Saturday, February 26, 2005

WWE Earnings Outlook

WWE is working on a video on demand outlet for its programming, but will that help the company's financial outlook. A Motley Fool Writer is pessimistic.
Why is Mrs. Hulk Hogan Crying

Hulk Hogan's neighbors and the City of Belleair are not happy with the former professional wresterler.

Edwin "Doc" Friesen is crying fowl.

Hulk Hogan fined

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Orton vs Triple H February 26, 2005

Randy Orton will Battle Triple H in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship.

In an article in the Republican, Orton discusses his first televised match against Bob Holly.
WrestleMania News


WrestleMania Video Game for Xbox

The 22,000 seat Allstate Arena in Chicago will host WrestelMania 22.
The Forge Wrestling School

The Forge Wrestling School guarantees your first match with Caribbean Championship Wrestling.
Bruno Sammartino says No to the WWE Hall of Fame

Bruno Sammartino refuses to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. According to Pittsburgh Channel.com, "He declined the company's invitation because he believes today's brand of wrestling is vulgar, profane and bad for children."

Bruno Sammartino rejects invitation to join WWE Hall of Fame

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

WWA4 Wrestling School

WWA4 Wrestling School's website states they have trained Chuck Palumbo and Mark Jindrak.
Stone Cold Businessman

Stone Cold Steve Austin has formed SCK Management, Inc., a talent management and production firm. He will own and run the company with his manager, George Vrabeck.

SCK will produce features and television programs, and will also provide management services for other performers.

Austin will appear in the Longest Yard, with Adam Sandler, which will be released Memorial Day Weekend. Austin will also star in a WWE produced movie, "The Condemned".

Here is the press release. (Finally a wrestling story without annoying popups.)

SCK Mangagement Formation Press Release
The Road to WrestleMania

The Road to WrestleMania is paved with Ric Flair's carcass.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Independent Wrestling Website

IndyInsiders.com

Sunday, February 20, 2005

John Cena must have lots of Fans

According to Overture.com, during January, 67,662 searches were conducted for the search phrase, "John Cena". 27,950 searches were conducted for "Stone Cold Steve Austin" and "Ric Flair" had 6,040.

Here ares some others.

93,770 Stacy Keibler
57,927 The Rock
26,849 Triple H
19,060 Batista
7,625 Chris Benoit
6,505 Kurt Angle
4,206 Mick Foley
1,366 Jerry Lawler
706 Chris Jericho
Breakout to Stardom

Rennie Detore discusses how John Cena, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle broke into stardom.

Cena, incidently, appears to be very hot, if you
Rowdy Roddy Piper to Join WWE Hall of Fame

Blackjack Brown says Rowdy Roddy Piper deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Willie's comment: Piper is one of the best interviewers in the Professional Wrestling.

Saturday, February 19, 2005

WrestleMania 21 Movie Spoofs


Check this out. WWE Superstars spoof the movies. Sharon Stone (Stacy Kiebler), Braveheart (Triple H), plus Pulp Fiction, and Forest Gump (Eugene).

WrestleMania 21 Trailers

More of Willie's Wrestling World
How to contact Willie

If you have a comment on anything you see here, please contact me.

Friday, February 18, 2005

No Way Out Predictions

Courtesy of Professor Wrestling
Now Way Out Predictions
Steve Beverly is Wrong

Are Jack Brisco, Tim Woods, Lou Thesz, the Torres Brothers, and Don Curtis really the best wrestlers of all time.

Nope.

Steve Beverly's Best Wrestlers
GoDaddy.com Actress on Raw

Candice Michelle, star of the GoDaddy.com Superbowl ad, appeared with Jericho during the Highlight Reel. (see the second paragraph)

View the commercial at her website, candicemichelle.com

Sunday, February 13, 2005

This Wrestling School makes Monsters


Monster Factory Grads in Ohio Valley Wrestling (WWE development talent promotion): John "The Tank" Toland and Cliff Compton.

Other graduates include: King Kong Bundy, Big Show, Godfather, D'Lo Brown, Tammy Lynn Sytch, and the Pitbulls.

You can also hold a professional wrestling birthday party. I kid you not.

Monster Factory
The Garage Professional Wrestling Gym


If you want to train in England......


The Garage Professional Wrestling Gym

Monday, February 07, 2005

Detore on Batista

Rennie Detore says Batista still has room to grow.

