NiniaPimp Magazine

Jim Bucko, NinjaPimp Reporter at Large
In an industry that only has a couple hundred professionals, it is upsetting to see that dozens of its young performers die every year from a single sickness.

“You can see it in the eyes…It was a void stare of no emotion whatsoever, no highs, no lows, no feeling…just a question, with no answer… ” says professional wrestler Roddy Piper.

Its victims include the entire Von Erich family, ?British Bulldog? Davey Boy Smith, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, Dick Dudley, Road Warrior Hawk, Pit Bull #2, the Wall, Rocco Rock, and dozens more. What is this sickness? There is no specific name for it, but it most certainly exists. Professional wrestlers abuse their bodies to make it to the top of the industry, that abuse is part of the sickness.

?To wake up, I use uppers. Then I do some steroids to stay in shape. To kill the pain from the last match, I resort to alcohol, painkillers, and pot. A little cocaine before the show takes the edge off, and sleeping pills put me back to sleep at night.? Says one unnamed wrestler.

In the industry today, none of the major companies enforce anti-drug policies. The WWE and NWA-TNA overlook drug use as long as it doesn?t keep the wrestlers from performing. Some wrestlers even insist that the WWE encourages drug use. ?Although they don?t say how, they expect you to have a bodybuilder?s physique when you are on the road 300 days a year. It?s not possible without chemical assistance.? Says another anonymous source.

Although nothing will ever cure it, the first step towards recovery is understanding that there is a sickness. Once major wrestling promotions understand that there is a problem, then they can start to recover.

Missy and Mandee Taylor

NinjaPimp Exclusive Interview

NinjaPimp says, “What a set!”

Hello Mandee and Missy. How are you two doing today?

Missy: I’m doing great!
Mandee: Fine.

Can you tell the fans what you are wearing right now?

Missy: A t-shirt and tiny boy shorts, I just woke up.
Mandee: A jean mini skirt, black tank top and a black Element hoodie with pink letters on the front.

And how old are you?

Missy: Just turned 20 on July 31st! :) Happy belated birthday to us!

So you have your own website, but didn’t you just graduate high school?

Missy: Well, we graduated a couple years ago actually, but yes Mandee and I do have our own website! I’m very excited about it!

Is it weird going from high school to being internet models?

Missy: Well, actually I had a job before being an internet model…Hooters waitress :) So I kind of had some time to get used to being looked at as a sexual being. (Laughs).

Phil-Flash is in charge of your site. Who is Phil Flash?

Missy: Hmm, this is a pretty deep question (Laughs). I’m afraid I do not know the “inner” Phil yet, so far he’s perverted and cruel to us models! Just kidding. He’s actually very nice, and extremely fun to work with, although I am waiting for one of these shopping trips the other models talk about being so much fun!
Mandee: He’s Phil…he’s pretty cool, if you like that kinda thing….Just kidding! We came to work with him through Roxxie.

What do your future plans include? What are your career plans?

Missy: For the present future, I plan on doing more and more sets for the site, I can’t wait for the holidays approaching. Oooh, I have some good ideas! Eventually though, lets get serious for a minute :) I want to go back to school, and I’m seriously thinking about becoming a vet. Then again, I am thinking about interior design also. I know, two very different fields. I’ll have to pick one someday.
Mandee: Not sure…I mean, tomorrow, I plan to wake up and probably do something with the day….I don’t know about career plans…I like to think I have a little time to settle on that decision.

Are you fraternal twins?

Missy: No, we are identical twins! People are always assuming that we are not twins, or that we’re fraternal because we don’t look exactly alike to a T anymore. Identical twins are two babies that are from one egg splitting in half. All our DNA is the same. However, lifestyle and such can change your height, weight, hair etc. If we had our hair exactly alike, I bet nobody could tell us apart. (aside from the tattoos, little freckles etc.)
Mandee: You can’t tell us apart, but right now I think anyone could tell us apart, then again, people still get confused….people today at work were confused as to who I was…they thought I was missy and that I myself wasn’t there then I was like “No- I’m me” and they’re like “Oh, well where’s Missy?” I’m like, “uhh she’s not here tonight.”…haha.

No wonder people get confused. Ok, now to high school. Did y’all party a lot in high school? Got any good party secrets about each other?

Missy: Oooh yes I partied a LOT throughout high school. I used to be into clubs and raves, I was a bad bad girl back then, party wise I mean. Nowadays I’m more bad, um, privately? I’m actually kind of over it by now to be honest with you. I occasionally party nowadays, but I’m more into spending time with my dogs, relaxing with good friends, being online, cooking for sure!
Mandee: Ehh… You know everyone’s done some partying here or there etc etc…but I’m not a partier at all now…I might drink maybe like, four times a year if that…it makes me feel like crap

Can you tell us a little about your website? (www.taylortwins.com)

Missy: It’s me and Mandee, identical twin sisters in hot hot poses! You may not believe your eyes! It definitely borders on some of the sister/sister morals. Some of it of course is torture from Phil.
Mandee: Well, It’s an NN site…with twins…the only one with twins actually…So that’s pretty cool that we’re the first ones. :) 2 picture updates a week, journal updates at least once a week and video updates….pretty cool. I think NN is better than nude because it leaves some mystery which is way hotter than just getting what you want. :)

Is this a PG-13 site? If not, what rating would you give it?

