Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 3, 2013 7:04:21 GMT -6
PRO WRESTLING NEWS:
--- There is a big Memphis Wrestling reunion style show being presented on at the Resorts Casino in Tunica, MS, the same Casino that now houses the Jerry Lawler Museum. Originally, the main event was to be Lawler vs. Austin Idol in Idol's first match in many, many years. Idol is off the show, for reasons not yet exactly clear, as over the weekend, it was announced that Lawler would instead face Jeff Jarrett, who would be managed by Karen Jarrett, in the main event. I can't remember the last time these two would have had a singles match, but we are talking at least 13-15 years. Brian Christopher is putting the show together, which also features Jimmy Valiant, Rikishi, Doug Gilbert, Koko B. Ware, The Spellbinder, Bill Dundee, The Rock N' Roll Express, Reggie B. Fine and more. It's quite the Memphis reunion.
---KayFabeCommentaries.com has filmed a Timeline 1960s DVD with Bruno Sammartino discussing the big stories from that decade. It's slated to be released this November.
---CW Anderson vs. Tommy Dreamer in a rematch from their classic ECW Guilty as Charged 2001 I Quit match has been added to the Wrestlecade convention and live event this November in North Carolina. Anderson will have JJ Dillon and Steve Corino in his corner. While the two have wrestled a few times on independent shows, there was never a rematch of the I Quit match, which at the time, was awesome. For more, visit www.wrestlecade.com.
---Carlito was in Qatar over the weekend as part of an announcement of a new promotion, Qatar Pro Wrestling, which announced it would be holding its first events this October, including a tournament to crown their first champion. They announced a three day tournament taking place 10/3-10/5 at the Hyatt Plaza inside a tent. Other names announced were Bobby Lashley, Rene Dupree, Big Daddy V, Chris Masters, German wrestlers and Chris Raaber as well as Alofa, Johnny Moss, American indy wrestler and Matt Cross. The promoter of the WWE tours in Qatar is behind the promotion and told media that WWE cost them $1.1 million to stage in the country, so creating their own promotion would be a better investment. They also intend to open a school to train their own talents. The announcement was picked up by a lot of local TV and print media in the country.
---Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling announced plans for a 20th anniversary event on 10/19 in St. Claire College in Windsor with Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Petey Williams, Angelina Love, Rhino, Cody Deaner, Johnny Swinger, Tyson Dux and even D'Amore himself returning to the ring announced.
---Here's a random sighting: Bilvis Wesley, who worked the latter days of the original ECW, worked over the weekend for Old Time Wrestling, the New Jersey promotion associated with the Monster Factory school.
---New England Championship Wrestling will hold their 13th anniversary show on 9/7 in Beverly, MA at the Cove Community Center, headlined by NECW Heavyweight Champion, Antonio Thomas teaming with Slyck Wagner Brown vs. former NECW champ Sean Burke and Jeremy Prophet. For more, visit www.necw.tv.
---An update on the lawsuit brought against WWE by James D. Papa, the Texas songwriter and musician who is suing the company, Michael "Hayes" Seitz and others for allegedly using "Badstreet, USA" and other 1990s WCW Slamjam-era theme songs without permission or compensation as well as allegedly receiving royalties for the aforementioned songs.
As we noted a few weeks back, Papa filed a motion on 7/31 to appeal decisions made against him in the lawsuit after having his then-attorneys replaced. In that motion, Papa claims that he had very little communication with his former attorneys, even when legal rulings were made against his case, receiving "little of substance" from them.
Papa noted that he was not informed that several of the defendants, including Seitz, had been dismissed from the lawsuit or that WWE had tried to get the case remanded from the State of Texas to another jurisdiction. A number of the dependents had been dismissed as the court rules that Papa could not prove the court had any jurisdiction over them . The court had also dismissed Papa's copyright infringement claim against all of the defendents.
In their latest filing on 8/26, WWE argued the following:
*That Papa had been given 30 days after the dismissal of the defendants to argue as to why they should be reinstated. Papa did not and waited until 77 days later to file anything.
