ABSURD! w/ Joe Feeney

Do not adjust your spectacles or your headphones, this is indeed a NEW episode of Creative Control with Joe Feeney!

Our guest today is Pat McNeill from the Pro Wrestling Torch. Pat co-hosts the LiveCast on the PWTorch website after Raw and Smackdown, as well as the co-host of the LiveCast after each WWE PPV/Network Special.

On this episode, we discuss several things, including...

- Seth Rollins' knee injury, whether it seems to be legit or not, how long he may be out, and what Pat and I see as WWE's backup plans in case Rollins has to miss Wrestlemania
- Kenny Omega and his NJPW contract situation, what's going on, and where he may stand a year from now
- All of the highlights and lowlights from the Royal Rumble, including the great title matches between Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens, and John Cena and AJ Styles.
-The performances of, and the future for both the Raw and Smackdown Women's Divisions
-The Cruiserweight Division and 205 Live
- The Rumble itself, the order of entrants, who shined and who didn't, the lack of surprises, and some oversights in the booking.
- The rumored Wrestlemania card, how we will arrive there, and the thoughts of Pat and myself on how the matches will go, as well as speculation on the winners and losers.
-Owens vs. Jericho and who should turn face, and the rumored heel turn for Roman Reigns, will it happen and will it work?
- We also cover the death of Jimmy Snuka, and the WWE's response and coverage after his death.

Please follow Pat McNeill on Twitter @RealPatMcNeill and check him out on the Pro Wrestling Torch website!

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Episode 81's guest is former WWF, WCW, and TNA Creative Team member and current Full Sail University Professor, Ed Ferrara. It is Ed's second go round on CC, as he was a guest way back on episode 12. On that episode we discussed the wrestling training he received back before working in the California independents as Bruce Beaudine, his work in televison, and his eventual entry into WWF Creative. We talked about working with Vince McMahon and the other stars of that time, including Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, and more, as well as Ed's exit from the WWF with Vince Russo.

On this episode, we cover more about his time leaving the WWF and joining WCW, including:

- The WWF's signing of Chris Jericho just before Ferrara and Russo left for WCW, how they would have used him, and his Hal Of Fame career including his excellent work today.
- Seeing a WWE Hall Of Famer become President Of The United States (yes, if you've been living under a rock, Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States
-Working on a WCW Creative Team after Vince Russo left in January 2000
- Tank Abbott vs. Big Al in a "Skins Match" at SuperBrawl 2000, the crazy ending to the match, and reactions backstage
- Pushing Bret Hart to the main event and the World Championship in WCW, and Eric Bischoff's claims that Bret was a "shell of himself" while working for WCW.
- Ed's favorite debuts in wrestling history
- Why a Steve Austin vs. Jeff Jarrett feud never happened, Russo & Jarrett's friendship, and what Ed thought of Jeff as a WCW main eventer
- Working with Bill Goldberg, Goldberg's reaction to a messed up segment on a Nitro, and Ed's thoughts on Goldberg's return and current run in WWE
- Randy Savage's attempt at returning to the wrestling business in 2001, and Ed's involvement with that
- Working with Roddy Piper in WCW, and Ed's memories of a shocking promo Piper wished to cut on "The Powers That Be"
- Sid Vicious' dislike of a Nitro script, and his refusal to follow it, and the crazy Nitro that followed.
- Being face to face with an infuriated Scott Steiner, Steiner calling out DDP for real live on televison, and the legit backstage fight afterwards.
- The WCW sale, being backstage in Panama City, and being backstage as Shane McMahon and Bruce Prichard took over.
- Would Ed ever write a book about his experiences, and what were his plans after WCW folded?
- Did Ed ever try to return to the WWF?
- Brock Lesnar as a one of kind attraction in today's wrestling, his match with Randy Orton at Summerslam, and blading vs. legit strikes.

We discuss all this and more!

You can catch Ed Ferrara sporadically on episodes of MLW Radio, and you can follow him on Twitter at @theedferrara

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Episode 80 of Creative Control is here, and the guest is, former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and the creator of DDP Yoga, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!

The Master Of The Diamond Cutter and I run the gamut of subjects, including...

