– ECW original and the founder of House Of Hardcore, Tommy Dreamer, recently responded to TNA star Bully Ray’s recent challenge. Dreamer posted the video following on YouTube regarding the challenge:
– The following is the latest edition of the TNA podcast:
http://youtu.be/cplyrxMVJIM
– TNA will be running a four-day tour of the Northeast at the end of December with a live event in Philadelphia, PA. on 12/27, a show in Long Island, N.Y. on 12/28, the “Hardcore Justice” show in Lowell, MA. on 12/29 and the “One Night Only: Old School” event on 12/30 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
– As previously reported, the “One Night Only” show will be headlined by an “Old School Street Fight” where falls count anywhere between Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer.
– TNA has also announced a “Last Man Standing” match between James Storm and Bobby Roode for the “One Night Only: Old School” show, which as mentioned above will take place on December 30th in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The event is scheduled to air in early 2014.
– The only official Impact Wrestling television tapings on the books currently are on November 21st and November 23rd in Orlando, FL. Another set of television tapings are scheduled in early December as well, however the dates and locations have yet to be announced.
The following are results from the House Of Hardcore 3 event in Poughkeepsie, New York. The event was held on Saturday, November 9, 2013.
– Sonjay Dutt def. Ben Ortiz via a back-flip into a double-stomp for the pin in the opening match.
– Matt Striker def. Lance Anoa’i when Striker rolled up Anoa’i and held the tights for the 1-2-3.
– Carlito & Rosita def. Stevie Richards & Tara when Rosita nailed Richards with a moonsault, which led to the pin.
– Vik Dalishus won a Hardcore Rules Battle Royal that featured pinfalls, submissions and over-the-top-rope eliminations.
– MVP def. Luke Gallows via the shining wizard.
– Devon & Matt Hardy def. Homicide & Eddie Kingston in tag-team action. The finish came when Devon set up a ladder with Hardy and nailed a double-uranage through a table.
– Rhino def. Kevin Steen via the gore for the 1-2-3.
– Tony Nese def. Alex Reynolds and Petey Williams via a 450 splash on Reynolds for the pinfall victory.
– Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk def. Sean Waltman & Lance Storm when Funk hit the airplane spin with the ladder on Waltman and Storm.
– Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray came out after the main event finish and beat up both Funk and Dreamer. Ray challenged Dreamer to a match on December 30th for TNA’s “One Night Only: Old School” event. Ray said the match would be an “Old School Street Fight” where falls count anywhere. Devon came out and joined Bully Ray, as both hit the 3D on Dreamer. After that, The Sandman came out and beat everyone up with his cane.
The official TNA Twitter account recently posted a tweet with a link to the above video of Bully Ray’s appearance at Tommy Dreamer’s House Of Hardcore 3 event from Saturday night:
– The official Twitter account for Impact Wrestling recently posted the following tweet:
Stand by for major breaking news.
— IMPACT WRESTLING (@IMPACTWRESTLING) November 10, 2013
– TNA star Bully Ray appeared at the House Of Hardcore 3 event in Poughkeepsie, New York on Saturday night. Ray showed up during the tag-team main event match featuring Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk vs. Sean Waltman & Lance Storm. Ray came to the ring after Dreamer and Funk won the match and beat both guys up with his chain. We will have a complete House Of Hardcore 3 report up on Sunday morning.
The following are highlights from a new VOC Nation interview with former WWE Superstar Matt Hardy:
On being part of the birth of extreme wrestling: “You can go back to the first TLC ladder match with Edge and Christian or even before that to the original Omega. Myself and my brother were two of the guys who wrote the dictionary definition of extreme wrestling. Once we got to the WWE and we got the chance to have the ladder matches and the cage matches, we took them to a different level. We opened up a lot of doors for a lot of smaller guys to do more athletic, interesting, and entertaining stuff.”
On working for Tommy Dreamer at House of Hardcore: “Tommy Dreamer is a genius promoter. He (does) truly what is best for business. He makes smart business decisions and he gives the fans what they want. House of Hardcore will blow away any of the other promotions on November 9.”
On meeting and working with his wife, Reby Sky: “Reby and I first spoke online after a fan introduced us via Twitter. We’re having a blast together. We’re newly married, we travel together, and we’re big on promoting ourselves and branding ourselves as “SkyHard”. We’re enjoying being our own boss. We’re very public people. We’re both big tweeters, we love social media; we mesh very well. When it comes to oversharing, we’re both on the same page.”
