This past Saturday in Atlanta, “The Genius” Lanny Poffo joined Caprice and I at the broadcast position to call our Main Event, Champions vs. All-Stars! Poffo relayed his experiences through Wrestling Stories, including a near-miss with a headset! From ProWrestlingStories.com Now I’m going to share a story with you all. When I sat down…
Collectible Card Game Card Now Available from Filsinger!
Truly excited to be added to Filsinger Card Game! This is my first trading card and it doubles as a collectible card game piece! I have some cool “super powers” and special abilities. It is EXTREMELY limited – the way you get it is by signing up for Filsinger’s “Indies Prime” subscription service right here….
Crockett Cup in the Books
Had a wonderful time calling the Ring of Honor/National Wrestling Alliance Crockett Cup! Thank you to Dave Lagana and Billy Corgan for the opportunity and to ROH for letting me call this event with Jim Cornette and Joe Galli! Both were wonderful partners and I had a blast!
We Called The Garden!
Thank you everyone that joined Kevin Kelly, Colt Cabana, Caprice Coleman, Nick Aldis, Chris Charlton, and Mandy Leon as we presented last night’s ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard! I have so many thoughts but right now I’m extremely thankful to have called this history making event at Madison Square Garden!
Commentary Team of the Year, As Recognized By Bill Apter
Bill Apter has been one of the premier voices of professional wrestling since the early 1970s. He has covered everyone from Bruno Sammartino to the present and I grew up reading any and every magazine Apter was involved with. So it was a great thrill on Saturday night to be recognized by “Wonderful Willie” and…
Ian Riccaboni on the Jim Ross Report
It was a tremendous thrill to join Hall of Famer Jim Ross on The Jim Ross Report to discuss Ring of Honor’s Final Battle, coming up Friday December 14 on HonorClub. JR, and guys like Tony Schiavone and Vince McMahon, inspired me to become a wrestling broadcaster and it was pretty neat to talk wrestling…
All In
A sincere thank you to everyone that watched All In this past weekend. It was an amazing experience to call and I had wonderful partners in Don Callis and Excalibur! Thank you to the amazing James Musselwhite for the tremendous photo above. I posted some contemporaneous thoughts on this Twitter thread: And finally, thank you…
First Pitch at the IronPigs
It was truly a thrill to be able to throw out a First Pitch at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs! What a night indeed! I have always loved Allentown and always loved baseball. I was a batboy for the Allentown Ambassadors, the first professional baseball team in Allentown after a 40 year absence and he ‘Pigs…
Court of Nerds Appearance
Check out this chat I had with The Court of Nerds podcast, which includes the story of when I got the call to take the lead broadcasting chair for ROH, Honor for All, All In, and what ROH/NJPW @ MSG means to me! https://www.podbean.com/media/player/audio/postId/9798622?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.podbean.com%2Fmedia%2Fshare%2Fpb-chk4b-9583de
I’m #ALLIN September 1, 2018
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