- his heroes and favorites when he was a young fan of the business
- what he thought of Goldberg's return on Monday Night Raw
- working in TNA in 2004-2005 with guys like Raven, under Dusty Rhodes as booker
- getting Raven into ECW, his relationship with Paul Heyman, and other guys he helped get opportunities in ECW and WCW
- writing his second autobiography, a sequel to "Positively Page"
- his heat and his reconciliation with Ric Flair
- his relationship with Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- being one of the first wrestlers to have a message board and chatroom for the IWC, and his thoughts on the IWC and its influence today
- teaming with Karl Malone and Jay Leno, and working with Dennis Rodman
- how he would have preferred to debut with WWE in 2001
- going from a chauffeur at Wrestlemania 6 to wrestling Christian for the European Championship at Wrestlemania 18 in Toronto
- the evolution from "Yoga For Real Guys" to the current incarnation of "DDP Yoga"
- the positive effect DDP Yoga has had on guys like Jake Roberts, Scott Hall, AJ Styles, Chris Jericho, Goldust and more
- the DDP Yoga Now app, and all of its benefits including access to all DDP Yoga workouts, live workouts, recipes, progress monitors and more
- The new DDP Alarm Clock, a motivational tool for DDP Yoga users
- The DDP Yoga retreat, and opportunities to visit the DDP Yoga Performance Center

It was a pleasure to speak to Dallas. You can follow all the goings on at DPPYoga.com (where there is currently a Fall 15% off sale) and you can get the DDP Yoga Now app and the DDP Video Alarm Clock at your App stores. You can also check out "The Resurrection Of Jake The Snake" on Netflix.

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Episode 79 on Creative Control is with a true legend in the pro wrestling business, and that is the man at the helm of 1Wrestling.com and the name behind the famous "Apter Mags," Mr. Bill Apter!

Bill's book "Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken!" just recently turned a year old, and you can find it on Amazon!

Bill's history in pro wrestling goes back to the late 60s/early 70s, so there is just a neverending plethora of questions I'd like to ask him, and we get to just a fraction of them here today.

The topics include:
- how he discovered pro wrestling and who his favorites were as a young man
- how he first got involved, both as a photographer and as a journalist with Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- meeting Andy Kaufman and introducing him to Jerry Lawler, as well as his thoughts on the movie "Man On The Moon."
- his early experiences with the McMahons, and whether or not he thought Vince would truly take the WWF national and succeed
- why promotions like the AWA couldn't keep up with the WWF and ultimately folded
- memories of the Von Erichs and the tragedies that surrounded them
- heat with wrestlers over their rankings in PWI and the PWI 500
- The WWF steroid trials and controversies of the early to mid 1990s.
- Eric Bischoff and what he accomplished with WCW, and how his legacy should ultimately be viewed.
- Paul Heyman as a young photographer at ringside, and Bill's views on ECW and its impact on the industry
- working for WOW magazine in the late 90s
- working for 3PW as the Commissioner, and his favorite in ring roles that he played
- the current TNA issues, including the recently filed Billy Corgan lawsuit, as well as his thoughts on TNA's survival
- his favorites to watch in the business today

Please check out 1Wrestling.com to keep up with Bill, and to read daily wrestling news

Bill will be appearing at Legends Of The Ring in Monroe, NJ on Saturday October 15th, and copies of his book as well as pictures and autographs will be available!

Bill will also be appearing as the moderator for "WWE Rivalries Live" at the Sands in Bethlehem, PA on December 17th. He will be the man in the middle, between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat as they tell their stories and take questions from the audience!

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On this episode, we speak with The MFPW SuperSonic Champion, and current ROH competitor, "LSG" Leon St. Giovanni! We cover how he got into pro wrestling, attending Ring of Honor shows as a fan in the mid 2000's, and his memories of those shows. From there, we discuss how he began to train, and who with, and how he was led to The World Famous Monster Factory. We talk about the various coaches at the Monster Factory, including Danny Cage, The Blue Meanie, and Bill Wiles, and his relationships with each, as well as the various seminars he's attended there, and which affected him the most. We cover his attendance at Ring Of Honor weekend camps, and how that and his relationship with Kevin Kelly helped him get his shot at ROH. We go over his experiences in the ROH Top Prospect Tournament, including the four way qualifying match, and what happened where he ran into the equally big and agile Ben Ortiz, and we talk about how it felt to compete at the infamous ECW (2300" Arena, teaming with his current tag team partner Shaheem Ali, to take on QT Marshall & Punisher Martinez. We also go over his relationship with "Tough" Timmy Hughes, from training together, to tagging together, to competing against each other. We converse about his SuperSonic Championship reign, and how he prepares to wrestle that style, including delivering a spellbinding 450 splash. We talk about his recent opponents including Mikey Webb, Nick Westgate, and from the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, Anthony Bennett! And finally, we wrap it up with who he watches and studies these days, as well as a humorous road/travel story that has to be heard to be believed!

