WWE seamstress Julie Youngberg, who has been working with the company since 2009 and is the wife of Shannon Moore, has been involved in a spat with Reby Sky – the wife of Matt Hardy – on social media recently. Youngberg had reportedly been hacked recently, and accused a couple from “Cameron, NC” of being responsible, writing on Facebook:
“So great news. The police came over the other day who are working on my case of the person/people who are hacking me, stalking me, making up horrible lies, slander, etc and are trying to break up the beautiful marriage Shannon and I have. Funny enough the cops traced the emails back to a town none other than Cameron NC!!! Hmmm…lol, Just a little more time before they crack the false name the acct was opened under but they are working on it. Let’s just say what comes around goes around and sorry assholes Shannon and I love each other way too much to let psychopaths like you with nothing better to do with your lives or time than to try and ruin ours. Your pathetic and sad excuses for human beings. If I were you right now I’d be extremely nervous for the outcome.”
The feud got really personal when Youngberg insinuated that the Hardys newborn baby is not Matt’s:
Why is someone so openly racist working for @WWE? @AnJewelsBrand insinuating that my child is 1/2 black is the worst “insult” she can give?
Youngberg posted the following message last night on Twitter regarding her comments being racist:
“For all u people who think I said something racist lol….what I said was “my hackers wife”….according to our police investigation of being harassed 4 the passed 6 years, those emails have been now discovered to have come from Caneron NC….so unless u are the hackers wife there’s no reason to have an issue.”
“The Adonis” Chris Mordetzky, formerly known as Chris Masters recently spoke with The News Hub. Mordetzky reveals his growth as a wrestler, training under Rip Rogers and OVW and the difference between The Adonis and The Masterpiece. He opens up about his experiences with the WWE and its lasting impression, as well as what he has gained with this new opportunity with GFW. Check out excerpts from the interview below and check for the interview here:
Training under Rip Rogers and Lance Storm:
“When I went to OVW, we started training under Rip Rogers, and he was just so old school but in a good way. He just created a great foundation which you could build off of, which made it perfect when Lance Storm came around. Rip was let go for whatever reasons and Lance came in and took the foundation that Rip had laid out and he really modernized what we needed to do in this day and age of professional wrestling. It’s not going to be an hour Broadway obviously for the most part. It’s usually more just about time. There were a few Broadway matches done in OVW and they weren’t the greatest matches. They really aren’t talking or anything they are just going out there and that’s an accomplishment even if its plausible or decent. You can’t ask everyone to go out there and be Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart but it’s just good to have it in your back pocket and say that you’ve done it.”
If there’s a difference between The Adonis and The Masterpiece:
“I don’t know how much a difference there is in character, but I’ll say this about myself– I’ve been doing this close to a decade, and I’m a much more well-rounded, much more mature performer, my in-ring work is the best it’s ever been. Basically, I’ve reached my peak within the last few years in terms of in ring ability and what I can do and understanding what I can do. You’ll see me, essentially The Adonis, formerly Chris Masters, but you are going to see basically a 2015 version of me which is definitely among one of the top workers in the world.”
His second WWE run:
“From 2011 on, I made it my goal whether push or no push whatever it was. I was on Superstars and I was given a lot of time, then and my goal was just to prove the naysayers wrong and be a good in-ring worker and not just a body. To try and give WWE basically make them use me.”
On a jam-packed edition of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling we go from one “Extreme” to another. First we break down the launch of the brand new streaming service (available starting 7/4/15) NWA Classics 24/7 with NWA President, Bruce Tharpe. We then tackle the world of Death-matches with Seth Bowman the man behind the new documentary “10 Years of Carnage” (available on www.highspots.com) and finish off with ECW Icon, Balls Mahoney. Balls breaks down not only his time running through and swinging chairs in the original ECW but what is was like cutting his teeth in legendary Smoky Mountain Wrestling territory.
