First off let me just say again I'm saddened by the news of Trae Keller's passing. For those that remember several monthes ago I gave Trae a hard time in one of my 'Cheap Heat' columns in a 'Where are they now?' piece. I wrote some pretty hateful shit about him and was shocked a week later to recieve an email from him. As I clicked on the title I fully expected for him to go off on me and challenge me to some sort of "shoot match" at a show somewhere. Instead, he explained some of the things I took issue with in my column and apologized for "being a prick" at some of the shows I worked with him on. After that he continued to read my column and we swapped emails from time to time. Regardless of what I had thought of him before I gained a tremendous amount of respect for the man because that email was one of the most professional things I've seen in this business. Very rarely does anyone ever acknowledge any shortcomings or wrong doings in this business or even consider apologizing for anything, but he did it when he really didn't have to. Deaths have become a frequent thing in wrestling and we kinda become numb to them especially when they are guys we've only watched on tv, but when it's someone you've worked with and is close to your age it's really disheartening. Again I just want to say after getting to know him away from wrestling that regardless of what anyone thought of his gimmicks, ring work, or any of that other petty stuff, Trae was a class act and will be missed.
Local Legends?
Well after taking up for JD's last column I have to sorta take issue with his newest one. No disrespect to anyone he mentioned in that column but I think we're getting pretty free and easy with the word "legend". Here's an excerpt from that column:
"So what I am saying is that longevity and name recognition is two minor qualifications for being a "local indy legend" in my opinion. Again let me stress I am not talking about how good or bad they might or might not be, I am merely talking about how well known they are by fans and other wrestlers."
"So when I grab that microphone and call myself a real "Mississippi wrestling legend", that is what I mean. I ain't really trying to say I'm that great (but if the fans in the seats want to understand it that way, then more power to them), but really only that YOU know who I am."
Again not a knock on anybody but that's some pretty BROAD criteria. As for people knowing who they are, everyone knows the crazy son of a bitch wearing a sailor har that stands outside the local Wal-Mart and begs everybody for change, but that doesn't make him a "legend" and just because he's hard headed enough to continue to do it for 10-15 years doesn't make him a "legend". Just means he doesn't have a clue... Again I'm not knocking any of the guys you named or you for that matter, but the criteria you are going by simply makes them "known" rather than "unknown" not nessecerily "legendary".
Anyway just my 2 cents on the topic, not saying I'm right. Just my opinion.
"The 28 Year Old Living Legend"
Gene Jackson
(Hey, some folks know who I am..........)
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
Eat your heart out Triple H.......
It pays to have your daddy start you your own promotion
Well he held out as long as he could but Jarrett finally had to snatch the NWA World title off Raven, in Canada on a non-TNA show no less with help from the newly heel-turned America's Most Wanted. I guess he couldn't bear going into the Spike TV debut not being the Champion. In spite of ol' "Slapnuts" and his antics TNA has improved more than ever during there "dark" period of not being on tv. Unbreakable was one of(if not THE) best PPV they've turned out since going to the monthly format. Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong was an awesome match. Sabu vs. Abyss was far more brutal than anyone expected. Even though I wasn't all that fired up about it, Raven vs. Rhino was a good match, although I know the majority of people (myself especially) got the show strictly for the three way X division match, I still think making Raven's World title match the Semi-Main Event was just another way for Jarrett to tarnish Raven's title reign. Regardless of the fact the three way would have been hard to follow, If "Double J" had the strap it wouldn't have mattered if he was wrestling Mike Tenay in a lingerie pillow fight for the title, they would have been on last.However, I have to say the X Division title match DID NOT (Credit: David Burcham)
dissapoint! Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe has to be a top candidate for 'Match of the Year'. It will definetly go down as one of the top three Triple Threat matches of all time along with the original three way dance- Shane Douglas vs. Sabu vs. Terry Funk and the Wrestlemania 20 WWE Title Match- Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels. All three guys were phenomenal(no pun intended) in this match. The only part I didn't like, I would have kept the belt on Daniels and go into the new tv show putting over his long title reign and the fact that he'd held it longer than anyone, and show clips of all the people he had defeated. Then they could have started AJ vs. Daniels as a fresh angle on Spike building the story of AJ's quest to get the belt off Daniels instead of Styles(the poster child for TNA) walking in with the belt from day 1. Oh well, I think Samoa Joe should be in the World title picture by the first of the year. He's one of the most well rounded workers on there roster. He's got size, he can mat wrestle, he can work with the high flyers, the big guys, small guys and he's is believable. TNA needs to check out tapes of his nearly 2 year reign as Ring of Honor Champion. As for AMW turning heel, I figure it was done in anticipation of bringing in the former Dudleyz or Team 3-D I think is what they are going by now, at least that's what they used at the WrestleReunion show a few weeks back. If so then it's a good idea cause the Dudleyz are gonna be cheered there more than likely.
