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Anybody in their right mind. It's an experience like few others, seeing that guy work live.

According to Goodman, though, Sabu ain't working 3PW. USA Pro is the only show he's working that day. That's what Goodman says. Whether he's lying, I can't testify to that, but from what he's saying, it doesn't sound as if Sabu is one of those people also working the 3PW show.

3PW lists Sabu vs. Ruckus as taking place on their June 19 show at Viking/Alhambra Hall in Philly, but according to USA Pro owner Frank Goodman, Sabu told him that the USA Pro show that day is the ONLY show he's working on June 19. Goodman's comment can be found at http://usapro.addr.com/Forums/showthread.php?threadid=1926. 3PW is still promoting the match, though, on their web site at http://3pwrestling.com/events.htm . So, do you think it's a case of miscommunication between 3PW and Sabu, of false promotion, an angle that's being planned, or what? Either way, it appears Sabu ain't working for 3PW that day...

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8707816.htm?1c A wrestler fights to recapture glory A professional wrestler from Pembroke Pines who was once a pay-per-view star now plies his trade on the independent circuit, but he still dreams of the big time. BY NICHOLAS SPANGLER [email protected] Norman Smiley is a professional wrestler. For 18 years he has made his living portraying a sniveling coward and sadistic abuser. In his glory days you might have seen him on television: Monday Nitro and Thursday Thunder, innumerable pay-per-views that appeared under the imprimatur of the World Championship Wrestling Federation in the late '90s. He was world champion, in Mexico; he fought before thousands in Japan. He was good enough for a six-figure contract. But WCW went out of business and the contract didn't pay. He didn't walk away. He couldn't. He hit the independent circuits in Mexico and Florida, fought weekend bouts in clubs and auditoriums. He was the headliner a few weeks ago at the Milander Park Recreational Center in Hialeah. His fans, those who once hated him dearly, those who remembered, were waiting outside. Smiley lifted a gallon jug of water and a stainless steel suitcase from the trunk of his white Cadillac and then they saw him. ``Hey, man, I caught you on cable the other night.'' 'You still makin' the rounds, huh?'' They talked American. ''Getting older,'' Smiley replied, in British. ``Yeah, everyone is. Rounder, too.'' Smiley signed a couple autographs and walked into the rec center. It was cool and dark except for the lights over the ring. The other wrestlers were there, and the girl who would sing the national anthem. Smiley said hi and walked into the bathroom to settle up with the promoter in privacy. He'd earn in the low four figures for the night. Smiley is 39. He was born in England, raised in Miami Beach, wrestled on the Miami Beach Senior High team in 1983, never went to college, never had a career besides wrestling. He lives in comfort in a big house in a gated community in Pembroke Pines, keeps a neat yard watered nightly by automatic sprinklers. He saved his money over the years, but he still needs to work. People think you're a millionaire if you've been on television; people think you rake it in like The Rock. People don't know. Smiley took a table on the edge of the room and opened the briefcase. He removed dozens of photographs: Smiley in agony, Smiley imparting agony, Smiley smiling with celebrities. There'd be a little money on the side if they sold. The doors were opened. Enter the fans: shaggy-haired boys, stringy girls in tight jeans, crew-cut dads, they walked past or browsed, curious. Some of the adults bought photographs. Some of the kids pawed through but didn't ask their dads for money. Smiley autographed a few and gave them away to the kids for free. The girl who'd been practicing sang the national anthem and a catchy dance number and the wrestling began: hours of grandiloquent and absurd violence committed by muscled wraiths, decadent fat tubs. A night of violence. Of slams and flying kicks, blows to the head with chairs. Of illegal choking unseen by a ref distracted at a crucial moment by not one but two buxom preening ring girls. Of dastardly kicks to the groin, broken alliances, heroic kick-outs. No prim silence in this theater, no fourth wall here: full, throaty, honest audience participation. ``I seen more muscles on a baby!'' ``That's what you get!'' Smiley's opponent was Ryan ''Payne'' O'Reilley, an angry boastful Irishman with drunk leprechauns tattooed on his biceps who bore little resemblance to the real-life 24-year-old construction worker named Ryan Parmeter. O'Reilley insulted the crowd and Smiley encouraged the kids to stay in school. He said the girl who'd sang the anthem had the voice of an angel. After 18 villainous years, Smiley was tonight playing the bold and honest baby-face. Smiley's head was driven into the floor by the leering savage, this man without honor. His face was slammed against a metal fence. His wrist was twisted and yanked, and he was nearly pinned a number of times. The comeback -- last-minute and against all odds -- is a crucial feature of the pro match, and Smiley made his. He left victorious and caught an afternoon flight to Mexico City the next day for a week of bouts in the provincial towns. Smiley wants to get back into the big time, and his chance is coming. World Wrestling Entertainment -- the federation with most of the television contracts, the stars and the money today -- comes to Miami in June. Smiley fights on the undercard. It's a tryout, he said one night, back from his travels. ``I've learned you can never say never, but this will be the fourth time I've tried. If they haven't accepted me up to this point. . .'' To put life in wrestling terms: The ref has started the count -- this could be the end, folks. But the veteran has come back from behind so many times before. Can he do it just once more? Heck of a match, folks, too close to call. Credit to DAREALGUMMY for hooking me up with this story. I remember shortly after WCW was bought by WWE, Norman sent an e-mail to WWE about possibly getting a shot there, and was told that they didn't have a spot for him. Maybe that's changed now? So, could we be seeing the Big Wiggle on WWE TV sometime soon?