Missy: Definitely not! I’ve actually had people complain to me that they didn’t see the 18+ on the start of our website…and they didn’t know how explicit it was. etc. I’d say it’s definitely rated R. Maybe even X, but not XXX because it’s not THAT hardcore.
Mandee: I’d say no…at least rated R..we’re over 18 so everyone looking at us half naked should be too.

Have you ever considered working with the Potter Twins or Cali Marie and Cherish

Missy: I can hook you all up for a sisters pillow fight or something. I just saw the potter twins on your ninjapimp.com site, they are HOT! and the cherish twins, well they are pretttty hardcore, but a pillow fight wouldn’t be so bad ;)
Mandee: Haven’t considered it…..aren’t they in p0rn? We’re not in p0rn….we’re more like sexy “mature content,” I’d say.

Yeah, I guess they are a little more “adult.” A pillow fight between two sets of twins would still be awesome If not the pillow fight, then what other projects are you working on? What are your hobbies?

Missy: Currently we are just focusing on our website since it just started, project wise. My hobbies: Cooking, taking my dogs to the dog park, sewing, occasionally going out dancing, definitely taking pictures! My camera comes almost everywhere with me :)
Mandee: Hhmm…I dunno about all that…but my hobbies well, I guess I could have a number of “hobbies” ranging from drawing to sewing….doing makeup, I dunno…anything creative.

Have you ever checked out Afro-Squad.com? What do you think of the site?

Missy: It’s an awesome site! You gotta love a site with pics of hot girls, and interviews!
Mandee: Fcuk, I love it. It really turns me on. It is the greatest site ever. I actually once slept with KrazyMan. He is great in bed. It is that gigantic wiener!

I liked Mandee’s answer better. On another topic: Do you have anything else to say to your fans?

Missy: I’m having so much fun with our website, I can’t wait to add more sexy/fun photos to it! Thank you so very much to everyone who likes our stuff and has such sweet things to say :)
Mandee: Thanks to everyone who loves/supports our site and I’d like to let you all know that we really do appreciate it and you’re awesome!

Wrestling Star – Vain, Interview
Vain is a very successful wrestling manager and diva who works on the Gulf Coast.

Question: Is there anything you would like to say to our fans?
BISON:  First off, I would like to thank the fans of wrestling. Thank you for your loyal support through these difficult times in the professional wrestling business. This interview is going to focus mainly on the Japanese, Puerto Rican and a little on the United States wrestling Business. If you are a WWE or TNA fan you may not know who I am but just read the interview to get a different aspect of the wrestling business. I guarantee it will be a good read.

Question: How did you become a fan of wrestling?
BISON: I started my athletic career in Fresno, California. In 4th grade I started to play football and amateur wrestle. Doing those sports I supplemented the two with weight training. I started lifting weights regularly when I was 13
years old.
I worked out at Gold’s Gym. I loved lifting weights more than I did playing football or amateur wrestling. Some kids played video games some rode dirt bikes but I loved to hang out at Gold’s Gym.
I noticed a group of guys would come into the gym once a month. These guys were monsters to me. They would lift heavy weights, they looked like movie stars and they were huge. I was really in awe of them and I told myself, “I wanted to be like them one day.”
I asked around the gym wanting to know who those people were. Some didn’t know but one guy told me they were pro wrestlers. So I went to a local grocery store headed to the media section and looked through some wrestling magazines.  I saw the same guy’s at Gold’s Gym that were in those magazines. They were WWF wrestlers.
My family had just got cable television and on the USA network there was a show called Tuesday Night Titan’s. I watched it every week along with the other WWF programming. I also watched World Class and AWA on ESPN.
This is right before the WrestleMania’s and the Rock and Wrestling connection started on MTV. When I saw Roddy Piper break that platinum record glass frame over Lou Albano’s head, let me tell you, I was hooked on wrestling.
Every time the WWF came to town I went to the shows. Before the shows I would wait around Gold’s Gym all day just to see the wrestlers work out. I remember one time Ken Patera and I talked in the locker room. He went to BYU with my high school football coach. He was really nice to me and we had a good conversation about power lifting. That was Patera’s specialty and at the time I was into it also.
After High school I accepted a scholarship to play football at the University of Colorado. I kind of lost interest in watching pro wrestling until one day this monster came into the University of Colorado’s weight room. Again, I was in awe of this guy and I wanted to know who he was.
They told me his name was Leon White and he played for Colorado back in the 1970′s. Then they told me he was a pro wrestler working in Japan under the name Big Van Vader. This was right before he got signed by WCW. Vader would rarely come to the gym and work out but when he did I tried talking to him and he was always pissed off  and unapproachable.
I started to watch WCW because of Vader. He was a real heel monster and I loved watching him destroy people. When he would show up at the gym I would again try to talk wrestling with him and again he would treat me like an asshole.
After I graduated college I was done with football. People ask me why I didn’t try to pursue the NFL. The truth is I was a stupid young kid that felt burned out on football and at the ripe old age of 22, I retired. I will always consider that a huge mistake I made in my life. I will always regret not giving it a shot.

