Friday, May 20, 2011
RIP Randy Poffo "Macho Man"
The wrestling world was saddened today by the lost of Randy Marion Poffo aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Thank you Randy for your hard work and dedication to professional wrestling. You will be missed but you will not be forgotten.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wrestling Obscurity: Braden Walker
I'm not going to go into a lot of depth about Chris Harris' time in the WWE/ECW. Why? 2 reasons. 1# His time in WWE/ECW lasted 6 months!!! 2# I think this video on youtube tells the story much better than I ever could. Enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwyFABQX62A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwyFABQX62A
Impact Wrestling "Wrestling matters"
Well tonight marked the beginning of a "new" show from TNA. Impact Wrestling!!! Where wrestling matters. So they said. So since "wrestling matters" does that mean there will be more wrestling or better matches?!?! Ummm no. They should have said "talking matters." Cause there was a lot of talking...ALOT. Sweet God (not Flair) make them stop talking for 10 minutes. What about the wrestling you might ask. Well let me put it like this. Eric Bishcoff was in a match...yea. And he got the victory. Need I say more?!?!
Monday, April 18, 2011
TNA Fan interaction and Lockdown 2011
Over the weekend I had a chance to attend the TNA fan interaction and Lockdown PPV (3rd row). My girlfriend and I will be posting vids and pics from the events. Overall it was a great experience. We were able to meet/see a lot of wrestlers, knockouts, commentators and referees. The talent was very nice and easy to talk, at least the people that I got a chance to meet. With that said, Pope and Eric Young both are eccentric and way over the top. Both of them were having fun, possibly too much fun.
Now on to the PPV. I'll present my cons, pros and my overall thoughts about the PPV.
Cons:
1. Eric Bischoff. My God...why did he come out? To kill time? Yes that's the answer at least I think so. He wasted time. Time that could have been put into matches. The TNA title and the Knockout title match could have been given 5 more min, if Eric didn't come out and talk. As soon as he was done. I had a feeling that 1 of the matches would be short. Which brings me to #2
2. TNA Knockout title match was too short. It took Madison Rayne more time to get down to the ring, take her gloves, belt, and tiara off. Than it took Mickey to beat her. Which made no sense. Madison has had the belt since October!! She has beaten Micky more than once and has beaten other knockouts. And is defeated in less than 2 minutes?!? Bullshit I say, bullshit.
3. Rosita and Serena on the mic. Again another segment that was just to kill time. It served no real purpose and probably won't amount to anything. Moving on.
4. No pyro. Not really a big deal, I'm just nit-picking now :-P
Pros:
1. Good matches. All the matches were good matches, fast paced, good timing, and spots, with very few botches. It actually felt like TNA meant Total Non-stop Action (imagine that).
Conclusion:
I know that I have more cons than pros, but I really enjoyed the show, it felt like a good solid PPV. It had a good quality of matches and wrestling. I spent money and drove 3 hours to see a wrestling show. I'll say that again, A WRESTLING SHOW. And that is exactly what I got. Sure some things were bad or stupid, but that's wrestling for ya. That comes with the package. Overall very good, and if TNA can produce this kind of product on a regular basis then they're heading in the right direction
Now on to the PPV. I'll present my cons, pros and my overall thoughts about the PPV.
Cons:
1. Eric Bischoff. My God...why did he come out? To kill time? Yes that's the answer at least I think so. He wasted time. Time that could have been put into matches. The TNA title and the Knockout title match could have been given 5 more min, if Eric didn't come out and talk. As soon as he was done. I had a feeling that 1 of the matches would be short. Which brings me to #2
2. TNA Knockout title match was too short. It took Madison Rayne more time to get down to the ring, take her gloves, belt, and tiara off. Than it took Mickey to beat her. Which made no sense. Madison has had the belt since October!! She has beaten Micky more than once and has beaten other knockouts. And is defeated in less than 2 minutes?!? Bullshit I say, bullshit.
3. Rosita and Serena on the mic. Again another segment that was just to kill time. It served no real purpose and probably won't amount to anything. Moving on.
4. No pyro. Not really a big deal, I'm just nit-picking now :-P
Pros:
1. Good matches. All the matches were good matches, fast paced, good timing, and spots, with very few botches. It actually felt like TNA meant Total Non-stop Action (imagine that).
