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[Jun. 24th, 2006|02:32 am] |
I forgot my passcode guys sorry for the LONG delay in updating this site.
ECW is tomorrow in Philly and I don't know if I want to go attend that show being that it is not the real ECW or do I see AFI? It really is a tough call.
I have been debating on doing a shoot interview soon.....I might actually wait a few more years as I really want to get some stuff off my chest that needs to be said but timing is everything...
I have so much to talk about.....So many stories that nobody even knows about...I think it would be a crazy selling interview but not sure if I want to rehash old stories.....
I have nothing else....good night |
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[Nov. 24th, 2005|09:40 pm] |
Wow I forgot I even had this thing.....Does anyone even read this anymore?
Sesens Fail is still one of my favorite bands to see live.......but underoath is by far one of the best bands out there
Why is there nothing in the movies to see....
Had an amazing time down in NC and SC this past weekend....It was great to party all week with Doug and Chris. The freebird trio is back!!!
Looking forward to seeing the new King Kong flick
Really looking forward to the UXW show on Sat in NY.....Some big suprises will be going down.....HMMMM I wonder what it could be.
2006 is going to be an Elite year
your worst enemy is my best friend |
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[Jul. 1st, 2005|10:54 pm] |
Go see the movie War of the Worlds it was a great movie. How annoying was the noise that the aliens made?
I went out with Nick Berk and Eazy E the other night and we had a crazy time. In fact the week before we went to the same club with Homicide and Mic and Berk and had just another crazy night. Mic was drunk as always and in front of the entire club he was about to piss in the fountain as a rib. The look on everyone's face was classic.
I had a great time at the Sonny Siaki show a few weeks back. It was just a total party atmosphere. That whole week killed me with 4 shows in a row. I thought I was back on the road with ECW.
Speaking of ECW I got the DVD and you have to watch the JBL voice over on the Awesome match. He bashes the product the entire time. It made for some entertaining video.
This summer is amazing so far much better than the last three. I can't wait until Xmas as this will be the best year ever. I have a zillion huge deals going on with RFVIDEO that will change the company forever.
It is time to head out to the city and party like the nature boy ......WOOOOOOOOOO
The Warp Tour is a month away........Senses Fail |
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| am i dreaming?? |
[Jun. 11th, 2005|07:53 pm] |
ECW ECW ECW ECW I can't get those words out of my freaking head. Last night I think I was back in 1995. It was the most fun I have had at a wrestling show in 5 years. It was missing a few other friends but man was it good to be back inside the arena ECW style.
It has been one crazy weeked so far and I have yet to go to NY for the ECW PPV. First before I get into that don't see that boxing movie what ever it is called that is getting all the hype. It is one of the most boring flics I have ever watched. I spent more time on my cell phone and picking dead skin of my feet than watching the movie.
In a matter of weeks I will be actually able to run shows again without anyone telling me to rent lights that cost $3500 for a show that draws only 400 fans. I can't tell you how happy I am to be able to promote again. We already have a building lined up with our ring in it as well. Do you hear Taz's music in your head? The mood is about to change!!! Hey Congrats to CM Punk for making it to the E. I saw that coming a mile away about two years ago.
So yesterday we went to do our shoot with Sandman, Tod Gordon, Scorpio and Fonize and wow how much fun did those guys have on the road. I thought me and our group was fun but did those guys party and I think they still are today. It was one hell of interview and I think the clock was on 420 the entire time. Well not the entire time but you get my drift.
So after the interview was over I headed over the infamous ECW arena around 3ish. I got to see so many old face like Lance Wright who I never thought I would ever see again. It was a family reunion with a few brothers. There will never be another ECW ever right now. You don't know how close I was to putting together something huge until I was backstabbed and lied to but I will tell all in my shoot interview when I decide to do one. ECW is coming back very soon and that is all I can say right now.
It was fun eating all the junk food at the buidling once again. Those cupcakes that Bob and Lex Artise bring are still the best ever. Johnny Grunge put on a few pounds....New Jack is insane as always but it was great to watch him be New Jack..HE cut one of the best promos ever in the ring last night....Cactus was a huge surpise that only 4 people knew about....Kid Cash and Scorpio could have tore the house down if they went 10 more minutes....Everything about the show last night was too perfect and it was better than most ECW shows.
I got to hang out with a guy who I respect like a father Terry Funk last night and today. When ever he speaks I learn something. I got a ton of good advice from him last night and I love the guy to death. He is what wrestling is all about. I did a shoot with him and Shane today that started around 7am in the morning. It was fun sleepign for 2 hours and chilling with the Funker....
What a interview that was as well with SHane and Terry. Tommorrow I am heading to NY with Tammy, Doug and a few others to watch the PPV. For those wondering about Tammy she is doing great and is about to get a new job as a DJ very soon in NY. She is in good spirits as well.
I was able to see a few old faces last night as well in person from my old company backstage. It put a smile on my face to hear how crazy things have become. Well I just woke up from a long napp and its time to eat some sushi before I party all night long
This has been one of the best weekends in like years...Tomm should be crazy as well
Sushi time
Ahhhh Raven is one funny mofo and if we were able to do what we were going to do last night in the ring it would have been insane...ill save it for my shoot |
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| Hmmm.... |
[May. 6th, 2005|11:42 pm] |
The summer is almost here and things are getting better and better. If I had a FF button on life I would be pushing it right now. You got to love the story about the two guys on top of the mountain looking down at the sheep and the one guy wants to run down there and get them but the his friend tells him that they will walk down there and get them all. Well I got my walking shoes all ready.
Saw the movie tonight House of Wax. Make sure you check it out. It has alot of Texas Chainsaw moments and its not a corny flick. There are alot of good movies coming out this summer.
Life is short and you really have to live life like everyday is your last. After last weeks tragic passing of Chris Candido I really have a new outlook on life. Im not going to preach but the wrestling world lost a great guy. Chris was a guy who was never a dick to anyone. He was always in a great mood and always making people laugh around him. I will miss seeing him at the matchs and I will never forget his voice and laugh as I can hear it in my head right now. I just got to really know him in the last 5 months after our interview with him. Im going to miss him alot.
I really can't wait for the next few months in my business life. ALot of big changes are going to happen soon.
The one thing I hate is going to a Indy show and seeing guys in the ring wearing jeans. What seperates you from the fans in the crowd? Invest in legit gear so you look better or your just some other guy that is no better than a fan in the crowd. You need to stand above the fans because they pay to see you and you need to be above them. Yea send your tips to my PO Box.
I got nothing else to say and im rambling to death here...Time to eat some junk food. |
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| Im back in the saddle again....IM BACK |
[Mar. 27th, 2005|12:34 pm] |
Sorry for not getting to write in here over the last few weeks but I have been super busy.
Where do I start? I got to see Hawthorne Heights at the E factory a few weeks back. It was a fun show as we got to meet the band once again. We got to the building super early so we headed backstage to only find that the show would be delayed about a hour. We got to hang out with the bands but I had no clue who anyone was. That is the common theme for myself. I find myself backstage at all of these shows and I am clueless to who they are. At the E factory they have a piano in the lockeroom and a huge poker table so the bands can play and fool around to kill time. We were just sitting there and we got to watch some of the memebers play on the piano and shit. Joe who knows these guys better than myself is good at pointing out who everyone is. I cant wait to meet Nine Inch Nails and see them perform live.
I a writing this with a fever that I just got in the last 24 hours which sucks. I hate being sick but I wore myself down over the last 2 weeks of just running around. Speaking of 24 I saw the final show of the first season last week. How great is that show. THere is nothing better than 24 on TV right now. I mean what other TV show would kill off one of the main charcaters. I love that aspect of writing and if wrestling could do stuff like that it would be amazing.