WWE Unforgiven 2005
Well I haven't seen it yet but I should have a copy by the end of the week. But having read the results I may have wasted my money even buying a copy of it. I'm sorry folks, and I'm sure some people are gonna dissagree but I have to say this, RIC FLAIR IS TOO GODDAMN OLD TO BE STILL WINNING TITLES. I mean if it was on some of these sad ass "legend shows" it would be understandable, you know these legend shows that turn up EVERY month with these poor guys trying to hold on to what's left of there legacy. I don't mean any disrespect and one match here and there is fine but have you seen some of these guys lately?? It's pretty sad. I've got a dvd from North Carolina of a balding "Fantastic" Bobby Fulton with his trunks pulled up to his nipples still trying to live off his eighties persona. On this same disc you have "Return of the Skywalkers" (I had to order it just to see this) It's a rematch of the 1987 25 Ft. High Scaffold Match between The Midnight Express and the Rock & Roll Express. Folks this was unbelievable. They show the ring announcer during the first match and the scaffold is about three feet above his head. Honestly the scaffold was all of about 8 ft. high. These old guys climb up there and after a few minutes, RICKY MORTON PLUMMETS TO THE MAT AT 90 MPH!! Actually he dangled off the side and then dropped the foot and a half to the mat. My stepson has taken worse bumps from the monkey bars at the park. It was a real sight to see. But anyway my point is, these shows are taking place in front of a few hundred people and those of us unfortunate enough to spend money on the dvd, Flair is on worldwide television. Not really sure how this will play out but I'm willing to bet it will involve some brilliant swerve no one will see coming where HHH will turn on Flair only to have Flair turn and rejoin him two weeks later.......can't wait. Anyway that seemed to be the only thing of note from the PPV. Cena retained, the cage match was said to be pretty good and Lance Cade and Ricky..uh I mean Trevor Murdoch won the oh so prestigious tag titles. Speaking of Ricky Murdoch, I recently picked up the NWA 55th Anniversary dvd which includes him defending his National title and the commentator is just burying his ass through the whole match, saying he's fat and can't wrestle. Not that I'm against bashing Ricky Murdoch but this guy does this through a lot of the matches showing he doesn't know shit about being a commentator. You don't acknowledge that the guys suck in the ring, you try to cover it up and make the most of it, You don't see J.R. on RAW when people blow spots going, "Well that was a clusterfuck, what a couple of dumbasses." Clueless jackoffs like that are the reason the business is in the toilet and will continue to be for a long time to come.
Well that's all for now, but before I ago I want to thank SGWA for linking my column on there website along with Deven Raynes linking me from his. I've added link to there sites as well, go check them out.
GENE
Thursday, September 15, 2005
You can never win.....
I don't understand why people are giving J.D. heat for what he said in his column. First off it's not like it was anything over the top or mean, just his opinion. I guess it's the fact that people don't know how to act when people actually express an opinion that might not be the "safe" thing to say about someone who is booking a show their working on but actually has the balls to do it in his own column under his OWN NAME. Foreign concept to some, huh? Now I'm not saying I agree or disagree with J.D. cause I haven't seen an XOW show since I worked there in March, but at least he owned up to his feelings unlike all the cowards who have posted under fake names on the message board trashing Brody and calling it the "Brody Hawk Show". You can damn well bet half of those people are workers from XOW who shook Brody's hand on saturday night and said "great show" and then went home and posted shit cause they didn't have the guts to give there opinions to his face. HOWEVER, on the flipside of that, had J.D. praised XOW completely these SAME DAMN PEOPLE would have called him a "kiss ass". So you can't win no matter what you do someone is gonna talk shit so I say, be honest and say what you feel and be a man about it. At least the people who matter can respect that and the rest can just piss off cause there gutless pieces of shit who wish they had the nerve to put there name next to what they truly think, but they won't and they never will. So go ahead you pussies, keep posting as "One Who Knows", "_____ Fan", and 'BIB' or whatever lameass excuse for a name you choose. Just know, that YOU, just like your opinion, AIN'T SHIT!!
Friday, September 09, 2005
Lord Hugo vs. "Nightmare" Ken Wayne
I recently came across this argument on the Wrestling Classics message board and found it very interesting and thought quite a few other people would too. Ken Wayne posts as 'NYTERSS' and Hugo posts as 'lord humongous'. This was cut and pasted directly from the message board. If more turns up I will update it later. This all started when someone posted a picture of Ryan Wilson (Trytan in TNA) as Lord Humongous and someone asked who it was, Hugo responded then so did Ken Wayne and here's what followed.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 05:36 PM
I think it is funny that Ryan can't even get the look right. Here is my web-site please someone show it to him and then maybe he can look like me.
community.webtv.net/lordhugo/LORDHUMONGOUS
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NYTERSS
Member # 535
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 06:34 PM
Somehow I don't think he wants to look like you. Seriously though, the Hugo gimmick is way outdated. Time to move on.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 10:02 PM
Ok to clear this up about who owns the Hugo gimmick. The one in the movie is spelled Humungus mine is spelled Humongous. I copyrighted that spelling of it. I also changed the look slightly so that I could get the copyright.
Now as far as the gimmick being outdated........ If that was true why is so many people trying to use it? Also I just did a run in the NorthWest with it and have done a tour of South Africa with it. So I don't believe that it is that outdated.
Now I know several people have done this gimmick with Mike Stark being the first, Jeff Van Kamp being the second and me being the third. And then there is everyone else after us.
But truth be told I am the only one that has taken this"outdated gimmick" as far as it has gone as far as different countries and states. Noone else has done this so I think that after the copyright and after when all I have taken it then I do believe that I have the right to call myself Lord Humongous.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-07-2005 10:20 AM
Ok this is a reply to Ken Wayne. Ken yes I do know how to work or I wouldn't have worked for WCW (which I did for 3 years), Deep South and many other promotions all over the country. So yes I do think I have learned my craft. Now as far as me getting paid and what I get paid..........I can't believe that this is going on a message board but here goes. No ken the reason I don't work for most promotions in Mississippi and work in other states is because I do ghet paid. Most promotions in this state can't afford to pay me what I want so I go to other states. So no I won't work cheap. Now again as far as the gimmick being out dated......if it is then way does everyone still want it? Now as far as my weight goes......it is clear that you haven't seen me lately so trust me you don't know what I look like and yes there was a time when I let that go but trust me you haven't seen me lately.
Now Kenny you have a right to your opinion but trust me young man I haven't hurt the business. Because 1. I won't work for 5.00 and 2. I do know my craft and how to worek and if I didn't I damn sure wouldn't have been around for 22 years still getting booked week in and week out.
And I don't want anyone taking this the wrong way because I have always liked and respected Ken Wayne but truthfully Kenny I think you are way off base with this and I find it very hurtful you would say this stuff.
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NYTERSS
Member # 535
Icon 1 posted 09-07-2005 04:34 PM
First Gary, I deleted the post because I like you and didn't want to hurt your feelings. I thought I deleted the post before anyone saw it. But the way I feel about people personally and business is two completly different things. I bet you have never had to give a friend their notice, I have, and it was 100% a business decision. And I have had to do it more than once. What I have to say about the business or people in it, isn't personally motivated, it's strictly business. I want everyone to live up to their potential, I hope you understand that.
