The Phantom of the Ring

Remembering The Professor

In this business I’ve met many a class act, from Lou Thesz to Dick Hutton to Bruno Sammartino. But there was one class act people told me about whom I never got the chance to meet. And that was Angelo Poffo. Besides being an exceptional grappler he was also an exceptional human being. From all accounts Poffo was one of the true gentlemen of the game, gracious and modest with the fans outside the ring, but also most protective of the rule of omerta. He was one of the few grapplers who took his family with him when he traveled, and thus it was no surprise that he stayed married to the same woman for 60 years. He got his two sons into the game and they also turned out to be stars who didn’t need their father to hand them numerous championship belts in order to be over with the fans. They were already over, and their careers were proof of that fact. His death on March 4th only deepened my regret at not meeting him, for he was an intelligent man, and I’ll bet he had a lot of stories to tell. Now I see him in Heaven’s Cauliflower Alley Club, sitting with Thesz, Blassie and Hutton, sharing the stories I never got to hear.

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The Phantom of the Ring

With Martin Karadagian the entertainment wasn’t limited to the ring alone. The audience also was peppered with characters that sometimes rivaled the wrestlers in the bizarreness of their gimmicks.

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The Phantom of the Ring

Phantom – The February Phannies

Having thoroughly run ECW into the ground, Vince McMahon is looking for something new to put his mark on, much like a dog marks a tree. After assumed brainstorming, he comes up with a concept that, frankly, has us baffled: NXT. The premise is that eight young rookies from developmental will be mentored by eight WWE pros. Sounds good for a mini-series, but where does it go? As for the mentors themselves, we weren’t buying the Miz mentoring Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson), figuring it either to be an angle or quickly made into an angle to correct a mistake in the plans. After all, Danielson has probably forgotten more about wrestling than the Miz will ever learn.

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DVD Review: TNA Wrestling Best of 2009
Reviewed by: Steven Wilson of MainEventRadio.com

2009 will go down in many TNA fan’s eyes as the final year in the pre Hogan/Bischoff era. To many that’s a good thing, and to many that’s a bad thing. In this case it doesn’t matter what side of the fence you fall on, as TNA’s latest DVD release features the best wrestling matches of the 2009 calendar year.  Beyond any critcisms of creative that people have had for the TNA product, one thing just about everyone can agree on is the fact that the stars of TNA know how to more often than not deliver a solid wrestling matchup. The Best of 2009 DVD is a prime example of that.

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DragonGate USA Open the Untouchable Gate DVD Review

by Brad Dykens

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DVD Review : Missy Hyatt’s Pajama Party

Reviewed by Steven Wilson of MainEventRadio.com

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Full Impact Pro Heatstroke 2008

DVD Review

by Brad Dykens

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WSU Awesome Challenge DVD Review

featuring Awesome Kong, Angelina Love, Nikki Roxx, Jazz, and much more!

by Brad Dykens

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Dragon Gate USA presents: Independent Tour De Force Volume 1

DVD Review

by Brad Dykens

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Hello Viewers!!!!!

I’m back and as you can see by my NEWEST and the best looking banner in years well, you know why.
BRET HART is back and albeit for just a short time, I, his biggest fan (and no, boys, that doesn’t mean his fattest) have to write a column.

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