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Podcast: The TMTPoW Interview “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes

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In an instance where a true dream became reality, SpartaCon (redserpents.com) presents The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast welcoming the one and only “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Dusty takes a walk down memory lane to discuss the illustrious history of professional wrestling in the state of Florida and Eddie Graham’s Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion. We discuss the classic feuds, crowds, atmosphere and the infamous Tampa Armory where some of wrestlings biggest moments took place. We also get a glimpse into how the “American Dream” came to be and the driving force behind all of the spirited promos and interviews that made “the common man” a true fan favorite and one of the greatest of all time. Additionally, we find out what exactly is being taught at the WWE Performance Center to the future stars of the WWE and how the history of the wrestling business plays such a significant role in their development.

Full Episode Download Link:

http://tmptow.podomatic.com/entry/2015-06-08T21_00_00-07_00

 

Dusty Rhodes on his longtime feud with The Funk Family:

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The creation of the Florida Wrestling Wall of Fame at the JCC and Federation in Tampa, Florida:

It’s amazing. There are so many people that have unfortunately passed on that when you go back and look at in Florida, the wall may simply not be enough. This tribute may have to go all the way around the building. They have some great designs for it and it’s costing a lot of money. So we need the money, we need the backing, we need the focus, we need all these things to make this come true. For me it all started in Florida with The Great Malenko and Eddie Graham. It all started there. Entertainment, show business. Maybe this wall of memories can really stay up for a long time and I will be honored to be on it.

Performing at the Fort Hesterly Armory in Tampa:

Whatever they were, the mood we were in changed the course of not only the whole state but you wanted to play The Garden, The Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis for (Sam) Muchnick, you wanted to go see Paul Boesch because he had the best pay-offs in the industry in addition to the Armory. Which actually wasn’t a great pay-off but they didn’t know it then, I would have done it for nothing.

Becoming The American Dream:

When I became “The American Dream” they needed a hero down here. I had no money. I couldn’t buy a car without being tied under but I had to have a Cadillac with blue stars on the hood no matter what it cost because just driving in it will set how they look at me and perceive this guy, they’ll know. The first time a truck was ever driven into a building it wasn’t a beer truck. It was my truck, in the Fort Hesterly Armory through the side door with Willie Nelson blaring on the radio, making an entrance.

Taking the job as booker for Eddie Graham:

I was called in one day in Tampa and Eddie (Graham) said go get an assistant (which ended up being Jerry Brisco) because we are going to make you the booker. What I learned about booking talent was with Eddie allowing me to have the open door to say I’m turning this over to you, take off with it. I used it as a motivation when I was booking. People always say, well Dusty always booked himself on top. I put myself on top because the seats are 17 1/2 inches apart and I’m selling out 12,000 seat arenas. That’s why I was on top. If you don’t have an ego and you don’t have a goal, you ain’t worth a damn.

What he teaches in NXT & his connection to his students:

Given the talent right now, I teach all my kids in my communications classes down in NXT that us giving them the opportunity to be free and do things on their own and what will fit their own body of work, it is the best thing they can do. In the last 2 ½ years you can see that in the kids that have made it up to RAW and Smackdown. These 70 or 80 kids that we have down here now in NXT look at me at 69 years old and say you are the coolest 69 year old guy theyve ever met. Its because Ive changed with the times and I havent just stayed stuck in one hour Broadways with Bob Orton Sr. and Eddie Graham.

His matches with Ric Flair and the NWA title chase:

All of us together being able to make something really special. With Naitch it was easy because he had already crossed that threshold of the entertainment being brought into our industry. But we also could go 7 nights in a row. At the Great American Bash tour we went 7 in a row for one hour a night and made a story that you could understand and that made the people almost in a riot. My chase was the best. I learned from Eddie one night at the Armory that he didn’t even need to make me the NWA Champion because my chase is whats best and eventually that became me getting short spurts with the title, but that’s all you needed. To walk out as the prestigious NWA Champion it was amazing.

Dusty Rhodes also talks about his chemistry with Gordon Solie, what made him vs. Superstar Billy Graham so special, his feelings on WCW booking him in the nWo, Larry Zbyszko and more on the history of Championship Wrestling from Florida.