I have heard you lost weight, congratulations. You aren't the only one I have said anything about their weight, if I didn't care I wouldn't have brought it up to you or anyone else. In fact I have had several guys call me and keep me posted on their weight loss. (You need to change the pics on your website)
As far as you knowing your craft, I have never seen any evidence of it. The Hugo gimmick was used , as Jimmy Hart would say, to "camoflage" the fact that a guy can't work. That's why it was put on Mike Stark. Jeff wasn't too much in the skills department either and he knows it. Sid did learn to work, but it was put on him for the same reason. That and man did he ever fit the gimmick. Doing that gimmick and knowing your craft are 2 different things.
You have taken a short term, camoflage gimmick and tried to make a career out of it. And quite honestly, you probably could have gone much farther as Gary Nations. Actually I like that name much better. It's got a good ring to it. But I digress.
As far as everyone wanting the gimmick, well, I don't know of any. I have talked to several promoters and they tell me that you call and want to work with the gimmick and you will do it rather cheap. They only told me these things because I was looking for talent and they brought your name up. And I didn't call you mainly because we didn't need the gimmick at the time. Like I said, I am only going by what I was told.
As far as you being in WCW for 3 years and 22 years in the business and whatever else you said, I don't know about any of that, I have only known of you the last 10 or so years, but being in wcw or anywhere doesn't mean you know your craft. There are guys in wwe right now that don't know their craft. I can only speak of what I have seen and opinions of others that have have seen your work in recent years. But in all fairness, I have seen much worse, hell, I have had to work with some of them.
On a side note, it's hard to do that gimmick for as long as you have and learn the craft. I mean why or how would you, Lord Hugo's act doesn't have to know the craft, it's a very easy gimmick to do, you don't really have to do much. That's the main reason Sid wanted out of the gimmick, so he could display his skills. When Sid, as LH, started displaying skills it all but killed LH off.
All of what I said in the post I deleted wasn't directed at you. The LH comments were aimed directly at you. It's a 25 or 30 year old gimmick, man it's 2005, time to move on. If it was such an up to date gimmick Vince would be doing it. He did have Demolition, which is about as close he got to the gimmick, and how long ago has that been. The other stuff was at a bunch of jabronies that need to be buying a ticket....again.
I had hoped it would be constructive criticism, but after I re-read the post I realized it didn't come off that way, and like I said, I like you personally and I didn't want to hurt your feelings. I won't apologize for what I said, it's the way I feel, it just didn't come across like I intended. I DO beleive you should drop the gimmick, but I also think Ricky Morton should cut his hair. It's not intended to hurt feelings or make anyone angry. It's just what I think, and you know I have never been one to hold back much.
Although I am retired from the ring I still love this business and most of the guys that are carrying it on. I am not one of those people that are stuck in the past, I know things change and I welcome it. I hear all the time that things will never be the same and I don't expect them to be. Actually I am quite excited about some of the changes going on right now, and I can't wait for the next couple of years, just to see how it plays out. But I also know that, for me, in the ring isn't where I want or need to be. I realized it was time for me to move on, so I did one of the hardest things I have ever done, I made the decision to get out of the ring now. I didn't make a big deal out of it, no press release or anything like that, because I didn't find it newsworthy. My point here is, maybe it's time for you to move on too, re-invent yourself. Everything goes through changes, even butterflies were catapillars.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 05:36 PM
I think it is funny that Ryan can't even get the look right. Here is my web-site please someone show it to him and then maybe he can look like me.
community.webtv.net/lordhugo/LORDHUMONGOUS
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Member # 535
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 06:34 PM
Somehow I don't think he wants to look like you. Seriously though, the Hugo gimmick is way outdated. Time to move on.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-06-2005 10:02 PM
Ok to clear this up about who owns the Hugo gimmick. The one in the movie is spelled Humungus mine is spelled Humongous. I copyrighted that spelling of it. I also changed the look slightly so that I could get the copyright.
Now as far as the gimmick being outdated........ If that was true why is so many people trying to use it? Also I just did a run in the NorthWest with it and have done a tour of South Africa with it. So I don't believe that it is that outdated.
Now I know several people have done this gimmick with Mike Stark being the first, Jeff Van Kamp being the second and me being the third. And then there is everyone else after us.
But truth be told I am the only one that has taken this"outdated gimmick" as far as it has gone as far as different countries and states. Noone else has done this so I think that after the copyright and after when all I have taken it then I do believe that I have the right to call myself Lord Humongous.
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lord humongous
Member # 552
Icon 1 posted 09-07-2005 10:20 AM
Ok this is a reply to Ken Wayne. Ken yes I do know how to work or I wouldn't have worked for WCW (which I did for 3 years), Deep South and many other promotions all over the country. So yes I do think I have learned my craft. Now as far as me getting paid and what I get paid..........I can't believe that this is going on a message board but here goes. No ken the reason I don't work for most promotions in Mississippi and work in other states is because I do ghet paid. Most promotions in this state can't afford to pay me what I want so I go to other states. So no I won't work cheap. Now again as far as the gimmick being out dated......if it is then way does everyone still want it? Now as far as my weight goes......it is clear that you haven't seen me lately so trust me you don't know what I look like and yes there was a time when I let that go but trust me you haven't seen me lately.
Now Kenny you have a right to your opinion but trust me young man I haven't hurt the business. Because 1. I won't work for 5.00 and 2. I do know my craft and how to worek and if I didn't I damn sure wouldn't have been around for 22 years still getting booked week in and week out.
And I don't want anyone taking this the wrong way because I have always liked and respected Ken Wayne but truthfully Kenny I think you are way off base with this and I find it very hurtful you would say this stuff.