On his future in wrestling: “For so long, I felt like I was in a wrestling bubble. You (always fight) to move up a level, to be on tv, to be a champ, etc. I’ve dropped all that right now, and I truly enjoy what I’m doing right now. I don’t want to be under contract. I don’t deal with politics, I don’t deal with stress, and I’m having fun again. If it leads me back to Ring of Honor, or TNA, or WWE, then so be it; but that’s not my end game.”
On the state of the wrestling business: “Nothing’s extremely red hot or extremely stable right now. WWE is set; it’s not going anywhere – it’s always going to be around. People will always complain, but they have so many corporate sponsors and nothing is going to happen with them. There is a lot of speculation about TNA right now, there are a lot of rumors going around; I don’t know anything personally. In my opinion, the better TNA does, the better it is for business. Wrestling is a little hokey nowadays compared to what it should be, but that’s because TV is so advanced. You can’t insult viewers intelligence; you can go online and find out anything.”
On guys that can carry the torch: “John Cena is the modern day Hulk Hogan in many ways. He takes someone’s finish, he kicks out, and is almost indestructible. It’s always the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. Take Stone Cold Steve Austin: He was an (average guy) in WCW, and he went to the WWE and was the right guy in the right place at the right time to become Stone Cold Steve Austin. Wrestling is still waiting for that next guy to change the direction, to change the business, and make things white hot again.”
On what will make wrestling boom again: “The content needs to be more sophisticated stories that don’t insult the viewers intelligence. The stories need to be more consistent. You can’t insult the fans intelligence. With the power of the Internet, people know everything. If you insult people’s intelligence, they’ll hit the off button on the remote and that will be it.”
Check out the complete interview online at VOCNation.com.
NEW Matches & *SPOILERS* For The WWE Survivor Series 2013 PPV — CLICK HERE!
The following are highlights from a recent VOC Nation interview with Tommy Dreamer:
On building the House of Hardcore promotion: “The brand was actually contested by the pornographic world; I had to actually prove the definition of hardcore in terms of wrestling. (Thankfully) it all worked out in the end.”
On the state of pro wrestling: “There’s a lot of unhappiness with the current direction of wrestling, especially with the last few pay per views (from both companies). I was watching the last WWE PPV with fans at a restaurant, and the end of the show left a lot of people with a bad taste in their mouth. TNA has been doing that for a long time as well. I’m not knocking the product or the direction; wrestling is (in the eye of the beholder) and I just view it differently. I was the very first Paul Heyman guy; him and I used to argue about what was good for the show and the product, but we never lied or tried to screw over the audience. I watched (ECW) grow from a 35 person audience to selling out 1000+ seat arenas. It seems like most people in the wrestling industry are just take, take, take and I hate that. I’m trying to build something so everyone can work and prosper. I don’t have a money backer; this is my money. I’m not going to be the next WWE or TNA (overnight), I’m slowly trying to build something.
On his goals for House of Hardcore: “I would love for my company to be on a national level. I would love to be running a television show. I’m not going to rush things, I’m not going to force things. I have a business model and a game plan. There’s a lot of great talented men and women out there that don’t get a chance to show what they have to offer because of body types, politics, or things like that (I want to give those people a chance). I hope one day to be able to pay guys enough money where they can turn other people down and work for me every week.”
On working with Terry Funk: “This is the last time I’ll ever be tagging with Terry Funk. He just turned 69 years old and he’s still working and taking bumps. He’s going to Japan this week to work with his brother. Terry Funk is my wrestling father, and this is the last time we’ll ever walk down the aisle together. It’s going to be very special for me.”
On breaking Rosita into the business: “I remember seeing Lita for the first time in North Carolina. She did an amazing moonsault and I broke her into the business. As far as Rosita goes, a few years back, I saw a very attractive girl in the ring during an outdoor independent show. I told her that she needed to increase her ability in the ring (and she’d be a star). When I was in TNA they told be they were looking for somebody (female talent); I got her a tryout and she ended up earning a job. I’ve told her many times that she needs to leave wrestling and go straight to Hollywood. She is an amazing talent.”
Check out the complete interview online at VOCNation.com.
