PWTORCH.COM
VIP SIGN-UP JUMP TO VIP
CONTACT US VISIT MMA TORCH




Select Next Article by Category





TAKE PWTORCH
WITH YOU!

PWTORCH IPHONE APP
Get our iPhone App (FREE!): Click Here
Or enter "PWTorch.com" on your Blackberry or other Smart Phone browser for mobile-version of PWTorch.


DEJ Experience District
Ask the Experience: The Simpsons, OVW, Wrestling Rappers and more
Mar 11, 2008 - 10:00:44 AM


By Dusty, Eric, Jeremy & Kevin, The Experience

Hi everyone and welcome back to week two of “Ask The DEJ Experience.” Yeah we are a day late but it is only so we can provide some real insight in to you, the reader/listeners questions. If you happen to have a question for any of us drop us an e-mail at the audioexperience@gmail.com or we drop us a line in the Torch Contributors Zone in the Official Ask the Experience Thread. We will eventually answer all of the questions asked unless we constantly forget to answer certain questions and in this case take the friggin hint. Anyway, on to the questions.

SteveMHW: What are your thoughts on the OVW-WWE split, and what are your favorite memories of the OVW era? This is mainly for Dusty, but all three of you are welcome to respond. (This is all Dusty’s as he is the resident OVW expert)

Dusty responds: I have a lot of fond memories of OVW from when Jim Cornette was the booker. Really, that was pretty much my favorite wrestling at the time. I thought it was perfect, an old school promotion booked by the most old school man in professional wrestling. No one is better than Cornette at making lemonade out of what was given to him. A lot of people on the internet would have you believe Paul Heyman could turn water to wine or whatever, but for OVW, no one was a better fit than Corney. They should have shut the promotion down the minute he got himself fired.

I know it's a cliché answer but the best hour of OVW television ever was the culmination of the Doug Basham vs. Danny Basham feud. They were feuding with each other in OVW, but had just recently debuted on WWE television as a team, so watching Cornette weave through the garbage he was just handed and doing an angle that not only resulted in a great match between the two, but ended up with them being united at the end, tying up all the loose ends and having it all make sense for the OVW fanbase. Cornette was a master at turning WWE's curveballs into works of art.

Truth asks: Who is the best rapper who wrestles?

Kevin responds: The WWE doesn't want to show up John Cena so Kofi Kingston's styling’s have been put under wraps even though he is the best rapper in wrestling. Kofi gained great knowledge from Ziggy Marley while on the island but has been influenced since by the greats of the rap tradition such as Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC and has created a great hybrid between Reggae and Rap. (Jeremy’s note: Kevin knows nothing about rap other than John Cena’s album.)


Steve MHW asks: Eric, which Simpsons episode is your favorite? Are there any episodes from more recent seasons that are up for consideration?

Eric responds: No, there are absolutely no episodes from recent seasons that are up for consideration. OK, after lots of contemplation, I did like the gay marriage episode, "There's Something About Marrying," from season 16 (aired in 2005), where Homer starts marrying gay couples ("Queerly beloved..."), Patty comes out, Marge is concerned about her sister's wedding, but it's because Patty is about to marry a man. A man Patty met on the LPGA tour. Figure that one out. But my favorite episode by far is the Beer Baron episode, "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment," from season eight. it turns out Springfield is under a 200-year-old edict that has outlawed alcohol, so Homer starts making booze in his house ("Who wants a bathtub mint julip?"). This brings in Rex Banner, who replaces Chief Wiggum but just can't seem to solve the mystery ("What's the matter, Chief? You've hardly touched your Banana Kaboom." "Well it's not a very happy birthday.") Anyway, upon further review, it turns out the law that was passed 200 years ago was repealed 199 years ago, and Banner gets catapulted far, far away. This episode is stuffed with hilarious lines and just enough ridiculousness to let you, as the nerds say, suspend your disbelief. Season eight is a must own ("Hurricane Neddy," "You Only Move Twice"), so go own it!

