Impact wrestling thread - It's a Don West tribute thread now!

[truthofsin]

Wwe got royally fucked by metallica when using enter sandman from my memory. It was said by someone in a shoot or podcast. Can't remember who but in 97 ish metalluca who were looking to promote a new album offered to play summerslam for free . Vince didn't know who they were and blew them off.

 

Forward some time and hey man insists they use enter sandman for ons so metallica ram the price up costing Vince a fuck ton of money.

 

I'm not sure how true it is as st anger was the summerslam song a few years before (unless that was the requested performance time) but that might have been a record company thing.

 

The St Anger music video was also on the home video release of that year's SummerSlam. So i can't see there being any bad blood there.

[Nick James]

Just been flicking through the Buzzfeed app on my phone and they have an article up about Grado trying to get rights to the song.

[simonworden]

Fair enough. Wish I could recall the interviewee

[Onyx2]

Front page Daily Record nae less:

 

[stumobir]

Grado, Master of Spin.

 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31530061

 

http://time.com/3714564/wrestling-sayyesmadonna-grado-like-a-prayer-madonna-tna/

 

Everything this boy touches turns to gold.

[HarmonicGenerator]

The Newsbeat link is third most-read on there at the moment, just below Adam Woodyatt and Foo Fighters, and well above the announcement of the new Alien film.

 

Link to the Buzzfeed article mentioned above: http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/this-scottish-wrestler-is-begging-madonna-to-let-him-use-lik

[Doctor Whos Next]

Not sure how much Grado figures into the rest of the TNA tapings after this week, but if TNA were smart they would be all over this with taping interviews about this and editing them into next week's show. 

 

 

 

 

The Newsbeat link is third most-read on there at the moment, just below Adam Woodyatt and Foo Fighters, and well above the announcement of the new Alien film.

 

Link to the Buzzfeed article mentioned above: http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/this-scottish-wrestler-is-begging-madonna-to-let-him-use-lik

[WWFChilli]

If only TNA were smart eh.

[JNLister]

Could it get any more mental? No, not unless an MSP filed a motion in the Scottish Parliament:

 

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S4M-12369&ResultsPerPage=10

[Big Benny HG]

Funny thing is, Grado mainly uses this cover of 'Like a Prayer', rather than the Madonna version.

[IANdrewDiceClay]

What a crazy story. TNA should hire Grado as their PR man. He knows how to get the word out.

[Jon-Carr_92]

Funny thing is, Grado mainly uses

 of 'Like a Prayer', rather than the Madonna version.

I think he also had Michelle "You Know, Her Off Pop Idol" McManus sing it live for one entrance which is on YouTube somewhere.

[Supremo]

Hoping Grado manages to somehow pull this off. I was planning on watching Impact for the first time in years to see that entrance.

[King Pitcos]

What did he do for his entrance when he had the promo showdown with Al Snow?

 

They should definitely make Grado part of the roster and fly him out a few times a year. Get on board with other promotions to split the costs a bit and have him in the US for a week or so to do the Impact tapings and some indie shots. He's a great self-promoter and it seems like pretty much everyone who sees him loves him.

[Guest]

Anyone watched impact yet to say what music was used?