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- CZW Ironman Title - Jimmy Rave © vs. Alex Shelley BACKSTORY: Rave won the Ironman Title from Trent Acid at CZW's last show, Cage of Death V (in December). He had gained the shot at the belt by defeating Hi-V member B-Boy at Night of Infamy 2 in November. Before winning the title, Rave was a standout in NWA Wildside and had also appeared in ROH and even on some NWA-TNA PPVs. In CZW, he'd had fantastic technical matches with Nick Berk, Tony Mamaluke, B-Boy, and others. Shelley has been feuding with Jimmy Jacobs in both IWA-MS and CZW up until C.O.D. V, when he defeated B-Boy and Chris Hero to earn a shot at the Ironman Title, which was won by Shelley earlier in the night. I had Shelley lose a hard-fought, first round match of the Strong Style Tournament to Homicide the night before, but only after fighting the favorite going into the match to a very impressive 20:00 Time Limit Draw, and eventually losing in a Sudden Death period, so as to conserve his overness and his momentum going into this match. MATCH: Highlights... - Rave whips Shelley into the ropes and attempting a hiptoss, but Shelley refuses to be catapulted off of the mat. Instead, he - in a beautifully-executed sequence - pivots all the way around by his arm that is now interlocked with Rave's and eventually performs a Swinging Neckbreaker! - Rave's Irish whip is reversed and Shelley attempts a Swinging Spinebuster (á la Triple H or Rhyno), but Rave counters into a swinging DDT-style motion, only landing with a Triple H-style kneebuster (DDT onto his knee), rather than a DDT, which knocks Shelley down to a kneeling position on one knee. Rave then runs back off of the ropes and charges toward Shelley, only for the Jimmy Jacobs rival to sweep one of Rave's legs out from under him, causing him to fall to the mat. - Shelley attempts an Irish whip, but Rave reverses it and sends Shelley into the ropes before bending forward for a back body drop. Shelley stops short, though, and kicks the living hell out of Rave's chest before running back off of the ropes and attempting the Yakuza Kick. Rave ducks and delivers delivers an inverted atomic drop before running off of the ropes himself and attempts a roaring elbow, but Shelley ducks that and runs off of the ropes again, only to receive a leaping heelkick. - Shelley attempts a T.K.O. (Fireman's Carry Stunner), but Rave uses the momentum to executes a Fujiawa Armbar Takedown, at which point he immediately applies the Border City Stretch! - Shelley whips Rave into the ropes and Rave escapes his tilt-a-whirl lift by immediately (and all in one motion) dropping off of Shelley's shoulder, landing on his feet behind him, and executing a Fujiwara Armbar takedown before immediately transitioning into the "From Dusk Till Dawn" crossface, which Shelley eventually submits to (13:45), allowing Rave to retain his title) - Ian Knoxx vs. Trent Acid BACKSTORY: Even before Hi-V was formed, Ian Knoxx and his old Irish Drinking Team partner, Chris Stylz (who's since left CZW), had taken on The Backseat Boyz of Acid & Johnny Kashmere. Then, earlier this year, Acid and Kashmere joined the Hi-V stable, and Acid became one of the most prominent heels in CZW. He won its Ironman Title and held it for a few months before losing it to Jimmy Rave at Cage of Death V in December. Later on that same night, he participated in the five-on-five Cage of Death Scaffold Match, which Knoxx also played a role in. Knoxx took on three other Hi-V members in a six-man tag team match on the first night of this doubleheader show, so I figure it's pretty logical for him to cotninue working members of that stable. CZW does seem intent on pushing him from the midcard - where he was kept to during his partnerships with Styles and with Adam Flash (before Flash joined Hi-V) - so matching him up with a guy as over as Acid is as a heel seems like a good idea. Not only could Knoxx use the win more so than Acid could, but Acid already beat Sonjay Dutt the previous night, so I'm putting Knoxx over the Backseat Boy in this match in order to continue his push. MATCH: Highlights... - Knoxx climbs up top, signaling for the 100 Proof (Flying Somersault Elbow Drop), but Acid climbs back up to his feet and crotches him, and hits a Super Huracanrana. - Knoxx utilizes Acid's signature move, the Blue Thunder Bomb, for 2. - Knoxx counters an Irish whip and sends Acid into the ropes. He follows after the Hi-V member, only to receive a nice-looking Slingshot Swinging DDT (like Acid hit on Chris Hero at Redefined). - Knoxx lifts Acid up for a powerbomb, but the Backseat Boy front rolls and takes Knoxx over into a sunset flip for 2. Acid beats Knoxx back to his feet and beats on him with fists for a few moments before attempting an Irish whip. Knoxx reverses it and sends Acid into the ropes, executing a nice-looking Tilt-a-Whirl Sideslam when Acid gets near enough. - Knoxx executes a Berkulator (Belly-to-Back Lift into Sitdown Inverted Powerbomb/Sitout Inverted Spinebuster) for 2! - Acid tries the Yakuza Kick, but Knoxx catches his leg and executes a Josh Prohibition/Taz(z)-style Head-and-Leg Cradle Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex! Knoxx eventually nails the Drunken Driver/Hard Knoxx Driver (Pumphandle Sitout Leg Cradle Powerbomb) for the pinfall win (11:24). - The H8 Club (Nick Gage & Nate Hatred) vs. Hi-V (The Messiah & New Jack) BACKSTORY: Messiah has been feuding with Gage for much of 2003. Hatred joined the heel Hi-V stable in the early part of that year and had a vicious feud with his former-H8 Club partner, Gage. Gage, Hatred, and Messiah were all participants in the five-on-five Cage of Death Scaffold Match at Cage of Death V in December. Gage, Wifebeater, Zandig, Lobo, and Ian Knoxx comprised the face team, while Messiah, Hatred, The Backseat Boyz, and B-Boy represented Hi-V. The match saw the CZW debut of New Jack and at first, it looked as if Jack was there to help out Zandig's team, but he ended up turning on the CZW owner and assaulting him with a staple gun. The match also saw Hatred turn on Hi-V and reunite the mega-over H8 Club team with Gage, an action that caught most fans off guard. The face team eventually captured the win in that match, and a Street Fight between Zandig and New Jack was booked for this show. Personally, I think it'd be a smarter idea to build up their feud for a few months (or at the very least, these two doubleheader shows), instead of simply just putting them together in the ring for a major match like that, even with the knowledge that Jack doublecrossed Zandig at C.O.D. So, if I was booking, I'd have Zandig pick The H8 Club to take on Messiah & Jack, who were rivals back in 2001 when they were in XPW together. In this fantasy booking, Hi-V jobbed to The H8 Club in a six-man tag team match the previous night, so I'd put them over this time. Plus, since it's Jack's official in-ring debut for CZW, he really should come away with the victory, so as to ensure that he's put over as a legitimate threat. MATCH: Gage and Messiah start by executing a relatively solid mat-based sequence, using the few actual *wrestling* tactics that the match would see. They grapple and Gage applies a side headlock. Messiah pushes him into the ropes and receives a shoulderblock, sending him down. Gage runs off of the ropes and then hops over his foe before running off of the opposite ropes. Messiah scrambles back to his feet and tries a hiptoss, but Gage goes nowhere. Gage tries a lariat, but Messiah ducks and Messiah ends up with a back waistlock applied. Gage back elbows out of it and applies a waistlock of his own. Messiah uses some similar back elbows before countering into a hammerlock, but Gage fights out with more back elbows and attempts a backdrop suplex. Messiah flips out, landing on his feet, and runs off of the ropes, right into an attempted spinebuster from Gage. Messiah, though, lands on one knee (instead of on his back, as he would with a spinebuster) and uses the other one to ram Gage's face onto (basically a DDT onto the knee, or a high-angle version of Triple H's signature move). Messiah runs back off of the ropes, only to receive a Samoan Drop. Gage then runs off of the ropes and executes a leaping senton splash for 2. Gage now lifts Messiah back to his feet and backs him up to the corner, where he unloads with some stiff gut kicks before whipping him towards the opposite corner. Gage follows after his foe, but Messiah smartly leaps onto the middle buckle and springs backwards, knocking Gage down with a Slingshot Back Elbow. Messiah lays Gage up against the ring ropes and unloads with some strikes and kicks before trying an Irish whip. Gage counters and sends his opponent into the ropes. Messiah ducks a back elbow attempt and runs off again, this time ducking a Yakuza Kick. Gage then turns around, right into a running Leaping Heelkick for 2. Messiah drags Gage into the corner, where he repeatedly delivers arrogant stomps to his body. Messiah calls for Jack to toss a steel chair into the ring, and "The Original Gangsta" obliges. Messiah sets the chair on the mat in the corner and then climbs up onto the middle buckle and leaps off, ramming Gage's face into the chair via a Diving Bulldog-type Facebuster. Messiah then positions Gage parallel to the ring ropes and lays his face on the chair before leaping onto the middle ring rope and springing backwards with a Slingshot Leg Drop, forcing Gage's face into the chair with some considerable impact. That gets another 2 count. Messiah beats on Gage some more with stomps and even rams the chair into his gut a few times before applying an abdominal stretch. After about 18 seconds, Gage escapes the move by hiptossing Messiah, and then lifts him first back up to his feet and then into a bearhug position before charging towards the ringpost and ramming Messiah back-first into it! Gage assaults Messiah with some forearms in the corner before trying an Irish whip. Messiah holds on and instead utilizes an armringer before transitioning into an Russian leg sweep, with the hope of ramming Gage back-first into the ringpost via the move. Gage, though, fights off the move and instead lifts Messiah up into a sideslam position and then charges into the center of the ring, where he slams Messiah down onto the chair, via the sideslam! A Gutwrench Suplex follows for 2, and then Gage lifts Messiah back up and tries to whip him into the ropes, but Messiah holds on and instead bends down and sweeps one of Gage's legs out from under him with his hand. Messiah hustles towards the chair, grabs it, and then rams it into the side of Gage's body as the H8 Club member is starting to climb back up to his feet. Messiah continues assaulting Gage with the chair for a few moments before applying a Figure Four Leglock, which he maintains for about 20 seconds until Gage is able to grab the ring ropes and force the hold to be broken. Messiah then lifts Gage back up to his feet and tosses him face-first into the middle turnbuckle. He sits him in the corner and then tags in New Jack who uses a golf club to ram a chair into Gage's crotch! This is basically the end of the wrestling part of the match, as - from now on - weapons enter the fray and their use dominates the strategies of each team, as opposed to merely being one of the factors in the match, as it already is (due to use of the chair). There are some more very brief wrestling sequences, but definitely nothing to call home about. These are the rest of the highlights: - Hatred Press Slams Jack, but "The Original Gangsta" drops out and lands on his feet behind him. Jack proceeds to deliver a stiff gut kick before grabbing a steel chair, chairshotting Hatred over the head, and then knocking him down to the mat with a running knee lift to the face, in which he holds the chair with one hand and uses the free hand to ram Hatred's face into the chair. - Messiah attempts an Irish whip, but Gage counters and sends him into the ropes. Messiah attempts a crossbody block, but Gage catches him in position for a Fallaway Slam, but instead tosses him up into the air, over his head, and catches him in a Samoan Drop onto a pile of thumbtacks that has came into use! - Jack grabs a steel chair and climbs up top, signaling for the "187" Flying Chairshot, but Hatred crotches him, and then grabs him off of the ringpost and positions him on his shoulder before executing a British Bulldog-style Over-the-Shoulder Running Powerslam onto the pile of thumbtacks! The finish comes when Messiah executes his old XPW finisher, the Godsmack (Spinning Fireman's Carry Stunner), and *as soon as* that connects, Jack leaps off of the top buckle and delivers the "187" Flying Chairshot, thereby compounding the already considerable pain of Gage, who had already suffered from the Godsmack about a second earlier! Jack covers and gets the pinfall win (19:31)! Matches of the Night (in order from best to worst): B-Boy/Jacobs, Ca$h/Sonjay vs. Joker/Ruckus, Rave/Shelley, Berk/Mafia, H8 Club vs. New Jack/Messiah, Flash/Homicide (surprisingly solid stuff), Knoxx/Acid, Kashmere/Mamaluke, Six-Man Tag, Frazier/Z-Barr

