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Dusty Rhodes Hits Me With The Bionic Elbow
Dusty Rhodes was one of the top wrestlers of the 1980s. He could be seen on the Superstation TBS all across the country at the outset of cable television. The son of a plumber. The American Dream. A guy that didn’t look like a great athlete. He wasn’t a bodybuilder. But he could connect with…
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Jimmy Jacobs & Barbed Wire Bat
Jimmy Jacobs and the barbed wire bat shot. That is what I got asked about more than anything else when it Jimmy himself came up with the diea thtat came to my 12 years in IWA Mid-South. Even though I feuded with Ian Rotten a lot longer, it is the feud with Jimmy Jacobs that…
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The Wooing of Mickie Knuckles
One of my favorite storylines during my 12 year wrestling career was in 2005. The Fannin Family were feuding with Ed Chuman’s NWA group and Ian Rotten over control of the company. It was leading up to a 3 way dance War Games…winner takes control of the company. As we were picking teams and ramping…
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Cubs Charities helps tornado victims
It was always a dream of mine to work for the Chicago Cubs. For the last three seasons, I have gotten to live that dream. Each day, I thank my lucky stars that I get to go to Wrigley Field for my job. While I love my coworkers and love being a security services ambassador,…
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Kassius Ohno released by WWE NXT
I remember the first time I saw Chris Hero. He came in to the IWA Mid-South dressing room in 2000 and he didn’t look like the prototypical professional wrestler. He wasn’t muscular. He wasn’t tanned. He looked overweight and slow. Then he stepped into the wrestling ring. Hero was a natural. He could move with…
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Bentley and Maniwa Variety Show Podcast Episode #7
BNMVS Episode #6 (In Case You Missed It) EPISODE #7 of #bnmvs w/Mean Mitch Page & Jim Fannin is online! Me and Bentley do a 30 min intro where we discuss: – Evolution Pro Wrestling – Bowling with the wedding party – Indie vs Indy ft. #TeamBestDude – DefendIndyWrestling crew – Fantasy TPI (up at…
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Bentley and Maniwa Variety Show Podcast Episode #6
EPISODE #6 of #bnmvs w/Mean Mitch Page & Jim Fannin is online! BNMVS Episode #7 Nick Maniwa and Reed Bentley have a fun 20 min chat for the intro, talk about Dreamwave and WWE programming. After that, Maniwa sits down with long-time friends “Mean” Mitch Page & Jim Fannin to discuss their long histories together…
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My Favorite Wrestlers To Manage
I taped a 2 hour long podcast with “Mean” Mitch Page and Nick Maniwa this week. The podcast was all about my 12 years in IWA Mid-South and some of Mitch’s and my favorite memories from our careers. The podcast got me to thinking about things and I felt like putting out a blog detailing…
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Jim “J.J.” Fannin YouTube clips
Here’s a few clips of the man’s wrestling days. IWA Mid-South Rule The School 2007 Jim Fannin on commentary (keep in mind he is the “heel” commentator.) IWA Mid South No Blood, No Guts, No Glory 2005 Jim Fannin managed The Fannin Family in this show, Eddie Kingston, BJ Whitmer, Mark Wolf, Steve Stone &…