Ask 411 Wrestling 5.06.09: Bret Hart and Blading, Apter Mags, the PWI 500, Finishers and More!

Posted by Mathew Sforcina on 05.06.2009

Did Bret Hart blade for others? How did Dean Malenko rank #1 in the PWI 500? Plus tons of talk about finishers, wrestling terms, the old Apter mags, wrestlers singing their theme songs and more! Check out the latest edition of Ask 411 Wrestling for all the details!

Welcome to this edition of Ask 411 Wrestling! I'm Mathew Sforcina, the guy who promised a super edition this week and was regretting it all week. But that's ok, sleep is for the weak.

That said, before we get into the nitty gritty, I promised to answer all questions. Unless I have a good reason not to answer them in this column, like I've answered them already or it's a personal question (guys asking me about training and Indy feds), I'll put it in. I'm sorry if you find them stupid, but someone wants to know, and I'm gonna do my best to answer them.

Anyway, enough of that, let's get on with the xxxxxxxxxxxhhh1 PW2.0. Soon. hhh2xxxxxxxxxxxxx show!

Backtalking

Chris Walker: Oh, was there another one? Ok.

*looks him up*

Eh, nothing special. Certainly I've never heard of the guy, but then at the time there were a lot of young, muscular kids looking for a break, not all of them could make it. Those who wrote in about him tended to agree, looked good, nothing great in the ring. He's managing strip clubs in Tampa nowadays, apparently.

Stevie over Kurt and Bruno/Victoria over everyone: As I said at the start, that wasn't the best person from each state, but the first that came to mind/first I found on Wiki/OWW. So naturally I went to Victoria and Stevie first, since I worship one and mark for the other. Of course Kurt is better than Stevie in almost every way, but I'm still a mark for Stevie. And it was hailing from, not legit birthplaces.

Old School: Yes, Taker's been using the move for ages. But it was associated with his Dead Man persona, and when he began to reuse it after a lengthy lack of it, since he was Bike Taker, he called out Old School, and that's how the name stuck. The fact that it's Older than it's been called is neither here or there.

Drawn Out Fall: Manu asked for clarification on Mick Foley's second HITC bump. He felt that the cage slowly giving way wouldn't be entertaining. Well I can't respond to that, except that there's probably a difference between Mick going through without any resistance and the roof fighting it. Maybe not a slow, 30 second fall, but Mick clearly expected the roof to provide SOME resistance to slow him down.

Mr. Wrestling: OK, I'll cop to this one, on the basis that it's really confusing to have Mr. Wrestling II wrestling as Mr. Wrestling and him have a partner whom he calls Mr. Wrestling II who's also dubbed Mr. Wrestling III by the magazines to ‘avoid confusion'.

Stevie Corino's sites clearly go out of their way to claim he is the official Mr. Wrestling III. So technically that's correct in that there was two IIs, one of whom was I but really II. And since this II who claimed he was I has no email, it's hard for me to check with him. I'd have to send a letter for goodness sake…

Starrcade 97: As stated by various people (from Hogan himself down to guys like Scott Norton who have nothing to gain from lying), Hogan was pushing for Sting to basically destroy him in 3 minutes, no-sell everything then make Hogan tap out like a little girl. Which probably would have gone over a bit better.

Why just Daniels?: Hell if I know. Maybe Chris isn't the best name to be using right now?

Chandler???: To recap, whenever I write something that's sarcastic, I put in a picture of Chandler to signify the sarcasm. If I'm being half-sarcastic, then it's a half Chandler. I use Chandler since he's the most well known Sarcastic character around.

Although maybe the joke is wearing out. But then, that implies it wasn't warn out to begin with.

A couple of other housekeeping things: I don't mind you ending kind words with blah blah blah, I know what you mean, but I'm also cool with you just getting straight to the questions. Unless you say "I hate you, you suck, here's my questions:" I take it as read you at least tolerate me.

Your Turn, Smart Guy…

Sage gave us such a good answer, I'm going to repost it.

