Luigi Thirty posted:

I got a copy of Beau James' book with my Kindle Unlimited subscription. It opens with like a million forewords.


It's a legit story where he talks about meeting Dusty Rhodes when he was 8, but this line:


His first show as a professional referee:

yea ok posted:

ar fox vs. ach 2/27

that's pretty good

yea ok posted:

Gosh..this is embarrassing...but Umm...can u or oatgan or whoever, pls, someone..tell me the best shows of the last 2 years? besides the battle of los angeles

SpaceWolfPurrp posted:

PWG specifically or any indy fed?

If you haven't seen ROH's War of The Worlds, that would be something to watch.

yea ok posted:

Gosh..this is embarrassing...but Umm...can u or oatgan or whoever, pls, someone..tell me the best shows of the last 2 years? besides the battle of los angeles

yea ok posted:

PWG sorry

Beau James posted:

Pro wrestling is one of only a few professions where you may be lucky enough to grow up and perform with your childhood heroes. Really, other than music or acting, I can’t think of any others. An NFL star’s career may last 10 years. A Major League Baseball star’s career may last 15 years, and a lucky few may reach 20 or just past that. If a wrestler keeps healthy and a good business mind, he can continue to be booked for as long as he wants.

Beau James posted:

Those of you who are long-time fans of mine and of Southern States Wrestling know that wrestling is the family business. My wife Misty and I not only wrestle but we also promote the events. I edit the weekly TV. My mother Fay and next-to-oldest sister Patricia run the concessions. My oldest sister Mia runs the box office. My nieces Katie and Belle (who is her Aunt Misty’s biggest fan) help with the chairs and merchandise. Their Dad is wrestler Steve Flynn. My father Roy has promoted towns, done ring announcing and is always there when we need help building or repairing a ring.

Daniel Bryan posted:

Beau James is a bad wrassolor

Beau James posted:

I have told you about Boogie Boy, so let me tell you about my other little brother, Claudio. I only saw Boogie Boy in the summer months, but I saw Claudio all the time. I first met him when he was just a little boy. He had a sense of humor like his Dad Soups. He was well-liked by everyone. He would come down with Soups to Fall Branch, and I would let him get in the ring before the matches. I was getting in there having matches with him when he was 10 years old. He wanted to be a wrestler, and I could see that he would be a good one. He always wanted to prove himself to the boys. Sometimes, he was too eager to prove himself. He would be at ringside and jump up in the bad guys ’ faces trying to provoke them. Claudio would not back down. I used to tell him, “One of these days someone will have to give you a beating to prove a point.”

This night in Princeton would be the night. In the main event, Boogie was wrestling a huge wrestler called The Warmachine, who at the time was my regular partner. The match was an “Anything Goes, New York City Street Fight.” It was wild and went all around the building. When they came back to the ring, Boogie was getting the upper hand when mine and Warmachine’s manager P.J. Sharp jumped into the ring. Boogie went to work on him and I came in and nailed Boogie from behind. As we were doing a number on Boogie, I felt someone hit me across the back. I turned around and there in the middle of the ring was Claudio. Without hesitation I decked him. The Machine dropped an elbow on him. I picked up a kendo stick that was lying in the ring and I wore Claudio out with it.

Fans and wrestlers came after us and to help this young teenage boy. When we got out of the ring, the fans came after us with chairs. When we made it to the back, one of the young wrestlers asked why we had done that. I was fast to tell him that if we had let Claudio get away with it, then the people would think any of them could do it to me or to any other wrestler. We had to stay in the dressing room for long time until all the people either left or were made to leave. One of the security guys told us they had to carry Claudio out on a stretcher. After the building was cleared, I made my way over to the other dressing room. I walked in and the only people left in the dressing room were Soups, Boogie, and Claudio.

I had no idea how Soups was going to be. After all, I had just beaten the tar out of his 14-year -old son. When I got in there , Soups was looking at the whelps and marks on his son’s back. I looked at my work, and Claudio looked up at me and said with a huge smile, “We almost started a riot.” I just laughed. He had just had his butt handed to him by three grown men and it was the happiest moment of his life. He had also earned the respect of the boys. From that day forward he was never looked upon as a kid again.

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Now before we go any further let me say this: I have had complete idiots give me ideas, and I have been able to toss them around and turn them into some entertaining TV or a match that the fans like, so I listen to everyone. Well, everyone but Bobo Brown. Zach gave me his answer: “What I would do is take that crown, poop in it, and then put it on his bald head.” That got a huge laugh out of me and K.C. Then as we rode a little further down the road, I asked K.C., “Could we get away with putting a turd on a bald head on TV?”