Final Card For WWE Money in The Bank 2015

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Unless any new matches are added, below is the final card for tonight’s WWE Money In the Bank pay-per-view. Remember to join us for live coverage beginning at 7pm EST with the Kickoff Pre-show.

Ladder Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Title
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins

Money In the Bank Ladder Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs. Kane

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Big Show vs. Ryback

WWE Divas Title Match
Paige vs. Nikki Bella

WWE Tag Team Title Match
Darren Young and Titus O’Neil vs. Big E and Xavier Woods

John Cena vs. Kevin Owens

Kickoff Pre-show
R-Truth vs. King Barrett

Global Force Wrestling “Grand Slam Tour” Results 6/13 And 6/14/15

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Global Force Wrestling launched tonight, as the brand held its first ever show. The company used a six-sided ring and ran a show after a minor league baseball game in Jackson, Tennessee as a part of their Grand Slam Tour. A crowd of 400-500 turned out for the event. Full results from the event are below.

* Tate Twins defeated The Best Friends (Trent Baretta & Chuck Taylor)

* Sonjay Dutt defeated Jamin Olivencia

* Thea Trinidad defeated Lei’D Tapa

* Moose defeated Kevin Mathews. Moose hit a bionic elbow during the match.

* Chris “Adonis” Mordetzsky defeated Dustin Starr with a Masterlcok.

* Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) defeated the New Heavenly Bodies. After the match Jarrett came out to shake hands with Bullet Club to close the show.

GFW live event results from Knoxville, Tennessee, which followed a Tennessee Smokies minor league game. The approximate attendance was 300. Thanks to Jeff for the report.

* Tate Twins defeated The Best Friends

* Sonjay Dutt & Chase Owens defeated Jason Kincaid & Jamin Olivencia

* Thea Trinidad defeated Lei’D Tapa

* Moose defeated Kongo Kong

* Chris “Adonis” Mordetzky defeated Devin Driscoll

– Jim Cornette came and cut a promo, and then there was a ten bell salute for Dusty Rhodes.

* Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson w/ Bullet Babe) defeated The New Heavenly Bodies

WWE Paying Tribute To Dusty Rhodes At Money In The Bank And RAW, More

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Source: PWInsider

As noted, WWE Network will air a one-hour “Celebrating The Dream” special after Monday’s RAW with a look at the life and career of Dusty Rhodes. PWInsider reports that WWE began filming new interviews for the special on Friday and Ric Flair was among those interviewed.

WWE will also be paying tribute to Dusty during tomorrow’s Money In the Bank pay-per-view and Monday’s RAW. They are planning to air special video tributes throughout both shows.

Who Is The Current Favorite To Win The Money In The Bank Ladder Match?, Current MITB Odds

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Below are the early betting lines for tomorrow’s WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view. Seth Rollins and Ryback are heavy favorites in their respective title defenses, while Roman Reigns is favored to win the Money In The Bank ladder match. Below are the current odds with the favorites listed first, courtesy of 5 Dimes (thanks to betwrestling). Also, make sure to join us tomorrow for our live coverage of WWE Money In The Bank.

WWE World Championship Ladder Match
Seth Rollins (-560) vs Dean Ambrose (+370)

John Cena (-160) vs Kevin Owens (+120)

Intercontinental Championship
Ryback (-900) vs Big Show (+500)

Tag Team Championships
New Day (-350) vs Prime Time Players (+250)

Divas Championship
Nikki Bella (-180) vs Paige (+140)

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Roman Reigns (-420) vs Field (+300)

King Barrett (-300) vs. R-Truth (+220)

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW TV March 1994 (5 Episodes)

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TV 1994-03-01 (Matches taped 1994-02-04 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac

Some editing problems I guess as the first five or so minutes are the same from last week with all the highlights from the week before that.

Jason is in the shower and for some reason an ECW camera shows up. He doesn’t say much.

Tod Gordon is in his office and he’s freaking out about ECW being out of control and the fans wanting to know what he’s going to do to stop it. Gordon says instead of stopping it he’s going to try to top it! Gordon runs down the March 5th card.

