Reading Time: 4 minutesthe words he spoke on national television just 24 hours prior to his death have now become ominous, fateful, and downright eerie.
Wow. I’m just stunned.
As I sit here and reminisce, reflecting on my childhood and all the things that came full circle with Warrior this past week, I’m just floored and blown away by what has transpired.
Read more “In Memory of The Ultimate Warrior”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI always thought the discussion was intriguing and fun to listen to. I decided to upload it so fellow wrestling fans of the good ol’ days who enjoy listening to some of our favorite personalities tell their stories could add another memorable entry to their collection.
This is an interview with Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan, conducted by Between The Ropes from summer 2002, right around the release of Bobby’s first book “Bobby Heenan: Wrestling’s Bad Boy Tells All”.
The folks at Between the Ropes were kind enough to email me this interview some years ago after it had been cycled off their website. I always thought the discussion was intriguing and fun to listen to. I decided to upload it so fellow wrestling fans of the good ol’ days who enjoy listening to some of our favorite personalities tell their stories could add another memorable entry to their collection.
Topics discussed:
Bobby’s current life/health
Trouble with Rick Rude
Working with Gorilla Monsoon
Favorite/least favorite wrestlers he managed
Favorite moments of his career
How he developed his managing style
Thoughts on current wrestling product & state of the business
Why he decided to write an autobiography
Reading Time: 5 minutesMight not sound like too much, especially to anyone outside this state. But, watching a program go from winning the BCS Orange Bowl, with a passionate head coach and a team comprised of hungry, vicious beasts…
Last weekend I watched as Louisville upset Kentucky in the Battle of the Bluegrass and took home the prestigious Governor’s Cup.
I remember last year, just before the rivalry game, during Charlie Strong’s inaugural season and the beginning of the Krag Holocaust cleanup. I made the comment on CardChronicle.com that if “UK gets us one more time while we’re weak, I’ll go ahead and say it’ll be the last time we lose to them for a while.” With Randall Cobb, Kentucky beat the Cards 23-16. No surprise there.
This year, however, I don’t understand why Louisville were the underdogs despite it being a road game. I think people put a little too much stock in the loss to FIU. Keeping in mind that FIU (currently 3-0 at the time of this publication) is a promising program on the rise, and Louisville were completely out of sorts in their first two games, the Cardinals were still able to compete with the Panthers and put themselves in a position to tie the game at the end and send it to OT. Kentucky, on the other hand, looked abysmal in both their first two games against Western KY and C. Michigan. As a fan I felt confident about the Battle of the Bluegrass this year, and the Cards did not disappoint. The tandem of Teddy Bridgewater and Dominique Brown proved to be too much for the Cats as Louisville walked out of Commonwealth Stadium with a 24-17 victory and the Governor’s Cup in hand for the first time since 2006.
Read more “Thoughts on Louisville beating Kentucky,
Taking back the Governor’s Cup”
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night the boxing world got treated to yet another healthy dose of Floyd Mayweather. Take a look at the video below. First off, major kudos to Larry Merchant for providing us the highlight of the night by punking Mayweather out in front of the world. Nicely done and well deserved. I’m sure the few Floyd supports that are left out there will defend his actions by saying Ortiz shouldn’t have headbutted him.
Last night the boxing world got treated to yet another healthy dose of Floyd Mayweather.
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First off, major kudos to Larry Merchant for providing us the highlight of the night by punking Mayweather out in front of the world. Nicely done and well deserved. Floyd took a giant crap right on the sport and the fans by sucker-punching Victor Ortiz, then went on an unprofessional tirade straight out of the ghetto. Wouldn’t be surprised if he and his ignorant cronies broke into Merchant’s car and stole his stereo before heading to the hotel, just to put an exclamation point on the disgrace they left in the ring.
Read more “Floyd Mayweather / Victor Ortiz Sucker Punch
Larry Merchant PUNKS Floyd Mayweather”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the recent release of YouShoot HTM2 by Kayfabe Commentaries, I’d like to share a clip of the video where I appear alongside my good friend Chia, as we pay tribute to the Honky Tonk Man: The Greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion of All Time and ask him about fellow legend, The Undertaker.
