BEFORE I START THIS BLOG. THIS BLOG IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT INTENDED TO OFFEND ANYONE WITH EXCEPTION OF THE PARTIES I'M CRITICAL TO IN THIS BLOG. I DO ANTICIPATE SOME LEVEL OF BACKLASH FOR MY OPINION, AND AM PREPARED FOR THAT BACKLASH, BUT I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT MY OPINION ON THIS MATTER AND WILL STATE IT DIRECTLY WITH NO PUNCHES PULLED. SO HERE GOES...
What is it about the month of November? Last year Andrew Shallcross entered into a failed Promoters Marriage with Ernie Todd, and the results were laughable by many, and stressful for those who had too much vested to laugh. For those of us on the outside looking in, it was a great time to point and ridicule at the chicanery of those two trying to do what their version of "better for the business" was as an alliance. At that time, I coined the term, "Coalition of Idiots" to accurately describe the duo working together.
In the 1990's there was an entertaining tag-team in WWF called Luke & Butch-- The Bushwackers. They were beloved by children and outright mocked by adults. Well in 2009, we have a brand new version of The Bushwackers. They're right here from Winnipeg Wrestling, and their names are Marty and Andrew-- THE BUSHLEAGUERS. Nothing more evidenced this theory than last night's effort by Marty "Gold" Goldstein Boroditsky Fleck and whatever name he used today, to produce the tribute and fundraiser to the late Kerry "Pitbull" Brown. An event promoted by Tony Condello. Now, in the 90s The Bushwackers were lead to the ring by a geek named Jamison... Well this new age version can be lead around by Condello for being the only guy in town that would hire Marty to produce an event in this day in age.
I realize poking fun at Marty using a tribute and fundraiser is an extremely sensitive matter. And I apologize to those in advance for anything that may be taken as offensive. My goal here is to express an opinion, and the mark that Kerry left on the business is definitely respected by me. I hope the show was successful in raising the funds for the family to alleviate any financial burden the much too early death of Kerry caused.
The issue that has arisen to me, was Marty's outright manipulation to get the role of Producer from Condello in the first place. Marty used the logic that Winnipeg is a political hot-bed and if he was not named Producer to this event, some wrestlers would boycott the event, and some guys wouldn't want to do a job, and an "outsider" needed to be brought in to be a "Leader" of an event like this. With his tag-team partner Bushleaguer Andrew closely in tow, Marty demonstrated his incredible leadership by sending out blanket emails enlisting the help of whoever would assist in the event. I've booked talent and produced events for many years, and I don't think I've ever depended on blanket e-mails to unite such a supposed political landscape. Martin, if there was a gap to bridge, why did you not demonstrate your leadership with more than blanket emails? Because you are an idiot that's why.
But lets digress and back on topic. The event, which in his earliest e-mails needed to draw numbers that far exceeded 300 people that any community club could hold was attended by a mere 100-150 supporters. These fans were very quiet, which I guess is understandable given the fact that it was a solemn occasion. Martin the producer, instructed the tape crew to set one hard cam on the ring, and one on the crowd to pick up their anticipated reaction to all the excitement the night of old school bad booked wrestling would bring. One major problem, there was no excitement. As one girl who was there to support a local non-political wrestler who actually helped in the organization of the event told me by text message, "This show is much quieter than the other I've been too." Well that can be sort of attributed to what happens when you put 125 people in a room that's built for 1000. AND you let a guy who would NOT have the foggiest clue of entertainment, oh I don't know lets called him Bushleaguer Martin, produce the event.
Normally, and I anticipate this at any moment, Marty will jump up, puff out his chest and brag about the level of production that this has been, and even go as far as to say it's never been seen before. He will say that critics everywhere are raving, though you won't be able to hear a single peep. I guess everyone just calls Marty personally to tell him of his level of success, but they all choose to keep the compliments secret. I once made the mistake of hiring Marty to co-produce an event I was having at Coyotes Bar and Billiards (now known as Vivid). The pompous jackoff, with absolutely no people skills decided he'd get on a ladder and start rigging their lights to better suit his vision of production. When venue manager Jamie walked up to Marty and asked what he was doing, Marty not so politely told him "Do you want a Hollywood production, or a typical Coyotes production?" in his uniquely and generally revered condescending tone. Yup that Marty GoldBoroditskysteinfleck is one hell of a producer... in his own mind. What was Condello thinking by hiring this loser?