Tommy Dreamer, Rockin’ Rebel & Pitbull (w/ Hunter Q Robbins & Jason) vs. Tommy Dreamer, Sal Bellomo & “Ironman” Tommy Cairo, ref John Finnegan
Pitbull and Cairo start it off and Pitbull hits a russian leg sweep and belly to belly suplex. Cairo getting worked over and PItbull hits a snap suplex. Cairo reverses an irish whip and hits a powerslam. Spin kick and Cairo tags Sal. They face team tags back and forth a few times until Rebel and Sal end up in the ring together. Rebel takes control and tags Pitbull back. This has been 6 minutes and is making me want to murder myself. Sal gets doubled and triple teamed in the corner a bit. Snuka finally comes in after 7 and a half minutes. Sal comes back and slams Snuka allowing him to tag Dreamer. Rebel and Pitbull come in the ring and “hold Snuka back”. Joey screaming about how Snuka could easily get away from everyone if he really wanted a piece of Dreamer. Snuka leaves the ring and it;s now Pitbull and Dreamer. Both teams each get the advantage for a bit. Bellomo ends this at 12.40 after a splash on Rebel. All three winners get beat down after the match. Cairo and Dreamer are able to recover and chase everyone off as they beat on Sal.

Matty in the House is with Jason. Jason talks about how a few years ago when he was trying to break into wrestling and Hawk and Animal tried to break his neck with the doomsday device. Jason rips off his suit and gets very angry and begins to yell. Jason time we have seen Jason so bent out of shape. Jason says that Hawk did it because he was jealous. He says the next time Hawk sees him he will be dressed up again and will have his composer about himself. He just needed to get this off his chest. Jason says he has a surprise for Hawk on the 5th. A pretty intense and out of character interview from Jason. I enjoyed it.

Sabu & 911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Bad Breed
Sabu hits the ring ahead of his partner and goes after Bad Breed. They brawl and then 911 chokes out both Bad Breed and gets DQed in 2.18. After the match Sabu attacks until he is dragged to the back by 911 and a masked man.

Shane Douglas “Are You Gonna Go My Way” video package airs.

Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) vs. Bruise Brothers
Ron and Don Harris attack in the aisle and they brawl all over the place. Multiple refs get knocked out. Sullivan gets hit with a big boot and Tazmaniac nails a german suplex. Double pin in 2.52. The Bruise Brothers take the belts Sullivan and Tazmaniac meet them in the aisle. Public Enemy sneak out and steal the belts and bring them to the back. This would apparently lead to the titles being held up but it was never discussed on TV.

Jay Sulli is with PE backstage. PE says the belts are theres now. The other two teams show up and they all argue over the belt.

My thoughts on the show…
Fuck, did that six man suck and take forever. I really liked the Jason promo and the tag brawl at the end was fun.

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TV 1994-03-08 (Matches taped 1994-03-05 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa & 1994-03-06 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac

911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Mikey Whipwreck & Paul Lauria (1994-03-05)
Crowd is super fucking loud with a huge “911” chant. Double choke slam and pin in .18. More after the match. A few ring crew guys get some also. This was awesome and the fans were losing their shit.

Opening video.

Joey Styles welcomes us and lets us know that “The Franchise” Shane Douglas with be his guest commentator tonight.

Bad Breed vs. “Hitman” Tony Stetson & Johnny Hotbody, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-06)
Wait what? Why are Hotbody and Stetson back together? Stetson and Hotbody have a miss cue and bump into each other and argue a bunch. Stetson gets beat on and Hotbody refuses to make the tag. Hotbody finally comes in and he just gets destroyed. Ian nails a nasty looking double arm DDT but then misses a dive off the apron to the floor. Hotbody with a snap suplex on the floor. Hotbody maintains control and nails a superplex. Stetson asks for a tag and gets it but then he and Hotbody argue. The Rottens switch in the ring and Axl school boys Stetson for the win. Ok so this match made no sense. I don’t get why they were teaming again and also why the Rottens had to finish it that way after dominating most of the match. Stupid booking. 7.55 was the time.

Sandman vs. Chad Austin, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-05)
Sandman with an implant DDT and pin in .09. He does it again and out comes Peaches. She yells at him for being a dick and he twists her arm. Tommy Cairo comes out to calm things down and Sandman nails him and hits the DDT. Peaches yells at him and tells him to leave and the fans cheer loudly for the abusive drunk.

