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I fucking can't stand him as a wrestler, and I've said that many times before. But as a person, he's one of the nicest wrestlers there are. This one wrestler I referred to above, he was there for them when their father died, during marital problems, etc. He's a very good guy in real life, from what I hear. That doesn't make him a better wrestler, though.

Hey Markingout: Couple more CZW questions you may be able to help with... What are... - Sonjay Dutt's Bollywood Splash and Bombay Lock (the 3/26 show FU TV show) (the 6-man tables match) - AMIL's Dime Drop, Thug Passion, and Paid In Full (all done in their four-way tag team match that aired like last night on FU TV) - Joker's Joker Choker and Jokerplex (same show as the AMIL tag match) Thanks in advance.

OK, let's see. They have Boz & Bradley, and let's face it...they're one of the best big man tag teams in the U.S., along with the Carnage Crew, Rainman & Mikal Adryan, etc. But besides them, who else does IWA-MS have? Sure, they've had Matt Sydal & Delirious team a few times, but let's face it - they're really IWA-MS guys. They have like NO steady tag teams besides, B&B. With the upcoming tag team tournament, things will probably change, though. They got a great list up on their message board of guys they may bring in, and it's lookin' good, to say the least. So, who would you like to see team up? I think Steve Stone & Danny Daniels would be a nice start. Maybe pair Arik Cannon up with someone, but then again he's getting really over as a singles guy.

For the first few seconds when I read that, I thought it said Sabu, and I was like, WTF?!?!?!?!

Not sure. I'll have to ask him. I do know he was walking backstage after the show, though.

Oh, boy. Long story. Which incident are you referring to? LD or Free Fall. Living Dangerously 2000 (ECW PPV). Grimes and Jack were both supposed to go off the scaffold, but Grimes chickend out upon getting up top, and New Jack had to pull him off. Grimes fell on Jack's head and caused him to become blind for several weeks, and also broke several of his bones. When they came to XPW, Rob Black sat them down for a talk and made them promise they'd be peaceful, but that didn't work. The Free Fall match was a legit shoot, and Jack was legitimately going to hurt Grimes. I was told by another XPW wrestler who was at the show that Jack told him (this wrestler) to come into his locker room before the show. Jack then turned the lights off and asked the wrestler if he saw it. The wrestler asked what he was referring to. Jack flashed a flashlight, and revealed a legit taser. He said that he was gonna pay back Grimes for talking shit behind so many people's backs. Grimes is a very nice guy in real life, but his main problem is that he talks about a lot of guys behind their backs, and he did that in APW, WWF, ECW, and XPW. So, Jack said he didn't care how much troube he got into, and that he was gonna taser Grimes off of the scaffold. They got out there and Jack chickened out, telling this wrestler after the show that he just couldn't do it because he already had problems with the law and he knew that Grimes would try to put him up on charges for attempted murder. But he did use the taser. He just didn't use it to try to kill him. He was going to shoot him like seven times until he stumbled off the edge and fell off the scaffold, but decided that he couldn't risk getting in trouble, so he just stunned him three times, then grabbed him, whispered to him that he was going to throw him off, and Grimes took the bump. The taser spot was 100% legit and 100% unplanned, though. Since then, Grimes hasn't talked shit about anybody, and it seems that he's learned his lesson. Grimes would've died that night had they not moved the ring about three feet over before the show. If they hadn't done that, he would've missed the ring completely (as it was, he touched the ring ropes and only hit two of the tables) and died...no question about it. XPW would've been done right then and there if that had happened. I'm probably going to be talking to Grimes in the next few weeks about his entire career, and the LD and Free Fall incidents will most surely be included. For a full recap of the Grimes/Jack feud, written by me, go to http://geocities.com/joycebarber2001/grimesjack.htm

I love you, Corey.

Oh My God! According to this video, Bret Hart is returning to WWE! WOW, I can't wait!

I talked to someone who's really good friends with RVD this past weekend and they said he's (and I quote) "absolutely miserable in WWE." I don't think he'll last much longer.

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You're suggesting he get trained by Ruckus? Don't get me wrong - Ruckus is a very nice guy, but I wouldn't want him training me as a wrestler...I wouldn't want him getting anywhere near me while I'm training, let alone INSTRUCTING me...

