411's WWE Byte This Report: Storm, Cade, Jordan,

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411's WWE Byte This Report: Storm, Cade, Jordan, Nitro

 

The rookie edition, with *exclusive* news on Orlando Jordan! How could you resist?

 

Hosts are Josh Matthews and special guest Rue!

 

Str8 to Droz, who’s kickin in his two cents

 

Segment One: Droz

 

On what it’s like being a rookie in WWE, Droz says it’s definitely an experience. Being on the road takes an unbelievable amount of time, and there is a lot of pressure as well. Although he hasn’t yet seen Johnny Nitro wrestle, he is impressed with the current batch of WWE rookies, especially Garrison Cade. Droz remembers when he came in to the WWF to wrestle with the Legion of Doom, in his first match he managed to break one of the Harris Brothers’ nose. Billy Gunn helpfully informed him that he would need to wear an asbestos suit to protect him from the heat. Droz thinks it is tough being a rookie, but as long as you can take the ribbing, it’s definitely a good learning experience.

 

Josh points out that although Rue is still a rookie; both he and Droz are seasoned veterans. Rue is having a great time, and believes she will always be a rookie, as she will always be in the learning process. And although the travel is hard, Droz doesn’t think Rue needs the beauty sleep.

 

Droz leaves, but we are joined by…

 

Segment Two: Lance Storm!

 

Storm wonders why if this is a youngsters’ show that they are talking to him. On his recent retirement announcement, Lance says the issue has been in his head for a while, as he hasn’t been so happy with his recent progression in WWE and has also had some nagging back problems. He wanted to be able to contribute to a different role, and so is commuting to the OVW training facility in Louisville in order to train the WWE hopefuls down there. His schedule will not be as heavy as the current WWE touring, as he will go down on the Monday morning for about 12-13 days and go home the following weekend. With his schedule he should be able to contribute to both his website and his book club more.

 

Storm found his final match in Calgary quite emotional, and thanks the crowd for being wonderful. Storm is fully able to train the wrestlers, and points out that he could keep wrestling if he had to. Although taking backs on his bumps four nights a week would not be so beneficial to his health, and as a trainer he could avoid this. He is excited about the next step in his career and recognises that he is good for the job, being one of the more technically sound wrestlers in the company.

 

Steven on the phone asks about the reactions from Storm’s co-workers, especially Chris Jericho. He, as well as all the boys were very supportive as they knew it was what he wants to do. Storm’s thoughts on the Unamericans angle, and whether crossed the line? He thought they were close to the line, but that one week after the crowd derided them for attempting to burn the American flag, they were chanting ‘What?’ during the American national anthem.

 

Storm enjoyed working with Dawn Marie, and pitched a number of ideas to try and reform them in WWE, but to no avail. He mentions that the original ECW paring of him and Dawn was only meant to be a one night thing, but that both he and Paul Heyman saw the chemistry that was there and decided to keep it going.

 

Storm’s advice to the younger stars is to keep their mouths shut, their ears open, and then they could learn a lot. He heard Josh’s claim to be a veteran and keeps the cheeky youngster in check by pointing out that he has been wrestling for 14 years, while Josh is only 24 years old!

 

Guess what, Orlando Jordan is scheduled!

 

Segment Three: Johnny Nitro

 

Although he hasn’t had any matches yet, it’s nice being in charge of things as Bischoff’s understudy. He has the power to make matches, and believes Mr Bischoff is the man, now Stone Cold’s gone. On his fellow Tough Enough winner Matt Capatelli, Nitro believes he is ready for WWE but thinks he will probably end up on Smackdown. John from Dallas wants to know if Nitro will be wrestling any time soon. He doesn’t know what’s in store at the moment, but hopes to. Although just being part of the product is fantastic.

 

On all the name changes he went through, Blaze was his favourite, as he could think of a lot of fire references involving fire extinguishers and stuff. Unfortunately it was already trademarked by a clothes company, and he switched to Johnny Spade, which was a play on the name Johnny Ace. Fortunately he changed to Johnny Nitro soon after, after Bischoff’s old show.

 

Nitro thought it was difficult going through Tough Enough, partly because everything was on camera. On his use of the Shooting Star Press, he reveals he used to break-dance and do a standing SSP, which was easy to translate to the wrestling ring. Becca asks if he was confident he would win Tough Enough. Although he knew he deserved to win, he was still shocked when he heard the result. There was no cockiness on his face when the result was announced.

