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  A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Hosts Miko Lee & Guest Host Mia Nakano celebrate Bayanihan in Ballhalla. Bayanihan is a core Filipino cultural value of community unity, and Balhalla is the home arena of the Golden State Valkyries. Apex Express was invited to join Filipino Heritage Night at the Valkyries game. We speak with the community behind this cultural celebration. That includes Al Perez, artists Venazir Martinez and Kristian Kabuay, and coach Carolyn Sideco about the history of Philippines and basketball. Links for more information: More information on our guests: Golden State Valkyries Al Perez, President of the Filipino American Arts Exposition Artist Venazir Martinez DJ P-LO Cultural Practitioner Kristian Kabuay Carolyn Sideco Coaching Kapwa Raquel Redondiez SOMA Pilpinas     Show Transcript: [00:00:00] Opening: Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express. [00:01:13] Miko Lee: Welcome to Apex Express. I'm your host, Miko Lee, and tonight is Bayanihan in Ballhalla. Bayanihan is a core Filipino cultural value of community unity, and Balhalla is the home arena of the Golden State Valkyries. Apex Express was invited to join Filipino Heritage Night at the Valkyries game. Tonight, please join me and my guest host, Mia Nakano, as we speak with the community behind this cultural celebration. That includes Al Perez, artists Venazir Martinez and Kristian Kabuay, and coach Carolyn Sideco about the history of Philippines and basketball. Join us. Today I have the honor of having my bestie with me who's gonna co-host Welcome to Apex, Mia Nakano.  [00:01:59] Mia Nakano: Hi, Miko. Thank you for having me.  [00:02:01] Miko Lee: I was invited to a Valkyries game, and I said, “Oh, my gosh, I need somebody with me that can speak basketball.” And so I thought of you.  [00:02:10] Mia Nakano: And here we are. And the Valkyries do put on a show. That's one of the things that makes them so great.  [00:02:15] Miko Lee: Yeah, it was super fun. It was Filipino Heritage Night, and so we got a chance to talk with the different artists that are there, what is the night about, what's the cultural celebration. What were some of the things that stood out to you?  [00:02:28] Mia Nakano: I think that it really got to the roots of, one, what a great sports city San Francisco and then just the broader Bay Area is, and two, the deep connections to the Filipino community that exists within the Bay Area. When you look at how historically the Warriors really came up and the fan shots from when they were at Oracle Arena, the huge fan base that was there initially was the Filipino community. To see that translate in a very different way as the Valkyries are coming up in the WNBA as this incredible team, second year, on their way to probably making the playoffs for the second year in a row, bringing that community back, particularly with all the connections of the artists, the activations, and even the food that they have in Chase Arena brings it full circle. [00:03:26] Miko Lee: Having Natalie Nakase as the coach there is so powerful and important representation for Asian Americans as well. The other thing that stood out to me was I did not know there was this history of basketball in the Philippines, and then to talk to the different guests on our show tonight about what that history represents, where it comes from, the connection to colonization, and then also how it's really developed into its own cultural phenomena in the Philippines. [00:03:55] Mia Nakano: I played basketball- All throughout junior high and high school and was very immersed in it in Southern California, but I had no idea that basketball was the national sport of the Philippines. After we came back from the game, I did a little a bit of a deep dive, and it was really wonderful to see that it actually started in the Philippines as a women's sport? And it was making sports more accessible to folks, and also very clearly connected to,, roots of colonization and religion. But to still have that anchor and connection there, and then this interesting juxtaposition where right now there has still never been a Filipina player in the WNBA. There are folks who people really thought were almost gonna make it. So there's still that one last phase that they need to break into this sport that is their national sport, but in the United States they're not quite there yet in terms of representation.  [00:04:55] Miko Lee: And talking with Coach Caroline, which people can hear later in the episode, about that history and how it was intended to be this women's sport in the Philippines because it was easier. They thought they'd give it to the women to play. But the men were watching going like, “Oh, this looks fun. This looks more fun than baseball. So it really just took off. I love that transition for that it went and across the country. A few of our guests talked about tenement basketball courts. It's just so wildly different from this country.  [00:05:25] Mia Nakano: I think that that is contextually just how sports are played in a lot of different countries in the world where they don't have access. When you think about people playing football, right, like soccer, in different areas where they are playing barefoot. They are playing in dirt or, like, fields that are not necessarily fields. I think that in the context of playing basketball differently in the Philippines versus the United States or even in European leagues, when the United States goes to play in the Olympics, even though you have the USA women's team, USA men's teams who are supposed to be the best of the best in the world, the way that the game is played at that particular level and arena is quite different. And so they all have to adjust to the physicality, to how calls are called just slightly differently. With smaller players in the WNBA what I find really incredible, and this is what Carolyn talks about a little bit, is like the layup packages? When you get close to the rim, you don't have a Filipino who just goes up and makes a regular layup. They do it with flair, right? There's a part of that maybe is a little bit of showmanship, but also it's a part of trying to sneak your way around bigger players so that you can get the basket. And anybody that you play against, even in a league that is familiar to you, you're gonna have to change your game up, and play to your strength, and also just know what you can't do in the game, and go to another person who has more of those strengths  [00:07:03] Miko Lee: One of the other things that stood out to me in talking with one of the artists, Christian, who was there in the outside, in the cultural area, and he was doing, pre-Filipino writing with folks, and we'll interview him later in the episode. He was saying how he does this activity at a lot of different games, but it was very different. That was the first time at the Valkyries, and he said the crowd was so different, that it felt like back in the day. It felt like community. There weren't tech bros. You feel like it, The audience was way more women, As someone that goes to Warriors' and Valkyries' games, do you notice a difference in the audience?    [00:07:41] Mia Nakano: The first Valkyries game that I had the opportunity to go to last year was their Pride Night, and that is the game that my wife and I always go to for the Warriors. It's a special feeling there. I noticed there was a whole parking lot area for strollers on different levels. There was such great energy, and people just talking about the game, people cheering or rooting for players on the other team. There was not a lot of negative energy going around. When Christian mentions, the tech bro energy, the people rolling around with Patagonia shirts, and sweatshirts, that is so true. You truly feel this family environment that's also very queer friendly. There's so many folks of color, and they're not just there because the team's winning, because last year we didn't know if the team was gonna win or not. They were just showing up. The Valkyries have really created such a strong culture that is team based. That's what you see with the Valkyries, but I also think that that's a testament to the coach, to the players, who really trust in one another, and to the community that we have in the Bay Area. I think even the players did not understand when they came here what they were stepping into, and they talk about talking to other players on opposing teams who are like, “Is it always like this? Is it every night?” They're like, “Every single night, this is how our fans are, and we love it.”  [00:09:14] Miko Lee: So it's in different WNBA hometowns it's not like that? [00:09:18] Mia Nakano: Absolutely not. The Valkyries have sold out every single game from day one. They are the first WNBA team, and I think the first women's professional sports team, to reach $100 billion in valuation. then you see other teams, like the Atlantic Dream, who are playing in arenas of 3,500, or the Dallas Wings, who are playing in much smaller arenas, even though they have all these franchise players like Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers and AZ Fudd. The Dallas Wings are actually moving to the same arena that the Mavericks are gonna play in next year. It's an interesting juxtaposition given where the context of our world is at, who's in office right now, the battles that we're having to fight to keep women's rights, queer rights, trans rights in the forefront and not have them stripped away. Yet on the other side of this, we have this huge, meteoric rise of women's sports, and it's not just basketball. It's baseball. It's hockey. It's all these different leagues that are starting to emerge and have huge fan bases where you can watch women's professional sports all year round. They're nationally televised games. [00:10:31] Miko Lee: Thank you for the history lesson and current events of women's sports. I love it. One of the other things that was really special for this Filipino heritage night was the halftime show where they had DJ P-Lo playing. And then they brought onto the court, the director of SOMA Pilipinas, Raquel Redondiez, and she runs San Francisco's Filipino Cultural Heritage District. She got her name on a Valkyries jersey, and was announced in the halftime moment as a big show. [00:11:05] Mia Nakano: I had a conversation with her said, ” the work that you are doing, particularly in this moment, bringing together the artists, the culture of Filipinos and Filipino history is so critical right now because so many of our communities, cultures, and stories are getting erased, that we are the culture bearers and culture keepers, and so thank you for doing that work.” [00:11:31] Miko Lee: SOMA Pilipinas, for those that don't know, was established as a Filipino cultural heritage district in 2016 and was one of the first in the state designated as an arts district