NOTES & NEWS FOR MONDAY 4/4/11- 04/04/2011 (2:22:03 am)
- Bob Mulrenin
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It has been a very busy 4 days here in Atlanta for Wrestlemania, Axxess, The Hall of Fame, Wrestlereunion and much more. I have literally hundreds of photos that I took at all the different events, many exclusives that you can see only on wrestlingfigs.com and I will be posting those over the next few days this week.
Updates should be back to normal by Wednesday.
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Thanks to Devin
WWE Monday Night Raw on August 15th, 2011 will be held at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.
WWE returns to the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on August 20th, 2011 at 7:30 PM and the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada on August 21st, 2011 at 5 PM.
Plattsburgh, NY will host a TNA Live! event on Saturday, May 21 at the Crete Civic Center at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 8 at http://www.flynntix.org and charge by phone at 802-863-5966. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Flynn Regional box office. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with TNA Superstars at 5:30pm (Redeemable with ticket the night of the show). Military personnel receive $5 off select tickets with valid military ID at the box office. Appearing live and in person will be Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson, “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “The Hardcore Legend” Mick Foley, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe, Tommy Dreamer, Mickie James and more.
Massena, NY will host a TNA Live! event on Sunday, May 22 at the Massena Arena at 4:00pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 8 at http://www.flynntix.org and charge by phone at 802-863-5966. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Flynn Regional box office. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with TNA Superstars at 2:00pm (Redeemable with ticket the day of the show). Military personnel receive $5 off select tickets with valid military ID at the box office. Appearing live and in person will be Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson, “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “The Hardcore Legend” Mick Foley, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe, Tommy Dreamer, Mickie James and more.
The April 1st, 2011 edition of WWE Vintage Collection featured these segments & matches:
* Freddie Blassie's Hall Of Fame Induction video
* Regis Philbin's speech from the 1994 Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
* Freddie Blassie's Hall Of Fame Induction speech
* Piper's Pit with Jimmy Snuka from WWF TV on June 24th, 1984
* Roddy Piper's Hall Of Fame Induction video & speech
* Lord Alfred Hayes interviewing Roddy Piper from the WWF event at MSG on September 30th, 1989
* Lord Alfred Hayes interviewing Bobby Heenan & Rick Rude from the WWF event at MSG on September 30th, 1989
* Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude from the WWF event at MSG on September 30th, 1989
* Shawn Michaels' Hall Of Fame Induction video
* Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H from WWF Raw on May 13th, 1996
Koko B. Ware will be hanging out with fans during the WrestleMania 27 party at Red & Jerry's Event Center in Sheridan, Colorado on April 3rd, 2011. Go to http://redandjerrys.com for full info.
TNA returns to the Rapides Parish Coliseum in Alexandria, Louisiana on June 3rd, 2011.
Amsterdam, NY will host a TNA Live! event on Friday, May 20 at Amsterdam High School at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 8 at http://www.flynntix.org and charge by phone at 802-863-5966. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Amsterdam and the Flynn Regional box office. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with TNA Superstars at 5:30pm (Redeemable with ticket the night of the show). Appearing live and in person will be Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson, “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “The Hardcore Legend” Mick Foley, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe, Tommy Dreamer, Mickie James and more.
Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling is holding an event on Friday, April 29th, 2011 at the Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Go to http://galaxytheatre.com to buy tickets.
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Thanks to Mike Informer
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King of Trios 2011: Live Pre-Show will stream worldwide for FREE!
The weekend of April 15, 16 and 17th will see 48 wrestlers converge on the former ECW Arena in South Philadelphia for the monstrous King of Trios 2011! It's the biggest weekend in independent wrestling, and we have fans coming from 32 states and 12 different countries coming (so far) to be part of it! If you can't join us live though, you can enjoy a slice of the excitement as it happens, because we'll be streaming LIVE from the former ECW Arena on Friday night, April 15th!
Join Dr. Keith Lipinski, Steve "The Turtle" Weiner and the stars of CHIKARA as we get ready to roll out King of Trios 2011 with our "Pre-Show-A-Go-Go," live on April 15th. More details will be announced shortly!