Meltzer's reporting that USA Pro has booked Sabu & Jimmy Snuka (the original...I think...he has a son that wrestles, ya know, but he has a Jr. added to his name) vs. IMO one of the world's top 5 tag teams, Mexico's Most Wanted/La Familia de Tijuana (Damien 666 & Halloween). Talk about an interesting combo. Damien and Sabu had a really intense rivalry in various Mexican indy feds a couple of years ago, with Sabu defending the XPW world title against him several times and wrestling him in non-title singles and tag team matches. I don't know, though, if Snuka - of all people - can keep up with a guy like Sabu, or even Damien and Halloween, since they're incredibly agile for both their size and age. If I remember, Snuka took some great bumps in WWE for 3 Min. Warning, but still...it appears to be a very interesting/even kinda intriguing...yet still VERY awkward...pairing. The show, BTW, is on 2/14 in Bethpage, NY. I'm gonna try to go, since that's closer to me than where USA Pro used to run, before Elk's Lodge shut down.

Jingus, I'm talking to Lee/GQ right now, and he said hi back. I linked him to this thread, and hopefully he'll check it out when he gets a chance. He also says he looks forward to working with you this Friday, when I guess you guys'll be commentating for USWO together.

ABOVE: GQ Money (on the far right) poses with pals, (from left to right) Veronica Caine, Steve Rizzono, and The Sandman backstage at an XPW show. Over the past nine 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 of this year, 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 eight months, learn about the formation, the rise, and the ultimate fall of a promotion that at one point had everything going for it. You've read mini-excerpts. You've read the delicately-worded, bias-laden versions of XPW's history from countless Internet "journalists," who've written about the topics from perspectives which are designed with specific intents in mind. Forget that shit... No doubt about it - XPW eventually folded, and from just about every outlook, it looks to be completely done now...but there was so much more to the promotion, once one cut through the in-ring crap. Nobody will ever mistake XPW for AJPW, and XPW wasn't designed to mirror that type of style in the slightest. There's no denyinig that XPW will never be like it once was. For all intensive purposes, it's done, it's over, it's capoot. But for half a decade, XPW was unique. It was many things, one of which - if you're willing to look at it from an honest perspective - was a promotion that had the potential to change pro wrestling as we know it today. It was the only American wrestling federation in recent memory to have the financial backing that provided it with a legitimate opportunity to seize the number two spot in the U.S. pro wrestling industry. From one outlook, XPW was the story of the failed dream of one man, Rob Black. From another perspective, it was the story of the concept of wanting something so much, and then - upon getting it - find that it wasn't what you really wanted. From yet another point of view, XPW was the story of the mainstream crossover that pro wrestling has experienced in the last decade or so. XPW was so many things, and while Rob Black's approach never quite brought him to the promised land of this business, it lead him on a path which featured dealings with men like Shane Douglas, The Dudley Boyz, Paul Heyman, Sabu, Terry Funk, Konnan, Vampiro, Tracy Smothers, The Public Enemy, and so many more. From the childhood days of Rob Black to his start in the porno and later wrestling business; from the training of those who went on to become XPW's most popular, and most hated, superstars to the preparation for XPW's debut show; from television deals to multi-million-dollar lawsuits; from the memorable signings of stars to the widely-talked-about departures of those same workers; from the live event successes in world famous venues to the ever-so-controversial storylines and backstage politics; from years before XPW's inaugural show all the way to the present... It's all gonna be 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, Verne Langdon, and many others who will be announced in the coming months - my complete, uncensored "shoot interview" with GQ Money, featuring the parts you won't find anywhere else, including in the version posted on this message board - data lists of wrestler finishing/signature moves, real names, debut dates/trainer info, etc. - an archive of all of XPW's past press releases, from the fateful one announcing it's creation to the one you see on it's web site right now, promoting it's unlikely-to-air second PPV - results to all of the XPW shows, including those never-before-publicized; planned storylines that never saw the light of day - never, EVER-before-seen, pre-XPW photos of the XPW stars such as Angel, Johnny Webb, The Messiah, Kaos, Supreme, Homeless Jimmy, and others - and a great deal more And now…part two of my interview with former-XPW worker GQ Money, known to some as “Devilish” Lee Handsome… This part of our interview was conducted on March 29, 2003. ME: So, you had just became an official member of XPW and Extreme Associates. What were your first impressions of Rob Black? GQ: I met Rob on the first trip out there. He was loud, cursing up a storm and a little bit intimidating. That second time I was there he was real cool. I walked in the office in a suit and that's not really common there and he just smiled at me. He probably called me a “fag” or something, but he was real cool and I liked him that second time. He was the kind of guy you had to get a vibe for, and he had to get a vibe for you, and then things would work out, but it was definitely about that first impression. He knew that I was GQ Money from the moment he saw me. He came up with the name. "The Agent to the Stars" was something I was already doing myself. I was "The soon to be Pullitzer Prize Award Winning Author and Agent to the Stars. The Pop Superstar, Crossover, Mainstream Media Sensation" Rak GQ. That was the gimmick I created for myself when I left the CWO (Central Wrestling Organization) looking for new work. I used to be known as "Ringside" Ryan Andrews. I'm real comfortable talking on the fly, and coming up with "out there" stuff. I think I developed that because of my interest in hip-hop. I prefer (doing) live shows to on camera stuff, though. ME: The next question is sort of a multi-parter. What were your first impressions of Lizzy Borden? Were you aware of XPW's porno connections and if so, did that intimidate you or make you think twice about working for XPW? Also - Were you aware up front that they'd want you to be working on the porno side, too, along with the wrestling side? GQ: Lizzy was real nice and friendly. I was definitely aware of the porno ties and it definitely made me think twice about joining. I wasn't concerned about wrestling for XPW (as in that sense the porno ties didn't bother me), but working in the office was most definitely a tough decision, as I wasn't really into being affiliated with adult stuff. I just wanted to work for a wrestling company. At this time, The Giant (EDITOR’s NOTE: “The Giant was the guy who attacked The Messiah at The Night The XPW Stood Still and a guy who in the first part of this interview, GQ said he worked with when he was in the CWO), TJ Rush and me were in town, and we were helping with the Rob Black for Mayor campaign. We went to dinner with Kevin and Kevin told us that they had two office jobs available - a receptionist and a warehouse guy. Kevin was expecting Giant to take the warehouse gig, and me the receptionist one, but I wasn't interested in working in porn. So Giant took the receptionist gig, and TJ the warehouse. Giant loved his job. I mean the girls loved him. It was nuts. He's sitting there up front as the 7-foot receptionist/bouncer/bodyguard and every porn girl wanted to hook up with him. I remember he would hook up with like two (porno actresses) in one day at the office and then go out with another at night. It was just amazing...Anyway, he seemed to like his job...and I was having a hard time finding something I was into. I started asking Giant to talk to Rob about letting me edit or something because I had experience. At the same time, I got a call about an opening at LFP-Publishing, working on some of their non-adult publications. But Giant had set up the meeting with Rob. When I met with Rob, he saw my portfolio of various things - brochures, flyers, show programs, graphics, music videos. I edited “News” appearances I was on and all that crap. He liked my work and he said he'd come up with a position for me. That position became to assist Thomas Zupko in the PR, part-time, and edit on my own time. I made a lot of promotional flyers for various movies, and then worked on the website a little. The work I did on the website was making comical Flash movies, like one about adult star Lucinao and his trip to Prague. It was real comical and everyone liked it. At that point, they asked me to start shooting some scenes and I was real sketched out. I'm talking, totally uncomfortable. I'm thinking, "Oh my God, I've got a mainstream career to worry about. Aaighhhh, what am I doing?" but I was in a position where I still hadn't debuted in XPW and I wanted to be a part [of XPW] real bad. Plus, I was starting to make better money, so I did it. And that's when I started doing a little of everything. The web (site), editing, shooting, and whatever else needed work. I started working longer hours, and putting forth a lot of effort. I was getting frustrated because I still hadn't debuted, and then Rob sat me down to find out what was bothering me. We talked. He made me happy, and at the next show, GQ Money made his debut. ME: Now, before we get to the XPW side of things, let’s talk a little bit more about your experience in the technological field. Did you study technology, computers, graphic arts, etc. in school or college, did someone teach you it, did you teach it to yourself, etc.? GQ: My freshman year of college, the Internet was just starting to pick up, and I took a senior level Web class. This was back when HTML was real basic - there wasn't streaming media and really no control of your pages, but I learned some basics and then kept teaching myself. Same thing with graphics - trial and error (especially when I wasn't using the best software). So, I kind of taught myself, but I always used those skills to achieve success in college. I did some independent studies with a professor of mine, which was a big internet project discussing the Politics and Language of Distance Learning By Using the Internet to discuss politics in classrooms in two different parts of the country. It was fun. Great professor. Dr. Frank Beer. ME: That was his real name? GQ: Yeah, that was his name… I need to take some new classes. Technology is moving fast now, and I'm falling behind...he was my Political Science professor...kind of nerdy, but still real cool. ME: So, what was the atmosphere like in the Extreme Associates headquarters? Set some of the rumors to rest or confirm them - were there nude porn stars walking around every hallway, etc.? GQ: It was fun, it was fast paced, it was wild, it was hard work, and it was exciting. You never knew what was going to happen, and anything could happen. It was like a sitcom, or a movie, or a drama show all rolled into one. Yes, naked porn stars would be walking around the hallways a lot. In truth, it was incredibly hard work, and it took an incredibly hard working person to survive and keep a job there, but it was awesome. I enjoyed working hard and was having the time of my life - well, kind of...The office was always real cool. Like I said though…real