WWE Championship - No Way Out 2009; Triple H pinned Undertaker to win the SmackDown! Elimination Chamber Match, with Edge being the champion going into the match.

World Heavyweight Championship - Here's the most recent of this type of change: WrestleMania 25! John Cena pinned Big Show to win a Triple Threat Match, with Edge (once again) being the champion going into the match. Poor Edge.

ECW Championship - Unforgiven 2008; Matt Hardy pinned The Miz to become the final Interim Champion in the ECW Championship Scramble match, with Mark Henry being the champion going into the match.

Intercontinental Champion - This is the only one I've researched that I'm not entirely sure on, but I think this spot belongs to Chyna, who pinned Trish Stratus in a mixed tag match at SummerSlam 2000; teaming with Eddie Guerrero against current champ Val Venis and Trish, the IC Title was awarded to whomever scored the fall.

United States Championship - Mr. Kennedy won it in a Triple Threat Match by pinning Bobby Lashley on the episode of SmackDown that aired on September 1, 2006; the champion going into the match was Finlay.

Women's Championship - In a rare move that saw WWE acknowledge a house show title change, Mickie James defeated Victoria at a live event in Paris on April 24, 2007 in a Triple Threat Match; the champion, Melina, was granted an immediate rematch by then-Executive Assistant Jonathan Coachman, which she won (making Mickie James the shortest-reigning Women's Champion in history).

Divas Champion - Since there was no Divas Champion prior to the match, Michelle McCool takes this spot for defeating Natalya at Great American Bash 2008 and becoming the first Divas Champ. (Technically, Natalya WASN'T a title holder going into the match, so it counts!)

WWE Tag Team Championships - Great American Bash 2008 also saw Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder win their first titles by winning a Fatal Four Way for the titles via pinfall on Jesse; the opposing teams were Jesse and Festus, Finlay and Hornswoggle, and current champions John Morrison and The Miz.

World Tag Team Championships - The Hurricane and Rosey hold this spot by winning a Tag Team Turmoil match at Backlash 2005, defeating La Resistance to capture the gold; La Resistance was the next-to-last team to enter the match and defeated then-champions William Regal and Tajiri to eliminate them.

Well done.

Who am I? A former World Champion, who's gone under a different name at the beginning of his Wrestling career, and wore a mask for a while at a later point. He's feuded with some greats of this business like Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and… Jim Ross (well, feud is a bit strong….). He's worked for 3 major companies, and is a contender in the all time Quickest Firings in History awards for one stint. He's still active in the industry, although not on-screen at the moment. A man who's managed champions, been an authority figure, and is somewhat controversial. Who am I?

Questions, Questions, Who's Got The Questions?

Mark gets bumped up thanks to the topic at hand.

Was that the voice of Jerry Lawler in the "commercial" with Vince McMahon? Also, wasn't that video made in 1990?



Yes, that's Jerry Lawler, years before he joined the company, but there's a reason for this. This version, which everyone has seen now, was the version that was an Easter Egg on the Shawn Michaels DVD set. The original, which I couldn't find a copy of online, featured Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura, so when they wanted to reuse it, they had to redub it with Lawler, given Jesse's extra payments using his original voice would entail.

Rob S. pops up again, with more blood!

I was reading Bret Hart's book and read about his epic match with Austin back at Wrestlemania 13, and that Bret decided to blade for Austin without anyone else knowing about it in advance. Bret also admitted to doing this other times throughout his career in the WWF. I was wondering if there is any kind of specific punishment and/or heat on wrestlers if they go against this policy on a consistent basis.

Well, since no-one ever did it continuously it's hard to say. Bret at least had the smarts to only do it one every couple of years and lie about it. Flair got fined for WM VIII against Savage, so I would assume that it'd be financial. Depushing would be overdoing it unless WWF was getting in severe trouble with the law over it or something.

