Wrestling

[FEAR THE BAT]

In all seriousness though, we didn't need the nip slip from him.

 

[DOG LIPS]

In all seriousness though, we didn't need the nip slip from him.

I'm sure Sabre disagrees with you on that one.

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

Well, he can. But still, what do you tell the kiddies?!?!

"No Molly, thats just a mole."

 

[NDX]

"AVERT YOUR EYES, CHILDREN! IT'S MAN NIPPLE! CANADIAN MAN NIPPLE! THE END HAS COME! WE'RE ALL DOOMED! DOOMED, I SAY!" or some **** like that.

He's on stage like that all the time, is he not? For a play?

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

Yep. And as funny as he may look he's still my fav wrestler. Dude was money.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

"AVERT YOUR EYES, CHILDREN! IT'S MAN NIPPLE! CANADIAN MAN NIPPLE! THE END HAS COME! WE'RE ALL DOOMED! DOOMED, I SAY!" or some **** like that.

He's on stage like that all the time, is he not? For a play?

Yes children, avert your eyes.

 

[NDX]

No doubt Bret was one of the bests. And one of the most entertaining. Hell, think I might revisit 1992 now.

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

Go for it.

 

[NDX]

7:30 AM, was hoping to get some sleep at some point today.

- Michael Hayes has been promoted to the head writer for on SmackDown! Previous head writer Alex Greenfield recently gave his notice and left the company.

Holy crap, a wrestler turned head writer? That can't be right.

 

[Prognosticator]

The last part:

Q. You discussed that you asked to be released. WWE agreed it was mutual and then said you were confrontational and a wreck. McMahon said last week that you would be your own demise and not thinking long term. What is your reaction to these comments?

A. Vince never thought I would go anywhere else. Vince said he would release me to rest and then come back. He offered me another 5-year deal when I was ready to come back. That shows that he didn't want to lose me. And I was a wreck, I was treated like a dog for years and were attacked the entire meeting for asking to wrestle part time. I then asked for the release and that shocked them. They then said I was acting oddly and I was. It wasn't from drug use, I did it because they were ignoring me. They wanted me to sign the new deal, and I didn't want to be signed with the devil. I didn't think I would get the release, I became emotional and was upset in the position they put me in. Vince had a change of heart. He heard I would make $30,000,000 in PRIDE, but didn't believe it. He said he would give me the time, and then would resign me.


Q. If he thought TNA was an option, do you think he would have fully released you?

A. No way. I thought I would do MMA but then I met Dixie Carter and it all seemed to fit. Spike TV is a great channel and I want to be a part of it. I will say I was emotional, and maybe on purpose and Vince dropped his guard and I got out of it. Vince thought I was a wreck, I wasn't but I got out, which is what I wanted. He didn't want to be liable probably yet wanted me back. He was the good and bad cop. That was supposed to be confidential.


Q. Were you upset about the negative text message that was released?

A. I wasn't surprised and he only did it because I was going to TNA. They knew I had signed because people talk to people and it went through the grapevine. It was a pre-emptive strike on his part. I asked for the release, he didn't fire me. I wanted the meeting, I made the choice. Vince tried to hurt my reputation, and it didn't hurt it. He got attention for himself, which is what he always wants.


Q. Word was you talked to UFC, who did they want you to face and what do you think about Dana's thoughts on you now?

A. The deal he offered me he wanted an actor for sure. I didn't want to be owned by anyone, and Dana is a lot like Vince. I considered going there, but he wanted a long-term exclusive deal. He wanted me to fight some kid from Tough Enough and is trying to make money off my name. When I stepped into the ring with him I had little feeling in my arms, now is a different story. The money was a great offer, but they wanted me as a poster boy more than a fighter. Dana and UFC are great and on the rise, but I didn't want to be owned. The fight would have been a huge buy-rate, but it just wasn't for me. If I do fight, I will probably go with UFC. I would work with Puder if TNA signed him, but he really isn't that good as WWE tried with him but he just wasn't good enough and not near my level or at the level of anyone in TNA, he doesn't have it. I have no respect for him. I am a different guy, I am bigger and have all my strength back so he couldn't do it again. At that time almost anyone could have done that to me at the time, in the end a stupid idea from Vince.


Q. Now that you are in TNA who are you looking forward to working with?

A. Samoa Joe. He is a star in the making and I have never seen a guy his size work the way he does. I thought I should stay away from him for a long while, but I think that he and I should face off sooner than later. If you see the show this week, our segment will rock you. Everything is tremendous with it and I think it was a great debut with TNA. We are the two top guys in this business I feel and when we tie it up, all I will say is that you'll see a bit of a shoot this week. It was fun and serious.