Conclusion:
I know that I have more cons than pros, but I really enjoyed the show, it felt like a good solid PPV. It had a good quality of matches and wrestling. I spent money and drove 3 hours to see a wrestling show. I'll say that again, A WRESTLING SHOW. And that is exactly what I got. Sure some things were bad or stupid, but that's wrestling for ya. That comes with the package. Overall very good, and if TNA can produce this kind of product on a regular basis then they're heading in the right direction
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
ROH on HDNET
Unfortunately tonight is the final show of ROH on HDNET. Hopefully ROH will find a new home on TV somewhere, but there is always the internet.
I'd like to say that they had a lot, but they didn't. They only had highlights of matches on HDNET, the ROH wrestlers and they had 1 match. A 6man tag; Briscoe Brothers and Davey Richards vs. Kings of Wrestling and Rodrick Stong.
I wish they would've had 2 matches at least, but they opted for 1 and it was great. The best match I have seen all week. Now keep in mind I haven't seen ROH iPPV they had over the weekend yet.
I'd like to say that they had a lot, but they didn't. They only had highlights of matches on HDNET, the ROH wrestlers and they had 1 match. A 6man tag; Briscoe Brothers and Davey Richards vs. Kings of Wrestling and Rodrick Stong.
I wish they would've had 2 matches at least, but they opted for 1 and it was great. The best match I have seen all week. Now keep in mind I haven't seen ROH iPPV they had over the weekend yet.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Wresltemania 27
I normally do a run down of PPV, but I'm not going to do that this time. I'm just going to give you my overall thoughts and complaints about the PPV.
First off; the order of the matches.
The World Heavyweight Championship match was first on the card??!?! I'm still in shock over that. And the "Snooki" match was second to last of the card. Again I'm in shock and awe. Shouldn't those 2 matches have been switched around??
2. No US title match!?!?.
Daniel Bryan is arguably the best wrestler in the company and his match was scrapped? Why? For a battle royal dark match? Does this makes sense to anyone else? Not to mention the title changed hands. Yea. Ladies and Gentlemen your new U.S. Champion The Great Khali...OMG
3. No real effort;
What I mean by this is that most of the matches didn't feel like WM quality and the wrestling seemed for lack of a better word lazy, not much high flying, no innovation or creativity. No real effort was put in except for a few matches which is coming up next.
4. Best matches of the night
CM punk vs. Randy Orton and The Corre vs. Santino, Kane, Big Show, Kofi and HHH vs. Undertaker.
Some will disagree with me I'm sure, but to me these were the best because it felt like these guys were trying to put on a show and give the people what they wanted. Granted the 8man tag lasted 2 minutes, but it was fast paced and had some high flying which I'm biased toward and I think that if they did it right and were given enough time that match COULD HAVE stolen the show.
Overall WM 27 was just alight....but it shouldn't be alright. It should be memorable. In 5 years we should look back and think it was great, but I don't think that is going to happen. Besides Snooki (ugh), the streak and...the host(maybe) what will you remember in 5 years? Not much.
First off; the order of the matches.
The World Heavyweight Championship match was first on the card??!?! I'm still in shock over that. And the "Snooki" match was second to last of the card. Again I'm in shock and awe. Shouldn't those 2 matches have been switched around??
2. No US title match!?!?.
Daniel Bryan is arguably the best wrestler in the company and his match was scrapped? Why? For a battle royal dark match? Does this makes sense to anyone else? Not to mention the title changed hands. Yea. Ladies and Gentlemen your new U.S. Champion The Great Khali...OMG
3. No real effort;
What I mean by this is that most of the matches didn't feel like WM quality and the wrestling seemed for lack of a better word lazy, not much high flying, no innovation or creativity. No real effort was put in except for a few matches which is coming up next.
4. Best matches of the night
CM punk vs. Randy Orton and The Corre vs. Santino, Kane, Big Show, Kofi and HHH vs. Undertaker.
Some will disagree with me I'm sure, but to me these were the best because it felt like these guys were trying to put on a show and give the people what they wanted. Granted the 8man tag lasted 2 minutes, but it was fast paced and had some high flying which I'm biased toward and I think that if they did it right and were given enough time that match COULD HAVE stolen the show.
