JerryvonKramer

One of the handful of times something on wrestling has brought a tear to my eye ... Larry's speech.

Week 24 (June, Week 4) I had got so caught up in bringing in talent on short-term 1-month and 3-month deals for my Snuka vs. Three Wise Men angle, that something slipped under the radar ... Just before booking this show I realised that Morales only had 6 days left on his contract. I must have missed the notice. No great loss, but of course, he is the current holder of the IC belt, which meant a rather hasty and unscheduled switch on TV. Wasn't planning it, but maybe this can kickstart a new lease of life for the IC belt. Superstars Three main aims for this show: 1. Get IC belt off Pedro fast. 2. Remind everyone that the Bruno vs. DiBiase feud is still simmering since it seemed to be lost in the mix. 3. Push the Snuka vs. Three Wise Men deal into overdrive so it can run all over the house shows in August. Huge amount of debuts on this show. So let's take it slow through the card. Bruno came out to do commentary for this and would have talked about what a general scumbag DiBiase is. I will do a summary of the major plot-points in that long-running feud in the next entry. 2-0 for the Road Warriors. *Pedro Morales stands in the ring. He's beaten all comers for the IC title. He issues an open challenge to anyone who thinks that they can beat him and even puts his career on the line. Without warning, and to everyone's surprise, Greg Valentine walks out to accept the challenge!* No other choice but to do this switch here. Pedro is gone in a few days! I'm sure Valentine will have better matches in the role and he has no shortage of challengers to go over. *As Spiros Arion attacks Snuka getting The Sheik instantly DQ'd. The Grand Wizard stands on one side of the ring with ... Ox Baker by his side! Blassie stands on the opposite side of the ring flanked by Waldo von Erich and Stan Hasen!! And Lou Albano comes down the aisle to ensure he can't escape defended by Blackjack Lanza!! Snuka beats back The Sheik who tumbles to the outside of the ring on The Grand Wizard's side. He throws Arion out of the ring in front of Albano. And roars. But as he looks around, Snuka is surrounded!! He looks towards The Grand Wizard as Sheik and Ox Baker gesture to him like monsters. He looks to the other side and Blassie waves his cane, as Hansen cracks his whip and Waldo von Erich weilds a nightstick. He looks towards the aisle, and Albano lets out some evil laughter as Lanza strokes his moustache and Arion clenches his fist. Albano cries out "You cannot win Snuka!! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Snuka roars again as if to say "bring it on". But we're out of TV time folks and the camera fades with Snuka in this predicament.* ------- This storyline is my dual tribute to DC comics and wrestling in the 1970s. Most of these old guys are on very short-term deals, just a month for most. Stan Hansen has a three-month contract. A few more guys due in too. The idea is that the Three Wise Men are leveraging all of their know-how and contacts to put together the most dastardly package possible. It's like a greatest hits of Vince Sr era / WWWF villains. Snuka can run through them all, with SD Jones and Muraco feasting off the crumbs and putting over more serious challengers like Hansen. Speaking of contracts, Snuka is now wrapped up for an exclusive deal. And I went back to Arn and DiBiase with better offers and both of those have now signed for 3 years too! Things looking good. We'll miss you Pedro.

I just thought it might have made for interesting further reading, not that you shouldn't run the topic again.

After this week does Will himself have a claim to be "Mr. Wrestlemania"?

Hogan easily. Mania 1, Mania 3, Manias 5 and 6, Mania 7, Mania 18 with Rock puts him over the top. Don't consider any of the other candidates even close.

He held up Vince Sr for more money and got blackballed.

A related thread from 4 years ago: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/13259-the-significance-of-a-big-loss/

If you look back over June, Ted vs. Bruno in various tag combinations was doing the rounds on house shows and he did cut a big promo on the talk show (at the time presented by Ventura). That feud is still live and active, but with only 1-hour of TV time hard to juggle the different stories. It's also set to run all the way till Summerslam, so dragging it out a bit. Also, until I get Ted under exclusive contract, it's hard to go all-in on the push, so he's kinda treading water. Bruno vs. DiBiase blow off is happening at Summerslam though.

