice it was stuck in my foot for over a week. Guess what?? I still
did not make any changes. Dumb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over the next couple of
years I battled the same foot issues, mostly cellulitis. <a href="http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/cellulitis-topic-overview" target="_blank">Cellulitis is a skin infection caused by bacteria. Normally, your skin helps protect you from infection. But if you have a cut, sore, or insect bite, bacteria can get into the skin and spread to deeper tissues. If it is not treated with antibiotics, the infection can spread to the blood or lymph nodes. This can be deadly.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In February of this year,
while taping an episode of <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/" target="_blank">The Pro Wrestling Report</a>, I hated the way I looked
on tv. I decided then that enough was enough and I had to make some life
changes. I enrolled in a gym and changed my eating habits. I started to do my
work. It was not easy, 40 years of bad eating habits had to be changed
immediately. I started off barely doing 5 minutes on the elliptical machine,
finally building up to 10 minutes, then 20 minutes and eventually 45 minutes. I
was slowly getting stronger and healthier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took how I looked on TV instead of healing my body to finally get healthy. How selfish and stupid am I?? I am just happy something motivated me to make some changes... I need to make them quick </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This past April after
returning from Wrestlemania in NYC, I had some dry skin on my feet and I bought
a skin shaver to remove the skin. I thought that was the best way to do it,
nice and easy….. Unfortunately, I nicked both feet in the same place, both
under the pinky toes. Once again…. Cellulitis
set in. So again I went straight to the
ER and got antibiotic IV. My primary doctor had me go to a foot doctor
immediately. Right away I was started on
antibiotics and wearing post op shoes to relieve the stress and pressure off my
feet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The doctor made it clear I
needed to be off my feet, but I am stubborn and I was on a mission to get
healthy. So I continued going to the gym every day and pounding my feet on the
treadmill and elliptical machine. As
much good as the doctors were doing for me I was going backwards by constantly
going to the gym. But I was determined to lose the weight and get healthy, I
was afraid this would hurt my chances of achieving my goal. Did I mention I am
stubborn?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Summer of 2013 may have
been my busiest ever for GLCW. We had over 15 live events and appearances
scheduled. Did I mention I was supposed to stay off my feet?? After a long
weekend in July with my dear, good, personal, and longtime friend <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRealAlSnow" target="_blank">Al Snow </a>(5
events in 3 days) I went back to my wound clinic doctor and he was not pleased.
He could tell that I was not staying off my feet and put ly left foot in a<a href="http://www.aofas.org/footcaremd/conditions/diabetic-foot/Pages/Foot-Ulcers-and-the-Total-Contact-Cast.aspx" target="_blank"> total contact cast </a>that has to be replaced every week. The cast keeps the weight and
pressure off my foot and lets the wound heal. Every Monday I would spend 3
hours in the clinic getting the cast changed.
I continued to go to the gym and live my life, I figured the cast would
do all the work. Unfortunately the right
foot did not have cast on it and continued to stay the same or get gradually
worse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the middle of August I
had to cancel the second show of my 16 year GLCW career because my foot was not
healing properly and the doctor said I need to stay off my right foot. Shortly after I had both my left and right
feet in the casts. According to my
doctor he had never had a patient with both feet in casts, I reminded him I am
a #SuperHerro. Did I mention I am stubborn?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I kept going forward still
going to the gym with both casts on. I was achieving my goals I had dropped
almost 60 pounds since April and I got my A1C from a 9.5 to a 5.2 which means I
was no longer “diabetic” but I still have and will always have diabetic feet.
My doctor was very pleased and thought I was gonna be in the clear. After all I
had my left foot in the cast for almost 13 weeks and was almost healed and now
the right foot would be on the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My right foot lasted one
week (last week) in the cast before I felt it swelling up and I went straight
to the ER on Sunday night to have the cast removed. The ER doctor saw how red
my foot was and I knew it was cellulitis again. The doctor immediately set up
and MRI on my foot for Monday morning and wound care doctor to immediately
follow. The MRI showed that the
infection had worked its way into the bone in my foot and surgery was
immediately required. The doctor sent me straight to the hospital and had me
hooked up to IV for two straight days to help fight the infection before the
surgery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I checked into the hospital
on Tuesday morning and was immediately taken for all different kinds of tests.
They even put in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripherally_inserted_central_catheter" target="_blank">IV picc</a> in my right arm so that I could receive IV
antibiotics for the next six weeks, every day… The surgeon’s assistant came to see me to go
over the game plan and told me that the plan was to remove about 2 to 3 inches
of the bone under my right pinky toe. He then asked if I wanted to have the
pinky sewn to my other toe or just have it removed all together… What?!?!? He
said because if they take the three inches of bone, I would not have any
support for the pinky and it would “flop around”. All the years of terrible diet and no exercise
went thru my mind… All those Cokes, cookies, and cakes was going to cost me a
toe…. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thursday morning I woke at
3am because I had surgery scheduled for 230pm. My last meal was my Quest protein
bar (2g of sugar). Then it was time to wait…. I am such an impatient person it
is ridiculous. Kal says I need to work on that…
Speaking of Kal, he was all I could think about and how he would react to
everything. I did not want him to worry or to be scared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So at 2pm, the nurse came to
get me and rolled me down to the operating room. I met my doctor and he assured
me that because I had worked on my weight and got my blood sugars in check
along with two days of IV antibiotics that I would be able to keep my pinky toe
and it would not need to be sewn to the other toe. I would lose about two
inches of bone and that a skin graph would cover the wound. If I stay off my
feet I can be good to go in 4 to 6 weeks.
Twenty minutes later I had the anesthesiologist work his magic and I was
out. I woke up two hours later in the recovery room and I laughed. I couldn’t believe
how fast that gas worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The doctor came to see me
and said that everything went great and that I need to stay off my feet for
everything to work. He told me that there is a chance I would not need the IV
pick and I could just take oral antibiotics but I would need to spend another
night in the hospital. Three nights in the hospital was a nightmare for me, all
I could do was lay in that bed. It turned out to be the best thing for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Friday morning the docs
took some more blood tests and were amazed that my white blood cells had
dropped to where they were supposed to be and that the infection was gone. The
IV pick was removed, what a relief. I
was able to come home on Friday late afternoon and I had dodged a bullet. </span></div>
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very blessed and very lucky. The years of sugar abuse I have done to my body
should have taken my foot. That still could happen, but I am determined to Go
Forward and beat this battle. No longer will I eat they way I have in the past
and drink all those sugary drinks anymore. Diabetes is no joke. I hope that
some of you take this as a lesson and make life changes if you need to. Get
healthy. There is no reason to lose body parts because of a Snickers or a
Twinkie. Eat in moderation not excess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/KalHerro" target="_blank">Kal</a> is my number one
priority and I made a promise that I will not fail him. I never want him to
have to answer the question.. “Do you want us to sew your two toes together or
just remove the pinky toe”. Since April
I made changes I should have made years ago, I just was not ready for it. Kal
and I both live healthier lifestyles and will continue to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am sorry that this blog
is so long, but I want to thank each and every one of my #SuperFriends for
reaching out and wishing me well. I am
sorry that I have to postpone GLCW Shenanigans on October 4<sup>th</sup> but I
promise with this time off to heal I will guarantee that this year’s <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/" target="_blank">BlizzardBrawl</a> on Saturday, December 7<sup>th</sup> will be tremendous.</span></div>
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I have been promoting shows since 1998 (<a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/" target="_blank">Great LakesChampionship Wrestling</a>) and I believe I have seen a lot of good and terrible
talent over this time. I know some of the guys and girls have gone on to big
things in the business and others have just stayed in the same place or have
even left.</div>
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Independent wrestling is no longer about guys and girls
that one day hope to become a star in the wrestling business it is now becoming
a place where weekend warriors complain that they are not being used right or
not getting their “opportunity”.</div>
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Where did this go wrong? I know the wrestling business
has evolved and changed into something different, but “back in the day” people
paid their proverbial dues. They got trained PROPERLY, they invested into real
ring gear not just kick pads, they invested in their look, their body, their
personality. Ever hear of tanning?</div>
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Today at most indy shows I cannot differentiate the in
ring performer from the fan in the crowd. What happened? I believe it has
become too easy to become a professional wrestler. Anyone can buy gear online
find someone to “train” them for $100 and within a few weeks have their first
match. </div>
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No longer do potential wrestlers pay a credible trainer
(sometimes up too $5,000) to learn their craft. Wrestling school is just that a
school. If you went to college and paid $100 a semester to get your degree I
would have to wonder what kind of education you are really getting…?? Then
after you learn the basics you would put on the ref shirt and ref some matches
so you could learn from others from a different view point. Then maybe after
six months or so you would get in the ring with someone that is a true veteran
and work a match… Not anymore…. </div>
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I get a kick out of talent that has that “sense of
entitlement” that they should be booked on every show. Last I checked, the
promoter runs the show, it is his or her money invested. Why does anyone think
they should be able to tell the person with the money how to spend it?? </div>
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Finally…. I hear far too often that a talent is being
held back or disrespected or not being used enough. Well maybe if you had a fan
base that bought tickets you would find yourself higher up on the card.
Wrestling is a business that survives on fans buying tickets. If they fans do
not buy tickets to see you perform, why would any promoter want to invest any
time into you? Now before anyone says, “It is the promoters job to sell the
tickets” you are wrong. It is the promoters job to make the people aware that there
is an event, it is up to the talent to get over with the people that they want
to come out and buy a ticket. </div>
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Just because you are the most talented and have the best
matches does not mean you are getting over with the paying audience. Ricky
Steamboat vs Randy Savage was the best wrestling match at Wrestle Mania 3, but
93,000 people paid to see Hulk Hogan body slam Andre the Giant.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/558108720871762/" target="_blank">Come see "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash on Friday March 8th at Circle B in Cedarburg, WI </a></div>
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Just keeping it real…. #DHHS</div>
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The WWE had their Royal Rumble PPV last Sunday and the
headlining Main Event was WWE Champion, CM Punk defending against The Rock. </div>
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For the past seven days I have been reading the comments,
the complaints, and the nonsense about how The Rock as WWE Champion is bad for
business. That CM Punk got robbed. That CM Punk is a better wrestler. That The
Rock will just leave the WWE for Hollywood after WrestleMania. You know what, I
am sure most of that is true. Was Punk robbed? Maybe so. Is Punk a better
wrestler? Probably yes. Will The Rock leave for Hollywood again? Absolutely. So
I guess most of you could be right.</div>
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The fact of the matter is, nobody on the current WWE
roster (except Cena and maybe Punk) has been elevated to pop culture or
mainstream status. WrestleMania is about the show, the experience, the event.
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If the current roster was WrestleMania ready then the WWE
would not need to call upon Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, Triple H, The
Undertaker, and The Rock. As talented as guys like Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus, Alberto
Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, and Daniel Bryan are they have yet to become
the larger than life stars that the brand needs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I do not blame the talent for all of this.
The creative minds at WWE have started and stopped and started and stopped many
of the young talents pushes more than I can count. </div>
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The Rock is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. He
brings a humendous spot light onto the WWE brand leading up to WrestleMania. He
will sell tickets. He will create buzz. He will be on all the talk shows
promoting his main event match. When the general public flips thru the channels
they might just stop and watch the great one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Name one current WWE star that can create this
kind of buzz on Leno, Letterman, or Conan? Nobody…..yet.</div>
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When The Rock headlines WrestleMania against John Cena (or
CM Punk) he will pass the proverbial torch to one of them. Some of you say he
does not need to be WWE Champ to pass the torch. The WWE title is needed for
this match otherwise The Rock vs Cena does not get there without it. There is
no reason for each other to challenge the other again. The WWE Title is the cherry on
top of the Sunday. It is the exclamation point. The two biggest stars in the
company will be fighting over the WWE’s greatest prize. </div>
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I understand that “Passing the torch” does not always
work out (Hogan to Warrior or Rock to Brock) but right now the WWE needs this.