Overall WM 27 was just alight....but it shouldn't be alright. It should be memorable. In 5 years we should look back and think it was great, but I don't think that is going to happen. Besides Snooki (ugh), the streak and...the host(maybe) what will you remember in 5 years? Not much.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wrestling Obscurity: Linda M. Miles and Jackie Gayda
The new season of tough enough is nearly here. So it's time to look at 2 former winners of tough enough. I'll get to Jackie in awhile, but first. Linda M. Miles aka Shaniqua. Yes, Shaniqua. Miles appeared on the June 8, 2002 episode of WWE Velocity and faced her trainer, Ivory, with Jackie Gayda in her corner. Miles lost to Ivory after Jackie Gayda quickly established herself as a villain by pushing her off the top turnbuckle, costing her the match.
On the June 13 episode of SmackDown, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory. The two divas were then placed on the Raw brand. On the June 24 edition of Raw, Miles teamed with Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Molly Holly. Due to Gayda's highly botched mixed tag match on the July 8 edition of Raw, Miles and Gayda were sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for further training and development.
Miles began a relationship with Shelton Benjamin and began to manage him. It did not last long, however, as Benjamin formed Team Angle with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas. Miles then disappeared from WWE television. It was rumored that she didn't get along with anyone back stage, male or female and she wanted more money.
Miles returned to WWE television under the name Shaniqua in June 2003 as the dominatrix manager of the Basham Brothers. She often interfered in matches, including a match where she surprisingly had to interfere to insure the Bashams' victory over two jobbers. In the late summer of 2003, Shaniqua began to establish her dominance over the weaker divas. Shaniqua interfered in several bikini contests, attacking all of the divas except for Sable. She briefly feuded with fellow SmackDown! divas Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie (even though she remained a heel), and Nidia. Shaniqua defeated Wilson and Nidia in a handicap match. The following week, Dawn Marie challenged Shaniqua to a singles match in which Shaniqua won by disqualification after interferences from Wilson and Nidia.
In early 2004, Shaniqua and The Basham Brothers sparked a feud with the then WWE Tag Team Champions Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi. Shaniqua joined her team in a handicap WWE Tag Team championship match against Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty at No Way Out. Shaniqua's team lost when she was pinned following a Banzai Drop from Rikishi. After that she was released from her WWE contract. Possibly because of the reasons stated earlier.
As of 2007, Linda resides in Cincinnati, OH as a school teacher.
Jackie Gayda:
Some stuff was already touched on here is a look at the rest.
In early 2004, Gayda teamed up with Stacy Keibler, with the duo proclaiming themselves to be the WWE's hottest divas and thought they deserved to grace the cover of Playboy magazine. This provoked a feud with SmackDown divas and the Playboy co-cover girls Sable and Torrie Wilson. At WrestleMania XX, Gayda and Keibler were defeated by Sable and Wilson in an Playboy evening gown match.
In the second WWE Draft, Gayda and Rico were traded to SmackDown brand, where they eventually teamed up with Charlie Haas. In September 2004, Haas and Gayda were engaged, and their relationship was eventually incorporated into their on-screen characters. Dawn Marie announced the engagement of Gayda and Haas on the September 30 episode of SmackDown, implying in the process that she and Haas were "more than just friends." This led to a catfight between Gayda and Dawn, which in turn led to an intergender tag match at No Mercy pitting Gayda, Haas, and Rico against Dawn and The Dudley Boyz. Gayda's team won the bout, yet Dawn Marie predicted that the relationship would not last very long. From that moment onwards, Dawn Marie tried her hardest to split the couple up. On the October 7 episode of SmackDown, Gayda found herself on the receiving end of Billy Kidman's BK Bomb. She sold her injuries through the October tour of Europe by wearing a neckbrace, only returning to action on the October 28 episode of SmackDown in Omaha, Nebraska, which saw Gayda hit the ring during a Halloween costume contest between Dawn and Torrie Wilson, spearing Dawn and tearing the clothes from her body. A vengeful Dawn then screamed to Gayda that it was not over. Dawn gained her revenge during an arm wrestling contest on the November 4 episode of SmackDown, headbutting Gayda and catfighting with her until Haas made the save. Dawn's ally Heidenreich then decimated Haas, dismissing Gayda's attempts to protect Haas by shoving her to the mat. On November 25 Gayda tried to gain revenge in a "pilgrim versus Indian" match, but both women were disqualified for ignoring the referee's instructions. The two divas fought once again on December 2, this time while wearing Christmas outfits. General Manager Theodore Long finally announced a final encounter at Armageddon, appointing Haas as referee. Gayda lost the match, and her fianceé, as the relationship was broken when Haas revealed he had an affair with Dawn Marie. He then rejected Marie afterwards, saying he did not want either woman.
