How much does this guy weigh?

How much does this guy weigh?

As a fan of Wrestling I recently enjoyed re-watching the 1994 WWF King of the Ring Pay Per View event on VHS. It stands out as a great WWF PPV show for a number of reasons - Owen Hart winning the tournament being one of them. But the best part of it in my mind is that one of the commentators for the event was a Baltimore Colts American Football Legend, one Art Donovan. The fact was he knew very little about professional wrestling, the WWF or the wrestlers involved in the show. This, combined with one of his fellow commentators, WWE Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon, ignoring his questions for most of the show. For fans of wrestling (and Wrestlecrap 'quality' stuff) then I highly recommend you dig out a copy of the show.

If you've got 12 minutes to spare/waste then check out this YouTube video showing the 'highlights' of Art Donovan's WWF commentating career!

After watching the tape I headed online for more info on the event, why Art was booked, and who exactly was Art Donovan! My search led me to a number of sites, one of which is the brilliant "How Much Does This Guy Weigh?" blog by Art0Donnell. The name of the author of the site is a play on words based on Gorilla Monsoon's incorrect introduction of Art Donovan on the show (he called Art, "Art O'Donnell". Not a good way to start off a broadcasting relationship). Check out Art0Donnell's blog post about Art Donovan at "King of the Ring 1994: Enter Donovan".

The Art0Donnell blog is full of brilliant old school wrestling reviews and nostalgia and other stuff. As a big fan of underdogs (those loveable Ham & Eggers) one of my favourite posts is of "Jobbers of '93", which gives a rundown of all the enhancement talent local athlete jobbers that 'competed' on WWF Monday Night Raw in 1993! Brilliant stuff.

Links:

- How Much Does This Guy Weigh? blog

- "King of the Ring 1994: Enter Donovan" post by Art0Donnell

- Wrestlecrap - the very worst of Pro Wrestling

- WWE

- The Art0Donnell YouTube Channel

- The Ham & Egger Files – An Introduction

Attending a Wrestling event for the first time in five years!

Last Friday night I headed to a Power Trip Wrestling event in Luton. I haven’t been to a Wrestling event since I went to the WWE TV Tapings for ECW, Raw and Smackdown at Earl’s Court back in April 2007.

I used to be a big wrestling fan and a bunch of us used to go and watch a lot of the All Star Wrestling shows back in Oxford in the 90’s. Nowadays I’m more likely to fast forward WWE Superstars and the WWE Experience but as it was PTW’s 5th Birthday show I thought I’d check it out.

I wasn’t disappointed, it was really good fun!

My favourite match saw El Technico Supremo (a Hulk Hogan-inspired Mexican wrestler gimmick – with an Italian accent) take on Shane Stevens in a great battle which was a mixture of some hard hitting action, high spots and comedy. It had the near capacity crowd of over 50 people cheering loudly. You can watch the match on the PTW YouTube Channel.

El Technico Supremo 'Hulks-up' in his match against Shane Stevens

The rest of the card saw a mix of tag-team and singles bouts, along with a 10-man Battle Royal and a PTW World title match between 'Sexy' Zizou Middoux w/ the PTW Wildcard Champion 'Perfect' P.T. Player vs. 'The Renegade' Marcus Phayer. I also enjoyed the opening bout between Chris Sharpe and the dastardly heel 'The Earl of Excellence' Robert Rochester-Rose!

The PTW show was raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and was great fun and well worth the £5 entry fee for a good two and half hours of wrestling!

Links:

- Power Trip Wrestling on YouTube

- Power Trip Wrestling on Twitter

'Tenuously Linked to Wrestling' Blog Posts on The Ham & Egger Files:

- Richard & Emily Gottfried Compete in the 2011 UK Thumb Wrestling Championships

- Arm Champs II, Turks and Jobbing - a revisit to Great Yarmouth's Best Arcade Machine

- Jobbing to Arm Champs - the original Arm Wrestling Arcade Game

- Richard Gottfried - Next 'Broski of the Week' Woo Woo Woo, You Know It!

Richard Gottfried - Next 'Broski of the Week' Woo Woo Woo, You Know It!

WWE Superstar (and WWE Internet Champion) Zack Ryder is an internet sensation, and has created a YouTube show - Z! True Long Island Story - where fans can become the 'Broski of the Week' by uploading a video of themselves, showing why they are a true member of the Zack Pack.

Here's my video - after seeing a Barbers in Stevenage called 'Primo Stile'. Are you serious Bro? Primo!



Check out the latest edition of Z! True Long Island Story.

Visit Zack Ryder's YouTube Channel.

Follow him on twitter.

Like him on Facebook.

And remember - take care, spike your hair.

Woo Woo Woo, You Know It.