And not to be outdone in the people skill lacking department, there's tag-team partner Bushleaguer Andrew. Before I get too deep into Andrew, who runs not promotes Premier Championship Wrestling, a local outfit that has been run into the ground the same way his ring has been maintained over the last 7 years (it hasn't been maintained at all, just to be clear). When the benefit and tribute show was first discussed, and my very good friend Danny Warren, promoter of CWE who wrestled against Kerry in his last match was going to organize the event (and given his track record this year, he would have vastly outperformed the Goldstein/Condello partnership) I immediately said given my reputation for being a political heat score, I would step back and not be involved in any planning, organization or event day production of the event. Though I fully supported the concept and wished for the best, I did not know Kerry at all and didn't think my involvement could be useful. The exact same thing could be said for Bushleaguer Andrew.
Well... Trust Bushleaguer Andrew to display his ridicularity and lack of ample people skills at the Kerry Brown Tribute Fundraising show. This one left me shaking my head in a disgusting laughter last night when I was told. Andrew the Bushleaguer, actually picked a fight in the back with local wrestler Rob Stardom. By all accounts, Stardom had been veteran like in asserting his position with local wrestling rookies Scott Justice and Sabortooth, both far from being mistaken as superstars in anyone but Bushleaguer Andrew's assessment. Who knows if he was right or wrong, maybe there was a little bit of both at play. However, he was one of Kerry's very good friends, and he loved Kerry like a big brother figure. Something he's told me himself. What does Bushleaguer Andrew do, on a night when Rob was probably a little bit sore inside? You guessed it. He started a verbal altercation that had to be pulled apart and cooled down by veteran Chi Chi Cruz.
Now many will jump all over me. But where in hell did these idiots grow up? Marty is knocking on or past 50 years old. Andrew is knocking on 40. And they perform like this on an occasion as important as this.
Last week before I got banned from a local wrestling discussion board by Bushleaguer Martin, I attempted to debate with him, a local college radio talk show host of all things. I wanted Marty to step up and be successful yesterday. I'd love to admit I was wrong today and Marty drew 400 people, and raised $5000+ (his first e-mail he informed the Winnipeg Wrestling community that he thought they needed to raise double that number at $10,000) and proved me wrong for suggested he handled himself terribly in this all important matter. Unfortunately, Marty lived up to his long-living performance level and only impressed himself.
One thing Bushleaguer Marty mis-represented last week was the notion that all the Industry leaders in Winnipeg were committed to making this event successful and would be "brought together". Well, not including myself because I don't need to refer to myself as a local wrestling leader, some of the following were not there: Mentallo and Kenny Omega (arguably the two best wrestlers based in the province right now and in the last 10 years), Shane Madison (who made a financial contribution but did not attend by choice), Danny Duggan (who just 3 weeks ago drew approximately 500 people to his show was in Thompson on a business trip), Ernie Todd (the last promoter to book Kerry regularly, who chose a shift at a part time job over appearing, though he bought a block of tickets in support), Jon Cutler (recently returned from WWE developmental in Florida, who probably had not even met Kerry). Marty was expected to be a LEADER for this event. Did he reach out to Wayne Stanton? No. Me? No, actually the minute Marty convinced Tony that he was the right guy to be a leader, I immediately got taken off the mailing list, in the off chance that I might want to make a financial or professional contribution.
Tony Condello is a love him or laugh at him kind of guy. But he holds considerable amounts of respect in certain circles locally that exceeds Marty Goldboroditskysteinfleck, but what is truly sad about this event is that it exposed that Tony can't bring Marty up to his respect level, and only diminished his own level of respect amongst the "local industry" by hitching his wagon to The Bushleaguer Martin.
And that's my donation to the cause.
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mike fuck off and die already. who fucking cares about what you think. leave well enough alone. everyone knows you have never made a dime on any of your shows so if marty made $1 he was still more successfull then you will ever be.
In conclusion... fuck you.
I do not comment by the internet because we've seen how it is used to ruin people's private lives, but this requires a statement by me because this is no matter how you try to deny it you weasel, an attack on the show itself and the Brown family, who enjoyed and appreciated the evening 100%.