Well last Friday I went up to NJ early with Joe to meet up with the One Man Gang for his shoot interview. We got to the hotel early so we headed to Olive Garden for a quick tour of Italy. Then we hit some supermarket that had its own bakery in there. Joe bought a brownie that he could not finish so I got stuck with it.
We went back to the room to watch some more 24 since I brought my dvd player and as we were watching it there was a knock at the door. I went to open it and it was the OMG. He looked like a normal dude with a baseball cap on. I was a huge mark for him because he was the one big man that could work with everyone and his gimmick was always over.
The interview started off with Gang cutting a promo and I got super worried because I said to myself this is a shoot interview not a worked promo. He was yelling so loud at first I thought we would get kicked out of the hotel from security. His promo lasted a minute and then I brought him back to earth for one hell of a shoot interview. Gang was super cool as he is just super down to earth. I got to meet him in ECW back in the day. This interveiw should have happened back in 1999 but we never got to do it with him. We planned on meeting at one of the buildings early when ECW was down in LA but he was late and it was just a no go.
The next day was the convention that was alot of fun. We got to do our second interview for the weekend with Koko Ware. The interview turned out amazing. The one thing I love is shoot interviews with guys from the 80's era. That is what I grew up on when wrestling was wrestling. The shit that is on TV now sucks and that is a shoot. Koko was so touched by the interview that he ended up crying on camera at the end. It was just one of those moments you have to see for yourself. He was the third guy that broke down for us besides Barry Whindham and Lex Luger if your keeping tabs.
We got out of the hotel at like 6PM which is a record for a convention. I got home last Sat night and went to party. I had to wake up early to get Sabu for his new deal and video with us. So I woke up after sleeping for like 4 hours and headed to NJ. We got back to the hotel he was at which was the same place I was at all weekend. When we got there Candido was picking him up to go and eat lunch. We all headed to the local Bennigans for some lunch. We got in there and we were sitting next to his nice family who were trying to enjoy their Sunday lunch but Candido has his brother there who is just like Chris in the way he talks and everything. He is super fast and speedy when he talks and is a riot to listen to. He was cursing so much that the family got up and moved to another table while they were eating. I almost lost it because it was so funny.
We all won free desert there but we can't use the coupons until June of 2005 so we are all going to meet back there in a few months. What kind of contest is that? You win free food but can't use it the same day....unreal.
We headed back to Philly with Sabu on Sunday to plan out his video. It is no secret back in ECW me and Sabu never really got along very well but I can say now he is a cool guy and a friend. He has one of the best sense of humors ever and all he does is pop these one liners all the time.
After we had to do what he had to do we went to my house so his wife could take pictures of my dogs. We dropped him off at his hotel near my office and planned to meet later that night for Sushi. At 9 we went off to eat and we got to two places that were closed for the night so we ended up eating at Nifty Fifties which got us all sick the next day.
On Monday we picked him up and started his DVD which turned out amaing. Candido showed up and helped Sabu with the project. It came out amazing and this is going to be one of the most entertaining DVD's of all time. In the middle of shooting this thing we needed to buy another mic so we took a break and went to the local mall. It was funny watching fans mark out for Tammy and Chris. We got done the interview and we headed back to my house once again. Tammy wanted to see my dogs since she loves pets.
Chris would not go near my dogs as he was scared to death of them. My one dog is legit as big as a small horse. It was just a fun time but I was so burned out from the weekend that I wanted to sleep for the next 4 days.
I worked all week in the office getting ready for this past weekend. I somehow got sick last week. So going into this weekend I knew I would get worse. On Friday night we headed up to NJ at like 10PM to shoot our Elix Skipper shoot. We got to the hotel and as we pulled in he just got there with Rodney Mack. I have not seen him since ECW days so it was a nice reunion. The entire time we shot his interview we had alot of the guys coming into his room. Elix was a super cool dude. We share alot of the same views on wrestling so we got along great.
After his interview was over we headed into the bar at the hotel. When we got to the elevator we ran into Abyss and Jermey Borash. I got to talk to Abyss for a bit and he is a guy who is going to be such a star in wrestling one day. He has WWE written all over him. We headed back to Philly since we had JAPW the next day. Doug stayed in NJ at the hotel with the guys since he had Cyber Space that day.
Yesterday I slept for 4 hours once again and headed to the ECW arena. It was my first time in front of a Philly crowd since Dec 2003. It was great to see all of the fans once again in Philly. The arena looked great with all of its changes.
The JAPW show was alot of fun. As always when ever the Mic is around I have a blast. Teddy Hart was at the show and it was good to see him once again. I can't tell you how many people ask me the one question "When are you starting up again I can't wait"? Being back in Philly was great. I had one of the best times yesterday that I have had in a long time. All we did was impressions of people all night long.
After the show was over we hung out for a little bit. Doug got to the show during the cage match which was insane. I watched the match with Tammy and we both were marking out. Teddy is insane which is why Teddy is Teddy.
As the night passed I got a fever so I am off to bed now for a much needed napp.
That is all I got....Thanks for reading another entry that I am sure has a million grammer errors in it. Yes I am to lazy to spell check or do anything else like that at this moment...blame it on the fever |
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| Taste of Chaos |
[Feb. 26th, 2005|11:28 am] |
Well last night I went to another crazy concert. It was the taste of chaos tour. If you were to ask me who any of these bands were 4 months ago I would have no clue. I can say that I have been transformed, as I now listen to music that blows anything away that I used to listen to like 10 years ago. I talked about Coheed a few months back, saying how I was a huge fan, but now I got my new drug of choice and that would be Underoath and The Used. I dont know what band I like better but The Used is amazing live.
So we get into the Tweeter Center and I went to meet one of my friends that works there. He was off for the night which sucks or at least it did for that moment. I wanted to get on stage for the show. Since we have been back there in the past thanks to Ulf Herman who was doing security at the Oz Fest I knew my way aroud. We also got to see the RHCP on stage at the same place. Wrestling can open a million doors with the right connections.
I told Joe that we would be on stage at one point. I told him to follow me and not talk to anyone or make eye contact. We headed to the backstage door where I got stopped by security. Before the guy had a chance to even ask me a question, I pointed to Joe and I was like he is ok, he is with me. So I put in his head that I belonged and Joe was a fan. Well guess what, it worked. As soon as we got in the back I knew all the hall ways and we talked the lingo as we walked around. First we had to go to catering to get a quick free drink. Yea I live for this kind of stuff. We then went onto the stage before the show started and found a dark corner basically. I was waiting for someone to say something to us but NOT one person said a word. I think they thought we were with the bands. We got to see 3 bands on stage and one was Underoath.
These guys are amazing live but the set was too short last night. After they went off Joe wanted to go stand in the Pit for the rest of the show. The stage was boring as the sound was not good because we were behind the speakers.
So we went into the pitt for the rest of the show. The Used are going to be huge. I don't know much about them other than I saw them one other time with Korn and Lincoln Park.
So that is my plug for the week go and download The Used and Underoath as they are amazing.
I have a show in NY tonight which should be fun and WXW tommorrow.
If anyone knows anything about cruises E mail me at feinsteind@aol.com for info. I want to swim with the dolphins. |
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| EAGLES |
[Feb. 8th, 2005|12:13 am] |
Yea we lost the big game but next year we have everyone back. We get some young bucks from the draft as well . We will win next year . I have finally turned into a football fan after way to many years of dissing it. The excitement at a game blows anything I have ever dealt with in wrestling. I was at some huge sports bar with over 1000 crammed into it. It was one of the best times I have ever had. Sure the Vodka and OJ helped a little bit. How amazing is TO. The guy is a true pro. If you asked me 4 months ago who TO was I would never have known. In fact I called him OT up until 2 months ago. OT for overtime maybe...