Huge *SPOILERS* For Tonight’s Edition Of WWE RAW — CLICK HERE!
The following are highlights of a VOC Wrestling Nation interview with former TNA Knockout Thea “Rosita” Trinidad:
On her new movie, “Army of the Damned”: “Tommy Dreamer introduced me to the producer and director, who were wrestling fans. As soon as he saw how Dreamer and I interacted, they decided (to pair us together). It’s really cool; we have a great cast and I feel like everyone was picked perfectly for their roles. There were some scenes in there where I was legitimately scared. I can’t wait for everyone to see it. The movie will be available worldwide on January 14.”
On her career aspirations: “I’ve always loved acting, and I always thought that acting was just getting me prepared for wrestling, but then I fell in love with it. I’m going to pursue acting, but I’m going to keep up with wrestling because I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished everything that I want to accomplish yet.”
On having a desire to work in the WWE: “Absolutely. Since I was four years old, I knew that this was something I wanted to do. This was my dad’s dream as well. He took me to WWE events as a child all the time. I knew from a young age that this was something I wanted to do – being the women’s champion, working Wrestlemania. Some people get into wrestling because they want to do it for a living, they’re happy working the independents or just wrestling anywhere, and they don’t care about working for WWE; for me, I’m not fully (fulfilled yet) in my wrestling career. Plus, I’ve only been doing it for 5 years and I have a long way to go.”
On working with big names in TNA: “It’s incredible. Walking into TNA and seeing everyone I grew up loving was such an amazing experience. Hulk Hogan was my dad’s favorite. Last 9/11, I got the chance to talk to Hogan for an hour about our experiences with 9/11 (Thea’s father passed away during the attack). I walked away from that conversation thinking, “wow, I just got to talk to Hulk Hogan. It’s validation for me that I’ve made it, and I’m proving people wrong that said I could never get there.”
On her relationship with TNA: “I didn’t leave on bad terms. The door is never closed. I don’t have any bad feelings toward anybody, and I will never burn a bridge. Tommy Dreamer got me my tryout, Terry Taylor signed my contract, and D’Lo was there with me from the start. My best friends were made at TNA. I have amazing memories.”
On “Total Divas”: “I do watch it. I met Naomi in 2010 when I tried out for WWE. She is such a star. I also have the utmost respect for Nati. (WWE is) putting so much into their up and coming talent and I think it’s great.”
Check out the complete interview online at VOCNation.com.
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-The horror movie “Self Storage,” which features former WWE Superstar and ECW original Tommy Dreamer, is currently the number three most-watched film on all of Netflix following its’ premiere on their “instant viewing” section earlier this week. The film is based around a party that is held in a closing self storage facility that holds sinister secrets.
-Former WWE Superstar Carlito suffered a pretty bad cut during his match with Tommy Dreamer at Saturday night’s FWE iPPV. Carlito received a tetanus shot after the match and had the wound cleaned, turning down a visit to the local hospital.
-The Village Voice recently interviewed independent pro wrestling star Colt Cabana about his favorite 15 pro wrestling songs of all-time. Fans interested in checking that out can do so online at VillageVoice.com.
Several Storyline Spoilers For Monday’s WWE RAW Revealed
[Credit: PWInsider.com]
-The front page of the Tampa Tribune featured a piece by Paul Guzzo on the history of pro wrestling in the Tampa market. The story includes quotes from current WWE personalities Dusty Rhodes and Roman Reigns, as well as other pro wrestling figures, such as photographer Josie Ritter, Eric Solie (the son of the late Gordon Solie) and Tonga Fifita (aka Haku/Meng). Fans interested in checking out that article out can do so online at TBO.com.
-The horror film, “Self Storage,” which features former WWE Superstar and ECW original Tommy Dreamer, has been added to the “Instant Viewing” section of the Netflix website. “Self Storage” is a horror film that was released this year, which is set at a self storage business. Fans who are subscribed to Netflix that are interested in checking that out can do so online at Netflix.com.
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ECW original and former WWE Superstar Tommy Dreamer will be putting on his third “House Of Hardcore” event on Saturday, November 9th at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. The promotion has released the latest commercial for the event on YouTube, which you can check out below:
The latest official lineup for the event is as follows:
-Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk vs. Sean Waltman & Lance Storm
-Rhino vs. Kevin Steen
-Petey Williams vs. Tony Nese vs. Alex Reynolds
-Stevie Richards & Lisa Marie Varon vs. Carlito & Rosita
Also announced for the event are: Matt Hardy, Reby Sky, Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes, MVP, Devon, The Beautiful People, Luke Gallows, Homicide, Sonjay Dutt, Lance Hoyt and Eddie Kingston.
