ED FERRARA INTERVIEW, 5/3 PWS TV REPORT, VERNE GAGNE PORTRAIT
- 05/03/2015 (11:57:35 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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Today the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling finds out just how the Attitude was brought to life in one of the biggest "boom periods" in pro-wrestling history with former WWF and WCW writer/producer Ed Ferrara.
Ferrara is currently teaching creative writing at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida and originally made a name for himself as a writer writing for such television shows as "Weird Science" and "Honey I Shrunk the Kids". As a lifelong wrestling fan, Ed joined the WWF as a writer alongside Vince McMahon (among others) where he was apart of the creative process that spawned the Attitude Era. We also cover all aspects of his wrestling career including his time as an independent worker and his jump from the WWF to WCW in 1999 as well as the infamous Oklahoma character.
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Thanks to Jeff Sheridan for this 5/3 PWS Wrestling TV Report
1.The show starts off with footage from last week having Dan Maff cashing in his On The Spot Title Shot [OTSTS] medallion to where he challenges Mario Bokara & Fallah Bahh in a 3 way hardcore match for the PWS title. Long story short at the end of the match, Dan has Fallah over his shoulders & slams him to where he's out cold. After this Mario knocks Dan out of the ring, then gives an unconscious Fallah an arm drag to where due to Fallah being out cold, the ref awards the title to Mario, making him the new PWS champ. After the match Dan comes back into the ring with the belt, gives it to Mario & raises his hand in victory. Then he takes Mario over his shoulders & slams him to the mat.
2.Back in the studio with David Adams & Dave D-Struction to where Adams says Mario's now a 2 time PWS champ, D-Struction called the match incredible but the shocker from this is that Dan cashed in the medallion to make the match a 3 way, however he lost in the match to where it's the 1st time that has ever happened in PWS.
3.We then go to a Dan Maff interview where he's outside & it's dark to where you can't see him at all, Dan says he's outside the Rahway Rec Center to where it has been a long ride & says he has climbed those stairs to where he has had many matches. He says he cashed in his OTSTS medallion for a fair fight, says that's what he got & says he has tried to do things that his dad would've told him to do. He says he tried being a man of principal but failed, says he was on top but feels he's now at the bottom & says it kinda sucks.
Dan says the only thing left to do now is to pack it in, says he don't do that because the warrior in him won't allow it & says the 1 thing he hasn't done in wrestling to where he has wrestled worldwide & nationwide, is win the PWS title. He says he don't give up or pack it in. After this is a "Monsters Island" promo appears to where it ends by saying "Monsters Island Strikes Now".
4.David Adams is in the ring to where he introduces Balls Mahoney as the guest time keeper for the 8 man match with Aesthetic Enterprises' Damian Gibbs & Beefcake Charlie with Jay Enterprise in their corner, joining forces with The Untouchables' Anthony Bowens & AC Gamble as all 4 face Monsters Island's Sprinkles The Clown, "Hellbelly" Jones, Doomsday & Giant Leather. Gibbs, Charlie, Bowens & Gamble won the match via DQ when Hellbelly used the shovel as a weapon. After the match Mahoney comes in the shake hands with Monsters Island, implying that there's a connection of sorts between him & them?
5.A D-Struction promo is shown where he's asking if you remember being either in middle school or high school, says it's where you had to raise money for your school by standing in front of supermarkets selling 1/2 eaten candy bars that he himself got a hold of & says there's 1 way to raise money for either your middle, high or grammar school. He says that's where PWS comes to either your town, school or gym instead of standing outside of a supermarket trying to sell candy & asks if you'd like to have PWS do a show for you.
Dave plugs www.prowrestlingsyndicate.com for more info to where they've got packages for this starting at $1,500: www.bedofnailz.com/getintouch.html & says to view the site now to help you raise money for your school. Then a promo for Kayfabe Commentaries' "Timeline The History Of ECW 1999 As Told By RVD": http://kayfabecommentaries.com/DVD_TE_RVD.html appears to where RVD talks about wrestling during that year & says you can get it on www.shootinterviews.com & then a "Create A Pro Wrestling Academy" promo appears: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n_Tk3oTw48 .
6.Balls Mahoney does a "PWS on WLNY" promo, then back in the studio with Adams & D-Struction to where Adams says Monsters Island don't care about anyone to where they got DQ'd in the 8 man match, D-Struction calls them good opponents but they're not just guys, but monsters & says they don't care about rules. He wonders as to where they'll strike next, Adams says later you'll see a ladder match to where the Suicidal 6 way title will be defended & says the title has never been defended in this type of a match before.
Adams says it'll have Bobby Wayward facing 5 former Suicidal 6 way champs, D-Struction says all of them are going for the same title & says he knows that PWS fans love the Suicidal 6 way division, but they've never seen it defended in a ladder match.