LOL. Samoa Joe does in fact live in Cali, although he does hang out at CM Punk's house somewhere in like Delaware I think quite often, when he's booked for East Coast shows. They should bring back Altar Boy Luke. In the last six months since he worked for him, he's really stepped it up a notch in Wildside, to the point that he, Sal Rinauro, and Seth Delay are the three best cruiserweights they have probably (maybe throw Ray Gordy into that group, too). Some of the Chikara Pro guys like Gran Akuma, Mister Zero, Hallowicked, and even Mike Quackenbush could shine in X Division six-mans. I'd love to see Masada come in. I'll post more as I think of other guys.

DuskTillDawn - Actually, this show started an hour 15 minutes later than scheduled, so they still have that problem. Good to see AMIL getting booked. Rave/Hero and Acid/Hart should've been good. Cannon/Maff was said to be a "headdropfest." Whitmer's decent. Like a lot of good workers who aren't charismatic, he has a stereotype about him as being kinda dull, but he knows how to work. I think it's a lack of personality and charisma that's keeping him from going to the next level - i.e. TNA.

GQ Money hits it up with ring announcer Kingdom James on an XPW show. Over the past 12 months, I’ve been fortunate enough to receive a number of opportunities to chat with former-independent wrestling managerial luminary “Devilish” Lee Handsome a.k.a. GQ Money. Until March 2003, GQ had been employed for more than two years by the ever so controversial XPW (Xtreme Professional Wrestling) promotion in Southern California. In XPW, GQ gained nationwide publicity as one of the most charismatic managers on the US indy wrestling circuit. He was the mouthpiece of XPW’s memorable “Enterprise” faction, with whom he has worked among an impressive entourage of pro wrestling superstars, including The Sandman, Shane Douglas, Chris Hamrick, Danny Doring, New Jack, Bill Alfonso, UK sensation “Wonderkid” Jonny Storm, and Sean “Syxx-Pac/X-Pac” Waltman. However, GQ didn’t just play a fundamental role in XPW in its ring; rather, he worked behind-the-scenes for much of his tenure with both XPW and it’s parent company, adult entertainment corporation Extreme Associates. As an employee at E.A., he directed a number of adult films and interacted on a daily basis with two of the most controversial figures in the realm of pro wrestling – Rob Black and Lizzy Borden, who were indicted on federal obscenity charges early last year. As a vital member of the backstage team of XPW and E.A., GQ was introduced first-hand to a number of the most discussed incidents on the US indy circuit in recent years, including XPW’s controversies with other federations such as EPIC, ROH, and CZW, its fallout with New Jack, and the much-talked-about Chihuahua/snake incident. Since leaving XPW, GQ has toured the US indy circuit, working with the likes of The Messiah, Christopher Daniels, and Scott Hudson in promotions such as NWA-TNA. GQ was remarkably candid during the many interview sessions he had with myself. We discussed a vast variety of topics that cover his whole career, ranging from his childhood as a pro wrestling fan to breaking into the business as a wrestler to performing as a manager in XPW and other promotions. Many of the subjects that GQ discusses have yet to be talked about by XPW officials, and I wouldn’t be exaggerating in stating that the depth of our conversations are comparable to RF Video’s acclaimed “shoot” interviews, which is why I will be posting our dialogues in segments, rather than in whole. The fragments of this interview will compound a much larger project that I am in the process of constructing, one that explores the controversial history of XPW. Granted – in the end, XPW failed, and eventually folded in 2003. However, during its existence, it produced possibly the most avid debate the world of US indy wrestling has recently witnessed. It all started with a pornography mogul named Rob Black. Along the way, names such as Tracy Smothers, Sabu, The Sandman, Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, Jerry Lynn, Juventud Guerrera, and Abdullah the Butcher worked for the promotion. XPW at one point had a nationwide TV deal with America One and it’s home videos were distributed nationwide before those of ECW were. Even with all of these advantages, XPW eventually shut down, but not even it’s bankruptcy has curtailed the mutterings about it. In the next half a year, learn about the formation, the rise, and the ultimate fall of a promotion that at one point had everything going for it. From the beginnings of Rob Black to his friendship with ECW’s Paul Heyman, from the formation of XPW to the signings of stars such as Sabu, Shane Douglas, and Chris Candido, from the interpromotional agreements with ECW and FMW to the TV deals with America One, KJLA, and WGTW, from the creations of indy stars like The Messiah, “The Rock Superstar” Kaos, and “The Hardcore Homo” Supreme to the controversies of Supreme’s injury, Vic Grimes’ 40 foot fall, and the New Year’s Revolution 2 scandal, from the invasion of Philadelphia to the eventual folding – it, and so much more – is all here…“Five Years Later – The Roots, The History, and The Controversy of Rob Black’s XPW.” Featuring – insightful contributions from XPW alumni such as GQ Money and Johnny Webb, along with words from Verne Langdon, who trained The Messiah, Johnny Webb, Homeless Jimmy, Angel, Damien Steele, Dynamite D, Carlito Montana, and others; NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN, pre-XPW photos of the XPW stars such as The Messiah, Johnny Webb, Kaos, Homeless Jimmy, Supreme, and Angel; and a great deal more. Fans are encouraged to PM me or e-mail me at [email protected] photographs they took at XPW events. Whether they be pics of themselves with friends at XPW shows, themselves