jdw Posted November 16, 2010 Report Posted November 16, 2010 What's the quote? Link & time stamp? I'm trying to remember anything that I've said about Sean in the past several years that would have hit his radar. I haven't been relevant for close to a decade. John
MikeCampbell Posted November 17, 2010 Report Posted November 17, 2010 I don't recall the exact quote offhand, John, but the context was that he was talking about hanging out with Meltzer and threw in that he was chilling with Meltzer and "John Williams"
jdw Posted November 17, 2010 Report Posted November 17, 2010 That is... odd. I would not have thought he would remember me given the circumstances, which I may have mentioned/joked/alluded to online in the past. Wow... his memory is staggeringly good if that's the case. John
rovert Posted November 17, 2010 Report Posted November 17, 2010 He didn’t shit in your sandwich, John. It is in the last three or four minutes of the DVD. The question was has he ever talked with Dave Meltzer. His reply was funny like a lot of his shoot as Sean Waltman's answer would start off very coy "a couple of times" and then a few seconds later "A LOT in my early in my career, like very few hours lol." He then briefly mentions hanging out with Dave and yourself in Japan. Waltman mentions your name and asks whether Sean Oliver if he knows you, Sean Oliver has a think and says he doesn’t. Pretty much it aside from me saying Waltman kind of says your name in an "affectionate" manner. On the shoot itself it is pretty entertaining and the two Seans had great chemistry together.
jdw Posted November 17, 2010 Report Posted November 17, 2010 Sean did not shit in my sandwich, or my Korean BBQ. Really... given the circumstances, his memory is staggeringly good to have remembered my name 14 years. I doubt the other folks who were there would have remembered me even a few years later. All of on this board joke about him being a source for Wade, but he probably read the Torch back when I wrote for Wade, and that perhaps is why the name stuck when it probably wouldn't otherwise. John
El-P Posted November 19, 2010 Report Posted November 19, 2010 Just saw it. Prettt sureal indeed. Waltman was brutally honest about every subject, and comes off as a pretty cool guy. He's 38, and despite years of abuse he still looks pretty much exactly like he did when he showed up in WCW in 96.
kjh Posted November 19, 2010 Report Posted November 19, 2010 To those wondering about the status of Wrestling Observer Shoots neither Dave nor Bryan knew on their latest radio show. I suppose that's what happens when you do business with someone called "the cancer".
KrisZ Posted November 19, 2010 Report Posted November 19, 2010 Cancer is one of the main guys that posts on the board. I think he does the filming and editing of the video.
rovert Posted November 19, 2010 Report Posted November 19, 2010 I wouldnt say that Cancer isnt shady he is either a noob when it comes to this, too busy as a record producer or most likely the thing didnt sell. Did it even hit retail? Just saw it. Prettt sureal indeed. Waltman was brutally honest about every subject, and comes off as a pretty cool guy. He's 38, and despite years of abuse he still looks pretty much exactly like he did when he showed up in WCW in 96. There is a reason why he wears a bandana, lets just say the spotlights at the indy show I saw him at weren't flattering to his hair line.
El-P Posted November 21, 2010 Report Posted November 21, 2010 It seems like Gran Naniwa has died a month ago from myocardial blockage. He was only 34, that's really sad...
Loss Posted November 21, 2010 Author Report Posted November 21, 2010 That is sad. How, in this day and age, did it take a month for us to find out?
KrisZ Posted November 21, 2010 Report Posted November 21, 2010 Japan isn't the US regarding personal info like that. Look at all the guys that get married then months later people actually find out in the media.
CodySave Posted November 22, 2010 Report Posted November 22, 2010 The thing that really shocked me to read is that Gran Naniwa was only 34, which means he was only 17-19 years old when he was really breaking out in the mid 90s. Last I saw of him was in 2004 (I think) and I think the perception many of us had then was that he was now an aging, older wrestler, when he reality he wasn't even 30.
S.L.L. Posted November 22, 2010 Report Posted November 22, 2010 Japan isn't the US regarding personal info like that. Look at all the guys that get married then months later people actually find out in the media. More specifically, from the M-Pro website's mainpage.... At the request of his family, his death was not announced until after his wake and funeral were held and the Buddhist memorial service on the 49th day after his death had passed.
rovert Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 Irv posted this a few hours ago: http://wrestlingbabylon.wordpress.com/2010...d-heart-attack/ Strangeness
Bigelow34 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 Does anyone know the backstory behind the WHC match at WM22? I remember reading that Randy Orton was supposed to win, but he pissed off Vince, so Vince switched it to Rey. I have also read that Angle didn't want to drop the belt to Orton, and agreed to lose to Rey one-on-one. How long before WM was that switch decided on? And is any of this stuff true? Or was Rey set to win it since Eddie's passing?
sek69 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 Does anyone know the backstory behind the WHC match at WM22? I remember reading that Randy Orton was supposed to win, but he pissed off Vince, so Vince switched it to Rey. I have also read that Angle didn't want to drop the belt to Orton, and agreed to lose to Rey one-on-one. How long before WM was that switch decided on? And is any of this stuff true? Or was Rey set to win it since Eddie's passing? I think a little of both. Rey was clearly set to win the title once they were doing the "win it for Eddie" angle with him. Orton was also in full "shitting in Divas' bags" mode around that time and I think that's when he trashed a hotel room too.
rovert Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 More or less it: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/7828 Wasnt him using the c or the d word in front of fans the final straw?
Jingus Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 IIRC, the straw that broke the camel's back there was when they first debuted the wellness policy. Orton allegedly walked around the locker room openly smoking a joint, apparently thinking the rules didn't apply to him. Weird that you used to hear these Orton stories all the time, but not so much anymore. I can't imagine that they'd keep covering up for that level of misbehavior in the post-Benoit PG era, so he must have matured at least a little bit and not been such an asshole anymore.
Strummer Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 Yeah the final nail was him getting caught smoking pot in front of fans (or backstage workers). Even when he was reprimanded he just sort of laughed it off. Things must have changed around Feb 2006 because even though Rey was winning the Rumble he was not scheduled for the title match at Mania. I can't remember who he was supposed to work at the show before the plans changed
jdw Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 You kind of feel sorry for this girl as it's going viral. John
Bix Posted November 23, 2010 Report Posted November 23, 2010 It's happened several times before when WWE does those kind of shots and it never gets picked up outside of wrestling forums. She'll be safe.
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