Archive for June, 2008
AS I SEE IT: Remembering Joey Marella
AS I SEE IT
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
PWBTS.com
I’m on vacation, so I’m posting my usual July 4 column a bit early…this week.
When I post this column each July 4th holiday, I remember how many years it’s been since the death of former WWF referee Joey Marella in an automobile accident on the New Jersey Turnpike, while traveling to Newark, NJ from a WWF show in Ocean City, MD.
ROH results from Chicago, IL on 6/28
Ring Of Honor – Chicago Ridge, IL – Saturday June 29, 2008 – Vendetta II – 900 fans
Pre Show: Josh Raymond Abercrombie (sans mustache but now with braids) & CJ Otis defeated Kyle Durden & Mitch Franklin in pre show match when Otis pinned Durden with a German suplex with a bridge.
Pre Show: Trik Davis defeated Shane Hollister with a kick to the head
Pre Show Main Event: Dirty Ernie Osirus defeated Egotistico Fantastico with a code red (sunset flip powerbomb). Ego, a Chicago product and former WE developmental worker, was super duper over and got a “please come back chant.”
Tito Santana on Between the Ropes
Between The Ropes
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
ESPN Florida AM 1080 and AM 1060
Simulcast online at BetweenTheRopes.com
Former WWF Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana appeared as a guest on Between The Ropes this past Tuesday to promote the release of his new autobiography entitled Tito Santana’s Tales From the Ring. Santana discussed the WWF expansion during the mid-1980s, teaming with Rick Martel as Strike Force, and more.