*That while Papa claims he had not been properly represented by his former attorneys, they and WWE were in communication in regard to whether they intended to file an amended pleading with the court and at one point, told the court they were undecided on whether they intended to re-plead the case. They also state that his new counsel is simply "second-guessing" the former counsel's decision not to re-plead the case and that doing so would be a waste of the court's time.
*That none of Papa's re-pleaded complaints would overrule the court's previous decision to dismiss the case against Michael Hayes and composer Jim Johnston as well as the copyright infringement complaint that was dismissed against all of the Defendants.
*That the latest filing from Papa should not overrule the court's previous ruling that Texas did not hold jurisdiction over Hayes and Johnston should still stand.
- WWE argued that Hayes had previous submitted an affidavit with the court noting that he and Papa co-wrote the music in question, that Hayes performed lead vocals for "Badstreet USA" and that Hayes has not had an "substantive contacts" in Texas in over 25 years. WWE also argued that Turner Music (for WCW) had placed the songs into the retail market, not Hayes, so Hayes cannot be sued for damages in the State of Texas over WWE using the music.
- In the case of Johnston, WWE claims the argument for suing him is "legally deficient" as Papa argues that Johnston has "knowingly benefited" from the Texas market since a derivate version of "Badstreet, USA" was used instead of Papa's song on the THQ Legends of Wrestlemania videogame and with songs Papa claims ownership of being registered with BMI under Johnston's name. WWE argued that none of that can be connected directly from Johnston to the Texas market, so he is out of their jurisdiction.
*WWE also claimed that Papa has not established that his "causes of action arose from any of [Hayes'] or Johnston’s contacts with Texas."
*WWE also noted that the court has previously ruled that Papa living in Texas cannot predicate the court's jurisdiction on Hayes and Johnston.
*WWE also argued that Papa failed to serve Hayes and Johnston with the lawsuit in the time required and that the court refused to extend Papa additional time.
*In regard to allegedly infringing on Papa's copyrights via the creation of the new song for the WWE Legends of Wrestlemania videogame, using the music on ringtones and in DVD and Video on Demand programming, WWE argued that the court has already dismissed those claims and Papa did not present any new argument that would force the court to reinstate them.
---Sheamus is back home in Ireland on vacation after shoulder surgery.
---The new edition of Entertainment Weekly at www.ew.com/rockfight talks about a new exhibit that opens in Los Angeles at Project Gallery with photos that include boxing and wrestling.
---WWE CLASSICS ON DEMAND UPDATE FOR THIS WEEK:
Capital Carnage 1998
Raw 12/1/97
Nitro 12/1/97
SummerSlam 1992 from Wembley Stadium
TNT 2/7/86
World Tour 1991
Bob Backlund vs. Bobby Duncum 12/12/79 Madison Square Garden
Cactus Jack vs. Jimmy Jack Funk 3/8/89 Wild West Wrestling (must have bought that collection as well)
Bruno Sammartino vs. Spyros Arion 8/17/75 Madison Square Garden
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mighty Molly & Ivory 10/22/01 Raw
Smoking Gunns vs. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith 9/22/96 Mind Games PPV
Chris Adams vs. Steve Austin USWA 5/25/90
Dynamite Kid vs. Bret Hart boxing match 2/13/81 Calgary
Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie 2/2/92 IC title match from
Al Snow vs. William Regal European title 10/16/00 Raw
Raw 4/5/99
Worldwide Wrestling 7/31/93
---Border City Wrestling's 20th anniversary show on 10/9 at St. Clair College in Windsor, ONT featuring Tyson Dux & Jon Bolen & Scott D'Amore vs. Phil Atlas & Cody Deaner & Kevin Nash, with Scott Hall in the corner. Also on the show is Rhino, Angelina Love, Petey Williams (who went to St. Clair College), Johnny Swinger and Kongo Kong.