demanding. Hard work was an important quality and getting sh*t done took priority over fun. So, it's not like it was this huge party. ME: You worked for E.A. at the same time as the immensely controversial "puppy dog/snake proposed webcast" incident. What the hell happened with that? Was that Rob's doing? Were you involved? GQ: Not at all. He had no involvement whatsoever. Rob had pretty much given free reign of the website to the webmaster (who at that time wasn't me) and that was a publicity stunt done by that webmaster. And it was damn good. That webmaster had talent, and that's why Rob trusted him. There was no intention to feed any puppy to the snake and people who believed that we were were out of their heads. I've always thought that anyone who believed that was the biggest idiot around. Our site focused on the ridiculous, out there, and insane. The webmaster truly was good. ME: Several people, though, did take it seriously and EA got a lot of complaints from animal rights activist groups and other associations. Were the phones ringing off the hook in EA offices? GQ: Oh, yeah. Pet people. And animal cops were at the office. And they were like, "We need to see the dog," and then you'd hear the PA system go off with someone yelling, "The dog is dead. The snake just ate him." It was really funny. The dog was fine. The snake was normal. It was all good. The dog got a lot of love from everybody, as all the animals that are at the office do. ME: Was there ever a real snake or was that made up? GQ: We had a real snake…and turtles, and fish, and other dogs. The fish came recently [EDITOR’s NOTE: anotherwards, shortly before GQ left XPW]. Everyone likes animals there. The turtles are still swimmin’ and climbin’ away, but the snake is gone. It got a new home. ME: It sounds like it was really blown out of proportion, but a lot took it quite seriously. Were there ever any serious threats in terms of lawsuits if it was to be carried out, police getting legitimately involved in terms of shutting down the offices, or any really serious threats like that? GQ: No, there was nothing wrong being done. It was all fun and games and it just had to be explained. ME: OK. I'm sorry for focusing on it. It's just that it turned into a major deal on the Internet and provided the blind XPW bashers with another reason to hate the company, so I felt it really should be addressed. GQ: I know...It's cool.... ME: So, once the office explained to the police what happened, they stopped bothering you guys? GQ: Yeah...it was no longer a problem, or an issue, or anything. The stories on the web site changed, no harm, no foul! I was actually about to be fired from the company at that time. ME: Oh, really? Why? What happened with that? GQ: Just the webmaster and me not getting along. It wasn't really personal, or maybe it was, but he got upset because I couldn't focus all of my attention to one thing...the web. At that point, I was editing movies, shooting movies, working on the web site. At that point, I had just picked up the XPW web site, I was making flyers for the wrestling shows and various other things that had to be done. Believe me, I would have loved to have done one thing, but I was always pulled to do another. When that happens, a lot of things get started and a lot of things don't get finished, so everyone was getting annoyed and everybody was annoyed for different reasons. ME: So, did this webmaster complain to Rob about you? GQ: Yeah, all the time. He (Rob) liked being a boss and he hated that I always did my own thing because there were other things just as important things to get done, and he didn't accept me not being his errand boy. It was cool. I used to like him, but he has a vendetta against me, like so many others, from what I've been hearing lately. At that point, I was the most replaceable, so it seemed I was on the outs... ME: Were you hesitant in involving yourself in shooting the porno scenes? Or were you pretty comfortable with it? GQ: I was real uncomfortable. I never wanted to be seen on camera doing stuff. Sh*t, I used to edit my voice out of the movies and stuff. Never performed. Never wanted to. Had no problem editing, but shooting wasn't easy. After time, you just get used to it and then it becomes no big deal, just a day at the office, but with the way porn was, there's always things that made me uncomfortable when shooting. It really wasn't my bag, but it was a job and my involvement with XPW was growing. ME: When did you first meet Veronica Caine and what were your initial impressions of her? GQ: Veronica was my first friend when I moved out here (to California). We met briefly some time. I met her when I first started hanging at the office, but the first night we ever talked was going to the XRCO. We met at the awards show, in the limo on the way there, and it was a fun night – a huge group of us, limos, seven-foot bodyguards, a hot ass chick like Veronica, and a load of people. Tom Byron was pimped out. We drank. We had fun. Good times…It was real fun because we were like the Renegades. It was very "wrestling." You had this adult movie awards show and then the wrestling crew came to crash the party. Fun as hell. ME: By “the wrestling crew,” do you mean the XPW wrestlers? GQ: No, just a few of us...with the girls, the giant, bodyguards, Byron, Veronica, me in decked-out suit, the limos...it was just very "wrestling." Extreme's always done real well. The XRCO's last year (2002) were great, too. The limo again, the drinking… all that, but then they sent me up to accept the award for Worst Movie of the Year. All hell broke loose when I went off on a free-style rap acceptance making fun of everyone, and staking Extreme's claim as the best and the most extreme, complete with me bumping on the stage. ME: (laughs) Is this on tape? GQ: I don't know if anyone has video of that, but it was so much fun. Damn!!! I got drunk that night. It was like total rock star sh*t. Kaos was at that one with the belt. Veronica got on the mic...good times...real good times!!!!!! We were just like, "F*ck the lies, f*ck the bullsh*t, f*ck everybody!" We were just doing things how we did them, and that was Extreme. [EDITOR’s NOTE: The X-Rated Critics Organization is an association that holds an annual convention that is basically looked upon as “the Emmy Awards of pornography.” Those from hundreds of different porno companies spanning all across the country travel to California to attend the show, and there are awards given out for many different topics regarding porno movies, such as “best sex scene,” only a lot more specific and a lot more sexually explicit than that, to the point that it probably wouldn’t be right to expand upon it much further in a primarily pro wrestling-related interview.]. ME: Very cool. Sounds like a typical Enterprise (the XPW stable that GQ was a member of)-style party. GQ: Very much...it's kind of how the (Enterprise) gimmick came to evolve. We were having fun - going to concerts, making appearances, and having a good time…definitely building good memories. At this point, I was the webmaster for Extreme and XPW and also working on the booking. I was making good money, I had moved into my new place by myself, and was definitely living the dream. ME: You helped book XPW? GQ: Yeah...from the era of New Year's Revolution (January 2002)…the bums…to Hostile Takeover (August 2002. A lot of people hated that era, but TV – which is what I worked on most – was really funny. The storylines were building, it was getting more exciting, and the production value was increasing due to (“White Trash” Johnny) Webb. I started giving Webb graphics. He was learning and trying more and more and TV started to get real good. Webb has done the production stuff like forever, but stopped a few months ago. [EDITOR’s NOTE: Keep in mind that this part of GQ’s shoot interview was conducted on Saturday, March 29, 2003.] ME: So, is Webb actually gone from the company or just on hiatus, so to say? GQ: In truth, it's not my business to say, but – hey, what the hell? He's gone from the company. Anyway, though, Rob was really good at TV ideas and our minds just clicked at that time. We both have outrageous ideas and we both liked to take risks and try new things, and then Kevin was the voice of reason to say, “You can't do that.” So, the booking was real cool. The problems came when we didn't announce cards. BONUS MATERIAL~! ME: I want to ask you quickly about GQMoney.com. It was your official website from around late 2001 to early or mid 2002. Why was it started? Who operated it? GQ: I did it all, just as a hobby, promotional tool, and everything. It was all mine. I did what I wanted. I promoted my comedy shows on it, my game show appearance, my songs. I always had interest and career ambitions out of wrestling, so that was my venue to express those things. Before wrestling, I was big on my hip-hop career. I did tons of shows in Colorado, had done a battle in LA, did a lot of radio things. I was working on my demo and my computer crashed, causing me to lose tons of songs. I lost over a year's worth of work and that's when I stopped doing music. I was frustrated, passed my radio show on to some hungry friends, and started my wrestling career. I'm working on getting back into music again. I did the new H.I theme song, which I'll put up on the site soon, and I've got a bunch of other songs I'm working on. [EDITOR’s NOTE: This part of our interview was asked on Thursday, May 22, 2003, and not too long after that (a few weeks or so), Joey “Kaos” left the Hollywood, Inc. faction, leaving GQ/“Devilish” Lee Handsome and J-Love/Valentina – as the group’s sole members. A lot more info on H.I. will be released in the latter parts of this EXCLUSIVE shoot interview with GQ Money.] ME: Were you an ECW fan? GQ: Yes, but not until they started their Pay-Per-Views. I didn't get ECW before that. I couldn't wait to watch ECW Pay-Per-Views when they were on...They were bad ass. In fact, I did a speech in school (University of Colorado) about ECW being the coolest new wrestling that's much more violent and real than anything else. It was fun. I showed the class people bleeding, and Terry Funk getting whipped with barbed-wire and tons of crazy shit, and that got some more people interested in wrestling again, because that was different than what they remembered. ME: So was it like a convention of sorts? GQ: No, just my Public Speaking Class. I was the best speaker in class, and I always did weird speeches, so he (the teacher) was entertained. I actually won an award in that class for “Most Outstanding Speaker.” [EDITOR’s NOTE: This part of our interview occurred on Thursday, September 4, 2003.] The official web site of GQ Money a.k.a. "Devilish" Lee Handsome can be found at http://www.HollywoodIncDotCom.com/ Keep your eye out in the coming weeks and months – the rest of my interview with GQ Money/”Devilish” Lee Handsome. Topics discussed include: - His and Kaos’ feuds with Angel, Chris Hamrick, Danny Doring, Jonny Storm, and more - The Enterprise – joining it; its evolution; memories of E-TV and the chaotic WarGames Steel Cage Match; the memorable Raw Sewage Match; and more - Why a number of wrestlers left XPW - 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 - The never-before-seen Sabu Invitational Show at XPW headquarters - Surfing the indies after leaving XPW - 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 *Kaos dropping the XPW TV Title to Sean “X-Pac/Syxx-Pac” Waltman *why he, Kaos, and J-Love, left XPW *the full story on what exactly led to his personal fallouts with a number of wrestlers who were at one time his best friends 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? - 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.

