KEVIN KELLY DISCUSSES SUPERCARD OF HONOR VI & MORE
- 05/19/2011 (12:28:07 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
Plus Melle Mel & Steve Karel on the Urban Wrestling Federation…
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Kevin Kelly Discusses This Saturday Night's "Supercard Of Honor VI," His Reaction To The Critically-Acclaimed Ring Of Honor World Title Match Between Eddie Edwards And Chris Hero At "ROH Revolution: Canada" In Toronto & How Edwards' Title Reign Reminds Him Of Shawn Michaels' First WWE Title Run, Why He Believes That Charlie Haas Is "Closer To The End Of the Road" & Why He Feels That Haas Wants To "Set The Standard Of How Professional Wrestling Is Measured" At This Stage Of His Career, The Prospects For Shelton Benjamin's Long-Term Future In Ring Of Honor, The Next Chapter In The Feud Between The All Night Express & The Briscoes, The Final Showdown Between Steve Corino & Mike Bennett, Plus Much More: The Voice Of ROH's iPPV's Returns For An All-New "Ring Of Honor On The Road" Exclusively On Monday Night Mayhem!
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Ring Of Honor's Kevin Kelly was one of the featured guests on this week's live edition of the award-winning Monday Night Mayhem. You can feel The Mayhem every Monday evening (at 7PM ET/6PM CT), exclusively on The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network (www.MondayNightMayhem.com, www.AudioWrestling.com, www.Geekweek.com, www.Hybrident.tv, & www.iTunes.com). Join The Mayhem right now on Facebook (at www.Facebook.com/MondayNightMayhem), and follow The Mayhem on Twitter (at www.Twitter.com/FeelTheMayhem).
The voice of ROH's iPPV's joined The Big Mosh & "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent for the return of his exclusive segment on Monday Night Mayhem, "Ring of Honor On the Road," which is now available in Windows Streaming Media or via the official MNM Podcast on iTunes:
"Ring Of Honor On The Road" (w/Kevin Kelly) (MNM Streaming Audio): www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/waxfiles/051611.wax
"Ring Of Honor On The Road" (w/Kevin Kelly) (MNM Podcast on iTunes): www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/may11/051611.mp3
Interview highlights courtesy of The Mayhem's official correspondent, Paterson from New Jersey:
Why he believes that Charlie Haas is "closer to the end of the road" & why he feels that Haas wants to "set the standard of how professional wrestling is measured" at this stage of his career: "For Charlie, this is closer to the end of the road, and he'll be the first to tell you that. He's got about three years left, and he wants these final three years to be spent in Ring of Honor, where he sets the standard of how professional wrestling is measured, and he wants ROH to be the first level of biography."
His reaction the the critically-acclaimed Ring of Honor World Title Match between Eddie Edwards & Chris Hero at "ROH Revolution: Canada" in Toronto, how Edwards' title reign to this point reminds him of Shawn Michaels during his first WWE Title run: "As impressed I was with all the praise & critical acclaim that Chris Hero & Eddie Edwards got, the thing I took from that was that Eddie Edwards did look strong in that match, but that strength takes it's toll. It reminds me of Shawn Michaels. When he was WWE Champion the first time (when he won the belt from Bret Hart), the talk was about how he was the smallest man to hold the championship, and taking on bigger guys all the time really started to take its toll. In ROH, the tale of the tape is more even, but the physical style is a lot more grueling."
Why he believes that Charlie Haas is "closer to the end of the road" & why he feels that Haas wants to "set the standard of how professional wrestling is measured" at this stage of his career: "For Charlie, this is closer to the end of the road, and he'll be the first to tell you that. He's got about three years left, and he wants these final three years to be spent in Ring of Honor, where he sets the standard of how professional wrestling is measured, and he wants ROH to be the first level of biography."