If you know anything about promoting or matchmaking, or how to organize an event for anybody with a cause, if you know what you are doing, you know it's a lot of stress, it's a lot of hard work, a lot of time involved in bringing the event together , to be even half-assed successful.
That is, if you know anything about promoting.
I've seen the best, I've worked with the best and down the line somewhere, they still fucked up. Nobody's perfect like you Mike.
As far as personal comments that I worked together with Marty Goldstein I will say this: That the set up of the event was better than I could do it. If you like him or not, he fucking did it. What did you do you fucking cock?
The video presentation was incredible, and that was with Marty;'s tapes and resources being used; and I want to thank every single one that attended the event, the fans the staff but most of all the wrestlers and promoters that were there.
I did not hear from anybody about anything or any complaints about anything of the event. People were honoured to be there and to contribute to the family. That's including anything in the locker room. Nobody complained about anything. And anybody can pick apart any show, mine or Andrews or EZ's or yours. That's easy to do.
The hard part is to put it together and Marty Goldstein did.
We were not there to comment about the matches, who wrestled who, the bottom line is they were there and you were not. You read on the internet how you could be involved, help, donate, you didn't need a personal email to be part of it, a lot of guys got ahold of Marty directly. You did not.
They were there because we asked them to be part of this of their own free will, not because Tony Condello or Marty Goldstein or John Henry asked them to.
They were there to show some respect for Kerry Brown our good friend. You showed none.
If you are a born loser, and do not know anything about production or wrestling or respect but you're a wanna-be, jealousy or personal attacks like this makes you worse than the loser you already are.
This was not a personal event like a business with agendas, no one was excluded, you have no idea what was said between people who weren't able to be there, it was all done in favour of remembrance of Kerry Brown.
What I told everyone from the beginning was, you can go and feud again the day after, but get involved in this and keep the bullshit out. You alone kept the bullshit in, the entire time. You have no shame.
When I see this kind of language from Mike Davidson or anybody else, if I was you, I would go hide in the corner and don't come out. Stay there like a fucking mole, becasue people did help, they had a little respect for me that they did help, and wrestlers when they hear such remarks, like the guys on the show you are friends with, I believe will see through the lies about how many were there and how entertaining the event was.
But Mike , it doesn't matter if we had 50 people, or 1000. They were there for one reason and one reason only, and you were not, and we all know one reason is because you stiffed the Marlborough and they have a court judgement against you.
Blog about that sometime. And give me a call and we'll see what your problem really is.
Tony Condello
I have just spent the better part of an hour discussing this with Tony.
Tony told me he did not personally know what I said in this blog, and only had a pissy and moany phone call from Bushleaguer Martin.
My criticisms are not on the show itself or the concept or goals of the show but the execution of the duties that Marty Goldstein himself campaigned to get. I make no apologies about that.
To my knowledge The Marlborough Hotel DOES NOT have a court judgement against me. Marty and Tony have both suggested they do, but I personally have never been served notice of their intent to take me to Court. And I strongly question if they could get a judgement against me without my knowledge. The dealings with the Marlborough Hotel were never with Mike Davidson, but rather an Incorporated company, so I don't think that this is true.
This is a lie created by Marty Gold and Tony Condello to deflect the critical opinion I express.
I did point out to Tony, to which he agreed, that I'm sure in his experience of promoting, there are times service is receieved and not up to the standards of the job you believe you asked for, and at which time you may not pay the Vendor's demand of money. And he responded "Thats the name of the game".
I'm more than willing to take pot shots with anybody in this business about who didn't pay what bill, who lost what job at Manitoba Justice and why, who is lied about their role in breaking a lease at The Winnipeg Arena, who wrote a history book that isn't worth the toilet paper it should have been written on, etc. I know what the attacks are on me, and for the most part the attacks don't even compare to the results I've generated.
Documents Filed (SC08-01-10778)
Details of document #1: SMALL CLAIM - UNPAID ACCOUNT
Full Title of Proceedings (SC08-01-10778)
BETWEEN: MARLBOROUGH HOTEL PARTNERSHIP OPERATING AS THE MARLBOROUGH HOTEL, PLAINTIFF, -AND- MIKE DAVIDSON, SHELLY OSTROVE, MIKE DAVIDSON AND SHELLY OSTROVE CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS WORLD CARD ENTERTAINMENT AND WORLD CARD ENTERTAINMENT INC., DEFENDANT.