ChrisSimpson asks: This is for Jeremy, I've heard rumors that in Titan Towers where Vince McMahon works, all of the bathrooms are unisex and of identical white porcelain design, consist of four stand up urinals and 6 sit down toilets against a wall facing a wall of sinks and a long mirror. I've also heard that these unisex bathrooms do not have stalls, that it's just a row of sit down toilets in the open like the urinals and that the employees are paid well but at the expense of having to go to the bathroom in front of each other. Is this true and if it is, what the &*#@ is wrong with Vince McMahon?

Jeremy responds: Vince McMahon is trying to socially advance the American culture by creating such a bathroom system. By placing men and women I the same situation it creates an environment of asexuality and thus a more productive office environment. Vince believes in sex on the airways not in the office. This al comes from a truly inspirational figure.

Vince originally got the idea from the unheralded classic films of Paul Verhoeven. In Robocop the bathroom you described had already been created. You remember the scene where Dick Jones threatens the young upstart bob Morton? This is the idea behind that bathroom. No young upstarts in WWE will act that way towards Vince McMahon or Linda McMahon if they know what is good for them and this bathroom serves as a reminder that Dick wins that battle in the end. He also aped another Paul Verhoeven with the unisex portion of the bathroom just like the showers in Starship Troopers. It is a little known fact that Vince is a huge fan of Verhoeven and tries and emulates his theories and beliefs in his bathrooms. It seems to be working as WWE is a billion dollar company so more power to him. He also aped the morality of Showgirls and Basic Instinct but that is for another time.

Kirk Angel asks: Do you think New Jack would make be a better garbage man than Batista?

Dusty responds: Absolutely not. Batista has big huge all natural looking arms. That means he is stronger than Jack. You have to be strong to be a garbage man. There's a lot of lifting. Note also that Jack has all those gig marks on his head. Picture this scenario: Grandma B's out there trimming her hedges, because she is completely insane, and that's all she does all day until she pisses herself too many times and the neighbor kid comes over and rolls her down the street because of the smell. So she's out there doing her thing and the garbage truck rolls up. Those gig marks could really frighten her, you know? Batista would wear a suit with the arms cut out. Grandma B calls him handsome.

Eric responds: No way. New Jack might be able to use his trusty utility knife to cut down your cardboard boxes for curbside recycling (speaking of which, ol' Betsy the Roommate is sitting here like a god-forsaken lump, watching wrestling even though she doesn't like it, instead of taking out the garbage -- something I've done probably 28 out of 32 weeks -- like a functional human being... she is a damn idiot), but Batista is pretty much a Hefty bag stuffed, or dare I say injected, with muscles full of water and lungs with diminished capacity. He kinda reminds me of when Earthquake sat on Damien, but inside the bag was really pantyhose stuffed with hamburger. Oh, and there's no Santa Claus. Sorry to ruin everyone's childhood memories.

Kevin responds: Definitely, Batista would blow up just getting on and off the truck and wouldn't be able to lift the garbage cans by the end of the first street. On the other hand, if the mechanical compacter failed to work, New Jack would jump off the nearest building to get the garbage compacted.

Jeremy responds: If anyone says Batista would make a better sanitation worker than New Jack they are ridiculously misinformed. New Jack has shown time and again that he has the muscle strength, stamina and the accuracy to throw a trash can like no other in the industry of professional wrestling. The next closest would be Bubba Ray Dudley but even he has struggles with the trash can now. It is a sad site to behold. But New Jack never lost his propensity for the flying trash can. He routinely would launch the trash can from half the aisle away and it nearly always landed in the ring. Oh, did I mention the can was usually full of garbage to begin with. If this is not a concrete argument I don’t know a better way to explain. Batista has shown the ability to lift people and dump them but then afterward he is winded and his recovery period is much too long. Imagine him on the streets. He would be winded after hopping off the side of the truck or just walking from house to house. How would he possibly lift his fourth can in a row when he is blown up? He can’t and thus, New Jack is the only correct answer. Plus, he has his own overalls to wear which saves our tax dollars.