No prob. He'll likely be happy to hear from you. I mentioned I talked to Johnny Webb and he seemed really interested b/c he hasn't talked to him since early 2003, so he wanted to know he was doing and everything.

Uhhh...yeah. Like I've been hyping, the interview, photos, and XPW history piece are gradually gonna be posted over a six month period. As I said, everything will hopefully be posted by 7/31, so as to culminate with the fifth anniversary of the inaugural XPW show, which was on that day in '99. The offer still stands - anybody interested in making the banner in return for a sneak peak, PM me.

Very interesting timing...The Observer site is reporting that EZ - along with Jimmy Golden and Sherri Martel - will compete on the 1/24 Iron Ring Wrestling show in Kingsport, TN at the Civic Center. Not sure if that's his return to wrestling, but like I said, from what I'm aware of, his last appearance was the date mentioned above in the UK for the FWA.

Don't worry...in the next several months, you'll learn all you ever wanted to know about XPW. Till then, though...if anybody's interesting in getting a sneap preview at the rest of the GQ Money interview, or at a couple of the pre-XPW photos I got which I mentioned in my first post in this thread...and if you're able and willing to make me a banner promoting my upcoming retrospective on XPW, i.e. I give you pics to incorporate and you make a banner (I don't know about pixels or anything, so I can't tell you how large I'd want it to be, but I'd estimate about the size of the textbox I'm typing in right now [the one you type in when you want to reply or make a new thread]), then I'll give you a sneap peak at the interview or SOME of the photos. I won't show you the entire rest of it that I haven't yet posted, b/c I don't know if you're gonna just go post it somewhere else and not give me credit for it...but I'll give you a preview, if you're willing to make me a banner like that. PM me for more info. And thanks for the comments. All appreciated. Any other thoughts? The next part will focus much more on XPW, more so than the porno stuff.

I wish it wasn't the case...but although I enjoyed the review, you *really* need to work on your spelling/grammar in your reviews. The content is there, but the mechanics really aren't. Next time, make sure to spell check. Just some honest criticism. The show sounds pretty solid.

As much as I'm a fan of both guys, and as much as I disagree with you about the match being likely to suck...if you DO think it'll suck, then why are you citing it as a reason that you may attend the show? Really, no hostility or anything intended...just got curious.

EZ was one of the most innovative guys I've ever seen. I think he's taking some time off. His last wrestling appearance to date was September 21, 2003 at FWA Hotwired in the UK, when in his debut match for the FWA, he lost to Jack Xavier. After that, he seemed to have went into seclusion or something. Seems too many guys are doing that...Kaos, Justice Pain, Mike Rapada (only just recently showed his face after TWO yars, when he worked the NWA Mid-Atlantic show in China), Lash LaRoux, etc.

Good to see "The Rock Superstar" getting some well deserved East Coast love. I just amy have to enture up to NJ to take a look at this show, considering it's got TEDDY HART~!, JACK EVANS~!, Kaos, Pain, and a bunch of other guys rarely seen on the East Coast.

Why didn't you list Supreme's powerbomb of Angel off of a balcony and through a single table at XPW Battle of the Burgh? The clip was on XPWrestling.com for a LONG time. Is a Tiger Driver off of a 5 feet stage really more hardcore than a 25 foot powerbomb through a table, which really didn't break the fall, because Angel practically missed it? Cool list, overall, though. Some of the stuff sounds really cool. I'm surprised but happy that nobody has contested Mondo's bump as #1 b/c I think it definitely is. I talked to Zandig a few days after the bump and he said that he thought Mondo had broken his neck and almost had a heart attack (in a good way) when he saw him finally move. It was insane.