posing with XPW wrestlers, photos they took of XPW wrestlers in the ring, whatever...it's all encouraged, and will be used in the Photo Gallery section of the retrospective. Credit will of course be given for photos that are used. This retrospective would not be possible without the help of many people, among them GQ Money, Johnny Webb, Verne Langdon, Steve Bryant, Sean McCartney, EMAX/Ethan, and Chris Hamrick. And now…part three of my interview with former-XPW worker GQ Money, known to some as “Devilish” Lee Handsome… This part of the interview was conducted on Saturday, March 29, 2003: ME: Let's talk about the XPW side of things. You joined the Enterprise soon after it had already been formed by TJ, Veronica, and Steve Rizzono. At the time, they were feuding with Kaos and they were costing him bouts and all that. You debuted during Rizzono/Kaos at Retribution. What did you think about your reaction? People probably were clueless as to who you were, right? GQ: Yeah. Things got crazy when Rizzono got knocked out. I was supposed to interfere, hit Kaos with a chair, and roll Rizzono on to Kaos for the win, but Rizzono was really out, and Kaos just kind of "changed things," blocked my chair, and started kicking my ass. It was fun...it was cool…and in the end, the same thing that was originally planned happened, and that was have it all be a "work" of The Enterprise, as Kaos was with us all along. It played out the same, but that scene got a little ad-libbed. People had no clue who I was and I got the reaction of..."You just debuted and got your ass kicked!!!!!!" ME: At Damage Inc., you wrestled your second match for XPW, and it was against Kaos. We’ll talk about your first actual match in XPW soon, but regarding your Damage Inc. match – Were you nervous? What did you think of the match and of your involvement in it (it was handicap, gauntlet style). GQ: I loved it...I step up with guys like Kaos and guys like Smokey and guys like Angel, so I felt great. I was confident, and was ready to have some fun. Plus, just for shits and giggles, I designed this ridiculous tights get up, with "GQ" written on my ass, thanks to Veronica, and I was stoked. I looked like an ass, and I knew my heat was gonna be strong. Plus, no one had seen me wrestle, so I popped this somersault leg scissors into a springboard to the outside so people were like, "Damn!" They weren't expecting that. And then Kaos took over and I took some good bumps, had some good selling, and I think that's when people actually got into my character. ME: But some other things also occurred that night. MANY, in fact. Firstly, it was Homeless Jimmy's last XPW show. What happened with him? GQ: He wanted to call it quits. He had taken a lot of crazy bumps and his body was feeling it. He said he wanted to retire... ME: He is still wrestling, though. GQ: Yeah, like any wrestler, it's in you and it's hard to give up. He moved back home to Ohio to spend some time with family down there. We used to hang out - I saw 4th of July fireworks with him (2001, I think). ME: The Messiah also left shortly before that show. You've criticized him in interviews before. What were things like between you two? GQ: That was crazy because it came out of nowhere. I remember the day before we were all scrambling to make that video that was at the start of the show. Everyone stepped up to try to make some sense of the crazy commotion. Him and I were acquaintances. We definitely hung out a lot, because I became friends with some of his friends. I never really called him to hang on my own or nothing, but we were cool and we got along...My talking shit about him in interviews was so much more work then anything else. I said things like he was overrated, but that was my opinion and I expressed it. As a person, he was always real cool, really nice, and really friendly. He called me after that and I told him - I said, "Look, I played a character in the interview.” I talked honest, but still in the voice of my character. I probably backed over my words with him, as I realized what I did may not have been cool, but we were still all good. I had seen him since then and we still got along. In fact he shot on me, too, and I thought it was funny. ME: In an interview, he seemed to say that he offered to defend the KOTDM and XPW world title at Damage Inc, another wards wrestle two matches that night. Now, I certainly may've misunderstood him there, but I don't know. Do you know if that’s true? GQ: At that point, I had no idea what was going on with the matches, as my involvement that show was more in terms of the set, and the TV production. That's a him and Rob thing, and I don't know. ME: Messiah cited in his SCU interviews that he didn't get along with Rob and that that was why he left XPW. Do you know if that was true? GQ: When I first got there, I thought he did, but - hey - that's just my perception, so that really has no credibility. I don't know. This part of the interview was conducted on Tuesday, April 8, 2003: ME: Lets talk about Sabu and Josh Lazie's departure the day after Damage Inc. Do you want to give any info on why they left and/or what your feelings were about them leaving? GQ: I still wasn't fully involved back then, so my knowledge of their departure is pretty much nil. I didn't know either of them very well. ME: The next show was Halloween In Hell 2 (a.k.a. Blown To Hell) and, of course, that's where you and Angel shocked everyone. What was with that match? Why'd you guys work so well together there? Many fans viewed it as a pleasant surprise, considering that neither of you had worked together before. GQ: Angel and I knew we wanted to go out there and impress the hell out of everyone. We had a good chemistry together, and we were both wanting to prove ourselves as wrestlers, and not just comedic sidekicks. It was embedded in our brains for the few weeks leading up that we were going to go out there and try to steal the show. If it wasn't the best match of the night, we were going to make sure that people left there with a new perception of both of us and our skills. ME: That same night Kaos had his first TV title defense vs. New Jack. Were either of you nervous going in? GQ: Hell yeah...I was! I remember that morning when I went to the office to pick up some stuff, Kevin told me Jack was jumping off the tower on me and I was like, "AWWW Shit! That's cool." And then I already knew I wanted to blade for the first time, so it was pretty crazy. Shit, when I went down from the hit, I went to blade, but I was getting no blood. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh, fuck! This is New Jack...if I don't get up bleeding, he's gonna Mass Transit my ass," so I did it again and then "Bam!" - the juice started flowing and flowing and flowing. That's why I wore the white shirt. I knew I wanted it to get bloody...and it did. The whole experience was awesome. The whole blood felt really cool and it was my birthday at midnight that night. After this, GQ goes and prepares for his match vs. Smokey Charmichael. This part of the interview was conducted on Thursday, May 22, 2003: ME: The next show XPW show after Halloween In Hell 2 was Retribution, at which you wrestled Preston Ascott III and Angel in a three-way dance. What did you think of that match? GQ: Nothing really sticks out about that show...but I enjoyed the match. I wore an intentionally very stupid outfit that show. The match was fun and I enjoyed it. Ascott always entertained me. He wasn't a tremendous wrestler, but I always thought of him as very entertaining. He was cool. Real quiet, keeping to himself. He liked to read. He was real nice. BONUS MATERIAL~! The following part of the interview was conducted on Wednesday, June 4, 2003: ME: What are your memories of the Sabu Invitational House Show at EA Headquarters, the day before Damage Inc.? Who was invited? It was your debut match in XPW (you wrestled Angel). How did your match go, etc.? GQ: Me and Angel went over some stuff for like a few minutes before (the show started). Then BOOM - we were out there. (I) had a blast, though. Working with Angel was a treat. As usual, I did the J-O-B, but the match was good, especially for so spur of the moment. I was kind of nervous...if I remember correctly, I really wasn't expecting to wrestle, but once we started, I had fun. I actually slipped off the rope doing the tight-rope walking elbow (drop), but it was all good...didn't matter. It was all a bunch of Japanese tourists (who were at the show). They were all quiet and clapped for spots and "Ooooohhhhh"'ed and "Ahhhhhhh"'ed. ME: Is it true that Messiah was scheduled to wrestle, but no-showed and that - along with his problems with Rob - got him fired? GQ: I'm not exactly sure what happened, but, yeah - he was supposed to wrestle Sabu. ME: What happened between Pogo the Clown and Shaggy 2 Dope of The Insane Clown Posse? Shaggy apparently got really pissed off when Pogo hurt him with a stiff lariat at Retribution. Was Shaggy really angry and did they have any argument or anything like that in the locker room after the incident? Shaggy bashed Pogo on the ICP web site after the incident, too. GQ: There was no actual incident or no argument. And we were told that there really was no heat at all. In future parts of this interview, topics discussed will include: - His and Kaos’ feuds with Angel, Chris Hamrick, Danny Doring, Jonny Storm, and more - Inside info as to why more than five wrestlers/employees left XPW, all explanations featuring info you've never heard before - The So-Cal Jobbers Union and XPW’s relationship with Revolution Pro - The full story on the happenings between XPW and EPIC - Being a booker of XPW’s product – never-before-publicized angles/storylines that were planned, but never came to fruition - Surfing the indies after leaving XPW – working with Christopher Daniels and Scott Hudson; Hollywood, Inc.; and more - his future in wrestling - Extreme Associate's current legal problems ~For the first time ever - GQ goes on record and gives his detailed accounts of: *the famous Supreme/fire injury *the New Year’s Revolution 2/wrestling media challenge *full responses to a number of the controversies and rumors sparked during XPW’s run in Philly (accounts of the Exit Sandman show and XPW’s dealings with HWA, ROH, and CZW and the talent that jumped to XPW) *Kaos dropping the XPW TV Title to Sean “X-Pac/Syxx-Pac” Waltman *why he left XPW *the full story on what exactly led to his personal fallouts with TJ Rush, Kaos, Altar Boy Luke, and Smokey Charmichael; a prominent wrestling message board recently was discussing the possible reasons as to why Kaos and GQ hate each other now...wait no longer, for in the coming weeks GQ will give his side of the heat he has with Kaos and the others mentioned *Bob Magee's anti-XPW coverage Plus… - GQ answers XPW fans’ two most asked questions ever: Who was the damned MONKEY~?!?!? (yes, you read correctly) and What happened to Altar Boy Matthew? - GQ gives his insightful takes on the following questions – What is XPW’s legacy in the world of pro wrestling? How has pro wrestling changed GQ Money as a person? What is GQ’s future in pro wrestling, and life in general? - Ultra-extensive Word Association - GQ’s opinions on Rob Black, Lizzy Borden, Shane Douglas, Kevin Kleinrock, Veronica Caine, Bill Alfonso, and everybody else who he’s encountered in his pro wrestling career And a whole lot more… Stay tuned. The official web site of GQ Money a.k.a. "Devilish" Lee Handsome can be found at http://www.HollywoodIncDotCom.com/ Remember, XPW-related photos you have I encourage you to send to myself in order to feature them in this retrospective. Credit will be given.