Please check out LSG on Ring Of Honor television, TheMFNetwork.com, and live at the Monster Factory this Saturday, when he takes on "Brutal" Bob Evans. He also has a Pro Wrestling Tees store located at http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/catalog/category/view/id/1042

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Episode 77 features for WWF European, Hardcore, and Tag Team Champion, and current TNA Producer, Mr. Al Snow! Al was kind enough to come on and spend an hour discussing his career and his views on the business. We talk about what initially drew him to pro wrestling, and his infamous tryout with Ole and Gene Anderson. From there, we cover his experiences on the indies, and with the NWA and ECW, including his thoughts on the incident where Shane Douglas threw down the NWA Championship, as well as his matches with Chris Benoit. We go over his time in SMW working for Jim Cornette, and working with Glenn "Kane" Jacobs, back when he was known as UniBomb, and feuding with the Rock N Roll Express. Al discusses the Shinobi and Avatar gimmicks, and wrestling on WWF television under those names, and also as Leif Cassidy. The end of the Cassidy gimmick comes up, and how that translated into his ECW run, before he discovered and utilized "Head." From there, we cover a plethora of topics, including working with Rob Van Dam and Shane Douglas, returning to the WWF and working with Vince Russo, the WWF's inability to initially use Al and Head properly, the Hardcore title run with Hardcore Bob Holly, the original Tough Enough and comparing it to The Ultimate Fighter, ECW One Night Stand 2005 and the incident between The Blue Meanie and JBL, Conor McGregor vs. Pro Wrestling, and his thoughts on Joey Ryan. Al also covers TNA, and goes off on a rant about what he truly thinks of "smart" and "internet" wrestling fans that must be heard! Some may find it offensive, I found it enlightening...

And we also talk about The Al Snow Wrestling Academy, located in England, with Al as the head trainer, and assisted by Joe E. Legend, Doug Williams, and Jonny Storm.You can find out all the info you want on the school at AlSnowWrestling.com

To keep up with Al, follow him on Facebook at RealAlSnow and Twitter at @RealAlSnow

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On this welcome back episode of Creative Control, it's a solo show, and I go over the biggest recent stories in pro wrestling and MMA, including CM Punk in the UFC, Kevin Owens winning the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles winning the WWE World Championship, Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton and hardway blood at Summerslam, and the Daniel Bryan and Miz interactions that have the WWE Universe abuzz with hope...

There is also some Game Of Thrones talk, as well as a story about partying with Axl Rose thrown in for good measure!

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And for those of you in the Philly area, don't forget that this Saturday at the 2300 Arena is the second annual Collectorfest during the day, as well as Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore at night!

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Episode 76's guest is stand up comedian, the host of "Wrestling With Depression," and the co-host of "Marty & Sarah Love Wrestling," Mr. Marty DeRosa! You may also know Marty from his youtube shows with Colt Cabana, "Creative Has Nothing For You," and "Worst Promo Ever." This is the second go round recording with Marty, after unfortunately, the audio from the first one didn't record properly, due to a mistake on my end. So I was glad Marty gave me another opportunity to record with him, and we covered the gamut when it comes to pro wrestling in 2016. We talk about his thoughts on Colt Cabana's return to Ring Of Honor, and the main event with Jay Lethal, how some of the ROH fans were unsatisfied with the ending, and how he felt about it. We cover CM Punk and Marty's perspective on his journey to the UFC, with his debut coming up very soon, at UFC 203 in September. We cover Marty's thought on the WWE Draft, how the shows have turned out so far, and NXT draft picks and call ups like Mojo Rawley, Nia Jax, and Baron Corbin coming ahead of perennial favorites like Samoa Joe, Namamura, and Bayley. Other topics include Kevin Owens and his WWE tenure so far, the Roman Reigns and Rusev feud, AJ Styles, John Cena and his place amongst the greatest wrestlers of all time, Nakamura's incredible debut and his NXT career since, the recent Conor McGregor vs. WWE wrestlers controversy, Brock Lesnar and USADA/UFC, Matt and Jeff Hardy and the "Final Deletion," Lucha Underground, Juggalos and "The Gathering," The future of The Young Bucks, Hulk Hogan and WWE, Finn Balor and how his character has been treated since he was drafted, and of course the big question: WHO is a bigger Guns N' Roses fan, Kevin Owens or Cliff Compton?!

