Hooray for free stuff!

The fine people at Kayfabe Commentaries have released a free webcast of “Inside the Office With Rene Goulet.” [Click here to view]

Now, longtime fans may already know that Mr. Goulet had a lengthy stint with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) as a road agent. Even older fans may remember him as a former WWWF tag team champion, of in the later stages of his in-ring career during the earliest days of the WWF’s nation expansion.

Whether you know of Goulet or not, this webcast is extremely informative, as he takes you for a rare peek behind the scenes at what went into the day-to-day running of the WWF’s live events, whether in a high school gym, or a major arena like Madison Square Garden.

It’s well worth checking out, and hats off to KFC for offering it for free on their website. You may already know of some of their great products, which take the idea of the traditional “shoot interview” about 10 steps beyond. Past titles have included the popular “Guest Booker” series, (where the subject tackles the task of rebooking a period of wrestling’s past), You Shoot (where fans send in their questions for the guest), and of course the antics of The Iron Shiek are well represented.

Check them out at www.KayfabeCommentaries.com

Well, I find myself in a rare state. Hanging out at home on a Saturday night, just me and THE DUDE~! This isn’t a rare occurrence during the daytime on weekdays, but not so common on the weekends. He’s too cool to actually hang out with me, however, he’s in the next room watching his favourite channel, Teletoon Retro. He’s become a big fan of Spiderman and the Super Friends.

So, like I promised, I watched the ROH DVD “Best in the World” the other day. It was a good thing, too. The weather here got downright miserable for a couple days (although it’s back to being sunny and fantastic today). The switch in weather and staying up too late gave me a cold, which, with the exception of a little fatigue, I’ve handilly beaten already.

So the DVD gave me something to pass the time. I had editing work to do, but in my weakened state, I couldn’t concentrate for long periods, and I was into a very detail-oriented, meticulous portion of my project. I know many in recent years (more specifically the last two) consider ROH’s quality to have taken a bit of a slide, but that’s what makes these compilation DVDs so fun. (more…)

I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but I picked up the Ring of Honor DVD “Best in the World” today.

I feel ROH have really scored a coup in mainstream distrbution for their series of “Best Of” style DVDs, this being one in the series. About a month ago, I tried out “Blood Stained Honor” which is a compilation of some of the more violent and bloody matches in the history of the company. I really enjoyed it, as a good brawl is always appreciated every-so-often by yours truly.

I’ll let you know how I like the new DVD. These discs are not my introduction to ROH, but I certainly haven’t seen as much of the product as I would have liked to over the past 6 or so years. So I am not one of those ROH uberfans you hear so much about. But what I do enjoy is good wrestling, and ROH delivers plenty of that.

These DVDs being priced very attractively at $10 or less makes them a safe gamble for fans who have never seen ROH before, and was certainly a factor in me buying them, too.

Then again, this disc features everyone from A.J. Styles to Samoa Joe to Terry Funk to Lance Storm to Kenta Freaking Kobashi, so in many ways it was a no brainer.

My only complaint is the bomus trading cards that come with each DVD. They are way cool, and remind me of the old Topps/O Pee Chee WWF trading cards I got when I was a kid. The only thing is, there’s supposed to be 6 in the set. I figured each DVD would have a different card. No such luck…I now have two Bryan Danielson’s.

Do you know what that does for my ego?  Having not one, but TWO trading cards of a guy that beat me in the ring in one of my few ECCW title bids?

Oh, wait, we later teamed up in Portland, so we are supposed to be friends, I think.

Nah, Bryan’s a good dude, and truly one of the best in the world.

Adam