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Submitted by Calvin Martin on Friday, July 6, 2001 at 7:59 PM EST
According to Dave Meltzer, another big match has been added to the Invasion PPV card - Lita and Trish Stratus vs Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler in a bra and panties match. Dirty Doug Bloom sent this in Welcome to My review of Chairshots the Radio show starring Brent Fusaro and Rod Siciliano. The show airs on 88.1 FM WBLQ in Westerly, Rhode Island on Thursday nights from 6-7:30 PM. This is only a review of the show; the whole show can be heard on www.chairshots.com with use of Real Player. This week’s guests are Jerry "The King" Lawler and Les Thatcher Part 1 Brent welcomes everyone to the show and announces tonight’s guests will be Jerry "The King" Lawler and Les Thatcher of Heartland Wrestling Association. Jerry "The King" Lawler calls in. Jerry says that he had no problem coming back to be the announcer for WCW. Lawler said that one of the WWF Talent Coordinators called him and said that he had talked to Vince and that they would bring him and Stacy (The Kat) back on their old deals but for WCW. Lawler said he was fine with this idea. Jerry said that when talking to JR he had just asked if it was a possibility if Stacy could receive some sort of minimum pay check every week due to the fact she is only paid by appearance. JR said he would look into it. But they were just basically talking about the plans for what they were going to do with WCW. Lawler was sent "Welcome Back" notes, plane tickets and reservations for he and Stacy to go to the Raw in Tacoma last Monday. On Friday, Lawler received a call saying that the WWF Creative team had no ideas for Stacy past this one appearance, but they were going to try to come up with something… Lawler and Stacy agreed to these terms knowing that Stacy would probably be off TV for awhile after Monday. On Saturday, Jerry received another call saying that Vince had decided to only book Stacy for this one appearance and not put her under contract. This made Jerry a little angry due to the rapid changing of deals but he still agreed. Finally on Sunday, The King received another call saying that Vince didn’t want Stacy to appear at all or to place her under contract. The man on the phone said that Vince told them it was a take it or leave it deal. Jerry then told them that this was no deal at all and they were right back to the beginning where all they wanted was Jerry and not Stacy. Jerry believes that Terry Golden of MCW is the reason for all this Heat on he and Stacy. Lawler feels that Golden is bitter over losing a TV deal in Memphis and getting relegated to a smaller role with that company. Golden was responsible for reporting back to Kevin Kelly and Bruce Pritchard as to the progress of the developmental guys. As a result of this guy Viscera, Tracy Smothers, Bobby Eaton, Randy Hale, Glen Ruth, The Kat and Jerry Lawler have all lost their jobs with the WWF. Golden has also lost his job with the WWF. Jerry feels that Golden never had the WWF’s best interest in heart because the WWF gave him some rings to help train these developmental guys and he was selling them down in Memphis. Lawler basically said that everything that Terry Golden had contact with was eliminated from the WWF. Lawler says that he heard some heresy that Bruce Pritchard talked to Vince McMahon and told him not to re- hire Jerry and Stacy because there were already enough problems backstage. Rod asks Jerry if the TV guy he keeps referring to is Kevin Dunn and Jerry says yes. Jerry says that he doesn’t know why Bruce Pritchard would have anything against him or Stacy, but Bruce and Kevin Kelly were the direct contacts between the WWF and Terry Golden. Jerry states that he went to see A.I. on Monday night instead of watching Raw and he was disappointed with the movie. He called it an adult version of Pinocchio. (I Agree) Jerry says that he and Stacy are staying busy with bookings. He was in Mansfield, Ohio on Wednesday night for a Monster Truck show appearance. They are booked for Friday 7/6 in White Plains, New York at the West Chester County Coliseum with Road Dogg and Grandmaster Sexay and Blue Meanie and Jasmine St. Claire. Saturday 7/7 they are booked in the old ECW Arena and Sunday they will be in Stow, Ohio. The King said he is satisfied with doing these shows because there is no pressure. Lawler believes that his presence as a WCW announcer would have helped cushion the transition for WWF fans into WCW matches because he is a familiar voice. He feels that the way it came across with all WCW wrestlers and announcers was foreign to the fans. Jerry thinks that with WCW taking over the Monday night timeslot some fans will be upset because certain markets don’t carry UPN and those fans won’t see anymore WWF TV. Also, the fans without cable will never see WCW. The King said one day he got on the