He can't both aim to do better than me AND claim apples and oranges, oh no!

Milestones for Grimmas to aim for: - Cult status by April, Week 4. - +$1.5 million revenue in ticket sales a single month by July, Week 1. - +17,000 person gate by June, Week 3 These are all things I did. And I had a really shitty roster for the best part.

Week 23 (June, Week 3) MSG Look at that crowd!! Back in the big time baby. I didn't want to debut many of the new guys on this show, just the Roadies. They need to be introduced slowly through the TV. I can't introduce them all at once either. In tribute to Vince Sr's old-school booking, here's Andre winning a battle royal. I think Soul Patrol are not long for the WWF. Time they left. This is going to be a quiet push without any real storyline beyond them building up wins. It's the Goldberg push, but I just want to go 50 and 0. Here is 1-0. Despite his retirement, I still have Strongbow in the ring at the moment. Although this might signal the end for him. There's no way he's getting a new gimmick or make over. Impressive for Snuka to pull this match out of Studd. He's been working out well as champ so far. Superstars With Slaughter leaving, I needed something else for both Albano and Snuka to do. In fact, there were a lot of guys without direction, so why not channel them all into one over-arching narrative. This one is kind of DC Comics inspired. Needed to trigger this before debuting some of the new talent. *In an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary, we see The Three Wise Men playing cards backstage* Wizard: It was an ACE I'm tellin' ya! Albano: Liar!! Blassie: Come on Wizard, we seen it up ya sleeve ya ... *makes a face and grumbles inaudibly* Wizard: It was an ACE, I tell ya! *The play cards some more* Albano: Ughhh, I'm tellin' ya Fred, that kid Snuka and them *spit* Islanders are gonna be the end of me. Blassie: I hear ya. Ever since that good for nuthin' Superfly became Champeen we been getting the short end of the pay checks and my guys been out numbered and cheated out of winning that belt. Wizard: He took my man Don Muraco. Albano: He took away my Wild Samoans and sent Sgt. Slaughter down to them backwaters in the South. Blassie: And now I've lost the Ugandan Giant, Kamala. Albano: Boys, I'm tellin' ya we need to do something about these creeps. Blassie: What are you talking about Albano? Albano: I'm talkin' about ... I'm talkin' about us working TOGETHER. Wizard: Me, work you YOU? Blassie: It'll never work. How can we trust you? Albano: Look, we been playing cards all these years, and we all been trying to do the same thing and get our hands on that title. Wizard: Yeah, but let's say your plan works and one of our men becomes Champeen, who gets the purse? Albano: Well we split it dummy. *Albano speaks very quickly now*. 30 to you, 30 to Blassie and ... *mumbles* 40 to me. Blassie: Now wait just one MINUTE Albano! Wizard: Why I oughtta ... Albano: Relax, relax, I was kidding. 20 to you do bozos and 60 to me! Ha ha ha! Blassie: See, this is why we can't do business. Wizard: Come on play your next card ya slob you. Albano: Now don't you go calling me ya slob ya skinny, good for nuthin', scrawny, weasel! Blassie: So this is the big plan is it? Fighting like a pair o' pencil neck geeks ... Albano: You're right, listen to the Hollywood Fashion Plate, Wizard! We gotta work TOGETHER and take out these Islander scumbags! Wizard: What's the plan? Albano: Well we been in this game for years, right, YEARS. And think of all of the guys we had over that time. Well we're gonna UNITE. Bring back all of them guys and watch each others backs. That mug Snuka won't know where to look. Blassie: *laughing* Whack whack whack Wizard: Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Albano: Heh heh heh *The three of them laugh together as the camera pans out* Good match out of Koloff here. I think that's his best yet and I credit Snuka with that. Although this was totally overbooked, so that might have helped too. *During the match Lou Albano and The Grand Wizard walk out together, they each stand on a different side of the ring with Blassie on the third side. Snuka is distracted throughout the match, but still seems to be getting the better of Koloff. When it looks like Koloff is about to lose. Wizard beckons to someone in the crowd. While Albano seems to be looking and signalling down the aisle. *In a big surprise, Spirios Arion runs down the aisle, gets into the ring. He goes to attack Snuka, but gets his forearm blocked. Koloff is on the floor. Snuka seems to be getting the better of Arion now, but all of a sudden, from the crowd, The Sheik climbs over the railings and attacks Snuka with a FIREBALL! The big burst of flames seem to go into Snuka's eyes and he's out!* *Snuka's allies, The Islanders, run out to save Snuka. The heels scatter, but it's too late, Snuka looks hurt. SD Jones tries to comfort him while Muraco calls for a paramedic.*