Q. I do have a question regarding your written letter. You said you were never happy in WWE, so why did you stay?

A. I never felt I had time to look for other options. They always wanted you to sign right away before the time was out and you were not legally allowed to negotiate. They wanted a guy like me to sign 6-7-months early. It speaks volumes that they wanted me to stay. They harass you at home, the arena and would have a notary there in case you would try to get around it. I had some fun I got to work with great guys and some great angles, but it got old and I felt as if I was running into dead ends to put others over and to save shows. I have a gift from God, a talent, and it is a gift and a curse by the way WWE used me. I made other talent, Vince knew that, and he used me to the fullest he could. I saw Austin and Rock have their runs, but when it was my turn I t was never given to me. I felt I deserved it above HHH and HBK. I am not saying that they didn't deserve any run, but I don't see how you could pass up on me in that regard. Instead I would have to go down the card to make others instead of being THE guy. I wanted to be the guy to carry the ball, to be the champion and I feel I was never really given that chance. They wanted me to be funny, be a dork and not the champion I am just because I wasn't a politician. I wanted to help others, but once again was never given the chance. I feel I was looked down upon for helping other because everyone on top is afraid of losing their spot and THAT is their major problem right now.


Q. How did it feel stepping into the Impact Zone for the first time?

A. My entrance in TNA is something special. They let me have a say in it and that is important. Stepping into the Impact Zone was a great feeling, and everyone was great. My music I picked and it related to me more than anything else, and this is the best entrance in wrestling today.


Q. Will you keep wearing the mouth guard.

A. Yes I have started to like it, and we will be selling them soon enough. They are also real, you can actually use them. You'll also be able to make a mold and put anything on it you want written on it and send it to you. It's a cool idea and TNA is behind it. They also lower your concussion rate and it has helped me. I have 20 different mouth guards right now.


Q. Now that you are away from WWE, what are your thoughts on using Eddie's name for TV angles.

A. First of all Eddie died from exhaustion. WWE using Eddie in a storyline, well they are supporting his family, but the company is making a lot of money as well. People remember Eddie sure, but I would like to see EVERY CENT they make go to Vicky and the girls. If they want to be the good guy, they will not make money from his name. I doubt they are getting the tip of the iceberg as far as money goes.


Q. What were your thoughts on going to ECW?

A. Vince said it would be the wrestling company, when I got there I have no one to work with. I have RVD…Sabu with chairs, Sandman with his cane. I made Sabu look good without gimmicks. I was happy, Sabu did his part but then who else can I work with. I was an agent on the road and the guys were getting upset because they felt insulted. I wanted to teach them and give them stuff to work on. They didn't want to listen, I have a gift and could have helped them but I just couldn't get that through their heads. Well I wasn't happy either so I quit doing that. Then they started the entire cross promotion and that was idiotic to me. I don't use gimmicks, I tell a story by wrestling and I do it better than anyone else. Overexposure is a problem, 5-chair shots kills reality and no one believes anything anymore. I was never given a chance to be the new face of ECW, RVD was and he DID deserve it. I was so happy for him, I didn't want the title, and I wanted to have great matches. I wasn't on Summerslam because there was no one for me to work. I am being honest there.


Q. When you first got into wrestling WWE was really hot. Now you are at a place trying to get TNA to a new level. What do you feel they have to do to accomplish that?

A. The 6-sided ring is a great thing first of all. I don't run ropes that often anyway. TNA just needs to keep doing what they are doing and Jarrett has done a good job as champion. I saw TNA coming, I saw them growing and I wanted to make history. I never got to do that in WWE, but I got paid well. I just saw so much room for growth for TNA, and if they can stay with the basics and use the talents of Vince Russo and Myself to the fullest we will rise to the tops. There are 3-4 guys in this company that WILL be better than me. I have always wanted to make history and now I have my chance here. There is room for 2-companies to succeed. TNA is back to basics, non-stop action and wrestling. Going back to basics is what can take us to the top. Great stories, great matches. Not live sex shows and ass kissing. TNA is doing what they can and it is doing well. Sure they are primitive as compared to Vince, but in the next 2-years they will have to have more employees and a head quarters like WWE. Spike loves TNA and will help TNA. There is a marketing machine in place, and we could see another ratings war and I think TNA is not a gimmick company that gets some numbers and goes under. TNA wants me long term and I will be here long term. I want us to stay with Spike and if we do, and the synergy gets even stronger TNA will continue to accomplish new ground!


Q. Who is the real Kurt Angle?

A. He is the man that you will see in TNA. Near the end of my ECW run you started to see it a little bit. WWE had an infatuation with "characterizations" and all, but they never let me be me, who IS a good character. I did all the other stuff before and it worked because I am a good actor. You know, Rock and Austin were themselves turned up. When I got to be me, the crowds started turning on Cena. He refused to let me be a face, and wouldn't give me more merchandize. He said there was no money in it for me because I wasn't Cena, Rey or HHH and HBK. I feel as far as wrestling goes that I have been involved in most of the great WWE matches, and not gimmick matches, real matches. I treat wrestling as if it is real and that is the real Kurt Angle and that is what you will see. Finally I get to be me in TNA.