Do not see the movie the Boogieman. This was the worst movie I have ever seen ever. The only thing scary was that I had to pay for a ticket. It was complete crap and the storyline was like watching a crappy indy show. There was nothing creative about the movie. I clapped when it ended. In fact I was so bored during the movie I went on the internet thru my phone. Some good movies are coming out with War of the Worlds and The new Amityville flic.
Some of the best times over the last few weeks have been at the AWA shows in NJ. If you live in NJ get to a show. Just bring ear plugs if you sit in section A.
I can't wait to run shows once again. We have some killer ideas that we are going to do. Enough of that talk before I give away our secrets.
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| Sunday |
[Jan. 30th, 2005|09:26 pm] |
I am so beat from this weekend. Actually my gas tank has been low all week since last weeks snow storm. Last week the day after the storm there was almost no more RF VIDEO as I was driving on the highway the car that I was in did a 360 and was now heading into on coming traffic. What a RUUUUSSSSSHHHHH!!!! I got lucky as there was nothing around me so all I did was piss myself. I could not even get my truck to turn around so I had to go backwards for 2 miles until a exit and when cars were coming head on I would blind them with my lights so they can tell I was facing them. It was a scary momement. My friends in the car were crying as they thought a car would slam into us.
I started to get sick on Tuesday. I have been doing something that is crazy as of late. I wake up at 7AM and lift for 2 hours and then go to the office. It has killed me so I think I got run down because I work crazy hours all night now. I need gym in the office next year.
Friday we went to PW ELITE and has a blast. The venue has a bowling ally in it with a bar. I went down there to bowl with Negro and some of the AWA guys. Had a few drinks and saw Beefcake at the bar. Man does he look old now with his gray hair. He has his gimmick on and he looked like a human zebra. I felt bad watching his match as he is comical now to say the least. The best part of the night is when Joe got some hot chicks phone number. Later in the night we found out it was one of the workers sister.
GOt to give credit to Joe as this girl was smoking hot.
On Sat we went to the Japw show. I love going to JAPW, USA PRO shows or any indy show in NJ and NY. I have a blast at them just hanging out with all my old friends. Man if I only knew the mic a year ago. He is one of the funniest mother fuckers that I have ever met.
Today I did nothing but catch up on some sleep and eat sushi all night in the city. I hope to party next Sunday after the Eagles win the superbowl.
I was not around this week and for what ever reason one of my friends walked into my house without knockin at the door. My one neopolitan mastiff who is legit over 150 pounds and can move around like Susuke attacked him. He tore his jacket to threads. He is a legit attack dog now which is great. At first he was going after all my other dogs. So we took him to therapy two months ago. Now I can play with my other 4 monsers in front of him and she just watches and does not do anything. We got this shocker on her that if she acts up she gets shocked so she knows. Its a great gimmick and it taught her well. Now I just to get her to stop attacking strangers. When ever someone comes to my door and even knocks or even walk near the house the 5 dogs go crazy. I want to get one more dog but that would be border line insane. Bill Goldberg has 7 dogs so I dont feel that crazy yet.
I was able to go to the Eagles game alst week and get box seats with our office. It happened at the last minute and it was amazing. The crowd heat blew me away. I went to a basketball playoff game back in the day and this blew that away. It was like being at a concert but 10 times more crazy.
I watched the Howard Stern show with Chyna and all I could think of is Missy Hyatt.
As a good friend once told me "that is all I got" |
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[Jan. 15th, 2005|08:58 pm] |
Went to AC last night to do the Severn shoot. I won money at the casino for the first time in a long time. I actually wore a shirt that said The Beast. When Dan saw it he asked me where I got it made at but I had to tell him it was a Fujita shirt that he gave me back in the day. It was a accident that I even had it on. It was a funny moment.
I am looking forward to the Crue concert coming up.
I legit have nothing to say at all so this is going no where...go rent Shawn of the Dead and also White Castle. They are both great flics.....
Ok I really have nothing else to say at all. |
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| Time is ticking...... |
[Jan. 2nd, 2005|06:44 pm] |
I just started to get into alot of new music over the last few months . Its kind of scary when I was younger I would ask my dad at the time if he liked the bands that I would listen to. He would say to me that they all sounded the same. I would know almost all of the bands. So anyhow Joe who always likes to listen to his music around me started to get me into his tunes. At first I will have to admit I hated it. I was dragged to the Warp tour this past summer and I never really heard of any of the bands that were there. It was the first time I saw Taken Back Sunday and Coheed. I can say that I hated them both but loved the crowd reaction. But over the last few months of hearind some of the bands over and over again I got to start to actually like Coheed. In fact I got so into them that they have become one of my new favorite bands. When they were in Philly a few months back we got to meet them and get in the backstage area. They were mad cool and to this day I can't get sick of hearind any of the songs on the Coheed CD no matter how many times I listen to them. So then I started to listen to TBS which are so so nothing special. I can't get into them. But this past week Joe got me hooked into a band called Underoath. If you never heard of them check them out. They have a great song called "The Sun Never Sleeps".
I went to see Fall Out Boy and Academy Is also this past week and we got to get backstage again. Thank god for having a great hook up with the owner of the club. As it turns out he is getting us into the Motley Crue concert and hooking us up to meet them as well. I am a huge Crue mark from back in the 80's. Shout at the devil was one of my first albums lol. Its just scary to know that I am so out of touch with the new style called EMO or what ever the hell you call it. Am I getting that old? I hope not but anyhow check out UnderOath today.
This past weekend I had one of the best nights out on the town in Philly. I went out with a bunch of friends to a all you can eat sushi buffet in the city. It really is the best one in town for the price and quality. Then we went and caused mayhem at all the clubs we hit. I think I was in 3 of them before the year ended but I can't recall.
I am so excited about the new year. We just have so many different things planned and we are going to be involved with some major projects soon. I just can't wait to run shows and get these chains off me. I hate just sitting back and watching and not being able to do what I know what will work. I see so many mistakes that are being done and I know from talking with the fans that they are so turned off by alot of stuff. If I can only fast foward time but all good things happen to those who wait.
I saw Meet the Fockers and Ben Stiller is great in this one. Check it out if you can. I got a call about helping out with a new wrestling video game that will be coming out in the future by EAG sports. I will keep you updated about what happens. They want us to write some of the storylines and they might use some of our footage for the game.
I talked to Super Crazy a few weeks back and he wants to get back into the scene in the US soon. He is doing great over seas and misses alot of the money from over hear. Thats it for now....yea this entry was boring |
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| Happy New Years |
[Dec. 31st, 2004|10:30 pm] |
Well the year is finally coming to an end in a few short hours. It was filled with ups and downs for myself. That is what life is all about. It is all about learning and getting smarter. I learned so much about people in the last 8 months. I learned also about myself more than anything. I learned how to deal with so much bullshit that it only made me a stronger person. In the year 2005 I will do everything in my power to change the wrestling landscape once again. I did it back in 2002 and I know that I can do it again. I was able to get all the bad people out of my life who were just using me. I was able to see who were my true friends. People that actually care about someone. You always hear the horror stories about how people lie, cheat and steal to get ahead in life. Well in 2004 I lived it first hand. Most people only care about themselves and will do what ever they need to do to survive even if it is to fuck over someone that they owe so much to.