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NYTERSS
Member # 535
Icon 1 posted 09-07-2005 04:34 PM
First Gary, I deleted the post because I like you and didn't want to hurt your feelings. I thought I deleted the post before anyone saw it. But the way I feel about people personally and business is two completly different things. I bet you have never had to give a friend their notice, I have, and it was 100% a business decision. And I have had to do it more than once. What I have to say about the business or people in it, isn't personally motivated, it's strictly business. I want everyone to live up to their potential, I hope you understand that.
I have heard you lost weight, congratulations. You aren't the only one I have said anything about their weight, if I didn't care I wouldn't have brought it up to you or anyone else. In fact I have had several guys call me and keep me posted on their weight loss. (You need to change the pics on your website)
As far as you knowing your craft, I have never seen any evidence of it. The Hugo gimmick was used , as Jimmy Hart would say, to "camoflage" the fact that a guy can't work. That's why it was put on Mike Stark. Jeff wasn't too much in the skills department either and he knows it. Sid did learn to work, but it was put on him for the same reason. That and man did he ever fit the gimmick. Doing that gimmick and knowing your craft are 2 different things.
You have taken a short term, camoflage gimmick and tried to make a career out of it. And quite honestly, you probably could have gone much farther as Gary Nations. Actually I like that name much better. It's got a good ring to it. But I digress.
As far as everyone wanting the gimmick, well, I don't know of any. I have talked to several promoters and they tell me that you call and want to work with the gimmick and you will do it rather cheap. They only told me these things because I was looking for talent and they brought your name up. And I didn't call you mainly because we didn't need the gimmick at the time. Like I said, I am only going by what I was told.
As far as you being in WCW for 3 years and 22 years in the business and whatever else you said, I don't know about any of that, I have only known of you the last 10 or so years, but being in wcw or anywhere doesn't mean you know your craft. There are guys in wwe right now that don't know their craft. I can only speak of what I have seen and opinions of others that have have seen your work in recent years. But in all fairness, I have seen much worse, hell, I have had to work with some of them.
On a side note, it's hard to do that gimmick for as long as you have and learn the craft. I mean why or how would you, Lord Hugo's act doesn't have to know the craft, it's a very easy gimmick to do, you don't really have to do much. That's the main reason Sid wanted out of the gimmick, so he could display his skills. When Sid, as LH, started displaying skills it all but killed LH off.
All of what I said in the post I deleted wasn't directed at you. The LH comments were aimed directly at you. It's a 25 or 30 year old gimmick, man it's 2005, time to move on. If it was such an up to date gimmick Vince would be doing it. He did have Demolition, which is about as close he got to the gimmick, and how long ago has that been. The other stuff was at a bunch of jabronies that need to be buying a ticket....again.
I had hoped it would be constructive criticism, but after I re-read the post I realized it didn't come off that way, and like I said, I like you personally and I didn't want to hurt your feelings. I won't apologize for what I said, it's the way I feel, it just didn't come across like I intended. I DO beleive you should drop the gimmick, but I also think Ricky Morton should cut his hair. It's not intended to hurt feelings or make anyone angry. It's just what I think, and you know I have never been one to hold back much.
Although I am retired from the ring I still love this business and most of the guys that are carrying it on. I am not one of those people that are stuck in the past, I know things change and I welcome it. I hear all the time that things will never be the same and I don't expect them to be. Actually I am quite excited about some of the changes going on right now, and I can't wait for the next couple of years, just to see how it plays out. But I also know that, for me, in the ring isn't where I want or need to be. I realized it was time for me to move on, so I did one of the hardest things I have ever done, I made the decision to get out of the ring now. I didn't make a big deal out of it, no press release or anything like that, because I didn't find it newsworthy. My point here is, maybe it's time for you to move on too, re-invent yourself. Everything goes through changes, even butterflies were catapillars.
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Sunday, September 04, 2005
ALL RANTS, NO RAVES!
The Dumbassery Continues......
I know recently HollywoodJimmy.com celebrated hitting half a million hits, which is incredible BUT the reason for that is that's it's the last place that nutless little bitches can go and trash people namelessly without anyone finding out who they are and stomping their misrable asses. You see a long while back J.D. McKay had a message board where you didn't have to register and it was a hotspot for all the Mississippi workers to go there and argue, put themselves over under different names, and say things they didn't have the guts to say to people's faces but eventually it got so out of hand they changed to a board that you had to register to post on and it became deserted INSTANTLY. So eventually J.D.'s website died because everyone moved on to HollywoodJimmy.com where they could continue there bullshit without consequence to this very day. Ironically J.D. had to bring his 'Shooting from the Hip' to HollywoodJimmy.com where everyone else was, the old "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" I guess. Everyone including Jimmy himself has been victim of these pussies trashing them and people have spoke out numerous times to try to get them to change there message board but it will never happen cause if they ever make Jimmy's board where you have to register then it will die like all the others.
It's really pathetic as people just get on there and just say ANYTHING they want no matter how non-factual it is but just repeat it over and over til some people start to believe it, like the Neil Taylor UPN story for instance. And as for myself, this asshole "BIB" has gone on there repeatedly saying that I'm a "redneck racist". Show me one goddamn thing I've ever said on the message board, in my column, on this blog, or even in the dressing room that was ever racist. You can't because there's not, but that doesn't stop this piece of shit from saying it over and over. Then he starts in about me trying to get on this so-called benefit show that Shawn Dandridge is putting together. Look back through the posts, when did I say anything about wanting to be on ANY FUCKING show, much less some fictional show that Dandridge is babbling about. I'm not looking to set foot in wrestling ring ANYWHERE ANYTIME soon. I haven't asked to be on anyone's show, I haven't talked about actually wrestling anywhere, yet all weekend people talked shit about how awful a benefit show would be if I was on it, when I have no intention on working one. Then a post I found particularly amusing was someone saying that I "kiss Chris Kilgore and Sammy Hall's ass". That's pretty funny considering I haven't seen or spoken to either one in OVER THREE YEARS!! I know people who rack there brains trying to figure out who it is that's bashing them with some dumbass name like "the one who knows" or "IWF Fan" or whatever. Look guys, it's not a "fan" or someone you don't know. Nine times out of ten it's someone who was sitting right across from you in the dressing room on Saturday night who doesn't have the guts to say anything to your face so he say's on the internet and then comes and asks you the next weekend if you "read what the marks have been saying about you on the message boards." Well you know what I give less than a fuck what any of those pussies have to say about me. Call me fat, I am, I've never denied that. Say I can't work, I've never denied that either. Say I don't take enough bumps, So fucking what? Talk about my shitty writing skills, Hey I never said I was Shakespeare. In spite of all that, even though according to you I'm the shits, I'm still worthy of your time to read everything I write, and for you to take the time to post about me on the message board. So who's the real asshole here??
