TRTSM Shoots!

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/smwcornetteqanda/

Jim Cornette does a question and answer session with a crew of hardcore smarks during 1993's SMW fan fest. Topics include SMW's aborted WCW "invasion", the WCW mini movies, the art of cutting promos, a surprising take on "death matches", thoughts on Lucha Libre coming to America, fans rioting, the real Mama Cornette, the ins and outs of running SMW and more!

 

[MillenniumMan831]

Masterful work you're doing here Brody.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Masterful work you're doing here Brody.

And your youtube channel rocks!

New shoots coming in the mail this week includes the two latest Timelines with Hansen and Masked Superstar. I also picked up the new Honky "Supercard" shoot and older shoots with Heenan and Oliver Humperdink. All will be covered in the next few weeks.

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/georgiawrestlingwithmaskedsuperstar/

The Masked Superstar, Bill Eadie, takes us through his early days as a Mongol working in outlaw territories, the Georgia war with Ann Gunkel facing off with the NWA's best, learning to work heel, how and why he was given the Masked Superstar gimmick, Wrestlers taking gimmick prizes and keeping them to spite promoters, why he turned down a WWWF run, stiffing guys who would not sell, the infamous Ole Anderson heel turn on Dusty at the Omni, wacky Ray Stevens stories, Ole attempting a national expansion, the WWF buyout, WCW burning Atlanta to the ground and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/summerslam88withhonkytonkman/

The Honky Tonk Man takes us back to his WWF run, including stories on Hogan getting him his gig, why his early TV matches were doomed to fail, why the heels hated working with him, heat with agent Jay Strongbow, "breaking" Jake the Snake's neck, Steamboat messing up their title match, his issues with Vince McMahon and Dick Ebersol, how Macho Man reacted to finding out Honky wasn't going to lose to him, the Warrior's workrate, being double crossed by Vince before a national TV show was set to air, his thoughts on the roster top to bottom, Animal Steele molesting Elizabeth and more!!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/territoriesstanhansen/

Stan Hansen covers many topics including: the history of Japanese professional wrestling, his early days in Texas working for the Funks, his feud with Bruno Sammartino where Bruno ended up with a broken neck, why he worked so stiff, his classic bout with Andre the Giant, Bruiser Brody's role as a friend and teacher to Hansen, his brutal matches with Big Van Vader, his controversial run as AWA World champ and the blow up that followed it, Baba's illness and death, the injuries that ultimately ended his career and more!!!

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

Awesome rundown, Brody. I love this part the most:

Too many wrestlers decided that they could be the top guy in a group and that led to not enough roster depth to create a strong promotion as many smaller groups rose up. Hansen will not blame comedy wrestling or the fake MMA style for the business falling off in the 2000’s.

I think there's a ton more to this and how it relates to the current state of the US scene than most are willing to acknowledge.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Thanks for the support!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/lookatdustyrhodes/

Steve Corino, Baby Doll, Kevin Sullivan and Ivan Koloff come together for a retrospective on Dusty Rhodes' career. Topics include: Koloff working Dusty in their early days in Canada, the Army of Darkness, Rhodes' booking partners over the years, Baby Doll getting heat for dating a jobber, Verne Gagne shooting on Koloff in the locker room, Koloff's wars with Bruno in the WWWF, Rhodes putting himself over while booking, Ron Garvin's run as NWA World champ, Barry Windham's fall from Rhodes' grace and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/garyhartoliverhumperdinkshoot/

Managers Gary Hart and Oliver Humperdink come together to talk about their careers - topics include: Why Jim Cornette, JJ Dillon and others were failures as managers, Humperdink fighting with promoters, why Hart pushed bad wrestlers when he was booking, Brody and Abby the Butcher's refusing to do jobs, scripted promos, Hart's heat with Sting, fans with unique weapons, the best and worst wrestlers they managed and more!!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/jrandcornetteshootinterviewreview/

Jim Ross, Bret Hart and Jim Cornette come together for a Q and A session which covers why the "Austin 3:16" was almost doomed, how OJ Simpson was responsible for Jake "the Snake" Roberts leaving Smoky Mountain Wrestling, JR's heel turn in 1996, the fake Razor and Diesel,the night Pillman pulled a gun on Austin on WWF TV, Shawn Michaels bombing as WWF champ, the night a Hall of Famer crapped his pants on a live RAW, JR having to fight with Vince McMahon over signing Mick Foley, the Montreal Screwjob, alternative plans for the Hitman vs. HBK, the crazy money Steve Austin was drawing and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/ravenguestbookershoot/

Raven is placed into the role of booker and tasked with how he would handle Scott Hall and Kevin Nash coming to ECW in 1996.