Ever since June I worked harder than ever to make my company stronger than ever before. I think that in the future it can only get stronger. I have so many powerful people now behind RF VIDEO and these people want to see me start up something again. There are so many wrestlers out there that I talk to who just can't wait until we do something again and now its just a waiting game. I can assure all the fans out there that when we do run shows again it will be exactly what you want. We will give you the best product out there. I will do everything in my power to make us one of the best Indy promotions out there. That is my promise to you the fans who supported us.
I hope everyone has a great new years as I am about to go out and party all night long. Talk to all of you next year!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Tiss the Season to be Jolly |
[Dec. 21st, 2004|01:07 am] |
This was by far the best season for myself in the last 4 years. All I had to worry about was the office. No stores, no promotion, nothing but good old RF VIDEO. Life is simple again and I am glad things are going my way. It is really paying off as well as most of our customers are super loyal to us and it showed when they sent us all their nice E mails over the last few weeks. I just hope all of you are having a great season like everyone at RF VIDEO. I want to give a big thank you to Tammy from MD for baking us a ton of cookies and cakes and mailing them to us. You are our number one fan and I ate all the cookies. Thanks for making my workouts mean even more now.
I had the chance this week to be on the Jerry Springer show but I turned it down. They wanted to have two chicks fight over me which happens alot in real life. There was no pay day and then I would have to fly to IL alone and I hate to fly. I got the call on Saturday night and it was too short of notice. Plus I have been on TV enough this year. That is the last thing I need is to have my face in between two white trash looking girls from the south and they make me to be their cousin. So many people thing Springer is a shoot but its a total work.
It was good to see alot of the fans again at the JAP show a few weeks back. JAP is just always fun to be around. I have known Fat Frank for years and they are all mad cool. I wish they ran more. Friday I was back in NJ as I met up with Dreamer and headed to some local diner after the show. There was alot of fans there on Friday asking me when I will be back running shows again and all I have to say is soon. Sat I went to WXW and I love it there also. Its a big family and for real AFA is one cool guy. Growing up I was scared to death of him but he is just one of the funniest guys around and a super caring person for his workers. He is like a father to them. I still know that big things in 2005 will happen in WXW. I am happy to be apart of their family.
I met a ton of cool people in 2004. I wish I knew sean from the DOI a long time ago. He is one of the funniest fucks I have ever met. I have also once again talked to alot of people who I have not talked to in a long time and it is a great thing. I know in the year 2005 it will be the year that RF VIDEO makes a impact once again. I did it in 2002 with just Doug and I know what we have planned for next year. You will be shocked if you know what we have planned. Having a nice period off from running my own company is just making me stronger and I have learned alot from my mistakes the first time around. I know what to do and what not to do. This break allowed me to step back and just see everything that is wrong with wrestling and I think I got a new concept that should turn some heads.
"exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself." Ted Turner |
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| Halo 2 and more random blah |
[Dec. 7th, 2004|12:41 am] |
Halo 2 is confusing as hell now. E mail me if you understand it. Why in part two are you playing as both the heel and the face. I am very confused in this game. It is not as good as part one as the fighting takes place to much in dark hallways with tight spaces. There is not alot of ourdoor scenes. Why are we playing as the heel in part 2. I watched the video and it seems like he got casted out because he failed in part one to kill the human, am I right? But why are we playing as him and why is he fighting other monsters in this one. I asked a guy at the store and he was just a total Halo mark and he was trying to use all the "inside terms" and I was clueless. He knew all the character names and shit. I was just yesing him to death as I was lost. So if you can explain to me in simple terms let me know why we play as the heel and face in this game and what the basic concept is in this one. Its great game play but to confusing of a story this time around. In part one you were the babyface and that was it. In this one your both the heel and face.
I got another huge shoot this week coming up that we are just holding on to for a rainy day. The Sabu one is selling like crazy. Hey did anyone see pics of the Chyna video. Scary shit as I got to say. I was reading a review and I could not stop laughing at it.
I think its safe to say that we got in so many new DVDs and shoots from so many different companies that its hard for everyone to order everything now. It has gotten insane at the office to keep up with everything. A quick thank you to the staff as they work their asses off to get everyone their stuff.
I watched walking tall last night for the second time. Did you know the movie was only a hour and 14 minutes. Is that even a real movie. It was way to short.
I went to the gym late tonight and the guy at the juice bar gave me some pill that gives u energy. It was legal dont worry as I NEVER do drugs ever. But what ever it was I am wired and I think that is the only reason I am blabbing as I can't sleep.
I read my last post and I walked away from it calling myself a mark not good. Anyhow I got nothing else so its time to watch a flic. |
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| FUN FUN FUN |
[Dec. 4th, 2004|06:37 pm] |
Sorry for the lack of updates as I have been way to busy to type in here but somehow I took a weekend off from wrestling which I needed bad. I was on the road last week for like 5 days straight and it was insane.
Right after the Turkey dinner on Thursday we headed out to NC for the big legends convention. This time we had a new victim that we took along for the ride. It was our good friend Christine who takes some of the best pictures to date at live wrestling shows. To bad her husband could not make this trip as I think he was cheating on her with some locals.Just kidding...So we were supposed to leave at 8:30 that night but we never headed out on the road until 9ish. We were all hungry once we got on the road which I guess means nobody really had a lot of turkey. We brought along a ton of cool flics for the ride. Joe never saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High so we watched that as well as some other videos. Somehow we ribbed Christine and put a Vixxens video on. It just so happened it was at a toll booth so I am sure the lady taking the change was not that thrilled. We ended up staying at this hotel in VA. It was around 2AM and I was hungry again so we ended up at the local gas station. MM MM MM is what I say when all you got is canned ravoli. I went back to the hotel and we snuck into where they would have the breakfast the next morning. We got to get some cereal and other goodies and actually the lady let us have milk who worked there. She did not seem to care. The next day the maid came to wake us up so we pulled a rib on her. I let her in the room and I took a bunch of pillows and stuck them under the blanket. I told her my friend was still sleeping and he was hard to wake up. So I started to pound the bed with my fist and I jumped knee first from one bed to the other. The lady was freaking out thinking someone was really under there. She had no clue and did not even know English but her look on her face was classic. Yea call me immature but hey I know how to have a good time.
We headed back on the road but not before doing Wendy's. I wanted Golden Corral buffet but everyone else was being bitches. We arrived in NC that day around 3PM. We checked into the hotel and I ran into Gary Hart who is actually a big dude. Oliver Humperdink was with him as well. I never got into his character for some reason. I checked into the room and I never knew about wireless internet which was amazing. We had a free night as the only Q+A that night were with Greg Valentine and Paul Jones.
We headed over to the Concord Mills mall. The last time I was in that was back when I had a store and also ECW was in town. This is what every mall should be like. It was packed since it was black Friday. Nothing fun happened there at all. It was now dinner time so we went to Max and Ermas. We ribbed Doug and told them it was his B day. Best gimmick ever because most places sing but you always get free desert. Its worth the singing to get the free cake and ice cream. We headed back to the hotel and we were bored at like 11PM. Doug wanted to just sleep so we headed to the local Best Buy and Walmart lol. We went to the Walmart Pet section and all they had were fish. The problem with most of the fish there were they were all dead. So when nobody was around I scopped up like 7 dead fish and took them to the register. I asked if I could get them half off since they were all dead. The guy was just looking at me like I was joking. I kept a straight face and I kept on asking him if they were half off. I said they were alive a few minutes ago. The guy actually thought I killed them I think. He was about to call the store manager so I took out a $100 bill and pointed to the ceiling and told him that he was on MTVs boiling point. He legit thought he was on it for real. Joe and Christine were pissing themselves.
