NOTES & NEWS FOR TUESDAY 8/18/15
- 08/18/2015 (12:02:31 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
Heyman on Summerslam, Patrick Clark Night, Northeast Wrestling, Savio Vega talks…
Paul Heyman talks Summerslam, Lesnar, Rollins, Rousey & more
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Patrick Clark Night
Monday, August 24th, 2015 - 7PM
MWF Studios - 360 Main St. - Melrose, MA
This coming Monday, August 24th, Patrick Clark will joins Boston Wrestling
on the eve of the WWE Tough Enough finale at MWF Studios in Melrose, MA!
Patrick will take part in an extensive sit down interview documenting his
career and his experience being on Tough Enough, as well as be available for
autographs and posed photos. We have room for a LIMITED amount of fans due to
join us live for a nominal fee to help cover production costs - visit
BostonWrestling.com for complete details.
Our #SupportIndyWrestling Indiegogo campaign & mega raffle run through
the end of Raw August 24th, giving fans a chance around the world to win
thousands of dollars worth of awesome wrestling merchandise! Spread the word,
we need your help!
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Thanks to Jeff Sheridan for this article on Summerslam Week in
Brooklyn
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Northeast Wrestling comes to Williamsport, PA
The Williamsport Crosscutters are
bringing world class professional wrestling to Susquehanna Bank Park, in
conjunction with Northeast Wrestling, as the Wrestling Under the Stars tour will
invade Williamsport, PA on Saturday, September 12!
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Bell time 7 p.m.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Bell time 7 p.m.
Northeast Wrestling returns to
Danbury, CT
Northeast Wrestling will return to the
Danbury PAL Building (Hayestown Road) in Danbury, CT for Autumn Ambush on
Friday, October 2 at 8 p.m. with the Hardy Boys and much more.
Northeast Wrestling comes to
Auburn, NY
Northeast Wrestling will present Prison City Slam in Auburn, NY at the
Auburn High School (250 Lake Avenue) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 6.
For tickets and more info on all these events go to www.northeastwrestling.com
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Savio Vega on The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling
Today's guest may widely be considered as the one of
most under-utilized talents of the WWE's "New Generation" and today Puerto Rico
wrestling legend Savio Vega joins The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling. From his
early days breaking into the business through his rise as TNT, Savio details the
long road to the top and who helped guide him towards super-stardom as one of
the most recognizable stars to ever wrestle on the island of Puerto Rico. John
and Chad also find out how Savio got into the WWF and who was responsible for
his most memorable pairings and why Savio feels he was rushed to
fast through the WWE's mid-card while not being appreciated enough by management
and maintaining one of the most consistent resumes of great matches and moments
while on the WWE's roster.
Full Episode Download Link:
Savio Vega on Taking The First Stunner & Steve Austin:
Advice from Bruiser Brody on wrestling outside Puerto Rico:
When (Bruiser) Brody was in Puerto Rico he told me. You have big time
experience so go to the States and go to someone and don't stay here where no
one can help you. So it's bad luck for him in what happened to him and that held
my career to a halt for awhile. But thank you GOD for my career that everything
moved better.
Getting in the door of the WWE and getting a tryout:
Who took me up to Vince was Scott Hall. I worked with him in Puerto Rico
so many times before he was there doing Razor Ramon. When Yokozuna went to WWF
and Bam Bam Bigelow went to WWF we were all together like two years before in
Japan. One day I said to somebody tell all the boys I said hello and Razor
right there talked to Vince and said there's a kid in Puerto Rico and Vince said
bring him to TV and let's try him out. I tried out two times as TNT and they
loved my work and they sent me home for almost three months.
Signing with WWE and being pitched Kwang:
I sat down with JJ Dillon and Vince in Stamford and they gave me a
contract. I flew in on a Sunday morning and they flew me back in the afternoon
with the contract in my hand. I was so happy and the only people that knew were
my parents and my ex-wife. They didn't want to use the paint (I don't know why)
and the gave me a mask and said you are going to be called Kwang. So I did what
I did as Kwang. That character was so strong at one point that we had a match
against Bret Hart for the World Title and we broke the ratings at that time.
That was when Raw was live one week and taped the next.
Transitioning from Kwang to Savio Vega:
When Vince said they were going to change my character he said he had
something better. So they put in Savio Vega and that's when I came on and jumped
the barricades and saved my old pal Razor Ramon and now you've got two guys from
the streets, one from Miami and one from the Bronx. Two fighters,
together.
Why did Vince turn Savio Vega heel and joining The Nation of
Domination:
I don't know. They put me in the Nation of Domination and they go
through some crazy stuff over there sometimes and it's like things that don't
make sense for one person, make sense for the other. They turned me to the
Nation and I feel that I could do so many more things. I never won a belt in WWE
and I never needed it. I was over with fans because of my work and I love that.
Now everybody is the champ. You can come in one day and they say hey, pick a
belt. What was good working in the WWF at that time was the date Jim Ross told
me they had nothing for me, I just went to Vince's office and thanked him
because of what I learned over there. I loved working for that
company.
Savio Vega goes into much more detail about his entire WWE run and talks
about his feud with Goldust that never got the proper pay per view platform, why
he worked so well with Stone Cold Steve Austin, his run in Puerto Rico as TNT
and learning the ropes from the legends of the Island, training wrestlers today
and how the process is different today vs, 20 years
ago.
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