Cena is a legitimate star. The Rock dropping the WWE title to him makes him
Legendary. </div>
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WrestleMania is about the spectacle... Remember Snooki, Maria Menounos Liberace, Muhammad Ali, Tommy Lasorda, Bob Eucker, Pete Rose, Lawrence Taylor, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Mickie Rourke,Donald Trump, etc etc all brought BUZZ to the event. Now the WWE has one of their own to elevate someone else to the stratosphere level...</div>
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Believe me when I tell you the three months that The Rock
will be the WWE Champion will only make the business and the current product
better. Guys like Punk, Sheamus, Ziggler, Rhodes, and Del Rio will have a
larger audience to show their talents. The rub The Rock gives the WWE is well
worth the three months as WWE champion. Still don’t believe me?? Then just wait
and see, it will prove itself. #DHHS</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-51367306216907620782012-07-25T16:45:00.001-07:002012-07-25T16:45:40.825-07:00#RAW1000<br />
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<a href="http://www.wwe.com/videos/the-opening-to-raws-historic-1000th-episode-raw-july-23-2012-26039748" target="_blank">RAW 1000</a> is in the books and I liked it….</div>
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The DX reunion was without a doubt my highlight as I have
spent a lot of time with <a href="http://twitter.com/WWERoadDogg" target="_blank">Road Dogg</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RealBillyGunn" target="_blank">Billy Gunn</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/TheRealXpac" target="_blank">X-Pac</a> over the last several
years. <a href="http://www.wwe.com/videos/the-new-age-outlaws-discuss-their-big-return-to-raw-1000-wwecom-exclusive-july-2-26040135" target="_blank">Watching BG and Kip get their moment on the big stage</a> was not only
beautiful but well deserved. As most of you know both Brian and Kip have had a successful
run staying sober for the past two years, and seeing them on RAW and get that reaction
gave me goose bumps and a tear in my eye. </div>
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RAW 1000 may not have done much to further story lines but
who wanted to really see that. The fans wanted a celebration and that is
exactly what they got. Mean Gene
Okerlund, Road Warrior Animal, <a href="http://twitter.com/TheREALRIKISHI" target="_blank">Rikishi</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper" target="_blank">Roddy Piper</a>, Hacksaw Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter,
Doink (all of which have been on a <a href="http://twitter.com/blizzardBrawl" target="_blank">Blizzard Brawl </a>event), Sid, Vader, <a href="http://twitter.com/AmyDuma" target="_blank">Lita,</a> Mae
Young, Slick, Stephanie McMahon, The Undertaker, and let’s not forget <a href="http://twitter.com/TheRock" target="_blank">The Rock</a>
all brought back the memories of the last 20 years.</div>
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<a href="http://twitter.com/WWEAJLee" target="_blank">AJ Lee</a> the new RAW GM… not too sure how I feel about
that. Why would Vinny Mac choose a #CrazyChick??? Where were the Divas on Monday Night?? Where
was <a href="http://twitter.com/CodyRhodesWWE" target="_blank">Cody</a>?? </div>
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<a href="http://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR" target="_blank">"Stone Cold" Steve Austin</a> stated that he<a href="http://brokenskullranch.com/archives/1142" target="_blank"> had knee surgery and could not participate</a>. Not too sure if that is the whole story, but if that
is what he is saying then I guess that is what it is. BUT I am not buying it.
#HurtFeelings. </div>
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<a href="http://twitter.com/CMPunk" target="_blank">CM Punk</a>….. Interesting heel turn or is it?? Will the fans
really boo him or will they side with him.
You know Punker can say that he has busted his butt while The Rock has
been back in Hollywood and how dare the Rock get a title match and try and take
his spot light at the <a href="http://www.wwe.com/videos/the-rock-and-john-cena-look-to-royal-rumble-2013-raw-july-23-2012-26039908" target="_blank">Royal Rumble</a>… Fans will still love Punk and adore The
Rock… Punk will not lose any steam, in fact he will only get better with new
and improved #PipeBombs. </div>
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Can you imagine the look on the Rock’s face when creative
asked him if he would sell a Punk clothesline?? Some of the Legends I spoke
with in St. Louis all said the same thing…. “Rocky is doing business”. The
Rock and CM Punk and <a href="http://twitter.com/JohnCena" target="_blank">John Cena</a> program will definitely keep things interesting
until Wrestle Mania.</div>
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With a new three hour RAW on the horizon, I have been
interested to see who the #PowersThatBe in the WWE decide to “push” and or “elevate”
into the mid to upper card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have
blogged about before the WWE needs new superstars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After watching Monday night I do not see that
happening soon. The WWE needs to do something to keep the fans interested over
the summer months.</div>
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With the part time status of Triple H, The Undertaker,
Brock Lesnar, and The Rock combined with the suspensions of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RandyOrton">Randy Orton</a> and
Chris Jericho, added to the injuries of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheMarkHenry">Mark Henry</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ReyMysterio">Rey Mysterio</a>, I was
certain we would see guys like <a href="http://www.twitter.com/CodyRhodesWWE">Cody Rhodes</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BrodusClay">Brodus Clay</a>, Tensai, and even <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ZachRyder">ZachRyder</a> given more TV time. (Before anyone says Ryback and Damien Sandow, I am
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Instead we get Michael Cole in the Main Event of the <a href="http://www.twitter.com/wwe">WWE’</a>s
Flagship Show. I do not get it at all. Do the fans really want to see Cena vs.
Cole?? Or was this to amuse certain people in the back?</div>
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/WWETheBigShow">Big Show</a> is now the #1 heel in the company and rightfully
so, he did knock out <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JohnCena">John Cena</a> twice and helped the evil <a href="http://www.twitter.com/WWERAWGM">Johnny Ace</a> stay in
power as the WWE GM. But why must Show continue to be a one man wrecking
machine?? He needs a wing man… </div>
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Cue<a href="http://www.twitter.com/GiantBernard"> Tensai….</a></div>
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Let Johnny Ace build his Army. Let him create a
collection of destroyers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not let
Tensai become heel #2. Let Tensai be the guy that crushes <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MilanMiracle">Santino</a>, Clay, Ryder,
Truth, and Kofi with Big Show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They could
rule the RAW brand. This way ONE guy is not killing your Tag Team Champions,
your US Champion, your Internet Champion, and the most kid friendly dancing
machine since <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheScotty2Hotty">Too Cool.</a> </div>
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Johnny Ace, Tensai, and Show could rule RAW and
Smackdown. Then….. Brock Lesnar returns and joins the fun. Johnny Ace keeps
talking about bringing legitimacy back to the WWE. Well when you have Tensai,
Show, and Lesnar together I think that make a pretty awesome team of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson">ass</a>
kickers. Let that all start at the 1,000<sup>th</sup> RAW in St. Louis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shake the WWE to it’s core. </div>
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Make it seem like nobody can stop them. Brock can take
out Triple H, Big Show and Tensai can destroy Cena and the IWC would be
buzzing. The 1,000<sup>th</sup> RAW would be a huge success.</div>
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Now the key is to keep Cena and Trips off TV for a little
while. Let them join forces eventually and build towards Summer Slam. Every
time Cena is alone they beat him down, every time Trips is cornered they beat
him down. Never let Cena and Trips work as a team until Summer Slam.</div>
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Now of course we do not want to see a three on two match
at Summer Slam. Cena and Trips would need a partner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HBK is retired,<a href="http://www.twitter.com/CMPunk">CM Punk</a> is busy with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan">DBD</a>,
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/WWESheamus">Sheamus</a> is World Champion, so that leaves only one person left…… “The Most
Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment” <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRock">The Rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a></div>
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Summer Slam 2012….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Big Show, Tensai, and Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena, Triple H, and The
Rock. Imagine the buzz. Imagine the electricity. That is the money match. That
is a match I would pay to see. I do not care what the finish is, hell they
could even do a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO9zxsRzN-M">Bash At The Beach</a> finish and have Cena play the role as Hulk
Hogan….. That is what the fan’s still want right?? John Cena heel turn.</div>
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I am sure some of you are wondering how that one match
can create new stars…. Simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you
have a program with Hunter, Cena, Rock, and Brock who are four of the most
recognizable names is the business it will create buzz, it will draw a rating,
people will come out and see what is happening. The intrigue will have the fans
invest into watching 180 minutes of sports entertainment on Monday night. While
the loyal fans will continue to watch you will also get new fans that want to
see what is so <a href="http://www.twitter.com/LindaKay22">“trending”</a>. These new fans may then gravitate to the younger
talent. They may feel a connection with Cody Rhodes, Zach Ryder, Damien Sandow,
Ryback, Sin Cara, etc etc…. New fans help create new buzz which in turn creates
new stars.</div>
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Let’s hope that the summer of 2012 creates buzz because
wrestling in general really needs it.</div>
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Don't forget to follow The Pro Wrestling Report --->> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/PWRShow">@PWRShow </a>and watch us every Wednesday & Saturday Night at <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/">www.PWRShow.com </a>and on Saturday Nights in Milwaukee on My24 at 10pm.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-76387223418661910262012-05-22T11:46:00.000-07:002012-05-22T11:47:19.196-07:00What is PWR Show?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What is the <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/" target="_blank">Pro WrestlingReport </a>(PWR) ??? Is it a news show? Is
it a variety show? Is it a #DirtSheet? What is it that <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson" target="_blank">Dameon Nelson</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/David.Herro">DavidHerro</a> really do??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/PWRShow" target="_blank">PWR</a> is a group of tremendously cool and sexy people (LOL) that have been life long wrestling fans that are just simply talking about wrestling. Yes we have fun. Yes we joke. Yes we even
have a few “opinions”. But at the end of the day we are just people that
enjoy some “rasslin”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyone that listens to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pwr" target="_blank">PWRMonday Meltdown</a> or watches <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/maxsports?feature=g-all-u" target="_blank">PWR Prime Time</a> expecting to see us give away the “magic”
or the “behind the scenes” stuff will be disappointed. Dameon and I decided
long ago that PWR would be a show that creates discussion and creativity. We do
not feel it does our show or the wrestling business any good by ruining a surprise
by giving away a “Shocking development”. You can read about all that stuff on
other web sites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The fact of the matter is
this…. Yes, we know what might happen. Yes, we know what direction some story lines are heading in. Yes.. Yes..Yes… But really, what good would it do to tell you
when it is going to happen as opposed to trying to explain the message as to
why it did happen. Do you like to know what Santa is going to give you on Halloween
or would you rather enjoy the moment and the surprise on Christmas morning. Speaking of Christmas, it is never too early to order your <a href="http://194154.spreadshirt.com/shop/designs">Officially Official PWR T-shirts.... Click here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The best times as a
wrestling fan for me, was when I never knew what was going to happen. Never knowing
who was going to show up “unexpectedly”. But I was always wondering “why?” and “how?”.