scales and he was up to 250 lbs., so he went to talk to one of the WWF’s nutritionists who happened to be Chaz’s brother and he laid out a simple program for him to follow for a month. At the end of that month he lost 25 lbs. and now he has lost 40 lbs. and he says now he’s in the best shape he’s ever been in. Lawler said that he has a lot of free time now that he is not in the WWF anymore and last week he attended the Indians-Yankees series in New York and he said he loved it except or the fact that the Yankees took 2 out of 3. Lawler is a big Indians fan. He said being at Yankee Stadium is a special treat. Lawler said that he was all decked out in his Indians gear and this for all three games he sat in a luxury box near the Yankees dugout and this nice lady who worked there found out who he was and took him on a tour of George Steinbrenner’s office. Lawler said he felt like George Kastanza sitting in Steinbrenner’s office while wearing his Indians gear. He also said he got to meet Frank Robinson and Christopher Reeves, which he called the biggest thrill ever. He then went to Cleveland to see two games there and he met Magic Johnson and Willie Mays ...and many more. Lawler said it was a thrill to see how many athletes were huge wrestling fans. Lawler re-iterates that he and Stacy are happy with their current position and he plugs his web site http://www.kinglawler.com Jerry says goodbye and Rod sends us to break. Part 2 Rod welcomes Brent back from his honeymoon and Brent says he’s glad to be back and talking about wrestling. Mark calls in and talks about the "Mole" angle in the WWF. Rod, Brent and Mark discuss the WCW taking over Monday night TV. Mark signs off. Rod goes over the WWF news including (Chyna, and Joey Styles) Brent and Rod discuss Arn Anderson as an announcer. ChiTown calls in and talks about the Buff Bagwell situation and the WCW situation with Brent and Rod. ChiTown plugs the MCW Tag Team Turmoil in Delaware on the 14th of July featuring Christopher Daniels and more. http://www.midwestchampionshipwrestling.com ChiTown signs off. The Hippie Freak Nick Richards calls in and busts Brents’ balls about a name change after his marriage. Nick plugs his web site http://www.hippiefreak.com Nick says the Indys are slow right now in New England and it sucks. Rod says Chaotic Wrestling seems to be the only one doing anything right now. The Hippie Freak plugs his web site again and signs off as Rod and Brent send us to break. Part 3 Rod talks about the WWF Fanatic Series showing of "WWF Hardcore" this month. Rod and Brent discuss Tajiri and Regal together. Rod goes over more WWF news on Bagwell’s fight with Gregory Helms and his ignoring of Stephanie McMahon. Rod and Brent discuss Tough Enough and a possible WCW Commissioner. ECW Reunion Show this Sunday 7/8 in Buffalo, New York featuring Whipwreck, Sabu, Simon Diamond, Corino and more. Rod discusses how Vince was angry with the WCW showing on Monday night. Rod previews the rest of the show as Brent sends us to break. Part 4 Les Thatcher of HWA calls in. Les plugs the 4th annual Pillman show on the 9th of August and how excited he is on his affiliation with the WWF. Thatcher discusses the canceling of the main event between Benoit and Regal due to Benoit’s injury. Les said he’s working on a new main event for the Pillman. Les runs down an outstanding card featuring Steve Corino, The Hardy Boyz, X-Factor, William Regal, Lita, Raven, Chris Jericho, Terry Taylor, Bobby Eaton and much much more!!! Thatcher talks about the fantasy camp, which is the day before the Pillman show and the people involved, will be Chris Jericho, Ricky Steamboat, Terry Taylor, Les himself, Tommy Pritchard and Jerry Lynn. Fans get a group photo, event T-shirt and a video of them cutting a promo on a star of their choice…as well as working in the ring with these guys. A Pillman ticket comes along with the $500 fantasy camp fee. About 10 camp slots remain. Les talks about an item on EBAY, a replica of an old NWA Title belt signed by many of the old stars. Thatcher talks about some of the items up for bid at the Pillman show…Including Woman’s wedding gown, Benoit’s boots and many more one of a kind items like old WWF/WCW autographed PPV T-shirts. As well as a Pillman Championship Title which will be made for the event. Matt Striker and Race Steele are 2 guys who Les feels are ready for a developmental deal now. Les talks in depth about the 6 guys who are coming over to HWA in the WWF deal and how the process will work with the WWF. Thatcher also talked about hopefully developing his league into a minor league territory, complete with a TV deal on a local channel. Les said that Tough Enough should be mandatory viewing for anybody who wants to be in the wrestling business. Thatcher talks about the WCW main event on Raw Monday night. He said that the match was a disappointment because they didn’t capitalize on their opportunity. Les