Balls Mahoney on working Smokey Mountain Wrestling
Getting signed by Smokey Mountain Wrestling:
I was doing my Abuddah Singh persona and I had been feuding with Abdullah the Butcher and I had lit him on fire and I was wrestling him all over in Puerto Rico and the gimmick was over. Japan was looking at me but I got the opportunity to go work full time in Tennessee. When I got hired, I actually lasted there over a year because most Smokey Mountain runs were about a year. Just like the USWA you did a year and moved on. I did my first TV tapings in June, July and August and I wasn’t living down there, I was actually still working at Reggie’s in Belmar (NJ) as a bouncer full time and even when I was the SMW TV Champ.
Seeing The Gangstas breakout in Smokey Mountain:
It was fun. When I was there we were selling out buildings like the old Knoxville Coliseum. I was in a major angle where they killed my cat and the nights of the blow off there were animal rights people freaking out. I’ll never forget this, watching The Gangstas for the first time that night and hearing New Jack cut his promo and I came in the back and said you guys are going to be one of the biggest things in wrestling and if you go to the Northeast, you are going to be over. Even though New Jack and I have had our problems, I guess when you bleed on a guy he can be as close as a wife.
How did you stand out in the original ECW:
Now today fans mostly remember the Kelly-Kelly angle I did, but the real fans don’t remember that ECW. When Vince had the opportunity to bring it back, he could have had his own competition. If Paul E had taken control and they signed an agreement to let him run things, ECW would still be going today. It was destroyed; look at Vince and the WCW angle. If you had come to any ECW show when ECW was hot, any house show was better then any Pay Per View that’s on now. For two years I worked Rob Van Dam every night, 45 minuets on some nights. Our thing in ECW was if you couldnt follow me then get behind me. You didn’t get your spot by kissing ass or by politicking. History doesn’t understand how loyal Paul was and whether you say good things or bad things about Paul E if he called me tomorrow and said I am starting up a company, I’d say Id be there.
Paul Heyman knowing how to handle his problems:
Paul E should have fired me at least two dozen times. In any other company at least seven times I would have been fired, blackballed, blacklisted for some reason or another and that’s just the bad stuff. I’m talking the stuff he actually knew was going on. I’m talking about walking around naked in a drug-induced state. We were in Pittsburgh and I had taken some medication that wasn’t mine and that was given to me to calm me down, I went to Paul E and started complaining about money and cursing him out, all while stark naked and Paul, just said to give me whatever money to get me out of there. Then I couldn’t find my bags and I’m screaming at the top of my lungs to the owner of the company. Did I get fired? No. But at the upcoming pay per view I was supposed to win a belt and that was my punishment because he didn’t put the belt on me.
Balls also discusses his influences in the wrestling business, Jimmy Snuka, his WWE theme music, presenting to WWE management and more.
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Mick Foley posted his latest blog at Facebook writing about how he changed his mind about Cesaro being a great World champion in a bygone era, noting that Cesaro would make a great World champion in any era, including the present:
Mick Foley –
I CHANGED MY MIND
I used to think that Cesaro was a guy who would have made a great world-champion in a BYGONE era – a champion in the mold of a Lou Thesz, a Harley Race, a Jack Brisco, a Dory Funk Jr. But after seeing Cesaro in action these past few weeks, I’ve changed my mind, Cesaro would make a great world-champion in ANY era, including the PRESENT WWE era!
I’d love to see Cesaro – WWE added into the Kevin Owens John Cena – WWE Universe mix at some point – possibly at Summerslam,
The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling welcomes a true “Iron Man” of the pro wrestling business, Rob Conway. Conway who is widely known for his time in the WWE as a member of the mega-heat generating team La Resistance alongside Sylvan Greiner and Renee Dupree as an American turncoat. Since leaving the WWE, Rob has kept very busy on the Independent scene but he has also made quite the name for himself again as a now two time NWA World Champion and helping re-establsih the prestigue of the NWA Championship alongside boisterous NWA President, Bruce Tharpe. Conway is a true throwback and he is still a force to be reckoned with in the Pro Wrestling industry….”Just look at him”.
If you are a wrestling fan and I think everyone who wrestles and has a passion for wrestling started out as a fan and I feel like I am still a fan because I watch wrestling everyday on video, DVD or YouTube. The idea of facing Jushin “Thunder” Liger in Japan for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship sounds like a story you would tell twenty years from now to your grand-kids. The thing about Jushin Liger is that he looks exactly the same as he did twenty years ago because he’s fully covered, has his mask and stays in great shape. When I was watching matches of him leading up to our match against “Macho Man” Randy Savage with the way they filmed it, it looks exactly like my matches with him. It’s the same setting, same lighting and he looks exactly the same and he can do everything he ever did. It was a big thrill for me.