Ask the Experience was brought to you by the letters D, E, J and K, is a production of the Experience Workshop. To submit a question, post it in the "Official Ask the Experience Thread" in the PWTorch.com VIP Forum, or e-mail us at theaudioexperience@gmail.com.


Send feedback on this article to pwtorch@gmail.com and we'll regularly publish reader feedback in the "Torch Feedback" category on the Main Listing.

For more BREAKING NEWS on WWE, TNA!
VISIT OUR AFFILIATE - PROWRESTLING.NET


For UFC & MMA NEWS & BLOGS:
VISIT OUR SISTER SITE - MMATORCH.COM

Upgrade to PWTORCH VIP: DETAILS & SIGN-UP INFO


MORE "DEJ Experience District" ARTICLES
DEJ Audio Experience: Summerslam, Monday Night Raw, ECW and A Very Special Announcement (5 min. free clip)
DEJ Audio Experience: WWE Cuts A Bunch of Talent, Even More Ashley Talk and Daytime Judge Shows.( 50min.)
DEJ'S Kevin - Covering Pro Wrestling Ohio - The Road to Wrestlelution Part I
Ask the Experience: DEJ guys field questions about Holly, chowder, best pants
DEJ District's Eric: How do the new WWE brand rosters shake out as of right now?
DEJ Kevin: Covering Pro Wreslting Ohio - The Art of the Promo
DEJ Jeremy: The One Hour Raw Experiment
DEJ Jeremy: Why the Hell Do We Care About Nick Hogan?
DEJ Kevin: Covering Pro Wreslting Ohio - Heel 101 Handbook
Ask the Experience Blog: The Chicago Cubs, Deepest Deep Purple and What The Hell is a Kilogram?
DEJ DISTRICT: Two legends, one ROH favorite to appear at card before HOF inductions
Jeremy's DEJ Blog: Time to Take Old Kurt Behind The Shed.
Ask the Experience Blog: Bette Davis eyes, Best ever King of The Ring and Havoc or KOTR?
Take It All. Please. McNEILL Previews WWE Judgment Day.
DEJ's Kevin: Josh Prohibition Interview
DEJ's Kevin: Covering Pro Wrestling Ohio - Breaking Down the Storylines
Ask the Experience Blog: King of The Ring prediction, Outdoor Amusement and Fuji General.
Jeremy's DEJ WrestleMania Weekend Diary: The Grand Finale:The Fireworks Incident, Terrible Winds, Terrible Karaoke and A Fleeting Touching Moment.
DEJ District's Kevin: Show Me More Air Time! - Updating Managers In Wrestling
Ask the Experience: Triple H's Hot Dog Technique, The Experience Wage Earner and The Coolest Entrance Music Ever

(c) 1999-2009 TDH Communications Inc. - All rights reserved.

Current Top Ten Staff Picks
Staff Picks
TNA News: Ratings are in for Thursday's Impact - did TNA retain the audience from last week's Hulk Hogan Impact?
WWE News: Major update on 2010 PPVs - price change, PPV name change, WWE addresses PPV criticism (w/Detailed Analysis)
WWE News: WWE announces details on three-hour Raw featuring Slammy Award Show and special guest host Dennis Miller
WWE News: Report on WWE's conference call with investors - serious discussion of WWE TV, Vince McMahon: "This is not a Family Business"
WWE News: WWE announces third quarter 2009 earnings results - revenue up due to int'l, PPV business weak
WWE News: Raw TV ratings are in - how did the Osbournes fare as guest hosts?
WWE/TNA News: Hulk Hogan claims he taught Vince McMahon the wrestling business, talks more about his role in TNA
WWE Raw Results 11/2: KELLER'S rundown of all matches and segments, plus analysis, star ratings, quotebook
TNA News: Ratings are in for Hulk Hogan Impact - did the publicity help TNA?
WWE News: Hulk Hogan knocks WWE Hall of Fame ring and Vince McMahon in mainstream interview


TORCH QUICK-CLICK REFERENCE LIST
-CLICK TO FOLLOW PWTORCH ON TWITTER!
-CLICK FOR OUR FREE PWTORCH IPHONE APP

-CLICK FOR OUR FREE PODCAST (#1 in iTunes!)
-CLICK TO GET INFO ON BECOMING A VIP MEMBER
-CLICK TO VISIT MMATORCH.COM
-CLICK TO VISIT PROWRESTLING.NET