We headed back to the hotel and partied all night yea right anyhow we woke up at like 7AM. It sucked being up that early. Hey just so you know and I have said it before I never spell check so deal with all the errors. It was great to see alot of the fans once again down in NC. Since we have been there like three times in the last year I got to know alot of them now. There are some really cool fans down there. As soon as the convention was over we headed out to eat once again. We went to Steak and Shake which has the best burgers around. Why do they not have them in PA? We also went back to the mall once again. I took part in doing Oxygen at one of the stands in the mall. That shit really works, not only did I get energy from it I think I got high as well as it made me super dizzy. Fun stuff...We went back to the hotel and just chilled all night.
Sunday we did the convention deal once again. It was really dead this time and we got to leave a little early. At lunch we noticed that the rent a truck that we took down had a huge dent in the side. It was huge and I never saw it before. This was the first time I saw it in the day light so I was like freaking out. As it turned out it was already there so I got lucky but I was stessing. We left NC and we stopped at the Golden Corral buffet after all. Best bread ever... anyhow we made it back to Philly at 4:40AM. The one bad thing about having 5 dogs is that they shit and piss all over the place when your not home. I also got a call from my pet sitter this weekend telling me she quit on us lol. My one Neo Mastiff has turned heel on everyone. She is freaking huge and is now basically an attack dog. I cant even go near Doug's room as she guards it. So if I near it she gets all protective and trys to legit bite me. Its insane. I was told by like 400000 people to get rid of her but I cant for now. I got a huge $400 cage for her and when Im not home that is her house. Somehow this time she escaped it and when the sitter came in she attacked her. She had to throw food at her to get her away. So after this I called my vet and got a Dr who does behavior classes. So the guy came to my house this week and was talking to my dog like its freaking human. He was like yea yea what is your problem and was telling us what my dog thinks. He was like this is dog does not love you. He only is using you and gave me this huge speech that made me feel like the only thing my dogs like me for is my food and house. He said I am the leader of the pack and they dont look at me as a person and I am a dog to them. Then he tells me that I should never have any of my dogs sleep in my bedroom. I never let them on the bed anyhow as they are to big for that. So the guy pulls out from his gimmick bag a electric dog collar that goes around its neck. Everytime my dog is bad I push this gimmick button on a key chain and it gives him this warning sound. If he still dont listen I can push it longer and it turns into this shock. I think its mean as shit but it works and my dog has calmed down. When Doug was sleeping I put it on him and shocked him alot. Great gimmick I am going to use it in a match down the line.
So now I have 5 dogs in my house that only use me, what the hell is that all about. Where is the love at? I should never have gotten the last two. I got a zoo here.
After we got back from NC I slept all day on Monday. I was supposed to get on a plane at 6AM on Tuesday for the Sabu shoot. Well all weekend in NC when I was trying to contact Sabu he changed his #. SO I had no way of talking to him at all. I was in a panic becasue I already spent money on plane tickets. I called him like 34 times thinking he never paid his bill or something. So I did not know what to do on Monday. You know when your so tired and your still in bed you think crazy shit. Like when your sick and you got a fever your awake but your not. Well that Monday all I thought about in my sleep was getting in touch with Sabu. I finally woke u p out of my Sabu dream and went into the office to look up who else would know his #. I called everyone and nobody had his new number. Out of the blue I got a call lol and he was like I changed my # sorry . Anyhow we set everything up for the next day. I was about to go to sleep and he called me and gave me some cool ideas about the next day. He was very against doing this thing and I did not know what to expect. To be honest going there I was very nervous about how this thing would even turn out. So here is the trip from hell and trust me I am not making any of this up. We had to wake up at like 3:30 AM to get to the airport for our flight. I was so out of it from being on the road all week in NC that I was a zombie. All I wanted to do was sleep on the flights. We had a lay over also in IL for 2 hours. So we get to the Philly airport and we board our plane after eating shitty airport eggs. So I am sitting all the way in the back of the plane and I thought I would have a free section to myself and then this nut job comes next to me. Picture this in your head. It is like 6AM in the morning and some guy who looks like he just legit got done painting a house sits next to you who reeked of beer. He is super all nervous and talking to himself. His hair was a mess and he stunk. He was super antsy because he kept on shaking his legs like he was restless. I thought he was a terrorist or something. He than goes to me this looks smaller than when I see planes on TV. I was like yeaaaa and could not even really open my eyes I was so beat. So then he starts dropping the F bomb and there were little kids around. He was like oh shit oh shit when the plane started to back away from the airport. He starts to tell everyone around him that this is his first flight ever. Then they give the speech over the intercom and he is like OMG how do you do this and that. He was like if we crash those seatbelts wont save us. Everyone was looking at this freak. Of course I got stuck next to him. So when the plane takes off he grabs the barf bag and goes there is no way all my puke will fit in this thing. He was telling me that he never goes on roller coasters. I was laughing so hard because the guy has his hands in front of him on the seat like a cat holding on to a tree. He was so scared and was over acting. So when we got off the ground he starts cursing and was legit screaming when he would look out the window. He made us pull the shade down. He could not stop telling us that he was scared and that he did not know it would be this bad. So when we went thru turbulance he went crazy. It was the worst flight I have ever been on ever. So we get to IL after 2 hours of this nut job next to me and then I find out hes on the connecting flight as well. I ran away with Doug when he was not looking and then of couse Doug being the nice guy he is when it was time to board, he went up to the guy to talk to him. I was so pissed. When we got back on the plane I legit ducked and the guy actually sat 3 rows up and did the same thing to some poor lady. That was the flight from hell.
We got to the hotel to meet Sabu at 1PM. He told me he would be there in a few seconds. The last time I was here was back in ECW days and this place was a dump. I never got along great with Sabu back in ECW days. We got along but it was never like me and Dreamer or anyone else for that matter. Sabu did not like me which I found out why last week. He told me that he never respected me until he knew I understood the buisness. He said once he knew I started ROH I gained his respect which was cool. So he gets to the hotel with his friend who was cool and a child hood friend of Sabu's. The interview was amazing and I think it was our top 3 of all time. I am not going to plug it here but its amazing. After the interview was over like legit 5 minutes the hotel and airport lost power. Could you imagine if it happened during the shoot. It was like lights our and then I was waiting for Sandman to join in when they came back on. When it was over he stayed for a while and we just talked for a long time about everything in wrestling. Sabu is one of the smartest guys out there as he has alot of great ideas. We went to eat at the Marriot for dinner and headed back to the room for a boring night of doing nothing. I hate doing shoots and having to stay in a town overnight especially when there is nothing to do but watch TV. The plane ride was simple the next day excpet for the 3 HOUR DELAY!!!!!!!!! We got back at 6 instead of 3PM. This week has been crazy in the office. There have been so many cool things planned before the end of the year that we can't wait for 2005. Well its time to play Halo 2 the best game ever.
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| Too much work and no play |
[Nov. 14th, 2004|01:12 pm] |
I need a vacation and I need one soon. Just kidding every time I go to a show that is my vacation. RF VIDEO has really come alive in the last 6 months. I am so glad that I am now putting all my energy into RF VIDEO once again rather than running a promotion. I will be the first to admit that I let RF VIDEO my baby kind of hanging. I ignored it and banked on my other company but now that I am putting all my energy back into RF VIDEO things could not be better. I think we did more shoot interviews in the last 3 months than we did in one year. The crazy thing is we did not even scratch the surface. I was looking at the shoot schedule and its insane.