Taking a look at the latest intellectual insight of indy wrestling's only award winning asshol.....uh I mean writer
Well unless you've been living under a rock or have n't read every fuckin' post that David Burcham has posted in the last month then you know that he has been given awards for his bi-monthly masterpiece that is 'Rants & Raves'. So let's take a look at a few of the POINTS he made this go around followed by my COUNTERPOINT.
I agree with most of the other stuff he said, I originally was gonna go on a tirade about how people were acting about the benefit ideas but Burcham pretty well covered that. So I guess that's all for now, but I will be posting soon with the return of CHW Cheap Heat Wrestling and more, so keep reading so you'll have something to bitch later.
GENE
I know recently HollywoodJimmy.com celebrated hitting half a million hits, which is incredible BUT the reason for that is that's it's the last place that nutless little bitches can go and trash people namelessly without anyone finding out who they are and stomping their misrable asses. You see a long while back J.D. McKay had a message board where you didn't have to register and it was a hotspot for all the Mississippi workers to go there and argue, put themselves over under different names, and say things they didn't have the guts to say to people's faces but eventually it got so out of hand they changed to a board that you had to register to post on and it became deserted INSTANTLY. So eventually J.D.'s website died because everyone moved on to HollywoodJimmy.com where they could continue there bullshit without consequence to this very day. Ironically J.D. had to bring his 'Shooting from the Hip' to HollywoodJimmy.com where everyone else was, the old "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" I guess. Everyone including Jimmy himself has been victim of these pussies trashing them and people have spoke out numerous times to try to get them to change there message board but it will never happen cause if they ever make Jimmy's board where you have to register then it will die like all the others.
It's really pathetic as people just get on there and just say ANYTHING they want no matter how non-factual it is but just repeat it over and over til some people start to believe it, like the Neil Taylor UPN story for instance. And as for myself, this asshole "BIB" has gone on there repeatedly saying that I'm a "redneck racist". Show me one goddamn thing I've ever said on the message board, in my column, on this blog, or even in the dressing room that was ever racist. You can't because there's not, but that doesn't stop this piece of shit from saying it over and over. Then he starts in about me trying to get on this so-called benefit show that Shawn Dandridge is putting together. Look back through the posts, when did I say anything about wanting to be on ANY FUCKING show, much less some fictional show that Dandridge is babbling about. I'm not looking to set foot in wrestling ring ANYWHERE ANYTIME soon. I haven't asked to be on anyone's show, I haven't talked about actually wrestling anywhere, yet all weekend people talked shit about how awful a benefit show would be if I was on it, when I have no intention on working one. Then a post I found particularly amusing was someone saying that I "kiss Chris Kilgore and Sammy Hall's ass". That's pretty funny considering I haven't seen or spoken to either one in OVER THREE YEARS!! I know people who rack there brains trying to figure out who it is that's bashing them with some dumbass name like "the one who knows" or "IWF Fan" or whatever. Look guys, it's not a "fan" or someone you don't know. Nine times out of ten it's someone who was sitting right across from you in the dressing room on Saturday night who doesn't have the guts to say anything to your face so he say's on the internet and then comes and asks you the next weekend if you "read what the marks have been saying about you on the message boards." Well you know what I give less than a fuck what any of those pussies have to say about me. Call me fat, I am, I've never denied that. Say I can't work, I've never denied that either. Say I don't take enough bumps, So fucking what? Talk about my shitty writing skills, Hey I never said I was Shakespeare. In spite of all that, even though according to you I'm the shits, I'm still worthy of your time to read everything I write, and for you to take the time to post about me on the message board. So who's the real asshole here??
Taking a look at the latest intellectual insight of indy wrestling's only award winning asshol.....uh I mean writer
Well unless you've been living under a rock or have n't read every fuckin' post that David Burcham has posted in the last month then you know that he has been given awards for his bi-monthly masterpiece that is 'Rants & Raves'. So let's take a look at a few of the POINTS he made this go around followed by my COUNTERPOINT.
"--Believe it or not, there are still 'Net wrestling columnists who absolutly refuse to acknowledge that the whole Matt Hardy/Lita/Edge angle was a work from the very first rumor that Lita and Edge "had an affair". They have their match at "Summerslam" and the 'Net wrestling columnists proclaim the feud over and done with when the "re-hired" Hardy loses to Edge when the referee stops the match. Um... that was the first match in the feud and now, according to these writers' "wrestling saavy", it's over?"
Well I can't speak for all "'Net wrestling columnists" but I think what they meant by it "being over" or at least what I meant was not saying that the WWE was finished having matches in the angle, but that they had basically killed the angle and Matt Hardy by the way they booked the match and the angle from his return on. Yes there will be more matches but it's essentially over as far as how hugely OVER Matt was during his hiatus. Also, call me a stupid mark but I'm not convinced the entire thing was a work. Maybe it was but based on how it all went down, I think something really happened with Edge and Lita and they made it a work after the fact. I don't think the writer's are creative enough to have staged a "worked shoot" that well for things to fall into place the way they did. I also don't think if it was a work from the word go they would have let Matt go to all these indy shows and put over everybody and there mama. I just finished watching an indy show dvd from July where Matt Hardy putt over AJ Styles CLEAN in the middle of the ring. If he was secretly working for them all along I don't think they would have allowed that. I also don't think they would have let Wade Keller make all the money off selling the shoot interview telling the whole story of it, they would have found a way to market it themselves instead of letting a "sheet writer" cash in on it. Too many things don't add up for it to be a full work from beginning to end. Also the fact they were seen together doesn't disprove anything, you mean to tell me you've never heard of a couple who broke over one cheating getting back together. Nah, that's never happened. But I know, because no one wants to say they got fooled, everyone assumes EVERYTHING to do with wrestling is a work. Regardless of whether you feel it's a work or shoot, there's one thing everyone has to agree on, the WWE have taken an angle that could have been a huge draw and fucked it nine ways from Sunday, and killed Matt Hardy's momentum in the process, why would they do that if it all was a work from day one???