Seth Skyfire. He works in OVW. He had a one shot appearance in Ring of Honor against Mike Mondo (no relation to CZW's Nick Mondo).

Cena's a decent wrestler, but to even put him in the same sentence as Eddie G. is insulting...He's INCREDIBLY charismatic, just like Eddy, but as far as wrestling, nah. I'll give you this - Cena is one of the TOUGHEST individuals out there. I can't BELIEVE he returned so quickly from the Royal Rumble injury, but that doesn't make him a great WRESTLER. He's got some very cool moves, but as far as mat wrestling, he's not overly impressive.

No. Never.

Sounds like it may be his tornado flatliner (like a flying version of Kazarian's Wave of the Future) then.

Weird. Don't thing I've ever seen him do it before. So, it's like the Swinging Noose, only not off of the ropes?

What's Red's "Red Alert" move?

Cool pics. Yo, I'm NOT the only person who thinks that Rebel looks A LOT like Simon Cowell, am I?

Childless couple told to try sex A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless - they weren't having sex. The University Clinic of Lubek said they had never heard of a case like it after examining the couple who went to see them last month for fertility tests. Doctors subjected them to a series of examinations and found they were both apparently fertile, and should have had no trouble conceiving. A clinic spokesman said: "When we asked them how often they had had sex, they looked blank, and said: "What do you mean?". "We are not talking retarded people here, but a couple who were brought up in a religious environment who were simply unaware, after eight years of marriage, of the physical requirements necessary to procreate." The 30-year-old wife and her 36-year-old husband are now being given sex therapy lessons while the university clinic undertakes a study to try to find out if there are more couples with a similar lack of sex education. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_95794...uirkies.sexlife

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Triple H Key wins: 1. Hell In the Cell (No Way Out 2000): retires Cactus Jack in a match that everyone thought he was going to lose and didn't have a chance in. 2. WrestleMania 2000: first guy to survive three others and first heel to retain since Deisel 3. Royal Rumble '00: one of the best matches either man has ever had. Cactus may've returned, but he convinced a lot of people he was that damn good. Other notable wins: Iron Man Match at Judgment Day 00, over Y2J at WrestleMania, first title win over Mankind on RAW, HBK at Armageddon, Kevin Nash at Badd Blood, Austin at No Way Out Key losses: 1. vs. Goldberg at Unforgiven: These guys had a real-life feud and in their first one on one match (at least I think it was their first), HHH did the job. That's a lot of bragging rights gone down the drain. 2. HBK at Summerslam - sure we all knew HBK was going to win, but still...HHH had a lot of bragging rights on the line vs. his mentor, and he lost. 3. Hogan at Backlash - Hogan's first major win since his return, as he had lost to Rock at WM. This made HHH take a step back for a bit. Other key losses: Rock at Backlash 2000, Kevin Nash at Judgment Day, Undertaker at WM17, Goldberg at Survivor Series, Benoit at WMXX Defining moment: beating Foley on two straight PPVs, and then pinning him at WM