Question: How did you become a Pro Wrestler
BISON:  When I was at the University of Colorado the football players were treated like Gods. It was first class. Best hotels, being fed the best food,  playing in front of 70,000  people at Folsom Field in Colorado or in Nebraska and Oklahoma. We went to a bowl game every year. Staying 2 weeks in Florida for the Block Buster Bowl against Alabama. Staying in Phoenix, Arizona to play Syracuse in the Fiesta Bowl. We stayed in Hawaii two weeks for the Aloha Bowl my senior year.
Then after my eligibility  was done they told me, “You can’t do this anymore,” you feel like you have been dumped in the middle of nowhere. I was a civilian for the first time in my life.
What next? Get a 9 to 5 job? I was a 290 lbs. 6’3 gorilla. How was I going to convert from an athlete to a regular person? I couldn’t, I stuck out, and I wasn’t normal looking. Me in a suit and tie?…… please.
I approached my old strength and conditioning coach Doc Kries about him talking to Vader about possibly getting me into the wrestling business. His response was not good. It seemed that there were two football players before me that Vader helped get into the business. These two idiots made Vader look bad. I guess they were sent to the Power Plant, WCW’s training school, were given special treatment because of Vader and they totally blew it by being jackass’s.  So Doc Kries told me Vader is not interested in getting ex-football players into the business.
I was crushed. I kept staying on Vader about it. I begged him to give me a shot. Vader just didn’t like me for some reason. So I decided and said to myself, “Screw him, I am going to do this the hard way.”
Back then the Internet was in its infancy. The business was so tightly sealed no one would know where to go to be a wrestler. Back then you had to know someone. Well, the someone I knew didn’t give me the time of day so I was in the dark on how to get into the wrestling business.
It was probably 3 years after my football career and I was working at a furniture store in Denver moving sofas for a living. What a depressing time in my life. I was a fat, beer drinking warehouse worker with zero direction. This was the time the WCW WWF wars were heating up. I can honestly say that is when the business was at its best.
Every Monday night was wrestling night. I was so hooked on wrestling then.  I was so determined to become a wrestler but I didn’t know how to get into the business, it was so frustrating.
I remember one time WCW was in town for a Nitro tapping. I couldn’t go because I had to move sofas but on my lunch break I drove to the Denver Coliseum to try to talk to anyone who knew how I could get into the business.
I approached this roadie or some crew guy that was smoking a cigarette next to one of the WCW semi trucks. He told me to call the head quarters at 1 CNN center. So I called, talked to some lady, she asks, “Do you have any experience as a pro wrestler?” Stupidly, I said, “NO.” She replied, “I am sorry sir we can’t help you.”
One of my co-workers at the furniture store got a new computer and had the Internet hooked up. I thought the Internet was the coolest thing then but today it is killing wrestling, but that’s a whole other story.  So, I got the bright idea to put,” pro wrestling schools,” into the search engine. The first one that popped up was All Pro Wrestling in Hayward, California. I told myself ,”Pack your bags your going to wrestling school.”

Question: Tell us about your training.
BISON:  To be honest, God was on my side when he directed me to APW. At APW I was trained the right way. At APW I was trained in an, “old fashioned style.” The old fashion style is paying your dues. Learning how to wrestle slowly and laying a strong fundamental foundation before you have your first match.
I didn’t start my training learning a power bomb or a choke slam the first day. I did cardio drills the first two weeks. At first, it pissed me off that I wasn’t in the ring learning wrestling. But when I did finally make it to the ring, I didn’t like it.
In wrestling you have to learn how to fall right to protect yourself, this is called, “bumping.” For 5 months all we did was bump. It hurt, it was really painful. My whole body ached. It was way tougher than playing football. I really didn’t think I was going to make it. The class I started my training with consisted of 48 boys. After 9 months it was down to 3 men including myself. Pro wrestling is very brutal to a person’s body and how I made it was without a doubt the toughest thing I have ever done.