For more information on Tommy Dreamer’s “House Of Hardcore 3,” visit the official website online at HouseOfHardcore.net.
MULTIPLE Segments For Monday’s RAW REVEALED In DETAIL — Click Here!
-WWE is returning to Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky for a live event on Saturday, October 19th. The official online pre-sale for the event begins today. The password for the pre-sale is: VIPER. The regular tickets go on sale on Saturday at 10:00AM.
-The official House Of Hardcore YouTube channel has released a new behind-the-scenes 25-minute documentary of their second event from this past summer. Fans interested in checking that out can do so below:
-WWE legend The Ultimate Warrior appeared at the PAX Convention in Seattle, Washington this past weekend. When asked about the possibility of being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in the near future, Warrior replied by simply saying, “Probably not, but we will see.”
-The official WWE website recently added an article that features a look at a list of the top 15 World Heavyweight Champions in company history. Coming in at number one, of course, was Triple H. Rounding out the top five were Batista, Edge, The Undertaker and Booker T. Check out the complete list online at WWE.com.
-Former WWE Superstar and ECW original Tommy Dreamer revealed in a new tweet on Monday evening that he will be tagging with hardcore icon and WWE Hall Of Famer Terry Funk, for “the last time ever”, at the House Of Hardcore event on November 9th. Dreamer and Funk will team up to take on the duo of Lance Storm and Sean “X-Pac” Waltman. For more information, visit HouseOfHardcore.net.
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-Former WWE Superstar Tommy Dreamer noted on Twitter recently that he has already begun speaking with former undisputed boxing heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe about the possibility of training him in pro wrestling. As noted previously, Bowe is looking to enter pro wrestling and become the first ever heavyweight boxing and wrestling champion.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Jesse Ventura”s new political book, “They Killed Our President” will be released on October 1st. The official blurb for the book reads as follows:
“Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you’re aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you’ve read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there’s no way to fully grasp the depth of this conspiracy. For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling authors Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell have teamed up with some of the most respected and influential assassination researchers to put together the ultimate compendium that covers every angle—from the plot to the murder—of JFK. They Killed Our President will not only discuss the most famous of theories, but will also bring to light new and recently discovered information, which together shows that the United States government not only was behind this egregious plot, but took every step to make sure that the truth would not come out. With 2013 marking the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s assassination, this is the perfect time for They Killed Our President to be available to readers. The research and information in this book are unprecedented, and there’s nobody better to bring this to everyone’s attention than the former governor of Minnesota and US Navy SEAL, Jesse Ventura.”
-WWE will be releasing “ECW Unreleased Volume 2” worldwide (and in the official SESCOOPS.COM Store) this Tuesday. The DVD and Blu-ray set will be hosted by ECW originals Joey Styles and Tommy Dreamer. Below is a full rundown of what fans can expect from the release:
Disc 1:
We Are Back!
