Or “why pro wrestling rules”….check out this promo by the late Moondog Mayne from the Los Angeles pro wrestling promotion circa 1978. What’s so great is the interviewer who is “cowering in fear” of Mayne and his broom is none other than “Judo” Gene Labell. At the time he was likely the legit …
Michael Hegstrand, better known to the world as Road Warrior Hawk, died 5 years ago today of an apparent heart attack. The Road Warriors are arguably the best and certainly the most influential tag team in the history of pro wrestling. Here’s the team at the top of their game circa 1985 as …
Dave Meltzer at The Wrestling Observer said that this may be the “pro wrestling promo of the year” surpassing Chris Jericho. Only thing is its Dana White, “cutting a promo” on Gary Shaw and EliteXC over “Kimbo-gate”. It is pretty amazing…of course with Dana there’s always an f-bomb or two so consider yourself …
Over at Bloody Elbow, Kid Nate–who’s just one of the best MMA writers anywhere and brought us that amazing tribute to Evan Tanner a while back–is at it again. He’s got a belated Happy Birthday profile to one of the few guys who can rightfully claim to be the ‘baddest man on the planet’–”Judo” …
Former WWE competitor turned MMA fighter Bobby Lashley has joined American Top Team:
Former WWE Champion Bobby Lashley has officially signed and joined American Top Team.
Bobby started training with us a week ago and decided this is where he needed to be to take the next step in his burgeoning MMA career. Bobby comes to us …
From The Wrestling Observer:
Norman Lear, an iconic television director dating back to “All in the Family,” will be doing a TV series on HBO about the territorial days of pro wrestling set in the 70s, tentatively called “Everybody Hurts.” It will be set around a family that runs pro wrestling in New York. …
Our guy Michael David Smith over at AOL Fanhouse has some comments from Frank Trigg on Kurt Angle’s MMA aspirations:
There have long been rumors that Kurt Angle, the Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star, was going to give mixed martial arts a try. But for all the talk, Angle has never actually set foot …
Kurt Angle continues to spin the UK press for all they’re worth. Today’s Angle story is in the Daily Star. According to the story, Angle’s TNA contract is up next year and he’s claiming that he’s going to be doing some MMA:
“When my contract comes up I’m going to be doing some …
More Kurt Angle–he said in an interview with the UK Sun last week that he was sick of the creative direction of TNA due to the countless stipulations, run-ins and gimmick matches. Here’s the moneyshot quote:
We’re in an MMA world. Fans want to see mano a mano. One on one. Let’s go at it.
We …
Claims by Angle that he’s going to be fighting in MMA are an almost monthly occurrence. He was on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show claiming that he’s signed a deal and “that his MMA career would pick up in late 2009″. From the comments he made he’s intimating that he’s signing …