---In continuing the discussion over the past few days of Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts matches, there is one on January 17, 1992, in Springfield, MA. The match advertised was Roberts vs. Savage and Savage couldn't make it and they subbed in Hogan. There was also a January 29, 1987, match in Providence with Hogan vs. Roberts, which was advertised as Hogan vs. Kamala, but for some reason, Kamala missed the show and Roberts was the sub.
---TNA has announced Meet and Greets in conjunction with their European tour in January. Interactive tickets allowing you to meet wrestlers are on sale for the live shows on 1/30 in Glasgow, 1/31 in Manchester, 2/1 in London and 2/2 in Birmingham.
---Fusion Wrestling on 8/27 in Mechanicsville, VA at the Richmond East Moose Lodge with Hurricane Helms & Zak Hilton vs. Memphis Mofo & Jefferson Early and Preston Quinn vs. Christian York; 8/28 in Gloucester, VA at the Moose Lodge with Preston Quinn. vs. Adam Pearce for the Continental title and Memphis Mofo vs. Brutal Bob Evans; 8/29 in Newport News, VA at Rebounderz with Adam Pearce vs. Hurricane Helms.
---Terry Funk will be doing a seminar with Manny Fernandez in Union, SC at the Union County Fairgrounds. Funk will also be managing in the main event, across the ring from heel manager Thomas Simpson.
---We were talking in response to a question about Terry Taylor on a radio show a few days ago (Taylor was super underrated in the ring, one of the best in the world circa 1984-87 but never had much of a chance again once Mid South Wrestling folded. Bob Evans wanted to chime in and said that Taylor saved his career and was pivotal in his reinventing himself as a character and getting his job in ROH, and said Taylor was the best wrestling trainer he ever had. He said Taylor would admit that he made a lot of mistakes and got a lot of heat on himself (which we talked about on the show) and that bit him in the ass as far as his post-Mid South career.
---Tickets for a 10/19 WWE show in Louisville go on sale Saturday.
---River City Wrestling on 9/7 in San Antonio at the Aztec Indoor Soccer Arena with Knux of TNA & Doc, formerly of TNA, as Aces and 8s, facing Hernandez & Michael Faith in the main event.
---Former WWF announcer Sean Mooney joined Inside The Ropes this past week for only his second wrestling interview since leaving the company. Here are the highlights: Entering the WWF with no wrestling background: "New Haven, Connecticut was my first live event and I remember walking backstage and Mr Fuji and Ax and Smash, Demolition, were playing cribbage in full costume at this table. I'm looking at this thinking, 'What have I stepped into?' But there were some people there who thought you're either in or you're an outsider. I'm telling you, that first year was really tough because they would have a different language, you know you'd walk in, the guys would be talking and suddenly they're speaking carny you know and it took me a year of just taking it and they put it to me. I'll tell you, and this is why Lord Alfred Hayes and I became so close, Alfred and Gorilla, or Gino as we called him, took me under their wing and I would just take it from the guys but those two guys took me under their wing and just taught me the ropes and took care of me. Then after a year, that was it, I was in. Once that happens you're in for life." Memories of Hulk Hogan: "Rocky had come out, it was just insane. They had a show on, like the Top 50 Superstars, recently and Hulk was like 25 or something and you're like WHAT?! I mean Really? Unless you're just mad at him, how in the world could you.... no matter what went on with them... how do you not make him at least top 5, are you kidding me? All of wrestling owes a debt to him for what he did. By the time I got there, he was a superstar. Making money that was just unheard of." Rumors he was ashamed of the WWF run: "I left because I just wanted to try something else, and the company was changing, you know? Financially they weren't doing great and who knows, he might have decided to cut me loose when my contract was up anyway. But I made the decision before that and I think that's why people started thinking, 'what the hell happened to Sean Mooney?' Because how could he walk away from that and disappear which to them I did. But for that period of time, I cherished that and it really upset me that there was some report saying that when I worked in new in New York that I tried to hide that from my resume. How the hell would you do that? When I was with the WWF, it aired all over the world. Was I gonna just say that wasn't me? No, plus I was very thankful to Vince McMahon for everything he gave me and the opportunities I got. When I started to anchor at WWR in New York, Vince even sent me a telegram to say congratulations. Because he was happy that a WWF guy was broadcasting news in New York." To hear the full interview where Sean talks his return at RAW 1000, working with Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, The Event Center and much more head to facebook.com/theinsidenetwork
---TNA cancelled their upcoming live event on September 13th at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO.