Question: Tell us about the first couple years of your wrestling career.
BISON:  My first match was in 1998 against a guy named James Watkins. It was a good match but you could tell I was not comfortable being in front of people and I just wrestled awkward. I was very bland. The fans didn’t like me. I couldn’t talk on a microphone. Truthfully, I sucked my first 2 years of wrestling. I am sure there are people today who still think I suck but back then I really sucked. I had no concept of how to be a wrestler.
After about two years the promoter at APW decided to put me in a hood, a mask, and make me this, “Old School Heel,” type wrestler called Super Destroyer 2000. Once I put that mask on it changed me. I was more relaxed in the ring. I started having good matches. I was moving forward. The gimmick was getting over with the fans and it felt good that I was being accepted as a credible wrestler.

Question: What was your biggest highlight the first couple of years in wrestling?
BISON:     I had an opportunity to work for a Hollywood promotion called the Urban Wrestling Alliance. I say Hollywood because it was filmed in Hollywood and was backed by Hollywood money.
The whole concept would be based around an,” Urban,” theme. African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans, Mexicans and Samoans were the good guys. Well, the bad guys would have to be White. So I was hired to come in and play a Texas redneck.
They had 8 pilot episodes to film. I was in Los Angeles for 3 weeks. I was making $200 a day and at that time it was gold to me. Some of the wrestlers that were a part of it were Orlando Jordan and Sonny Siaki.
It was such a great experience. I got to feel Hollywood and it was cool. Catering trucks at our shoots. I went to acting classes. I got to wrestle in the Grand Olympic Auditorium.
The pilots were sent to test markets on the UPN network like Dallas, Miami, New York, Chicago and a few other cities. They were running late at night going against some other ethnic shows. The pilots got good ratings but none of the networks picked up the show.
Looking back I can see why it failed. First of all it was too Hollywood oriented. They were hiring actors to be wrestlers. They were training actors in
3 weeks how to be wrestlers. That’s impossible.
The people doing the booking were Hollywood scriptwriters. That will never work even though it still is happening today in other promotions. I remember one time an acting agent was directing story lines. People calling the shots had no clue how to run a wrestling promotion. I was still very green at that time of my career but I was getting paid to be a wrestler and I was back to that life style I had when I played football at Colorado, so I was happy.
When it failed, again, I was crushed. WCW had just been bought out by WWF and jobs in the industry got scarce. It was 2000, I wasn’t getting any younger and I was seriously thinking about quitting, in fact, I was going to quit. I told everyone I was finished and I had an opportunity at a great promotion at my 9 to 5 job to be an executive at a major retail store.
People understood where I was coming from and they wished me well but the man who trained me thought I was a fool to quit.
I will never forget Mike Modest and I were standing in the parking lot at APW. He was desperately trying to talk me into staying in the business. I told him I had had enough. Modest told me to stay around for just one month because
he and some others were trying to get a Japanese wrestling promotion to come to APW and scout some talent. So I stuck around.
That next month 3 Japanese men representing a Japanese wrestling promotion and a television crew and reporters from Japan came to APW to watch some matches. I had a match with Tony Jones. It was a good match and Tony made me look good but I also made him look good.
After the matches I thought they would say, “Thanks for your time we will keep in touch.” No, what they did was, they pulled 3 of us one at a time into the office of APW. I was the last to get called in. I sat down and remember looking at the 3 Japanese men and thinking, ” what do they want from me?”
One of the Japanese men spoke dead on perfect English. The other two were silent and had these deadpan scary intimidating faces just staring at me with those cold looking eyes. We had a conversation and the Japanese man that spoke perfect English said, “Congratulations, you’re going to Japan to work for Pro Wrestling Noah .” I thought to myself, “for who?”

Bruce Santee is known by many as the best wrestler in the state of Florida.  He’s a no-brainer future TNA or WWE star.  Personally, Bruce is one of my favorite indy workers.  He possesses the athletic ability and the personality that makes him stand head and shoulders above his peers.  Let’s see what he has to say in this interview.

Thanks for doing this interview with www.MarcusPitt.com. How are you doing today?

Fan- freakin – tastick there SnowMan.

Can you tell us a little about yourself? What is your name? Where do you wrestle? What basic height and weight or other stats would you like to share?

Well if you don’t know by now, I am “The Marquee” Bruce Santee. I am 6’4”, and currently weighing in at 255 lbs..

How can a promoter book you, and in what areas do you primarily wrestle?

I primarily try to stay local, Central Florida area. I work a very mentally draining job during the week, so I like to enjoy my weekends, and not have to travel. I may venture back out this upcoming year, if the price is right. I can be contacted for bookings via Facebook , or bruce.santee@yahoo.com

How did you break into wrestling? Who trained you, and what was your first year like?  Maybe tell us a bit about Dudley Dudley.