"--'Net writers bitch and moan that WWE isn't even trying to create new stars. Then they bitch and moan when Booker T, Chris Benoit, the Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, and Ric Flair put over guys like Ken Kennedy, Orlando Jordan, Randy Orton, Carlito Cool, and Chris Masters."
Ok, here's the thing. Orton and Carlito I have no problem with. They deserved to be pushed they will be major stars for years to come. My problem is shit ass guys like Chris Masters getting pushed into an angle with Shawn Michaels when talented guys like Shannon Moore, Charlie Haas, and Rhyno are getting cut. But hey, I'm sure people will turn out in record numbers when they finally book a Orlando Jordan vs. Rob Conway main event for Wrestlemania.
I agree with most of the other stuff he said, I originally was gonna go on a tirade about how people were acting about the benefit ideas but Burcham pretty well covered that. So I guess that's all for now, but I will be posting soon with the return of CHW Cheap Heat Wrestling and more, so keep reading so you'll have something to bitch later.
GENE
Monday, August 29, 2005
Random Notes......
Well a few things I wanted to cover and I don't have a lot of time so I just thought I'd throw them out here real quick...
First off I've decided that space at the top of the page would be used for quotes that amuse me and for some reason the one that is up there now just caught my attention the other day....
After reading all the accusations on the message board I decided to call up Neil and get the real story on him and Leslie being "kicked out of the UPN studio in Memphis", I won't even bother telling it since people are gonna say what they want since it's people who were there and know better that was spreading it in the first place but just to show you how 'factual' it is, Leslie Jones wasn't even there, he was in Tupelo. Also there were a number of 'workers' from Tupelo who actually did get kicked out of the building but that didn't seem to get mentioned by everybody. Don't believe everything you read folks........
The other day I checked out the new XOW website and was looking at the pictures and I saw the picture of J.D. McKay and it got me thinking, How come when someone gets something shaved off at a wrestling show, it hardly ever grows back?? Kurt Angle's hair, Big Show's Hair, Jimmy Valiant's beard, J.D.'s mustache?? It's bizarre, I think the next time I work a wrestling show I'll ask them to shave my face so I won't have to every morning........
Can you imagine being Shawn Michaels getting to the building last week after one of the biggest matches of his career, not to mention in wrestling period and being told he's going from that into an angle with........Chris Masters. WTF!?!? They should have left him heel and let him feud with Cena, Cena vs. Angle feels too much like Smackdown. Oh well, at least he didn't have to lay down for ROB FUCKING CONWAY!!! Poor Matt, last time I seen someone killed off this brutally they ended up chasing O.J. down the freeway in California.
Everyone needs to see the next TNA PPV. Order it, buy a bootleg copy from me, something. The three way X Title match with Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe is going to kick serious ass!! These are the top three guys in TNA in my opinion and it should be a classic. If you haven't seen Samoa Joe wrestle shame on you. The man is a helluva a worker, he held the Ring of Honor title for well over a year and helped put them on the map as a legitimate company and made the ROH title a highly respected title on the northern indy scene and if you don't know Daniels and Styles then pull your head outta your ass and quite watching so much WWE.
Later, thanks for reading.
GENE
First off I've decided that space at the top of the page would be used for quotes that amuse me and for some reason the one that is up there now just caught my attention the other day....
After reading all the accusations on the message board I decided to call up Neil and get the real story on him and Leslie being "kicked out of the UPN studio in Memphis", I won't even bother telling it since people are gonna say what they want since it's people who were there and know better that was spreading it in the first place but just to show you how 'factual' it is, Leslie Jones wasn't even there, he was in Tupelo. Also there were a number of 'workers' from Tupelo who actually did get kicked out of the building but that didn't seem to get mentioned by everybody. Don't believe everything you read folks........
The other day I checked out the new XOW website and was looking at the pictures and I saw the picture of J.D. McKay and it got me thinking, How come when someone gets something shaved off at a wrestling show, it hardly ever grows back?? Kurt Angle's hair, Big Show's Hair, Jimmy Valiant's beard, J.D.'s mustache?? It's bizarre, I think the next time I work a wrestling show I'll ask them to shave my face so I won't have to every morning........
Can you imagine being Shawn Michaels getting to the building last week after one of the biggest matches of his career, not to mention in wrestling period and being told he's going from that into an angle with........Chris Masters. WTF!?!? They should have left him heel and let him feud with Cena, Cena vs. Angle feels too much like Smackdown. Oh well, at least he didn't have to lay down for ROB FUCKING CONWAY!!! Poor Matt, last time I seen someone killed off this brutally they ended up chasing O.J. down the freeway in California.
Everyone needs to see the next TNA PPV. Order it, buy a bootleg copy from me, something. The three way X Title match with Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe is going to kick serious ass!! These are the top three guys in TNA in my opinion and it should be a classic. If you haven't seen Samoa Joe wrestle shame on you. The man is a helluva a worker, he held the Ring of Honor title for well over a year and helped put them on the map as a legitimate company and made the ROH title a highly respected title on the northern indy scene and if you don't know Daniels and Styles then pull your head outta your ass and quite watching so much WWE.
Later, thanks for reading.