-CLICK TO EMAIL PWTORCH EDITORS




PWTORCH READER POLL

How will WWE's price raise to $44.95 per PPV event affect you?
I buy many PPVs a year and will continue to do so regardless
I buy a few PPVs a year and will selectively continue despite the price raise
I will cut back somewhat as it seems a little pricey
I will cut back drastically as this feels like gouging
Out of principle and protest, I will stop ordering any other than maybe WM
They had previously priced me out of the market, so this affirms my non-ordering habits
I will order any and all WWE PPVs because price isn't an issue for me
Price doesn't matter. I've been watching pirate feeds for a while
  

VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS

ARE YOU VIP? SIGN UP NOW FOR $7.50 A MONTH FOR INSTANT ACCESS TO AD-FREE, BENEFIT-PACKED VIP VERSION OF PWTORCH.COM (see screen capture)
PWTORCH VIP HOME PAGE

INFO ON SUBSCRIPTION TO AD-FREE VIP SITE

INCREDIBLE BENEFITS!
Over 50 full-length audio updates per month (iPod compatible)... New weekly award-winning Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (text and printable pdf versions) with latest exclusive insider news, new Torch Talks, great columns, Keller's cover story, much more... Hundreds of full-length back issues of PWTorch Newsletter from late-'80s to today... Ad-free access to PWTorch.com's Main Listing... VIP Forum with interaction with other subscribers and Torch staff... Torch Talk Library with text and audio of hundreds of interview installments from last 20 years... Great layout... Deepest archives on pro wrestling history anywhere... Keller's PWTorch Today PDF Bulletins with email alerts... VIP Email reports on major PPVs and TV shows... Staff Roundtable Reviews (text and audio) followiing major events... The best staff of writers and world class reporting since 1987... We'd love for you to join us and experience the most entertaining, authoritative, experienced staff of professional reporters and commentators in the business...

SIGN ME UP NOW!

Compare the value of four or five months of PWTorch VIP content to the price of just one PPV. Can you cut 25 cents a day from your budget to make room for PWTorch VIP?

AND NEW FOR 2009!
Monthly "Vintage Audio Torch Talks." We are releasing for the first time ever audio versions of our text Torch Talk updates, the historical first series of insider interviews ever. Wade Keller's newsmaking in-depth interviews with wrestling's biggest names are now being made available exclusively to VIP members. But you must be a member each month, as these are not archived, so they are replaced with a new one each month! This debuted in January 2009 with a 68 minute interview with the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Who's next? Hulk Hogan? Eric Bischoff? The Rock? Goldberg? Jeff Hardy?

SIGN ME UP NOW!