Bruise Brothers vs. Hack Myers & Bob Starr (1994-03-06)
The Bruise Brothers come down the aisle dragging their opponents and beating the shit out of them. Running powerslam and snap suplex in the ring as Hack gets beat on outside of the ring. Double big boot and that’s it in 1.09. The Harris brothers beat them to the back.

Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) vs. Public Enemy, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-06)
Sullivan brawls with Rocco Roc and Tazmaniac with Johnny Grunge. After a few minutes the Bruise Brothers hit the ring. Sullivan picks up Roc for a slam but Tazmaniac gets a big boot and gently bumps into them on his way down knocking them over. Roc lands on top of Sullivan getting the pin in 2.29.

Jay Sulli is trying to interview the new Tag Team Champions but they have run out of the arena with the belts. Kevin Sullivan, Tazmaniac and Woman are backstage. Sullivan is mad and says that since you can do whatever you want in ECW they have brought in Crash. Crash just growls a lot.

Hype video for the Hawk versus Pitbull match coming up later tonight.

Matty in the House announces the main event for March 26th Double Jeopardy. It’s a double main event as “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka takes on Tommy Dreamer and then Shane Douglas, Mr Hughes and Tag Team Champions Public Enemy take on Champion Terry Funk, Hawk, Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac. Both matches are set to take place in a cage! Matty shows us the end of the Snuka Dreamer match from the 5th. Dreamer had a small package on Snuka but Hunter Q. Robbins III came in and nailed him with his cane. Snuka nails Dreamer with a piledriver on the floor and then sends him into the ring post. Dreamer gets busted open. Dreamer gets nailed with a chair a few times and Snuka climbs the top rope and hits the superbly splash. Ultimate Jeopardy video package which features lots of clips from the matches on the 5th that featured the participants. During the Funk Douglas match everyone else from the Jeopardy match got involved. The way Ultimate Jeopardy works is there is a stipulation attached to each person and should they be the one to take the fall that stipulation will be carried out. Douglas gets his head shaved, Funk loses the title, Rocco Roc or Johnny Grunge would lose the titles, Tazmaniac and Sullivan would have to split up, Hughes losing gives everyone on the other team 5 minutes in the cage with Jason, Hawk has to give up the Road Warrior nickname.

Pitbull (w/ Jason) vs. Road Warrior Hawk, Jim Molineaux (1994-03-06)
Hawk gets clotheslined and kicked but refuses to take a bump. Hawk sent into the corner but he comes charging out and hits a clothesline then the doomsday device for the win in 1.50. Jason comes in and gets press slammed into Jason. All the Ultimate Jeopardy guys come out and they brawl to end the show.

My thoughts on the show…
911 is insanely over already. The finish to the tag team title match was pretty awful. Nothing special going on here.

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TV 1994-03-15 (Matches taped 1994-03-06 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Public Enemy

Paul E Dangerously hypes the main event tonight as TV Champion Sabu takes on Tazmaniac.

Opening video.

Joey Styles welcomes us to the show and runs down the card for tonight. “The Franchise” Shane Douglas is with Tag Team Champions Public Enemy. Tonight they take on Champion Terry Funk, Kevin Sullivan and Crash. Douglas wants PE to leave Funk to him and take out the other two.

“Ironman” Tommy Cairo & Tommy Dreamer vs. Sandman & “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka (w/ Hunter Q Robbins III)
Sandman drives Cairo into the corner and knees away at him. Snuka tags in. Cairo slams him and tags Dreamer. Snuka tags Sandman. Dreamer doesn’t care about Sandman and wants Snuka in the ring. Sandman spits on Dreamer. Dreamer goes after Sandman and nails a inverted atomic drop. Dreamer again goes after Snuka and Snuka drops off the apron to the floor. Sandman sneaks up from behind and takes out the knee of Dreamer then hits a suplex. Dreamer able to hit a belly to belly and make the tag to Cairo. Cairo with a belly to belly and then he dumps Sandman on his head with a german. Snuka breaks up the pin and Dreamer comes in and locks in the sleeper. Sandman hits Cairo with the implant DDT and gets the pin in 5.30.