GENE
Monday, August 22, 2005
SUMMERSLAM.......HBK proves his point....BROTHER
Well not often do I shell out $35 to watch a WWE PPV these days (or even bother to watch for free) but I just had to see the match with Hogan and HBK, and at one point I wanted to see the match with Edge and Matt Hardy, anyways I did order the PPV last night and I thought I'd do a quick run through of the matches and give you my 2 cents on them:
Orlando Jordan (C) vs. Chris Benoit for the WWE US TITLE
A two minute squash for the US belt, I don't know if this was done strictly because of time constraints(it was added at the last minute) or if this was the plan all along but in any event this is what Benoit needed after shockingly LOSING to OJ at Great American Bash. Maybe this means they are gonna pull Benoit off the backburner on Smackdown and do something with him.........not likely though. One day last week I finally got around to watching SummerSlam 2004, and it's hard to believe it's already been a year since Benoit dropped the World title and has been back to being lost in the shuffle ever since. We'll see where he goes from here.
Edge vs. Matt Hardy in a "You banged my girlfriend you son of a bitch" 'Streetfight'
Well as I've covered here recently this match had the potential to be a HUGE deal for WWE had it been handled properly but thanks to some VERY shitty writing this went from one of the biggest 'shoot' angles in years to the second match on the card......pretty damn sad. Anyway they did a pretty good job of making it look mostly like a fight and not using any wrestling holds. The spear through the ropes to the floor was an awesome spot as well as Edge dropping Hardy face first on the ringpost, but the refferee stoping the match because Hardy couldn't continue and Hardy having to be helped from the ring made him look like a complete ass! Let's see Edge steals his girlfriend, MATT gets fired for it, the fans demand he comes back and he gets his ass handed to him as Edge and his girlfriend leave hand in hand. Once again it's another example of WWE looking to teach someone a lesson instead of doing what's best for business. The finish should have been done in reverse with Matt winning after the match is stopped, Matt would be back strong, gain some revenge and Edge would keep his 'heel heat' and they could have had a series of rematches. But instead they wanted to teach Matt and the fans a lesson. They wanted to punish Matt Hardy for going public with this situation and making Edge, Lita, and the WWE look bad and they wanted to send a message to all those fans who chanted "You screwed Matt" and demanded his return. The message was simple, you want Matt, well there he is beaten to a bloody pulp. Well Matt hope you enjoyed the time in the spotlight cause you'll back to Sunday Night Heat or released again before you know it.
Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero- Ladder Match for the Custody of Rey's son Dominick
Ok first off lets read that again, A LADDER MATCH FOR THE CUSTODY OF REY'S SON DOMINICK!?!?! WTF?? Eddie and Rey have incredible matches and Eddie is a tremendous heel, so why do you need such a ridiculous premise behind this match? First off they want you to believe that Eddie REALLY IS Dominick's biological father when anyone who ever saw Rey in WCW without his mask can see the kid looks JUST LIKE HIM! Anyway storyline bullshit aside this was an incredible match with some ladder spots that made you cringe. Rey wins it after Eddie's shoot wife comes out and pushes him off the ladder. Also there was a great spot where Eddie was gonna smack the shit out of the kid but Rey cuts him off. All in all, a good match with a shitty finish and dumb premise.
Kurt Angle vs. Eugene- No Time Limit for Angle's Gold Medals
Angle comes right in and goes after Eugene with a smack to the head and it's on from there. Now bringing up last years SummerSlam in Toronto again, Eugene was going against mega heel Triple H and the crowd booed him out of the building which made the whole match seem awkward and once again this is what happened in Washington, the crowd completely shit on Eugene and sided with Angle which made for some awkward moments in the match and for the announcers. Angle wins with the ankle lock after taking the Rock Bottom and the Stunner. I think it's time to lay the Eugene charcter to rest and find Nick Dinsmore a new character on Smackdown.
The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton- Wrestlemania Rematch
Nothing really special here, a match very simular to there match at Wrestlemania at the end a "fan" jumps into the ring and Undertaker gets distracted as the refferee and security drag him out of the ring 'Taker turns around and gets the 'RKO' for the pin. Winner Randy Orton and as for the "fan" it is revealed to be none other than "Cowboy" Bob Orton. Big shock there.
John Cena (C) vs. Chris Jericho for the WWE Championship
This was probably Cena's best match to date as Jericho was really working his ass off in this match and the crowd was WAY into it with dueling chants of "Let's go Jericho", and "Let's go Cena" going at one point. It looked as if Jericho was gonna win it with the 'Walls of Jericho' but Cena made it to the ropes. Smooth finish where Cena shoots him in for a 'tiltawhirl suplex' but swings him up into an 'F-U'. Suprisingly great match.
Batista (C) vs. JBL- No Holds Barred for the World Championship
Well with Mohammad Hassan being killed off by UPN, uh I mean the Undertaker. We are left with another Batista/JBL match. Decent match considering who it is, but having just watched the Cena/JBL I quit match from Judgement Day it made this one seem a bit uneventful. Anyway strong finish with Batista powerbombing JBL onto the ringsteps. Good match, nothing to write home about.
Main Event
Shawn Michaels vs. Hulk Hogan- ICON VS. LEGEND
Well I have to say I was initially shocked by the finish of this match, the standard "Hulkster" finish. But Michaels point was proven here, using his political stroke with McMahon and going over wouldn't have proved anything at this point, but going out there and making a 55 year old man with bad knees and a bad hip that moves like a cripple look like a million bucks proves that Shawn Michaels is everything he says he is. He bumped his ass off and flew all over that ring and made Hogan look like the 'Hulkster' of old and then put him over in the center of the ring.(with all the Bret Hart talk, I really thought we would see the Montreal screwjob revisted for the 18th time) Who else could that? His match with Angle on RAW wasn't horrible, but he looked his age and most everything he did looked weak. The only problem I have with the match is the fact he shook hands with Hogan and went back to being a babyface afterwards, the WWE really needs that HBK back that we've seen for the past 6 weeks, I know he's a christian and won't go back to his D-X ways but just that cocky character that owned those people in Montreal last week. Imagine how much John Cena could learn doing a program with Michaels. Oh well, it was a great match with an ending no one expected. The only problem is, will this make Hogan think he's back and ready for another main event run. There's already talk of a match with Triple H at the next ppv. If so we'll how great "the Game" really is if he can drag that kinda match out of Hogan.
