The Von Erich Dynasty – A Conversation with Joe Dombrowski on History and Found Footage
Commentator Joe Dombrowski (MLW, AAA) joins us to talk about his latest project “Von Erich Dynasty: Masters Of The Iron Claw” available at www.ProWrestlingLibrary.com!
We discussed the “Iron Claw” movie, its accuracy, attention to detail, and how it focused on the Von Erich family story rather than just wrestling.
We talked about Chris Von Erich, the youngest brother who took his own life, and how he was not included in the “Iron Claw” film.
Joe Dombrowski digs into his video anthology project compiling rare Von Erich footage from various wrestling libraries/archives. It contains many uncovered gems and is intended to highlight the successes and accomplishments of the Von Erichs, not just their tragedies.
We discuss early footage of talent like Steve Austin, Taz, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Harley Race and more interacting with or facing the Von Erichs.
What other rare footage and surprises were uncovered, like Kerry teaming with Jeff Jarrett, a Von Erich hotline fans could call, and Great Muta before his famous NWA run facing Kevin Von Erich.
Mayhem Mania Week 8: Patreon in the Bank!
This. Is. Mayhem Mania!
It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania is to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
Every week, we invite players to make a change to one of the matches on our cards. They can: – KILL a match entirely and CREATE a new one with other individuals – SWAP out an individual or team in a match for another individual or team – SWAP out an individual or team in a match with an individual or team in another match already on the card – ADD an individual or team to an existing match
Not everyone is currently eligible to be used in Mayhem Mania. Some are being held in a place we lovingly refer to as SPACE JAIL. Here’s the current inmate count:
Roman Reigns – Charge: Excessive Uce of a chair against the Honorary Uce – Charges Pressed by Tina Keys
Rhonda Rousey – Charge: Crimes against humanity or just fashion – Charges Pressed by Dave Podnar
CM Punk – Charge: I charge him with disturbing the peace everywhere all at once – Charges Pressed by Tony Kincaid
Austin Theory – Charge: He knows what he did – Charges Pressed by Mad Mike
Lacey Evans – Charge: on behalf of all neuro-spicy Wrestling Nerds. – Charges Pressed by TeamHammaFist
All McMahons – Charge: Vince Steph Shane and Linda. After the past few decades keep them away from anything WWE – Charges Pressed by Dave Podnar
Hulk Hogan – Charge: subjecting us to Hogan Knows Best – Mad Mike
Ric Flair – Charge: for his own protection – Tina Keys
Baron Corbin – Charge: Being too needy – Sorg
Logan Paul -Charge: Excessive shoulder pads – Dudders
Matches on our card can GRADUATE to the Mayhem Mania SUPERCARD via various means. That simply means they are “locked in” and can no longer be changed. It also opens up more slots to create more matches. Currently, two matches on each night have GRADUATED to the SUPERCARD.
We had TWO MORE matches graduate to the SUPERCARD!