That is what PWR brings to the audience.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZfg4GG2ziM">Remember when Warrior ran down</a> and saved <a href="http://www.twitter.com/HulkHogan" target="_blank">Hogan</a> at WrestleMania? Remember when
Hogan shocked the world and joined Hall and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RealKevinNash" target="_blank">Nash</a> in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2ZM_oJkE4" target="_blank">nWo</a>? Saturday Night’s
Main event when it was taped three weeks earlier and we never knew?? How much
fun would all that have been of we knew weeks ahead of time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes, I do look online and
read spoilers and rumors. But I feel that sometimes the rumors ruin a good
thing because it gives us “expectations”. Which for me, whenever you have
expectations your are usually assured disappointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Remember when it leaked
that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5JETjzLAEg" target="_blank">Goldberg and Brock</a> were both leaving after their WM20 match?? The crowd
boo’d them out of the building before they even locked up. How about the
infamous pictures of<a href="http://cdn.wrestlingnewssource.com/i/chrisjerichoairport.jpg"> Jericho in an airport </a>before his last re-debut… Why do we
need to ruin the surprise? I get it, it makes money, it gets page views, it
gets clicks, it gains followers. I am all about that. But sometimes it ruins a
good thing. I prefer to talk about it and be the “Monday Morning Quarterback”
as opposed to the guy that let the cat out of the bag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By the way please stop over and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PWRShow">"LIKE" our new and improved PWR Show Facebook page. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now I do not want anyone
to think I am bashing the “insiders”, I am not. I am just explaining how the
<a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/">PWR</a> Show works. I admire the resiliency and dedication that some of these sites
have that get the breaking news. They obviously have great sources. Dameon and
I prefer to have <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperFriends/219259088084321?ref=ts">friendships.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now don’t get me wrong,
there have been plenty of times that Dameon (more than myself) has been way off
with our “analysis” but that is what makes the show fun. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHc-l2Ke5A&list=UUIgtIgPZLC8wyrenjQhdVYw&index=9&feature=plcp">#DifferenceOfOpinion.PWR is about discussion. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What most of you do not
understand is that Dameon and I do actually have lives outside of PWR. <a href="http://www.fox59.com/videogallery/69869791/News/VIDEO-Six-Flags-Great-America-X-Flight-Ride" target="_blank">Dameon is an executive director at Six Flags </a>and I own and operate a CBRF. We do the
PWR show because we enjoy it, not because we have to, but because we want to.
This is our creative outlet. We get to be kids and fans for a couple hours a
week. If you cannot see that we are having fun then you obviously will never
understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">#DidYouKnow that PWR produces up to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RealKKBundy">#FIVE </a>days of content each week. Monday Meltdown Radio, Wednesday PrimeTime TV, <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pwr">Thursday Sudden Impact Radio</a>, Saturday PrimeTime TV, and a Sunday Post PPV Show Radio. Did I mention that all the content available is FREE? :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So for the few “haters” out there that don’t appreciate
our #Shenanigans that we do, I guess you would have hated <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkbumRuW-Fs" target="_blank">Prime Time Wrestling with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan</a>. But for all of our fun loving and loyal
#SuperFriends and Nelson Family members, thank you very much for all your
support and for having our backs when the #ToolBoxes have nothing but jealousy
and hate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On behalf of everyone at the PWR Show offices, I would to
wish everyone of you a safe and #tremendous Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy,
create, and believe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/MizzHogan" target="_blank">BrookeHogan</a> signs with <a href="http://www.impactwrestling.com/" target="_blank">TNA Impact Wrestling</a> as a Knockouts consultant…. The IWC
Explodes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It's "<a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_%27to_the_victor_goes_the_spoils%27" target="_blank">to the victor go thespoils</a>." The spoils of victory are the extra bonuses, perks, and treasure
you get for winning. <br />
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<i>"In the old days of war, the winning army pretty much got to loot the
countryside and take what they wanted--wealth, harvest, women, whatever. Those
would be the spoils of victory. In a relatively civilized setting, we use it
more symbolically or metaphorically. The winner (victor, the victorious one,
the one who gets the victory) gets whatever benefits go with the actual winning
of the title, prize, award, office, or event. They could be formal or
informal--that is, they could be a designated part of the prize (a gold medal,
a contract with an athletic equipment manufacturer) or just tag along with it
(celebrity status, free gifts, media attention, boost in their love life)."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I can
understand why the wrestling fan gets upset, but c’mon people…. It’s how
business works. Since the beginning of time we have always taken care of our
own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is corporate America or
a Mom and Pop business family takes care of family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just the way world turns. Wrestling is
no different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_ol%27_boy_network" target="_blank">GoodOl’ boy Network</a>…. Strong loyalty to family and friends</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As
someone that has grown up in the family Real Estate business I understand. I
was given a spot in the family business probably before I was ready but I also
grew up in it and understood how the business works. I showed the doubters that
I could do it and did well. Brooke Hogan will probably do the same thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Looks
at some of the successful families….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_613402208"> </a></span><a href="http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10610/" target="_blank">TheTrumps</a>, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2011/04/01/ford-family-shuffles-wealth/" target="_blank">The Fords</a>, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/15/8191093/index.htm" target="_blank">The Waltons</a> (Wal-Mart), <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2005/07/28/cx_bizmanslide_13.html?thisSpeed=35000" target="_blank">The Disneys</a>, The Gagnes (AWA), The Von Erichs (World Class), The Seligs (Brewers) ,
<a href="http://www.strumconsulting.com/strumings/the-new-york-yankees-the-ultimate-brand/" target="_blank">The Steinberenners</a> (Yankees), The McMahons (WWE), and numerous other <a href="http://www.corpmagazine.com/SpecialInterests/FamilyBusiness/tabid/59/itemid/456/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Fortune500 companies</a> that have done extremely well and hired their children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ImpactWrestling" target="_blank">TNA Impact Wrestling</a> is a family based wrestling company.... <a href="http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/nashville-based-tna-uses-family-ties-impact-pro-wrestling" target="_blank">Read here</a></span></span></div>
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is nothing wrong with <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/17/brooke-hogan-tna-wrestling/" target="_blank">Brooke Hogan joining TNA</a>, I am sure it will be a great
experience for her as well as a resume builder. Who knows how much she is even
going to be paid and it is none of our business.Maybe she has never taken a bump in the ring that does not mean she does not understand the business. Some of wrestling's greatest minds have never taken a "bump" and have gone on to make the product better... no I am not talking about <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson" target="_blank">Dameon Nelson. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/wwe" target="_blank">WWE</a> RAW goes three hours and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Impactwrestling" target="_blank">TNA Impact Wrestling</a> will be
LIVE throughout the summer… and people say that pro wrestling isn’t a draw
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Moments after <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TNADixie" target="_blank">Dixie Carter</a> made the announcement that Impact
would be live every week this summer, the WWE Corporate offices had all WWE
talent tweet out that RAW would be going three hours permanently. Now everybody
asks… Is this good for business??</div>
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First let’s start with TNA Impact. I think this will be a huge step for
them. To go live keeps everything fresh
and the talent will elevate their game. They will not be the opportunity to re-tape
a blown match or segment. This is the real deal. </div>
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Guys like <a href="http://www.twitter.com/HulkHogan" target="_blank">Hogan</a>, Flair, Sting, The Dudleys, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mrkenanderson" target="_blank">Anderson</a>, Hardy,
and RVD will need to show the younger talent how to do business and what it
takes to have a successful LIVE show. This is where they earn those paychecks. They understand the “Going LIVE” process.
They know how to get the stuff in and how it should look. Talent like Aries, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RobbieEImpact" target="_blank">Robbie E</a>, Bobby Roode,
Crimson, and the others that have not had the opportunity to go LIVE every week
will all be forced to raise their game. My only concern with TNA going LIVE is
the studio audience. If the group of people is predominately non wrestling fan
tourists, that have no investment into the show could be a nightmare for the
production crew. This is
a bold and expensive move by TNA but I am confident that with the people they
have in place to run the show now, that they will do well and be successful. I wish TNA Impact the best of luck and I believe the have the horses for this race.</div>
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too sure how I feel about this. I personally think three hours is too much,
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I am hoping the WWE uses the extra hour to build new stars,
to re-boot the tag team division, and to give the audience more than just three
minute matches. I do not want to see multiple segments of Johnny Ace, CM Punk,
Brock Lesnar, and John Cena. Use this
time to further Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, and the other hungry young lions.
Strengthen the Divas division, build tag teams, and even bring back a Piper’s
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I am amazed by the amount of product that the WWE produces
each week. RAW, Smackdown, NXT, the
various YouTube shows, WWE movies, and weekend magazine style shows. What a
machine. The WWE truly is an entertainment
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At the end of the day the wrestling fans win and both companies
hope to have strong ratings. But my
question is….. Do people really want to stay inside during the summer months to
watch TV??? The wrestling Gods seem to
think so. I guess we will all find out sooner than later. Don’t forget to tune
into <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/" target="_blank">PWR PrimeTime</a> every week for more info and analysis regarding the
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-69967799531566865862012-04-30T14:55:00.001-07:002012-04-30T14:56:38.412-07:00John Cena HAD to beat Brock LesnarOkay #SuperFriends.... Lets not get to upset here. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JohnCena" target="_blank">John Cena</a> had to beat <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DCBrockLesnar" target="_blank">Brock Lesnar</a> at Extreme Rules on PPV. I have seen the tweets and the RTs about how can Cena beat Brock?? How can the $5,000,000 man Brock Lesnar "job" to Cena?? SuperCena sucks....<br />
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Well... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R5_XDpmVmc" target="_blank">lemme tell you something Mean Gene....</a><br />
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Do you remember when <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5JETjzLAEg" target="_blank">Lesnar after his match with Bill Goldberg at Wrestle Mania 20?</a> It was terrible. The match sucked, the way the did business sucked, and the crowd hated it. Lesnar left the WWE on rocky/ terrible terms. The WWE had big plans for Lesnar and he up and quit. Yes he quit. Now don't get me wrong he has every right to leave if he wants to because lets not forget that pro wrestlers are considered "Independent Contractors"....<br />
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So Lesnar leaves and he bashed the WWE on the way out to anyone that would listen. Then he gets involved in a <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/04/24/daily6.html" target="_blank">multi million dollar lawsuit</a> with the WWE. I really do not think that <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/PxdSzg7t3E5/Vince+McMahon+Honored+Hollywood+Walk+Fame/uukd9Buzj2u" target="_blank">Vince McMahon</a> and the powers that be in Stamford ever forgot about this.<br />
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Now as Lesnar leaves a new star is on the rise... John Cena. The company guy, the guy that does everything and more of what has been asked of him. Cena was doing non stop appearances, movies, tv shows, Make A Wish, all over the world promoting the WWE brand and making the "office" and himself a lot of money.<br />
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For the most part everyone that I have talked with that knows Cena says he does great business, that his work ethic is second to none and that Vince loves his Golden Goose.<br />
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So with all that being said.... Why would Vince have his most loyal employee lose to a guy that left him high and dry?? If you actually watched the match you would see that Brock's return match to WWE was the same as his debut in the UFC. He dominated dominated dominated his opponent until he made a mistake that cost him the match. That's what happened.... He dominated and battered Cena for 95% of the match only to get cocky and run into a <a href="http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/ep_trending/public/article/image/2012/04/%21john-cena-lock-chain-642.jpg" target="_blank">Masterlock fist from John Cena</a>. So if you look at it, Cena did not beat Brock, Brock beat Brock. <br />
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Believe me when I tell you that Lesnar will be back on track after RAW Tonight. He will admit he got careless and now that he did "business" last night and played ball I fully expect Lesnar to run all over the WWE until John Cena returns from whatever will keep him off of TV for a few months.<br />