plugs his web sites http://www.hwaonline.com http://www.curtiscamp.net http://www.pillmanshow.com Rod runs down the Smackdown! Matches. Rod and Brent thank everyone for listening and announce that Kid Kash will be next week’s guest on Chairshots. For http://www.chairshots.com this is Dirty Doug Bloom signing off. 88.1 FM WBLQ Chairshots Radio. Contact: Dirty Doug Bloom – thepeoplesaccount@hotmail.com Paul Nemer from http://www.wrestleview.com sent this in The Moderator of Bret Hart's official site (BretHart.net) asked the readers to send in some questions for Bret Hart and here are the questions that have been answered by Bret Hart himself. My question is once again the *Third* question. (There were tons of questions, but only 11 were picked.) Question #1 I am sure that life after wrestling was quite an adjustment for Bret and maybe sort of awkward at first. But now that he has settled into life as a "civilian", and probably having fun discovering everything he had been missing while on the road, what does he find he enjoys now that he didn't or didn't have time to before? Give us a glimpse into the life of a wrestler gone straight. Bret Hart: I haven't missed the "biz" too much yet, I've enjoyed just watching TV (West Wing, Soprano's, Chris Issak Show) and a lot of hockey. I've also begun bike riding again, which makes me think and feel like a kid. I often feel like I need to be doing something...then I realize that "oh yeah...no, I don't" Question #2 How are your kids adjusting to having dad around the house more often? Do they bring a lot of friends over, or do they keep their special dad to themselves as much as possible? Bret Hart: I'm quite familiar with my kids' friends, once they get used to my sense of humor they're fine..until I try to get them to take me serious... Question #3 We heard you say that you would NEVER wrestle again because of the consussion, but would you consider a comissionner role or any position in wrestling that does not require you lacing up your boots? Bret Hart: I'm really sick of wrestling and being on TV. For some wrestlers they can't get enough...Maybe sometime that will change... but I think there is more to like than just that. Question #4 Bret, are you still drawing and making those little cartoons? Are you considering publishing some of them? Bret Hart: Yes, As a matter of fact I may soon have a showing for charity....stay tuned. I'm always drawing. Question #5 What would you say if Blade told you he wanted to become a pro wrestler? (The kids name alone would have Vince frothing at the mouth like Homer Simpson....:)) Bret Hart: Blade has potential to be anything his heart desires with my blessing...even pro-wrestling. But I doubt it....he has plans to be an NHL goalie. Question #6 Bret, as a cat addicted, I'd like to know what happened to your cat Smokey. Haven't heard about her(him?) for a while, is she/he still with you? Bret Hart: Smokey is alive and well and is currently training my pug "Coombs" to be the first professional wrestling dog. They team up as "Smokey and the Bandit" but there are outstanding issues that remain like who is actually the star of the team. Smokey's finishing move is the claw, unlike Coombs is renowned for his drop kicks and flying head scissors. Question #7 Bret.....I want to know what your take is on all the younger wrestlers making an impact such as the Hardyz and X-Factor? Bret Hart: I hear great things about them. I hope they have insurance, it is hard to enjoy life in a wheelchair. Wrestling is a work, if someone is getting hurt...badly they're unfortunately being worked themselves and doing it all wrong. If they're not getting hurt they must be pretty talented. Question #8 Do u like baseball? If so who is your favorite team? Bret Hart: American League: Blue Jays, Oakland AS, Redsox National League: Montreal, San Francisco, Cincinnati Favorite players: Matt Stairs, Delgado Clemons Question #9 What do you have planned for the summer? Anything exciting? Bret Hart: Writing a book Question #10 More wrestlers now a days are talking about a wrestler union(Lawler, Nash, Piper, yourself). Are there any plans by anyone to take it to the next level? Would you be involved in such a cause if it comes up? Bret Hart: I offered., I'm done now. Good luck! Question #11 Has anyone ever made you break character(i.e. laughing in the ring, etc...)? If yes, we would like to hear some stories. Bret Hart: One time Jim Neidhart pulled a referee's toupee off in a Hart Foundation vs. Killer Bees match. Jimmy Hart,myself and both Brumzell and Blair fell out of the ring laughing while Jim swore up and down that it was an accident. He was a NY Commish ref he wanted to kill Jim at first but the whole place was laughing so he picked it up off the mat, stuck it in his pocket and took a nice bow. Thanks for reading, Paul Nemer http://www.wrestleview.com
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