I originally began training with the Bushwhackers back in 1999. I learned the basics from them, however, stopped training to become an officer of the law. I eventually got over that retarded a$$ cop kick, and resumed training in 2000. At that time I trained with LeRoy Howard (Navy Seal/ Rastaman) and Jeff Bradley (Original Dudley Dudley) , among others. Training was brutal… very old school. Drills, Hindu Squats, Pushups, more drills… I was pushed beyond my limits..

We would learn certain “moves”, what situations to apply them in, and how to tell a story with the said move. Jeff and Leroy were great at that.

LeRoy also took the time to show me and several others many “legit” submissions, striking, etc. When people hear you are a “wrestler”, they always want to “try you”. LeRoy always said if someone tries you, and then subsequently works you over, it will be embarrassing not only to yourself, but to the business as well. Never go out and look for trouble, but if the trouble finds you, you need to be able to take care of business. Having 7 years of Amateur wrestling experience, the “shooting” was my favorite part of training.

Most importantly, they taught us to RESPECT and PROTECT the business. When you are green, you should be the first one to arrive to the venue, and the last one to leave. You should help with set-up and tear down, even if you are not on the show. If you are in the locker room, and all the seats are taken, and a VET shows up, you should be the first one to give up your chair for them. They paved the way for you! That is how you get booked… You must earn your way in.

Unfortunately a lot of the young kids coming up never learned that. There isn’t much respect in this area anymore.

Who do you enjoy wrestling the most?

Guys that always bring the best out of me, in no particular order: Vordell Walker, Erick Stevens, Jon Davis, Kory Chavis, Francisco Ciatso, Eddie Taurus, Sedrick Strong, Sam Shaw, and I am sure there are a few more. All the aforementioned guys can take it and dish it right back. I would get in the ring with any of them on any given day.

What are the biggest names that you have wrestled?

It depends on what you consider a “name”? I guess if you want to go “Mainstream”, then Jerry Lawler, CM Punk, MVP, 75 percent of the current TNA Locker room, and Frankie Capone.

So can you tell us about any injuries you have had that are wrestling related?

Torn Rotator Cuff in both shoulders, meniscus tears in both knees, several concussions, bruised ribs, sprained MCL, herniated disks, tendonitis in every joint, and a broken pinky toe.

What wrestlers did you enjoy watching as a kid? Did you use them as role models in your career?

I know most guys in this business had a wrestler they looked up to as a kid, I honestly didn’t really. I guess I used to like Hercules Hernandez because he was a friend of my uncle’s.. Other than that, I just watched for the entertainment. Once I became older, I started becoming a fan of guys.

I would have to say one of my all time favorites is Booker T. He always looks like he is having fun in the ring, playing heel or face. That is what I try to radiate to the crowd. I am in the ring, sweating, in my underwear, beating up another sweaty man, in his underwear, in a totally HeteroSexual way, and having a good time doing it.

I like to compare my in-ring style to JBL, with a bit more athleticism. I like to brutalize people… Beat them down! When you see a Bruce Santee match, you KNOW you are watching a fight!

My current favorite (and I am probably the only male over the age of 12 to say this) is Cena. People can $hit on his “in ring” ability all they want, but the way he connects with the crowd is unreal. Love him or hate him, people want to watch him. I believe he is the ONLY ONE left that brings that “true emotion” back to the sport, which has been missing for way too long. He knows how to draw money, and I think, at this point, the WWE would be in a LOT OF TROUBLE without him.

Do you have any websites or upcoming events you would like to promote?

Check me out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brucesantee.

I can be found locally (Tampa Bay Area) wrestling several times a month for FU Wrestling at Gasoline Alley Tuesday nights in Largo, Florida. In the Central Florida Area, Vintage Wrestling’s show of the year, WrestleBrawl II, January 15, 2011 at the Sanford Salvation Army in Sanford Florida. . I may be popping up again in South Florida and several other places here in the next few months…

We also run a website called www.Wrestling911.com. Have you been there? If so, what do you think about it?

Yes, I am sure I speak for most of the other workers in saying we appreciate what you do with the website in promoting Florida Wrestling.

Is there anything else you would like to talk about?

I would like to talk about all the naughty things I wanna do to that bitch KE$HA…….

Well, who wouldn’t.  Thank you for your time.

Reality Ryan, AKA GQ Money Interview
Exclusively by The NinjaPimp

GQ, please tell us a little bit about yourself.
Well, I grew up in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago always a wrestling fan. My mom got me into wrestling, and I used to watch it on TV with her, and also go to live shows with her as well. I was a high school wrestler, and captain of my team junior and senior year. I have two gold medals in international freestyle wrestling competition, as I competed in the 1992 Maccabi Games which is like a Jewish Junior Olympics. I went to college at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and once I graduated I started pursuing my career in professional wrestling. I’ve been on a reality show, been a finalist in a contest to become the Los Angeles weather man and I’m one incredibly good looking guy.