Here is how it went down on TV. Ken Bowles, a longtime area wrestler and SSW’s matchmaker at the time, was in the ring to enforce the stipulations from the Christmas night match. He first brought out Scotty Ace and told him that he knew how Dr. X won Christmas Night, but his hands were tied and he could not do anything but enforce the agreement. Scotty Ace was standing tall in the ring in his nice red jacket and Stetson Cowboy hat. I made my way to the ring wearing a shirt representing Ace’s Ohio group . I started telling Ace that I had had enough; he had beaten me for the last time, and now I was going to join up with his group. The crowd started yelling “No!” I had Ace sit in a chair and told him, “Now, I will crown you, Scotty Ace, the ‘New King of Kingsport.’” After Ace sat down, I went through this spiel and placed the crown I had been holding upside- down on his bald head.

Only a handful of people knew what was coming, and I was the only one in the ring who knew . Scotty was sitting there in all his glory as I crowned him. I said, “Wait a minute. I need to straighten it.” As I lifted it up, Ken Bowles saw a wad of wet toilet paper and a melted Hersey Bar sitting on that bald head. He yelled out, “Oh My God, EWWW” and shot out of the ring about to puke. I then grabbed the mic and said, “I will never join you and your men, because everyone knows you are a poo-poo head.”

On Thursday , after we taped the SSW program, I took the tape to the station to air that Sunday going into the following Friday. I left the station and went home, but before I could make the 15-minute trip home, the program director had called and left three messages. I called him back to hear, “You can’t show a turd on Sunday afternoon TV.” I then tried to dance around it, telling him it was just a melted candy bar, etc, but he wanted no part of it . I told him that we had to show it; our event next Friday was built around that “turd.” Back and forth we went until he agreed to show 2 seconds of the “turd” before blocking it off with “CENSORED” over it.

All week long I’m wondering if the “turd” would draw? Was it in too bad taste? What am I thinking using the idea of a four-year-old? That Friday night we did our regular every-other-Friday night event in Kingsport, and I think we were all surprised. Not only was the attendance up from first of January but it was better than Christmas night. During the third match, when Ace walked one of his men out, the crowd started in on him with all kinds of one-liners. So it all turned out well in the end. There is a lesson to be learned in this story. But I’m not sure what it is.

yea ok posted:

Gosh..this is embarrassing...but Umm...can u or oatgan or whoever, pls, someone..tell me the best shows of the last 2 years? besides the battle of los angeles

epitasis posted:

(Chris Castro is a considerably obese local-ish guy I think but I was really impressed by his agility and fire when I saw him work Johnny Gargano at their last show. )

Solomonic posted:

Mystery Vortex was better than Black Cole Sun because it wasn't the herald of a time when I have to watch loving roh to see redragon

Alastor_the_Stylish posted:

He has a surprisingly good uppercut!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo1ezUIcNQo&t=207s

The_Rob posted:

I got my ticket too. Looks like they are already sold out.

minoru suzuki posted:

i couldnt even get GA for pwg

Propaganda Machine posted:

Because I bought you the tickets and front row was all that was available.

Hay guys what should I do for my first go at an indie show?!

The_Rob posted:

grown

The_Rob posted:

You're going to get hammered on cheap beer with us and watch grown men hit each other really hard.

Propaganda Machine posted:

One pitcher = 3 pints = $5

I think the limiting factor here is actually how long the beer line is.

...how long is the beer line?

oatgan posted:

If you want three top to bottom blowaway great shows I'd get I'd recommend Black Cole Sun, Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll, and All Star Weekend 9 Night 1. If you want more Grozz Nuy's list a few posts up is good though I would add Mystery Vortex 2.

i can mail you some of these if you want

Propaganda Machine posted:

Because I bought you the tickets and front row was all that was available.

Hay guys what should I do for my first go at an indie show?!

epitasis posted:

Rich Swann canceled his Dreamwave appearance but they've replaced him with Shynron.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Moose
Marshe Rockett vs. Roddy Strong
Arik Cannon vs. Shynron vs. Chris Castro vs. Trevor Lee (Chris Castro is a considerably obese local-ish guy I think but I was really impressed by his agility and fire when I saw him work Johnny Gargano at their last show. Commentary said he also has a submission win over Ricochet in this promotion )
Matt Cage vs. Ariya Daivari (Matt Cage seems like the local ace for the Illinois promotions based on my v limited experience)

Del Raminos posted:

Propaganda Machine posted:

One pitcher = 3 pints = $5

I think the limiting factor here is actually how long the beer line is.

...how long is the beer line?

Del Raminos posted:

TUS posted:

Haha the next PWG show appears to be called From Out of Nowhere.

Grozz Nuy posted:

https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/560976775472115712

Considering one of the Bucks used Monster Mafia and Beaver Boys as examples of wrestlers they thought were 'underrated' on the indie scene a couple months ago, I would say this is very encouraging for people who want Team Tremendous in PWG.