Tag: IWA Mid-South
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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…
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CM Punk Quits WWE?
It’s been 24 hours since Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer set the internet wrestling community abuzz by reporting that CM Punk had walked out of RAW on Monday and went home. He did not have much information on the situation or an exact reason as to why CM Punk decided to quit but speculation…
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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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CM Punk vs. Chris Hero – TLC Match
Since I’ve been teaching myself how to make GIFs, I decided it was the perfect time to break out my DVD of the greatest match that I have ever seen live…Chris Hero vs. CM Punk in their 50 minute Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. This match happened on our last night at the House of…
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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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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 #6 of #bnmvs w/Mean Mitch Page & Jim Fannin is online! 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 in…
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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 &…