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/captainloushootreview/

Captain Lou offers up 50 years of his personal wrestling life including stories on why he left the Army, getting kicked out of college, being blackballed from the New York wrestling scene when he was still a jabroni, working with Jackie Gleason, why George Steele rarely cut promos, drinking stories, nasty ribs, Bruno's paydays, why he left the WWF in 1994, midgets with bombs, Vince almost making a movie in 1984, a burial of Harley Race, Andre bar fights, and more!!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/ricflairqanda/

The one and only Ric Flair answers questions from his fans. Topics include: Why the Horsemen never had a WWE run, drinking stories, his final match, WCW's downfall, carrying bad workers, bar tabs, the worst experience of his career, who were the best set of Horsemen and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/awaqandareview/

Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Larry "The Ax" Hennig take questions from a raucous group of fans. Topics include: Tall tales from working in Japan, money today compared to the old days, Hennig roughing up Brunzell when he was a rookie, why Brunzell hates George Scott, behind the scenes of filming "The Wrestler", Bobby Heenan's drinking, the full and epic story of the night Mad Dog Vachon tried to leap from an airplane full of wrestlers, why Gagne quit wrestling, plus more tales of wrestling wars, failed territorial takeovers and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kevinsullivannwotimeline/

Kevin Sullivan covers the backstage madness that he endured while trying to book WCW while dealing with Hulk Hogan's politics, Hall and Nash's own ideas for the NWO, Eric Bischoff focusing more on ending the WWF than bettering WCW, the relationship between Brian Pillman and Steve Austin, heat with David Hasselhoff, issues with the Road Warriors, the NWO expanding with jabronis, drug stories, heat with Benoit over Woman, and much more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/jimcornettewcwtimeline1990/

Jim Cornette takes us through Jim Herd and Ole Anderson's sinking of WCW in 1990. Topics include: Corny's role in getting the Undertaker to the big time, Ric Flair getting heat for setting TV rating records, the moment Herd lost the faith of the wrestlers, how WCW's security staff ruined the biggest match of the year, many stories of WCW incompetence, the Midnight Express' big angle that was scrapped by Herd after it was filmed, why Eddie Gilbert was fired from the creative team, ROBOCOP, Corny hurting himself to avoid trouble with the cops, the night a wrestler challenged a convicted murderer while in jail in the deep south, The saga of the BLACK SCORPION, locker room orgies, Corny's plan to use a gun in Herd's office when he quit and much more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/bruceprichardwwftimeline1990/

Bruce Prichard covers the happenings in the WWF in 1990. Topics include: The origins of Brother Love, the Rockers real life brawls with one another, adventures with Damien the snake, a crazy Randy Savage/Elizabeth story, trying to normalize the Ultimate Warrior for the mainstream, defending the WWF giving guys bad gimmicks, racial angles of the era, a funny story involving Slim Jims and the Ultimate Warrior, the origins of the Undertaker gimmick, a legend's gimmick name is created while on the toilet and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/reviewing-bruiser-brody-wrestlings-last-rebel/

The wild life and brutal death of Bruiser Brody is covered through interviews with his widow, Stan Hansen, Tony Atlas, Dutch Mantel, Dave Meltzer, Abdullah the Butcher and many others who knew Brody. Atlas' retelling of the moments surrounding Brody's murder is intense.

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/bret-hart-behind-closed-doors/

Bret Hart covers the basics of how to become the best wrestler possible. Topics include: His jobs before being a worker, being shot on while wrestling, why he did not give it his all every night, how the Montreal Screwjob helped create the internet smark, Ric Flair sabotaging matches against Hart, how to not let the fans ruin matches, helping Owen become a great heel, his real life feud with Shawn Michaels, how Montreal is linked to several major downturns in Bret's life, Stampede's greatest heels and more!!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/hornswogglewwetimeline2007/

Hornswoggle covers his time in the WWE. Topics include his relationship with Finlay, Khali being a diva, defending bad gimmicks, The Miz living his gimmick, the best celebrity guest stars, Vince's limo blowing up, keeping the talent in the dark on roster moves, the Benoit murders, drunken midget antics, being named Vince's son, Swoggle's run with DX and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-secrets-ring-dusty-rhodes/

Dusty Rhodes covers many issues from his time on top of the wrestling world. Topics include: Nearly coming to blows with Lex Luger on JCP's plane, Ric Flair's heat with Rhodes over the airplane, the movie that inspired "War Games", what the longest rivalry in wrestling has proven to be, how the WWWF used Rhodes to boost Bob Backlund to stardom, why he willfully botched the UWF talent merge with JCP, MULKEYMANIA, the pot head who was running the 6:05 wrestling show for Turner, the night they had to do a TV taping with no ring, how Dusty would expand ROH, the saga surrounding Magnum TA's accident, what wrestling music video made him cry and more!!!