UPCOMING EVENTS LISTING

Articles Grouped by Category
Torch Today
TORCH MONTHLY AWARDS: List of the 2009 Torch Monthly Award winners through October
TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Results for Best/Worst in pro wrestling for October
TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Polls OPEN for best/worst in pro wrestling from the month of October (Part 2 of 2)
WWE News
WWE News: "Target" of Chris Jericho's drunken slur turns the incident into a joke (w/VIDEO)
WWE News: Raw guest host wins NASCAR race in WWE vehicle; WWE receives plenty of publicity during race coverage
TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: The first of a series of questions pushing for answers on Bret Hart's lackluster run in WCW - "Montreal was a life-threatening wound"
TNA News
TNA News: Ratings are in for Thursday's Impact - did TNA retain the audience from last week's Hulk Hogan Impact?
TNA News: Next week's TNA Impact - Sting reappearing to talk Hulk Hogan, A.J. Styles vs. Samoa Joe
TNA News: Watch TNA president Dixie Carter's "Love it or Leave It" speech to the roster from Impact (w/VIDEO)
ROH News
ROH News: Jim Cornette officially begins as ROH executive producer at today's ROH TV tapings (w/VIDEO)
ROH News: Ring of Honor receives positive press for ROH TV taping this weekend
ROH News: ROH TV episodes now available on DirecTV's Video-On-Demand service
Other News
Hogan News: Can Hulk Hogan wrestle again? Hogan needs help walking during TV interview (w/VIDEO)
DGUSA News: Gabe Sapolsky predicts the wrestling industry will die without new TV wrestling stars
Hogan News: Hulk Hogan cracks the Top 15 of a Best-sellers List
PPV Reports
RADICAN'S DGUSA "Untouchable" PPV review - Doi vs. Danielson, Shingo vs. Richards
10/25 WWE Bragging Rights Results: KELLER'S detailed match-by-match PPV report - Cena vs. Orton Iron Man match
CALDWELL'S WWE BRAGGING RIGHTS PPV REPORT 10/25: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Cena vs. Orton, Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown
TV Reports
WWE SMACKDOWN ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS 11/6: Donofrio, Mezzera, Parks rate and review
WWE SUPERSTARS ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS 11/5: Caldwell, Donofrio, Parks rate and review
PARKS' WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 11/6: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Batista vs. Hardy
Arena Reports
11/6 WWE in Brussels: Undertaker vs. Punk casket match, Christian vs. William Regal, Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty, of course
11/4 WWE in Dublin, Ireland: John Cena vs. Jack Swagger WWE Title match, DX vs. Legacy, Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston
10/30 Dragon Gate in Germany: Young Bucks, CIMA vs. Mike Quackenbush, El Generico
MMA / UFC Coverage
Strikeforce News: Fedor vs. Rogers Fight Results - Exciting fight lives up to expectations live on CBS
FEDOR VS. BRETT ROGERS - Keller's detailed report, analysis, star ratings of CBS live MMA fight card (redirect)
FEDOR vs. BRETT ROGERS on CBS Saturday Night - Torch Team Coverage (redirect)
KELLER'S TAKE
KELLER BLOG: WrestleMania goes up to $55, all other PPVs $45 - let the pirate feed frenzy begin
KELLER BLOG: Dixie Carter asks wrestlers to step it up, but what does that mean? Shouldn't their goal to be winning matches and nothing else?
KELLER FLASHBACK: Review of Hulk Hogan's first autobiography - Hogan's political maneuvers evident in who he protects and buries
MITCHELL'S TAKE
MOJO MITCHELL'S RAW 11/2: Stream of My Fourth Grade Hero and The Mid-Card Kicks Main Event Ass
MITCHELL FLASHBACK #4: In 1993, after Hogan first left the WWF, he had a lot of career choices
MITCHELL FLASHBACK #3: Hogan's autobiography review - insight into his world
MCNEILL'S TAKE
McNEILL BLOG: The Big Questions About Hulk Hogan in TNA
Fight For Your Right to Bragging: McNEILL Previews WWE Bragging Rights!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! McNEILL Previews TNA Bound for Glory 2009
CALDWELL'S TAKE
CALDWELL'S BLOG: Vince McMahon is officially delusional, plus Vince's hidden message to Stephanie McMahon
CALDWELL'S TUESDAY CHAT w/GREG PARKS: Raw & Smackdown discussion - Orton-Kofi build-up compared to Rey-Batista, DX dissension, Sheamus stands out