Court Hearings (SC08-01-10778)
Court Date Court Time Status Hearing Type Notes
28-Jul-2008 01:30 PENDING SMALL CLAIMS WINNIPEG (1:30) UNPAID ACC
Party Name For/Against Amount Cost
MARLBOROUGH HOTEL PARTNERSHIP, For 0.00 0.00
DAVIDSON, MIKE Against 2,050.00 0.00
OSTROVE, SHELLY Against 2,050.00 0.00
WORLD CARD ENTERTAINMENT INC, Against 2,050.00 0.00
You're embarrassing yourself.
- Jonny Liew
I have never been made aware of this court filing. Never served with documentation to appear in court to defend this charge.
I have forwarded this notification to Legal Council and will not discuss this further.
I appreciate the person who brought this link to my attention, and am awaiting advice of a lawyer to know how to best proceed. In the meantime, I can not comment any further.
I am not a lawyer at all. But I did look at the Manitoba Court Registry.
The matter is still pending, and unresolved. It has been that way since July of 2008.
By no means does this clear Mike Davidson of any wrong doing in this matter, but you can not label him guilty on this matter or say that The Marlborough Hotel `HOLDS A JUDGEMENT` against Mike Davidson.
But this situation is ridiculous. It reflects poorly on Mike for writing the blog, although I liked the blog and agree with 95% of his points. It reflects poorly on Goldstein for posting it and suggesting there is a Judgement against. But I wouldn`t expect any more and in fact would expect much less from him.
Jonny Liew, you're the only fan getting involved in politics.
Why don't you just shut your fucking mouth and enjoy the shows you go to.
JJ Sanchez
Anyone with half a brain recognizes that Marty wrote that long response and then signed Tony's name to it. First, everyone knows Tony would not be using commas, colons, and hyphens as they were used in this. Secondly, Marty already posted this AND the court info on Moondog's forum all within the same period of time as these were posted. Finally, Marty's dumb enough to use the same wording several times in this that he used in posts from the Moondog forum. Not to mention that, no matter how smart Marty thinks he is, he still spells judgment incorrectly. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Pssst... there's no "e" in the middle of the word, Marty.
And after a week's worth of press releases stating that the event was hoping to draw 500-800 people, it only drew slightly over 100. And most of the people I spoke with hadn't paid for their tickets themselves - they only came because they got it for free. I didn't see many people bidding on auctions.
I bet Tony is real happy about choosing Marty to produce a failure (from a business standpoint) of an event. And really, it's not about honoring Kerry as much as it was about RAISING MONEY for his family. If you wanted to honor Kerry, you would have been at his funeral.
Marty, go crawl back into your hole you little troll. Let's hear how much money you guys raised for Kerry - and then tell us how much of that is going to Kerry's family.
"If you wanted to honor Kerry, you would have been at his funeral."
Interesting, because I was at his funeral, as was Marty and Andrew and Stardom and Knight and Royce and Tony and, and, and....and I noticed Davidson wasn't.
Mike, you say this was supposed to bring together the industry leaders and then point out that the following "stars" weren't there, as if it 's Marty's failure: Duggan, Mentallo, Omega, Madison, Ernie, Cutler.
Well, I think Omega was out of town for ROH, although I may be wrong. Madison is a star in his own mind and maybe yours, but nobody else's and I don't think his ego would've added anything to the show. Cutler, by your own point, never met Kerry and is also doing his own thing staying outside the local bullshit. Ernie I think it's a shame he wasn't involved, but I believe that was his own choice not Marty's. Duggan is on crutches and made his choice to not even come support from the crowd. Mentallo, well, the only mention I heard about him at the show was that he agreed to do it but then heard he might be facing a PCW guy and suddenly came down with a case of "bitch-out-is". Where he was that night, I don't know. I know all were invited to be a part of it, the choice they made to not be should be on them, not Marty.
Here's what I can tell you. Ernie was definitely supportive of the cause, he bought something like 10 tickets to support The Brown Family. And although, and I admit this begrudgingly, he worked with Kerry more than anyone in the later years was not asked for any additional contribution other than cash. A slap in the face.
He should have been invited to say a few words, maybe ref a match, or heaven forbid, get in the ring and "wrestle".
Hey I've shed some light on what many others are saying, I just am willing to accept the backlash, because I have the thickest skin of all.
