ABSURD! w/ Joe Feeney

Enjoy a holiday themed egg nog soaked preview of Saturday November 15th's dual events in the Philadelphia area, Monster Factory Pro Wresting's Turkey Slam 2014, and Tommy Dreamer's House Of Hardcore's debut at the 2300 (ECW) Arena!

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Ed Ferrara has written television for the WWF during the Attitude Era, WCW during a tumultuous time, and TNA during it's latter days in it's Pre-Hogan era. He is absolutely loaded with stories and wisdom, and he gives a very informative and fun hour as a guest. Hopefully he will be on part 2 to cover more, but here we talk about his start, actually training to be a wrestler, working indies, his introduction to working with WWE, working with Vince Russo and Vince McMahon, and all the ups and downs (mostly downs!) of working at WCW.

Our guest on this show was "Good News" Tim Hughes. Tim has some indy experience and is currently trying to better himself by spending every moment he can at The Monster Factory. His passion for the business is very obvious and very contagious. He's good a great character, he can improvise with the best of them, and he's very good at working a crowd. In this interview he tells us all about working in different areas, his heroes and influences, his hopes for The Monster Factory's future, his feelings on pro wrestling and it's competition these days, and so much more. It's a really good show with a passionate young man; well worth the listen.

Episode 10 features veteran Devon "Crowbar" Storm. Storm has literally been everywhere from A-Z. ECW, WCW, TNA, WWE, ROH, WWA, XWF, ECWA, Extreme Rising, and more. He wasn't shy about answering any questions we had, and he talked about every promotion he has worked for, and covered the disastrous Extreme Reunion show, heat with Taz, WCW angles that never were, conversations with Bret Hart, working with Terry Funk at the final Starrcade, his on again off again rivalry with Sabu, and so more more! Truly worth the listen!

The author of the history of wrestling in Louisville, "Bluegrass Brawlers, Mr. John Cosper joined us on this episode to talk about a plethora of subjects. We talked alot of Louisville history, Jerry Lawler, Jim Cornette, Dutch Mantell, Paul Heyman, Jerry Jarrett, OVW, IWA Mid South, Ian Rotten, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Chris Hero, as well as some thoughts on the current day product, including the Ryback repush, what to do with Rusev, and so much more!

On this episode of Creative Control, our guest is the great Les Thatcher! Les has seen and done it all in the business, from wrestling, to booking, to training, to commentary. He's been around since the 60s, and his love for the pro wrestling business is still obvious today. Take a listen to this episode and hear Les discuss his thoughts on the importance of physiques in wrestling, his relationship with the WWF as a farm system, his relationship with current WWE main eventer Dean Ambrose, his thoughts of hardcore wrestling, and so much more!

"The King Of Old School" is our guest on this episode. Corino is a former ECW, NWA, MLW, and AWA Champion, and has travelled the world as a wrestling superstar and booker, from Puerto Rico to Japan. He is the current ROH commentator, as well as running his own promotion, PWF. He touches on several subject, including his view on the Steen vs. Cornette feud, his WWE tryouts, working in Puerto Rico and more.

This is an incredible conversation with one of the greatest minds of all time in the pro wrestling world. JJ Dillon was gracious enough to give me an hour of his time to pick his brain, and boy, was it time to go to school. He covered so much, including the formation of the Horsemen, working for Vince McMahon and WWF, Dusty Rhodes, the NWO, ECW, Goldberg vs. Nash, Brian Pillman, Vince Russo, and so much more!

On this extra episode, we talk to the Monster Factory Pro Wrestling & WXW C4 Tag Team Champions, "The Factory's Finest," Michael Spanos & Clutch Adams. Both men talk about their influences, training, the future of the Monster Factory on Roku, and their other indy experiences.

Episode 3 is a really fun episode. First, independent announcing star Stephan Benson is on to tell us about what attracted him to announcing, his thoughts on the Philly wrestling scene, and his close encounters with a WWE career. Our 2nd guest for this show is former ECW star The Blue Meanie! Meanie talks about his beliefs on characters and what makes them work, and the trials and tribulations of running and booking his own promotion, 3PW, in the midst of the Philly Indy Wars, as well as his current experiences as a trainer in the Monster Factory!