AS I SEE IT – The 2012 Year End Awards
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
Happy New Year to all of you.
As 2012 ends and 2013 begins, it’s time for the 16th annual AS I SEE IT Year-End Review. As usual, I should note that my selections are based on what I’ve actually seen this year, either live, online, on TV, or via tape/DVD; which primarily means North American wrestling.
AS I SEE IT – Horror Beyond All Imagination
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
It was a crisp, sunny December Friday morning. A morning like any other. Children were excitedly looking forward to Christmas or were already celebrating Hanukkah. Mothers and fathers, husbands and wives kissed each other goodbye and wished each other a good day.
AS I SEE IT – The Cage of Death match returns!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
First, the anatomy of a wrestling death hoax…one bad enough that it fooled two wrestling promoters who worked with the alleged deceased, and a number of wrestling websites, including several on which you read this column, as well as the Observer and others.
Joe Zanolle of the Delaware/New Jersey based ECWA Pro Wrestling sent the following:
AS I SEE IT – Remembering the “All American” Jeff Peterson
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
First I want to talk about the Jeff Paterson Memorial Tournament, being held in Ybor City, FL on Friday, December 14 (8:00 pm belltime) and Saturday, December 15 (6:00 pm belltime) at The Orpheum, 1915 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, FL.
This will be the tenth annual and final Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup. The event was established to honor the memory of independent wrestler “All American” Jeff Peterson who died at age 21 after a two-year battle with leukemia. It is a standard 16-man single-elimination tournament intended to showcase the top junior heavyweight wrestlers from independent promotions throughout the United States and Japan. Many top independent wrestlers have participated in the event with former winners including Reckless Youth (2003), Justice (2004), Chris Sabin (2005), Milano Collection AT (2006), Chris Hero (2007), Erick Stevens (2008), Davey Richards (2009), Sami Callihan (2010) and AR Fox (2011).
AS I SEE IT – Another Failed Campaign
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
Well, $100 million later. Two election campaigns. After all that, Linda McMahon is still not the United States Senator from Connecticut.
Republican nominee Linda McMahon was beaten handily by Democrat Chris Murphy in this past Tuesday Connecticut Senate election, which helped the Democratic Party maintain its majority in the US Senate, as President Barack Obama was reelected in one of the most expensive, dirty, vicious elections in United States history.
AS I SEE IT – Contributing to the Cause
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
I hope all of you reading this in the Northeast are doing well after the frightening experience known as Hurricane Sandy.
Other than what appears to be a small leak in the basement, a bunch of branches down in the yard and a brief power outage, my house and family came out fine. Hundreds of thousands are far from fine….losing much, if not all that they own. The destruction up and down the Jersey Shore and New York has become an endless lunatic newsreel on television, interrupted only by political ads.
AS I SEE IT – The Wrestling World Mourns Again
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
Last week ended on two very sad notes for the world of wrestling.
Independent wrestler Marvin Lambert, who wrestled as “Brain Damage” and Mike Graham both committed suicide.
AS I SEE IT – “Cage of Death” this weekend!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
Combat Zone Wrestling begins the road to the 14th annual Cage of Death with a show this coming Saturday, October 13 at The Flyers Skate Zone, 601 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ with a 7:30 pm bell time! Tickets can be purchased at the door, or online at http://www.czwrestling.com/czwstore.
The announced lineup for October 13:
CZW World Heavyweight champion MASADA”s open challenge has been accepted by the returning Necro Butcher.
AS I SEE IT – Election Season Again?
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
So, it’s election season. Linda McMahon’s running for the Senate again. What does that mean for WWE? It usually means your favorite wrestling shows gets sanitized. Fans are used to this by now. Of course (insert eyes rolling sarcastically) WWE has NOTHING to do with the Linda McMahon Senate campaign. The fact that they tone down their product each time she runs for office is a TOTAL coincidence.
AS I SEE IT – Pulling Down the Strap on Death
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
As a newspaper columnist put it this past week: looks like Jerry Lawler pulled down the strap on death.
In what has to be seen as a remarkable comeback of guts, medical science, and physical endurance, Lawler returned home this past week to Memphis to start his recovery.