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Remember..... It is "Sports Entertainment". Sit back and enjoy the show. The WWE always has a method to their madness.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-20181211475370508582012-04-23T08:26:00.000-07:002012-04-23T08:26:37.180-07:00The #SuperFriends PWRShow Draft.... Behind The ScenesHello #SuperFriends.... Sorry it has been so long since my last update. I want to thank everyone that joined us in Miami for the <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/" target="_blank">PWR Show</a> #Shenanigans Weekend. It was absolutely tremendous. Special thanks to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RealKevinNash" target="_blank">Kevin Nash</a>, X-Pac, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RealBillyGunn" target="_blank">Billy Gunn</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RealDDP" target="_blank">Diamond Dallas Page</a>, Rhyno, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RobbieEImpact" target="_blank">Robbie E</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RobTerryTNA" target="_blank">Rob Terry</a>, The Headbangers <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ChazMosh" target="_blank">Mosh</a> & <a href="http://www.twitter.com/GRThasher" target="_blank">Thrasher</a>, and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRealRikishi" target="_blank">Rikishi</a> for joining us on Friday night and also to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MariaKanellis" target="_blank">Maria</a> who joined us along with Rhyno for the Suite and Sexy event at WrestleMania on Sunday....<br />
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Time for the new wrestling season to start "if you will". It always seems that WrestleMania is the year end and the weeks after Mania is when new talent debuts and new story lines take form. With that being said <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson" target="_blank">Dameon Nelson</a> and I had our 2nd Annual <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAdCzFxe20" target="_blank">PWR Show Draft</a> last week where we drafted a total of 12 stars from any wrestling company of our choosing. Now of course you can only score points if your talent participates on PPVs. <br />
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So for the last few days I have been getting your feedback.. the good, the bad, and the ridiculous. So I thought it might be fun to explain how I built my team and give you some insight. You might be shocked at some of the reasons. <br />
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Lets first start off with the Nelson Family. Dameon drafted the following......<br />
1. The Miz (received from SuperFriends in wild card for Cody Rhodes)<br />
2. Brock Lesnar<br />
3. Daniel Bryan Danielson<br />
4. Dolph Ziggler<br />
5. Chris Jericho<br />
6. Brodus Clay<br />
7. The Big SHow<br />
8. Mark Henry<br />
9. Santino Marella<br />
10. Randy Orton<br />
11. Jeff Hardy<br />
12. Austin Aries <br />
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As you can see <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson" target="_blank">Dameon </a>drafted a solid team, the loss of his Golden Boy to me Cody Rhodes was a humendous hit for his team, but over all it is not terrible.<br />
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It is now time to go Draft pick by Draft pick for team #SuperFriends....<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cmpunk" target="_blank">CM Punk</a>... Now I am sure quite a few of you were shocked that I would take The Punker because so many of you think that I don't like the guy. The fact of the matter is that the WWE has invested so much time and money and merchandise into CM Punk that I had no choice but to pick him #1. The guy is a clean superstar. They don't have to worry about finding him passed out in the hotel lobby and the fans adore him. Did I mention he sells a ton of merchandise?? RAW was built around two guys... Superman and Batman aka Hogan and Savage aka Cena and Punk. So as you can see Punk was a safe bet and a lock for a tremendous year.<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JohnCena" target="_blank">John Cena </a>... Is there really any need for an explanation. He is the Golden Goose for the WWE. The biggest star they have.<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/WWESheamus" target="_blank">Sheamus</a>... The Great White. This guy is the X factor in my draft. He has a rocket on his back right now but is also in a program with DBD, a guy that has gained a lot of steam in recent months. Sheamus has a great look, charismatic, good work ethic and obviously company guy. He kind of reminds a bit of Batista, a guy that can sell tickets and be the monster that wrestling needs. I expect him to be upper mid card for most of the year on all WWE PPVS.<br />
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4. Alberto Del Rio... This guy is rich, handsome, and powerful... #ButYouAlreadyKnewThat. ADR is the guy that the WWE can go to in a pinch. He is a good looking heel with a great gimmick that has always worked. Look at guys like The Million Dollar Man and JBL. The fans love to boo the pompous and wealthy. ADR can work and was a big star in Mexico. The WWE needs the international flavor and they have that in ADR. Some sort of gold is a given around his waist. He is too good not to.<br />
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5. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ryback22" target="_blank">Ryback</a>.... Now here is a pick that I caught a ton of grief for. You say he is unproven, one dimensional, blah blah blah. The thing that most of you are missing is that the WWE has held this guy a spot for almost two years now. Yes he was hurt, but they still kept this spot open for him which tells me one thing.... They have a plan for him. Is it a roll of the dice? Absolutely, but the fact is they did not give his spot to someone else. <br />
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6. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/codyrhodeswwe" target="_blank">Cody Rhodes</a> (in exchange for The Miz) This was the Funny Ha Ha moment in the draft. Some of you think I will kill his career. So now I have to see the #SaveCody in my time line. I look at it as fate. Cody and I were meant to win together. I fully expect Cody Rhodes to be the man in the WWE. The have slowly groomed him and prepared him. Everything I have heard about Cody has been positive and the son of the son of a plumber will have many opportunities to shine in the WWE in 2012. Thanks Dameon!!<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MrKenAnderson" target="_blank">Ken Anderson</a>.... My #SuperFriend. When it comes to TNA you really have no idea which way the company will go, but knowing that TNA has signed Anderson to a contract extension has me excited about his future. Right now with Bobby Roode as the TNA Impact World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion they will need plenty of baby faces to work with and I think Anderson vs Roode has money written all over it.<br />
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8. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/realbobbyroode" target="_blank">Bobby Roode</a>... The TNA Impact World Champion was there for me at pick number eight... How could I pass this up. Roode is the guy in TNA, he has had the most character development of any TNA star in the past couple years and I do not see that changing anytime soon. He is a believable champion and he can work. barring an injury I see Roode at the top of the TNA card for the rest of the year.<br />
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9. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/GiantBernard" target="_blank">Lord Tensai</a>.... This guy is a beast. The former A-Train is a big man that can go. Yes he has started out slow so far, but lets not forget he also has a win over John Cena. Remember Umaga?? Started out slow then went on to be the Bulldozer and had a great run. Tensai is a great worker, he had tremendous matches with Chris Benoit and has also had a fabulous career in Japan. He has not been in the WWE for several years so he will have to get re-acclimated to the WWE ring style. He will be a home run for Team SuperFriends, he just has to find his groove.<br />
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10. Kane... The Big Red Machine was actually chosen by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MikeWickett" target="_blank">Mike Wickett,</a> not too sure if I would have picked Kane on my team but whats done is done. One of the things that really stood out to me during WrestleMania weekend was how much praise Kane received at the Hall of Fame. This may be his last year in the WWE so I would expect this team player to get one more solid run on his way out. <br />
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/ZACKRYDER" target="_blank">Zach Ryder</a>... Amazing how fast so many of you turned on this guy. Remember when I said he wasn't ready and I was the hater??? Well I think he has finally paid his dues in the eyes of the WWE office and should be on his way. Now I am not comparing Ryder to Triple H, but remember when Haitch was burried for over a year as punishment? He went on to become one of the biggest stars in the business. Sometimes the "Office" will do things to mess with a persons psyche to see how bad they want something. Ryder sells a lot of merchandise and the crowd generally adores him. Time for him to turn the corner. <br />
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/robbieeimpac" target="_blank">Robbie E</a>... I am not gonna lie, Robbie is a real #SuperFriend. Super good guy and he gets it. Yes he has the Jersey Shore gimmick but if you watch his ring work he is very solid. He is a true heel (did I just say that??) <br />
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Well that is all that I got. I hope this helps some of you understand the methods to my madness. Like I said before #SuperHeroes need #SideKicks to be successful. I believe this team of #SuperFriends may actually be a better blend and more successful than the team I had last year. Of course only time will tell. Thanks for reading and I look forward to your feedback...<br />
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P.S. I heard that the Wizard World Toy and Comic Conventions are now in a partnership with the WWE and that the WWE now has final say as to what non WWE wrestling talent can participate and be a vendor at these conventions. I think Wizard is making a huge mistake and shame on the WWE if this is true. I have been attending Wizard World for many years and have helped other stars get booths in the past. Rather disappointing that I will not have that opportunity this year.<br />
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Please be sure to follow me on Twitter... <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DavidHerro" target="_blank">@DavidHerro</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-64975012727759523472011-11-24T08:00:00.000-08:002011-11-24T08:00:29.116-08:00Happy Thanksgiving.... and lots of shameless plugsFirst of all I would like to wish all my <a href="http://194154.spreadshirt.com/super-friends-t-shirt-A8460631/customize/color/17">#SuperFriends</a> the most <a href="http://194154.spreadshirt.com/pwr-tremendous-happy-face-t-shirt-A6427282/customize/color/66">#Tremendous</a> Thanksgiving ever and wishing you all full a belly and a Packer victory...<br />
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Where has the time gone?? I cannot believe that another Pre Christmas Holiday is upon us (Thanksgiving). So as I prepare this years Thanksgiving feast for my seniors today I thought I would grab my virtual pen and paper and reflect on what has been an amazing 2011 so far and what I am #thankful for....<br />
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First and foremost, I am thankful for my amazing little boy, the handsome and courageous <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KalHerro">Kal</a>. Every day this little man amazes me with his charm, his wit, and his love. I know every parent says that they have the best kid or kids, but I know that I do. Hard to believe that he is 9 and soon to be in double digits. I am #thankful that I have the job that allows me to take him to school everyday and pick him up after school everyday. I am #thankful that he is able to share his honest thoughts and concerns with me knowing that he will not be judged. Thank you Kal for being you.<br />
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Second, I am most thankful for the most loving and encouraging family I could ever ask for. My parents Lew and Debbie, and sister <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KerryMinic">Kerry</a> (Miso), and Brian (Anna) have always been my rock. They have had my back from day one and support Kal and myself when we need them. I know it is a #hashtag, but my family are real life #SuperHerros...<br />
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Speaking of #SuperHerros, how can I not include my amazing, beautiful, charming, and sassy niece Radiah and my handsome, funny, and entertaining nephews Angelo, Isayah, and Hank. Wow, do I have the best kids in my life. Radiah is the daughter I always wanted. She is Fairytale Princess beautiful and at the same time the sassiest little girl ever. My nephews are truly #Tremendous. Angelo is the brother that Kal never had, he is loving and sincere. Isayah is just starting to come out of his shell and there is no doubt that he to will be a heart breaker like Kal and Angelo, very charming. Then there is the latest and greatest edition, Hank. He is known affectionately as Hank the Destroyer, because that is exactly what he does, he leaves a wake of destruction in his path, good thing he is so adorable (he takes after his Uncle). When people ask if I want more kids, I tell them I have been blessed with the best. #NoMoreDiapers<br />
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On to my #SuperFriends. Wow... talk about blessings. I have the greatest group of people in my life. Talk about a support system. When people say to me, "you always smile", it is because I have the most amazing Amigos. Besides how can you not smile when reading Al Snow's <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRealAlSnow">tweets</a>?? Going forward is a lesson I have learned from them. We can either sit still and take beatings and or be complacent or we can go forward and learn from mistakes and improve. I am going to mention some of the people that have been influential to me and I apologize if I leave anyone out, I suggest you follow them on Twitter and enjoy their company and wisdom.... <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffLynn">Jeff Lynn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealAlSnow">Al Snow</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheScotty2Hotty">Scotty 2 Hotty</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKevinNash">Kevin Nash</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BGRoadDoggJames">Brian James</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBillyGunn">Billy Gunn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/becklynn">Becky Weber</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/">Rachael Robinson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CuzJackKoshick">Jack Koshick</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraciBrooks">Traci Brooks</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SerenaDeeb">Serena Deeb</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DameonNelson">Dameon Nelson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/secondpower">Ken Anderson</a>, Gino Salamone, <a href="https://twitter.com/RealArmandoHaHa">Armando Estrada</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/K8Roxs">Katie Peterson</a> (NSFW.. :) ) , <a href="https://twitter.com/Corycatterall">Cory Catterall</a> and my new #SuperFriend <a href="https://twitter.com/The1stLaydee">Amanda</a> who puts the proverbial #Boots2Asses daily. Of course I also have my #WatchTower, she looks over all of us.... Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/TamNash">Tamara</a>!! <br />
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Then I have my <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/">GLCW</a> Blizzard <a href="https://twitter.com/BlizzardBrawl">Brawl</a> family.... Thank you! Thank you!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/Shirley_Perez">Shirley Perez</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SaulPerezJr">Saul Perez</a>, Katbird, Big George, DJ Bob, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MikeGroll">Mike Groll</a>, and the endless list of friends and supporters of GLCW and the Blizzard Brawl events. Kal and I are forever grateful. Did I mention <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1l8Q3Y_gLs">Blizzard Brawl 7 is Saturday, December 3... Tix start at $10 ...</a> www.BlizzardBrawl.com<br />