Tod Gordon is outside the Valley Forge Music Fair and he hypes the Ultimate Jeopardy match. Matty in the House shows up and yells and stuff.

Terry Funk is with Kevin Sullivan and Crash. Funk and Sullivan argue and talk about how they hate each other.

Mr. Hughes (w/ Jason) vs. Billy Firehawk
Sidewalk slam gets the win for Hughes in 2.02.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Sherri Martel) & Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Champion Terry Funk, Kevin Sullivan & Crash, ref Jim Molineaux
Douglas sends Sherri to the dressing room. Woman is not out because she is preparing Tazmaniac for his TV Title match later tonight. Rocco Roc and Sullivan start off. Three clotheslines by Sullivan send Roc to the floor. Crash tags in and hits a powerslam and then tags Funk. Funk goes up for a moonsault but Shane knocks him off the top. Crash decides that he’ll do a moonsault now but Johnny Grunge breaks up the pin. Funk with a piledriver but Grunge again breaks up the pin. Roc able to tag and Grunge comes in. Neck breaker by Grunge and he throws Funk to the floor. Douglas with a piledriver on the floor! PE tag in and out a few times going after the neck of Funk. Grunge hits another piledriver on Funk and tags Douglas. Douglas with yet another pile driver but Funk kicks out. Funk takes a fourth piledriver and again kicks out! Funk pops up and begins fighting back. Both men tag and PE, Sullivan and Crash all come in the ring and brawl. Sullivan nails Grunge with a piledriver now and gets the pin after 9 minutes of pile drivers.

Matty in the House hypes Double Jeopardy.

TV Champion Sabu (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Tazmaniac (w/ Woman), ref Jim Molineaux
Tazmaniac attacks Sabu in the aisle. Sabu hits a springboard moonsault into the crowd. Tazmaniac with a belly to belly out of the ring and Sabu smacks onto the floor. Tazmaniac with some submission then a belly to back but he misses a headbutt. Sabu on the attack now gets a 2 after a leg drop. Belly to back drops Sabu on his head. Tazmaniac goes for another one but Sabu lands on top for a 2. Air Sabu. Tazmaniac grabs the chair and after Sabu. Sabu misses a springboard senton and Tazmaniac hits a head and arm suplex. Sabu though drop kicks the legs and then puts Tazmaniac on a table. Sabu though misses and crashes through the table. Paul E nails Tazmaniac from behind with the phone. Woman goes after him. Paul E grabs her and is going to nails her when Kevin Sullivan comes out and nails him. Sabu goes up top and is going to dive onto Sullivan. Tazmaniac knocks him down and hits a super single arm dragon suplex dropping Sabu right on his head. Tazmaniac covers and we have a new champion in 7.14.

My thoughts on the show…
Real good main event with a very hectic finish. The six man was pretty good. One of the better shows of the year so far.

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TV 1994-03-22 (Matches taped 1994-03-06 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Tazmaniac
Tag: Public Enemy

Finish to last weeks main event is show

Opening video.

Joey Styles runs down the show. “The Franchise” Shane Douglas takes on Pat Tanaka and TV Champion Tazmaniac defends against JT Smith.

Tod Gordon is again at the Valley Forge Muisc Fair to hype Ultimate Jeopardy.

Hawk video pacakge.

Bruise Brothers vs. Chris Ford & Damien Stone, ref Jim Molineaux.
Stone would become Little Guido and Ford is Devon Storm under his real name. The Harris Brothers again beat their opponents down the aisle. Double big boot pins Ford in .35.

“Superfly” Jimmy Snuka/Tommy Dreamer feud package.