2013 as a renaissance year for his career:
2013 was definitely the year for me. When I left the WWE I didn’t stop wrestling. I wrestled every week at least two to three times. It’s just that without National television other than where you are wrestling at that night they really don’t know and can’t follow what you are doing. I stress this, I loved the WWE and just about everything that I have I owe to them. Getting to be in the NWA and be in New Japan is because they knew who I was from WWE. There is life after the WWE, the guys now that are on television in a prominent spot are young guys. So you aren’t even at your best yet. When I left the WWE I had been wrestling for right about ten years and back when I grew up watching a lot of times guys didn’t get a big break in the wrestling business until they had been wrestling for ten or twelve years. You weren’t really good yet. I feel like I got better. I learned a lot wrestling in WWE and I took that and wrestled Independently. Independently you are wrestling a maybe a hundred different guys a year. You pick up more moves, more ring savvy, you learn that when you are in a big company you just go out and perform. When you are Independently wrestling you have to learn what people like and how to make a living being yourself. When I finally got the opportunity with the NWA and New Japan my skill level had gone up and I was comfortable with who I am as a wrestler.
The OVW roster while he was in WWE Developmental:
The success everyone had is not by accident. John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Dave Batista, Randy Orton those guys worked so hard. There were days where we ended practice early because the mat was so sweaty we couldn’t move around on it anymore. The hard work is what I remember most. All of us really busted our butts, training hard. We were competitive, but not competitive and not wanting to see anybody else not do good. If they wanted someone to be in La Resistance they weren’t going to use Dave Batista, so we were happy for each other and wanted everyone to get an opportunity. If someone had a dark match, we wanted them to do good and get called up full time. That level of dedication and hard work and comradery we all had. I had been wrestling before most of them had started. Like Randy Orton and John Cena, me and Nick Dinsmore were two guys that had been there the longest and would show Randy how to do a headlock or showed Cena a top wrist lock. We were the hands on guys who probably took the first power-bomb that Batista ever gave or the first F-5 that Brock ever gave. It was a who’s who and at one time it was me, Dinsmore, Lesnar, Batista, Orton, Cena, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Victoria, Jazz, Rodney Mack, John Heidenreich, Sean O’Haire, Mark Henry, Big Show you could see all of these huge guys coming out of this now condemned warehouse every day.
La Resistance winning the WWE Tag Team Championship in Montreal:
It was surreal. It was the first time in our career that we had been cheered for. Every place else we get booed out of the building, in Montreal we came out waving their flag and Sylvan lives in Montreal so we were unbelievable fan favorites. Edge and (Chris) Benoit came out and they are “good-guys” everywhere, Benoit was born in Montreal and Edge is from Canada and they booed them out of the building. When we finally got the 1,2,3 we celebrated in the crowd and Jerry Lawler was talking about it being bigger than if they had won the Stanley Cup. As happy as I was for myself I was even more thrilled for Sylvan. To win a championship like that it meant a lot that they were putting the tag division in our hands and literally be in his home town I was super happy for him. It put us on the map together and made us the leaders of the tag team division for a couple of years.
The Con-Man gimmick and the infamous theme song:
If you watched me in Ohio Valley Wrestling I was the “iron Man” Rob Conway. I wasn’t sure if they were going to get the copyrights for “Iron Man” or just doing the same character which really was just an extension of myself at the time and call it the “Con Man”. It was more of a Rick Rude type of thinking mans wrestler that was really into himself and that was the idea. But then that theme music. To me, it was a catchy little tune but maybe one of the worst pieces of music to come out to in the history of wrestling. The first time I ever heard that music, Kerwin White had just had a match and the match was over and the music played, I was getting ready to walk out and I thought it was his music, so I was standing there pumped up and ready to go and Gerald Brisco was the one giving the cue to go through the curtain and he said “Rob that’s you” and I thought what do you mean that’s me? He said “that’s your music” and it literally dawned on me and I said oh-no it wouldn’t have mattered what you are trying to portray with that music, the fans are already going to have a perception of what this guy is all about. If the Ultimate Warrior would have had that music and didn’t run to the ring, you would think what is wrong with this guy? It wasn’t exactly “Time to Play the Game”. When you hear that you get pumped up and want to lift weights, my music no matter how pumped up and charged up the crowd was as soon as I head that music I said I have to keep these people from falling asleep. It’s almost like it was a rib.