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To all of our <a href="http://www.pwrshow.com/">PWR Show</a> supporters.. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for giving me the creative outlet that I need each and every week. Thank you for being <a href="http://194154.spreadshirt.com/super-friends-t-shirt-A8460631/customize/color/17">#SuperFriends</a> and knowing that the show is meant to be fun and full of #Shenanigans and that at the end of the day it is still just professional wrestling. Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNMilwaukee">ESPN Milwaukee</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/My24Milwaukee">My24 Milwaukee</a> for giving us the stage to perform. Even the haters, the ones that spew nothing but nonsense and jealousy, special <a href="http://194154.spreadshirt.com/thank-s-pal-A6427363/customize/color/2">#ThanksPal </a>to you for wasting your energy on hating me and making the show more relevant.... #MuchasGrassyass<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you that took the time to read this.... Thank you from the bottom of my heart and now you can all finally put your Christmas Trees up...#ButYouAlreadyKnewThat<br />
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Saturday night I am out by the pool with the kids and my phone is blowing up with Tweets and text messages about <a href="http://twitter.com/MattHardyBrand">Matt Hardy</a> and his car accident. One of the first tweets I read was from <a href="http://twitter.com/CMPunk">CM Punk</a>,,, It was something of a parody of Matt's old WWE theme and it included the lyric driving a car up a tree. I knew this was not going to be good for anyone.<br />
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As it turned out that my friend of almost 15 years did crash his car into a tree and was charged with an OUI or DWI. That is when the flood gates opened and I saw people on twitter acting so cold and heartless. I understand that some of you do not like the character that Matt may perform as or if you had a bad experience meeting your "hero" out in public, but for people to make fun of, be happy that, or wish more destruction on someone is embarrassing as a human being. <br />
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Before I go any further I want it to be known that I do NOT condone operating while impaired or do I condone any type of drug or alcohol abuse whatsoever. Since I have gotten involved in the wrestling business in 1996 I have lost at last count 16 friends to "demons". I share those losses with my nine year old son so he knows the destructive path that follows addictive personalities. People with addictive personalities have a disease, it is'nt a switch that you turn on and off, it is a battle, a fight everyday.<br />
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In the past couple years I lost two fabulous friends in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdDKwqa8ZI">Andrew "Test" Martin </a>and the beautiful <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVvzjbVpqQ">Luna Vachon.</a> Two amazing people that had hearts of gold but also had issues that they could not defeat on their own. Most people do not know this story but Test called me the day before he died, we were going to talk about future dates in Canada that we had booked. When I saw his name on the caller ID and I saw what time it was, I chose not to answer because I knew I wouldn't enjoy that conversation with Drew. I wish I had picked up the phone. The next day he was gone. I promised myself that I would never turn my back on a friend. I am not saying that anything would have been different, but you never know. <br />
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<a href="http://a4.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/48c1c3f15ef95058ff901bee072c3aff/l.jpg">Luna Vachon</a>, my lovely Luna. I really really miss her. Luna was a woman that had so much life in her, so much fire. She just wanted to be the very best at what she did and in my opinion she was the best. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO2n3mTlPsU">She made Sable look amazing during their feud</a> and she did it like a champion. Luna and I had so many special talks over the years, thru the good times and the dark times. All she ever wanted was to be appreciated. Is that really ever to much ask?? I remember talking with Luna a week before a WrestleMania, probably in 1999 and she was telling me how Vince told her that she was not pretty enough to draw ratings and that she was not going to be used anymore. That broke her heart, she had done everything that was asked of her and it still was not good enough. She half jokingly told me she would run down the ramp at Mania and blow her brains out in the middle of the ring and that would be "ratings" for Vince. A part of me honestly thought she might try. Thank God for Luna she eventually found some peace with herself and her career. I am proud to say that I promoted her <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnovYnY1UpM">last match with Traci Brooks</a>, and she left as the champion that she truly was. Luna was working on a book before she died and she wanted me to have my brother who is an attorney to look it over for her when she was done, sadly we will never see that amazing story. YouTube Luna Vachon and watch her, she was amazing.<br />
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I am sure some of you are wondering where am I going with this.... Well the fact is I am tired of losing my friends. Matt Hardy is my friend. Jeff Hardy is my friend. Road Dogg BG James and Billy Gunn are my friends.<br />
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Oh you didn't know???? Let me just say this I do not think I could ever be more proud of two people like I am for BG and Kip. Over the years I have booked both guys on numerous shows and appearances and in the spring of 2010 I decided I was no longer going to use Road Dogg on my events. His mind just was not right, he lost focus, and my friend was a mess. I couldn't stand to see another Test. I could never really gauge Billy because Billy was just being Billy. A big, hard to read guy but you could always see a shine about him. You could see he was like Darth Vader, he had good in him.. LOL <br />
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BG and I talked one day and I told him how much he meant to me as a friend and how much his family needs him, this conversation happened right before he went into rehab. I am happy to say that BG has been clean and sober for well over 10 months now. His light is shining bright and he believes in himself more than ever. Billy was also able to get the help he needed and the same way, and he has also found his balance and peace and it makes my heart feel #Tremendous. Both men still have to fight every day for their sobriety and sanity and they are doing their work. Yes, they are doing their WORK. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thenewageoutlaws">The New Age Outlaws</a> really are better than ever. When I told BG how I worried about him as a friend he told me how sorry he was that he did that to me. I believed him, I could see the clarity in his eyes, he was no longer sleeping he was awake and living. I always feared I would have to tell Kal that his friend the Road Dogg died from his "demons", I never thought I would see BG sit Kal down and tell him the struggles and battles he has had and tell him that drugs and alcohol never end well. I know that message will stick with Kal for his life and I am thankful that my friend was able to deliver that message IN PERSON. Please follow them on twitter and show them the support and love <a href="http://twitter.com/BGRoadDoggJames">@BGRoadDoggJames </a>and <a href="http://twitter.com/RealBillyGunn">@RealBillyGunn</a> and be sure to tell them you are a<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperFriends/219259088084321"> #SuperFriend.</a><br />
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Okay, time to wrap this up here. So what I am saying is that everyone on twitter and in the IWC that judges people for their falls and trips in life I ask you, who are you to judge? We all know someone that has addictions whether it be drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, sex, etc etc... Instead of throwing stones and mocking why don't we try and help, why can't we all really be SuperFriends. Yes you could say that Matt Hardy could have killed a family or that Matt Hardy could have done this or that, but the fact is the only one that got hurt was Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy is someones son, brother, nephew, uncle, friend, cousin, lover, and so on. <br />
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Matt I wish you the best my man. Lets just pick our-self up and dust our-self off and reset. I still remember that young kid in the EconoLodge hotel in Chicago signing ladders, chairs, and 8x10s for me with Jeff and Lita. Stay true to who you are and Go Forward. <br />
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I hope everyone knows that I make no excuses for anyone, we are all responsible for own actions. We choose certain paths in life and some go down a dark and narrow road and some are filled with sunshine and butterflies. Please don't judge anyone, because we never know what that person ultimately is going thru. I wish all of you that took the time to read this the very best and to always have faith, hope, and believe in yourself. I appreciate you all. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperFriends/219259088084321">#SuperFriends.</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-75574681376973884032011-06-02T18:11:00.000-07:002011-06-02T18:42:16.456-07:00Blizzard Brawl 2 and Two???<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So when we last left off the very first ever <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/">Blizzard Brawl</a> was in the books and I was able to avoid a biggerfinancial disaster than Bernie Madoff. It was time for me to get out of the wrestling business again and get back to selling Real Estate and Insurance like I had been doing. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The real estate boom was amazing and I was riding high. My Dad and I own The Herro Company a Real Estate Development Company. We would purchase the vacant land and develop it into a subdivision or as my Dad would say a "neighborhood". At this time we had four different developments going on and I was also selling insurance. It was a great combo. We sell the land, build the home, sell them the homeowners insurance, and then the life insurance to cover the mortgage. Did I mention that my cousin was an appraiser and my brother is an attorney?? Talk about a One Stop Shop. We had you covered ... #Tremendous!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So like I said, <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/">Blizzard Brawl</a> was done and so was I. Then the phone rang. It was <a href="http://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a>...... He asked, "Well, do you want to do it again?" I didn't know what to say, so we decided to meet for lunch at this Chinese place called Chins. I gotta admit I was happy to be done with wrestling, BUT I still had the itch for the business. Gonna get off track for a second and name drop for a minute.... About six months ago (January 2011) I was talking with <a href="http://twitter.com/RealArmandoHaHa">Armando Estrada</a> current WWE Superstar and GLCW Champion. <a href="http://twitter.com/RealArmandoHaHa">Armando</a> has become one of my closest friends, we have some really cool discussions about life and wrestling and I have to admit, I sometimes steal his thoughts and use them on PWR Show Radio and TV....... so when I asked him if he still had the itch to get back in the ring he told me, he told me,"the itch never goes away, it just gets bigger". Of course I mentioned they have different creams and powders ....Ha! So yeah, once you are in, you are in. Needless to say Jeff did not have to twist my arm and in March of 2006 I am now planning for Blizzard Brawl 2 in December.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a> and The Brew were once again going to be my media sponsors for the event and I knew that with the power of The Brew that the show would be a huge success. It was also at this time I was starting to build my new home. Like I said the Real Estate business was booming and I was gonna build my Fortress of Solitude. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ego is a funny thing, it really does get in the way at times. I admit I have an ego, we all do. So when I started to build our new home I picked out the best lot we had in our "neighborhood” and started building. My wife and I agreed on a beautiful 2500 square foot two story home that also allowed for me to build a theater room under our garage, a real life Bat Cave for this Super Herro. Of course a room like that does not come without compromise, so the wife got her dressing room sized walk in closet and fireplace above the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jacuzzi bathtub. Now before anyone thinks I am "rich", keep in mind I am building my own house with our own sub contractors who did lots of favors for me to keep the price down as we were building about 20 homes a year. I was NOT paying RETAIL if you smell what the Rock is cooking. I am not sure how it happened but the 2500 square foot home somehow Hulkasized into a 4700 square foot home. I had no idea all those little inches on the blue prints could be so big.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am sure some of you are wondering why I am talking about this in a wrestling blog. Well I decided that if I am going to tell my story about GLCW and <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/">Blizzard Brawl</a> so I might as well give you the real journey. This "Fortress of Solitude" plays a big part of the future of GLCW. So please be patient.....<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For some reason I felt this Blizzard Brawl should be a double shot so I contacted my old High School and met with the wrestling coach to see if they would be interested in doing a fund raiser for the team. There were a few hoops to jump thru but at the end of the day we agreed to do a show to help raise some money for the Grafton High School Wrestling Team. I was excited because I was bringing my show home to the place where I grew up.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blizzard Brawl 2 was to be a Legends type theme so I booked <a href="http://twitter.com/RealKKBundy">King Kong Bundy</a>, Sherri Martel, Kamala, <a href="http://twitter.com/RealDemoAxe">Demolition Ax</a>, Tito Santana, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azVGCAJtmTo">Baron Von Raschke</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Heenan/100001012470651">Bobby "The Brain" Heenan</a>. Did I mention Doink the Clown was booked?? Well he was and NO he was not Steve Lombardi, Matt Bourne, or Phil Apollo. He was an indy wrestler from Michigan who did a great job. I also contacted NBC Sports Anchor and good friend <a href="http://twitter.com/lanceallan">Lance "The GunShow" Allan</a> and asked him if he wanted to fulfill his childhood dream and get in the ring. After clearing with the wife "The Gun Show" was ready to make his in ring debut against Doink at the Milwaukee Blizzard Brawl. I still had to book the Grafton Blizzard Brawl, so I used the same idea, GHS Wrestling Coach, Mike Dodge vs Doink and I would get back in the ring again and team with <a href="http://twitter.com/RealKKBundy">King Kong Bundy</a> against the GLCW Tag Champs, The Militia. Yeah, what was I thinking getting back in the ring, oooh yeah EGO!! Ha Ha..... I did not know when I would have the chance again to get in the ring and I knew that <a href="http://twitter.com/KalHerro">Kal</a> would be excited.