I meant to title this thread BYW, instead of BYD. Oh well... I just picked up my first ever Backyard Wrestling DVD, and specifically picked this one b/c I knew it started M-Dogg 20 and Josh Prohibition, two of my preferred indy workers. I didn't really know what to expect b/c I hadn't seen a BYW tape or DVD yet and had only heard about them. Well, I'm pretty happy with what I got. If you're expecting ONLY prepubescent teenagers running around in tights, putting each other through tables wrapped in barbed-wire, covered in tacks, etc....well, you'll see some of that, but it's DEFINITELY not JUST that. The first 15 or so minutes seems to be devoted to those types of clips, but then it turns to almost exclusively the best of Matt & Josh/M-Dogg & J-Pro. The matches they show are clipped, and truth be told, the sound on my comp. doesn't work so I had to watch it with no sound, but it was a pretty damn good buy. Sure, both guys are spotty (ESPECIALLY M-Dogg), but the spots they showed were absolutely amazing. 450s off of the top rope through tables, dives off of balconies, insane cartwheel huracanranas, picture perfect Shooting Star Presses, etc. (by M-Dogg, of course). Josh stayed more mat based on the video and it was M-Dogg doing those spots, but Josh looked very good. Tons of clips of his various "ProhibitionPlexes" (suplex variations). The two friends work VERY well with one another. They start with their backyard footage for several minutes, and then the video continues as they follow them into their pro wrestling matches, after they've been trained. After every 10 or so minutes of the aforementioned spots, a five minute segment is shown of M-Dogg and J-Pro just goofing off - i.e. making fools of themselves, Jackass-style...like walking around in public in their underwear, getting down with chicks outside of bars, etc. Again, I had no sound on my comp., so I didn't know what they were saying, but it was pretty funny, although I really bought the DVD for the wrestling, not the comedy...and truthfully, I don't really care that there was the equivalent of like one hour of comedy b/c for 20 bucks, I also got about 3 hours of spotmania. If you're into spotsfests, this is a video to check out, assuming you can stomach some of the more hardcore clips at the beginning, and the stuff with Madman Pondo...which leads me to - a lot of well known guys make appearances, as clips are shown of M-Dogg and J-Pro working with The S.A.T., Amazing Red, and all of their XPW matches. Yes, that's right - there's clips from every one of their XPW matches, probably about 20 minutes of just XPW footage all together. There's also footage of the Backyard Wrestling Game celebration a.k.a. The Eidos Convention, where they show clips of that whole show, which featured Super Dragon, Madman Pondo, Rudeboy (of JCW), and of course M-Dogg and J-Pro. M-Dogg will absolutely amaze you if you're into spots. He does flippity flippity stuff on this tape I couldn't believe. And J-Pro does some fantastic suplexes and stuff. As for their XPW matches that are shown (albeit in clipped form) - spots form their matches with Chris Hamrick & Tracy Smothers, Shark Boy & Angel, Bobby Quance & Jardi Frantz, and of course MMW are all shown. Fantastic stuff, IMO. Tylene Buck a.k.a. Major Gunns is shown at the Eidos Convention, BTW, albeit really briefly. There's some trailers for upcoming BYW releases, a best of XPW music video (featuring clips only of their pre-Philly days), and a lot more in the extras section. Clips are shown of Josh on "Moral COurt," the TV show, and of other TV coverage backyard wrestling and Josh and M-Dogg have received, although it's primarily kept to clips of them wrestling, as opposed to the promotion BYW has received. Basically, if you're a fan of spots and can stand some violent clips of the no-trained guys in the beginning and the Rudeboy/Madman Pondo match from the convention, you're not gonna be unhappy if you buy this. If you don't like spotty matches i.e. stuff with the SAT, Red, Special K, etc., don't buy this. Also, I guess if you're an XPW fan it'd prolly be a good idea to buy it, because you never know how much of the later stuff will be released, and this has clips of all of Youthanazia's XPW matches. Also, if you're gonna be annoyed when the Jackass-type stunts come on, it prolly isn't a good idea to buy this, because they'res a lot of them, but still - the amount of wrestling (spots, rather) totals like 3 hours or something, it seems (I didn't clock it in obviously, but that's an estimate), so it was a pretty good deal, IMO. BTW, the DVD was just recently released, so you may have trouble finding it. I only found two copies, out of a total of like 30 BYW tapes in the store I got it at. I'm pleasantly surprised it wasn't just hardcore crap with un-trained guys, too, because that's what I was afraid it may be when I was buying it. Sorry for rambling on, but I just thought I'd post my thoughts.

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/...pict/pict16.jpg Muto, ?, Abby, Sapp

CREDIT: Bob Barnett's latest PWBTS.com column I have been so bored with wrestling lately. Japan is hit and miss. TNA is the Leonard Show. The WWE is just recycled pap. Ring Of Homos makes no sense. Lucha has no current feuds. But in Puerto Rico, IWA is so hot that tonight (Tueshere in LA) there was a full scale riot in Bayamon. Tonight's show was the last of 3 celebrating Three Kings, a 3 day holiday. The previous two shows were sellouts. Tonight there was 10-14,000, with many more turned away, for a major angle involving a cage match and Vampiro, Ricky Banderas, and 2 other workers. During the match a fight broke out amongst 500 or so fans. The workers stopped their match. Things got hotter in the audience as a large group of fans got one policeman separated from his group, and started putting the boots to him. Vamp and Banderas went over the cage, grabbed two chairs, and started busting up fans to save the cop. At one point Vamp took a fan's chairshot, and had his earlier bladejob opened wide hardway. By this point the riot squad was called and the show was ended. There was a 3-5 camera shoot going on at Bayamon-hopefully this stuff will show up on tape shortly. Vamp's new girlfriend, who had never been at a match before, was ringside. He said the riot sealed the deal.

At yesterday's 3PW show, Meanie announced that at the next show of the promotion, Stevie Richards would appear and reform the bWo when they tag team together. The question is... Who should their opponents be?

