WPAJ Interview: The Dirtball

Two weeks ago, I had the chance to speak with some of the guys on the New World Orphans Tour when they stopped by Diesel on the Southside this month. I had a chance to chill with The Dirtball once again. You can catch my interview with him from last year right here.



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Why TNA is Good For You (Again)

So it's been over a year since I proclaimed "Why TNA is Good For You". Last night, I enjoyed maybe the better TNA PPV I've seen in a while. And we were hit by another good one a few months ago. (I've been catching them sparingly) After Lockdown in Philedelphia, let's see what we have.

TNA Does what WWE Don't.

WWE does not care about it's tag division. This was more than obvious from the highly anticipated "unification" match being bumped from WrestleMania uncerimoniously. But what's this? TNA had two tag championship matches on this show? With buildup to each? The fed has been lucky to have one tag match every couple of pay per views.

Divas. Knockout. There's a difference. As I discussed Sunday night in the chat, when you sit and watch a women's match in WWE, there's not much sticking out. Almost every blonde bimbo in that company is interchangable, and are devoid of personality. The better exceptions include Nattie Neidhart or Beth Pheonix. Even Gail Kim has been relegated to a mute wrestler that sort of showed up on Smackdown one week. TNA has women that stick out. That have personalities, talent (most coming from the indies instead of the modeling agencies).

The Old Guys Won't Go Away

When you're building a company, or attemping to make the most money you can from merchandise, you're going to go with the "proven winners". The Kurt Angles, Triple H's, and Stings of the wrestling world will always have that one up. This is why we always see our beloved wrestling companies tread lightly on change, and maybe "dip their toes" with guys like CM Punk and Jeff Hardy for brief periods. Remember, Edge has only a couple week reign for his first major belt. Now look at him.

So if you're the sort of person that reads this blog, or listens to my show, this last scenario is not for you. But tune in for the young guys, and divisions you're not getting with the big boys.

Do Be Do Bedooo

The Penguins looked good. Beware the Penguins...





This video came up in a conversation at work. The good old days...

Wrestling Mayhem Show 163: Phuck Philly

The Mayhem Crew is rocking the fanmail, talk about the WWE Draft, the new TNA iPhone game, get a Japan trip update from Mad Mike, talk MMA with Papuga, and much more! Don't forget to check out Papuga's Delicious page for MMA links!

Remember, DJLunchbox called out for fans to email or Snapvine their stories of why they got into wrestling, and we will be having a former writer for WWE Smackdown on the show next week, so please send your questions to goodtimes@wrestlingmayhemshow.com!

This is Episode 163 for Tuesday, April 14, 2009. You can get the episode here on Talkshoe, subscribe, and as always, stay tuned to www.wrestlingmayhemshow.com for the latest! The Wrestling Mayhem Show is recorded live and can be heard/viewed from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern on Talkshoe.com and BlogTV.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and your thoughts on the wrestling world by emailing us at goodtimes@wrestlingmayhemshow.com! Don’t forget you can find links related to the show’s news stories and more at our Delicious Links Page for Episode 163!

Asobi Seksu
"I'm Happy But You Don't Like Me" (mp3)
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Jet
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So, about this grid...

So, I've read a bit about this proposed grid building we've heard about from the Obama administration. Several sources have responded with "why" to "it's not enough" So lets explore answers to those.

I take a little bit of stake in this concept, because, like I talked about in my last major post on here, I take value in seeing how my family received internet, and how it comes along compared to the luxury of availability I enjoy in the city.

Why do we need this?

The why is simple enough. Access. As the talk has been for the last few months since our jobs started falling by the wayside, this may be a time that our country is transitioning from a manufacturing economy to a services economy. This means less jobs for those content with sitting on an assembly line installing car doors, making TVs, or even producing steel bars. This means more sitting in offices, providing healthcare, insurance, web sites, and sales support, by my interpretation. Another side of this is the growing economy around the internet. There are jobs and opportunities that are presented to us today that weren't a shadow of a thought ten years ago. Expanding this access so people who don't think the internet is worth that extra cost makes online consumers out of more people as we grow this economy online even more.

It's not enough.

Reports I've seen say the baseline internet we expect to pipe nation wide will top out at 768k. Low DSL speeds. Just this past weekend, I was working on my in-laws' lower tier Time Warner Cable internet, which tops out at 768k, from the looks of things. After an unfortunate need to fix and update some settings on the router, I had little issue watching Hulu and Youtube shows at a decent clip and quality to be watchable and enjoyable. Is it instant gratification? No. But you will be able to tolerably receive itunes songs, Steam games, and the like. Remember, we all had some sort of dial up access and withstood much more flakiness than these new connections will be able to provide.

What do you guys think? Is this forward progress, or another money waster for our overblown government?

Sorg Reps Mayhem Show on Cinemax

As I've mentioned in earlier recaps, Mayhem invaded the New York Comic Con, and I found myself on Cinemax. I was just informed that the video is live in rotation. Check it here if you don't have Skinemax....

They're remembered!! And they're involved...

As I've talked about in the past about the plight of the non-metropolitan friends who are a little bit detached from our big, New Media mindset at our Podcamps and Web Seminars, it's safe to say that I use my parents and in laws' experiences and questions as a gauge to represent some sort of demographic.

Between all of the above, we represent an age group of 40-65, including a construction worker, CAD (computer aided drafting) operator, and a retired machinist, so I catagorize all of them as "the common man" in this situation.

The first observation is that the availability is more reachable. The in laws in the barely-there town of Little Gennesee, NY have cable access, and hence, internet. Although it's a cost efficient, low end (under 1 MB/s) connection, it's raised cause for my mother in law to start connecting to the family on Facebook, even working it into social conversations when discussing how some people are doing. Also, the "T" word has come up, and Twitter may find itself into their life, aside from my own bombardment of Facebook status updates via the service.

The second is and upgrade in service with my father. His DSL has become faster, and for the most part, more reliable. His long standing "downtime" has been remedied, and they actually lowered his rates, and didn't tell him, hence refunding some of his payments. Dad has embraced technology as I present it to him. Twitter has become a window in which he keeps an eye on what we are doing, but he doesn't seek out technology.

Another addition to this is my sister's place. With her husband and 13 year old son, have enjoyed a massive upgrade from dial up to the newly available in their outskirts in Mercer County. This throws in another set of the "average family" to my observations. And I hope my nephew heeds my warnings to stay safe on the internet. Thought he Windows 98 machine I setup for him isn't going to help matters there.

The last on the list is my mother. While access isn't an issue, as she resides in the more accessable parts of Beaver County, it's her experiences that intrigue me. She was the first of my family that I had to consider "Wait. My mom reads my blog. What am I writing about again?" (HI MOM!)

And all of this has become more interesting as of late as Facebook and Twitter have gone "mainstream" and seeing how everyone embraces all of it, and doesn't. But more on that later...

You're reading this blog, so there's about a 75% chance you're a big tech/web buff like I am. How is your family embracing the technology out there?