One of the biggest and best Wrestlemania's has come and gone and so it seems has the career of one of the all time greats. CCD sits down with Matt Ryan (Capitol Wrestling) and actor Anthony Noto (Alternate Realms) to talk about the entire WM week of events, the future and the end, of The Undertaker.
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Hello to all, and to all Hello... welcome to another adventure on the CCD Podcast. We make no excuses for our unbridled LOVE for all things Professional Wrestling around here, so since we are reeling from the latest installment of the Royal Rumble we figured we needed to have a WRESTLING ONLY episode! Jedi Rob welcomes Matt Ryan (the proprietor of the Capitol Wrestling promotion) and Steve Resk (owner of the SRG Universe) to the CCD Nerd Cave to chop it up about all things wrestling... the current state of the WWE, the fallout from this years Royal Rumble, independent wrestling and how it is surviving in this day & age, and much more! So if you are a big fan of anything that takes place in the squared circle... well, this is the episode for YOU!!!
“Just when they think they got the answers, I change the
questions.”
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper was a bad man. You didn’t have to watch
him long to learn that; he’d tell you straight to your face. “Superfly” Jimmy
Snuka, Greg Valentine, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, it didn’t matter to the Hot Rod who
you were, how good you thought you were, what you’d done in the ring, on TV,
whatever. If you crossed his path, if you fell into Piper’s Pit, he would tear
you a new one. Or he’d clunk you with a coconut; that worked, too.
Our buddy Steve Resk and the gang over at SRG Universe have a brand new wrestling themed card game entitled 'The Supershow'. Since he was kind enough to throw us an assist on Episode #34 of the CCD Podcast we figured we would repay the favor with a little .5 episode where Joey Esq and Jedi Rob play each other in a Legendary Fighting Federation match! The results are an awesome podcast highlighting a fantastic new game that is bringing back old school social interaction and camaraderie one choke slam at a time!!! Check out some of the cool packaging and artwork from the game (courtesy of artist Nunoh) after the jump, as well as the episode. Please jump over to Itunes and Subscribe, Download, Listen and SHARE the podcast on all your favorite social media platforms!
The CCD Podcast is quite diverse in the topics we tackle, and with Thanksgiving rolling around the corner the wrestling fans of the crew are starting to get the Survivor Series itch. So Jedi Rob, Joey Esq, and Steven Resk take a look back at the ups and downs of the Survivor Series over the years and tell some fun filled tales of the golden age of the WWE. Lot's of knowledge getting dropped on this one, especially if you are inclined to ponder the good ole days of wrasslin'. Enjoy episode #33 after the jump...
So the WWE's second biggest event, Summer Slam, has just come and gone... and we here at the CCD Podcast felt it was time to touch on wrestling with a whole episode! For any kids growing up in the 80s the WWF/WWE phenomenon was a huge part of their growing up, so Jedi Rob tag teams up with Joey Esq and Steve the Big Truck (making his CCD Podcast debut) and breaks down this years Summer Slam as well as recapping many of the great moments from Summer Slam's past. All in all a fun little trip that will bring you back to the times of the Hulkster, Sean Michaels, Brett Hart, Randy Macho Man, The Ultimate Warrior, Jake the Snake, Mega Bucks, Mega Powers, and so much more.... OHHHHHHH YEAHHHHH!!!!
You know that saying "never judge a book by its cover" that is always thrown around so willy nilly? Yeah, I never really subscribe to that theory. I tend to be very observant of people on purpose... and I can usually figure out people pretty well. I have an especially keen 'bullshit detector' sense as well... one that very rarely fails me. I had made the acquaintance of a very talented artist, Erle Tompkins, a few years back and I must say that in this case I was completely off in my judgement. His cousin Frank introduced us, and we hit it off right away with geek talk galore (mostly about comic book movies). He told me he did some art, and I told him to email me. He never did... and I assumed that he must not be very talented. I would see him from time to time, and always it was pleasant to see him. But every time we chatted, still no email and still no artwork. So I just chalked it up to him being not all that good and getting cold feet sending it to me. This weekend I ran into Erle, and he pulled up an X-Men movie universe piece he had just finished working on. Although I was looking at it on a 5 inch I Phone screen, I instantly realized that my man Erle had something... and I couldn't wait to see more. I told him that he needed to email me this instantly, and that I wanted to see more immediately. I made him do it right in front of me so he didn't "forget" to do it later. I forced his hand... and I am able to write this article about his awesome art because of it.
My boy Johnny over at Freddy In Space keeps me in the loop about all things horror, especially when it comes to cool ass horror themed merchandise. But I am most upset with myself for overlooking the fact that my man Johnny was at Wrestlemania 29 this weekend and we didn't meet up!!! I am trying to get all my pics in order to make a Wrestlemania 29 post for CCD (hopefully by next Monday), but on my most recent trip over to Freddy In Space Johnny shared some awesome WWF/E wrestling themed t-shirts and posters from Electric Zombie. Now even though most of their merch deals with horror, the guys at EZ obviously love their old school wrasslin' and dig deep to come up with some horrorific versions of familiar wrestlers and events throughout the years. I love the Royal rumble poster, and the Brett Hart shirt is super boss. All in all, a cool ass line that coincides with a great event. Get over to Electric Zombie right now and order you faves, as well as much more horror merchandise that they have to offer. Check out my faves after the jump...