 

He doesn’t believe he gets any crap from the guys for not ‘paying his dues’. He thinks people pay their dues along the way as well, and that all of the guys would have taken the opportunity had they been in his situation.

 

Johnny Nitro leaves.

 

The forum monsters report that Josh was looking down Rue’s shirt. Good call guys!

 

Segment Four: Garrison Cade

 

It hasn’t been so hard for Cade as a rookie on RAW as he has been in the company, wrestling dark matches for 4 years and has built up a good relationship with the superstars. On the Coach situation, he’s known him for about a year, and about 2 months ago he mentioned something and it happened.

 

He looks up to his trainer Shawn Michaels and would one day love to see a trainer vs. trainee match. He believes he got lucky being trained by HBK, and gave him a great start in the business. Cade was in every developmental territory save Puerto Rico, but OVW was the best. He thought it would be a better experience learning through dark matches, but OVW turned out really well.

 

Eliza asked if Cade was inspired to do the elbow drop after Macho Man, to which Cade replies that he preferred the HBK version, a sit looked more athletic. A little known fact is that HBK could drop both the right and the left elbow. Jindrak moving to Smackdown caught them both off guard, but said they were both privately relieved as they are both singles wrestlers.

 

He wanted to be a wrestler at the age of 6, but really thought it was a possibility when he got to high school. When HBK opened up a wrestling school, Cade knew what he had to do.

 

Cade leaves, but joined by

 

Segment Five: Orlando Jordan

 

The O to the J is livin’ it up in Miami, and sounds like that drugged up James Brown video on ebaumsworld. WWE’s competitive and hard work, but he loves a challenge. On his inspirations, Orlando gives his mad propz to Flair, the Rock, Steamboat and Hogan.

 

Jordan’s debut was at MSG. It was both a shocker and a reality check, and was just glad Taker helped him out. On his background, Orlando did amateur boxing as a kid, and then moved to amateur wrestling in Virginia. He also practiced Jujitsu.

 

On whether he would pose for Playgirl, Jordan revealed it was one of his goals to get his wang out for the magazine and would love to do it. He thinks he has what it takes. Rue agrees and said she would buy the whole load of issues.

 

Eric from California asks how it was to be trained by Rocky Johnson. Jordan said he feels like family, and is honoured to have been taken in. It’s hard to keep up the training and the eating regimens when you are on the road. Although he is lucky that he can get away with eating some of the stuff that he is not supposed to.

 

Phoner George points out Orlando bears a resemblance to Samuel L Jackson, with no further questions, leading Josh to believe George will be buying the last few copies of Orlando’s Playboy issue. Jordan’s tattoo on his stomach means ‘wild cat’ and has deep significance to him.

 

Jordan leaves after promising we’ll definitely see more of him over the next few weeks. Well, as long as it’s not his member, I think we’ll all be okay.

 

Rue is kind of single, likes Josh, but not in that way, and Josh is in love with her.

 

Next week is a legends show, with Bobby Heenan, Harley Race, and my absolute favourite person to recap – Howard Finkle!

 

End of Show.

[AndrewTS 0]

"On whether he would pose for Playgirl, Jordan revealed it was one of his goals to get his..."

 

There goes my dinner.

[Enigma 0]

12-13 days? What?

[Guest Banders Kennany]

Orlando Jordan looks like a caveman (that's not a racist comment either as he's the only black guy in the company who does). And I thought Johnny Nitro's name change thing was a gimmick. So the WWE was so shortsighted they gave him TWO names on TV before settling on the one they wanted? Terrible.

[dubq 0]

So the WWE was so shortsighted they gave him TWO names on TV before settling on the one they wanted? Terrible.

Uh, no.. he came out and had Lilian say that he was to be known as "Johnny Nitro" from that point on. There was never a case of him having two names at once.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

On all the name changes he went through, Blaze was his favourite, as he could think of a lot of fire references involving fire extinguishers and stuff. Unfortunately it was already trademarked by a clothes company

 

Not to mention Marvel Comics.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

On all the name changes he went through, Blaze was his favourite, as he could think of a lot of fire references involving fire extinguishers and stuff. Unfortunately it was already trademarked by a clothes company

 

Not to mention Marvel Comics.

Plus the fact the name sucked and it's a common name on the Indy circuit. Johnny Spade wasn't much better.

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"He looks up to his trainer Shawn Michaels and would one day love to see a trainer vs. trainee match"

 

Yeah...me to buddy.