Looking back at past WWE Money In The Bank matches, this one featured John Cena, Chris Jericho, The Miz, The Big Show, and Knoxville Mayor Glen Jacobs and a lot of ladders!
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If you have been living under a rock or maybe you just heard his name recently on Bruce Prichard’s podcast, Dave Meltzer has been Pro-Wrestling’s most respected journalist since 1983. Dave hails from Sacramento, California and is the most physically fit journalist in the game today. Before Dave became more mainstream as far as subscribers are concerned, he used to be wrestling’s dirty little secret, as often Promoters would all read the observer weekly, but keep it strictly kayfabe from the boys, as it was not acceptable for the wrestlers to bring it into locker rooms. My favorite promoter, the late Dennis Coraluzzo used to insert the observer into the mass booklet at church and read it during Sunday mass as told by the priest at his funeral. The observer itself is a weekly publication that does an excellent job informing the fans about news, his views, but Dave’s best work as a writer is when he covers the past of the wrestling business; which is usually focused upon when Dave writes his Year end awards issue, but especially the obituaries when wrestling’s stars of yonder sadly pass away. There is no mistaking that he is one of the top 2 writers in his field, but personally I feel that he still has too much fan in him; especially when I listen to his Wrestling Observer Radio program which can be reached at Figure Four Daily. Mostly none of the writers are exempt from this, however Dave Scherer does the best job removing himself from personal tastes when reporting the news. With that being said, Dave in my opinion is the number 1 guy in his field and I don’t know where the business would be if he didn’t exist in this field. Therefore I am much grateful that he does exist as he does what he does better than anybody.
Wade Keller is one of the original wrestling journalist along with his partner Bruce Mitchel. Coming from frosty Minneapolis, MN, Wade Keller started his Pro-Wrestling Torch in 1987 and has been growing ever since. Even though they are both weekly publications, The Torch is written and edited very different from his west coast counterpart from California. Wade also is the brain behind Pro Wrestling Podcasts and also runs the Torch podcast shows that air every weekday and ppv weekends where they take callers and report on the news, while also conducting interviews with the best in the business. It is truly can’t miss audio and like Meltzer’s website, the majority of their archives can take you back to listen to practically millions of hours of audio files going back 25 years. If you subscribe, you’re definitely getting the most bang for your buck. Like I mentioned with Meltzer, Wade Keller sometimes lets his emotions get the better of him while recording his podcast, as he has been known to lose his cool and go off on rants on the WWE creative department. I can remember him ranting everyday during the burying of Daniel Bryan, but with all the backlash that happened, the WWE was forced to change their creative direction and they actually went with Daniel Bryan to highlight the great fairy tale ending that was Wrestlemania 30. Wade is also the first openly gay Pro-Wrestling Journalisr becoming a role model for many like him looking to write about Wrestling.
Dave Scherer has the most interesting backstory of them all, as he openly admitted in his early Pro-Wrestling Lariat newsletter that he had an addiction to alcohol. Dave started going to ECW when it was known as Eastern Championship Wrestling and led an army of superfans to help ECW become what it became. Dave didn’t ask for any of this, but thousands gravitated toward him when he sat opposite of the hard camera and he became the leader of “The Bleacherbums”. Dave started the aforementioned Pro-Wrestling Lariat and was very influential in getting ECW over with the tape-trading fans via the lariat. At the arena is where he met most of his staff, who have since become life-long friends. Dave then began 1Wrestling with Bob Ryder, but now is the owner of the very respected PWInsider. Originally from Marmora, NJ, he now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where he is in charge of day to day operations with PWINSIDER. Out of the three mentioned in this part 1 edition , Dave is the most levelheaded of the bunch and tows the line as a Journalist, as he rarely crosses the line back into fandom, In otherwords, Dave gets the big picture and hardly finds himself marking out over creative issues.