Created by Tina Keys Bull Nakano vs Rhea Ripley
Created by TeamHammaFist Gunther vs Asuka – Submission or KO
Created by Dudders R-Truth vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
Created by Sorg Johnny Gargano & Candace Leray vs Corey Graves & Carmella
TeamHammaFist’s Moves (for match graduation) CREATE Roman Reigns vs Pharoah
Tina Keys’ Moves (for match graduation) Meiko Satomura vs Charlotte Shawn Michaels to SPACE JAIL: Charge – Crimes against retirement PUNISHMENT – Only use current or former Women’s Champions in WWE
Honey Badger CREATE Bray Wyatt & Nikki Cross vs Erik & Valhalla
PATREON IN THE BANK
TeamHammaFist’s Moves STIPULATION Roman Reigns vs Pharoah – Hell in a Kennel
Dave Podnar’s Moves Watch Along – Poppy STIPULATION Piper Niven vs Drew McIntyre – Bagpipe on a Pole KILL Boogs vs Roode CREATE Boogs & Ezekiel vs Sami Zane & El Generico
Tina Keys’ Movies GRADUATE Meiko Satomura vs Charlotte Watch Along – Matt Cardona SPACE JAIL ESCAPE: Triple H (of the ALL MCMAHONS) Donald Trump to SPACE JAIL – Charge: No Selling to Boogyman CREATE Carmello vs Seth Rollins STIPULATION Asuka vs Gunther – Submission or KO
Mad Mike’s Moves Elias to SPACE JAIL – Charge: Troubadouring in public GRADUATE and STIPULATION The Usos vs Creeds – WeeLC CREATE – Jakara Jackson, Tavion Heights, Oba Femi vs Luca Crucifino, Lucien Price, Yulisa Leon SPACE JAIL ESCAPE: Baron Corbin CREATE Becky Lynch vs Bailey vs Trish Stratus vs Lita STIPULATION – Wendy Chu (as May Ying) vs Finn Baylor (As Prince Devitt) – Firefly Funhouse Match WATCH ALONG: Mojo Rawley NATIONAL ANTHEM – Honey Badger AKA American Honey
Sorg’s Moves (for punishment) Layla vs Michelle McCool – Ladder Match for Half titles
Here is what the card looks like after this week’s moves:
Created by Sorg Grayson Waller vs The Miz
Created by Christian Noir Wendy Chu (as May Ying) vs Finn Baylor (As Prince Devitt) – Firefly Funhouse Match
Created by Sorg Piper Niven vs Drew McIntyre- Bagpipe on a Pole
Created by Sorg Layla vs Michelle McCool – Ladder Match for Half titles
Created by Tina Keys Carmello vs Seth Rollins
Created by TeamHammaFist Roman Reigns vs Pharoah – Hell in a Kennel
Created by Dave Podnar Boogs & Ezekiel vs Sami Zane & El Generico
Created by Mad Mike Becky Lynch vs Bailey vs Trish Stratus vs Lita
Created by Honey Badger Bray Wyatt & Nikki Cross vs Erik & Valhalla
NEW GRADUATED!
Created by Mad Mike The Usos vs The Creed Brothers – WeeLC
Created by Tina Keys Meiko Satomura vs Charlotte
What do you think about our matches? What changes would you make? Leave a comment down below and thanks for enjoying Mayhem Mania!
Special thanks to TeamHammaFist for Mayhem Mania “Castle” logo and bumper graphics!
Mayhem Mania Week 3
This. Is. Mayhem Mania!
It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania is to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
Every week, we invite players to make a change to one of the matches on our cards. They can: – KILL a match entirely and CREATE a new one with other individuals – SWAP out an individual or team in a match for another individual or team – SWAP out an individual or team in a match with an individual or team in another match already on the card – ADD an individual or team to an existing match
Not everyone is currently eligible to be used in Mayhem Mania. Some are being held in a place we lovingly refer to as SPACE JAIL. Here’s the current inmate count:
Roman Reigns – Charge: Excessive Uce of a chair against the Honorary Uce – Charges Pressed by Tina Keys
Rhonda Rousey – Charge: Crimes against humanity or just fashion – Charges Pressed by Dave Podnar
CM Punk – Charge: I charge him with disturbing the peace everywhere all at once – Charges Pressed by Tony Kincaid
Austin Theory – Charge: He knows what he did – Charges Pressed by Mad Mike
Lacey Evans – Charge: on behalf of all neuro-spicy Wrestling Nerds. – Charges Pressed by TeamHammaFist
All McMahons – Charge: Vince Steph Shane and Linda. After the past few decades keep them away from anything WWE – Charges Pressed by Dave Podnar
This week our Patreon contributors pressed new charges on:
Hulk Hogan – Charge: subjecting us to Hogan Knows Best – Mad Mike
Ric Flair – Charge: for his own protection – Tina Keys
Matches on our card can GRADUATE to the Mayhem Mania SUPERCARD via various means. That simply means they are “locked in” and can no longer be changed. It also opens up more slots to create more matches. Currently, two matches on each night have GRADUATED to the SUPERCARD.