--- TNA announced TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray, Magnus, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Austin Aries, Manik, James Storm, Gunner and Gail Kim for their 2014 UK tour, with events in Glasgow (Jan 30), Manchester (Jan 31), London (Feb 1) and Birmingham (Feb 2)
---Special guest on Raw next week,Edge returns next week to plug the new season of "Haven" and his other appearance on Syfy next week.
---It was announced on RAW tonight that AJ Lee will defend her Divas Title in a Fatal 4 Way at the Night of Champions pay-per-view. Here's the updated card:
WWE Title Match
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Title Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE Divas Title Match
Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Brie Bella vs. AJ Lee
Handicap Elimination Match
CM Punk vs. Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel
---Tommy Dreamer announced that he would team with his mentor Terry Funk for the last time in the main event of the 11/9 House of Hardcore 3 event in Poughkeepsie, NY at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center.
The duo will face Lance Storm and X-Pac, playing off the end of House of Hardcore 2, which is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Also set for HOH3:
*Rhino vs. Kevin Steen
*Tony Nese vs. Alex Reynolds vs. Petey Williams
*Also officially announced are Tara, Goldust, Carlito, Rosita and MVP.
For more, visit www.HouseofHardcore.net.
---- Fandango suffered a legitimate broken nose during his match against The Miz on Monday's RAW.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4,2013:
EWA @ Donna's Barn & Cafe in Elkmont, Alabama
IWA Unlimited @ Knights Of Columbus Hall in Olney, Illinois
OVW @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky
RPW @ Rockstar Pro Arena in Dayton, Ohio
AAA @ Morelos Auditorium in Aguascalientes, Mexico
IRW @ Warabi Dojo in Saitama, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
THE VIDEO STORE:
---PRO WRESTLING 101 with Tony Devito-
--- There is a big Memphis Wrestling reunion style show being presented on at the Resorts Casino in Tunica, MS, the same Casino that now houses the Jerry Lawler Museum. Originally, the main event was to be Lawler vs. Austin Idol in Idol's first match in many, many years. Idol is off the show, for reasons not yet exactly clear, as over the weekend, it was announced that Lawler would instead face Jeff Jarrett, who would be managed by Karen Jarrett, in the main event. I can't remember the last time these two would have had a singles match, but we are talking at least 13-15 years. Brian Christopher is putting the show together, which also features Jimmy Valiant, Rikishi, Doug Gilbert, Koko B. Ware, The Spellbinder, Bill Dundee, The Rock N' Roll Express, Reggie B. Fine and more. It's quite the Memphis reunion.
---KayFabeCommentaries.com has filmed a Timeline 1960s DVD with Bruno Sammartino discussing the big stories from that decade. It's slated to be released this November.
---CW Anderson vs. Tommy Dreamer in a rematch from their classic ECW Guilty as Charged 2001 I Quit match has been added to the Wrestlecade convention and live event this November in North Carolina. Anderson will have JJ Dillon and Steve Corino in his corner. While the two have wrestled a few times on independent shows, there was never a rematch of the I Quit match, which at the time, was awesome. For more, visit www.wrestlecade.com.
---Carlito was in Qatar over the weekend as part of an announcement of a new promotion, Qatar Pro Wrestling, which announced it would be holding its first events this October, including a tournament to crown their first champion. They announced a three day tournament taking place 10/3-10/5 at the Hyatt Plaza inside a tent. Other names announced were Bobby Lashley, Rene Dupree, Big Daddy V, Chris Masters, German wrestlers and Chris Raaber as well as Alofa, Johnny Moss, American indy wrestler and Matt Cross. The promoter of the WWE tours in Qatar is behind the promotion and told media that WWE cost them $1.1 million to stage in the country, so creating their own promotion would be a better investment. They also intend to open a school to train their own talents. The announcement was picked up by a lot of local TV and print media in the country.
---Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling announced plans for a 20th anniversary event on 10/19 in St. Claire College in Windsor with Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Petey Williams, Angelina Love, Rhino, Cody Deaner, Johnny Swinger, Tyson Dux and even D'Amore himself returning to the ring announced.
---Here's a random sighting: Bilvis Wesley, who worked the latter days of the original ECW, worked over the weekend for Old Time Wrestling, the New Jersey promotion associated with the Monster Factory school.
---New England Championship Wrestling will hold their 13th anniversary show on 9/7 in Beverly, MA at the Cove Community Center, headlined by NECW Heavyweight Champion, Antonio Thomas teaming with Slyck Wagner Brown vs. former NECW champ Sean Burke and Jeremy Prophet. For more, visit www.necw.tv.
---An update on the lawsuit brought against WWE by James D. Papa, the Texas songwriter and musician who is suing the company, Michael "Hayes" Seitz and others for allegedly using "Badstreet, USA" and other 1990s WCW Slamjam-era theme songs without permission or compensation as well as allegedly receiving royalties for the aforementioned songs.
As we noted a few weeks back, Papa filed a motion on 7/31 to appeal decisions made against him in the lawsuit after having his then-attorneys replaced. In that motion, Papa claims that he had very little communication with his former attorneys, even when legal rulings were made against his case, receiving "little of substance" from them.
Papa noted that he was not informed that several of the defendants, including Seitz, had been dismissed from the lawsuit or that WWE had tried to get the case remanded from the State of Texas to another jurisdiction. A number of the dependents had been dismissed as the court rules that Papa could not prove the court had any jurisdiction over them . The court had also dismissed Papa's copyright infringement claim against all of the defendents.
In their latest filing on 8/26, WWE argued the following:
*That Papa had been given 30 days after the dismissal of the defendants to argue as to why they should be reinstated. Papa did not and waited until 77 days later to file anything.
*That while Papa claims he had not been properly represented by his former attorneys, they and WWE were in communication in regard to whether they intended to file an amended pleading with the court and at one point, told the court they were undecided on whether they intended to re-plead the case. They also state that his new counsel is simply "second-guessing" the former counsel's decision not to re-plead the case and that doing so would be a waste of the court's time.
*That none of Papa's re-pleaded complaints would overrule the court's previous decision to dismiss the case against Michael Hayes and composer Jim Johnston as well as the copyright infringement complaint that was dismissed against all of the Defendants.
*That the latest filing from Papa should not overrule the court's previous ruling that Texas did not hold jurisdiction over Hayes and Johnston should still stand.
- WWE argued that Hayes had previous submitted an affidavit with the court noting that he and Papa co-wrote the music in question, that Hayes performed lead vocals for "Badstreet USA" and that Hayes has not had an "substantive contacts" in Texas in over 25 years. WWE also argued that Turner Music (for WCW) had placed the songs into the retail market, not Hayes, so Hayes cannot be sued for damages in the State of Texas over WWE using the music.
- In the case of Johnston, WWE claims the argument for suing him is "legally deficient" as Papa argues that Johnston has "knowingly benefited" from the Texas market since a derivate version of "Badstreet, USA" was used instead of Papa's song on the THQ Legends of Wrestlemania videogame and with songs Papa claims ownership of being registered with BMI under Johnston's name. WWE argued that none of that can be connected directly from Johnston to the Texas market, so he is out of their jurisdiction.
*WWE also claimed that Papa has not established that his "causes of action arose from any of [Hayes'] or Johnston’s contacts with Texas."
*WWE also noted that the court has previously ruled that Papa living in Texas cannot predicate the court's jurisdiction on Hayes and Johnston.
*WWE also argued that Papa failed to serve Hayes and Johnston with the lawsuit in the time required and that the court refused to extend Papa additional time.
*In regard to allegedly infringing on Papa's copyrights via the creation of the new song for the WWE Legends of Wrestlemania videogame, using the music on ringtones and in DVD and Video on Demand programming, WWE argued that the court has already dismissed those claims and Papa did not present any new argument that would force the court to reinstate them.