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everything was running smooth, it was September and I was on my way to take my wife to Las Vegas for her 30th birthday. It was tremendous. Good food, good gambling, good shows, good saki. One of my favorite trips of all time. Because I feel there is no need to mention her by name I will use the initials SBL when talking about my now ex wife. Let me just say that SBL is a beautiful woman, I would definitely say that I gave fat guys hope when I married her. She was my best friend and wish things would have worked out between us. We were a blended family and as some people know, blended families can be very straining and difficult. Her son was very trying for me at times, who am I kidding MOST times. We did not click because of his "special needs". Anyone with a child of ADHD knows what I am talking about, it is so hard for the child and so stressful for the parents, and step parents really don’t have a chance. Let’s just say that at times I would rather pound my head thru the wall then have to argue with her about how to handle "blended" situations. Needless to say that two weeks after we got back from Vegas the stress and frustration levels were back again and SBL told me she was going to leave. EGO..... I could not believe it. She told me that she saw how happy and relaxed I was in Vegas and that in the two weeks back that guy was gone. So SBL moved out of the house we just built and back into the old house that we did not sell yet. Did I mention this is six weeks before Blizzard Brawl 2??? <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now I have the task of promoting two Blizzard Brawls and trying to save my marriage. I honestly did not know what to do. I hated life. I was looking for balance that I could not find. One of the first calls I made was to <a href="http://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a>. I told him what was going on and assured him everything would go forward as planned. I wanted to let him know that if I seemed stressed out it was because I was and that he just had to know everything would be fine. He must have been thinking that these wrestling people are crazy. First Crusher's Family was gonna sue over last years show and now I was having a marriage crisis. Ahhh the wrestling business.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To help promote the Grafton Blizzard Brawl I brought <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShNtVtvoI4&feature=related">Baron down to be apart of the Grafton Christmas Parade </a>and it was so amazing to see The Baron in that convertible throwing up The Claw to all the fans along the parade route. Baron got a bigger pop than Santa that day..... Did I mention <a href="http://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a> requested to be Baron's driver for the parade... Talk about a kid in the candy store... :)</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the parade I had to focus on family stuff, SBL and I agreed that Kal would float back and forth between the two houses and obviously her son would stay with her. Let me just say that that Fortress of Solitude got mighty quiet and lonely when <a href="http://twitter.com/KalHerro">Kal</a> was not there and it was just me and the two labs Mick and Hogan.... Yes named after Mick Foley and Hulk Hogan #ButYouAlreadyKnewThat. By the Grace of God, SBL and I agreed to make it work and she moved back in about 10 days before the shows were to take place. Little did I know that this would happen three more times over the next three years. #NoThanksPal.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ7NlyhAHuA">Blizzard Brawl 2</a> and Two went off with a huge turnout. The Milwaukee show drew over 1,200 people and <a href="http://twitter.com/lanceallan">Lance Allan</a> was triumphant in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XYiUO9MC10">his in ring debut</a>. But not without my heart stopping. For some reason Doink decided to start suplexing The Gun Show all over the ring and doing spots we never talked about. Thank God that Lance had Baron Von Raschke as his manager that night as the Baron dropped "The Claw" on Doink which allowed Lance the opportunity school boy Doink for the three count. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Grafton show was also a blast we had a crowd of almost 900 people in the GHS Gymnasium. This was when I realized that I do not need to book myself on the show especially when I have to book the other matches. I only need one hat and that to promote the shows. Any ways I had <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mck6YngJr8">my last match</a> that night and wow did I suck. Within the first minute of the match I somehow got my chin stuck on the top rope and wrenched my neck something terrible. Now considering I already have three fractured vertebras, I was rather concerned and in a ton of pain. <a href="http://twitter.com/RealKKBundy">Bundy</a> and I came up short thanks to a Doink the Clown interference and the doctor was not able to help me with my neck because of the swelling. It took two days for the swelling to go down before I could get any treatment. Of course the family was not pleased that I would take that chance....um did I mention EGO??? BTW <a href="http://twitter.com/KalHerro">Kal</a> loved it :)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the shows <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Heenan/100001012470651">Bobby Heenan</a> pulled me aside and told me that the two shows were the most well run indy shows that he had ever been apart of and that if I ever needed to use him as a reference to book future talent to give that person his number. He also said that if Bobby Heenan's word was good enough then “fawk um”.... Anyone that knows Bobby knows he does not say something unless he means it. I was honored and flattered that Bobby said those kind words and I looked forward to working with him again. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Needless to say I survived not one <a href="http://www.blizzardbrawl.com/">Blizzard Brawl</a> that year but two and dodged a bullet to The Super Herro family....at least for the time being. My life from here on out takes many different crazy hills and valleys but the one constant besides Kal has always been wrestling, so of course, the obvious question was how will Blizzard Brawl 3 top this?? Well looks like you will have to wait and check back next week to find out.... #ButYouAlreadyKnewThat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Follow Blizzard Brawl on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/BlizzardBrawl">here <o:p></o:p></a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-74173202010313550062011-05-23T18:51:00.000-07:002011-05-23T18:51:08.119-07:00This is Blizzard Brawl<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So the last time we left off, <a href="http://davidherro.blogspot.com/2011/05/great-lakes-championship-wrestling-is.html">HERE</a> I was winding down Great Lakes Championship Wrestling (GLCW) as I was about to get married and enter corporate America. As far as I was concerned I had accomplished everything I wanted to do in the wrestling business, that was work with the greats and earn their respect. I felt that I had succeeded and it was time to “grow up”.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fast forward about three years to 2005 and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/CuzJackKoshick">Cousin Jack</a> gives me a call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone that knows Cousin Jack will always appreciate the “Hey cuz” tag line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here we go….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey Cuz, was my greeting on the other end of the call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep in mind the Legendary Crusher, the Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous, had just died a week ago and Cousin Jack was partnering with 97.3 The Brew to promote a Crusher Tribute Show. My initial thought was that the Crusher’s body wasn’t even cold yet, but Jack and the Brew wanted an event and I was asked to come to the meeting and help out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now as far as I was concerned, I was done with the wrestling business. I no longer had my segment on ESPN radio, I no longer did autograph signings, schedule personal appearances, and barely talked to the “boys”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all I was married. To be honest, it drove me nuts. I no longer had my creative outlet and the suit and tie gimmick was driving me crazy, and I had the “itch” to get back in the business again, so for me to hear “Hey Cuz”, I knew it was gonna be something interesting.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I met up with Cousin Jack at the Clear Channel Milwaukee offices and met <a href="https://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a> and Ken Kohls. Jeff was the head guy in charge for the Brew an 80’s rock station that was on fire in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Milwaukee</place></city> and Ken was his promotions director. I expressed my interest in working with Clear Channel and the Brew on the event because I could see it would be huge and just what I needed. Finally I was working with a big time media player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Brew was going to cover all the expenses and all Cousin Jack and I had to do was put the show together and book the talent. Several times throughout the meeting I asked if the Crusher’s Family was on board and Cousin Jack assured us that they were and that they were all excited to honor their father. We left the meeting and I felt like I was back, I had ideas racing through my head and people to call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reached out to my friends… <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRealAlSnow">Al Snow</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/realddp">Diamond <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Dallas</place></city> Page</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/realkkbundy">King Kong Bundy</a>, Jerry Lawler, and Grandmaster Sexay. I also booked <a href="http://www.twitter.com/thetracibrooks">Traci Brooks</a> on the show and it was also the first time I ever worked with her. The show was set, the plane tickets were booked, and now we just had to get the ball rolling.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cousin Jack and I were out postering and flyering the event that was to be called The Brew’s Bolo Brew-ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolo was the name of The Crusher’s finisher and seemed like the perfect name for the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had booked the <placename w:st="on">Ramada</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Convention Center</placetype> by the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Milwaukee</place></city> airport to hold the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I liked the idea of the Ramada because we worked out a deal where we paid rent according to the bar sales, we had a number to hit and if we hit that we got free rent and a percentage of sales. I also like the fact the hotel rooms and the show were all in the same building. Less chasing around for me. I gotta admit this was all going really smooth, too smooth actually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Cousin Jack and I hung up one of the last posters my phone rings….. It was Jeff Lynn of the Brew informing Cuz and myself that the Crusher’s daughter had called to complain that we were using her father’s likeness for the event without her approval and that she would sue everyone if we continued the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff told us that Clear Channel and The Brew would no longer be affiliated with the show because of legal ramifications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was numb. I looked at Jack and just took him home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked for Crusher’s daughter’s number because I had to try and fix this ASAP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Considering I already had about $5,000 of my own money into this show I needed to act quick because I had no desire to tell my wife that I lost $5,000 a month before Christmas.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To this day I am not sure if all the I’s were dotted and T’s were crossed with The Crusher’s family. I am sure that some of his family loved the idea and others did not. So I called Dawn (Crusher’s daughter) and told her that I had no idea she was not in favor of the show and that if the show were to continue on as planned that her father’s name and likeness would not be used whatsoever to promote the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 45 minutes of really great conversation and understanding she gave me her blessing to go forward with the show and wished me luck. As soon as I hung up with Dawn I called Jeff Lynn at the Brew and asked if I could meet with him the next day.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now you can only imagine how much I was hating life and the wrestling business at this time, I went from not having a “creative outlet” to all of the sudden being $5,000 in the hole and possibly ruining my reputation as a promoter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I met with Jeff Lynn, a man I had only met once before in my entire life and I told him what I was willing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said I would still go forward with the show, get another $5,000 to cover remaining expenses and then I get to keep the gate. All I needed from Jeff was the power of Clear Channel and The Brew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told Jeff that he did not owe me anything and that I would understand if they wanted no part of a show that was supposed to place in three weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff excused himself for five minutes which seemed like an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I could think of was how was I going to explain to my wife, who was not a wrestling fan to begin with that I was out $5,000 on a show that was never my idea in the first place. Waiting… Waiting… Waiting…. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jeff came back into his office, sat down and with a huge smile on his face asked me that if they backed the show promotionally if he could be the ring announcer. I said absolutely. Now I don’t want to tell you how much Jeff and Clear Channel graciously helped me with promotionally but let’s just say that the WWE does not get that much air time when they come into town. What a huge day for me, I had more advertising that I ever could have imagined, now I just have to brand the show. Needless to say that Jeff Lynn has become one of my best friends on the planet and has been my ring announcer ever since. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I wanted to get a charity involved to help get some more attention and hopefully help with ticket sales. I wasn’t sure who to use so I went down a list of local charities and came across Variety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Variety is a charity for abused and battered women and children. Originally I was going to name the event “Season’s Beatings” but I felt that probably wouldn’t be appropriate considering the charity involved. So back to the drawing board for a new name. That’s when I decided to go with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BlizzardBrawl">Blizzard Brawl</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure how it came to be but it just worked. So Blizzard Brawl was born.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I was looking for other ways to make money on this event because I always feel that no matter how much you do to promote the event it is never enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I decided to sell “attendant” sponsorships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way it worked is that the fans could purchase the opportunity to sit with the talent at their table during the meet and greet session, kind of like their own personal security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sold those for $300 to $500 each. Tremendous.