Move #1 (by Tina Keys via Patreon) KILL Johnny & Dexter vs The Usos vs KO& Sami ADD Cameron Grimes vs Cody Rhodes
Move #2 (by Brandon) KILL Cameron Grimes vs Cody Rhodes ADD Montez Ford vs Ricochet vs vs Wes Lee vs Carmello Hayes (via Dudders Ruling)
Move #3 (by Dave Podnar ) KILL Elias vs R-truth vs Goldberg ADD Bray Wyatt & Uncle Howdy vs Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
Move #4 (by Rizz ) SWAP Carmelo Hayes (ruling above) for LA Knight vs Seth Rollins
Move #5 (by Dudders ) SWAP John Cena for R-Truth vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
Move #6 (by Alex ) KILLS Nikki Cross vs Thea Hail ADDS Veer vs John Cena
Move #7 (by Sorg) KILLS Ilja Dragunov vs Piper Niven ADDS Johnny Gargano & Candace Leray vs Corey Graves & Carmella
Here is what the card looks like after this week’s moves:
Created by TeamHammaFist Rhea Ripley vs Gunther
Created by Tina Keys Roxanne Perez vs Asuka
Created by Brandon Montez Ford vs Ricochet vs vs Wes Lee vs Carmello Hayes
Created by Dave Podnar Bray Wyatt & Uncle Howdy vs Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
Created by Rizz LA Knight vs Seth Rollins
Created by Dudders R-Truth vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
Created by Alex Veer vs John Cena
Created by Sorg Johnny Gargano & Candace Leray vs Corey Graves & Carmella
What do you think about our matches? What changes would you make? Leave a comment down below and thanks for enjoying Mayhem Mania!
Special thanks to TeamHammaFist for Mayhem Mania “Castle” logo and bumper graphics!
Monday Mayhem Warriors: Legos of Ill Repute
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Mad Mike and Sorg are looking back at the WWE Raw with Dark Dominik Mysterio, Best in the World Kevin Owens, a Lego Keyboard by MelgeekPixel, Clerks 3 thoughts, Pooping commercials and Cult of Personality.
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Mad Mike and Sorg are looking back at the WWE Raw after Clash at the Castle. The Miz and Dexter Lumis. The return of Braun Strowman. Nikki ASH and Doudrop break up? And we can’t help but talk about the CM Punk Media Scrum after AEW All Out.
The supposed backstage positive vibe at WWE may be leaking through the television
Johnny Gargano is back!
Dexter Lumis reunites with Indi Hartwell!
Tony Kincaid discusses his debut on the mic for Revenge Pro, being present for the moment the Wardlow/Lady Frost Battle Buddy event happened and we look at this weekend’s RWA Resurrection featuring Daniel Eads vs Brian Johnson and more! *Tickets at www.RWALive.com*
The “British Invasion” of NXT UK on NXT 2.0
We talk about the casting for Young Rock after Season 2
What did we learn from wrestling this week?
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**A special shout out to our Manager Level Patreon supporters = Bradley Ruthers (@HeelBradley) and Tina Keys (@sapphieangel008) !
Thanks to Basick Sickness (@basicksickness) for the awesome intro for the show.
Monday Mayhem Warriors: Bullet Train to Smackdown
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Mad Mike and Sorg are pondering if tonight’s WWE Raw can make it a 3 week run of wrestling excitement. What words stuck out in the Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens promo? The US Championship Bobby Lashley vs AJ Styles match. Random background things. A blink if you missed Dexter Lumis segment. We look at the Intercontinental Championship presentation on Smackdown for Najamura vs Gunther. And chat up Absolute Intense Wrestling JT Lightning Tournament, Revenge Pro’s Press Your Luck and this past weekend’s Wrestlelab show with MV Young. PLUS we talk Bullet Train and Stranger Things!
AEW promotes/hires Madison Rayne, Sonjay Dutt, and others to new talent roles
We’re still wrapping our head around Dexter Lumis and the crashed car mystery from WWE RAW
We talk with Emily Fear about the Grit and Glitter Podcast and covering Ring of Honor over the years
We look at the aftermath and warning signs from the Wrestle Queerdom show
Battle Bots!
What did we learn from wrestling this week?