Where have you wrestled?
I got my start in Denver, CO. I was brought in to help start an indy with a man named Dan Magnus and Bobbye Black. We had great success starting the CWO, an organization that drew large crowds (more than 10-times as many people as any indy that ran in the area) and had great media exposure. As the CWO ran its course, I moved out to Los Angeles to work with XPW. I climbed my way up the ranks there (both on screen and behind the scenes), until XPW ran it’s course and then I moved out to Nashville to work with TNA. I moved back to CA where I’m now involved in the MTV Wrestling Society X project. I have wrestled in CA, PA, NC, AL, TN, GA, SC, CO and a few other states as well.

What did you think of XPW?
XPW was the best! I loved it. I loved our renegade vibe, the hatred by the critics and the no rules mentality. We said what we wanted, did what we wanted and let nobody tell us we couldn’t do something. There were no rules, no boundaries and no limits. I was allowed to explore my creativity and come up with ideas that no other wrestling company would ever think of doing. XPW got a bad rap, but if you really watched it, it was a really good product. The TV-show was hysterical, and the intensity at live shows was incredible. Everybody put us down, but there isn’t a fed out there that offered what we did. People were just haters, but that was fine with us.

Can you tell us a little bit about some of the guys in XPW? Maybe Pogo or Supreme.
All the guys were cool at the time. We all got along and just had a great time being part of a company that was different. Pogo was a nice guy, but could be intimidating as well. I wrestled him once and I was scared shitless. The match was great though, and was an awesome display of a little man getting tossed by a big man. Hell, I got bieled (beeled) (sp?) from one turnbuckle clear across the ring to the other. It was sweet! Supreme was cool, but you knew when you were working with him it was time for business. I remember doing a segment for XPW-TV where Supreme came into my balloon shop office (yes, I ran GQ Balloons for a while) and beat the crap out of me. That was stiff, and it was rough, but it was cool. It made for good TV.

What is your favorite match?
Raw Sewage aka the 30-foot sh!t bomb. In XPW if I wrestled (as opposed to managing) it was always against Angel. We had a great feud and one of our highlight moments was in a match where he sidewalk slammed me off a 30-foot tower into a kiddy pool of raw sewage which was on a stack of two tables. That match was fun, and so was the Genocide cage match. Once again Angel and I ended up high above the ground, this time 20-feet up on a rickety home made cage that we thought was going to collapse. I tossed him off, and then jumped off the cage with a 20-foot cross body on top of him, and the security guards who were checking up on him.

Is there anyone that you don’t get along with?
Then, no! Now, oh yeah. My former best friend Kaos and I don’t talk at all. He fucked me over big time when we moved to Nashville and I will never forgive him for that. Also Smokey Carmichael (a friend from Colorado who I brought into XPW) who also fucked me over when we moved to Nashville. The pricks moved out without saying anything, without leaving a note or making a phone call, nothing. And this was the day before rent was due. Fuck them!

What do you think of Rob Black?
Rob is a great guy and is very misunderstood. He’s always been good to me and allowed me to do what I do best, perform. If you get to know the real Rob black he’s a good guy. The public persona, well, that could be rough. The persona is an asshole, the person is not.

How did you get the name GQ Money?
The 1st XPW show I went out to see I was sitting in the bleachers pre show with my buddy The Giant (not WWE’s) watching the set up and just checking things out. Lizzy Borden came up to me and said, “You must be GQ Money” and that was that. I hated the name, thought it was too cliché, but it’s cool. The funny thing, back when I was a kid my rap name was GQ as well.

Where can people learn more about you?
www.realityryan.com

What do you think of Ninjapimp.com?
It’s a fun site with great interviews.

Have you checked out our Afrosquad page?
Oh yeah. It’s a well known fact that if I could grow an afro I would. I’m funkdafied, fortified and amplified to the next level!

What about wrestling as an evil pimp?
The GQ Money character had a little bit of an evil pimp vibe, especially once I got to Philly and blended the original GQ Money persona with the Ultra Violent GQ Money persona. I was almost involved with a pimp and ho wrestling fed once but it didn’t work. In college we threw a 40oz pimp and ho party where my band The Electric Manny Schevitz played… It was tight. I also made a TV commercial for a school project for “Playboy Malt Liquor” because “Pimpin’ Aint’ Easy.” Oh yeah!!!!

Do you think there is a problem with drug use in wrestling?
The only problem is when individual people abuse the drugs and can’t use them responsibly. Taking pain pills for pain is fine… Taking 26 pain pills for pain is not! Do people do drugs? Sure they do. I never had first hand experience with anyone who had a problem, but drugs are always around. I think that’s the case with any aspect of the entertainment business. It’s part of the lifestyle.

Who is the most beautiful woman in wrestling?
Hands down, nobody holds a candle to indy, XPW and Wrestling Society X wrestler Valentina (J Love).