Mentallo doesn't fear any booker or level of politics at all. If Danny treated Mentallo badly, Bushleaguer Andrew would welcome Mentallo back on his knees ready to give the best blowjob of all time. Proof of that is, when the door man leaves CWE, he gets promoted to Ring Announcer. When the jobber in the mask named Moses leaves, he gets promoted to Tag-Team Champion. When the manager with substance abuse and behavioral problems gets fired for being a disgrace, he gets brought back in an angle.
Mentallo chose CWE because he and Danny have a lot more in common, and CWE treats him far better, PERIOD.
Bushleaguer Martin did not try to be a leader. He wanted the thrill of producing this event for his own ego. He now accuses me of being jealous. Not in the least.
Yesterday there was a fear in Condello's voice when he asked me if another promoter was going to do a show where fans get in free and a collection from the fans was accepted. That fear was, "Holy shit, we're really going to look like jackass's when they bring in far more funds".
The concept of the show was magnificent. The execution by Martin was disgraceful. It was a fundraiser.
"Proof of that is, when the door man leaves CWE, he gets promoted to Ring Announcer."
Ouch, Mike. Weak shot there.
I dare you to call Moses a jobber to his face, but you don't have the balls to so you do it from behind the safety of your keyboard.
"I know all were invited to be a part of it, the choice they made to not be should be on them, not Marty."
You don't know who was or wasn't available or what their reasons were for not participating or attending. Marty has no respect in the business. Tony has lost a lot and we all know the stories there. A lot of people have said they wouldn't work for a scam artist like Marty, especially since Kerry openly spoke about hating his guts. What does Davidson's participation have to do with anything? How do you know if Davidson and Kerry ever met?
This show did more damage to local wrestling than good and burned the industry with the media after so few people turned out, after Marty promised all involved that it would be a packed house with at least $10,000 raised. Marty has caused more damage and drama than anyone else. He's a little turd who stirs up shit and then hides behind everyone else. He calls out Davidson only because Davidson pointed out how terrible Marty's efforts were. You'll notice Marty didn't criticize Omega for not contributing even a dollar.
I was never asked to be a part of the show by the booker and I don't know why.
I did make a contribution to the fundraising effort.
I will cover this more in my blog to clarify everything from my prospective but if I did not feel I the booker or the boys wanted me to be a part of the show.
If a month ago the booker would have said he wanted me to be a part of the show, I probably could have arranged to be there but it was clear to me I was not welcome there and I a sure certain people made it clear to the booker I should be shut out so they can put themselves over.
Ernie Todd
PS. Enjoy reading your blogs. I only posted on here because my name is being mentioned a lot and I want to try to put input into why I was not there.
fuck you mike post my fucking comment you piece of shit.
-Jonny Liew
I wish people would leave names so I could comment directly in response.
To Josh. That's not a shot at you. I haven't seen your work as a ring announcer you might be one of the best ever. It was smart business to take the advancement on your part. It does show that PCW will give CWE staff advanced positions in the business, which could be a reflection of an inferior product. Just an opinion.
To the Moses statement. I have stood up and had heated discussions in the past with Robby Royce and Andrew Shallcross, and both of them are much more intimidating to me. I've been punched by Adam Knight who is more intimidating, and lived to laugh about it minutes later. And JC Derksen punched me almost a half dozen times and didn't knock the smile off my face. I will survive this opinion of Moses. BUT, I actually didn't mean to disrespect Mo, I like Mo just fine. I should have said, Moses was struggling in the middle card for CWE, before leaving for a main-event push and immediate put over for the Tag-Team Title in PCW.
But wow, we're all getting a little petty.
As it relates to the comment that Marty and Tony damaged the local media's perception of wrestling by drawing so few. I disagree. I believe I've actually damaged local wrestling a little bit more by bringing to the forefront, opinions I've had. I'm surprised though, how many people have contacted me, and said they agree and support much of what I said.
The goal of this show was to raise money AND pay tribute to Kerry. Marty suggested a 300 seat venue was too small and $3000 wasn't enough money raised. Well we know 300 seat venues would have looked full. Did he and Tony manage to eclipse the $3000 goal? He actually stated a number he thought might need to be raised but we can conclude he didn't get close to that.
I personally do not think Marty is a scam artist. I'd trust him to hold onto my wallet any day of the week and I believe the money would still be there at the end. My opinion is that he was clearly a mistaken choice to spearhead the event.