Jason is with Joey. Joey suggests that someone could pay off Hughes to take the fall so they can beat on Jason. Jason wants to knew if the fans are hoping that he gets beat on. Jason yells at everyone being blood thirsty. The fans can’t do it themselves so they hope someone else will. Jason yells at Joey for always wanting Jason to get hurt. Jason talks about what the wrestlers would want to do with him when he’s locked in the cage. He doesn’t care about if Douglas gets his head shaved or if PE have to leave ECW but he cares about his well being. Jason will not let a beat down of him take place and then he storms off set. Another good promo from Jason

Pitbull & Rockin’ Rebel (w/ Jason) vs. Young Dragons
Pitbull with a double under hook power bomb and then he tags Rebel. Rebel with a side slam and throws the Dragon into his corner so he can tag. The other Dragon comes in and gets dropped with a suplex. Pitbull puts a Dragon on the top rope and then kicks him off and he falls to the floor and bounces off a table. Rebel comes and slams him on the table but it still doesn’t break. Rebel drops and elbow and it breaks. Pitbull sits on the top rope and Rebel passes him a Dragon for a super bomb. Cover and win in 3.42. The other Dragon gets a super bomb also.

A highlight package for the Tazmaniac and Smith main event is shown. The highlights off Smith include him getting thrown from various high places and just getting his ass kicked.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Sherri Martel) vs. Pat Tanaka, ref Jim Molineaux
Douglas slaps Tanaka and then pushes him to the mat. Tanaka hits a leaping forearm and sweeps the legs. Shane bails to the floor. Tanaka controls for the next minutes with a head scissor. Shane gets out and Tanaka hits the ropes but Sherri grabs his foot distracting him. This allows Shane to hit a clothesline and follow it up with a suplex for 2. Shane controls for a while he hits a superplex and sends Tanaka to the buckle a few times. Tanaka comes back and hits a back body drop. Tanaka with a power bomb but Sherri nails him. Tanaka goes to power bomb her and Shane levels him with a clothesline and covers for 3 in 8.48.

A run down of the “Ironman” Tommy Cairo and Sandman feud.

911 video package. This guy is so great.

TV Champion Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) vs. JT Smith, ref Jim Molineaux
Tazmaniac beats on Smith. Overhead belly to belly but Tazmaniac picks up Smith at 2. Smith fights back and hits an awful looking powerslam and awful elbow drop. Smith always looks so lost in the ring. Tag Team Champinos Public Enemy come down and grab Woman. Smith goes to save her cause he’s a nice guy. Tazmaniac suplexs Smith from the apron but Smith falls on top of Tazmaniac and gets the win and title in 2.47. WTF. PE get in the ring and begging beating on Tazmaniac. All the Double Jeopardy contenders end up int the ring and brawl. The faces clean house and celebrate.

My thoughts on the show…
Tanaka and Douglas was decent. Really disappointed Tazmaniac lost the title already, and to Smith, which makes it even worse. Good brawl at the end and the crowd was really into it.

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TV 1994-03-29 (Matches taped 1994-03-05 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: JT Smith
Tag: Public Enemy

Ultimate Jeopardy highlights open up the show. The match appears to have been contested under War Games rules where participants entered the ring one at a time. Order of appearance looks to have been Tazmaniac and Tag Team Champion Rocco Roc starting. Tag Team Champion Johnny Grunge, Kevin Sullivan, Mr. Hughes, Champion Terry Funk, “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Hawk. Shane ended up tying a plastic bag over Funk’s head and pilee drivering him for the win. Due to the pre match stipulation Douglas is the new ECW Champion!

Matty in the House talks about all the recent goings on in ECW.

Falls Count Anywhere Match: Public Enemy vs. Bruise Brothers, ref Jim Molineaux
Matty reminds us that this is from the night before PE won the tag titles. Joey Styles is on commentary with some wrestling writer. A wild brawl all over the arena ends when Rocco Roc jumps off the eagle’s nest but nails Johnny Grunge by accident. One of the Harris brothers covers and pins them both in 6.56. After the match PE grab Joey and beat the crap out of him nailing him with a chair a few times.

The Bruise Brothers earned a tag team title match for later in the night but PE came out and attacked them as wells as Champions Kevin Sullivan and Tazmaniac with lead pipes. The Harris Brothers are in the locker room and they want to beat the crap out of PE and take the titles. PE talk next and I hate them. They talk about having girlfriends that looked like the Bruise Brothers while they were in jail. They were twice as tough too but the PE still took them twice every night. Yup thats right Public Enemy just admitted to the anal rape of two other inmates.

911 video package from last week.