Found this old interview with Wade Keller on RSPW... http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...a.lm.com&rnum=2 Apparently, there's a part two to it somewhere, also. K:In terms of your career, are you pretty happy with the way things have gone for you in terms of bookings internationally and domestically? S:I'm happy, but I'm not satisfied. K:In what ways are you happy? S:I'm happy because I don't have to take a booking if I don't want to because I have one to back it up. I can get the kind of money I want now because if they don't give it to me I can take another booking and probably get it. I don't have to take a booking if I don't feel like it. I'm taking every booking I can get, but I like the freedom of not having to. Before I felt so pressured I had to take it. Now I just feel pressure, that everybody's watching me. K:In what ways aren't you satisfied. S:I want to make more money, of course. Probably get something national. K: Would you be interested in working for WWF or WCW anytime soon if the offers were right? Or do you have some things you still want to accomplish before going with one of the big two? S:I talked to somebody last Monday [This interview was conducted August 9, 1994] from WWF. They still want to change my name. They didn't say anything about money. They said I'd make a lot of money, but they still want to change my name so I said "When you guys decide you don't want to change my name, I'd probably come" K: Why is keeping your name so important? S: The name itself I like. I like it because now I feel it's my name. Sheik gave it to me, but I built it so I don't want to sell out yet. If I can't find work, then yes maybe I will sell out, but right now I can find work. I'm not making a million dollars a year, or even close, or even one hundred thousand a year, but I think if I stick with it I will - on my terms. K: Does the WWF want to keep your image or gimmick but change the name? S: I'm not even sure if they want to keep the gimmick. K: Lightning Kid changed to 123 Kid and kept his image the same. WOuld you be willing to slightly change the name so they could at least trademark it but it would still be something similar to Sabu? S: Yeah, yeah. If they wanted to call me Zabu or something. Even Sabu with something at the end of it. They didn't go into detail. They just said they wanted to change it. They had no idea what they were...they probably do, but they didn't want to tell me. They said they didn't have any idea what it would be, but they would definitely be changing it. I told them I didn't want to come yet. [Anyone know why they couldn't leave it at Sabu and still trademark it???] K: What about WCW? S: They don't ever call me. [Once again, a shining testimony to the infinite wisdom that is WCW] K: Do yo uever call them? S: No. I hear it's a bad time now because of Hogan because I guess they're not giving out no money now. K: Earlier you said you were feeling pressure. In what ways are you feeling pressure and is that good or bad pressure? S: The way it was before, when I would have an average match as Sabu, people would rave and go "Wow! That's great." Now when I'm having what I feel are good matches they've seen me enough to where they're saying they want more. SO my good matches are below average now, I think. K: Do you feel a pressure to satisfy the fans in various towns who are there every time to see you or are you satisfied to put on good matches for the vast majority who don't see every match and aren't that critical? S: I'm trying...I'm...I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just trying to work harder every time, you know what I mean? I'm trying to please everyone and I can't. K: Are yo ucoming to the point where you're telling those people who always want to see you improve on the last performance that you are going to give them a good show, but not always exceed expectations and improve 10 percent every time? S: Well, I'm trying to improve 10 percent every time to please those people, but eventually I'm not going to be able to. The people who have been seeing me a lot are saying "Well, that match wasn't as good as the last match you had" or something like that. I don't believe that. I think the last match I had with (Chris) Benoit was pretty good, but I'm sure some people probably don't think it was. K: When you talk about wanting to improve 10 percent every time, does along with that improvement necissarily include doing more dangerous things or does it simply mean getting a better variety of things that aren't necessarily dangerous? S: Both. Not necessarily something more dangerous, but something original. Every time I go to ECW I try to bring in a new move. Same with Japan. Every time I make a tour of Japan, the same thing. I've still got about eight moves I haven't debuted yet [DRROOOOLLL!!!!! ] because I'm trying to stay ahead of everybody else, but I don't want to get ahead of myself. I'm not just wrestling for myself, I want the people to see it. I don't want them to see so much they can't remember it. K: Who are some of the opponents you feel fortunate to have had the chance to wrestle or learned from wrestling them? S: I can't explain it. I know what you mean. I've learned something every time I wrestle someone like Chris Benoit or Too Cold Scorpio or Terry FUnk. Every time I wrestle Terry FUnk I feel I've learned something. Or I'm closer to where I want to be. I've learned from every match lately, but I can't really explain what I've learned. K: Do you feel fortunate you are able to wrestle as wide a variety of opponents as you have lately? A lot of wrestlers, especially in the major promotions, wrestle the same guy for two or three months and then another guy for two or three months? S: Yeah, I love it. I can't believe I get to wrestle that wide range of guys. I'm very fortunate for that. K: Are you concerned about the risks you take in the ring? Do you ever feel you shouldn't have done a move after you do one or you should just cool it a little bit? Do you ever regret a move that injures you or do you take it as a challenge to come back and do it again and not get injured? S: I've had both feelings. I mean sometimes I go "Why did i do that? I could have ended the match without doing that." Terry Funk said one time after I wrestled the Lightning Kid and I tried to do a Frankensteiner and he was supposed to reverse it into a powerbomb and it kind of looked like it almost