Last weekend we were with WXW up in the mountains of PA. It was some fun moments. I went on a car ride with Afa's daughter looking for food. We wanted to get pizza or something. There was nothing but dark roads so we somehow ended up at this gas station. Let me say this it was a miracle or something. This gas station had its own Pizza Parlor attached to it and they made brick oven pizza. It was not the frozen kind at all. It turned out to be NY style and it was amazing. The other cool thing was they had a real Italian bakery inside this place as well. So they had a huge display of every king of cake, pie, and cookies you could imagine. We were in heaven. Rikishi worked those shows and he teamed with Samu. They had a nice stiff match with two of the students. Also some CZW workers were there and Sabian broke his collar bone working with The Joker. Afa has alot of great talent and they have a tag team with Tonic and TDS that are going to be a hell of a team in the future, They remind me of a young Hardy Boys. On Sunday we were at the WXW award banquet and it was a all you can eat buffet. They had the best stuffed shells of all time. It was all you can drink as well.
One day last week the Sats came down to the office and we all just hung out and we went to a hotel in Philly to meet with some Fusion staff. We filmed some cool stuff for them and their upcoming project. Dont ever let the Sats follow you in their car as I think someone should contact the state about them being on the road. Evan K was in town working on a project with one of the New Kids on the Block. Donny Wahlburg so when we went to the hotel he was there as well. We did like 20 promos all over the place and I think the hotel was happy when we left
The week went by super fast and we were looking forward to this past weekend that just took place. The Mountie shoot was amazing as his Dynamite Kid story is the best thing we got on video ever. As we got to the hotel Barbarian and Fuji were in the hall way. I just had seen them like 2 weeks ago in VA and NJ. Fuji made a funny joke about our interview and he really reminds me of the dude from Karate Kid.
The convention itself was a blast. DOI was there as well as alot of other promoters and we just sat around and talked about alot of funny shit. I had to wake up at 6AM on Sat which sucked and me and Joe did like 100 mph to get to the thing on time. The night before it took Doug 60 minutes to get up there but on Sat with Joe driving we got there in 20 min. Thank god the place served breakfast as they had killer pancakes.
We got home super early last night from the thing so I was able to hit the town. Doug had a wedding yesterday so when we went he was already feeling good. I got to sleep before the night hit so I was ready to party all night. We got to the place and we were there for a hour and than someone pulled the fire alarm. They shut the place down after that happened so the night ended early. We ended up at a house party in Philly which was amazing. There had to more people in the house than on recent indy shows.
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| Best weekend ever since ECW days |
[Oct. 31st, 2004|02:24 pm] |
I really had the most fun ever since our ECW days this past weekend. Thursday was one of the worst hang over days I ever had. I drank over a half of bottle of Absolute the night before and was out of control. I had to get up super early as we had a million things that needed to get done before our road trip on Thursday. This was the first time ever that I was still drunk the next day and I felt like I was going to puke all morning.
It was time for lunch and I could not even look at the pizza we had just ordered as I was still on left field. By the time 5PM came around I was starting to feel better. I never drink and if I do its like once a month and I never get out of hand. For some reason I knew that this weekend was going to be something to celebrate about so I started out early. Never again!!!
So Thursday myself Doug, Joe and a few other old pals headed to Waynesboro VA for the big Night of Superstars 3 show. Everyone that I grew up watching was going to be there. I brought the DVD player so we were able to watch Dawn of the Dead. With all of the zombies as the DVD was much better than watching the movie in the theater. This version was alot better. So after watching Dawn of the Dead i poped in our DVD with Missy Hyatt on there getting naked and I thought I was still watching the Dawn of the Dead somehow.
We had problems with the DVD staying on the dashboard so we went to some local truck stop and bought this great gimmick that makes anything stick to the dash. Little things amuse us so we ended up sticking anything loose in the truck on the dash. We really did not stock up on alot of flics for the ride but it was still alot of fun
We got into the town around Midnight on Thursday. We were at the hotel with all the boys. I think we got in early as we were the first crew to arrive. The hotel we stayed at was great. Best thing about it was it was free for a few days as everything was taken care of by Marvin Ward. This promoter is a class act and one hell of a guy. He did EVERYTHING for us to make sure we were happy. He picked us up in a HUGE limo and took us out for steak dinners with all the boys and gave us free breakfast the next day. I have never ever met a guy like Marvin as he is just a go getter. Everything he said he was going to do he did it. All the boys were super happy to work for him as well.
Anyhow I thought we would all be able to sleep late on Friday. Usually with my 5 dogs I have to wake up at 5-6AM everyday to let them piss. So I was looking forward to the break. So anyhow around 8AM I get woken up. The hotel we are at had a pool that was next to the room. So what a better day than this one to do some drilling with a jack hammer starting at 8AM. It was so freaking loud and there was no STOPPING it!!!
Joe was already up since he gets up everyday at 630AM and was just laughing at us. I tired to go back to bed and it was impossible. Some how I looked over at Doug and he was buried under 5 pillows and slept like a baby. We than got a knock at our door from Marvin who introduced himself and told us the timing of everything he had planned for us. I told him I had to change rooms and he was all cool about it. This was also the first time ever that we just got into a place and never had to check in. It was as simple as just getting the key and that was it which was nice. In the past I was always the guy in charge of doing all the hotel stuff and it sucked.
So I go to the desk and get a new room key. The lady was laughing at the front desk about our jack hammer problem. I am sure she slept well the night before. She gave us a new room but Doug did not want to leave until 1 as he wanted to sleep all day. There was no point of going back to bed so we took the truck and ventured into town.
We ended up eating MCD's and walking around WallMart all day as there was nothing else to do in town. I never knew WalMart would be so much fun. We headed back to our hotel to see if Doug was awake yet and of course he was not. So we decided to check into our new room and leave him in the old one. Well boy did we get a suprise. We go to open our new hotel room door and BANG were we in for a suprise. Lets just say we walked in on a couple in the act. It was the funniest thing that has ever happened to me. The look on the face of these people were classic. I quickly said sorry and went back to the desk. By the time we got there the lady at the desk was of course laughing again because she alredy knew she checked us into a room that was still occupied. She told us it was a long day and gave us yet another room key. This time I had Joe open the door to make sure it was clear. The one thing about this hotel that I will never forget is the water pressure of the shower. It felt like you were being shot by a firetruck hose. It was the best hour shower of all time.
We drove around some more and the only thing to do was look at the open farmland with the cows. So we decided to wake up Doug for good. He finally woke up and Marvin came back to hang with us some more. He was telling us his advance and we did not know what to think. We just were super excited to be apart of it. He told us that Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers would be here soon. We had a big day on Friday planned. Bobby finally got to the hotel around 5ish. I have not seen him in over 14 years at least. I used to drive wit him back in the NWA days from the towns. He was always mad cool to me. When he got in we talked about the old Wildwook NJ shows that we did back in the day. I drove with him and Scott Goldstein from NJ to MD when they worked the Rock + Roll Xpress back in the day. Bobby was great to talk to. Tommy Rogers finally made it in as well. We talked for hours about everything. It was now time to eat and we got a knock at our hotel room door.
When we opened the door there was huge limo waiting for us. The last time I was in one of these was for the BWO thing on Raw. This one was even bigger than that as I was blown away from the first class treatement we got. We all got in the limo and this was the first chance I got to meet Jeff Farmer who is the NWO Sting. There were alot of the guys in the limo so it was cool to just sit back and watch everyone talk because these were the guys that I watched when I was a kid and shit.
