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| He
was a wrestling insider who had great power in WCW, but his story was never
told ... until now.
In Wrestling
Perspective #103 Tommy Edwards reveals his untold story and he sheds new
light on the wrestling history. |
The name Tommy Edwards
may not ring a bell with many wrestling fans, but he was a key player in
the dying days of Jim Crockett's promotion and during the early days of
Ted Turner's ownership of WCW.
For four years Edwards was
the studio director and producer of the company and had a hand in shaping
the wrestling product that was broadcast to millions of fans each week
on WTBS.
In Part I of an interview,
available in Issue #103, Edwards talks openly and honestly about all the
heavy-hitters from that day including Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross,
Tony Schiavone, Ricky Steamboat, Lex Luger, and Jim Herd.
The interview is an insider's
perspective into what many long-time fans feel was the last great wrestling
promotion in the business.
It's been over a decade since
Edwards was unceremoniously fired by Turner and he's got a lot to get off
his chest.
In this incredible interview,
Edwards discusses ...
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How he ended up as director
and producer of the TBS studio show.
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His unique TV production style.
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Why he got fired and who was behind it.
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His version of the infamous, Saturday night "repeat episode" disaster.
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How stupid and questionable executive decisions damaged WCW's future.
These topics
and many others are addressed by Edwards in Wrestling Perspective #103.
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Not sure you want to own
Issue #103 yet?
Then read these excerpts
below:
Edwards on what
life was like on the road:
"It was like you were with
a rock band. What blew my mind was the first time I went to a hotel and
I said my name to spot my room and a guy came up and said, 'You're the
director.' I was like, 'You know who I am?' It was like, they read credits!"
Edwards on Jim
Ross:
"That was the biggest back-stabbing
piece of sh** I ever saw in my life."
Edwards on the
advice he gave Lex Luger:
"Lex had no personality.
None. And he couldn't let himself go. Like I used to tell Lex, 'Lex, touch
'em. Just reach out and let 'em touch your hand. You're this hunk. You're
this good-lookin' thing they all want you, but you know, you're too cold.'
He's like, 'Well, I'm married.' I'm like, 'I ain't sayin' sleep with 'em.
Can't you kinda like be just a little nicer than you are?'"
Edwards on why
Ron Simmons would never succeed as WCW champion:
"Ron ain't it. I'm sorry
guys. Ya'll can play that all-American football sh** all you want to, that
ain't gonna get it. The ladies are not gonna be attracted to Ron Simmons.
(laughs) Hell, I looked at his wife. I wasn't attracted to her, so I knew
right off, he ain't got it boys and girls."
Edwards on his
favorite matches:
"Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair
matches in the late Eighties were some of the best matches ever. Those
two were the best ... just pure entertainment and wrestling. They didn't
do all the, what I would call the hokey-dokey stuff to the audience. These
two really went at it."
Edwards on the
two Ric Flairs:
"He did have two separate
lives. And, it was amazing, because when I'd see Ric in New Orleans, that
wasn't the Ric Flair you saw in Charlotte. It was as if once he got off
the plane in Charlotte, he became his normal self. But when he got on the
plane, he became Ric Flair."
Edwards on Jim
Herd:
"Jim kind of undermined
everything I did."
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What Else Will You Find
In Issue #103?
The WWE has
shown us every offensive angle you can possibly think of in the past few
years.
But in the issue's lead article,
Wrestling Perspective's editors write that this method has been used over
and over again throughout the history of professional wrestling on TV,
and we, as fans, shouldn't expect anything else.
It's an original view you
need to examine.
Issue #103 is too good to
pass up.
What's more, it's only
$3.00.
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