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With the recent release of YouShoot HTM2 by Kayfabe Commentaries, I’d like to share a clip of the video where I appear alongside my good friend Chia, as we pay tribute to the Honky Tonk Man: The Greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion of All Time and ask him about fellow legend, The Undertaker.
ALTERNATE VERSION
This is the longer version of the video you see in the official release. Our childhood memories come alive as we let loose and have a little fun with Hogan, Flair, and TNA (Impact).
And don’t miss Shake Rattle & Roll, HTM’s radio show every Monday night at 7:30pm!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a guy who makes the ball boy scrape his clothes off the floor instead of politely handing them to him as he reaches; for a guy who makes fun of another professional athlete after he had the guts to play with a 100+ degree temperature; for a guy who insults the entire working class of America because they couldn’t help but laugh when he FAILED once again after this side show carnival…
“At the end of the day, all of the people that were rooting for me to fail, tomorrow they’ll have to wake up and have the same life that [they had] before they woke up today. They got the same personal problems they had today and I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things I want to do.”
-LeBron James
Really? This is how you deal with fail???? After you sold your soul and whored out Cleveland, somehow blaming them because YOU were not good enough to win a championship? Dragging on The Decision like a Brett Favre Summer Special (still love ya, Brett). Taking your drama to South Beach to form a super group at Miami and hyping yourselves out of the park.
Anything less than a championship = fail? Hey, you said it.
For a guy who makes the ball boy scrape his clothes off the floor instead of politely handing them to him as he reaches; for a guy who makes fun of another professional athlete after he had the guts to play with a 100+ degree temperature; for a guy who insults the entire working class of America because they couldn’t help but laugh when he FAILED once again after this side show carnival….
Yea, we wake up the way we were the day before. We go to work, punch the clock, and deal with our lives. You go out and probably blow $10,000 twice a day, just because you can. You have millions, we don’t. Yep — we’re us and you’re you.
And we have the same number of rings.
Bitch.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the Macho Man was on screen, something different was going on. You didn’t have that safe, “oh, it’s just a show” feeling. Randy knew how to kick it up several notches.
Without a doubt, one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He will be sorely missed.
My memories of Randy date back to when I was eight years old. He was involved in some of the most intense feuds the business has ever known. From Hulk Hogan, to the Ultimate Warrior, to Jake Roberts, to Ric Flair, to Crush and beyond. When the Macho Man was on screen, something different was going on. You didn’t have that safe, “oh, it’s just a show” feeling. Randy knew how to kick it up several notches. So much that even the most skeptical, full grown adults in the house would be holding their breath thinking to themselves “Oh my God! That wasn’t supposed to happen…”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn one season, new head coach Charlie Strong led the Cards to a .500 regular season finish, first bowl game since 2006-07, bowl victory, and landed the biggest recruit in this program’s history.
Awesome comeback victory tonight in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl defeating Southern Miss. This win marks Louisville’s return to relevancy after spending three miserable years in Kragthorpian hell. In one season, new head coach Charlie Strong led the Cards to a .500 regular season finish, first bowl game since 2006-07, bowl victory, and landed the biggest recruit in this program’s history.
Five-star QB Teddy Bridgewater has committed to the Ville, giving the Cards some SOLID momentum heading into Charlie Strong’s 2nd season next year. This coupled with the team coming off a spectacular bowl win tonight is like an adrenaline injection for a program that dwelt in horrid mediocrity under Dr. Fail Steve Kragthorpe for what seemed like a small eternity.
Welcome back Cards! Awesome win tonight! Onward and upward!
Very cool.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a video I put together from a couple recordings of the pre-game fight video captured by fans at Freedom Hall during the 2008-09 season when the Cards were the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tourney. Good times.
This is a video I put together from a couple recordings of the pre-game fight video captured by fans at Freedom Hall during the 2008-09 season when the Cards were the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tourney. Good times.