Tommy Dreamer vs. Tazmaniac
Hardcore TV * October 19, 1993
Terry Funk & Arn Anderson vs. Sabu & Bobby Eaton
When Worlds Collide * May 14, 1994
Hardcore Legends
Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk
Hardcore Heaven * August 13, 1994
“I Quit” Match
Tommy Dreamer vs. The Sandman
Hardcore TV * October 4, 1994
Wrestling Machines
Eddie Guerrero & The Steiner Brothers vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko & Cactus Jack
Wrestlepalooza * August 5, 1995
Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer
Holiday Hell * December 29, 1995
The Public Enemy vs. The Gangstas
House Party * January 5, 1996
Disc 2:
A Good Idea At The Time
Extreme Hardcore Shoot Fight
Chris Jericho vs. Taz
Lost Battalion Hall * April 13, 1996
ECW World Television Championship Match
2 Cold Scropio vs. Shane Douglas
A Matter of Respect * May 11, 1996
The Flagstaff
Sabu vs. Chris Jericho
Plymouth Meeting, PA * August 29, 1996
Dick Togo, Terry Boy & Taka Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa & Great Sasuke
Hardcore TV * March 27, 1997
Tag Team Wrestling Done Right
Three Way Dance for ECW World Tag Team Championship Match
The Eliminators vs. The Gangstas vs. The Dudleys
The Buffalo Invasion * May 17, 1997
Disc 3:
Real Heat
The Sandman, Taz, Tommy Dreamer & Al Snow vs. Sabu, Rob Van Dam, Doug Furnas & Philip LaFon
Hardcore TV * January 5, 1998
ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Shane Douglas vs. Al Snow
Wrestlepalooza * May 3, 1998
ECW World Tag Team Championship Match
Chris Candido & Lance Storm vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam
Hardcore TV * June 29, 1998
A Real Clash of Styles
Three Way Dance for the FTW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sabu vs. Taz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
ECW Arena * August 8, 1998
ECW World Tag Team Championship Match
The Dudleys vs. Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney
Hardcore TV * August 23, 1999
Stepping Up
ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Mike Awesome vs. Rhino
ECW on TNN * October 1, 1999
Extreme Three Way Dance
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Super Crazy
November to Remember * November 7, 1999
The Ultimate Underdog
ECW World Television Championship Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Mikey Whipwreck
ECW on TNN * January 28, 2000
Three Way Dance for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Justin Credible vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Steve Corino
ECW on TNN * September 29, 2000
End of an Era
Blu-ray Exclusives:
911 vs. Doink the Clown
Hardcore TV * August 27, 1994
Steel Cage Match
The Sandman, 2 Cold Scorpio & New Jack vs. The Public Enemy & Mikey Whipwreck
Gangsta’s Paradise * September 16, 1995
Four Way Dance for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
Terry Funk vs. Raven vs. Stevie Richards vs. The Sandman
The Buffalo Invasion * May 17, 1997
The Dudleys vs. The Public Enemy
Detroit, Michigan * January 23, 1999
Tommy Dreamer vs. Lance Storm
Hardcore Heaven * May 16, 1999
Japanese Death Match
Super Crazy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri
Hardcore TV * February 11, 2000
DVD Runtime: 7 hours and 14 minutes
Blu-ray Runtime: 8 hours and 52 minutes
-The annual Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Fanfest returns this weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Fanfest will begin this Thursday, and will run through Sunday evening.
Among those scheduled to appear as featured guests throughout the four days the Fanfest is in town are: Ole Anderson, Lars Anderson, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Les Thatcher, The Rock N’ Roll Express, Jim Cornette, The Midnight Express, Johnny Powers, Danny Miller, Leilani Kai, Susan Green, “Dr.” Tom Prichard, Rich Landrum, Bob Caudle, Mr. Wrestling II, Tully Blanchard, Ivan Koloff, Tiger Conway Jr., Denny Brown, Gerald Brisco, Ken Patera, Manny Fernandez, Baron Von Raschke, The Kernodles, The Mulkeys, Jerry Jarrett, Tommy Angel, Tommy Young, Moondog Rex and Scrappy McGowan.
All of the events scheduled for the Fanfest this weekend will be available for the first time ever on iPPV. For more information, visit MidAtlanticLegends.com.
Details On Major Last-Minute Change In Plans For WWE SummerSlam!
-WWE Superstar Chris Jericho took to Twitter following his loss to Ryback at Sunday’s WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view in Philadelphia. Jericho noted the fan reaction to Ryback winning with a roll-up, claiming it was done to further Ryback’s heel turn. Jericho wrote, “Hmmm so many of you are angry that @Ryback22 won w a roll-up tonight? #thatstheidea #heeltactics.”
-Former WWE Superstars Tommy Dreamer and Evan Bourne were among those backstage at Money In The Bank on Sunday night.
-Also in attendance at the PPV on Sunday night were Carolina Panthers football players DeAngelo Williams, Gary Barnidge and Ahmed Awadallah.
More MITB Backstage News, Jericho To Retire?, + Huge RAW *SPOILERS*
ECW original and House of Hardcore promoter Tommy Dreamer was recently interviewed by PhillyBurbs.com about HoH’s upcoming Philadelphia debut on June 22 at the National Guard Armory. Dreamer, who will have Terry Funk in his corner, will wrestle fellow ECW alum Lance Storm in the main event. The show will also feature a special appearance by Ric Flair. Here are some highlights of what Dreamer said about:
House of Hardcore Coming To Philly:
“I know how passionate Philadelphia is about its sports teams, and that’s exactly how I view pro wrestling. Philly is known for its honesty. I am a brutally honest person, anyone who knows me will tell you that. And I love Philadelphia because it’s like me.”