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I then reached out to all my media friends that would come to Herro’s Sports page (HSP) for personal appearance events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those “media guys” was my good friend from the Milwaukee NBC station and the Sports Anchor, <a href="http://twitter.com/lanceallan">Lance Allan</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lance is a true wrestling fan, he was a fan growing up and eventually became one of GLCW’s undefeated stars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lance came in to interview Diamond Dallas Page who was scheduled to take on Jerry “The King” Lawler in the Main Event. One week before the show Jerry called me and said he had a court date that he could not miss but he was willing to send a video to be played at the show explaining that he couldn’t make the event and that he would name a replacement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That replacement would be Buff Bagwell. Why wouldn’t this shows Main Event have to be changed, the show has been a roller coaster ride from the get go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What else could go wrong? A Blizzard at Blizzard Brawl?? It is <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Milwaukee</place></city> in December remember.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are now five days out and Jeff Lynn and The Brew have been tremendous, I am hearing the commercials all over the Clear Channel Milwaukee universe. I also bout some 30 second TV spots on Time Warmer Sports for $2 each so I had lots of media presence and Lance Allan had invited DDP and myself to be on the 6am NBC TV news. I was also fortunate enough to get Steve “Sparky” Fifer from FOX Sports Radio to come and manage King Kong Bundy. I covered all my bases, I had FM radio, AM radio, Cable TV, and Network TV. What could go wrong, we are almost home??? Did I mention the show was called Blizzard Brawl?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The night before Blizzard Brawl, the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><city w:st="on">Milwaukee</city> and <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Chicago</place></city> area were hit with a legit blizzard. It was so bad that an airplane skid off the tarmac in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Chicago</place></city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like C3PO “we’re doomed”. I had no faith that the people would come out to a show like this at a hotel ballroom with this ridiculous weather. Now all I could think of was that I was going to lose $10,000 on a show that wasn’t supposed to be mine in the first place….. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Al Snow, Brian Christopher, King Kong Bundy, Dallas Page, Buff Bagwell, and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheODBBAM">ODB</a> all made their flights in the morning of the show and the roads were starting to get cleaned up. The last person I had to get was Traci Brooks. She was terrific, beautiful smile, and just happy. I wish I could find 10 Traci Brooks to use on every show, drama free and doesn’t complain. Best “diva” experience ever. Traci and I would go on to become great friends and I was even invited to her wedding. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So as I am in the back going over all the matches with everyone and making sure everyone knows what they are doing I decide to go and check in with DDP and Buff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two have had the same match 100s of times so I was confident everything would be perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then my brother walked in the back and asked me to come out front, he wanted me to see what was going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart stopped, we were 30 minutes from bell time and I was certain that I would walk into an empty ball room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we both walked out from behind the curtain the room was jam packed, the hotel was searching for more chairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They originally were set up for 750 people and wound up having more than 1,000 people in the Ramada Ballroom. I couldn’t believe it, I would be lying to you if I said I didn’t have a tear in my eye.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The show went off as planned and for the most part without a hitch. There was a chant for The Crusher and a chant for Eddie Guerrero as he had also just passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Crusher’s daughter was there and she gave me a big hug and congratulated me. The fans were excited and happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a great experience for everyone involved and I was not out $10,000 but I was emotionally exhausted.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The <a href="http://davidherro.typepad.com/crusher_tribute/page/4/">very first Blizzard Brawl</a> was finally in the books, everyone was paid, everyone had fun, everyone made some money and I was ready to get out of the crazy wrestling business again. I have said this many times, if it was not for the kindness of <a href="https://twitter.com/jefflynn">Jeff Lynn</a> this would have been the worst experience for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason he believed in me and what we could possibly do together. For this I will be forever grateful. You can be the greatest promoter alive but f you do not have the right people working with you then you really don’t have anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff Lynn is a founding father of Blizzard Brawl.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So like I said, I was done, spent, exhausted, I just wanted to get home and go to sleep and leave wrestling behind me again. I did just that. Then about March 2006 I got a phone call from Jeff, he said “do you wanna do it again?”….. TO BE CONTINUED</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-32568924496081293762011-05-11T14:19:00.002-07:002011-05-13T13:45:30.276-07:00Great Lakes Championship Wrestling is born....Okay #SuperFriends, when we last left off I was explaining how <a href="http://davidherro.blogspot.com/2011/05/true-story-hsp-4-life.html">Herro's Sports Page (HSP)</a> got its start, how it grew and who was involved. It was a #tremendous experience. Then one day a monster of a man walked thru the doors of HSP. <br />
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This guy was as tall as me and looked like a mean dude. I gotta admit he was rather intimidating. Rich Finke was his name and at the time had the personality of a potato chip and a very dry sense of humor. Rich was a local independent wrestler that was trained by AWA Tag Team star The Texas Hangman (WCW's Disorderly Conduct's Mean Mike) and Verne Gagne prelim guy, Tom "Rocky" Stone. Rich heard there was a wrestling store in Milwaukee and wanted to check it out. We chatted on and off for a couple weeks feeling each other out and we decided we should do business together. Sitting in the office at HSP we decided that we could make some money being a player in the independent wrestling scene in Milwaukee. With his connections in wrestling and the popularity of HSP and my radio show we felt we could take over the area. All we needed was a name..... <a href="http://glcw.pwrshow.com/">Great Lakes Championship Wrestling</a> (GLCW) was born. <br />
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Our very first show was to take place at Texx's Victory Hall in Cudahy, Wisconsin in October of 1997. I was nervous, I never promoted a live event before so I had no idea what to expect. We agreed to bring in <a href="http://images.wikia.com/prowrestling/images/1/12/Brooklyn_Brawler.jpg">"The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi</a> as the headliner. I believe we had seven matches and rolled the dice. The show was selling pretty well and a few weeks in we had already presold 200 plus tickets, I could feel a home run on our first show. During this time I was working with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/thejimcornette">Jim Cornette</a> in the WWF offices (Jim was the talent relations guy). I called Jim up and asked him if I could book<a href="http://www.twitter.com/realmickfoley"> Mick Foley</a> on an upcoming show in 1998. At the WWF was still allowing their talent to take indy bookings, but obviously that was about to change. Jim, Mick, and I spent well over a week negotiating a fee for an autograph appearance at HSP and a match for GLCW, lets just say knowing what Mick gets now for a personal appearance I got a #tremendous deal. I know I am getting ahead of my self as I haven't even finished the story of my first show, but just hang in there, I will get there.... now.<br />
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So the night of the first GLCW show we were ready to rock, the place was jammed packed, I believe we did over 600 paid, so I was very pleased. The crowd was hot and they were spending money on gimmicks and the bar. I was even booked in the Battle Royale, one of a handful of matched I would book myself in over the next 13 years. No, I didn't win... I am not a wrestler and even tho I may have the size, I have always had more fun promoting and booking the shows, besides it drives me nuts when indy owners book themselves to get themselves over. Col. Corruption won the GLCW title that night and right after his match we announced that he would defend his newly won title at the next show against WWF star...... Mankind. The crowd went nuts and I knew that we had a huge show in the making.<br />
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Over the next couple months all I did was plan and promote that show. We booked it at The Rave in Milwaukee, WCW and ECW ran the Rave and I felt it was the right size of a building to hold an event with Mick Foley. Over the next few weeks we also added "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Ken Patera, and Bastion Booger. I guess looking back at it, I really did not take any baby steps from show one to show two, I jumped in head first. proves the fact that patience is NOT one of my strong points. Everything was running smoothly, GLCW was about to be put on the map. Tickets were selling fast and it looked like we would easily hit 1,000 tickets sold. I was feeling very relaxed and comfortable knowing that everything was falling into place. Then the day before Mick was to get in town for his appearance for me at HSP, I got a phone call from my Mom..... My grandfather has just died......... Wow, I couldn't believe it, I had no idea what to do, how to feel, I was numb, my grandpa was gone, he was a huge part of my life and I was too busy living out my childhood dreams to visit him as often as I should have. I was crushed and felt extremely guilty that I didn't give him more attention. The next few days were just a whirl wind of emotions. <br />
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When Mick landed in Milwaukee he had just finished a WWF European tour and he was exhausted. He even mentioned this Milwaukee show in his book, the New York Times Best Seller, "Have A Nice Day". Mick and I caught up and I told him what had happened with my grandpa and assured him that everything would go as planned, and it did. We had a huge turnout at HSP for his appearance, I think we had over 500 people show up on Good Friday to meet the Hardcore Icon. After the signing we had a quick dinner then back to the hotel to get ready for the next day..... Mick wanted to go Easter Basket shopping for his kids, so I asked Mick is he wanted to go to the Mall, specialty stores, candy stores???? He said "Walmart". #ButYouAlreadyKnewThat. After all the shopping was done all that was left was the show......<br />
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I almost forgot to mention that the Monday Night Raw before my show, Mick cut a promo in the ring saying that Cactus Jack was leaving the WWF and that he was not appreciated. I was elated that the guy that was gonna be headlining my show just told the world that he wanted to quit wrestling and was given a lot of TV time. I had FOUR tv commercials during that RAW.<br />
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We got to The Rave and was met by a pleasant surprise, about 600 people waiting in line two hours early..... Mick was impressed and Rich and I were very pleased. The show went off without a hitch, we had 1800 plus fans yelling and screaming and Cactus Jack became the 2nd ever GLCW Heavyweight Champion. I learned a lot from Mick Foley that weekend, he taught me a lot about running indy shows, promoting, running the locker room and perhaps the most important lesson of all...... 50/50 split on in ring Polaroids. Happy Easter to me :) About 500 fans purchased an in ring Polaroid with the new GLCW Champ for $20 each. Yep #Winning.<br />
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After the show Mick told me that he was impressed the way I handled everything for only having run one show prior to my super show and dealing with the death of my grandfather. He told me he looked forward to returning and defending the GLCW Title. Vince McMahon had other ideas for Mick..... That was Mick's last true "Indy" match as he went on to become Corporate Dude Love and feud with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Austin vs Dude was the Main Event of the WWF Over The Edge PPV held in Milwaukee. SO needless to say, Mrs. Foley's baby boy never defended the GLCWtitle and I had no choice but to take the belt off him. Mick and I have remained good friends since that day and I even got a bit mention in his latest book "Countdown To Lockdown".<br />
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GLCW was now a player on the Milwaukee Indy scene. We were able to run events for SummerFest, Dan Jansen Festival, Wisconsin State Fair, and numerous County Fairs and High School Fundraisers. Cousin Jack Koshick and I even branched out to do three casino shows in Minnesota and Miami with Jim Cornette and the WWF. Yes, GLCW ran shows with WWF talent Al Snow, Test, Val Venis, Gangrel, Terri Runnels, Mankind, and others. Those were great shows, lots of fun and we sold a ton of merchandise (remember I was able to buy direct from WWF so I had all the tshirts :) )<br />
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Over the next five years Rich and I ran shows all over Wisconsin. What a cast of characters we came across.... Rock N Roll Buck Zumhoffe, The Honky Tonk Man, King Kong Bundy, Iron Sheik, Luna Vachon, Jerry Lawler, The Crusher, Nick Bockwinkel, Greg Valentine, The Bushwhackers, George Steele, Nikolia Volkoff, Larry Zybysko, Haku, and of course one of my favorites...... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OknYjUQc0ww">Gillberg.</a><br />
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Yes, that's right, I said <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OknYjUQc0ww">Gillberg</a>. Duane "Gillberg" Gill was on top of the world, he was the current WWF Light heavyweight Champion. Gillberg was the brain child of Al Snow. I remember sitting in a Denny's with Al when he told me about the Gillberg idea. He thought that what a great rib it would be on WCW and Goldberg if the parodied Gill as the undefeated WCW superstar. The WWF even pumped in the "Gillberg" chant. You are probably wondering why I am taking th etime to explain this "phenomenon". Well, I was all set to run a show with the super amazing Luna Vachon, and one month before she was supposed to make her GLCW apperance she called me and told me she was going into rehab and would not be able to make the show. First call I made was to Jim Cornette and asked him if anyone was available to come in. Knowing that Vinny Mac did not let any of his Superstars work the indies I knew the chances were not good. "How about Gillberg?", Cornette asked. "Absolutely", I said. How could I pass up having the current WWF Light heavyweight Champion on my show. He was on TV every week and his fee was more than fair. I had four weeks to change all the advertising and flyers and get the word out that WWF Light heavyweight Champ, Gillberg would be in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Jackpot, over 800 people showed up to cheer on the sparkler waving, jack hammering, lovable JOB Squader. Victory for GLCW. <br />