Gayda began wrestling as a singles performer. She appeared in numerous vignettes with the other divas until she and Haas were released from WWE on July 5, 2005.
On the November 26, 2005 edition of Impact, Gayda made her debut lashing out at Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett was shocked and frightened by Gayda's unexpected appearance and soon ordered her backstage. He was heard saying, "It's not what you think." After being pushed by Jarrett, Gayda slapped him and then went after his valet, Gail Kim. The following week, Gayda came out again to confront Jarrett. After pushing and slapping, the two had to be pulled apart by officials. At Turning Point, the same thing happened in the main event match, but Gayda was restrained by officials. On the December 31 show, Don West tracked down Gayda for an interview. She said her being there had nothing to do with a love affair, but rather that Jarrett had promised her a spot on the TNA Roster, but while she was stuck at home, she turned on the television to see Kim in her place. She said she had a big secret about Jarrett that TNA Management would love to hear, but did not reveal what it was.
Gayda won TNA's Knockout of the Year 2005 on the January 14, 2006 edition of Impact. At Final Resolution, she ran into Raven after he lost his match. She told him that they had something in common, they were both being screwed by TNA Management. On the January 28 edition of Impact, Gayda came down to ringside during a Jarrett versus Jay Lethal match, to hand an audio tape to Kim. She then left, with a confused Kim soon following.
Jarrett then hired Alex Shelley to video tape Gayda at her home, for blackmail. Shelley complied, returning a week later with a videotape. On the February 18, 2006 edition of Impact!, she told Jarrett that he had won and that she would leave. Jarrett refused to comply and used the tape Shelley compiled of Gayda as blackmail to get her to join his stable. Jackie became the manager of Planet Jarrett. She feuded with Gail Kim in mid-2006. At Sacrifice Jackie announced that she was pregnant, so Kim kayfabe fired her. She has not appeared with TNA since and her photos have been removed from the Knockouts portion of the website. Shortly before her pictures were removed from the TNA website it was confirmed that Gayda parted ways with TNA.
Gayda and Charlie Haas are married and have 3 children.
On the June 13 episode of SmackDown, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory. The two divas were then placed on the Raw brand. On the June 24 edition of Raw, Miles teamed with Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Molly Holly. Due to Gayda's highly botched mixed tag match on the July 8 edition of Raw, Miles and Gayda were sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for further training and development.
Miles began a relationship with Shelton Benjamin and began to manage him. It did not last long, however, as Benjamin formed Team Angle with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas. Miles then disappeared from WWE television. It was rumored that she didn't get along with anyone back stage, male or female and she wanted more money.
Miles returned to WWE television under the name Shaniqua in June 2003 as the dominatrix manager of the Basham Brothers. She often interfered in matches, including a match where she surprisingly had to interfere to insure the Bashams' victory over two jobbers. In the late summer of 2003, Shaniqua began to establish her dominance over the weaker divas. Shaniqua interfered in several bikini contests, attacking all of the divas except for Sable. She briefly feuded with fellow SmackDown! divas Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie (even though she remained a heel), and Nidia. Shaniqua defeated Wilson and Nidia in a handicap match. The following week, Dawn Marie challenged Shaniqua to a singles match in which Shaniqua won by disqualification after interferences from Wilson and Nidia.
In early 2004, Shaniqua and The Basham Brothers sparked a feud with the then WWE Tag Team Champions Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi. Shaniqua joined her team in a handicap WWE Tag Team championship match against Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty at No Way Out. Shaniqua's team lost when she was pinned following a Banzai Drop from Rikishi. After that she was released from her WWE contract. Possibly because of the reasons stated earlier.
As of 2007, Linda resides in Cincinnati, OH as a school teacher.
Jackie Gayda:
Some stuff was already touched on here is a look at the rest.