I also thought about how blading became so commonplace during the Attitude Era that I began to think about whether or not this was decided upon by the wrestlers or by the bookers. It seemed like wrestlers such as Austin, HHH, and Taker were showing color on a consistent basis at pay per views, and even on a few Raw's and Smackdowns. Do you know if wrestlers with seniority are/were allowed to pick and choose when they want to show color, if it is done in circumstances that would make it seem fitting (cage matches, hell in a cell, etc.)?

That would be the bookers. If you up the ante on the violence and appeal to teenagers, you need blood to make it look realistic/grab attention. It's not like Austin liked losing blood, it's just that Russo's booking style drove you towards copious amounts of blood. Not as much as CZW, sure, but lots of blading never the less. If you get hit with a chair during Attitude, you'd probably blade, as you were told to be the bookers.

Shawn wonders if he's crazy.

I remember back when wrestling was still good and somewhat unpredictable; I use to watch it every time it played, even Saturday mornings. Am I the only who remembers Goldberg having a "locker room" interview with "Mean" Gene almost every week on WCW Worldwide? This was well before he spoke on Nitro, which was said to be the first time. I remember him showing no affiliation with any one by stating names of wrestlers he would go thru to get to the top, Hogan, Sting, Flair, etc. If that's not strange enough, the match between Hogan and him was announced on Worldwide, not only weeks before, but multiple times before it was announced on Nitro. How did WCW screw up so bad, did they think people didn't watch on Saturday mornings?

Well, I looked through DDT Digest's 98 Results Page and didn't find any mention of Goldberg/Mean Gene promos. Hogan/Goldberg also couldn't have been pre-announced, it wasn't booked at all until a couple weeks before hand as a dark non-title match before it got moved to the show and bumped up to Title status. Nor could I find any such interviews on the web. Readers?

There was a match on RAW in the late 90's when Shawn Michaels returned from injury, I think, to do commentary for a Jesse James Armstrong match. They ended up fighting at the end. What match was that?

I couldn't find any match on Raw in the 90's fitting that description. Readers?

Hawkeye wants to talk bias.

I've heard it said that PWI and the Wrestler, and whatever other Apter mags, had a clear pro-WCW bias. I've heard theories that WCW may have even had input on them. Is there any direct link known between the Apter magazines and WCW, other than Apter hosting the PWI Report on Crockett shows back in the day?

No, no direct connection was ever proven that they owned or had an input into the running of the magazine. Not having grown up with the magazines I can't tell you from experience if they were biased or not. There is no factual, hard evidence to support the claim.

There is a certain amount of circumstantial evidence, Bill's TV segment, Ric Flair's Wrestler Of The Decade award etc. And perhaps some of the readers will claim bias in the comments section. But again, no direct, factual link has been proven, to my knowledge at least.

If so (and even if that isn't the case), isn't it odd Malenko was listed #1 in the PWI 500 in 97? As a Malenko fan, I was pleased as hell, but isn't it like if Finley or Shelton Benjamin was listed #1 today? Off all the past winners, with the possible exception of RVD in 2002, they were arguably the biggest name in wrestling at the time. As great as his ring work, Malenko was in no way the biggest name in the world at that time.

Yeah, that one kinda bugs me as well. But the logic was that Dean had a heck of a year in 1997, winning the US title, having great match after great match, and in a year when your world champions were Hulk Hogan and Lex Luger for WCW, and WWF appeared to be in a downward spiral/screwing people over, Dean's pure steady year won the day.

Dean had the best year of his career in 1997, and since it was a smooth ride compared to everyone else's bumpy one, he coasted into the top spot. Position on the card is only part of the package (even though as US champ he was supposedly high up).

Hugo asks about a lucha movie.

I like your column keep up the good work. I'm trying to figure out the name of a wrestling movie that went straight to DVD. On the cover a dude that I'm assuming is a Lucha wrestler had a mask on and i think i saw on there case that Rey Mysterio appeared in it. Do you have any idea what the name of this movie is?