A two minute squash for the US belt, I don't know if this was done strictly because of time constraints(it was added at the last minute) or if this was the plan all along but in any event this is what Benoit needed after shockingly LOSING to OJ at Great American Bash. Maybe this means they are gonna pull Benoit off the backburner on Smackdown and do something with him.........not likely though. One day last week I finally got around to watching SummerSlam 2004, and it's hard to believe it's already been a year since Benoit dropped the World title and has been back to being lost in the shuffle ever since. We'll see where he goes from here.
Edge vs. Matt Hardy in a "You banged my girlfriend you son of a bitch" 'Streetfight'
Well as I've covered here recently this match had the potential to be a HUGE deal for WWE had it been handled properly but thanks to some VERY shitty writing this went from one of the biggest 'shoot' angles in years to the second match on the card......pretty damn sad. Anyway they did a pretty good job of making it look mostly like a fight and not using any wrestling holds. The spear through the ropes to the floor was an awesome spot as well as Edge dropping Hardy face first on the ringpost, but the refferee stoping the match because Hardy couldn't continue and Hardy having to be helped from the ring made him look like a complete ass! Let's see Edge steals his girlfriend, MATT gets fired for it, the fans demand he comes back and he gets his ass handed to him as Edge and his girlfriend leave hand in hand. Once again it's another example of WWE looking to teach someone a lesson instead of doing what's best for business. The finish should have been done in reverse with Matt winning after the match is stopped, Matt would be back strong, gain some revenge and Edge would keep his 'heel heat' and they could have had a series of rematches. But instead they wanted to teach Matt and the fans a lesson. They wanted to punish Matt Hardy for going public with this situation and making Edge, Lita, and the WWE look bad and they wanted to send a message to all those fans who chanted "You screwed Matt" and demanded his return. The message was simple, you want Matt, well there he is beaten to a bloody pulp. Well Matt hope you enjoyed the time in the spotlight cause you'll back to Sunday Night Heat or released again before you know it.
Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero- Ladder Match for the Custody of Rey's son Dominick
Ok first off lets read that again, A LADDER MATCH FOR THE CUSTODY OF REY'S SON DOMINICK!?!?! WTF?? Eddie and Rey have incredible matches and Eddie is a tremendous heel, so why do you need such a ridiculous premise behind this match? First off they want you to believe that Eddie REALLY IS Dominick's biological father when anyone who ever saw Rey in WCW without his mask can see the kid looks JUST LIKE HIM! Anyway storyline bullshit aside this was an incredible match with some ladder spots that made you cringe. Rey wins it after Eddie's shoot wife comes out and pushes him off the ladder. Also there was a great spot where Eddie was gonna smack the shit out of the kid but Rey cuts him off. All in all, a good match with a shitty finish and dumb premise.
Kurt Angle vs. Eugene- No Time Limit for Angle's Gold Medals
Angle comes right in and goes after Eugene with a smack to the head and it's on from there. Now bringing up last years SummerSlam in Toronto again, Eugene was going against mega heel Triple H and the crowd booed him out of the building which made the whole match seem awkward and once again this is what happened in Washington, the crowd completely shit on Eugene and sided with Angle which made for some awkward moments in the match and for the announcers. Angle wins with the ankle lock after taking the Rock Bottom and the Stunner. I think it's time to lay the Eugene charcter to rest and find Nick Dinsmore a new character on Smackdown.
The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton- Wrestlemania Rematch
Nothing really special here, a match very simular to there match at Wrestlemania at the end a "fan" jumps into the ring and Undertaker gets distracted as the refferee and security drag him out of the ring 'Taker turns around and gets the 'RKO' for the pin. Winner Randy Orton and as for the "fan" it is revealed to be none other than "Cowboy" Bob Orton. Big shock there.
John Cena (C) vs. Chris Jericho for the WWE Championship
This was probably Cena's best match to date as Jericho was really working his ass off in this match and the crowd was WAY into it with dueling chants of "Let's go Jericho", and "Let's go Cena" going at one point. It looked as if Jericho was gonna win it with the 'Walls of Jericho' but Cena made it to the ropes. Smooth finish where Cena shoots him in for a 'tiltawhirl suplex' but swings him up into an 'F-U'. Suprisingly great match.
Batista (C) vs. JBL- No Holds Barred for the World Championship
Well with Mohammad Hassan being killed off by UPN, uh I mean the Undertaker. We are left with another Batista/JBL match. Decent match considering who it is, but having just watched the Cena/JBL I quit match from Judgement Day it made this one seem a bit uneventful. Anyway strong finish with Batista powerbombing JBL onto the ringsteps. Good match, nothing to write home about.
Main Event
Shawn Michaels vs. Hulk Hogan- ICON VS. LEGEND
Well I have to say I was initially shocked by the finish of this match, the standard "Hulkster" finish. But Michaels point was proven here, using his political stroke with McMahon and going over wouldn't have proved anything at this point, but going out there and making a 55 year old man with bad knees and a bad hip that moves like a cripple look like a million bucks proves that Shawn Michaels is everything he says he is. He bumped his ass off and flew all over that ring and made Hogan look like the 'Hulkster' of old and then put him over in the center of the ring.(with all the Bret Hart talk, I really thought we would see the Montreal screwjob revisted for the 18th time) Who else could that? His match with Angle on RAW wasn't horrible, but he looked his age and most everything he did looked weak. The only problem I have with the match is the fact he shook hands with Hogan and went back to being a babyface afterwards, the WWE really needs that HBK back that we've seen for the past 6 weeks, I know he's a christian and won't go back to his D-X ways but just that cocky character that owned those people in Montreal last week. Imagine how much John Cena could learn doing a program with Michaels. Oh well, it was a great match with an ending no one expected. The only problem is, will this make Hogan think he's back and ready for another main event run. There's already talk of a match with Triple H at the next ppv. If so we'll how great "the Game" really is if he can drag that kinda match out of Hogan.
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