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May of 2001 would be the last show I would run for a while. I was getting married in July and I knew that the wrestling business is not conducive for a successful marriage. So I called my good friend <a href="http://twitter.com/BGRoadDoggJames">Road Dogg Jesse James</a>, Road Dogg was just released by the WWF and I felt he would be a great draw. So I was able to book him in Green Bay on a Friday night, Saturday for me, a Pay Per View Party on Sunday, and his birthday party / RAW party on a Monday. What the hell was I thinking!?!?!? Turns out Road Dogg wound up staying with me for a week, remember when I said wrestling is not conducive for a successful marriage??? Ha Ha. I am proud to say that the BG James that I know today is NOT the same Road Dogg Jesse James that I worked with in May of 2001. He is a stronger, more disciplined, and wiser man. I am very proud of his growth as a man and am inspired by his strength. BTW, BG is also accepting bookings, message me for details :)<br />
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When Road Dogg hopped on that plane to go home, I decided that my four year run of GLCW shows was more than I ever could have asked for. I had nothing left to prove, I was an established promoter and I was about to start a new chapter in my life, I was getting married. It was time to move on. I had just closed up HSP, wrestling was not as hot as it once was and WalMart and Target were now selling wrestling merchandise cheaper than what I paid for my own inventory. I decided to go corporate. I was working for someone for the first time in 10 years and I was frustrated, wrestling is who I am, it's a huge part of me, and I was going crazy without my creative outlet. For almost five years I was wrestle free because that's what I thought was the right thing to do. <br />
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October 2005, one of my idols and good friend, AWA Legend, The Crusher has died. Once again I felt that guilt when my Grandfather had died, once again I had forgotten another. I was involved in my own life and now new family and did not take the time to visit Crush when I had the chance. Seeing everyone in the "biz" again got me feeling restless, but I knew that wrestling wasn't a good fit for me. Two weeks later the phone rang..... "Hey cuz". TO BE CONTINUED...... The story of Blizzard BrawlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-51943829050435833122011-05-04T14:55:00.000-07:002011-05-04T14:55:31.322-07:00True Story... HSP 4 Life<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So a few of you have asked me how <place w:st="on">Great lakes</place> Championship Wrestling (GLCW) started and how did Blizzard Brawl come about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well to be honest if it was not for Herro’Sports Page, none of this would have happened.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I opened Herro’s Sports Page (HSP) in August of 1996 and the timing could not have been better, the Green Bay Packer were on their way to an eventual Super Bowl Championship and I was a Green and Yellow selling machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life was good. As much as I loved the Green and Gold I was making, wrestling was always my first love. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">During this time I had started a relationship with SportsRadio 1510 WAUK (eventually ESPN Milwaukee) and that’s how Herro’s Squared Circle Report was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every Tuesday afternoon at 3:50pm I would give a 10 minute recap on RAW and Nitro with Bill Johnson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a blast, wrestling was never more popular or exciting and I was thought of as an “expert”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ten minute segment eventually morphed into a one hour Saturday morning show with longtime friend “<place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Milwaukee</city></place>” Matt Marchese.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">America Online was the hot new thing at the time and I was chatting with Kimberly Page, yes the Nitro Girl and wife of Diamond Dallas Page (DDP).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her how I was interested in bringing in some wrestling talent for a public appearance and she was able to point me in the right direction with the people of World Championship Wrestling (WCW).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few phone calls WCW told me that if I was willing to produce a live radio remote from HSP that they would provide the talent to me free of charge when WCW Clash of Champions would come to <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Milwaukee</place></city> in January of 1997. As Charlie Sheen would say that’s “winning”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I was already in with ESPN Milwaukee I was able to get a great deal with them for an on site remote and my first wrestler appearance was on it’s way to HSP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WCW had asked me who I would like to have at the store, we agreed on the Steiner Brothers, unfortunately they had to pull out and a replacement was needed….. Feel The Bang…. DDP was that guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The night before he was to make his appearance at HSP he appeared on WCW Nitro and gave the Diamond Cutter to all of the nWo. A star was born.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The next day at 3pm on a Tuesday after noon DDP walked into HSP wearing a full length fur coat that was once owned by “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes and signed autographs for over 400 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention that it was 3pm on a Tuesday!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DDP was absolutely amazing, he signed and talked his way until the very last person got his autograph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fans were so happy and I was super pleased with the experience. The WCW reps were pretty impressed with the way the remote and the signing came together and assured me that anytime WCW was in the area that they would be more than happy to have someone from WCW stop in for an appearance. I was also able to secure an order form from WCW and was able to purchase the same tshirts that the stars wore on TV and sold at the arenas.. I was on my way to getting the hottest wrestling tshirt in the world at my store the nWo. Now that was #tremendous. So thanks to DDP and Kimberly I was put on the wrestling map.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Two weeks later I had the official line of WCW mwechandise in my store, Sting, Four Horsemen, nWo, Hollywood Hogan, DDP, & Macho Man, you name it I had it, well except for the WWF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up the phone and called Titan Towers, I explained to them what I did with WCW and I offered them the same deal the of radio remote in exchange for the talent, the seemed very interested but decided to let the local promoter in Milwaukee make the final call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked for his name and number and I could not believe what I heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The local promoter was my Cousin Jack, Jack Koshick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again “winning”. I called Jack as I was hanging up with <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Titan</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Towers</placetype></place> and I pitched him the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lets just say magic happened and I was able to score a press conference at my store with Big Van Vader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vader was fresh off coming back from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Kuwait</place></country-region> after roughing up the news reporter so I had no problem getting the NBC, FOX, CBS, and NBC news TV cameras and ESPN radio at my store for his “press conference”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vader was fabulous, he came across as the ultimate villain and even made the local media a little nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that my #SuperFriends was just the appetizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main course was better than I could have imagined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The legendary tag team The Legion of Doom, The Road Warriors were scheduled to sign autographs at HSP for two hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had well over 1,000 people in line on that Sunday afternoon.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The WWF agents that came along to “supervise” the signing were also very impressed and loved the idea of a sports and wrestling store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just did not care for the huge wall of WCW merchandise that I was offering to the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Milwaukee</place></city> fan base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked why I was not selling their merchandise I told them the truth, “nobody called me back”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well needless to say the following Tuesday I had received a huge box from <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Titan</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Towers</placetype></place> with about 100 t-shirts with a note saying “Hope this holds you over until we get your first order”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that box were t-shirts of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Austin</place></city> 3:16, LOD, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sunny, Marlena, The Headbanger, etc etc… #Tremdous.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So with that being said within two months I went from having a small corner of my store dedicated to WWF action figures to the whole line of WWF and WCW tshirts, dvds, music cds, action figures, jewelry, and masks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was now living the dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that I was privileged to do signings and appearances at HSP with such greats as Kane, The Headbangers, Sable, The Honky Tonk Man, The Crusher, Nick Bockwinkel, Road Dogg Jesse James, Mick Foley, Edge, Christian, Val Venis, test, Luna Vachon, gangrel, Gillberg, Kurrgan, Debra McMichael, Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, Buff Bagwell, Lex Luger, Ivory, Tori, Miss Jackie, Scotty 2 Hotty, Kevin Nash, Kimberly, Curt Hennig, King Kong Bundy, Goldberg, Jim Cornette, Sunny, Marlena, Dawn Marie, The Iron Sheik, Bret Hart, Al Snow, and The Rock.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">HSP was the very first public appearance that Kane had ever made and HSP was also the last public store signing that the Rock did for the WWF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the way HSP was rolling I couldn’t imagine life could get any better, then a man named Rich Finke showed up one day and the idea of Great Lakes Championship Wrestling (GLCW) was born……. <strong>TO BE CONTINUED</strong></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786438813794781021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488296872722402351.post-40676905126569841712011-04-26T13:35:00.000-07:002011-04-26T13:35:41.721-07:00Here's The Thing .....WWE Draft#HeresTheThing.... I have been a wrestling fan for well over 30 years, my first memories of wrestling were of my father taking me to the Mecca in Milwaukee to go see the old AWA with The Crusher headling against Mad Dog Vachon. I #AbsoFrickenLutely hated the experience. I never would have thought that later in my life I would be asked my opinions and thoughts on a sport originally hated, let alone eventually work with The Crusher and Mad Dog. That being said here are my thoughts on the wonderful world of wrestling...ooops I mean Sports Entertainment. Please keep in mind this is EPO, Entertainment Purposes Only.<br />
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So the <a href="http://www.wwe.com/">WWE</a> just finished their annual RAW & Smackdown! talent <a href="http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-wwe-draft-continued">draft</a>. I must say they did a fine job of teasing the audience with the draftng of John Cena and Randy Orton from RAW to Smackdown, then eventually drafting Cena back to RAW. Kind of reminded me of a recent PWRShow Fantasy Draft we did where I drafted The Miz, only to be traded to my co-host <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DameonNelson">Dameon Nelson</a> only to be wild card picked back to me to end the show. Coincidence?? No Idea. You can watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZk_1Lwi-Nc&feature=relmfu">PWRShow Draft here...</a><br />
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The fact of the matter is this, the WWE as a brand needs to develop new "superstars", they are no longer called "wrestlers" per Vince McMahon. The WWE can no longer depend on aging stars such as The Undertaker and Triple H. John Cena is the new top dog and the second tier is Randy Orton, The Miz, and CM Punk (off and on). That being said the talent depth is rather thin and needs a good boost and for certain individuals to take their game to the next level. Studs like Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Alberto Del Rio, and Christian need to take advantage of the talent exchange and become the headliners that the company has hoped they would become.<br />
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Sending Randy Orton, one of the company's top stars to <a href="http://www.syfy.com/smackdown/index.php">Smackdown</a> to replace the retiring Edge is a great start, both guys are extremely talented and Orton will able to fill the void of losing Edge. Some may think sending Orton to Smackdown is a demotion to the "B" show, but I feel he is the one guy that will elevate the talent roster on Smackdown to become better. I have spoken with many legendary WWE Hall of Famers, and they all say that Randy Orton is the real deal, the best in the business today. Lets see how he does as the new face of Smackdown along with the Undertaker. <br />
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The "E" also sent some of their new, bright, young hopefuls to the Flagship show Monday Night RAW. It will be sink or swim time for such young studs as Alberto Del Rio, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger, Chris Masters, and Kofi Kingston. These guys have been pushed and de-pushed often over the last 12 months and now they are finally getting one more chance to make a name for themselves and possibly become headliners. Alberto Del Rio has been the standout with the audience totally investing into him as a top heel. RAW also obtained Big Show and Rey Mysterio in hopes of lessening the blow of losing Randy Orton. Both Show and Rey are solid main eventers that can also help the young talent grow and mature.<br />
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The Smackdown brand which is seen every Friday on Syfy acquired younger stars that are still searching for their identity and for fan investment such as Sin Cara, Daniel Bryan, The Uso Brothers, Tyson Kidd, Yoshi Tatsu, Alex Riley, and Ted DiBiase. By moving these younger talents to Smackdown they will get a fresh start from the Cena, Miz, Orton, Triple H led RAW brand where they never really had a chance to shine. William Regal and Mark Henry were also solid additions to Smackdown where the can be locker room leaders and teachers. Regal is a tremendous teacher and knows how to teach the young kids how to tell a story and use expressions instead of crazy bumps to get over. Hopefully they will listen to him.<br />
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This Sunday the WWE will have their Pay Per View: <a href="http://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerules">Extreme Rules</a>.. This will be the show that will end many feuds and start new and fresh story lines. Hopefully this is what the WWE Creative had in mind when writing the draft. <br />
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I am looking forward to a partial reset of the WWE, it is nice to see and watch of some of the new guys have an opportunity (that's all we can ever ask for) and see if they have what it takes to become true superstars, headliners, or legends in a business that is no longer called "pro wrestling" but is now referred to as "sports entertainment". That topic will be for discussion at a later time.<br />
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