You're almost certainly talking about El Mascarado Massacre, a.k.a Wrestlemanic. A short bio of the film from IMDB…

On their way to Caba San Lucas, the cast and crew of a low-budget porn film get lost and come upon "La Sangre De Dios", a ghost town with a spine-tingling legend about an insane Mexican wrestler. The leader of the pack and first time director, Alphonse, likes the town's gritty appearance and decides it would be the perfect setting for his film. The crew positions the camera and snaps on the lights. When Alphonse yells "Action!", it arouses the famous and now insane Luchador, "El Mascarado" (The Masked Man), who begins a game of his own. One by one, the cast and crew are snatched, beaten and dragged to a bloody death. The few left alive must figure out how to beat the wrestler at his own deadly game, or die trying.

The Rey Mysterio on the cover is not, in fact, the Rey Mysterio who is currently YOUR WWE Intercontinental Champion, but rather the original Rey Mysterio, his uncle, who plays the bad guy in this horror film. It has a myspace page here.

From horror films to classic feuds. Jay?

How did the Austin Idol-Tommy Rich vs. Lawler feud win? If seen the feud up to the part of the infamous hair match in Memphis, but I have no idea how the feud concluded.

The feud continued for a couple of months after the Hair V Hair match, with the final match involving all three men and thus being the true end of the feud being a Scaffold match between Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee taking on Idol and Rich, 15th of June, 1987, shown on TV 5 days later. Here's some edited highlights.




So the end of the feud was Rich ‘injuring' his arm, and then leaving the region to head to AWA and a face turn.

A week later Rich was replaced by Brickhouse Brown in a normal tag match, which ended up with Brown attacking everyone and thus starting a new chapter in the territory.

Jackson asks about terminology.

When were wrestling terms such as "marks" and "kayfabe" coined and by who?

Both terms date back to the travelling carnival days, back when Wrestling was part of the show, seeing if anyone could last 3 rounds with The Crusher and so forth. But the specific origins are a little harder to pin down.

For mark, some say when an operator of a scam spotted a real sucker, he would mark his back with a piece of chalk, thus literally ‘marking' the ‘mark'. Others say it comes from the idea of ‘hitting the mark' successfully, the scam was aimed at the vulnerable sucker, and when it worked, it hit the ‘mark.'

Kayfabe meant different things at different times. The word itself is believed to originate from the word ‘fake' being inverted and turned into Carny, a unique speak designed to convey information without letting those outside the carnival know (normally because it involved relieving you of your money). The oldest/most reliable usage in carnivals was that it was yelled to signal trouble.

And just for shits and giggles, do you prefer kangaroo or koala meat mate?

You can't eat Koalas. Kangaroos on the other hand are very nice, especially marinated. So Roo meat by default.

Joshua wants to back up a bit (even when he sent it he was backing up).

Why is Mike Adamle hated on by WWE? I didn't think that Adamle was a bad GM of RAW. Ok, so his first night on TV he calls Jeff Hardy Jeff Harvey, but so what? There's many onscreen talent that make mistakes on live TV. Let me name some:

Lillian Garcia- When she first starting doing announcing she would screw something up every week. I can't remember anything in particular, but I remember every time she would screw up me and my friends would roll our eyes and wonder where The Fink was.

Jim Ross- I've heard JR screw up a lot on live TV. Calling wrestlers by wrong names, miscalling a move, he's done it.

Michael Cole- How about giving away the results to the main event of Wrestlemania 15? This is from his Wikipedia page: "…while telling fans to tune into the Home Shopping Network after the show to buy WWF related items, he accidentally gave away the winner of the main event between the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin by saying that the "new WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin" would be a guest on the show"

So why does Adamle have to get buried on TV from John Cena and Stephanie McMahon? Who did he piss off in the back?

He got buried on TV because the fans turned on him. And the fans turned on him because he showed no signs of improvement and he came in as an outsider who was unwanted. Yes, calling him Jeff Harvey was silly, but it wasn't a killing blow. But week after week of mistakes, without seemingly any improvement, didn't help.

I'll agree that he didn't exactly get a warm reception from the get go, but he didn't seem to try to improve, as opposed to say Mike Hogewood who is at least making attempts to improve his knowledge and style.