 

[alfdogg]

I hope it was Shawn Michaels' "Tell Me a Lie"

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-terry-funk-shoot-interview/

Terry Funk sits down with Bill Apter to cover his career highpoints. Topics include: His battles with Jack Brisco, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, Abdullah the Butcher and others. How Dory Jr. fought to get Terry the NWA strap, why Funk was willing to harm himself so brutally for the sake of entertainment, the devotion of the Japanese fans, his one and only match against his brother, how a magazine headline got Apter in trouble with Vince McMahon Sr., Road Warrior Hawk's drug use, Bruiser Brody's death, who was the best NWA champion ever was and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/heenan-and-cornette-shoot/

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Jim Cornette deliver over 2 hours of wrestling stories including dressing in drag for angles, working with midget wrestlers, the worst match of Nick Bockwinkel's career, the less than sanitary Sportatorium, why Heenan was blackballed in St. Louis, backstage fights from over the years, Heenan's role in the origin of the "Diamond Cutter" and why Heenan regretted helping DDP, bar fights with MAD DOG VACHON, Wahoo McDaniel fighting fans, Dick the Bruiser screwing with Heenan, why JCP going out of business made Cornette a lot of money, Heenan ribbing Vince McMahon, the night the Barbarian tried to sleep with Mary Tyler Moore, the night the Barbarian fought the police in a drunken rage and more!!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-and-alibis-ken-shamrock-shoot-interview/

Ken Shamrock covers his rocky home life growing up poor and fatherless, how Bob Shamrock and sports saved him, his early days training for wrestling with Buzz Sawyer, the beginning of his MMA career in Pancrase, his feuds with Royce Gracie, Tito Ortiz and Dan Severn, his battles with Don Frye and Kimbo, the infamous hotel brawl with the Nasty Boys, how Shamrock feels he'd match up with Brock Lesnar if both men were in their prime, how the Montreal Screwjob ruined Shamrock's WWF run, the WWF wanting to run an incest angle with him, and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wahoo-mcdaniel-shoot-interview/

Wahoo McDaniel covers his hard fought wars with Billy Graham, Ric Flair, Johnny Valentine and others as he traveled around the world as a headline star. He also touches on his early days in the NFL, the lengths he'd go to in order to be properly paid by promoters, why JCP failed, the unique experience of watching he and Ric Flair's sons wrestle one another in school, Lex Luger's vanity, wacky times with Dick Murdoch and Manny Fernandez, riots, the fans attacking the heels, adventures with wrestling bears and more!!

 

[King Kamala]

https://youtu.be/7qu12bzBakc
Oh man. Was I the last person to realize the Red Rooster was a fuckin' racist!?

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-supercard-1988-royal-rumble/

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan takes us through his early days as a stud athlete, being broken in by Fritz Von Erich, how family connections got him a gig with the WWWF, life traveling the territories, homesteading in Mid-South, fighting with the fans as a heel, being arrested with the Iron Sheik while riding together, his subsequent firing which saw him nearly go to the NWA, the JCP/WWF war, being picked to win the first Royal Rumble, knocking Andre the Giant out on TV, the Ultimate Warrior's diva behavior, and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-reflections-mean-gene-okerlund/

"Mean Gene" covers a range of topics including Macho Man's relationship with Elizabeth, breaking in with the AWA, the Russian monster that was suppose to face Hogan before everything fell apart, the WWF taking all of the AWA stars and how Verne handled business meetings with departing talent, what role Gene could play today if he were still in his prime, Pat Patterson's genius, the toughest guys to get a decent promo out of, life with Andre, being an eyewitness to David Schultz attacking a reporter, his uncordial WWF departure, what story caused the WCW hotline to be flooded with calls, Legend's house, the Hall of Fame, sex tapes and more!

 

[BruiserBrody]

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-shoot-interview-demolition/

Barry Darsow and Bill Eadie sit down to cover their run as one of the top teams of the 80's, growing up with a batch of other Minnesota natives who all became wrestlers, Eadie's near death experience which he says verified the fact that there is an afterlife, how Ric Flair helped make Darsow a star, Andre drinking stories, Haku bar fight stories, issues while working with the Road Warriors and Rougeau Brothers, the infamous match in a semi truck bed that led to Darsow being fired from WCW, and more!