“I’m a wrestling fan, and I want to give the people coming a great night out,” he said. “So we have Ric Flair, we have Terry Funk stepping in a wrestling ring one more time, we have The Young Bucks against Brian Kendrick & Paul London, and there will be things that no other tag teams can do in this one, and then you have the Steiner Brothers and there will be fans who want to see them, and then you have young guys like Tony Ness, Sami Callihan and unheralded guys like Pety Williams. And we’ll have surprises because I love surprises.
“We have the same saying that we had in ECW and that’s ‘go out and steal the show.’ If the guy behind you can’t follow you, they shouldn’t be there. I want a kickass show.”
How HoH Is Different Than ECW:
“In ECW, we were all blood and guts, but that was a different era,” Dreamer said. “Now, it’s just good wrestling. No foul language. I went to my first wrestling show when I was 8. I went with my father and I watched Ric Flair versus Ricky Steamboat and my dad said, ‘that was real.’ That was great wrestling and that’s what we want to do. We just want to put on a fun, three-hour show.”
* New Tag Teams Coming To WWE, The Next Round of NXT Call-Ups & More
ECW original Tommy Dreamer was interviewed by Kayfabe Wrestling Radio this week. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
His first WWF/WWWF event in the New York Area and seeing the “Superfly” moment: “I’m not that old, for the three W’s; come on I’m not that old. No it was the WWF when I went. I’ll actually be 42 tomorrow; tomorrow’s my birthday, thank you. I started watching wrestling when I was 9 years old and my father took me to my first event at the County Center for my birthday; I saw Bob Backlund, he was my favorite and the first wrestler I ever saw. Then, he snubbed me and I went on a long, long tirade of me hating Bob Backlund when he snubbed me for an autograph but we have since made up then. Me, Bubba (Dudley), Mick Foley and I want to say I know Paul Heyman was there, he was shooting ringside; we were all at the show where Jimmy Snuka first climbed to the top of the cage and missed the dive on Bob Backlund and we were all there, it was just us fans and Buibba and I always talk about that. We always talk about special (Madison Square) Garden events that we went to, you know, and no matter what, you still gotta be a fan and that’s what I am. I’m still living my dream and I’m happy to be doing it.”
What it was like to work Madison Square Garden for the first time: “It was a dream come true for me. My first time there, at Madison Square Garden was against Perry Saturn, some I wrestled a bunch of time before and I know this is hard to believe for a lot of my fans, but I actually got a little teary-eyed and I got emotional; it’s still real to me dammit, and it was really, really great. The best two minutes of my career was when I worked the Royal Rumble in Madison Square Garden and I was in the ring with the Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and a bunch of other guys and for two minutes, people just kept chanting my name; I was eliminated in two minutes, but it was the greatest two minutes of my life. I love myself and Rob Van Dam main eventing on Monday Night Raw there, when we unified the Intercontinental and the ECW Title; I cried in the back as well. I cry a lot as you know in my career, and I love this business and I never thought I would achieve my dream and I was really, really happy for those events.”
His WrestleMania experience and the match of ECW against the New Blood: “It was really, really food. I did it with my friends and my family was there, it was a really great experience. Never thought we were all going to make it to WrestleMania but we did. I was at WrestleMania 1 as a kid, so, I mean, it was really, really cool. There’s a lot behind that match going in, and at one point we were actually scrapped from the card. So, I think they did a Diva’s Playboy match, and we had done a test run in Mexico the week before and the match was so good that we were main eventing all the shows in Mexico and then when we got back from Mexico, the match was supposed to be 12 minutes, then it was supposed to be 10 minutes, then 8 minutes, then it was cut from the show, then we had 6 minutes. So, just the fact that it happened with all the behind the scenes BS was a great accomplishment for all of us.”
* Major Swerve Coming In WWE Storylines, Changes Made To Sunday’s PPV Plans
– ECW original Tommy Dreamer has released his first Ebook titled, “Living the Dream Volume One.” Dreamer writes a weekly column for Canada’s Whig-Standard newspaper and the book is a compilation of the first year of his articles for the paper. The EBook is priced at only $2.07 and can be purchased at Kobobooks.com.