So the fans hated him. And, in a rarity, Vince and the WWE agreed with the fans. Mike didn't set their world on fire, hence why he got released eventually, it didn't work out. Mike just wasn't cut out for Wrestling, apparently.

A mediocre Botchamania is still better than most of the other crap out there.



Mike asks a question I have a hard time answering.

Great column, read it every week, blah blah blah.

My question is. How many different theme songs have been used where the wrestler themselves were doing the singing? I'm not talking about a theme like Hacksaw's or Carlito's, where it's one word or one sentence over an instrument track, but more along the lines of HBK's theme, JYD using "Grab them Cakes", or the Rougeau's using "All-American Boys".

Let's see… Booker T used his WWE Originals song for a bit, Cena's had two themes that he sung, Jeff Hardy used one of his songs in TNA, R-Truth has his theme (that's crossed companies!), Honky Tonk Man obviously, The Roadie Jesse James/Jeff Jarrett had "With My Baby Tonight", Road Dogg and K-Kwik did a duet for their tag team, Lillian Garcia uses one of her songs as an entrance theme… That's all off the top of my head. Anyone else add to it?

Leonard asks about the WWE Encyclopaedia.

I noticed Chris Kanyon and Mike Sanders got snubbed from the WWE Encyclopaedia. I assume this is due to them Suing WWE with the independent contractors dispute and Raven only got in because he's a 26 time hardcore champion. Can you think of any other WWE wrestlers that got the snub? I can't. Even Katie Vick is in there!

Not having read the damm thing it's hard for me to say with 100% conviction. (If I had seen it I'd probably have bought it to use as a source.) But yes, I would assume that they got snubbed because of the lawsuit (neither man having official WWE title reigns helps there, assuming that they don't count WCW US Title reigns in the WWE US titlee history in the book). Hell, they also included Chris Benoit, so Kanyon and Sanders are clearly lawsuit related.

Also after watching the improv Cage match on Raw a few weeks ago I began to wonder why HHH wasn't DQ'd for the sledgehammer shot by the Referee? Was he told by Stephanie that was what would happen? I assume so because that's the only way the storyline makes sense. Which brings me to the follow-up question of when they Switched from the Blue Cage to the Chainlink cage they use now. The lastest I Remember the Blue Cage being used is the Bret Hart/Sid title change on Raw in 1997. I can't recall the first match using the newer cage (excluding HITC)

This would be the HHH/Cody match, March 16th. Two options, one, the ref was told, as you suggested. Two, when the cage was lowered, the ref just assumed that it was a confirmed cage match and thus anything goes. If HHH had just brought the thing in and hit Cody, you wouldn't assume the match had been changed to a no-DQ match, but the cage lowering does indicate a change.

As for the blue cage, (this has been answered before I think), they switched over because the blue cage was a bitch to work with. It was hard and unforgiving, although it was easier to climb up and over on, of course. The first WWF match to feature the new steel mesh cage (which was, theoretically, softer and easier to take bumps into), was Mankind/Dude Love V Triple H, Summerslam 1997. The Blue Bars style would make another appearance, sort of, at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre card on Valentine's Day 99, when Austin beat McMahon in the steel cage which looked for all the world like the Blue Cage painted black.

Marvin calls in from Mars.

Regarding finishers...

How do wrestlers go about coming up with their signature finisher? Does it rest solely on the individual wrestler? Management? A combination of both? Has anyone that's worked their way up through the "minors" ever been asked to change their finisher for whatever reason once they made it to WWE/WCW TV? Also, what if someone wants to use a finisher that was made famous by someone before him. Let's say someone comes up in about 5 years and wants to use the Stunner, would it be customary for him to clear it with Austin first or would it be fine if he just had the OK from management?

It's a combo of both. The wrestler will be asked what they can do, they'll show some moves, management will then suggest/work with them to pick one. Paul London springs to mind as a guy told to change his finisher who refused. CM Punk changed his voluntarily. Colt would have been the best test case, if he had ever won a damm match.