Geothe once said, "Only in limitation does the master reveal himself". On a recent show we recorded, I became interested in the distinction in wrestling between limitation and minimalism. How does one make this distinction? What makes one wrestler "limited" and another "minimalist"? Are these not two sides of the same coin?

Well look, I'm not a Twitter guy and don't know how it works really, but the dude pissed me off, was rude and condescending to my friend, and made a self-serving jackoff Facebook post in which he took shots at a whole community. I just said what was on my mind. He deleted it. And I put it on Twitter where he couldn't take it down. I don't like social media much and very seldom get involved in shit like this, but people were tiptoeing round the thing, when he'd been nothing but an arrogant and disrespectful wanker the whole time, and I wanted to call him on it. Well it's done now. If you thought it was embarrassing, fine. I'm not embarrassed by it and stand by what I said. Normal service resumed.

I enjoyed the ride. I bet that's what you say to all your regulars, right slut? Okay, okay, I'll stop.

Johnny if you side with this Aubrey guy, it could spell the end of the Titans ...

Mostly explained here: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/27817-chief-jay-stongbow/

You're right Bill.

Next week on the feed is looking pretty packed too. This run has been great Will, even if you did that that whore shoe on every show.

I don't agree by the way, I just found the harshness funny. I now have an image of Steven and his wife as Paul and Linda McCartney in knitted sweaters on a farm eating veggie pies

Lol

Forgot to mention this, but on the first show, Will's burial of marriage was awesome. "It's not about love". Ha ha ha.

As well as being a dick, he is also just completely clueless. Anyone who thinks wins and losses don't matter shouldn't be allowed to watch wrestling, let alone podcast about it. When Scott said that they'd definitely be having him on again, I buried my face in my hands. I don't want to be critical of Scott because that was a tough show to host and there was a sense that he was trying to keep things nice. But there are some instances where the "hey everyone's got an opinion and they are all valid" stuff just isn't right. Part of the issue too is that the guy clearly had an axe to grind about the IWC but had no idea who he was in there with. I don't want a one on one with him and anyone, because I never want to hear him again. Why would anyone want to subject themselves to listening to a ignorant blow hard? Just brutal. One thing I am genuinely interested to know is if the Bushwackers' earnings in WWF do really outstrip their career earnings as the Sheepherders. On the one hand, they shifted merch and would have had some big pay days. On the other, they worked almost nonstop for over twenty five years before WWF, and you can't just assume that territorial pay offs were bad, because they weren't. They would have had some big pay days in Japan and Crockett, Verne wasn't a bad pay guy. Would they have really made more as the JTTS team they were for most of their WWF run than in twenty five years as a drawing tag team? Not saying they wouldn't but just that we can't assume that.

For me it's not so much his views (which I didn't agree with) but his general manner. I properly didn't like the guy. Something about him.

Also everyone was right, I genuinely fucking hate this guy. He might actually be less likable than Alice.