Really surprised nobody's posted yet... Caprice Coleman defeated Rainman to win the World Television Champion at the NWA Wildside taping in Cornelia, GA. Coleman's victory provided a storybook ending to Coleman's quest to regain a title that he never lost in the ring, and ended Rainman's stellar one year run with the belt. The unofficial 2003 Wildside Feud of the Year produced a legit match of the year candidate for 2004. Stips added at Christmas Chaos made the match two out of three falls. Coleman dominated the first fall, winning it with a cradle back suplex. Rainman used the belt on Coleman and destroyed him in the second fall. Rainman put Coleman's lights out with the Hillside Stangler for an awesome submission finish. Coleman pinned Rainman with the Comatoser at 19:05 to win a third fall that was a drama junkies dream. The title match was announced as being sanctioned by the NWA Board of Directors. The show drew 125, a strong follow-up to 175 one week ago at Christmas Chaos. Dan "The Dragon" Wilson opened the show with the announcement that Attorney Jeff G. Bailey was barred from the building for the evening. Wilson brought out a surprise guest, "The Original Gangsta" New Jack. Jack was greeted with a standing ovation. He started out by telling the sound guy to cut the music because he had already f'ed it up. Jack said it was his birthday and he was drunk. Jack reminded the crowd that he made good on his promise to do damage in the NWA in 2003. Jack said he had a run in TNA but Jeff Jarrett found out that he was "one of those niggas that you can't tell what to do." Jack said that he might be drunk and on pills, but he was the number one nigger in the building. The Wildside crew came out and surrounded the ring. NWA President, Bill Behrens said they were armed and ready to take their ring back. It was a swerve to set up a Happy Birthday serenade for Jack. Behrens mocked Jack's gimmick. "He's crazy. He's gonna kill somebody." Jack called Behrens into the ring for a hug. "We ain't gonna have sex but I love ya." Jack announced that after 11 years in the business, 2004 was going to be his last. Jack said his final match would take place at Wildside's Chrismas Chaos '04. Jack said he had been just about everywhere except WCW and WWE and he had no regrets. Jack closed with encouraging words for all the boys in the back. Jacey North was sitting in the crowd again, as a result of the Loser Becomes a Fan stipulation from his match with Jefff Lewis. (1) Carolina Connection (Jeremy V & Brandon P) beat Adam Roberts & T. C. Carnage in 5:15. A solid win for the former tag champions. V took it to Carnage in the early going, showing great fire as always. Roberts tripped up P to turn the tide. The heels doubled on P. Roberts improved his look and his work since his last appearance here. Both men down on a collision of lariats to set up the hot tag. V blitzed Roberts with the VKO and the VDT. Carnage made a blind tag, but CC met him with the Rock and Roll double dropkick. CC finished Carnage off with the top rope elbow/450 splash combo. (2) Gabriel beat Skeeter Frost in 6:08 with the Cradle to the Grave (cradle sitout powerbomb out of a Burning Hammer position) Good match. Gabriel has advanced to the top tier of workers in the company.Frost's performance went a long way towards earning the fans' respect and moving him out of the comedy goof category. Chain to start. Crowd liked Gabriel's counter move into the side headlock. The sequence where Frost did a top rope arm drag and a whacked lucha style octopus hold was well executed. Gabriel made the comeback and hit the double stomp to the spine off the top rope. Gabriel took a wicked looking bump on his head when he slipped on a huracanrana attempt. If that was a planned spot, it fooled a lot of people. Frost missed on his blind moonsault. Gabriel won it with his new finisher, From the Cradle to the Grave, which starts as a Burning Hammer and finishes as a cradle sitout powerbomb. (3) Ray Gordy (with Seth Delay) beat Fast Eddie (with Salvatore Rinauro) when Gordy pinned Rinauro(?) in 8:34. This match erased my doubts about the booking that produced Eddie's meteoric rise to the heel champion spot. Plenty of heat. Eddie's in-ring had already improved by leaps and bounds. Now he's developing the look and attitude of a champion. Fans are more than ready to accept Gordy as a face, as he's proven his abilities in the ring many times over. But it is Rinauro, perfectly cast as the master of manipulation, that is the true asshole, I mean ace in the hole, of this deal. This was originally scheduled as a tag match. Eddie did a great old school sell on a mat hammerlock. Gordy shifted to high impact and hit an inverted DDT for a two count. Eddie turned the tide with a swinging neckbreaker. Rinauro was throwing out the wisecracks as Eddie worked over Gordy's neck. "I got a neck brack for ya, Raymond." Eddie dropped Gordy on his head with a cool modified russian legsweep. Gordy mounted the comeback. Gordy absolutely NAILED a senton bomb, but Rinauro threw Eddie's foot over the rope. Rinauro and Delay started slugging it out on the floor. Eddie crashed and burned on an Asai moonsault, as Rinauro and Delay were long gone from the area. Well, Eddie is legally blind. Back inside, Gordy folded Rinauro up with a german suplex and the ref made the three count. Rinauro was as confused as the fans. Eddie took consolation in the fact the belt was still in his possession. (4) Urban Assault Squad (Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) & Bulldog Raines (with Al Getz) beat Tank & Slim J & Murder One via DQ in 7:42. Two black guys wiping their feet on a Confederate flag with their Jewish manager looking on made for an interesting visual. The faces got to shine early. Jackson got frustrated with M1. "Stay yo' ass down." M1 took the heat. M1 hit a big shoulder tackle in the corner and made the tag to Tank. The heels got heat on Tank. He went to tag, but Raines and Jackson pulled his partners off the apron and beat them to a pulp. Meanwhile, Tank got Nemesis in a leg grapevine submission. The finish saw the heel team wailing away on Tank, when Iceberg hit the ring and powerslammed Raines for the DQ. Tank addressed Getz and his associates. Tank said since it was always 3 or more against one, he was forming a team with Iceberg. Tank said the two fat bald guys were going to make Getz and company pay heavily for the s*** they've done. Tank told Getz he better light all the candles on his dreidel (Note to Tank: you need to bone up your Hanukkah terminology). (5) Coleman beat Rainman two out of three falls to win the NWA World TV Title in 19:05. A great way to cap off a great program and Rainman's phenomenal title run. For story, execution, heat, it doesn't get much better than this. Rainman got in the first punch. Coleman responded by putting on a boxing exhibition. Coleman's dropkick sent Rainman to the outside. Coleman stayed on the attack. Rainman