Well, unless someone comes in who's a dead ringer/related to/trained by Austin, no-one is using the Stunner while Austin's around. After he's gone, they'll give it out with less hesitation, but today, if someone really wanted it and if it fit, they'd check with Austin first, yes.

Speaking of the Stunner, I remember watching a DDP match a long time ago and when he attempted his Diamond Cutter (which I believe was basically what the RKO is now) the other guy fell to his knees and it ended up looking exactly like the Stunner. The announcer then stated that the other guy smartly "blocked" the Diamond Cutter. Do you think this was WCW's way of kinda mocking the Stunner and showing that it was an ineffective move?

Not really, it was probably more just a cover-up for a botch. Without a video/reference it's hard to say. But WCW mocking WWF, never say never.

Regarding life-long faces/heels...

Steamboat's rant against Jericho last month regarding how he never turned on the fans made me think about the following:

1) Has anyone who's debuted in the last 20 years stayed a heel/face during their entire career? (I guess we would have to set a minimum for their tenure, let's go with 5+ years)

Steamboat for face, Rick Rude for heel. Everyone else big has turned at some point, but since they both debuted outside your time frame, no, no-one has stayed on one side for that sort of time frame recently.

2) Does anyone have on record which wrestler has turned more times than anyone else? Off the top of my head I would think Big Show and Jericho would be on the top of the list.

Jerry Lawler. He had to turn every week when he entered Memphis and when he left it.

Big Show on a major scale though.

My Damm Opinion

Ren wants my opinion, and the staff's, but since I'm lazy he just gets mine.

I know that you are the guy that finds out the little known facts about wrestling in your column, but I want to know your opinion, or better yet the opinion of the staff at 411.

As we all know the WWF/E has a reputation of changing wrestlers names or give them gimmicks. (Dusty with the polka dots jumps to my head.) While I was never a fan of Hogan I realize that he was great on the mic & people loved him, but let's face it in the ring it was the same thing EVERY night. The Rock LOVED him thought he was extremely entertaining, but "The People's Elbow" hardly a devastating manoeuvre ( or Electrifying for that matter)

What I want to know is Who is the most over wrestler with either the least talent or stupidest gimmick?

Personally I would have to think that Honky Tonk Man was ok at best in the ring, annoying to listen to & yet he had a phenomenal run with the I-C title. Maybe it is just by bias.

I realize that Ultimate Warrior would come in there somewhere too, but at least he brought something. The body the look the finisher looked like it would do damage (and apparently did)

Least Talented guy to ever get over? Sid. Guy got further on looks than anyone else ever. Luger at least showed flashes of competency, Sid just had the look an a weird sort of charisma. Which is not to say he's a bad guy or anything, but he's just not talented.

Stupidest Gimmick? The Undertaker is the usual default answer here, but I'll say IRS. Guy was fairly well hated for being a wrestling accountant.

Marvin had another question.

If you could make a dream Survivor Series match (4 vs. 4, heel team vs. face team) consisiting of wrestlers that have passed, who would be in it? You can include one Manager that's passed for each side as well.

Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Mr. Perfect and Brian Pillman w/ Sensational Sherri V
Big Bossman, Eddie Guerrero, Bam Bam Bigelow and Mike Awesome w/ Miss Elizabeth

"The Justin" also wants my opinion.

Hey man, love the column. This past weekend I attended the Northeast Wrestling show in Bristol, CT. In my eyes NEW seems to be one of the premier indy feds out there with a great blend of established stars and young talent. They seem to do a good job of booking mainstream talent like Kurt Angle, Jerry Lawler, Booker T, Mick Foley, Velvet Sky, Kevin Nash, and of course Ric Flair. The latter 2 of course appearing on the show this past weekend. Ric Flair came on last and made his appearnce at the very end and put over NEW and its young talent. He proclaimed that NEW had a locker full of guys that can/will make it to the big time and be stars someday. The segment continued with Jimmy Hart coming out with NEW regular Brian Anthony who was dubbed the "next big thing" in wrestling. Anthony took part in a beatdown of Flair that ended with Flair chopping him and throwin him out of the ring to give him the big rub. After that Flair dragged Jimmy Hart into the ring and locked him in the Figure 4.Anthony certainly appears to have the look and skills to be in TNA or WWE someday.