The call ended at 3:38 pm.

One-sided or not, there is a LOT of truth in there, and that was as interesting an interview as I've read in a great long while!

I know his purpose was to create a bit of a hype machine on the TNA transition, but I can say it's working for me. I'm definitely interested in checking things out now, and paying more attention to the "talent" aspect at TNA...

When does it come on again?

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Mister J]

BANNED!


Gods on high, make it stop.

 

[Hunter Rider]

BANNED!


Gods on high, make it stop.

This was from the Tokyo show,the Japanese love their high end wrestling product.........I think Shawn really messed up on his part

 

[Mister J]

The ref's face is priceless

...and the only thing there that doesn't threaten to burn my corneas.

 

[Prognosticator]

edit...nevermind

 

[enterthemadness]

at least their asses are shaven, ache-free, and tanned...

 

[Bad Superman]

WOW. . . just when you thought WWE had hit rock bottom they reach a new low. . .

Edge and Orton have been buried IMO.

 

[enterthemadness]

poor Artie Lange.

On the Howard Stern show this morning Chris Kanyon was in the studio. Kanyon was there to watch as Artie Lange paid up on a bet between the two. Artie bet Kanyon that the Yankees would go further into the playoffs then the Mets would. Obviously Artie lost the bet and has to make out with Blue Iris - a 70 year old porno star.

damn it Artie, be a man! Don't pay someone to step in for that torture!

In a related note, Artie Lange is trying to pay anyone $10,000 to step in on his behalf to make out with 70 year old porno star Blue Iris!

http://www.sescoops.com/artman/publish/article_5468.shtml

 

[Twitch]

"AVERT YOUR EYES, CHILDREN! IT'S MAN NIPPLE! CANADIAN MAN NIPPLE! THE END HAS COME! WE'RE ALL DOOMED! DOOMED, I SAY!" or some **** like that.

He's on stage like that all the time, is he not? For a play?

That was so ****ing funny you ass hole

 

[Prognosticator]

So how does everyone feel about Edge's clean shaven face the other night b/c he was lookin' totally baby-faced! (and i don't mean "good guy")

 

[The Sage]

WOW. . . just when you thought WWE had hit rock bottom they reach a new low. . .

Edge and Orton have been buried IMO.

I wouldn't say so, at least not yet. If they lose at Cyber Sunday, then they're buried.

 

[The Sage]

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/n...air-and-Chris-Kanyon-On-Howard-Stern-Show.htm

Recap Of Ric Flair and Chris Kanyon On Howard Stern Show
Posted by JP Prag on 10.18.2006

Flair and Kanyon clash on Stern!

Chris Kanyon appeared on the Howard Stern Show this morning to follow up a bet made with co-host Artie Lange. When Kanyon came into the studio, Ric Flair called in to respond to Kanyon's comments on the show last week that he was fired for being openly gay.

Flair said that Kanyon was not fired for being gay, but admitted he had no idea why Kanyon was fired. Kanyon continued to press why he had been successful and on national television for nine years and then suddenly did not have the tools for the show. Kanyon claimed there were no secrets in wrestling and everyone knew he was gay (though Flair denied he knew that). Chris then went on to say that he was fired because he was planning to come out of the closet and Vince did not want that. Flair said that Kanyon did not have the what the WWE needed and the window of opportunity had passed for him.

Talk then turned to why Ric Flair was making this call and not Vince McMahon. Flair said that he has always just wanted to be on the Howard Stern Show and wanted to talk to Kanyon because he liked him. Show producer Gary Dell'Abate came in and said that was not true and that he had talked to the WWE and was offered Flair because everyone else was in Japan. Flair said he still wanted to do it, and asked why Hogan had been on the show and not him.

After a few more minutes of talk about why Kanyon was fired, Flair left the show, asking for a time to return in the future (to which Howard agreed).

Although the two kept the conversation amiable and complemented each other as good people and gentleman, Kanyon did catch Flair in a number of backpedaling statements, including what skills Kanyon was missing, secrets in wrestling, and Flair's reasons for calling in. Overall, this segment did more to support Kanyon's case than harm it.

 

[The Sage]

http://www.ericbischoff.com/

BLOG 10/14/2006
Myth Busting
The interview with Bubba The Love Sponge has been rescheduled to Thursday October 19th at 4:30 eastern on Sirius Radio. Check it out!!!

WOW! What a response! I have to say I was a bit apprehensive about launching this site and wasn’t really sure what the feedback would be like. I have to say that I am overwhelmed by the comments and the volume of visitors.