And I apologize for anyone who finds my opinions offensive. I embrace every single person's opinions, including Jay Walker and Josh Knazan (two guys who suggested that their opinions deserve merit for whatever reason).
Realize something here, to those who want me to "fuck off and die already" or criticize or rip me (all things that don't impact me in the slightest because I have an extremely thick skin).
I am the only promoter/producer in Canada to ever produce a Pay Per View. I am the only promoter/producer to get a wrestling TV deal and broadcast episodes since the turn of the century. I've been in this business very close to 15 years (next August). I've worked with some of the best, and have some really amazing contacts who love dealing with me. Whether you love the opinions I share, or you absolutely hate them, I have an extremely qualified opinion, and I share it, and open it up for debate. At the end of the day I don't do it to damage the business, I do it to share my thoughts on matters that clearly appear to be "hot button".
If you don't like it, if it makes you mad, or if you have to wish death on me. Don't read it. It obviously affects you reading it, far more than it affects me writing it, and your comments don't bother me in the least, because I choose to share those comments.
As for my personal relationship with Kerry. I didn't know the man well enough to go to his funeral. Though I did intend to go pay respects for everything that Kerry accomplished in the business.
What occurred was the original noticed said the funeral was to be whatever day at 2pm. I adjusted my scheduling to be available, which was actually difficult to do. Then the funeral was changed to 11am, and I could not re-adjust my scheduling. That is why I was unable to attend.
I did not know Kerry, except to say "Hi Kerry" when I passed him in a couple of locker rooms. Apparently I provided commentary on his last match, which I am extremely proud of doing, and it puts me in some great company, including Ed Whalen and Joe Aiello.
My expressed opinions after the Tribute show, were opinions I expressed privately the day Marty got himself appointed as Tony's hand-picked go to guy. There is a reason why Marty hasn't received a Payoff even at a local level since his safety study in the wrestling business. The local promoters, except for perhaps Andrew, seem to have deemed him not desirable for their companies. The same exact thing could be said about me.
Marty can't take the criticism the same way I have learned to.
I'm angered by the childish level of independent wrestling in Manitoba.
Davidson you have sunk to a whole new level of disgrace by attacking a tribute show. And you have balls of steal for speaking the truth so directly. It's refreshing.
And I agree with everything you said. Goldstein is hack. A loser. A failure. He should be the one to not show his face in any professional wrestling events moving forward.
And Condello??? Don't even get me started. He's a fucking scar on the business. A liar. The people who love Tony, love to laugh at him. The people who hate him, hate to acknowledge they ever knew the man.
Those two fools should not be anywhere near a "Benefit" show or "Tribute" show. They shouldn't even be allowed in the industry.
I don't know Andrew except the little bit I've read about him. I read the Slam Wrestling article that talked about the moving performance by Rob Stardom in acknowledging Kerry's Mom. To pick a fight with someone who was so affected by Kerry's passing is unreal. I don't even know how to put it into words.
I stopped supporting local wrestling in 90s. I thought it was stupid back then. It's 1000 times worse now.
I do enjoy reading your blogs though Mike. Whether I agree with your side of the opinion on matters or not, they are always thought provoking, humorous and well thought out.
Keep it up.
Look at you Dave - you brownnoser you!
Mister B
Davidson, you piece of shit. Let me be honest with you. When pieces of shit like you and Danny attack me in my personal and professional life, it bothers me a lot.
I look up to you guys as the industry leaders. Do you know it would take me atleast 10 months of shows just to match Danny's draw at the Franco Manitoba Center? How many decades would it take me just to produce tv?
I'm envious of you guys. You not only know how to "run" shows like me, but promote them as well.
That's why I attack guys like Madison, Mentallo and Sanchez. I don't want my roster to feel inferior.
Can you guys help me promote Piece of shit Championshit Wrestling?
Signed
Andrew Sylvester Shallcross
A.S.S.
Andrew's middle name is Kevin actually.
But that was a very accurate imitation. Those are all things I'm sure he thinks.
The top comment was made by Holly Pluchinski. The one about "fuck off and die already".
Holly is better known as the husband of Andrew Shallcross.
I don't endorse the comment about Holly. If she did post it, that's weak, but I have no reason to believe she did.
