Jeff Powell of prowrestling.net has the scoop on the main event at Tuesday night's WWE Smackdown/ECW taping at FedExForum: Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy vs. Edge and Chris Jericho in a steel cage match. (Powell cites local advertising, so I hope I'm not hopelessly behind the curve. I haven't kept up with wrestling in many years, I'm afraid.) Also, Jerry Lawler, The King of Memphis wrestling, will make a special appearance as a guest referee. As Powell says, "It wouldn't be a wrestling show in Memphis without some involvement from The King." Powell also is looking for people who will attend the show to help him out with a report. Contact him at dotnetjason@gmail.com if you're interested. Go here to buy tickets for $15.
Speaking of Memphis wrestling, if you grew up watching the Saturday-morning broadcasts from WMC-TV 5 studios, you might remember Bruno Lauer, who was a bad-guy manager known as Downtown Bruno and later Harvey Whippleman. Lauer has a memoir available titled "Wrestling with the Truth" that should be worth a read by wrestling fans.
Lauer shot off an angry e-mail to The Commercial Appeal, which he says ignored a promotional copy of the book that he sent to the newspaper. More than that, what really angered Lauer was all the attention given lately to "$5 Cover" creator Craig Brewer:
Speaking of Memphis wrestling, if you grew up watching the Saturday-morning broadcasts from WMC-TV 5 studios, you might remember Bruno Lauer, who was a bad-guy manager known as Downtown Bruno and later Harvey Whippleman. Lauer has a memoir available titled "Wrestling with the Truth" that should be worth a read by wrestling fans.
Lauer shot off an angry e-mail to The Commercial Appeal, which he says ignored a promotional copy of the book that he sent to the newspaper. More than that, what really angered Lauer was all the attention given lately to "$5 Cover" creator Craig Brewer:
this had upset me at the time,but now more-so than ever,due to the almost obsessive exposure and ridiculous amount of attention the ca has been relentlessly providing to craig brewer,the film-maker whose claim to fame is glorifying drugs,pimps,and prostitution...a really flattering glimpse of memphis to the rest of the world,wouldnt you say? instead of giving a loca l author exposure for his(my)first book,you feature this ridiculous "5 dollar cover" project in a prominent position in the ca every day,and have ad nauseum for weeks now.I'm not much of a fan of any of Brewer's movies, and I'll take Alan Spearman's "$5 Cover Amplified" documentaries any day over the scripted MTV show, so I'm happy give Lauer some props and exposure. I'll close out by offering a couple of classic Downtown Bruno clips here and here.
Cena sucks! I hate his PG-rated BS and his clothes and his headband and his wristbands, I hate everything about him. Besides, he can't even wrestle, he only has like 2 moves. WWE needs to fire Cena. But I am sure Vince doesn't care because he is bringing in all this money.