broke my neck, he goes "You could have had that whole match and you could have cut out that spot and nobody would have even noticed." Sometimes I do get that feeling, that I could have done the whole match and not done certain moves that hurt me and nobody would've noticed. K: Do you believe that if you go to the WWF and they invest television time in you that by definition you're goin to have to tone down a little bit? They don't want their investment in you with you having to sit out three to six months with a broken leg. Will you have to be more routine? S: Yeah. Well, no. I'm not goint to be a routine wrestler. I refuse to do that. I refuse the hiptoss, armdrag, leapfrog, dropkick style - what everybody does. [Guess we can't look forward to any classic matches like Ricky Steamboat eh? ] I refuse to do that. But I can adjust my style so it's less dangerous, of course. But just to make them happy. I can ease in my dangerous stuff without them noticing. K: Would you feel a responsibility to satisfy your commitments over the long run by not necessarily going after the table every night where you might break a rib for the sake of lasting longer? S: Okay, this is my plan. My plan is to do this stuff as long as I can, until I get into a major promotion. I'm going to keep doing this dangerous stuff for at least another two years, then I'm gonna ease it down to where hopefully I'll be over enough to where my little things will get as big of a pop as my big things. Like, the other night when I wrestled Benoit, he kicked the shit out of me like a heel. When I made small comebacks, I tore the house down. Instead of having to bust the table to tear the house down, that wasn't important to the people. I still did it only because I wanted to, not because I had to. I think in a couple of years, if I keep this up, I can slow it down and I don't think the people will notice. Right now the people who haven't seen me who haven't heard of me, I want them to see me and say "Yeah, he is as good as they say". Instead of saying "He isn't as good as I thought he was. " I don't want to let them down yet. I'll let them down slowly. Not let them down, but I mean ease down my intensity. K: You mean to extend your career not to rest on your laurels? S: I want to wrestle 20 more years, until I'm 50 like Terry Funk. I've always thought like that. I never went out there and thought maybe tongiht would be my last match. I never think that. Even if I did break a leg, I could still work. I'd make myself work. WHy not? I'm hungry still. I'm as hungry as I've been since I started. K: What's your situation in Japan right now? S: I'm going back August 25th. They still like me. K: Are you still satisfied working for FMW? S: I'm not 100 percent satisfied. I will never turn my back on them because they made me money when no one else would. They've given me the opportunity to do anyting I want in that ring. Most people say you can't do this and you can't do that. When they saw me the first time they said do whatever I wanted. I did and they loved it. I plan to be with them the rest of my career if possible. K: Do you sometimes feel left out not being able to be in one of the major two promotions in Japan and wrestling some of the guys you'd like to on a regular basis? S: Yeah, I feel that, but then that's just selfish on my part. They gave me a break, so I'm going to give them a break until they don't want me no more. I've been offered a lot of money to go to New Japan. The money sounds really great, but the double-cross doesn't sound real good. The way I could go is if I double-cross. They're (FMW) not going to let me go. If I go, it would be a double-cross. K: FMW is not going to look at you leaving like Jim Cornette looks at Brian Lee joining the WWF, as a natural progression and an opportunity for you? S: It would be totally different. It would be like me going to the competition. K: Who are some of the guys in Japan you'd most like to wrestle? S: Mike Awesome, Goto, Onita, Dr. Luther, and Judge Dred since he's there now. K: How about some of the guys outside of FMW you'd like to wrestle? S: LIger, Samurai. I'd like to wrestle Benoit in Japan. I think we'd get a better reaction in Japan. Ultimate Dragon. I'd like to wrestle him. I'd like to wrestle Stan Hansen. He'd probably kick the shit out of me, but I'd like to wrestle him. (Laughs) K: Are you satisfied with your role and your placement in ECW in the last few months? Are you happy with your progression and the progression of the company? S: Yeah, I don't mind it. I guess it's okay. K: You don't sound entirely enthusiastic. S: Well, because they put me back with Shane again and they keep trying to put me in tag matches. I'm not letting them. I don't want to be a tag wrestler. Because with my gimmick, especially the way they brign me to the ring out on the gurney and all that, how can I stand on the apron and wait for a tag? But then they want me to break character, they say "The fans are smart here" They say we're wrestling for the hardcores, the 'smart-marks' or whatever they call them. Why let the people know they're smart? I still say treat it like they don't know. I'm not really excited about the way they're using me, but they're treating me good otherwise, I guess. K: Are you satisfied with the way your character is portrayed now, tweening with the fans cheering you even though you haven't changed your style? S: I like it. It's not like I'm kissing up to them and trying to get them to cheer me. It's just happening that way. I like it, but if they didn't cheer me, I'd like it just as much. I'm just glad they like my wrestling. K: Do you feel a similar loyalty to ECW as you do FMW? S: No. My loyalty to ECW comes up in December. If they can't give me more matches per month or more money - I'm not trying to pressure them, but I'm not getting any younger and neither is my mother. I want to take care of my mother better. SO the only way I can do that is to make more money. If they can't give me more money by December, then I think I might go somewhere in January. I talked to Onita and I told him I want to take a year absence from Japan and I will never return for another company. If I'm gone for five years, I wouldn't return for another company until I come back to FMW. I want to take a whole year off because I think when I come back I could make a bigger impact in Japan. Plus, I want to take a year off to build up my name in the States.