---Sheamus is back home in Ireland on vacation after shoulder surgery.
---The new edition of Entertainment Weekly at www.ew.com/rockfight talks about a new exhibit that opens in Los Angeles at Project Gallery with photos that include boxing and wrestling.
---WWE CLASSICS ON DEMAND UPDATE FOR THIS WEEK:
Capital Carnage 1998
Raw 12/1/97
Nitro 12/1/97
SummerSlam 1992 from Wembley Stadium
TNT 2/7/86
World Tour 1991
Bob Backlund vs. Bobby Duncum 12/12/79 Madison Square Garden
Cactus Jack vs. Jimmy Jack Funk 3/8/89 Wild West Wrestling (must have bought that collection as well)
Bruno Sammartino vs. Spyros Arion 8/17/75 Madison Square Garden
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mighty Molly & Ivory 10/22/01 Raw
Smoking Gunns vs. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith 9/22/96 Mind Games PPV
Chris Adams vs. Steve Austin USWA 5/25/90
Dynamite Kid vs. Bret Hart boxing match 2/13/81 Calgary
Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie 2/2/92 IC title match from
Al Snow vs. William Regal European title 10/16/00 Raw
Raw 4/5/99
Worldwide Wrestling 7/31/93
---Border City Wrestling's 20th anniversary show on 10/9 at St. Clair College in Windsor, ONT featuring Tyson Dux & Jon Bolen & Scott D'Amore vs. Phil Atlas & Cody Deaner & Kevin Nash, with Scott Hall in the corner. Also on the show is Rhino, Angelina Love, Petey Williams (who went to St. Clair College), Johnny Swinger and Kongo Kong.
---In continuing the discussion over the past few days of Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts matches, there is one on January 17, 1992, in Springfield, MA. The match advertised was Roberts vs. Savage and Savage couldn't make it and they subbed in Hogan. There was also a January 29, 1987, match in Providence with Hogan vs. Roberts, which was advertised as Hogan vs. Kamala, but for some reason, Kamala missed the show and Roberts was the sub.
---TNA has announced Meet and Greets in conjunction with their European tour in January. Interactive tickets allowing you to meet wrestlers are on sale for the live shows on 1/30 in Glasgow, 1/31 in Manchester, 2/1 in London and 2/2 in Birmingham.
---Fusion Wrestling on 8/27 in Mechanicsville, VA at the Richmond East Moose Lodge with Hurricane Helms & Zak Hilton vs. Memphis Mofo & Jefferson Early and Preston Quinn vs. Christian York; 8/28 in Gloucester, VA at the Moose Lodge with Preston Quinn. vs. Adam Pearce for the Continental title and Memphis Mofo vs. Brutal Bob Evans; 8/29 in Newport News, VA at Rebounderz with Adam Pearce vs. Hurricane Helms.
---Terry Funk will be doing a seminar with Manny Fernandez in Union, SC at the Union County Fairgrounds. Funk will also be managing in the main event, across the ring from heel manager Thomas Simpson.
---We were talking in response to a question about Terry Taylor on a radio show a few days ago (Taylor was super underrated in the ring, one of the best in the world circa 1984-87 but never had much of a chance again once Mid South Wrestling folded. Bob Evans wanted to chime in and said that Taylor saved his career and was pivotal in his reinventing himself as a character and getting his job in ROH, and said Taylor was the best wrestling trainer he ever had. He said Taylor would admit that he made a lot of mistakes and got a lot of heat on himself (which we talked about on the show) and that bit him in the ass as far as his post-Mid South career.
---Tickets for a 10/19 WWE show in Louisville go on sale Saturday.
---River City Wrestling on 9/7 in San Antonio at the Aztec Indoor Soccer Arena with Knux of TNA & Doc, formerly of TNA, as Aces and 8s, facing Hernandez & Michael Faith in the main event.