What is the most insane thing you saw in XPW?
Supreme catching on fire after I gave him a diamond cutter from the top rope threw a flaming table! He got burned bad, and spent a couple of days in the hospital. I felt so bad, even though it wasn’t my fault. I was involved in the “stunt” so I just had this enormous feeling of guilt. Supreme’s kid never liked me after that, but I couldn’t blame him? As far as he knew I torched his dad. The craziest thing was I had to go on TV week after week and brag about it.

What was it like to be behind the scenes over there?
A whole lot of fun. It was a fantastic 2.5 years of my life. At the same time as working there, I was also touring the country doing stand up comedy with Ron Jeremy, so it was a pretty fun time! Ob and I always clicked creatively and came up with crazy ideas. He wasn’t afraid to try something different, and neither was I. Kevin (Kleinrock) and (White Trash Johnny) Webb were always the voices of reason, while me and Rob were always like, “Why can’t we do that? This is wrestling, there are no rules!”

Do you have anything to ask us, the writers of ninjapimp?
You ever been anally probed by an alien named Zolorp? Have you ever drank sheep’s milk straight from the sheep’s teet? Have you ever had the urge to urinate on yourself while waiting in line at the movies?

Any parting words?
Smoke and mirrors!!!

Well thanks for your time.
Anytime.

Pete Mitchell
Pete Mitchell – No More Kings

No More Kings are a Los Angeles-based rock band fronted by lead singer Pete Mitchell (born September 7th, 1973 in Providence, Rhode Island). No More Kings’ music is known for its frequent references to figures in pop culture, most notably Johnny Lawrence from The Karate Kid, Michael and K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, Johnny 5 from Short Circuit, and Dungeons and Dragons. The band’s songs are written by Pete along with his longtime friend Neil Robins of the Louisville-based band Dirt Poor Robins.

No More Kings have played shows all across the U.S. since 2006, playing most frequently in Los Angeles.

The name “No More Kings” comes from an episode of Schoolhouse Rock!, one of many of No More Kings’ inspirations. The particular episode dealt with the Pilgrims leaving England, seeking freedom and independence.

Pete studied fine art in college and has worked for Disney and the Jim Henson Company; he is an accomplished animator and also speaks Japanese. He designed the interior album art for the band’s first album as well as the album art and packaging for their second album. Pete claims his main sources of musical inspiration are the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Beck, and Genesis.

Gentlemen, welcome to NinjaPimp Online Magazine. How are you doing today? Doing great! Today is a beautiful day in sunny Los Angeles. The birds are singing. The dogs are barking. Love is all around.

Can you introduce the band members for us? Sure. There are six of us: six young strapping lads. On guitar, we have Christian Wojcik and Josh Taylor. Playing the super-bass we have Beau Burtnick. Kicking the tasty grooves on the drums, we have David “D.G.” Grant. Tickling the keys is my man Timmy Maglothin. And I’m Pete Mitchell. I sing.

So how did your come up with your band name? Can you tell us about it? The band name is from an episode of School House Rock. I grew up watching those little animations. I pretty much got all my history lessons from those things. Anyway, “No More Kings” was a song about the pilgrims coming over from England. I loved the sense of the American independent spirit that the song evoked.

We love your “Sweep the Leg” video. Whose idea was that? Thanks! Yeah, that video was a lot of fun to make. We are going to be rolling out a bunch of behind-the-scenes footage of it on www.sweeptheleg.com very soon. The idea really came from Billy Zabka, the guy that played Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid. He really just went nuts with it, and got everybody from the movie back together. It was so fun to be part of that, and watch it unfold.

What was the best part of filming that? Great question. There was a lot about that video that I loved. Probably the best moments for me were all the wire stunts – jumping up onto the bus, the Matrix crane kick stuff, and falling through the ceiling of the tournament. I mean, I had never done anything like that before. It was really exhilarating.

What do the fans thing of the video? The fans love it. Even people that don’t like the song or the band love the video. I think it tapped into 23 years of fan subculture.

Who or what inspired the song “Leaving Lilliput”? I really enjoy the Gulliver’s Travels theme. Ted Danson.

“Zombie Me” is also a great. Who wrote that? I did [Pete]. I write all the lyrics and melodies for the songs. And my buddy Neil Robins [of the band Dirt Poor Robins], writes all the instrumentation. We’re like Batman and Robin. Or Batman and Robins…Dirt Poor Batman.

Are all of those songs on one CD? If so, what is it and where can we buy it? They are! Thanks for asking. It’s all on one action-packed CD, available on iTunes, amazon.com, and most retail stores.

Our website is www.afro-squad.com. What do you think of the site? I love “Episode Zero”! Neil and I used to make tons of ninja movies in my backyard. We broke my parents’ camcorder at least three times. So the Afro-Squad stuff brings back happy memories for me. I also love that the speedometer says “holy crap”. Great stuff! Mad nunchuck skills, too.