CALDWELL FLASHBACK: TNA Year-End Review 2005 - Must-read flashback to when TNA became a choice for wrestlers in an era very, very similar to 2009
RADICAN'S TAKE
RADICAN: Daddy's little girl V 2.0 debuts on Impact
RADICAN: Wolfe-Angle follow up displays typical warning signs of danger from creative standpoint
RADICAN: TNA finally straps a rocket on the right ass
The Specialists
11/7 WWE Smackdown Hits & Misses: Mysterio vs. Knox, Punk vs. Truth, Batista vs. Hardy
PARKS BLOG: Chris Jericho should know better
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE - TNA Impact 11/5: TNA = The Office, What Vince Russo was thinking during Dixie Carter's speech, Desmond Wolfe and Duran Duran, Highlander spotting, Numbers - Titleholders since 1990
Guest Editorials
GUEST EDITORIAL: Disgruntled TNA fan says he's done with the promotion after today's Impact taping (Contains SPOILERS)
GUEST EDITORIAL: The ultimate irony - Hulk Hogan appears on TNA Impact and pre-taped TV sitcom promoting WWE on the same night
GUEST BOOK REVIEW: Hulk Hogan provides strong defense of his public image in new autobiography
Torch Feedback
WWE PPV Price Increase Reax #1: Outrage expressed over WWE's latest PPV price raise - could the backlash cause WWE to second-guess decision?
TNA Impact Reax #3: "The build for the PPV matches somehow featured Hulk Hogan despite him yet to show up on TV"
TNA Impact Reax #2: "I'm tired of non-stop talking. This isn't a Broadway play; it's professional wrestling and the best stories are told in the ring"
Ask the Editor
Ask the Editor: Wouldn't incorporating MMA-style holds into pro wrestling matches just be trying to be something it's not?
ASK THE EDITOR: Have the Michaels-Batista promos crossed a line with use of insider terms, references to "jobs"?
ASK THE EDITOR: Why do wrestlers in WWE refer to wrestling as "the business" and not "the sport"?
DVDs - VGames - Books
VIDEO GAME REVIEW - Smackdown vs. Raw 2010: WWE's latest video game called best since the No Mercy measuring stick
RADICAN'S ROH DVD REVIEW SERIES: 7/24 DBD VII: N1 - Hero & Richards vs. Storm & Steen
RADICAN'S CHIKARA DVD REVIEW: 5/24 "Anniversario Yang" - The Colony vs. F.I.S.T, 8-Man Tag
Torch Flashbacks
TORCH TALK FLASHBACK with Hulk Hogan: Hogan talks to PWTorch editor Wade Keller about Eric Bischoff, the demise of WCW
TORCH TALK FLASHBACK with Hulk Hogan: Hogan talks to PWTorch editor Wade Keller about his relationship with Ric Flair
TORCH TALK FLASHBACK with Hulk Hogan: Hogan talks to PWTorch editor Wade Keller about his relationship with Vince Russo
VIP Exclusive Features
5+ HOURS: Definitive all-new Eric Bischoff "Torch Talk" available exclusively to PWTorch VIP members
11/7 Bruce Mitchell Audio Show: Reader questions on Goldberg's Winning Streak, Zbyszko's HOF Credentials, Overrated Matches, X-Pac Sucks Chants, Test's Name, Paul Ellering's Story (44 min.)
11/6 Bruce Mitchell Audio Show: Why Vince McMahon said WWE isn't a family business, Hulk Hogan-TNA analysis, Dixie Carter's last-gasp speech (65 min.)
Torch Trivia
TORCH TRIVIA 2/28: Which wrestler backed out of a WWA PPV in February 2002?
TORCH TRIVIA 2/27: Who said this quote about Hulk Hogan's athleticism 11 years ago?
TORCH TRIVIA 2/25: What said this quote about WWE's mid-1990s drug testing policy?
Torch Instant Polls
INSTANT POLL: How will WWE's price raise to $4.95 per PPV affect you?
SMACKDOWN POLL: Who was the MVP of the 11/6 Smackdown if you saw the show?
TNA IMPACT POLL: Who was the MVP of the 11/5 Impact if you saw the show?
PWTorch Free Podcast
11/4 Nostalgia Audio with Brian Hoops: Format change to the show, new guest host, upcoming shows
FREE FOR ALL: 10/27 Bruce Mitchell Audio Special: Hogan-Bischoff-TNA story from all angles including Monday Night War II possibilities (32 min.)
6/23 Nostalgia Audio with Brian Hoops: Former WCW rapmaster PN News joins Brian Hoops to preview upcoming Midwest shows (10 min.)
Annual Obituaries
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999 - Muchnick, Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Renegade...
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2000 - Solie, Albright, Duncum, Tsuruta, Blue Demon, Al Costello
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2001: Johnny Valentine, Terry Gordy, Chris Adams, Bertha Faye, Helen Hart