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Do you remember when you were a true wrestling fan? A fan who hardly bitched and moaned, a fan who didn’t know ‘insider-terms’, a fan who looked forward to seeing their favorite wrestlers on Saturday morning television even though they knew that for the most part what they were about to see interviews promoting upcoming house shows and squash matches. It seems like forever ago, looking back on things with the power that the internet wields, it certainly feels like none of those shows ever mattered. They are not scheduled to be a part of the WWE Network, hardly spoke about, and if you are a current fan and don’t have an uncle or aunt, the terms “Action Zone. WWF Superstars, WWF Challenge, WWF Spotlight, All-Star Wrestling, All-American Wrestling, Tuesday Night Titans, Prime-Time Wrestling, Saturday Night’s Main Event, The Main Event, Shotgun Saturday Night, hell, even Super Astros is never brought up in any conversation as if they were never part of the giant corporation known today as WWE’s Lexicon. In latter years the programming started to include upper midcard talent competing against mid-card talent; which was slightly better than your usual ‘local enhancement talent’ such as weekend warriors Barry Hardy, Sonny Blaze or Nick Berc. With that decision being made, executives hoped that the ratings would increase guessing that fans would stick around for a promoted main event of Freddie Joe Floyd VS Mantaur rather than a graphic stating “Coming up Roddy Piper in action”.
In the 2000’s, WWE slightly changed the content of it’s shows depending on the rating. For example if the show was taped, promoted, and aired as a ‘G’ rating then all blows to the head and neck would be removed.
Imagine a PRO-WRESTLING SHOW WITHOUT THIS, BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY THE WWE DID IT. WWE PRODUCED ‘EXCESS’, ‘ATTITUDE, ‘Confidential’,’Velocity’,’E.C.W’, M.S.G. Classics.’F.C.W.’
‘Saturday Morning Slam’ and finally another rendition of ‘Superstars’. Say what you want about the WWE Product whether RAW or Smackdown, but people still watch. People still complain Monday through Monday, but whether they are the minority or whether they just can’t help themselves. The people who bitch and moan are still tuning into the USA network at 9: pm on Monday night, As a journalist, I’ve lost interest quite frankly, as there isn’t much to report. The in-ring quality is at an all- time high, the athletes on the current roster top to bottom are in the best shape of any collection of rosters within the past 20-30 years, so what seems to be the problem here ? Why was RAW so boring to me this past mon night ? RAW was So boring or as ‘Shooter’ McNulty likes to say “It’s not RAW, it’s processed!” so much so that I didn’t bother even watching WWE Smackdown ? The answer is out there, and like an old adage would read “Seek and ye shall find”.
Beings that I missed the WWE Smackdown show, I’m gonna have to go on my vuse player, hit up good ole piratebay and help myself to a heap a helping hawkinslesshumanity. Because the lord knows I would fall fast asleep as that man is the most boring wrestler that ever lived. He has no flaws as far as footwork or within his transition, but he as a performer walks around the ring half-pregnant, void of any direction, and lacks confidence. It’s like he knows that we know that he knows that we know he’s not getting pushed. Very strange vibe and not in a good way. As a journalist, I don’t bury anybody in the wrestling business, but there’s just something about Hawkins that screams “NICE GUY” or” GOOD HAND” you can use any number of backhanded compliments that many do in wrestling circles to describe Hawkins current run. Hawkins is a microcosm of everything that is wrong with the WWE television programming- Too good to be considered bad, but not good enough to be considered great. Complacency! There’s no real competition, so there is nothing driving the WWE to step there game up, they aren’t fighting for advertising dollars with a rival company, they aren’t enticing that red, hot free agent to go to the WWE, They are not fighting for that hot new timeslot….THEY ARE NOT FIGHTING ! THEY HAVE NO FIGHT LEFT IN THEM ! THEY HAVE NO FIGHT !
And this lies in the problem with monopolies. A sad tale indeed. Look at how many times that the WWE and WCW/NWA would go toe to toe for every unspent consumer penny. Whether it was the 4 Horseman or the NWO, The Dangerous Alliance or Degeneration Sex. There was always a fight, always a battle to be won, but nowadays the only fight left is between your eyelids and eyeballs as to stay awake or fall asleep. This article could turn into a 12 part manifesto if I allowed it to, but the question remains unanswered.How do you fix the WWE television product ? How do you make it the shit that it used to be ? Please feel free to leave messages below as we converge to fix the problem . Is it the writing team, is it the production crew, is it the talent ? OR is the answer more simple than anyone could imagine. IS THE PROBLEM VINCE MCMAHON ?