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Jimmy Korderas and Arda have made a "WrestleMania LookBack" podcast for every WrestleMania, 1-26. We have watched them all and talk about them at length (not results Wikipedia style but forgotten moments, WrestleMania moemnts, etc)
Also, since Jimmy has referee'd at 14 of them, he tells stories surrounding that WrestleMania, including:
- How he and Joey Marella broke the "Battle Royal" trophy at WrestleMania 4
- Teaching Robert Goulet the Canadian national anthem at WrestleMania 6
- Being hot that he didn't referee a main card match at WrestleMania 13
- Being asked to referee Edge vs Undertaker in the main event of WrestleMania 24
And much more!
All the LookBacks are found here: http://radio.thescore.com/programs/right-after-wrestling ********************************
The show airs on the USA Network on Monday at 8 PM EST.
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Whoa! Hey! Check it out, mates, as BUSHWACKER LUKE WILLIAMS brings a big ol’ bucket of sardines IN THE ROOM with Brady Hicks, DJ, and Kevin McElvaney for a very special, UNCENSORED WRESTLEMANIA SUNDAY BRUNCH edition of the show. What does Bushwacker Luke think about his more than 40 years in the wrestling business, and what does he think about tonight’s WrestleMania show, as well as his successful runs as a member of both the ultra-violent Sheepherders as well as uber-lovable Bushwackers? Pull up yer listenin’ buds and listen in, buds! WHOA! Check it out on thebradyhicks.com.
For a direct link to the show:
http://thebradyhicks.com/podpress_trac/web/2478/0/2011-04-03%20luke%20williams.mp3
On the Transition from Being a Sheepherder to Being a Bushwacker:
It was another thing, mate. We were wanting to get into the WWE for quite some time. Sometimes it’s just the right thing at the right time. They had just gotten rid of the British Bulldogs. We just flew up there and Vince [McMahon] said, “What do you think about being the good guys?” And we were like, “Why not come in as the bad guys and then change us down the line.” But Vince said, “That’s not the way I do things.” Butch jumped up on Vince’s desk, and his nose was six inches to a foot from Vince’s nose, and said to Vince, “If you can make these faces babyfaces, then go ahead.” So Butch says go for it. That was a highlight. So Butch says go for it. That was a highlight. We went up and started doing vignettes every week for a month, and then we came on TBS in Upstate New York and we were the babyfaces. People were like, “Those guys can’t be those vioent sheepherders.” But we were. We were marching around looking to lick people’s heads and having a good time.
On Working for the WWF:
Butch and I had been wrestlers for years, but it wasn’t until we made it in WWE that we became entertainers. Vince [McMahon] and those guys did so much for our characters and gave us so much exposure around the world. We’ll always owe WWE for that.
Who Tasted Better: Sean Mooney or Mean Gene:
I’m going to go with Mean Gene on that one. What’s the saying? Like wine, it gets better with age? That’s Mene Gene.
On Working with Abdullah The Butcher:
Abdullah was amazing. He was a real inspiration. One time we were up there [Stampede Wrestling] wrestling and he just kept throwing these kids in the ring and was yelling for us to beat them up. He just had this aura about him that people were really afraid of him. Some people criticize WWE for some of the people they put in their Hall of Fame, but Abdullah deserves to be in there, even if he never wrestled for WWE.
Thanks for supporting the In the Room podcast on thebradyhicks.com. To leave a message for the show, you can e-mail us at [email protected] or call (206) 337-1031. And while you're at the site, be sure to check out great interviews with AJ Styles (8/9/10), Kurt Angle (10/8/10), Serena Deeb (11/8/10), Madison Rayne (6/8/10), and Kevin Thorn (10/25/10).
Brady Hicks has been writing about wrestling for more than 15 years, for Web sites, newspapers, and magazines. He is a contributing writer for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and is also the host of his acclaimed weekly podcast - In the Room.
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