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The biggest fight card is upon us, as UFC 189 takes over the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
The interim featherweight title is up for grabs, as Conor McGregor steps inside the Octagon against Chad Mendes in the main event. In the evening’s co-main event, Robbie Lawler puts his welterweight title on the line against number one contender Rory MacDonald.
Check out full results below.
MAIN CARD (PPV – 7pm PT/10pm ET)
Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes via TKO (Punches) at 4:57 of Round 2 – Interim Featherweight Championship
Robbie Lawler def. Rory MacDonald via TKO (Punches) at 1:00 of Round 4 – Welterweight Championship
Jeremy Stephens def. Dennis Bermudez via TKO (Flying Knee/Punches) at 0:32 of Round 3
Gunnar Nelson def. Brandon Thatch via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:54 of Round 1
Thomas Almeida def. Brad Pickett via Knockout (Flying Knee) at 0:29 of Round 2
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1 – 5pm PT/8pm ET)
Matt Brown def. Tim Means via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:44 of Round 1
Alex Garcia def. Mike Swick via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
John Howard def. Cathal Pendred via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Cody Garbrandt def. Henry Briones via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass – 4pm PT/7pm ET)
Louis Smolka def. Neil Seery via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Cody Pfister def. Yosdenis Cedeno via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Today The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast finds out what it takes to be Tough Enough and the basics of Pro Wrestling 101 as we bring a double-shot of instruction featuring WWE Hall of Famer and Tough Enough trainer, Lita and former ECW Heavyweight Champion and ring veteran, Justin Credible. Credible goes over the lost art of selling and some of the topics he covers in his web series Pro Wrestling 101 as well as moments and matches from his career and how he helped add a different dynamic to ECW. Lita brings us right inside the direction of WWE Tough Enough and what it is she is looking for as a trainer and how the WWE Performance Center plays an vital part of the training process.
Paul Heyman put Jerry Lynn and I together for my first match in the ECW Arena and it was Jerry’s as well and it was really just a match to get me over. We got a long well, worked very well together and Paul saw the chemistry there and it grew. We started that program there and Jerry Lynn is probably the most underrated and talented wrestlers in the world. I would say he is in my top 20 all time and definitely one of the best I’ve ever been in the ring with and I’ve worked with John Cena, The Rock, Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon.
What he learned and how the feud translated well with the ECW crowd:
Jerry taught me a lot. That style of wrestling I had never done. Almost like a Japan style with innovative high spots and a lot of stuff that was not being done. It was something that the fans enjoyed, to see a guy like Jerry and a bit of a brawler in me using the Kendo sticks and the tables on Jerry which we did incorporate in a very unique fashion so the styles worked well together and if you can’t have a good match with Jerry Lynn you can’t have a good match.
Winning the ECW title:
Paul told me about ten minuets before the show. It was such a unique situation because Taz had come back and beaten Mike Awesome who was going to WCW and Taz who had gone up to Vince and WWE actually came in and beat Mike Awesome. Then Tommy Dreamer gets his shot at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia and after he wins it I hit the ring, challenged him, hit him with a stick, dumped him on his head and I was the ECW World Champion. Tommy was the shortest reigning ECW Champion of all time. Tommy was and is one of the most unselfish guys in the business. His job was to get people over. He would get over more with the fans by losing then he did winning, he had the sympathetic thing where he got his ass beat and kept fighting and getting up and that was his thing and he made a lot of superstars that way. He made me, he made Steve Corino, CW Anderson. He made so many wrestlers and that’s how he did it by being unselfish.