countered Coleman's baseball slide around the ringpost. Coleman fired right back with a springboard leg lariat, a spin scissors kick and a corkscrew ace crusher. Rainman got away from Coleman's guillotine legdrop. Coleman ducked a Yakuza kick and pinned Rainman with a cradle back suplex at 5:29. Rainman distracted ref Speedy Nelson and blasted Coleman with the belt. Rainman pounded on Coleman's neck. Rainman hit a sitout powerslam. Coleman took a major league spinning bump on a clothesline. Rainman hit a massive version of the Spinesplitta for a near fall. Rainman locked on the Hillside Strangler. Coleman made it to within inches of the ropes, but Rainman pulled him back to the center. Rainman was screaming like a motherfucker for Coleman to tap. Coleman's arm dropped for the third time at 9:34. One of the best submission finishes I've ever seen. Rainman tried to end it quickly, but Coleman rolled a shoulder. Rainman continued his assault on the outside. Coleman reversed a whip into the rail. Coleman connected on a superkick with a great sell by Rainman. The selling throughout this match was gold. Rainman landed a haymaker and used the rail like a meat grinder on Coleman's face. Back inside, Rainman busted out a standing dropkick to the back of the head for a near fall. Crowd chanted "Ice." Coleman hit the Coldsnap for a near fall. Thermal Shock! Rainman kicked out for a great false finish. Rainman got on Coleman' back with the Hillside Strangler. Coleman rammed Rainman into the turnbuckles but he would not release the hold. The second time did the trick. Coleman hit the Comatoser and it was over. Standing ovation for both men. (6) Jeff Lewis beat Danny Demanto in 5:38. Demanto's ring gear resembled a large trash bag with holes cut for his arms and head. Just a terrible look for a babyface. Lewis generated more than enough heel heat to compensate for Demanto's shortcomings. Lewis is way deep into his "Feature Presentation" gimmick. He's done a complete heel makeover of his in-ring style. Fans chanted "closet homo" at him. Demanto had some good moves, but he was looking pretty blown up by the end. Lewis rolled away from Demanto's frogsplash and got the pin using an Oklahoma roll with a fistful of tights. North started giving Lewis grief. Lewis said that since North was on the outside looking in, there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it. Lewis said his Christmas present to North was a pink slip and his New Year's present was a guest pass for Christmas Chaos. Lewis said he did have an opening for a lackey to tote his bags. North jumped the rail and got cut off by security. North fought the good fight as the fans chanted "let him go." Alas, North succumbed to the brute force of the crack Wildside security crew and got dragged out the back door. (7) Iceberg squashed Kevin Matthews with the Air Raid Crash in 4:08. Exactly what it need to be. Matthews lived up to his "II Cocky" moniker. Iceberg wouldn't sell for Matthews' offense. Iceberg shrugged off a baseball slide and pounded Mathhews into the floor. Iceberg gave Matthews a beating at ringside. Matthews did a good job with his selling. Iceberg did the Thigh Drop of Doom. Matthews tried to get cute with a leapfrog. Iceberg kicked him in the nutsack and went to to the finish. Iceberg replaced Altar Boy Luke, who was a late cancel. (8) Nick Berk & Z-Barr beat Rebel's Army (Rockin Rebel & Greg Matthews) in 8 minutes. A collective off night for the CZW contingent. A deadly combination of blown spots and zero crowd response made this the low point of the show. I know Berk is better than what he's shown here. Matthews took a good Harley Race bump over the top and hit an impressive tope over the top rope. Z-Barr took the heat. Berk got posted and there was nobody for Z-Barr to tag. Berk destroyed a double suplex spot by Rebel's Army. Berk and Z-Barr scored a double pin with stereo roll ups. Rebel's Army tried to get their heat back (I know, what heat?) with tandem clotheslines but went for one too many. (9) Texas Death Club (Masada & Todd Sexton) beat Jay Fury & Nick Halen in 8:53. Good match. Lots of cool double team spots. Sexton made light of Halen's stature. Fury and Halen had Masada reeling. Masada resorted to eye rakes. The faces executed a double hiptoss into a double uranage. Fury did a tope over the top rope. Obviously, that spot should not occur in two consecutive matches. Halen got dumped and beaten up after a blind tag. TDC unleashed the kick devastation spot. Sexton hung on to Halen's leg to prevent a tag. Masada did a swank Gori Special into a backslide. Halen countered with a sunset flip with an assist from Fury. TDC doubled with a wicked backbreaker/springboard kneedrop. Halen ducked and TDC clotheslined each other. Hot tag. Fury cleaned house with dropkicks. Fury drilled Masada with the Enzufury and Halen had him pinned with a top rope splash, but Sexton saved. Halen took a big bump to the outside. Sexton superkicked Fury and the Masadamizer finished the job. Postmatch had TDC relaxing inside the ring with the belts, while Carolina Connection, Berk & Z-Barr and Fury & Halen stood at ringside looking all green with envy. (10) Azrael (with Mikal Adryan) beat Onyx via countout in 8:11. Good match, bad finish. Onyx retained the NWA Wildside Heavyweight title. Adryan was standing in for Bailey. Azrael was carrying a three bladed knife called a "Siscuss." That dude is twisted way beyond marching to the beat of a different drummer. Onyx carefully sized up the situation as he approached the ring. Onyx frustrated Azrael in the early going. He mimicked Azrael by sitting on the top turnbuckle. They swapped kicks and Onyx hit a powerslam. Azrael started getting to Onyx with his kicks, but Onyx dumped him out. Azrael finally used his striking ability to light Onyx up bigtime. Andrew Thomas was making blatant heel ref comments. Onyx took a swing at him and opened himself up for kick in the gut. Onyx hit a Saito suplex and made the comeback. Azrael got the advantage and missed with the frogsplash elbow. Onyx hit the Blackout. Adryan saved by pulling Onyx out. Onyx was counted out while he was chasing after Adryan. Finish was flat because the countout wasn't announced when Onyx made it back in the ring. Azrael clocked Onyx to start a beatdown that halted when Gabriel made the save. Onyx got on the mic and said Adryan had a teenie weenie one. Adryan denied it. Onyx said it wasn't finished and threatened to knock his ass out. NOTES: This was the first taping Bailey missed since Wildside started on TV over 4 years ago...Sexton and Gordy are booked for TNA Explosion on 3/3...Jason Cross returns to Wildside on 1/17...Coleman, Sexton, and Rainman all make their ROH debut on the 1/10 Wilmington, Ohio show in a four corner match with Jimmy Rave. Slim J is also booked for the ROH show...John Johnson has taken over the ring announcing duties formerly handled by Jason Martin. CREDIT: Larry Goodman of NWA-Wildside.com

