Gardenhead Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 The Cena interview was really interesting, I thought. He does seem keen to work with fresh opponents. Also, the first episode of Jim Ross's new podcast has landed on iTunes today. Have got it downloaded for a listen later. And yes, I'll plug that we posted our 'Wrestlemania X' episode today as well. Link for itunes is; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/new-gen...d749154884?mt=2
Sexy Dad Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 I was confused when Cena said "I was there at the worst of times, 700 paid in Washington DC". Was he talking about poor Smackdown ticket sales? Yeah he said that was when he was first on smackdown. Austin just ignored cenas mania 31 question I'm surprised Cena gave that away. Obviously the company's popularity dropped a fair bit after the Attitude era but 700 paid tickets? Blimey. Aye, Austin wasn't having any of that Cena match stuff was he. He's probably sick to death of talking about coming back for one more match.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 19, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 19, 2014 The "worst of times" is just a wrestler talking out of his arse. During the time Cena has been in WWF/WWE, there's no way they were ever sweating on anything. Even if they get the odd shit attendance, TV's and PPVs were never doing badly. They drew 14,000 at the Fleet Centre, 16,000 at the Bell Centre and 52,000 at SafeCo Field in the first few months of 2003. Not exactly worth out getting the noose out. At least they were all on guaranteed money and there was star power out the arse. The brilliant Mookieghana put together a comparison over the years when it comes to average attendance. Not much of a difference compared to now. Especially considering they were doing 2 shows a year a lot in 2002/2003.
Guest Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Power slam used to almost take pleasure in printing how low some of the smackdown house shows were selling late 2002/2003
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted February 19, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 19, 2014 Thought Cena came across really well, it's almost impossible to dislike the guy when you hear him talking about his passion for the job. He gave some interesting insights into the current business model too.
Bugsey713 Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Really enjoyed that Cena interview. How anybody can dislike the guy I dunno. Everytime he talks you do get the sense that he lives for the business, I mean hes taking fucking Manderin lessons to help expansion into China. Thats dedication.
The Dart Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 There was a show in Washington in 2004 that drew 1,500. I assume that's the one Cena was referring to. He wasn't on it though No Mercy that year was scheduled for Washington, then got moved for some reason. Obviously something to Cena's statement, even though he used the worst scenario to generalise an entire era.
Winston Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Really enjoyed that Cena interview. How anybody can dislike the guy I dunno. Everytime he talks you do get the sense that he lives for the business, I mean hes taking fucking Manderin lessons to help expansion into China. Thats dedication. Agree with this. The man is a machine and seems a very decent person too. People are just tired of the same old stuff and it's not his fault there aren't more stars around him to share the work load. Listening to JR's first podcast with Stone Cold and it's great. Both talking very openly as you would expect.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 20, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 20, 2014 Dutch Mantel's interview was awesome on the Steve Austin show. Start to finish is brilliant. Didn't know Zeb was Undertaker's best man at one of his weddings. Amazing considering the effect he'd had on the careers of some of the WWF's biggest names (Austin, Undertaker, Kane etc.), that he never had a job for years and years. He doesn't say it on this, but Dutch said on his shoot interview that Bret Hart got him sacked as a road agent in the mid-90s because "he'd never worked in the big leagues". Madness considering how much respect he has from pretty much everyone. Delighted for all his success in the last year. He's a great man. I remember when he left TNA, he was hussling like fuck to get his books sold and wasn't really in demand on the indies because not many people had a clue who he was. Now my niece knows who he is. He's more famous than ever. Glad to see he's apart of the culture. Hoping he gets a long run out of it. Always seemed a genuine bloke. Dutch being in TNA for years and they didn't use him as a character is unreal looking back. He'd have been up there with their best promos. He'd have been great when Abyss was first starting. Abyss could have been the Leatherface and Dutch could have been the weird old grandpa sending his charge after the babyfaces.
Paid Members DCW Posted February 20, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 20, 2014 Incidentally,was his book any use?
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted February 20, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 20, 2014 Dutch is a weird one. His career is one I know bits and pieces about but he's always come across great in interviews. When he cropped up as Zeb Coulter, I thought that was fantastic to see him on TV even though I knew little to much about him. It's great to see him on TV, he provided me with a spit take when he came out for the Rumble with his signs, especially the second one. Superb he is.
Ric Flair's Divorce Lawyer Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I am really looking forward to listening to the the Dutch Mantell and John Cena SAS podcasts. The William Regal interview should be a good one when its released. It's also interesting to see that the top 3 podcasts on iTunes are wrestling podcasts right now.
Paid Members garynysmon Posted February 21, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 21, 2014 I enjoyed the first Jim Ross podcast, think its going to be a belter once he gets into his rhythm. Could listen to him and Stone Cold all day.
degenerate069 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 yeah i enjoy listening to austin talk about wrestling and life in general. i tihnk any small hope we had of seeing him back in the ring is gone now tho.
Paid Members garynysmon Posted February 21, 2014 Paid Members Posted February 21, 2014 To be fair, the way he put it in the JR show, I don't blame him either.
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