TV Champion Sabu (w/ Paul E Danerously & 911) vs. “Awesome” Mike Awesome
Sabu is of course no longer TV Champion but was at the time of this match. They take turns diving at each others legs. Awesome rams Sabu into the turnbuckle then clotheslines him out of the ring. Awesome sets up the suicide dive but Sabu bails into the crowd. Awesome springboards to the top rope and dives on Sabu. Clip to Sabu missing a moonsault from the top. Awesome picks Sabu up for a suplex but throws him onto the top rope instead. Clothesline sends Sabu to the floor and Awesome hits the dive over the top rope! Awesome goes for a power bomb on the food but 911 attacks from behind and chokes him out. They set up Awesome on a table. Clip and Sabu is diving off the top rope putting him through the table. 911 throws Awesome back into the ring and Sabu covers him for the win. 3.19 was shown.

Paul E cuts a promo telling Awesome that he can call 911 any time but until then he needs to stop crying about what happened. He hypes Sabu’s appearance at the Arena on April 16th.

Matty talks about Ultimate Jeopardy and then we see the end of last weeks TV Title match. We get a Sal Bellomo versus Sandman hype video.

Shane Douglas is in the locker room celebrating with Sherri and Mr. Hughes. Rockin’ Rebel, Pitbull, Sandman and Public Enemy come to congratulate Douglas. Sandman says he will give Shane a discount on a girl. Apparently Sandman is a pimp now? Commissioner Tod Gordon shows up and also congratulates Douglas. Douglas and Sherri tell Gordon to bring on the challengers.

“Are you Gonna Go My Way” Music video featuring clips of Shane Douglas.

Hawk cuts a promo saying that he will be at the next ECW Arena show and he wants Douglas and Mr. Hughes.

My thoughts on the show…
Awesome and Sabu was short but fun. Pretty decent promo by Douglas and an acceptable amount of highlights from Ultimate Jeopardy makes this one worth checking out.

Goldust On His Father And Support They’ve Received, Roddy Piper Remembers Dusty

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Source: TMZ

TMZ has an article with comments from Dustin “Goldust” Runnels on the passing of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. Dustin told the website “my dad was my hero” and said he owes everything to his dad. He said, “I am who I am because of him. He was an amazing man. My dad was the greatest man I’ve ever known.”

Dustin added that his family is extremely sad right now but “thankful for the unbelievable amount of support they’ve received from around the world.”

TMZ also posted the video above of Roddy Piper, who calls Dusty a national treasure and said he was in a league of his own. Piper also tells a story about smuggling a donkey into an apartment with Dusty.

Ric Flair On His Reaction To Dusty Rhodes Passing, Dusty’s Influence On WWE NXT, Dustin, More

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– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently spoke with Doug Mortman and Dave Lagreca on Busted Open to remember wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes. You can hear Busted Open on SiriusXM 92 and on the SiriusXM app or at BustedOpenNation.com. Below are highlights:

His initial reaction to the passing of Dusty Rhodes:

“If Dusty Rhodes came on the scene tomorrow at 25 years of age Vince McMahon wouldn’t have enough money to pay the guy. He was that good… in the ring and on the mic. They don’t make them like him anymore – he was that good. And he was a genius. I used to say “Hey what are you doin’ man?” and he used to say “I’m genius-ing”(laughs) It used to crack me up the things that came out of his mouth. He was genius-ing so… that’s it, you know? We made music for 30 years together. I started my career idolizing him and … the good thing about this, if there is a good thing to it, is that I spent about 4 hours with him on Tuesday at the Performance Center in Orlando when I was done there visiting my daughter and the last thing he said to me was … pissed off that I was going to see LeBron James and he wasn’t, ha. He was like “Get out of my office… go see LeBron man, I don’t care (laughs). I said “I’ll wave to you from courtside … and then I got the call yesterday so … we had so much fun together. He loved John Elway, I like Lawrence Taylor. He liked the Celtics, I liked the Lakers. He liked the University of Texas and I liked Oklahoma. We just went round and round on everything, it was tremendous. He loved sports and he loved life.”