UPDATE: I talked to Steve Rizzono pretty much this entire afternoon (at least six hours, maybe more) about his entire career. The depth of our interview was equivalent to about two RF Video shoots, but here's just a small preview of what he discussed: - everything and everyone he encountered while in XPW; I'm not gonna name everything; he discussed everything I previewed in my last few posts; I'll just preview the non-XPW stuff - getting into the business - working with Mike Modest, Vic Grimes, Spike Dudley, Crash Holly, Chance Beckett, Juvi, and others - drug use in the business - egos in the business - his thoughts on Veronica Caine, Dave Meltzer, Rob Black, GQ Money, John Kronus, and many, many others - the life of Crash Holly, and what led to his downfall to drugs; also - his memories of Crash - how the business has changed over the last decade - his retirement speech a few months ago, and how it was one of the most emotional nights of his life - how Kaos changed over the time he knew him - his friendships with Sabu, New Jack, and Chris Hamrick, and memories of meeting each guy for the first time so many years ago - his thoughts on the idea of "death matches" and "hardcore wrestling" - and perhaps most interestingly, the toll that wrestling has taken on his body...I gained a whole new respect for him after talking to him about this subject The full details of what we talked about will be released over the next few months. Also, coming in the next one or two weeks: - part 4 of an interview with GQ Money - an interview with Leroy the Ring Crew Guy - some major announcement on several relatively big name indy workers who'll be contributing to this retrospective about XPW And in the next few months: - many never-before-seen pre-XPW photos of The Messiah, Johnny Webb, Kaos, Supreme, Angel, and many other wrestlers from XPW - part 1 of my retrospective about the company's history