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Monday Mayhem Warriors: Parking Lot of Doom Main Roster Edition
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Mad Mike, Mainstream Matt and Sorg are ecstatic with this week’s WWE RAW! It was speedy and had an arc and MYSTERIES! What was with that car wreck behind the scenes. Who are these familiar faces? Dexter Lumis???
It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania is to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
But this year, there’s a twist! Mayhem Mania 2022 is a two-night event! Night 1 will be the night for our traditional Mayhem Mania card featuring WWE-related matches. But on Night 2, we open the “forbidden door” and make it possible for our players to create matches with anyone outside of WWE.
Every week, we invite players to make a change to one of the matches on our cards. They can: – KILL a match entirely and CREATE a new one with other individuals – SWAP out an individual or team in a match for another individual or team – SWAP out an individual or team in a match with an individual or team in another match already on the card – ADD an individual or team to an existing match
Not everyone is currently eligible to be used in Mayhem Mania. Some are being held in a place we lovingly refer to as SPACE JAIL. Here’s the current inmate count:
Avery Good
Commander Sterling
Gunther
Johnny Knoxville
Keith Lee
Rey Fenix
Sonny Kiss
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Ultra Mantis Black
Will Ospreay
Ziggy Haim
Matches on our card can GRADUATE to the Mayhem Mania SUPERCARD via various means. That simply means they are “locked in” and can no longer be changed. It also opens up more slots to create more matches. Currently, two matches on each night have GRADUATED to the SUPERCARD.
NIGHT 1 (WWE) SUPERCARD
David Arquette vs. Samoa Joe (Created by Mad Mike)
Cesaro vs. Dolph Ziggler (Created by Papa Judo)
NIGHT 2 (“FORBIDDEN DOOR”) SUPERCARD
“Joker” Sting vs. The Fiend vs. Danhausen (Created by Ronnie Starks)
Darby Allin vs. Jay White vs. Lee Moriarty (Created by Sorgatron)
Five moves were made on last Tuesday’s Wrestling Mayhem Show. Let’s see what our players created!
Move #1 (by Tina Keys) KILL Jonathan Gresham vs. Daniel Garcia and CREATE Sammy Guevara vs,. El Phantasmo
Move #2 (by Chris LeRusso) SWAP El Phantasmo for Tay Conti and Dr. Britt Baker & Adam Cole
Move #3 (by Sorgatron) CREATE “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Move #4 (by Mad Mike) CREATE Stephanie McMahon & Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs. Shaul Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Dominik “Guerrero” (Mysterio)
Move #5 (by Dave Podnar) KILL Nick Gage vs. Wardlow and CREATE Willow Nightingale & Edith Surreal vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer
So, with the moves from Week 8 of Mayhem Mania now in the books, let’s take a look at what our cards look like.
Night 1 (WWE) has TWO newly created matches.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Created by Sorgatron)
Stephanie McMahon & Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs. Shaul Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Dominik “Guerrero” (Mysterio) (Created by Mad Mike)
And we have SIX matches that were not altered in any way.
Commander Azeez vs. Omos vs. Veer (Created by Dave Podnar)
Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet (Created by Tina Keys)
The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & The Usos) & Solo Sikoa vs. Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin & Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis) (Created by Matt Carlins)
Ronda Rousey vs. Meiko Satomura (Created by Mad Mike)
Corey Graves vs. Elias (Created by Sorgatron)
Beth Phoenix vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez (Created by Dave Podnar)
Night 2 (Forbidden Door) also has TWO newly created matches!
Tay Conti & Sammy Guevara vs. Dr. Britt Baker & Adam Cole (Created by Chris LeRusso)
Willow Nightingale & Edith Surreal vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer (Created by Dave Podnar)
And there FOUR matches that were not altered in any way.
The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) vs. Athena & Mia Yim (Created by Mad Mike)
Lance Archer vs. Shane Taylor (Created by Sorgatron)
Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tajiri (Created by Roni Nicole)
Bryan Danielson vs. Josh Alexander (Created by Tina Keys)
What do you think about our matches? What changes would you make? Leave a comment down below and thanks for enjoying Mayhem Mania!