I can say her long-term relationship with Bushleaguer Andrew, has proven she is nothing but supportive and accepting. I have nothing bad to say about her at all.
"To my knowledge The Marlborough Hotel DOES NOT have a court judgement against me."
Bullshit
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I can actually vouche for Mike, for once and confirm he had every intention to go to the funeral, but family comes first...
It's all about commitment and hard honest work, which equals respect. No matter what industry you're in.
Any sucessful person has respect.
Kerry paid his dues & was a force in North American wrestling. Anyone wishing to honour Kerry in remembrance was at his funeral. Some who couldn't attend the funeral, were part of the tribute.
It's disgraceful that the tribute event has again become a political hot potato on the local scene.
I'm glad that workers like Stardom, Cheech, and LaSomra were able to articulate their repect for Kerry, by their actions in the ring. Kerry woud've been proud.
It's way too bad local politics with top heat scores have to showcase their dirty tactics at this time.
To those particapants, whether workers or fans, kudos to them for hopefully raising enough funds to assist Kerry's family with his all too untimely death and the arangemnts that must be dealt with, at that time.
Kerry did it his way, or no way at all, as his entrance music sung out. Rest in Peace.
Carol Stanton
Trust Carol Stanton to be the voice of reason on such an issue. To some select few in the business (including her own real son Gerry) she's like a mom-figure to us.
Sorry if I offended you with my opinion Carol, I still remain steadfast in my opinions I've expressed.
Mike owes no apology to Carol Stanton. He is not by any ways or means disprespecting Kerry but rather being highly critical of one Marty Goldstein and his many alaises. For Carol to make this an issue like Mike is attacking Kerry just shows why she should be seen and not heard. Call your brother's radio show and give your opinion there so we can all have a good laugh at how stupid you really are with your politicially driven opinions.
Marcel Swain
Well your brother was pretty disgraceful on his radio show towards the Kerry Brown tribute show. What do you have to say about that Carol Stanton?
To Marcel,
Since at least 1993, Carol has done anything she can to help local wrestling, mostly assisting her brother Wayne with anything that needed to be done to help River City Wrestling. So unfair to suggest she should be seen and not heard. I definitely value her opinion.
As for Wayne on his radio show, I found it to be extremely entertaining, and he tried to put as positive of a spin on that show as he could.
You can love the concept of a tribute and fundraising show. As I've stated completely that I did. And you can still be critical of the way the show was produced. Many Many MANY people have told me it was clear Bushleaguer Martin had no clue what the audience would find entertaining.
I believe a tribute show can still be run with today's standard of pro wrestling entertainment in mind. One of the more ridiculous things I've been told about was the Stampede 3 way tag-team match. (I'm not sure if Bruce ever booked 3 corner tag matches, and I don't think there is anything old school about such a match). But all three teams were asked to jog out to the ring (not walk) to the same song. Well Vance and masked guy did their part and jogged to the ring. Crash Crimson and Billy Blaze to music that had stopped and silence that had followed walked out, and then Chevy and Sanchez proceed to jog to the music that had re-started. The point of it? Bushleaguer Martin was just fucking around, putting anyone in a throw away match of and treating them as insignificant. And that would be considered a slap in the face to talent who were asked to perform to something the audience wouldn't understand in the least.
Would someone please shed some light on this question. I've checked the link about The Marlborough's lawsuit against Mike Davidson, and World Card Entertainment and some Shelley broad. But it says that it's still pending. Would that not mean that there is no actual judgment against Davidson as he said he didn't even know there was a lawsuit?
Mike--somehow you got the idea I was dissing you---to the contrary. Bear & I respect you as a shrewd businessman, & await any future ventures you are a part of.
To the other "cowards" as my brother so aptly describes losers, who post as anonymous, or one Marcel Swine(sp) (who I may add, I've been to thousands of wrestling cards,and have never heard this name before), Wayne & I are not joined at the hip. We are independent players--as siblings we disagree and/or agree on all kinds of issues. I always defer to Wayne on matters of wrestling protocol and professionalism, as I can never hope to catch up to him in his passion for the biz.
I don't intend on carrying on any great debates on what myself or my brother do professionally or personally.
On this rare occasion I commented to a blog (I am rarely on the Internet, as I have a real job), I was merely expressing my own opinion, on how a tribute memorial became a message board for historical personal issues.