7.Eddie Kingston's in the bathroom to where he talks about Kevin Matthews accused him of being the masked helmet wearing guy that interfered in his match, says that Kevin knows him for a long time to where he should know that Eddie don't have to dress up to fight anyone & says he don't jump anyone from behind if he's gonna fight anyone. He tells Kevin to stop being a mark because he himself is not that type of a guy, accepts Kevin's challenge for a falls count anywhere match & says he'll beat him in this match. He tells Kevin to stop being paranoid & says after using the urinal, he won't wash his hands & will rub them on his face.
8.A "CPA Tax Tip Of The Week" segment appears to where he replaces the table & chair with a kids size chair, puts a bottle of water next to it & sits down. Then you see him blindfolded to where his cell goes off, answers a call by "Timmy" & then via split screen, you see The Scranton Strangler [TSS] with a cell phone too. CPA tells TSS that it's past 4/15, feels that it's a wrong number to where he hangs up on TSS & says "extension" to where the segment ends there.
9.A "Back To The Territories with Jim Cornette & J.J. Dillon" DVD promo to where they talk about the Mid Atlantic days, says it's 3 & a 1/2 hours of wrestling history with rare memorabilia & exclusive footage & says it's got lost Mid Atlantic footage from Cornette's collection to where you can get it on shootinterviews.com. Then a Jushin Thunder Liger promo follows with him doing a PWS promo.
10.Then clips from a recent PWS TV title tournament's shown having Craig Steele with Vanity in his corner vs The Drunken Swashbuckler [TDS] & TDS wins that 1. After this is Brian Myers vs Takaaki Watanabe to where Brian wins that 1. After this has back & forth videos to where TDS is in the back with a liquor bottle, then after that is a Brian Myers interview with his dog Piper to where he talks about the PWS TV title tournament & says it's made for him because he's PWS most famous star.
Back to TDS getting drunk, after that Brian says he plans on winning it & taking it worldwide. He says his 1st opponent was him vs Takaaki Watanabe to where he got speared by him, says he'll soon face TDS to where he thought it was a tournament & was gonna be more difficult & tells TDS he'll see him later. Back to TDS to where he continues drinking & mentions Brian & the TV title, then back to Brian to where he tells TDS he'll see him then & has Piper do the "suck it" kliq chop & then back to TDS to where he says he'll be at the match to drink rum & to fight.
11.More clips from the PWS TV title tournament's shown having Starman vs Amazing Red to where Starman wins, after this has Delroy with New Jack in his corner vs Phillip Simon II with Brother Jessie in his corner to where Delroy wins. After this has a promo with New Jack & Delroy to where New Jack tells Starman that he walks his walk & talks his talk, but his ass will get a beat down. Then a Starman promo appears to where ala video game style, he says "The TV title was made for me, Delroy, game over".
New Jack continues to say that PWS will soon see the end of Starman, Starman ala video game style says "I hope New Jack knows that guns & knives are illegal" & New Jack tells Starman that his days are numbered to where his ass will be handed to him.
12.More clips from the PWS TV title tournament's shown having Mike "Lifeguard" Del with Ashley Massaro in his corner vs Young Trent to where Lifeguard wins, then Devon Moore vs Shynron to where Devon wins.
13.Then the following back & forth promos appears to where Lifeguard's in the locker room talking about his past nicknames, followed by Devon Moore, after that Lifeguard says he'll beat Devon in the 2nd round of the tournament & then you see Devon working out near a punching bag. Then Lifeguard finishes his promo to where he ends it by holding his nose & "sinking" fast.
14.More clips from the PWS TV title tournament's shown having Eddie Kingston vs Chris Payne with Tessa Blanchard in his corner to where Chris beats Eddie. After that it shows Anthony Bowens vs AC Gamble to where Bowens wins.
15.Then the following back & forth promos appears to where Chris Payne says he beat Eddie Kingston in the tournament & now it's time to move on to face Bowens, Bowens says GM Mick Foley wanted to have some fun with The Untouchables to where he faced Gamble in the tournament, Chris tells Bowens he knows everything about him to where it'll be no different & will pin him for the 3 count, Bowens says regardless that Bobby Wayward interfered in his match vs Gamble, he still beat him to where in round 2, he'll face Chris.
Bowens says it's ironic because he already beat an Untouchable member & now in round 2, he'll face Chris who was a former Untouchables leader. Chris tells Bowens after he'll beat him he'll be a step closer to the TV title which's something that should be around his waist, Bowens says he knows everything about Chris because while he was the leader of the group, Bowens was studying every move about him. Chris says nobody in the tournament can take him out & says if you're gonna cross the line, you'll feel the Payne & Bowens calls this, Untouchable. Then the Dudley Boys Bubba Ray & Devon does a PWS promo.
16.Then we go to the ring to where Bobby Wayward vs Matt Macintosh vs Craven Varro vs TDS vs Starman vs Habib From The Carwash in a 6 way ladder match for the Suicidal 6 way title. Habib wins the title by climbing the ladder & grabbing the belt & that's how this weeks episode ends for this week.
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