– A man was arrested in Corpus Christi, Texas this week for selling fake tickets to WWE live events. The suspect was selling duplicate tickets to Sunday’s WWE live event on Facebook and has been charged with fraud.
– Fans attending this year’s WrestleMania 29 Axxess fan fest at New Jersey’s IZOD Center will be in for a treat. One of the unique features for this year’s fan fest is that WWE will have the full RAW stage set up in the IZOD center. Fans who purchase a VIP package will get a chance to walk on the stage and get a behind-the-scenes look at how WWE produces RAW. Tickets for Axxess go on sale to the public on January 26th, with an online pre-sale taking place next week.
* WWE Offers BROCK LESNAR A New Contract & DOLPH ZIGGLER Turning Babyface
(Source: PWInsider.com)
– Zack Ryder’s “Z! True Long Island Story” YouTube show may be coming to an end. During this week’s Episode #99, Ryder teased at the end that he’s going to have to kill the show before WWE gets a chance to do it first. That video was quickly taken down by WWE – and an edited version was then re-posted, without the final segment of Ryder teasing his show’s demise.
– Tommy Dreamer was at WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT on Thursday.
– The NXT house show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 2nd, 2013 has been canceled.
– Here’s the latest installment of Santino’s Foreign Exchange:
“Santino’s Foreign Exchange” made it into the new year! Follow The Milan Miracle as he rings in 2013 as only Santino can. Which Superstar has the most outlandish New Year’s resolution of them all?”
* Warning: Some of the images below are graphic!
After making a surprise return to WWE on Monday night from Philadelphia, PA, ECW original Tommy Dreamer wound up in the emergency room on Tuesday due to “complications from The Shield’s beatdown”on RAW. Dreamer posted a series of tweets (and graphic pictures) detailing his trip to the hospital. Dreamer tweeted on Tuesday:
Didnt plan on a trip to the ER today Had complications from @theshieldWWE beat down. Head swelling plus stitches. Im frigging pissed off
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 18, 2012
1st of many graphic pics I will post Dr asked if I wanted to press charges he doesn't get it @theshieldwwe http://t.co/VlY5CLDn
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 18, 2012
2nd graphic pic of ER visit @theshieldwwe Guys I got a lot of friends in this bizness & I'm pissed off at u http://t.co/VazTv54i
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 18, 2012
3rd graphic pic from my attack by @theshieldwwe insane dangerous levels of swelling of myhead #SuperSmackdown http://t.co/v7Trzcmf
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 19, 2012
4th very graphic pic 18 stiches for a puncture wound a bolt went into my head causing swelling @theshieldwwe http://t.co/T2EyFE0x
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 19, 2012
Last very graphic pic of the night b4 stiches @theshieldwwe & @wwe better pick up the ER bill I'm F*cking mad http://t.co/Laqvjr37
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 19, 2012
Hard to sleep w/ this swelling @theshieldwwe I will remeber u spoiling a great night 4 me & wrestling fans http://t.co/Yyd2PaJB
— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) December 19, 2012
PWInsider.com is reporting that Tommy Dreamer being brought in for RAW from Philadelphia was a last minute decision and he reportedly didn’t get the call to appear until Monday afternoon. As noted earlier this week, WWE was very impressed with the crowd reaction he got from the local crowd and are open to using him again in the future.
– WWE officials have shown interest in recent weeks in acquiring El Generico, a Canadian independent wrestler who uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico.
– Retired wrestler Black Bart is undergoing surgery this week to remove his gall bladder, reports SLAM! Wrestling. The 64-year-old appeared for numerous organizations throughout his 27-year career, including the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s as a “jobber to the stars.”
– The late Eddie Guerrero is featured in today’s “Superstar Spotlight” on WWE.com. He passed away seven years ago today after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by his nephew, Chavo. Chavo attempted CPR, but Eddie Guerrero was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived at the scene. He was 38 years old. An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of Acute Cardiac failure due to underlying Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular disease.
– Former WWE stars Goldust and Tommy Dreamer have been announced to appear at the Wales Comic Con taking place Sunday, April 28, 2013 in Wrexham, United Kingdom.
WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland was interviewed this week by the Whig Standard to hype the first live event for Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore this Saturday night from Poughkeepsie, NY. Here are some highlights of what the Rated R Superstar said about:
On whether he had advance knowledge that his in-ring career would end so suddenly: “None of us did,” Copeland said. “I knew there were issues, but we didn’t the extent of what the issues were. It kind of caught all of us — me probably least of all just because I was like ‘whoa, something weird is happening here…’ I knew something (was wrong). No one else really knew because I didn’t tell anybody else. I think Christian was the only who knew because he rode with me. And he knows me. Him, I’ll confide in. And Tommy, there were nights where he carried my bags up for me because I had no strength in my arms. He knew, too. But generally, it was like you just go out, you do your thing and you don’t say anything and then you get back and you do it again.”
House of Hardcore: “I think it can be a place that I know Tommy kind of wants it to be — where guys can have a little bit more freedom to maybe not have quite as many restraints,” he said. “That doesn’t mean light bulbs or any of that crap. I think it just (means) if guys want to go out and try some different things, they’ll have the freedom to do it. And I’m sure they’ll be told ‘hey, that didn’t work,’ but you don’t know unless you try. I think you’ll probably have the Young Bucks and (Brian) Kendrick and (Paul) London go out and try a million things,” he said of some of the stars on tap at the debut show. “Half of them might work, half of them might not, but it will be cool to watch the process of what does and doesn’t. Or where things should be tweaked.”
Taking on a Backstage Role for HOH: “I told Tommy … ‘man I don’t mind helping out, helping guys put their ideas together in a way that makes sense, or helping guys after the fact if they want,’ and just kind of being hands-on with (Dreamer) in the back and help him out in that respect. That’s something that is a little foreign to the wrestling veteran, believe it or not. I’ve had a lot of young guys come up and ask me throughout the years, and it’s always nice to see them implemented and then when it works, it’s even nicer. It’s like ‘OK, good, I didn’t give bad advice.’ But I’ve never been in a backstage role where I wasn’t also wrestling, too. That could be kind of neat, just to, I guess for lack of a better term, kind of give back in that respect.”
Edge also denied that he was offered a new deal by WWE and the company has not said anything negative to him about his work with Tommy Dreamer’s promotion.
– The official WWE website has published an article highlighting eight past and present WWE Superstars “who weren’t supposed to make it.”
“Then there is another breed of WWE Superstar, altogether. These are the Superstars for whom WWE glory was anything but a given. For a variety of reasons — ranging from health setbacks to unfair stigmas — these Superstars were, at one point or another, cast aside and written off “unlikely,” writer John Clapp states. “Determined to prove themselves, these underdogs and overachievers refused to quit, no matter what the naysayers said. They all have unique stories, and the trajectories of their careers are far from ordinary. These are the Superstars who shouldn’t have made it.”
Those listed include Daniel Bryan, Tommy Dreamer, The Miz, Mikey Whipwreck, William Regal, Zach Gowen, Steve Blackman and Mick Foley.
– As seen on Raw tonight, Dolph Ziggler debuted a T-Shirt that reads “Stealing The Show.” The shirt is available on WWEShop.com, and also comes in Youth and Women’s styles.
– SmackDown ring announcer Lilian Garcia performed the national anthem prior to Sunday’s New York Jets game at MetLife Stadium. The Diva also gave a halftime show in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Day. WireImage.com has published photos of her appearance.
– There has been a lot of talk this week within WWE that tonight’s Raw broadcast may be the least watched non-holiday episode in fifteen years. Facing stiff competition in Monday Night Football on ESPN, last week’s show had the fewest viewers since July 4, 2011 and was the smallest audience for a non-holiday episode in over five years. The Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks game did 16.167 million viewers, and tonight’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears is expected to eclipse that figure.
– One of the theme songs for WWE Hell in a Cell is “Sandpaper,” the lead single off of the Chris Jericho–fronted metal band Fozzy’s latest album, “Sin and Bones.” The music video for “Sandpaper” will premiere tonight on WWE.com.
– The official WWE website has announced that a live event will take place in Lodz, Poland at Atlas Arena on Saturday, April 27, 2013. John Cena, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio and The Miz will headline the event.
– Adam “Edge” Copeland and Tommy Dreamer appear at Dave and Busters 325 N Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Click here to view the event flyer.
(source: F4WOnline.com)