Sticking with the “Myth Busting” format of this blog…let me bust a few more for you. Now I don’t want anyone to think that I am on some kind of mission to attack the credibility of Wikipedia..but since that site is one of the first that you see if you google my name I can’t let them slide.

1.According to Wikipedia I fired Don Sandefur, Jim Barnett, and Bob Dhue all on the same day: Not true. Not even close. The fact is that I didn’t fire Mr. Sandefur or Bob Dhue. Niether of them even reported to me.

2. I was not hired as a “gopher” by the AWA, nor did I ever mow Verne Gagne’s lawn (although I would have at the time had he asked).

3. I was never “promoted” to the position of associate producer and never had any input on the creative (booking) decisions within AWA.

There.

I feel better already.

While I’m in my myth busting frame of mind, I want to address a critique of my book that I found on another site. While the writer was generally complimentary, he did point out that there were some typos. The most serious one is a photo that identifies Sherri Martel as Missy Hyatt. Although I did not edit this book (Simon and Shuster did) I want to apologize to Sherri. I can’t think of a bigger insult to Sherri than for someone to confuse her with Missy Hyatt.

I also want to address a myth that the writer created in his “critique” when he said “Eric Bischoff claims that WCW only lost $1.5mm in 1999-is that a typo too?”.

No…it wasn’t a typo-at least not on my part, because I never said that. What I said was that in August of 1999 WCW was PROJECTED to lose $1.5 mm for the year. There is a big difference between a “projected or forecasted” loss and a year end actual loss. I also went on to say that I predicted that the losses would be much greater and that the trend would be equal to the glide path of a brick.

Not a big deal-I just don’t like people misrepresenting my comments or in this case-putting words in my mouth (or my book).

Anyway, that’s enough myth busting for today.

I want to thank all of you have have sent in questions and comments. I will do my best to answer as many as I can, although I hope you understand that I can not respond to all of them. Over the next week or so, I will start posting selected questions and answer them on the site. Feel free to submit your question or comment by using the CONTACT option on the tool bar, or use the link below.

Thanks again!
EB

BLOG 10/17/2006
Myth Busting Continued!
I will be doing the Bubba The Love Sponge Show on Thursday October 19th at 4:30 pm eastern on Sirius Radio. Check it out!!

I want to thank all of you who have visited my site over the last five days! The traffic volume and response has been amazing. Over the next few days we will be tweaking the site so that your comments to this blog can be posted, and so I can post some of your questions and respond for everyone to see.

If you have a question or a comment that you would like posted, please sign (at the very least with your first name). I will not include your e-mail address in the post so your mailbox doesn’t blow up!

Many of the questions I have been getting are of a similar nature-so I will give you my thoughts on TNA here. First off, if you’ve read my book you know that I believe competition is very good for any business and especially for sports entertainment. For this reason alone, I wish TNA well. TNA’s success in the long run would be good for everyone. That said, my personal opinion is that I have not seen anything yet that suggests to me that there is a vision for TNA that gives the organization a USP, or “unique selling proposition”. Other than the shape of the ring (which doesn’t really translate to a unique in ring product in and of itself) TNA currently comes off as “less than” WWE. That is not meant to be a criticism. They are a young company with limited resources. They can’t possibly compete with a monster media brand like WWE.

Unless they find a way to be “different than”. But that’s easier said than done.

There. Now you know my thoughts on TNA. Please understand if I don’t respond to similar questions.

I have begun to receive comments from people who have read “Controversy Creates Cash”. Most are very encouraging. I have also received e-mails from managers of several retail outlets that are carrying the book saying that the response has been very strong and in some cases the book sold out soon after it went on sale.

If you have read the book, send me your comments (good and bad) and I will post them here soon. If your local bookstore runs out, remember that you can order off my site or from the WWE SHOP.

MYTH OF THE DAY: “Eric Bischoff is an 8th degree black belt in karate”. FALSE. I received my 1st degree black belt in September of 1979. It was a long time ago. And I never pursued my training after 1981.

Go to the "CONTACT" option on the tool bar and submit your questions or comments. I will do my best to answer as many as I can. Also...I am curious about the number wrestling fans that are also poker fans. Click on the Playboy Poker Camp ad and register for a chance to win a trip to the event in January. Its FREE! See you there!!!!

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Flair doing damage control for Vince may have backfired, because this thing might actually start picking up. If Kanyon keeps pushing it, he'll eventually reach mainstream news media, and Vince is going to have quite a mess on his hands.

 

[Mister J]

Kanyon had a decent run with the US title and the Alliance MVP gimmick. Then he got buried with pretty much everybody else from WCW not named Booker T. Then he had that injuries mounted up and put him on the shelf for a while. I can believe they didn't have anything for him looks they've done to other guys. Vince is an *******, no doubt, but I don't think he's a homophobe.