What the final showdown between Steve Corino & "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett this Saturday night at "Supercard of Honor VI" in Chicago means to both competitors: "Let's talk about what this match means to both men. Corino must close this chapter of his career so that he can continue with his rehabilitation. Bennett, who has everything going for him, has come in, and according to Corino, done everything wrong. With Brutal Bob Evans not in the building, will these two men have a clean, fair contest with no outside interference? This is important for 'The Prodigy' to score a victory over Corino, because so many of the doubters & naysayers don't believe Bennett belongs in the upper echelon of Ring of Honor."
More is contained in Kevin's return to The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network, including his candid thoughts & comments on his projections for Shelton Benjamin's possible long-term ROH future, a look at the next chapter of the feud between The All Night Express & The Briscoe Brothers: a Chicago Street Fight, plus a complete preview of this Saturday night's "Supercard of Honor VI" event at The Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL. Follow Kevin right now on Twitter (at www.Twitter.com/RealKevinKelly), and be sure to tune in for the return of "Ring of Honor On the Road" on Monday night, June 20th, as we preview ROH's "Best In The World 2011" (airing live on www.GoFightLive.tv from New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday afternoon, June 26th). For the latest breaking ROH news & announcements and to get the up-to-the-minute results during this Saturday night's event in Chicago, be sure to follow Ring of Honor on Facebook (at www.Facebook.com/RingofHonor), on Twitter (at www.Twitter.com/RingofHonor), or head on over to www.ROHWrestling.com.
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Mel & Steve joined The Big Mosh & "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent for their exclusive interview with The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network (to discuss the launch of the Urban Wrestling Federation & the UWF's first Pay-Per-View: "First Blood"), which is now available in Windows Streaming Media or via the official MNM Podcast on iTunes:
Melle Mel & Steve Karel/Monday Night Mayhem Interview (MNM Streaming Audio): www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/waxfiles/051611.wax
Melle Mel & Steve Karel/Monday Night Mayhem Interview (MNM Podcast on iTunes): www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/may11/051611.mp3
Interview highlights courtesy of Paterson, MNM's associate producer & official correspondent:
What led Steve to the idea & concept of the Urban Wrestling Federation: "I started playing this series in my mind. One day, literally, I was out at a hip-hop club hanging out & having a cocktail, and this idea came to mind. I started doing some research, went around the country, started talking to a lot of major label music guys and to the radio stations. I then took to the street, started asking people if they liked wrestling, and if I could combine the two and turn it into what I'm calling 'Grand Theft Auto in the wrestling ring.' That's where it came from."
How Mel was approached to become involved in the UWF & the motivation he had to get back into the wrestling business after his WWE developmental experience: "I've always been interested in wrestling, way back in the AWA days and with Gordon Solie, when wrestling used to come on a UHF channel with The Briscoes & The Valiant Brothers. At one point, I came up with the idea of trying to break into professional wrestling. I even went down to Deep South Wrestling, the wrestling school they had for the WWE, but it seemed that it was a lot of politics involved in what the WWE was doing. I always held on to the point that I was going to keep myself in shape, and get my profile & numbers up, so if that opportunity came along, I could attach myself to it and do it. As soon as I got the call about this UWF thing happening, I though it was a perfect match, especially since they mixed it hip-hop with wrestling."
The importance of mixing in established veterans & talents that have performed with name brands with regional independent talent that fit the urban culture persona to make the UWF what it's "supposed to be": (Steve): "My programmers & the guys who are doing the booking said to me 'How do I want to approach this?' I said on the wrestler side that I wanted to give guys the same opportunity who were willing to go the extra mile, to do the extra stunt, and take it all to another level like ECW did, but in a new direction. There are some guys who came out of the name brands, but are guys who are willing to put it on the line. As far as the regional indy guys, we did open calls around the country. We did a ton of research to put together guys that would fit into the urban culture persona. No matter what their gimmick is or whatever storyline they have, it would fit into this overall theme of what the UWF is supposed to be."
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