What do you think of our band the Protagons and our video “Episode Zero”? Featured Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFrGLbBMow4 You know, you are always welcome to use our characters SnowMan and KrazyMan in your future videos. I couldn’t get any of the music to work, but as I said, I loved the video. Great stuff.

What NMK projects would you like to talk about? Right now, we are gearing up to shoot the next video for our song “Michael (Jump In)”. So I’m really excited. It’s going to be a lot of fun. Lots of crazy stunts.

What does the future hold for NMK? We’ve got high hopes for the future. Flying cars. Talking robotic servants. Fluffier dogs. But specifically for No More Kings, we are currently working on our own ice-cream flavor. Due out next year. We’re getting ready to head back out on tour. The road. The long and winding road. And then hopefully start recording our second album. Can Afroman sing?

What would you like to say to your fans? I know everyone does this, but I really want to thank our fans for continuing to support us. Because of our MySpace plays, we are able to book better shows, and more of them. So in our case, the fans really do make all the difference. We love getting messages from our fans, and we always love meeting people at shows. We’ve got some exciting plans for our street team as well. So we encourage anyone who’s interested in joining to please go to www.nomorekings.com. You can shoot zombies there, too.

Is there anything else you would like to talk about? I think that’s all. Thank you so much for interviewing us. I look forward to the next Afro Squad episode! Maybe someday we can match our kung fu skills and join forces!

The Bruiser Weight, Maze – Pitt Exclusive Interview

Posted on 18 December 2010 by SnowMan Jones

The Bruiser Weight, Maze

by SnowMan Jones
I recently had a moment to sit down with independent wrestler Maze.  Coined the Bruiser Weight, Maze runs Ultimate Wrestling’s school, and is one of the most noteworthy wrestlers on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Thanks for doing this interview with  http://www.MarcusPitt.com

How are you doing today? I’m doing great

Can you tell us a little about yourself? What is your name? Where do you wrestle? What basic height and weight or other stats would you like to share? I am “The Bruiser Weight” Maze and I wrestler for Ultimate Wrestling in Pensacola fl. I am the current Cruiser Weight Champ and the only 3x Cruiser Weight Champion in UW history. I am also the head trainer at that UW training camp. My height and weight are not important as I beat the holy hell out of anyone that gets in my way.

How can a promoter book you, and in what areas do you primarily wrestle? I can be book through my facebook page or through http://www.ultimatewrestling.org . You can also email me at neweramaze@yahoo.com for booking info. I mainly stay in the Gulf Coast but are open to other areas if my time permits.

How did you break into wrestling? Who trained you, and what was your first year like? I had some experience in Pro Wrestling back in NY with some free seminars and one of those being Larry Sharpes Monster Factory, but I got my real start with Bobby Dolls Pensacola Wrestling Alliance. So I was trained by one of the Gulf Coasts finest. My first year was great, I had some great battles with my old tag team partner Justin Cruze(formally of New Era) Cruze and I won our first tag team titles within our first year if my memory is correct.

Who do you enjoy wrestling the most? I used to enjoy wrestling Cruze when we were not getting along because we brought out the best in eachother and really put on some great matches, which a few were posted on shot of the week and we also got match of the year for our TLC match.

What are the biggest names that you have wrestled? Well I was on the same team as Scott Armstrong and have been involved in shows with Rick Steiner, Buff Bagwell, Paul Bearer, Raven, One Man Gang, Gangrel and Luna, theres more in there somewhere but I cannot think of them. I had a great match with Steven Anthony.

So can you tell us about any injuries you have had that are wrestling related? I have a back defect known as PARS defect(google it) its something with my vertebrae. Here is the defenition I guess….Spondylolysis is a defect of a vertebra. The great majority of cases occur in the lowest of the lumbar vertebrae (L5), but spondylolysis may also occur in the other lumbar vertebrae, as well as in the thoracic vertebrae.

What wrestlers did you enjoy watching as a kid? Did you use them as role models in your career? I enjoyed watching the Rockers as my brother and I always emulated them. My brother had to be Shawn Michaels because his middle name is Michael and of course I had to be Marty..(not that its bad thing..lol) I also liked Rey Mysterio back in the WCW days. I never really used them as a role model in my career as I always wanted to be original and not cop any known wrestler. I have my own style, I feel I do..

Do you have any websites or upcoming events you would like to promote? check out http://www.ultimatewrestling.org were you can find out about the latest shows and promo videos.

We also run a website called http://www.Wrestling911.com. Have you been there? If so, what do you think about it? I am a member of wrestling911 and I think it is a great tool to promote yourself or your show. Even tho that Snowman is a tool..lol Ask him about his run in with New Era

That’s right.  You did kick my ass a lot.  Is there anything else you would like to talk about? I found a quote that I feel is very true. “In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won’t be able to do this.”

Thank you for your time.
No, thank you and remember…………. I’M THE GREATEST!!!!!