As covered by Betwrestling throughout Wrestlemania weekend, There was a slew of Pro-Wrestling Cards throughout the Orlando/Kissimmee area as fans were treated to see the best performers in the entire world giving their all in hopes to have the right pair of eyes looking at them in the squared circle. We would love to read about your experiences, what matches were your favorite, and what you think about not only about the WWE , but Bet Wrestling as well. Do you like our format ? What would you like more of ? These are questions that we hope will enhance not only our page but your experience.
Raw started out with one of the most impressive promos of all time and I mean that wholeheartedly. The style of this promo by Roman Reigns reaked of Paul Heyman; which is not a bad thing. Mr Heyman has always had his pulse on the trigger of what fans want and I was really impressed that WWE creative had the foresight to guess that the fans would be this rabid in regards to how they treated Roman Reigns. While Chris Jericho did something similar a few years back, this was done better. Roman’s facials told the story, so the 5 words that were said certainly did the job intended. In this day and age Heel turns are done so often that most of them lose their luster. Roman did not turn heel, in fact he’s been heel, but its been done in such a smart way that the fans have no clue and can’t comprehend or wrap their heads around it.
Jim Ross’s new contract has him scheduled to work 30-40 shows this year, it is the first time in the history of the wrestling business that someone has worked for 2 major companies at the same time. The chess match between WWE and New Japan Pro Wrestling is heating up folks, and we could see some major moves in the coming months. To me this is 1984 all over again, as WWE is trying to eliminate all competition. The ITV deal in Europe will be a major factor in how WWE conducts their overseas business. ITV reaches many more homes than the WWE Network, so the prospect of international growth for the WWE is at a fever pitch.
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Billy Reil, former top of the line independent superstar has now decided to become the best journalist in the business. It didn’t take much really for me to become the best, I mean Dave Meltzer is a great journalist, but he still has that smart fan in him that prevents him from being biased towards certain subjects. Don’t get me wrong, Dave has been the best in the business for a long time, but what many readers and listeners don’t understand is that Dave is like a fan who peaks his head in the locker room before somebody notices him and kicks him out. Meanwhile, I’m a former star at least in the indies, I could have went to WWE and wrestled in the mecca of Madison Square Garden, but I decided that I’d rather live the life of an outlaw, and I’m shooting here. It wasn’t my best financial decision, but having sex with different women every weekend for 18 years was my apple in my “Garden of Eden”. So now I find myself in a state of change, I see the wrestling business completely different since I left the bubble, and I’m here to give you the fans the very best coverage that a writer can give. Now my style maybe a little different than what you’re used to, as I see a lot of cut and paste bullshit. Websites that don’t give you quality original content who rely on click bait are a fucking disgrace and they should all be shut down. You the fans deserve the very best and I’ve finally arrived to give you just that, so without further adieu let’s get to the news, let’s rub the crystal ball shall we?
Poor John Cena, Cena has the greatest match in Royal Rumble history (sorry Koko B. Ware VS The Mounty) and he will be rewarded by losing the title at Elimination Chamber apparently to Bray Wyatt, but don’t quote me on that even though that’s where the smart money will lie. There’s a very strong rumor that there will be a mixed tag match with Cena and Nikki Bella VS The Miz and Maryse. Now the finish is supposedly involving John bowing to a knee and popping the question to Nikki. Holy Shit. This will bring Total Bellas and Total Divas ratings through the fucking roof. At first I was like WTF, but like a good car crash, I will not be able to turn away. “Big match John” finally gives in to Nikki’s plea and I can’t stop and think how funny this is gonna be. WOW, but this is a Wrestlemania moment, This is Savage/Elizabeth-Wrestlemania 7 all over again. It’s why wrestling is great. Not everything has to be 5 stars. John needs this bad. This will show the fans a different side of John and shit maybe fans will stop booing him even in Chicago. Don’t be scared ye smart fan, there will plenty of 4 and maybe even a 5 star match at Mania, just not involving Cena. Word on the street is this will also be Nikki’s retirement match, but I can’t confirm this as of press time….Press time…what a work.
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Listen to Billy Real recap and review the latest NXT special event.
Don’t forget to check 0ut the 2017 Royal Rumble on the WWE Network this weekend!
Make sure you catch the 2017 Royal Rumble this Sunday on the WWE Network!