The lost art of selling:
Guys today be it in Ring of Honor or the Independent Scene or even in TNA, do some fantastic and beautiful moves that I could never imagine doing and people just get right back up. So in essence what what you are saying is that move didn’t do anything you are discrediting your own moves by guys getting up right away or not taking the proper time. There is a difference for fans in registering a move and feeling it. I always think of it this way: If I was in a real fight how would it feel? How would I react? It’s that simple. Guys are in too much of a hurry to get to the next move and you lose the crowd and the emotion.
His Pro Wrestling 101 Web Series:
I’ve been clean and sober for two and a half years, when I first got sober I did Colt Cabana’s Podcast and afterwards he had mentioned to me how well he does and how many followers he has through his Podcast. These days you don’t need to be on TV every week, just get out on Social Media and be active and put out content. So I came up with the idea of Pro Wrestling 101 and these little five minute tutorials on certain topics, some interviewing wrestlers like Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer and others I did like selling, locker room etiquette, I even talk about referees, getting heel heat and selling injuries. Young kids need someplace to go and who is out there to teach them? When I was coming up I was in the car with Shawn and Razor and learning from them. These days there are a lot of young kids wanting to know but don’t have those resources that we had. I learned a lot about psychology from Scott Hall, Tommy Dreamer, Shawn Michaels and even Curt Hennig.
Justin Credible also shares learning to sell moves from Scott Hall, being a top heel, his in ring career winding down and his future in the wrestling business.
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Today The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast finds out what it takes to be Tough Enough and the basics of Pro Wrestling 101 as we bring a double-shot of instruction featuring WWE Hall of Famer and Tough Enough trainer, Lita and former ECW Heavyweight Champion and ring veteran, Justin Credible. Credible goes over the lost art of selling and some of the topics he covers in his web series Pro Wrestling 101 as well as moments and matches from his career and how he helped add a different dynamic to ECW. Lita brings us right inside the direction of WWE Tough Enough and what it is she is looking for as a trainer and how the WWE Performance Center plays an vital part of the training process.
Lita talks WWE Tough Enough and being a trainer on the show:
How has her WWE Tough Enough experience been and what is the perception of the contestants:
It’s incredible. I’m there with Booker T and Billy Gunn and of course all of us having cut our teeth and not just ending up accidentally signing up for a TV show, it’s hard to not have a slight bit of “what do these kids have”? But I will say some of those kids actually brought it and the ones who didn’t were really gone in an instant. I was excited about doing the show and after the first three days of the mini camp and seeing what we were going to have to work with for the next 10 weeks I am really excited to develop these potential WWE Superstars or if they don’t make it they will have a super unique experience they were in on.
The respect level of the contestants:
Each one of them and especially the ones that come from an acting background or a football background made it a point to come over to me and say what you (guys) do is really, really hard and that they have a whole new level of respect for what we do. I appreciate them coming up and saying that and game on!
The competitors handling the cuts:
The first group of cuts was the easiest. Even though there are some of the cuts that were a bummer, you can’t have everyone on the show. Those I can’t speak for as much because I do think some of them will find whatever is for them, the ones that weren’t cut it could have easier have been the person next to them and it’s a tough competition. We went through over 11,000 videos to get the 40 that were there in the first place. I’d be curious if there wasn’t just a hair of relief that they weren’t the ones chosen when they walked out the door.
What is the overall training process:
Myself, Billy Gunn and Booker T will be in the trenches. We are going to be there the most and training them at the performance center. They have unlimited resources there. They aren’t just popping in and filming a TV show. They are going to get some real hands on experience. Then Paige, (Hulk) Hogan and Daniel Bryan will come in and say what do you guys have and then with (Chris) Jericho hosting he will be throwing in his two cents. I think they will really gain an advantage with us getting to know them and if we see something in them and knowing what Paige, Hogan and Daniel Bryan will be looking for having been in there spot, I’ve already seen myself getting an attachment to some of the kids. I am not known for being super emotional but you might see a tear or two because I am getting attached to those kids.
What match would Lita consider her favorite as a fan and learned the most from:
Victoria and I were in a baby-face feud at the time and I was doing some research to see what stood out to me and there was a double baby-face match of Shawn (Michael) and Bret (Hart) and watching these two incredible personalities and athletes have this match it stands out to me as I was watching it as a great match and then watching at as being in school for an hour watching it and re-watching it again and building such a level of respect for that match and what they did.
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