You can check out Marty's podcasts, "Wrestling With Depression," and "Marty & Sarah Love Wrestling," on iTunes, and for those of you in the Chicago area, Marty will be hosting a "Summerslam Party" the night of the PPV, at The Anthem bar in Chi-Town.

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Episode 75 is with our probably most decorated guest yet, as we have on a UFC Hall Of Famer, UFC Triple Crown Champion, and former two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a man with over 100 wins in his MMA career, and that's not even mentioning his multiple amateur wrestling accolades: Dan "The Beast" Severn.

We focus more on Dan's pro wrestling career this episode, with an episode focusing on MMA and UFC to come. We talk about the twist of fate that lead Dan to the pro wrestling business, and training in Lima, Ohio with current TNA star and road agent, Al Snow. After he had wrestling independently and in Japan for a couple of years, Dan was shown a tape of UFC, which had only had a couple of events by that time. He submitted a tape and a resume, and experienced the prejudices of the NHB world against amateur and pro wrestling at that time, though he proved them very wrong. We talk about winning the NWA World Championship off of Chris Candido on a Jim Cornette promoted Smoky Mountain Wrestling card, and working for the NWA under Dennis Coraluzzo. We get into his negotiations with the WWF/WWE, and how he initally felt upon entering the company. We go over his relationship, or lack thereof, with Ken Shamrock, both in the UFC, and the WWF, and why the company never pulled the trigger on their program together. We talk about his alliances and feuds with Shamrock, Steve Blackman, and the late Owen Hart, including a story about the "piledriver angle" with Owen and Dan that many people may not know. Severn wrestled The Rock at King Of The Ring '98, and he talks about his feelings for him at that time, as well as why he was in and out of the "Brawl For All" tournament. We also talk about the "Attitude Era," and whether or not there were any angles proposed for him that he was uncomfortable with, or that he flat out refused. We also talk about his feelings on the WWE calling Brock Lesnar "The Beast Incarnate," as well as many other topics with Mr Severn.

Dan Severn's book, "The Realest Guy In The Room," is available now on Amazon and the What Culture store. Please follow all of Dan's appearances at DanSevern.com

For those of you in the Philly area, Delco Pro Wrestling returns to Briarcliffe, PA this Sunday at 3PM at the Briarcliffe Field house with stars like Breaker Morant, Robbie E, Maria Manic, Missy Sampson, The Extreme Rednecks, and Nick Berk.

And for you MMA fans in the PA area, Locked In The Cage returns with "Locked In The Cage 17," in Chambersburg, PA on Saturday October 8th at The Orchards Ballroom, at 7 PM.

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On Episode 74, we talk to former ECW Senior Official, John Finegan! This is a great, great interview as John is open and honest, and even delves into a personal situation that I am not sure too many people even knew about.
We talk about how he got his entry into the business thanks to Dick Woehrle, and his early refereeing gigs, even refereeing for both the NWA and the WWF in matches involving guys like Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard. We go over the Tri State Wrestling Alliance, and how he got involved there, and how it led to ECW. We of course, go into great detail about some of his more famous ECW experiences. This includes the main event of Barely Legal, RVD vs. Jerry Lynn, the fall of ECW in early 2001, and much much more.
We also go over the Philly Indy Wars early in the 2000s, and John working with 3PW, XPW, and at first, Ring Of Honor. We talk about ECW One Night Stand in 2005, and his experience that night, including refereeing the main event, and being in the ring for The Sandman's famous entrance. We go from there to ECW One Night Stand in 2005, and working with Edge, Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer, RVD, and John Cena. The ECW reboot is discussed, and John talks about working shots for the now WWE owned version of the company, and the contract offer he received.
We also talk about working for TNA at Hardcore Justice in 2010, and refereeing the main event between RVD and Sabu, and John's feelings on all the ECW documentaries that have come out over the years.

John Finegan referees for ECW, Delco Pro Wrestling, and World 1 Wrestling. He can be seen July 23rd for ECWA in Woodbury, NJ, July 24th for Delco Pro Wrestling in Briarcliff, PA, and for World 1 Wrestling on July 30th in Morganville, NJ.

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