RESULTS: - a 6-man tag team match featuring some Chikara Pro wrestlers - Jon Dahmer d. Merc - Nick Berk d. Corey Kastle and Niles Young - Nate Hatred and Wifebeater confront Trent Acid, who has returned to CZW - Rebel's Army d. Jude/ DJ Hyde (yes, you read right...two heels defeat two heels...oyyyyyy) - Danny Rose d. former partner Adam Flash - Sabian/Petey Williams d. Jacobs/Sonjay (this should be good) - MAIN EVENT (B-Boy and Messiah missed their flights so their match was cancelled): Roderick Strong d. Chris Hero, BJ Whitmer, and Arik Cannon in a 4-way match. Great, they didn't even bother booking Joker or Ca$h. Oyyyyyy...

USA Pro wrestler Matt Da Angry Young Man is going to have a dark match or an Xplosion match (not sure which) before the 3/13 TNA PPV. This will be his first appearance in TNA. I haven't seen him work. From what I hear, he's mostly a comedy wrestler, but who knows. He may be decent. I doubt it, though. He probably sucks. Most USA Pro midcarders suck, anyway. Whatever.

I didn't even know Maven had his own website...

Ya, absolutely. They're frontpage documents, if that's important. I could send em to you or whatever if you're interested in hosting em. PM me.

It's my own lists that I keep. I have move lists for every major promotion across the globe for virtually every major wrestler there is. All on the safety of my own computer. Well, my CZW move list is on CZDub.com and my NWA Wildside one is on http://members.aol.com/piratez4v3go2/nwawsmoves.htm, but besides that all the lists are on my own comp. So if you have any other move questions ask, and I can prolly just cut and paste the list from my comp.

SPANKY: Finishers: - Sliced Bread #2 (Running Stunner [3/4 Bulldog Facelock] into Super [top buckle] Backflip into Falling Inverted DDT ) Other moves: Climbing Enziguri Kick, Corner Headscissors Takeover, Doctor Teeth (Swinging Neckbreaker into Face Crusher [OO calles it a Jawbreaker] onto his knee) (in WWE), Dropkick, Dr. Smoothe's Secret Recipe (Corner Running Tiger Mask-style Backflip Attack), Elbow Smash, Electric Mayhem (Springboard Knee Smash), Enziguri Kick, Huracanrana, Jumping Side Salto Kick (basically a Leaping Heelkick), Left Turn At Albuquerque (Flying Corkscrew [Horizontally-Spinning] Frog Splash), Mo Mo Latch (Cross-Legged Huracanrana-type thingy), ^Slingshot Fishmeran's Rollup^ (used in his Japan matches fairly regularly), Slingshot Moonsault Press, Spinning Sitout Front Suplex (ending w/ Sitout Face Slam), Springboard Dropkick, Springboard Swinging DDT, Topè Con Hilo, Tornado Pedigree off of middle buckle (?), Twisting Mare into Knee Smash, Whirling Twirltizer (Somersault Plancha Suicida)

Ya, the Shellshock and the Fluff are pretty much the same thing. There's really no difference to them. Dace is right, I think.

Here's the official papers... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0331042wwe1.html Classic stuff.

The move being described is basically a 90 Degree Corkscrew Pivot Inverted Russian Leg Sweep. Markingout, the Bombay Lock is done within the first like 3 minutes of the match, by Sonjay onto Joker. It's after Sonjay hits a rana on Joker and before Joker starts unloading a bunch of his moves on Sonjay. Thanks again for doing this for me.

Both from today's daily update over at WrestlingObserver.com: --TNA has a job opening for a video editor. You need a college degree, and either have to live in the Nashville area or be willing to relocate to Nashville. The job would be to create and edit promotional and commercial spots for PPVs and head the marketing campaign, and also involve planning and shooting of footage. Knowledge of video editing software is a must, including the Final Cut Pro and AVID systems, as well as the ability to work under tight deadlines. You must mail a CD with video editing projectgs in .avi, .mpeg or Windows Media formats. Without sending in a CD, you will not be considered. You must send the application by mail to TNA Entertainment, c/o Craig Blechschmidt, Marketing, Cummings Statoin Suite 302, 209 10th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203. --TNA will be doing a free on-demand service on the internet with The Best of Sting, starting on 4/1 on the nwatna.com web site