Now my question to you is based on what Flair said, do you know any indy talent on the indy scene that isn't in ROH or has been exposed to any large audience that you see can make it to the WWE or TNA someday? Also if you;ve heard of Brian Anthony do you think he has the potential as well? Some 411 feedback on the potential of "no name" local indepdent guys anywhere making it to national TV would be nice since it's always a treat to go to independent shows to see the possible "stars of tomorrow". Thanks!

Well, expect more about this topic on 411 in the near future. Brian Anthony I haven't heard much about, to be honest.

It's hard for me to judge American Indy talent well, but what I can do is list 5 people on the Aussie Wrestling Scene who could do well, in my (totally biased) opinion.

Powerhouse Theo: I've wrestled the guy several times, and for the length of time that he's been in the business, he's superb. Strong, fit, his size may count against him (he's built like Rhyno, stocky but short), but if he ever got overseas, whooboy.

Aurora: This is a hard one for me to judge since I LOVE her gimmick. But any woman as tough as her that looks like she does would do well, provided she was allowed to be that. If you mess with the gimmick, you lose out.

Kyote: Kyote is a rare breed, a big fat guy who you want to cheer for. He can work heel, but in my mind he's best as the big friendly giant role.

Steve Ravenous: Steve pretty much has a total package, he just needs a chance.

Mark Williamson: Admittedly, saying a manager could do well in TNA or WWE is kinda silly these days. But Mark is just one of those guys you want to punch, and is very quick witted.

And lastly, Joshua wants to get to know me.

Hey man, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that 'Ask411' is the best thing on 411mania.com. I was wondering if we, the readers, could find out more about you. I've got some "either or" type questions below. Out of the two, just pick which one you like the best.

1. Champions that wear their belt around their waist to the ring OR champions that wear their belt on their shoulder.

Around their waist. It's a belt, wear it as such. Of course, I can't follow my own orders since I'm a fat bastard, but whatever, it's meant to be around the waist, wear it there.

2. Divas or Knockouts

Divas until such time as Victoria signs with TNA. But that's just inertia really, they're all mostly beautiful and all mostly talented.

3. Intercontinental Championship or United States Championship

The US belt, actually, but only in the here and now sense. The IC title is in a desperate need of a visual redo. Overall the IC, I guess really is my answer, but the US belt in terms of the look.

4. Wrestlemania 3 Main Event or Wrestlemania 6 Main Event

Hogan/Andre, no question.

5. DX (Triple H, X-Pac, The Outlaws, Chyna) or Evolution

I guess I have to go with DX, since I'm not a fan of Batista and I liked The Outlaws and Chyna at the time.

6. The Freebirds or The Road Warriors

The Warriors. Just don't ask me to wrestle them.

7. WWF Attitude Era or Original ECW

Every logical part of me says ECW, but I have to go with WWF since that was what brought me in.

8. WWE or TNA

WWE since TNA seem intent on shooting themselves in the foot all the time.

9. NWA or AWA

NWA. Tully Blanchard for the win.

10. Ric Flair or Harley Race

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

11. Dustin Rhodes or Cody Rhodes

Goldust. Zelda's overrated anyway.

12. Wrestlemania or Starrcade

I give to you my all time favourite moment in Wrestling to answer your question.



Victoria's my goddess and all, but you can see Trish litterally get ten times hotter before your eyes, it's amazing.

13. Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart

They're both great in one way and horrible in another, but I guess… Shawn.

14. Awesome Kong or Bertha Faye

Will anyone ever take Faye there? Kong obviously.

15. Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin

Austin. His matches were better.

16. Texas Roughhouse JBL or Million Dollar Man JBL

The second one, since that gave us Announcer JBL.

17. Vince McMahon or Eric Bischoff

Vince, although I respect both men a great deal.

How about you guys?