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Stone Cold Steve Austin sues Ex

According to Celebrity Justice, Stone Cold is suing Tess Broussard. The Celebrity show states they have obtained court documents alleging Broussard put a gun in Austin's mouth and then turned it on his friends, members of the Lonely Boys Band.

Celebrity Justice Stone Cold Steve Austin Lawsuit
Lex Luger, Part 2

Lex Luger (real name Larry Pfohl)was arrested on Interstate 575 in Georgia. He was charged with DUI, driving on an expired tage, alteration of tag, no proof of insurance, and open container.

Sources:

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Also, information on Lugers' previous arrest for steriods.

Flashback, Ms. Elizabeth's death and Lugers' previous arrest

Lex Luger Arrested

Lex Luger was arrested in Georgia and charged with DUI.

Vince McMahhon undergoes surgery.

Billy Gunn, released from the WWE, seen at TNA Impact!

Smackdown may leave UPN.

See all this and a story on Batista in

an article by Ronald Jordan.

Friday, February 04, 2005

2005 WWE Hall of Fame Inductees



The WWE will inducte the following wrestlers into its Hall of Fame.

The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Jimmy Hart, Bob Orton, and Paul Orndorff.

2005 WWE Hall of Fame
K-1 Have you heard of it

K-1 combines Karate, Kickboxing and Kung Fu. And it's from Japan. Enough said.
Triple H to appear on Bernie Mac Show


Triple H wil guest star on the Bernie Mac Show as the victim of Jordan's (Jeremy Suarez) anonymous prank phone calls. The episode will air on Fox, March 11th.

Killer Kowalski Wrestling School



Killer Kowalski has trained Triple H, China, Perry Saturn, Chyna, A Train, Kronus, Big John Studd, and Chris Nowinski.

Kowalski has held the NWA Texas title, WWWF tag team title and many others. He is known for breaking the leg of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and for severing a piece of Yukon Eric's ear. He has also fought Georgeous George and Whipper Billy Watson.

The school was recently featured on the show, Now: No Opportunity Wasted, on the Discovery Channel.

Killer Kowalski Wrestling School

The school is located at the Chaotic Training Center.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

So You want to be a Wrestler?

Pro Wrestling is a tough business, You have to deal with constant pain, low pay (for most,and constant travel. But you know that. You've read Mick Foley's autobiography and Hulk Hogan's story. You know Hogan had his legs broken at a training camp when he started. But he kept training.

Foley attended Chris Adams wrestling school, along with Stone Cold Steve Austin. And both of them went on to bigger and (much) better things.

So you know you just can't wrestle with your friends in the backyard and teach yourself to become a wrestler. You need to go to a wrestling school.

But which one?

There are at least a hundred or more wrestling schools in the United States and Canada. Some are weekend mini-camps. Others are several months long.

To get into some of the wrestling schools, you need cash and a recent physical. Others schools require you to prove you have agility and stamina before you are accepted.

So how do you go choose a wrestling school?

Personally, I think you should go to the one with the best reputation you can find, even if it means uprooting yourself and traveling 3,000 miles. If you are really serious about becoming a pro wrestler, you need the best training and mentoring available. Don't settle for a poor trainer with poor facilities, and justify it by assuming you can learn the rest once you get a job with a wrestling promotion.

You need to get the best skills possible as quickly as possible to maximize your earning potential. If you spend a few extra bucks to get into a school that will teach you skills in 6 months, instead of you having to learn them the hard way over the course of years, the cost of the school will be worth it.

But how do you find a wrestling school that is a good fit for you?

I am going to help you with that.

I will be publishing several articles on various wrestling schools I have found. No doubt, you have heard of a few of them. But you haven't heard of all of them. In fact, I was surprised by a few I discovered. Some are headed by some wrestler's with outstanding credentials. Some of them boast megastar graduates.

Here are some of the questions you should ask of any wrestling school.

Is there a place to live provided?

Is there housing nearby?

Are there separate tracks for beginners, intermediates and newbies?

Is financing or installment pricing available

Do you know active wrestlers who are happy with the promotion?

Can they help you find a job later?

If you have no amatuer background, will they help you with fundamentals.

Will they teach you interviewing, character development?

Do they teach fundamental matwork? aerils? ring pschology?

Will they help you with a promo video (match), promo pictures, resume?

Do they have weight and cardio rooms?

How many rings do they have?

Is a ring for practice accessible all the time or only some days?