As Zane says it’s a great time to be a wrestling fan! Yes it is and there is a lot of really exciting developments in Pro Wrestling, Chris , Dave and Zane are back after technical issues , job issues and health issues have delayed our podcast. On this podcast. WWE makes changes to where everything is, What changes will Netflix make to RAW? The 6-part miniseries on Vince is a winner and will HEELS get season three? AEW is filling a void if not the stadiums. Zane meets Tommy Dreamer.
Dave and Chris are back to discuss the happenings in and out of the ring. The Scottish crowd like to repeat thing a lot , a lot, yes a lot, I mean it was a lot, yep a lot, Punk is in Drews mind. AEW fans are waiting to see if Swerve has his house of Will takes over the mortgage. The NWA , TNA and some indy talk all on TURNBUCKLE TRASH.
It is time to take out the trash once again as we get ready for a summer of Pro wrestling with the Royal Rumble and Double or Nothing. Zane and Dave talk some of the biggest news stories of the past few weeks and Chris and Dave talk about some of the most popular wrestlers that have we are just not fans of.
Zane and I are joined by The M.K. Bandit, an indie performer, who was in Philadelphia Mania weekend. This pod has several topics, Kiss, ECW, The Chris Jerico Cruise, Bridges, CNN, Engineering, the two mania’s and the legend Missy Hyatt.
It’s great time to be a wrestling fan as Dave Chris and Zane say goodbye to Sting and welcome back to the Rock as we get set for Mania We check in with Ajay Salveeon our former cohost to talk about his new podcast “UNEQUALED” .
The Royal
Rumble took a back seat to news items about the WWE. Raw is going to Netflix. Vince might be going to jail and new
broadcast teams for the show in WWE.
AEW
continues to build its roster and The NWA goes to The CW app. Chris Zane and Dave discuss the news of the
day and put things in perspective.
Dave is also
joined by Tim Beck who collects autographs of Pro Wrestlers, Baseball stars and
Gunsmoke.
“I guess Hell has frozen over”. The words of CM Punk on Monday Night Raw. Chris ,Dave and Zane are hear to discuss the biggest news story of 2023 and what it might mean to the future of pro wrestling.
Chris has a belt and Dave is jealous. Chris recently purchased a wrestling collectable. The WWE announces an event in Germany and Gunther should headline the show. The Prince of Darkness makes a prediction and an appearance in Salt Lake City. Dave and Chris hear a voice from their past and Sting gets the gift of Flair. This and more on Turnbuckle Trash .
A few years
ago, I met Manny Lemons for the 1st time. You boy , the brand , King
of the Lemonade stand. The Zest of the
Best and you know the rest. On top of
that he is a great wrestler.
Manny has a zest
for life and a zest for the wrestling business that I find infectious. He is the owner and promoter of Devotion
Championship Wrestling out of Salt Lake City and he is bringing pro-wrestling
to North Logan. At the Hansen Sports Complex. The doors open at 6pm bell time is at 7pm.
I am so
thrilled that Manny is allowing me to be the ringside announcer for the throwdown
and I am stoked. Just before the
Pandemic I went to DCW in Salt Lake and I was a last minute replacement for the
announcer and I had a blast.
Years ago
when I was working in Central La. I was
asked to do ringside at an event there.
I sat at a table and was able to reach out and touch the ring and saw
some people that night that went on to become huge stars. A very young Shawn Micheals and Marty Jenette
battle the Freebirds ( without Micheal Hayes),
Koko B Ware ( before he became the Birdman) against Jim Helwig ( The Ultimate
Warrior) and almost had my hand broken
by Ted Debiase ( Pre Million Dollar Man) , He fell out of the ring and stepped
on my left hand. So I guess you can
say I had a bump that night.
Several years
later a very small promotion affiliated with Harley Race came to the small town
I was working in in Montgome city Mo.
Once again, I was asked to be the announcer. I arrive at the venue and did my 1st introduction. Out of the backstage area man who I would
guess weighed in at least 45o pounds, he
had a blue mohawk and was huge. My next
intro was for the Northwest Arkansas Champion and as he came out he was huge
but not in an impressive way. Wearing sweatpants
with more than little belly hanging over, but that was fine with me because he
was THE CHAMP. The wrestlers went into
the middle of the ring tied up and pushed toward one of the corners when half
the ring went down.
There was a rep from the Missouri athletic
commission standing next to me and he shut us down. No more show but a great memory.
I have been a wrestling fan since I was a
child in Memphis Tennessee. Watching the
Fabulous Jackie Fargo, Jerry the King Lawler, Superstar Bill Dundee, The Fabulous
ones and more. That is why when
podcasting started, I was all in. Now
along with fellow fan Zane Petersen and Chris Evans I get to talk wrestling all
the time on Turnbuckle Trash podcast.
During the Pandemic and after I had a series of health issues that kept me from traveling much. So, I wasn’t able to go to the show’s but I will so glad to be there Saturday night. You might say I am Devoted!
On this edition of Turnbuckle Trash Dave talks to Dave about his experience going to an AEW Collison show in Salt Lake City. We talk about the amount of fan interaction and high concessions prices t might be driving families away. It is a complicated issue that morphs into how difficult it is to promote a live event.