The dinner buffet was great and I know Joe just loved his steak so much lol. I was introduced to the Barbarian and the Warlord at dinner. I had met the Warlod in Fl when he was bouncing at a club before when we did ECW. Those were the days not to get off the subject but that night in FL was classic. Myself and Doug were done partying at a club in Fort Lauderdale and we were on the streets at like 3AM walking back to our room. A car pulled up on the curb and it was Bubba and Big Dick. He basically kidnapped us and dragged us back to the club again. They were the good old days. Anyhow Barbarian was nervous about his shoot as he never has spoken before on video. He told me he wanted to do it in character and I was telling him how easy it would be. It turned out great anyhow. Ivan Koloff was there was well and he looks the same as he did 30 years ago. Jeff sat with us and he told us so many amazing stories about ALL Japan and stuff he had scene over there with his tours. It was a great time because this was the first time that half of these guys have seen each other in years. I just sat back and took everything in. Your right I am still a mark as is everyone else in wrestling and if they say they are not a mark then they are liars.
We headed back to the hotel to conduct some more shoot interviews that night. It was just a really fun day. It was like after 2AM and we needed sleep as on Saturday we had more shoots and a huge event to go to.
This time we were able to sleep till a decent hour but Doug still wanted to sleep all day. It was time to change things up so Joe and I headed to Wendys. Dont ever ask for a baked potato with cheese down there as they looked at me like I was an alien. We headed back to Walmart to make sure nothing changed in the last 24 hours. Yea its pretty sad that we have to go there all day. Actaully I totally forgot on Sat we did not sleep late at all. This is what happened at like 830AM we had to wake up to do the shoot with the Powers of Pain. This was a great interview and we heard so many cool stories about the bar room fights with Haku and the Barbarian. The Warlord is just a super cool guy and hes massive in person. I would not want to fuck with him ever. Then they left and Doug went back to sleep then we went out. Son anyhow around 2ish we woke Doug up and we found out where there was a mall in town. Yes it was our big day to the mall. So anyhow we dead out to the mall with Doug and when we finally find it lets just say that their idea of a mall down there and what I think is a mall is like night and day. Their version of a mall is one store like JC Pennys attached to maybe 8 other stores. We walked into the place and it was dead. The most exciting part of the mall was the As Seen on TV store. I went up to th girl who worked there and I asked where I can buy a Brad Pitt. She kept on asking me what am I talking about. So then I said do you guys sell any P Diddy's. She had no clue what I was talking about so I then decided to see if they sold and Dan Rathers. I go what kind of store is this? I said I have seen all of them on TV and you dont even carry them. Ok it was a stupid joke but it did waste some time. It was time to head back to the hotel as we had a meeting planned with the Midnights around 4ish.
If you never met Bobby Eaton he is one of the nicest guys of all time. He goes out of his way for you to make sure your happy. I have known him for ever. This was the first time I ever met Dennis even though we talked on the phone for the past few months. He was super cool and down to earth and they gave us the best shoot interview they ever did. When it was all said and done Dennis was like damm how did you guys come up with those questions. Sitting there with these guys was a honor for me because I loved the Midnights. When it was all over we headed out to the building which was right down the road.
We pulled up and the line of fans was amazing. I knew at this time this was going to be a huge show. We all went into the place and set up our gimmick table and we ran into Kamala who we just met a few weeks back. Dusty was there and it was good to see him. I got a great lecture from the Dream that made me feel happy. He told me so many things that I never looked at before and it really changed my views on some stuff. I really cant wait to see what is going to happen in the next year. Masked Superstar was there with Bugsy Macgraw. Man did he look so different. David Flair was there as well as he was ribbing me the entire night and getting people to not buy or tapes. I met him down at the Greg Price deal a few months back. Super cool dude.
The show itself was packed. The line was around the building. It took 2 hours to get everyone in and when they did it was filled with standing room only. These fans were so easy to please down there with the NWA style. I watched the show and the guys had them in the palm of their hands. Man I wish wrestling would go back to the way it was because it really does suck now. Bobby Fulton had the best quote ever yesterday. He was telling us that we would never in 20 years from now be sitting with someone that works today in the WWE and be talking about matches that stand out. I mean think about it because its so true. Today everything does not stand out. I for real cant tell you some of the shows that I watched. Everything is mixed together now but back in the old days EVERYTHING meant something. It was one of the most valid points ever made.
I ate like a pig at the building because there was another free buffet. Animal and Rick Steiner got the biggest pop of the night. Watching Kamala and Dusty work was great. Dusty had the fans in the palm of his hand all night. He did the slightest little facial expression and the place went crazy. It was great watching these guys work their magic in a crowd setting that I never was able to see. When NWA came to town in the 80's Philly was a smart crowd. Down there the fans still believe which is great.
When the show was over we captured for the first time ever my favorite piece of footage ever as we had the Midnights and the Fantastics sit around and talk about that match they just had an everything they have been thru. Its like we were a fly on the wall. I just sat there in awe and I know this new series is going to be hot. Make sure you check this out because this is very rare and this was just our first. We have so many new concepts besides this one as I cant say because there are alot of uncreative people our there that need to steal concepts.
When everything was over we all got in our truck and gave each other high fives because we knew it was one hell of a weekend. It was good to know that we have such a great group of guys in RF VIDEO that will work hard to bring you the best videos/DVDs yea quick plug lol.
We went back to the hotel to shower and it was time to head home.
We stopped at some rest stop and I gambled like $5 in this quarter machine where u drop quarters in and it pushes them to the front of the machine. What a work that was. They did have the best meatball sandwhich there though. Anyhow we got in around 6AM today and I am already up working which is all I ever do anymore.
I want to see the movie Saw tonight so we shall see if its good. I am not giving out candy tonight. Someone e mailed me and asked how was Coheed a few weeks back. If you get a chance to see them check them out!!!
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| The Grudge |
[Oct. 25th, 2004|12:37 am] |
If you want to see a scary movie check out the Grudge. I thought this movie would suck because it was not rated R but it was scary as shit and it never gave you a chance to breath. I cant wait to see Scary Movie because you know they will make fun of the noise that was done over the phone.
I cant wait to see Saw when that comes out next weekend
I never got a chance to talk about the Coheed concert from last week either. It was a great show as we got in the back to meet the band and everything. I never usually go into the crowd when they are crazy and ever since the warp tour I now have more fun in the crowd while everyone goes crazy. Its just one wild brawl basically.
This show was nuts because when they came in we were like 4 rows deep and EVERYONE moved up and I was squashed and could not move at all for real. I sort of got panicked and shoved my way out of there. When it calmed down I ran back into and pushed my way back up to the front. It was the most fun I ever had at a concert ever and that is saying alot.
I just got back from Story of the Year with Joe. Fucking great show and once again we got in the back. I cant wait till Manson comes around as we have a great hook up. Thanks to everyone tonight for helping us down there as they are huge wrestling fans.
I need sleep as I will need alot of Energy for this week. We got some good stuff going on.
I wish Sushi was as easy to cook as a frozen pizza |
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| What a weekend!!! |
[Oct. 24th, 2004|02:59 am] |
We still cant stop laughing about the last few days. We have had so many funny in your face moments since Friday morning. I cooked alot of eggs this week I guess. I guess that is when it all started. It was another crazy weekend for the office that never sleeps which is RF VIDEO.