SD is on it like 5 mins. total. Are there any Easter Eggs anyone's found on the DVD yet? Besides where you click the garbage can in the select chapter menu, and it cuts to J-Pro in his bedroom for like a minute?

True...he is a spot monkey. However, unlike some others (i.e. guys who try to do strong style, but can't) and like some others (i.e. New Jack, Supreme, etc.), he sticks to what he knows, and what he knows, he knows INSANELY WELL. He doesn't try to do anything else than spots, and granted - he's not gonna break the #100 in the PWI 500 probably, but what he will do is remain as the very best spot monkey there is. So, the question you have to ask yourself is...is it better to try to do things you can't do and do a decent job overall, or stick to only what you know, even if that's just one particular facet of wrestling, and do it very, very well. That's what determines whether you like him or not, generally.

http://shootingstar187.hypermart.net/jpg/m.../mustafa_01.jpg I'd REALLY appreciate it if someone could identify the second guy from the left (the fat Samoan). You'd be helping me tremendously. I believe he's a member of the Samoan family lineage (i.e. Samu, Rikishi, Rock, Snuka, etc). and a member of them, but I'm not sure which relative it is (And it may not be one of that family, but I think it is). Anyone have any idea who it is? Thanks in advance. BTW, the show it's from is in early 2000, from what I know.

So THAT'S what he was stealing...couldn't tell with no sound (Although I gathered it was mocking Hogan).

Credit to the latest WrestlingObserver.com online update: Former 80s star Hillbilly Jim will be sent on the road for meet and greets as part of a WrestleMania promotional team for trivia contests and video game competition. The tour starts Saturday at 3 p.m. at House of Blues in West Hollywood; Sunday at Wal-Mart in Lakewood, CA at 1 p.m. and Monday at Hooters in Pasadena at 6 p.m. There will be events in Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Antonio, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Tallahassee, Tampa, Hialeah, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Marietta, Nashville, Chicago, Fairfax, VA, Alexandria, VA, Philadelphia, Bristol, PA, Lynn, MA, Boston, Norwalk and ending in New York the weekend of Wrestlemania.

Yeah. I thought he'd know, it was just a matter of getting his attention, so I made a big thread about it, and he eventually found it.

Sandman...You're still alive? I thought you...like...died...or something. You haven't posted here in AGES, it seems, and it was CAGE OF DEATH SEASON, the one time I'd think you'd be most active here. Anyway...Feinberg = Barr Camm? Really? I didn't know that....well, ya learn something new everyday. Barr Camm also often teamed with Z-Barr, back in the day, when Z-Barr was called simply The Barr. They had a gimmick of being photographers and cameramen, I think, and often did commentary for the CZW shows. I'm pretty sure that was them, at least...