IDIOT OF THE WEEK
Kristina McGraw
PRO WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
Scotty Aboot
IDIOT OF THE WEEK
I think this might have been right up there with the midget idiot from BTW and it was a huge landslide. Let me explain to you my feelings about Kristina McGraw. Early on in her Boot Camp days, this broad wanted to be a pro wrestler. I became very good friends with her. I used to share Blasts with her as she is a big-time coffee drinker and we did the Starbucks thing and spent an hour together on those ocassions. One day, she confesses to me she no longer wants to be a pro wrestler but would like to take up reffing. I begin to think,
"ok, she is starting to think straight"
Don't get me wrong - I have always been impressed with the intelligence of McGraw. She is a very bright person that can articulate. Have you ever met a bright person who is very intelligent but a complete airhead. That is McGraw. Don't believe me. This young lady quit a very well paying administrative assistant position to go work at a Starbucks because she likes coffee. I really liked Kristina but didn't always agree with some of the bad decisions she makes in life. This past week, she made another airhead decision. I had lots of respect for McGraw when she became a referee. She became a damn good one too. She eventually became the Senior Official in APW and deservedly so. She earned it! She worked hard! Then her brain went dead the night of the APW AWARDS BANQUET. She had a few drinks. APW had rented for people to crash instead of having them drive home that night. You know, the kind of hotel room only Derek Sanders would appreciate. We wanted to give the key to someone that could be responsible but we felt Kristina was a little intoxicated and not that person. This decision insulted her. This night was the night her world turned inside out. She chose to drive home, which wasn't the greatest decision. She then resigns from APW as Senior Official. Commissioner Gabe Ramirez names Tom Castor, new APW Senior Official. Kristina McGraw finally realizes she misses APW and wants to return. Unfortunately, many things had changed with the referees and Tom Castor had did a great job of training some of our Beginner students to be refs. Kristina didn't take it too well when she was told she had to return on the bottom because our Referee list had grown and the new refs were doing a great job. APW students Matt Carlos and Mario Camacho began officiating and doing a very respectable job. We then signed up a new student to our referee camp, Sparky Ballard a 2nd cousin to the famous Ballard Brothers, Shane and Shannon.
As much as we have all loved Kristina McGraw and welcomed her return, she was going to have to earn her way back to the top as "Senior Official". I told you earlier this is one intelligent broad and she is no idiot. She doesn't belong on my idiot list just because she makes bad decisions. Obviously, Krisina began plotting how she could get back to the top in APW.
In 2004, I was forced to miss my first ever CAC Awards Banquet. Of course, this was the year McGraw decides to entertain all the boys by taking her top down at a strip club and I miss it. Little did I know that she would do anything to get to the top. I never considered Kristina this kind of woman. Well, when she tore off her APW official referee jersey to unveil a "CHEAP RENO SLUT" t-shirt, after making a quick 3 count to award Adam Thornstowe the APW UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, it was all starting to make sense as I sat upstairs in the balcony and saw this with my own eyes but was too stunned to know what to do other than sit and stare. My good friend, Kristina McGraw, had turned her back on APW and threw her loyalty out the window. At that moment, she said screw the fans! The fans aren't exactly rushing to join the Adam Thornstowe and Reno Scum fan clubs and I don't think Kristina will give them reason to become fan club members. Kristina probably thinks she is above most APW fans and not just the females but the males too.
"Kristina, I never thought you would stoop so low and become part of the scum but then again, I never got to see you in Las Vegas when you removed your top and I never knew you did those things so easily."
I don't know what Gabe Ramirez is going to do about Kristina. I still really care for her as a person but I just feel she is continuing on a path where she makes poor choices and decisions. Don't tell me she is moving to Reno to work at the local Starbucks there. Don't tell me she prefers to hang with RENO SCUM instead of her family at APW and all the great fans of APW. Again, I don't know what Gabe is going to allow her to do. I don't think he is going to allow her to referee although I could be wrong. I just wanted to let her know that I do miss having blasts together, I regret the night in Vegas I missed. No, not because I wanted to see her breasts but because that should have been the night I could have seen the sign that she would do whatever she had to do to get ahead in the sport of pro wrestling. SAD... VERY SAD!