Who was the runner up in the 2001 (or was it 2002? I forget...) PWF Legacy Cup Tournament, eventually losing to CHRISTOPHER DANIELS.

They'll ban him. Meanie's on really good terms with Mark Nulty, Crimon Mask I, etc.

How many interviews/promos has Sabu done in his career? I think he did a promo back in the early '90's with Gideon Wainwright, then he did a hotline interview in like '94 I think it was (the one where he said he'd like to wrestle Bret Hart and HBK if he ever got the chance), a Wrestling.IGN.com interview, and an interview for Rampage Wrestling Magazine. I also seem to remember him saying something about Taz being a midget on an ECW show. But anyway. Anyone have any memories of seeing/hearing him talk? How does he sound? Has anyone met him and talked to him? I tried to get an interview with him a few weeks ago and even went through one of his closest friends in the business, and even they told me they could try, but they really doubted he'd be willing to. Shows you how much the guy LIVES his gimmick. And also - are there any video clips anywhere on the net of him doing promos?

How the hell do you have access to all these satellite feeds? They're awesome.

WCWDVD.com? WTF?

Ahhh, OK. Sorry about that. Well, they were good times while they lasted.

When will this week's Lazarush be put online?

And didn't they hype Ruckus and Damian Adams for the show? I thought they were going to go one on one or something, after that fall they took at one of the past shows?

Who wrestled HOMICIDE two nights ago at USA Pro...

Me. It's coming. It's coming. I got interviews with Vic Grimes, GQ Money, Leroy the Ring Crew Guy, Pogo the Clown, and others coming soon, too. But it's coming in the next few weeks. It's going to be in article form, though, about CZW's current status. It'll have lots of comments from Rebel. Ya, that's true. Plus, guys like CJ O Doyle don't really work for other feds, so we wouldn't get to see his greatness anywhere else. So, there's a benefit to 3PW running, I guess.