Tag: IWA

  • Antonio Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE

    Daniel Bryan and Antonio Cesaro are two of the best WRESTLERS in the WWE today.  I had the privilege of working with both gentlemen during their time in IWA Mid-South.  Antonio Cesaro had his first match in the United States at an IWA Mid-South event in Clarksville, Indiana when he was still wrestling as Claudio…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bad mistakes

    CM Punk held a screening of his brand new DVD, Best in the World, tonight in his hometown of Chicago.  I really wanted to go to the event as I have really been into his BITW character lately on RAW and because of the fact that the DVD has IWA Mid-South footage on it including…

  • prowresland: Before he was Kassius Ohno, he was a Hero. This is a must buy DVD. http://smartmarkvideo.com/chris-hero-dvd-interviews-with-a-hero-the-chris-hero-story-deluxe-edition.html

  • No Blood. No Guts. No Glory. 2005

    July 2, 2005.  It was supposed to be my last night as a manager in professional wrestling.  I was ready to pull out all the stops.  I was ready to fade quietly into the darkness.  At the time, I had managed on and off for 7 years.  I had worked with a ton of big…

  • In Defense Of IWA Mid-South Wrestling

    The Most Underrated Indy of the Early 2000s   If you were to read an old website or message board devoted to wrestling, you would never know all the good that IWA Mid-South once did for the wrestling world.  Because of the action of a few, the entire organization was cast in a bad light…