LTD Galleries is killing the pop culture art scene with some great shows over the past year. Star Wars, Disney Underground, and Tron have all been subjects of shows this year at the Seattle gallery. But now the legends of wrestling are coming to the walls of the gallery, and they are coming in VELVET FORM!!! Yeah buddy, there are going to be 30+ pieces of 70s style velvet art portraying some of the guys we grew up watching complete suplexes, power slams, and headlocks for our whole lives. They have leaked a few pieces as a preview, and we have them for you after the jump. The show begins Feb. 1st and runs to Feb. 24th, so if you are in the Emerald City make sure you make your way over to LTD Galleries. Tell em CCD sent ya!!!
When I was a child of the 80's I became enthralled with the world of the WWF. I loved wrestling so much that it even eclipsed my love for Star Wars, He Man or any of the other cartoons/movies/toys that I loved as kid. I had all of the hard platic toys, a fake belt... shit I even went to a few Wrestlemania's live in my day!!! but when I hit my late teens/early twenties and started college, I kind have faded away from the whole world of professional wrestling. It is not that the product of the WWF (and later renamed the WWE) had lost its mojo... quite the contrary. It had became more popular than ever. But it just wasn't for me. I know plenty people who stuck with it over the years (whatup Joe Esq!) and I have heard that the product itself has gone up and down over the years... but one thing I never thought would happen would be me being sucked back into the world of professional wrestling. But that is exactly what happened last night, thanks to my 9 year old son Mikey who has become even more obsessed with the sport than I ever was...
Given the fact that Bane is of Mexican descent and that Batman is always in a mask, it only seems logical that they should meet in a Luche Libre styled wrestling match somewhere in Mexico City. I know I would love to see this one with a Spanish speaking announcer in the background and Nacho Libre fighting on the undercard. Timothy Lim (aka Ninja Ink) really brought the wood on this one, so click here to see more of his stuff. See the full poster after the jump...
Always on the look out for inspiring art... emblazoned across the chest of humanity. Here's some of the t-shirts I have my eye on to do just the trick but, there's only one problem....they aren't for sale yet! Please click the links below to the Threadless.com voting pages for each and give these beauties '5' ratings so I can throw 'em on my charge card one day.
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This poster is part of a project by the very talented Shahed Syed, an architect in training who specializes in 3-D images and infographics. He compiled an amazing infographic on the history of the WWF Championship between the years 1984-2002 (click here to see it) that is superimposed over a heavyweight belt. It is awesome. But here is a poster that features the icon images of each wrestler used in the infographic itself, and it is a piece of minimalist gold. Click to see the poster after the jump.
He's come here to fight childhood obesity an chew bubble gum. And he's all out of bubble gum.
I could have done with even more crazy violence on children though. I mean if you're gonna go for it, go for it! It's worth watching just to watch Roddy attempt to run in that last part.
I still think Piper is totally entertaining and charismatic. What I wouldn't give to see a buddy cop movie with him and Gary Busey.
I am not the hugest follower of professional wrestling, but when I was a kid there was nothing I loved more then watching the WWF. The WCW/NWA/all other wrestling shows were cool, but they didn't have shit on the McMahon family and their crew of maniacs. My favorite? The Hulkster, Hulk Hogan. Everyone loved Hulk. My second? Had to be the Macho Man.
Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth
Randy Savage was the wildest, craziest, most high flying wrestler in the mid 80's/early 90's then anyone who laced up a wrestling boot during that era. Sure, I said Hogan was my fave... but thats cause it was hard to root against the perfection that was Hogan. But deep down inside, most REAL wrestling fans would agree that Macho Man was alot more fun to root for.
Macho Man dropping the flying elbow on Hulk Hogan
He made for some of the best moments I have ever seen happen in a ring. His costumes were always a spectacle, and he rarely started a match/interview without his trademark sunglasses. His bouts were legendary. He spent time as a good guy, a bad guy.... an Inter-continental champ, a heavyweight champ... Macho Man did it all. His match with Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat in Wrestlemania III was one of the greatest ever. See for yourself:
Everyone loved Macho Man, but his real life wife Elizabeth became quite the attraction herself. The object of George 'The Animal' Steele's (and amny teenage boys) affections, the super sexy Elizabeth's visage decorated many walls around America.
I had this poster of Elizabeth on my wall... real talk!
Sadly, she left Macho Man and fell into a life of drugs. She died a few years back, and now Mr. Savage has moved on to the other side as well. I can't believe it myself, but Mr. OOOOOOOHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHH!!!! himself is on to greener pastures. So all we can do is celebrate his career. Here are some of the highlights from throughout the years.
Always entertaining, I will miss Macho Man with his crazy outfits, hot manager, and high flying techniques that always brought me to my feet. His roles as a Slim Jim spokesman and as Bonesaw in the Sam raimi Spiderman movie made him memorable outside of the ring as well. He will be missed. Take it easy Macho Man... your the champ now!!!