 

His first memories with Dusty:

“I idolized him. I was being trained by Verne Gagne but Dusty and Dick, his partner Dick Murdoch were in Minneapolis wrestling and the charisma was too much and he liked me. I had just gotten married and I wasn’t even booked in the towns and I would drive all the way … 300 miles… somewhere in South Dakota just to hang out with those guys and I wasn’t even booked. No wonder I couldn’t stay married. “How much money did ya make?” “Well, uhhhhhh” (laughs). Jesus, I just couldn’t get enough of him. He was too much man. Then he moved into an apartment, he and Murdoch did. The nicest apartment complex in Minneapolis at the time .. 3 blocks from my mamas house. Ah jeez, it was just the best. All they had was two saddles, some blankets and they kept their mule in the apartment. It was the best. I was in the business 3 weeks and I went to Japan with them and they made me carry their bags with them everywhere for 3 solid weeks. Threw my clothes out the window of the top story of the hotels… took a fire extinguisher to my room. Murdoch stabbed me for taking one of his French fries. And we would get on a train or driving or riding the bus and all Dusty would go “Dear John, I hate to write you…” as if my wife was leaving me or something (laughs). Nobody can say I didn’t pay the price when I started man.”

 

Thoughts on Dusty as a wrestler:

“They are never going to say he was a great technician but he could work! He knew his limitations but I’m gonna tell you right now… I wrestled Dusty Rhodes at least 300 one hour draws. Dusty wasn’t a 10 minute guy. We wrestled hour draws and I think the defining moment in our careers was that I was Charlotte and Dusty was from Tampa Florida… Originally from Texas … but our careers were established in Southern parts of the world and I wrestled Dusty in the Checker Dome in St. Louis for Sam Muchnick’s retirement… 20,000 people, it wasn’t the ‘Briscos and the Funks’ … It wasn’t Harley … it wasn’t Brody and me. It was me and Dusty Rhodes — that’s how big that feud got. It got World-Wide attention on TBS. And the Horsemen against Dusty and The Road Warriors – Dusty and Nikita and Sting… The War Games … all of that stuff he created. Starrcade… he created all that stuff. That was all Dusty Rhodes, nobody else thought of that. And those War Games, man, we did 42 of them in a row. That’s cuttin’ yourself every night 42 days in a row. Of course me and him… we did it every day anyways, so it didn’t matter but it was work but we had so much fun that it didn’t seem like work … and everything was sold out.”

 

Dusty’s influence on the younger generation:

“The reason he was at NXT, which worked out being a huge advantage for people going through it is, because of his phlebitis, which was, you know, he’s been iIl with different things off and on for years but whatever caught up with him this time was much more severe than phlebitis, but he couldn’t fly more than an hour at a time without landing and walking around, even when he came to WrestleMania this year he had to go through Dallas and walk around for 3 hours before he could fly the last 3 hours. He would be up in Stamford, right. Him and Vince healed everything and Vince… there’s no doubting Dusty’s genius. His main direction was teaching the kids, helping them learn how to be confident and helping them learn how to carry themselves and be fluid on the microphone. Some kids never get that but it wasn’t because he wasn’t there and, I mean, he was the best. My daughter is so crushed, of course she has known Dusty since she was born, you know, when we were living together in Charlotte. He bought a car, I bought a car. He bought a new house, I bought a new house. That was living the dream. Anyway… my daughter is just crushed over it so she’s up in Cleveland tonight, where I was last night, then she is in Columbus tomorrow and I’m on my way right now to Orlando from Tampa to do a documentary on Dusty right now at the Performance Center. I think they are going to have the funeral Wednesday in Tampa and I would expect a huge turnout. He’s the guy… everybody loves Dusty Rhodes, that’s just the way it was and I wouldn’t expect anything less.”

 

How’s Dustin holding up?

“Dustin sounded OK. He was there. He moved from Gainesville to Orlando several months ago. I thought that, down the road, Dustin will be an instructor at NXT, which is great for him. And I think that he and his dad had really gotten tight. He sounded OK, I mean, how do you ever sound? I went through something like this a couple of years ago with my son, I mean, how do you ever sound? And what do you ever say? You never know what’s the right thing to say, know what I mean? I’ll get a better feel of how they’re all doing when I see them in person.”[spacer height=”20px”]

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