In early 2004, Gayda teamed up with Stacy Keibler, with the duo proclaiming themselves to be the WWE's hottest divas and thought they deserved to grace the cover of Playboy magazine. This provoked a feud with SmackDown divas and the Playboy co-cover girls Sable and Torrie Wilson. At WrestleMania XX, Gayda and Keibler were defeated by Sable and Wilson in an Playboy evening gown match.
In the second WWE Draft, Gayda and Rico were traded to SmackDown brand, where they eventually teamed up with Charlie Haas. In September 2004, Haas and Gayda were engaged, and their relationship was eventually incorporated into their on-screen characters. Dawn Marie announced the engagement of Gayda and Haas on the September 30 episode of SmackDown, implying in the process that she and Haas were "more than just friends." This led to a catfight between Gayda and Dawn, which in turn led to an intergender tag match at No Mercy pitting Gayda, Haas, and Rico against Dawn and The Dudley Boyz. Gayda's team won the bout, yet Dawn Marie predicted that the relationship would not last very long. From that moment onwards, Dawn Marie tried her hardest to split the couple up. On the October 7 episode of SmackDown, Gayda found herself on the receiving end of Billy Kidman's BK Bomb. She sold her injuries through the October tour of Europe by wearing a neckbrace, only returning to action on the October 28 episode of SmackDown in Omaha, Nebraska, which saw Gayda hit the ring during a Halloween costume contest between Dawn and Torrie Wilson, spearing Dawn and tearing the clothes from her body. A vengeful Dawn then screamed to Gayda that it was not over. Dawn gained her revenge during an arm wrestling contest on the November 4 episode of SmackDown, headbutting Gayda and catfighting with her until Haas made the save. Dawn's ally Heidenreich then decimated Haas, dismissing Gayda's attempts to protect Haas by shoving her to the mat. On November 25 Gayda tried to gain revenge in a "pilgrim versus Indian" match, but both women were disqualified for ignoring the referee's instructions. The two divas fought once again on December 2, this time while wearing Christmas outfits. General Manager Theodore Long finally announced a final encounter at Armageddon, appointing Haas as referee. Gayda lost the match, and her fianceé, as the relationship was broken when Haas revealed he had an affair with Dawn Marie. He then rejected Marie afterwards, saying he did not want either woman.
Gayda began wrestling as a singles performer. She appeared in numerous vignettes with the other divas until she and Haas were released from WWE on July 5, 2005.
On the November 26, 2005 edition of Impact, Gayda made her debut lashing out at Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett was shocked and frightened by Gayda's unexpected appearance and soon ordered her backstage. He was heard saying, "It's not what you think." After being pushed by Jarrett, Gayda slapped him and then went after his valet, Gail Kim. The following week, Gayda came out again to confront Jarrett. After pushing and slapping, the two had to be pulled apart by officials. At Turning Point, the same thing happened in the main event match, but Gayda was restrained by officials. On the December 31 show, Don West tracked down Gayda for an interview. She said her being there had nothing to do with a love affair, but rather that Jarrett had promised her a spot on the TNA Roster, but while she was stuck at home, she turned on the television to see Kim in her place. She said she had a big secret about Jarrett that TNA Management would love to hear, but did not reveal what it was.
Gayda won TNA's Knockout of the Year 2005 on the January 14, 2006 edition of Impact. At Final Resolution, she ran into Raven after he lost his match. She told him that they had something in common, they were both being screwed by TNA Management. On the January 28 edition of Impact, Gayda came down to ringside during a Jarrett versus Jay Lethal match, to hand an audio tape to Kim. She then left, with a confused Kim soon following.
Jarrett then hired Alex Shelley to video tape Gayda at her home, for blackmail. Shelley complied, returning a week later with a videotape. On the February 18, 2006 edition of Impact!, she told Jarrett that he had won and that she would leave. Jarrett refused to comply and used the tape Shelley compiled of Gayda as blackmail to get her to join his stable. Jackie became the manager of Planet Jarrett. She feuded with Gail Kim in mid-2006. At Sacrifice Jackie announced that she was pregnant, so Kim kayfabe fired her. She has not appeared with TNA since and her photos have been removed from the Knockouts portion of the website. Shortly before her pictures were removed from the TNA website it was confirmed that Gayda parted ways with TNA.
Gayda and Charlie Haas are married and have 3 children.
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