Carol Stanton
I don't feel dissed in the least Carol. I don't disagree with anything you said.
That is the funniest thing I have read in a long time Kernel. Especially the protocal and respect promo. I almost pissed my pants laughing.
How a tribute memorial became a message board for historical personal issues. As Wayne would say on his historical personal issues radio show. What the fuck are you talking about?
SX
If Marty was so respected within the industry why has not one company hired him for anything? If he was as smart to the business as he makes himself out to be you would think everyone would be looking to hire him.
I think we can safely (as per the safety study standards) conclude Bushleaguer Martin is nothing more than a nuisance. And Condello is a sad sorry case for hitching his wagon to such a fool.
Forget being hired, Marty hasn't received a dime for anything he's ever done locally. He can only volunteer or work free.
But give him five minutes and he'll tell you how his Rough House shows were the greatest thing ever and how the Canada Day shows drew 10,000 people (more like coincided with the actual Osborne Street Festival). With zero advertising for those piss poor shows, please don't act like a single soul who attended the Festival had any inkling that there would be a wrestling show.
We saw Marty's best effort at running a show last week at the Kerry Brown Tribute. And the small audience made up mostly of wrestlers and Kerry's family will forever attest to the actual reach Marty has or ever had. Oh, how embarrassing it is to be exposed after running your mouth for so long and not having a fucking clue.
Marty being chosen to produce a benefit show was a mistake from the start. The last time Marty promoted a Benefit show was 1994 for his good friend Chi Chi Cruz, and that was a fiasco that the Winnipeg Sun covered and suggested that Marty stiffed Cruz and left town.
Given the fact that the asshole can't even figure out how to run a tribute/benefit show effectively, I think we can safely (again by the standards of the safety study) conclude we've heard the last of this prick for awhile. Unless your one of the very very few that turns on 92.9 weekdays to hear his annoying voice, and stories about California. My eyes are sore from rolling.
And another thing... Those Rough House Rasslin shows were at a local bar called The Junkyard. And they used Tony's infamous 10 foot ring. I bet you can guess how good those shows really were.
Tomorrow marks one week since Scam-Artist CONdello and Marty (pick my alias this week) ran the show to raise funds for the Brown family. To date there has been no official announcement as to what the show generated if anything. Given the fact that the slime ball Marty criticized you on other forums for not buying a ticket to support the cause Mike, do you not think it's important that they announce a figure that they donated to Kerry's family? And furthermore, do you not think it's equally as important that they release some form of financial statement to show that these two scam artist/crooks didn't in fact profit from the event?
As a matter of fact, I do think it's important that it be recognized what if anything was donated to the Brown family. A lot of wrestlers performed for free, sponsors donated products and services of value, and fans bought tickets to support the cause. And I do agree that whatever dollar amount gets reported be proven in some. If for nothing else than for the Winnipeg Wrestling community to take pride in whatever was accomplished.
I saw pictures of the Adam Firestorm tribute show, in which stars from ECCW showed up on a rival ASW show because the cause was bigger than any political rift. I thought that was nice, and it certainly shamed all of us in Winnipeg. Kudos to Scotty Mac and Michelle Starr for seeing a bigger picture.
At the end of the day, many people have stood up and said they were alienated from the process. And that is a disgusting stigma and stain that Bushleaguer Martin and Condello can now wear.
Danny Warren, promoter of CWE was the last promoter to book Kerry, and coincidently the last man to wrestle Kerry and he was not there. Ernie Todd was the last guy to give Kerry regular work and he was not there.
I really think those are two very loud statements to the damage that Bushleaguer Martin did with the enabling of Mr. Condello.
you are not the only one to have a tv deal. i can think of a few promotions that had tv shows.
Correcting the TV contract comment, I should have said in the province of Manitoba since the year 2000, I am the only one to have a TV contract. As a matter of fact that contract was followed by offers from a US Network and a network in the UK, but that company went out of business. Thus making me a failure.
Marty appeared on Dragons Den, and supposedly had a TV contract, but that company didn't even get into business. Let along going out of business.
In Canada, ECCW/Supergirls had a contract, Monster Pro in Alberta had a local tv deal, Blood Sweat and Ears also did. And I'm sure a few others.
But of my peers in Manitoba, the ones who love to throw stones at whatever I've accomplished, notta one of em have accomplished it.
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