Boy it is sure funny how I was told in center city around 5-6 months ago on a street corner that I was dead. Seems to me I am more busy than ever these days. Thanks for predicting my future but I think its time to wash your crystal ball. Some very close people who have no clue about Rob Feinstein told me I was done. They actually sat in my own house and told me things like this and I just laughed it off. I knew in the back of my mind they were marks to my world and I just let everything go in one ear and out the other. These people actually cried to me but I give you an f because your acting skills are lame. As my good friend Raven's tatoo says Rust never sleeps!!
Anyhow this weekend was a wild one. It started on Friday when we went up to NY for the big wrestling convention up there. We had a ton of shoots lined up and we were suppsoed to start our working relationship with the AWA that night. So we were heading to the show and my cell phone rings and its Rocky telling me that he will be coming in early on Friday and he wants to do his shoot. I was like shit I needed to be at AWA but I did not want to pass up The Rocks Dad. So we headed to NY and changed our plans with the AWA. We were stuck in traffic on the LIE and the phone rings again and I was told this time to go to AWA because he was running late. I was like shit this sucks because now we were stuck on the LIE at rush hour and now he told me he wont be in until midnight. So I call my great friend Mic from DOI the only site with balls and I get directions on how to get to the AWA show. DOug was flipping out like a bitch saying were half way to the hotel and we should just go there and chill but I wanted to go to the show. So we get Doug to turn around and we get lost in Brooklyn. Doug is now cursing at me and shit and I just wanted to get to the show. We had the DRS on speaker guiding us thru the area. THere was mad traffic and we were told we would never make the show on time but at this point we were determined since we just did a 180 in traffic. Anyhow Doug puts on a little bit of Coheed which is my new favorite band and we crank up the tunes and he becomes speed racer. I dont know how anyone lives in NYC. Its nuts with the traffic and shit in the city. Going thru that tunnel gets me super nervous. There were cops all over the place and I though it was something bad going on in there.
We get to the building at like perfect time. There is like 5 minutes to bell time and we meet the promoter who was super cool. I got to see some people I have not seen in a while and it was just a great show. These guys put on a fucking show and work hard and they are alot of green kids on the show but they bust their asses. These kids are the next flock of talent that you will see. Its like watching the stars of tommorrow today and we are going to be filming these shows all the time now which is cool. Sitting in the crowd scouting guys is alot of fun. Mic and Ray of JAPW are a little to crazy for me but they made it alot of fun. Dana was at the show who was crazy and still hangs in the crowd. DAMMMM ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW if your on a show STAY IN THE BACK lol ...just trying to help you
She got pulled off the show for that last night but one day she might get it. Anyhow after the show we go and eat and head for the hotel. LIE express way was closed almost every other exit. It sucks as we had to get on and off again like 122323 times. We get to the hotel and no Rocky Johnson we were late also. It was like 2 AM by this time so we decided to grab some good food from the vending machine. Then we find a refridge stocked with booze and food in our room and we failed to know we get charged just for taking the food out of this plastic thing we were in. Anyhow still no Rocky Johnson. I was like OK something is messed up he should have been here by now. SO I head to the lobby and run into MR Fuji. I only met him back in the day so I did not know what to say to him. I was to tired and he looked beat also so I just let him do his strut to his room. I went back to my room and I went to bed. At 4 AM YES 4 AM my phone wakes me up and its Rocky all checked in and ready to do the shoot. I did not pick it up I just heard the message but I needed sleep and there was no way I was getting dressed again and doing a shoot at like 4AM. I had to be up at 8AM to set up and I was not pulling another all nighter. We did that a few weeks back after the Kamala shoot and I was seeing double the next day. I even imagined Lanny Poffo was reading poems to us. Wait that really did happen.
So today I wake up at like 730 AM and head to the buffet for some breakfast. I ran into some great fans that I have not seen in a while and a bunch of promoters who told me some great recent funny stories that I never knew. God were they so funny. After that I headed to the room with the tables and ran into a good friend Gary Michael Capetta who some how always sets up next to me at any convention we are at. I think hes stalking us. We anyhow had a great day there and during the convention I took Mr Fuji to our room for his interview. I actually meet Rocky first as he told me he was stuck in traffic that is why he was super late. SO we set up our time and I headed our with Fuji. I really did not know what to expect from him. OH man I was super nevous because of his rep. He asked to take a piss first and I was so scared be was pissing in my toothbrush or doing something to my shit in my bathroom. I swear to god I threw out everything that was in that room when he left because he might have shit on something to rib us. His interview was classic. He is one hell of a funny guy and he told me how he got laid by 8 chicks in one night. I kept on thinking of the movie the Karate Kid the entire interview with Mr Miaggi or what ever his name was.
One of the mark out moments was seeing Albano, Fuji, Snuka, Johnson, Tito Shiek all in the green room prior. I wish I could have filmed it because it was the first time these guys have seen each other in over 10 years in some cases and it was just cool to watch them talk and joke and tell old stories. Actually we are doing some round tables soon because we dont immitate we innovate and I can say that saying since I came up with it. Anyhow back to the story. I was just marking out because these to me were real wrestlers that I grew up on in the 80's. There were legends and I respect everyone of them.
After I got done Mr Fuji I had to get Rocky. His interview was great as well. He did not even know Butch Reed was there today so I got him for him after our shoot and man what a reunion we had in our room. I wish I filmed that also lol because it was just some classic stories going around the room. Rocky was a rally funny guy.
Sean from the DOI hung out with us all day and he watched our shoots for the first time live.
When it was time to do Butch I could not find him. I found him down in the bar and we talked for a while before doing his. I remember Butch back in 89 around the Philly hotel scene just being crazy. We talked about it and we were all about old school for a few moments. He looks young for being 50 which is insane I feel old as shit now. He is still jacked
After his interview we packed up and I checked out. I swear they had this guy at the front desk that I think they just trained 6 minutes ago. He had no clue on what he was doing and ended up taking forever.
It was alot of fun and at almost every show we go to we find out so many crazy things that are going on. Last night was the best as far as stories.
We went to a rest stop in NJ and guess who we see Rocly again. This guy is a riot as he was busting on the cashier to his face. He kept on calling him bannana nose. The poor guy looked like he was going to cry. Rocky then kept on going look at this guy hes just Mr. personality. The guy was no selling him because he was scared as shit. He was just ribbing the dude but it was funny as shit.
All in all I am getting more tired as I am writing this but next week is going to be alot of fun also. Tomm is a great concert Story of the year.
I got nothing else as I think this journal entry sucked but oh well....cant please everyone |
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| ALL work and No Play makes me go crazy!!! |
[Oct. 17th, 2004|05:18 pm] |
Go see the movie Friday Night lights even if you hate football. It was a great flick.
I need a week off just to get away from wrestling. I have been working 24-7 over the last few months and I think I am ready to crack. Dont get me wrong I am not burned out I just need a change. I need like a day on a beach or something in Puerto Rico. I might go down there anyhow around Xmas. I got a free trip coming to me.
Last night we chilled with Too Cold Scorpio for his RF VIDEO shoot interview and it was off the wall. Lets just say he still likes to party and it was a party atmosphere. He was off the wall in his shoot which is more like him just going crazy on people.
Special thanks to our friends who got us to hang with the Beastie Boys last week in Philly. What a great show. Joe from RF VIDEO even got in stage with them for a song. He was so happy the next day he ran his car into some old guys car because he was daydreaming about the concert. Way to go Joe!!!
Tonight we hit the E factory for Coheed and Cambria. I never knew who they were until the warped tour because im getting to old. Joe got me into them and now I have all their shit and I think they surpass Faith No More as my new favorite band. We got a hook up so I hope we can meet them tonight. I wont mark out for them but I do love their shit.
Go eagles and as my good crazy friend from Canada says God Bless!! |
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