PRO WRESTLING HERO OF THE WEEK
I wanted to touch on Scotty Aboot and end this blog with a positive note. Scotty has been working hard on his body. He is dieting properly, hitting the weight room and spending as much time in the ring and preparing for the new JANUARY 2008 CAMP. Scotty will be instructing the JANUARY 2008 CAMP. This guy has the right attitude! He moved from up north to the San Francisco Bay Area to concentrate on his career and help APW. He even enrolled in a community college to learn to speak conversational Japanese. That will sure help when he eventually tours Japan. Heck, he doesn't even care whether he wins or loses in the ring. He understands that at this level, it isn't about winning or losing but it is about learning and entertaining the APW fans. Entertain he has. The guy now comes to the ring singing and dancing and entertains the fans. His record is one win and one loss since he started that but he is two for two with the entertaining of the fans. At least I have been entertained. I hope all the fans get behind Scotty Aboot because he is busting his ass and doing all the right things. I love it when I see the fans joining in and signing with Aboot. The fans seem to know the words. I think as he begins to learn the fans music choices and sings songs fans know the words to, the fans will support him by rising to their feet and joining him in song and dance and party with him. No doubt, when Scotty Aboot comes to the ring now, he comes to entertain the fans and learn and get better at his craft and he doesn't care if he wins or loses. I think in the long run, he will be successful with this attitude and you'll see him win more matches than he loses because of that attitude. I am not only looking forward to him instructing the new beginners class in January 2008 but I am looking forward to each and every match just to see which song he sings and if the fans know the words and if the fans get up and dance with him. I think every time Scotty steps onto that stage, it is going to eventually be ONE HUGE, HAPPY PARTY!
GOOD TIME TO BE A WRESTLER AND/OR STUDENT
With the eyes of Congress on pro wrestling because of steroids, drugs, alcohol and concussions, this might be the greatest time to become a pro wrestler. For one, if the industry begins to crack down on the above, there will be lots of suspensions and firings. The industry and its wrestlers are already not very skilled and very stale. Major promotions in the U.S. will begin to look at the talent development systems and be looking to hire new talent that is not on steroids, not drinkers, not drug users and not cancers in a locker room. They will be looking to guys that are more company guys and don't have that big ego and all they care about is themselves and not the fans they entertain or the company they are contracted with. As long as Congress and the government and the media stay on top of this, you will begin to see good things. For those that read the Wrestling Observer online or subscribe to it, you already know that WWE has sent out a letter to former WWE talent offering them services to clean up their drug and/or alcohol act. This is a good thing. Trust me, WWE has the money to do all of that. They have the money for drug testing. They need to take a serious look at drugs and alcohol because they might be doing more damage than the steroids. The concussions and road schedule might be doing more damage. When they talk about a list of 50 wrestlers who have died in the last several years, I don't think you'll find 3 wrestlers on that list who didn't drink, didn't do drugs and didn't have a concussion at one time in their pro wrestling career and all they did was steroids. Steroids is not the issue and I don't say that because I condone them. I truly believe when you look at the tough road schedule and combine that with the concussions because wrestlers are not learning their craft of complex sport and complex performing art, that is a problem. When you combine peer pressure and being on the road away from your family, many turn to dangerous drugs and drinking. When you combine all of that with someone that may or many not be using steroids, that is where you have a problem. When wrestlers are cutting back on the painkillers and mixing it with alcohol because painkillers are expensive and tough to get when you don't have prescriptions. Hell, it seems many are getting prescriptions from dirty doctors trying to make more than they already make. The era I grew up with, all the boys drank beer. Hardly any of the wrestlers drank hard liquor but those that did were very few. A large percentage smoked pot but none of them did cocaine, exxtasy or stuff like SOMA. The wrestlers took care of their bodies. I am sure many of them did steroids but in moderation. They did stuff like dyanabol but didn't have 10 times the testosterone like Chris Benoit had at the time of his death.
Pay attention of you are an Indy pro wrestler or a pro wrestling student or someone considering joining a pro wrestling training school. The talent pools are in great danger right now and the industry desperately need pro wrestlers that don't drink heavily, don't do the dangerous drugs, don't put huge amounts of steroids in their bodies (if any at all). They are looking for pro wrestlers that work hard in the ring at their craft, learn from the proper schools that can teach you not the fly-by-nights that have no clue because they weren't properly trained themselves. The industry is looking for young guys and gals that understand how to entertain the fans and understand loyalty to a pro wrestling company and understand that being a pro wrestler is no different than any other job. Do what your boss asks and don't ask questions or try to make changes. I can understand once you get to the Rock's level or Stone Cold's level but until then, just keep your mouth shut, do your job and work hard at being the best you can possibly be while remaining healthy. Pro Wrestling is not one big party, it is an opportunity to earn a lucrative living doing something we all have passion for and all love, PRO WRESTLING. Take advantage of what I am saying and go for it and you too, can make it!
Thanks for taking the time in reading my blog and please support APW and its affiliates and friends. Now is a great time to join the Boot Camp. Now is a great time to attend a GYM WARS. Now is a great time to go to www.clickwrestle.com and show your support by purchasing some online footage. Now is the time to visit www.onestopwrestle.shop for all your merchandising needs whether you are a fan or a student. Don't forget Onestop caters to both. If you are a young student and were trained right, I am sure you understand the importance of a portfolio to market yourself, now you just need OneStop to produce for you. If you are a fan, that is where you can pick up your your merchandise. Don't forget to also support ChickFight. ChickFight now has television. Make sure to check your local television stations to see if it airs in your area. ChickFight can also be viewed by visiting MAVTV. I believe the program airs 5 times a week.
Again, thanks for reading and I'll be blogging very soon again...
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