---Former WWF announcer Sean Mooney joined Inside The Ropes this past week for only his second wrestling interview since leaving the company. Here are the highlights: Entering the WWF with no wrestling background: "New Haven, Connecticut was my first live event and I remember walking backstage and Mr Fuji and Ax and Smash, Demolition, were playing cribbage in full costume at this table. I'm looking at this thinking, 'What have I stepped into?' But there were some people there who thought you're either in or you're an outsider. I'm telling you, that first year was really tough because they would have a different language, you know you'd walk in, the guys would be talking and suddenly they're speaking carny you know and it took me a year of just taking it and they put it to me. I'll tell you, and this is why Lord Alfred Hayes and I became so close, Alfred and Gorilla, or Gino as we called him, took me under their wing and I would just take it from the guys but those two guys took me under their wing and just taught me the ropes and took care of me. Then after a year, that was it, I was in. Once that happens you're in for life." Memories of Hulk Hogan: "Rocky had come out, it was just insane. They had a show on, like the Top 50 Superstars, recently and Hulk was like 25 or something and you're like WHAT?! I mean Really? Unless you're just mad at him, how in the world could you.... no matter what went on with them... how do you not make him at least top 5, are you kidding me? All of wrestling owes a debt to him for what he did. By the time I got there, he was a superstar. Making money that was just unheard of." Rumors he was ashamed of the WWF run: "I left because I just wanted to try something else, and the company was changing, you know? Financially they weren't doing great and who knows, he might have decided to cut me loose when my contract was up anyway. But I made the decision before that and I think that's why people started thinking, 'what the hell happened to Sean Mooney?' Because how could he walk away from that and disappear which to them I did. But for that period of time, I cherished that and it really upset me that there was some report saying that when I worked in new in New York that I tried to hide that from my resume. How the hell would you do that? When I was with the WWF, it aired all over the world. Was I gonna just say that wasn't me? No, plus I was very thankful to Vince McMahon for everything he gave me and the opportunities I got. When I started to anchor at WWR in New York, Vince even sent me a telegram to say congratulations. Because he was happy that a WWF guy was broadcasting news in New York." To hear the full interview where Sean talks his return at RAW 1000, working with Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, The Event Center and much more head to facebook.com/theinsidenetwork
---TNA cancelled their upcoming live event on September 13th at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO.
--- TNA announced TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray, Magnus, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Austin Aries, Manik, James Storm, Gunner and Gail Kim for their 2014 UK tour, with events in Glasgow (Jan 30), Manchester (Jan 31), London (Feb 1) and Birmingham (Feb 2)
---Special guest on Raw next week,Edge returns next week to plug the new season of "Haven" and his other appearance on Syfy next week.
---It was announced on RAW tonight that AJ Lee will defend her Divas Title in a Fatal 4 Way at the Night of Champions pay-per-view. Here's the updated card:
WWE Title Match
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Title Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE Divas Title Match
Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Brie Bella vs. AJ Lee
Handicap Elimination Match
CM Punk vs. Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel
---Tommy Dreamer announced that he would team with his mentor Terry Funk for the last time in the main event of the 11/9 House of Hardcore 3 event in Poughkeepsie, NY at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center.
The duo will face Lance Storm and X-Pac, playing off the end of House of Hardcore 2, which is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Also set for HOH3:
*Rhino vs. Kevin Steen
*Tony Nese vs. Alex Reynolds vs. Petey Williams
*Also officially announced are Tara, Goldust, Carlito, Rosita and MVP.
For more, visit www.HouseofHardcore.net.
---- Fandango suffered a legitimate broken nose during his match against The Miz on Monday's RAW.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4,2013:
EWA @ Donna's Barn & Cafe in Elkmont, Alabama
IWA Unlimited @ Knights Of Columbus Hall in Olney, Illinois
OVW @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky
RPW @ Rockstar Pro Arena in Dayton, Ohio
AAA @ Morelos Auditorium in Aguascalientes, Mexico
IRW @ Warabi Dojo in Saitama, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
THE VIDEO STORE:
---PRO WRESTLING 101 with Tony Devito-