by California Arts Council in 2017. So they do so much great work, they host great things from the, United States of Asian America Festival every year. Self-defense workshops for women. I've taken those in Kapwa Gardens that were amazing. They do mental health services for Filipino folks and provided groceries and COVID education and, Filipino language training, and then artists, as you were saying. They pulled together all these different folks, for this wonderful night to introduce a sense of heritage and a sense of pride that was really powerful. [00:12:19] Mia Nakano: , It's a really lovely connection back to the Filipinos banding together with Chinese American folks in Chinatown that really helped create the broader Asian American movement and what that word and power even means. [00:12:38] Miko Lee: From the I-Hotel to today [00:12:40] Mia Nakano: exactly, and all of that being really anchored and rooted in San Francisco, as well as everything that Larry Itliong did with union organizing that I think has just recently started to get recognized in the broader social justice movement.  [00:12:58] Miko Lee: I'll put links to past shows that we've done on the I-Hotel, on Larry Itliong, because folks, if they don't know about either of those movement le- leaders and huge moments in our Asian American history, they should. It's powerful part of our labor and housing rights history. Were there other things that stood out to you at this Valkyries game? [00:13:20] Mia Nakano: I know that this is probably not gonna be a surprise to you, but the fact that we honestly just got to go behind the scenes and see the inner workings of what the Valkyries, the tunnels and getting lost and trying to figure out where we're going. [00:13:34] Miko Lee: It was a maze down there, by the way. It was like, which direction? Go to this press room. No, this press room. This place. It was very much kind of, in theater-wise, it's like going backstage and seeing how the tech is done.  [00:13:46] Mia Nakano: The thing that was the most exciting about this unique experience was being able to see Natalie Nakase talk after the game, and the snippet in here is really incredible because it shed light into not just who she is as a coach and how she approached the game, but her investment in people, and the importance of seeing people for their full selves, and the importance of the whole WNBA as a league, as a business. They have a lot of money and power, so who are we gonna lift up? It's a always a very intentional choice of what is happening at Chase Arena, at the Valkyries nights, these heritage nights that really uplift so many wonderful communities that are doing incredible work.  [00:14:36] Miko Lee: We're gonna get a chance to do an interview with Coach Natalie in a different episode, so stay tuned for that. Is there anything else that you would like to share with our audience?  [00:14:45] Mia Nakano: Go see a Valkyries game. Go to Balhalla. It will change your life.  [00:14:50] Miko Lee: Experience Balhalla. Okay. Thank you for joining me, and hopefully you'll join me back when we do an interview with Coach Natalie too.  [00:14:59] Mia Nakano: Oh, absolutely.  [00:15:00] Miko Lee: To frame the conversation, we start with Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, the first Asian American woman to coach a WNBA team. Last year, she was named WNBA Coach of the Year, and at the post-game presser, a reporter asked her, “Tonight is Filipino National Heritage Night, so can you talk a little bit about what it means for fans to be seen around the league?” This is her response. [00:15:25] Natalie Nakase: Yeah. It's huge. I love the fact that we can celebrate and acknowledge different cultures. I'm really big on that. I think it gives people almost like a superpower or a confidence for, you know, the day to be recognized like that and to be celebrated for everything that their, their culture brings. it also, I think, educates people about different cultures. And so I love the fact that we're super intentional about that because I think we have to do that more than not. And, it's exciting. I think this world needs more celebration. I think this world needs more love, more care, especially when some people are not seen as much. [00:16:01] Miko Lee: In the very loud outdoor Chase Arena area, we spoke with several of the folks involved in Filipino Heritage Night at the Valkyries. Please note that the sound quality is due to the nature of being outside a really excited fan base at the game. First off, listen in as we hear from Al Perez, who helped to curate this community celebration. [00:16:23] Al Perez: Hello, my name is Al Perez. I am a community organizer. I'm serving as president of a nonprofit called the Filipino American Arts Exposition, and we partnered with the Valkyries to help curate their cultural activation for Filipino Heritage Night tonight. [00:16:41] Miko Lee: Since the Valkyries are named after women warriors, is there a Filipina version of a woman warrior? [00:16:48] Al Perez: Absolutely. We have one that's local. Her name is Victoria Manalo Draves. She was the first American woman to win two Olympic golds in the Olympics in nine- 1928. She happens to be Filipina-American. So yeah, she was born and raised here in, in San Francisco Bay Area, so we're very proud of her to be, to represent us and be the warrior and an inspiration for all of us.  [00:17:11] Miko Lee: Excellent. And since Valhalla or Valhalla is the space that we want to get to, what is the Filipino version of that place you want to see? [00:17:19] Al Perez: Wow. [00:17:20] Miko Lee: That perfect world you wanna get to. [00:17:21] Al Perez: I think for us, we have this tradition called bayanihan. That's when we help each other towards a common goal. Yes. No matter how Herculean that task is, it's just coming together to help each other. So it's not necessarily a destination. It's more like an attitude of, coming together as a community towards a common goal, towards a cultural pride and community empowerment. [00:17:46] Miko Lee: Great. And tell us what you're doing here today with all these groups. [00:17:47] Al Perez: So we have an outreach table here because we're part of the organizing committee to curate tonight's event. So we actually have an event next weekend called the Pistahan Parade and Festival. It's the largest Filipino cultural celebration in the country, happening August 8th and 9th at the Yerba Buena Gardens, so please come check us out. There's a big parade down Market Street on Saturday to kick off the festival weekend, and then the festival's at the Yerba Buena Gardens, 11 to 5. We're here to promote that event as well as all our other upcoming events in the fall. We're also curating the Filipino Heritage Night with the Golden State Warriors, with the Giants, San Jose Sharks, and San Jose Earthquakes. And then one more. October is Filipino American History Month in the country. So we also produce official celebration proclamation by the mayor at City Hall. So we have a reception, we have entertainment, and we light the City Hall building with Philippine flag colors.  [00:18:42] Miko Lee: And when folks are coming out to these Filipino nights, what should they expect? What's happening?  [00:18:47] Al Perez: Our goal is to be here to be in community, to help showcase our beautiful culture, our traditions. So when these events happen, we usually have, cultural performances, either a pre-game or a halftime. Tonight you're gonna see, P-Lo, a Filipino rapper and a hip hop singer. Here in the plaza we have some basketball hoops, because basketball is a big thing in the Philippines, our national sport. There's also, Sarap Shop is a concession inside. They have Filipino food there. Our goal is to get people a little taste of our Filipino culture, so hopefully they'll be inspired to, to learn more about our community and our culture. [00:19:29] Miko Lee: And what's your dream for the game tonight?  [00:19:31] Al Perez: Of course, to win, right? Number, yeah, number one, Valkyries to win. And also, I hope that people will come and learn about our culture, and to appreciate it more. Maybe it will inspire them to try some Filipino food, or even come to our Pistahan Festival next weekend. Also Señor Sisig is right here in the plaza. They also do fusion Filipino food. I'm hoping that, by being here, people can get to be a little bit more familiar and curious about Filipino culture and community. We have such a, vibrant and diverse culture, we love to be in community. Our food's delicious, and entertainment's fantastic. So come check us out wherever and whenever you can.  [00:20:14] Mia Nakano: I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about the artists who are here and the community organizations that are here tonight.  [00:20:19] Al Perez: So there's several of us nonprofit organizations here. Our group's the Filipino American Arts Exposition, our mission is more about broadening awareness and deepening understanding of Filipino culture and traditions by doing these cultural events. There's another group here called Young Filipino Professionals Association, or YFPA. They're more about, , uplifting young entrepreneurs, young career-minded, individuals to help them on their path to being more successful. There's also SoMa Pilipinas Cultural District is here. That's a new, relatively new, neighborhood in San Francisco. You know, there's Chinatown, there's Japantown, there's North Beach, so now we also have a Filipino community. It's called SoMa Pilipinas, they're also celebrating their 10th anniversary this year as being, designated as a cultural district. There's also Venazir is a visual artist. She's doing live art mural here inspired by Filipino culture and the intersection of culture and basketball. So it's a great way for people to kind of learn about our fine arts, our visual arts, and our he- heritage. Kristian Cabuay is doing script writing of traditional pre-colonial Philippine script. You know, Chinese and Japanese have their own script writing. The Phi- Filipino community also did before we were colonized by Spain. It's kind of almost forgotten and almost wiped out, so there's a few people now that's trying to revive that, that old tradition of writing .. It's called Baybayin.    [00:21:42] Mia Nakano: Can you talk a little bit about the history or why basketball is the national sport of the Philippines?   [00:21:48] Al Perez: Yeah. It's interesting. Yeah, why is basketball the national sport? I'm not sure exactly, but I think it has to do when after the Philippines was colonized by Spain, and then it, the country became, a commonwealth of the United States, right? And during that time, a lot of Americans came to the Philippines, to establish educational institutions, and one of them is sports. It just got introduced to us, and somehow it clicked. Everybody loves basketball. No matter where you are in the Philippines, in every little barrio, every little town, there's always a game happening [00:22:21] Miko Lee: So are people playing in school, like they start in elementary school, or is it more community based?  [00:22:26] Al Perez: I think it's both. It's just kinda grow, ingrown when you're just a kid growing up in your community. There's always basketball around you, surrounded by basketball. And then of course in more, elementary, high school, it became more teams dynamic, and you got competitions , intramural games. Even between little neighborhoods and little towns, they also have competitions. It's really a big deal. In fact, they love NBA. All the American basketball players are so popular. Everybody knows who they are. [00:22:54] Miko Lee: Al mentioned artist Venazir Martinez, and we pulled her away from the beautiful mural she was creating to talk with us. Again, this is outside, so the sound is quite loud. Venazir is a muralist and a visual anthropreneur. She weaves a tapestry of narratives that explore the connections between human traditions and the ever-changing landscapes that shape them. Listen as she tells us about her work and how she utilizes a symbolic red thread [00:23:25] Venazir Martinez: I'm Venazir Martinez. I am a muralist and a visual entrepreneur, and I am invited to create a live painting for the Golden State Valkyries. [00:23:36] Miko Lee: What has inspired you to create this work of art? [00:23:39] Venazir Martinez: So first and foremost, of course, women empowerment, and we have a lot of very talented Filipino Americans who play basketball. In the Philippines, because I grew up in the Philippines, basketball is such a huge deal. Everywhere in the most promote areas in the Philippines, basketball is their way of enjoying themselves and just pretty much having a time of their life. Basketball tenements are everywhere in the most remote areas in the Philippines. There's this concept of Filipino resiliency that I wanted to incorporate in my work, there are basketball hoops that is made out of wood scraps and like discarded metals. I wanted to highlight that part of Philippine ingenuity. That's why I'm here is to just shed light on that beautiful concept of Filipino ingenuity that we have.  [00:24:40] Miko Lee: I love that. Thank you for sharing. Can you break down what a basketball tenement is?  [00:24:44] Venazir Martinez: Oh, basketball tenement. So tenement courts, these are,.. How do I say this? In America, there's basketball courts that is, like, roofed. Okay. With a roof, and-  [00:24:54] Miko Lee: Like in a gymnasium.  [00:24:56] Venazir Martinez: In a gymnasium, yes. But in the Philippines, anywhere can be a basketball tenement court. They'll just put up a basketball hoop in a pole, like an electricity pole, and they can already play basketball in that area. [00:25:12] Miko Lee: So their court's just made up anywhere. Yeah. Anywhere in the community.  [00:25:14] Venazir Martinez: Anywhere in the community, in the most remote areas in the Philippines, they do that all the time. I grew up in the Philippines, so, it's that really is an immersive experience of having to see basketball really change lives for young people in our community. [00:25:32] Miko Lee: So we're at a WNBA game, and I'm wondering if there was a woman basketball player that you looked up to when you were growing up.  [00:25:39] Venazir Martinez: Growing up, my dad plays basketball. That's the only experience I know that, remembering what basketball is like. ‘Cause I'm mostly in martial arts. But here I am trying to experience a different, like, more empowering way of sports. And it's when I came to America that I experienced this kind of really, it's kind of empowering.  [00:26:01] Miko Lee: And since the Valkyries are women warriors, is there a Filipina equivalent of the woman warrior? Is there a Filipina equivalent of a woman warrior? [00:26:01] Venazir Martinez: There's a lot. There's a lot of very empowering Filipina. First and foremost, it's the Filipina community leaders that I know of in the Bay Area. They are my women warriors. They helped me from the ground up. They created a home for me. They, you know, so they welcomed me. The filipina community in the Bay Area welcomed me. They're all women.  [00:26:31] Miko Lee: Who would you say are some of those folks, some of those women?  [00:26:34] Venazir Martinez: Sonia Villarin, she wears so many hats. She's president of Filipina Food Movement, founder of summer camp in the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in San Francisco. She was the, senior vice president for Bank of America Global Leasing, and she welcomed her home to me and, pretty much, helped me establish my life here as an artist. So those are my women warriors. [00:27:00] Miko Lee: And when people see your beautiful work, what do you want them to walk away with feeling? [00:27:05] Venazir Martinez: I want them to take a second look again in my work, because these, my work pretty much talks about Filipino immigrants, and immigration at large, and pretty much our contributions and the harvested hopes that we have contributed in this cultural landscape,  [00:27:28] Miko Lee: this show is a pop-up tonight, so where can folks find out more about your work or see your work in the community? [00:27:34] Venazir Martinez: I have a huge, huge mural, 2,500 square feet mural in 5th and Folsom in San Francisco, downtown San Francisco in SoMa. It's called Ani, meaning to harvest. There's one in downtown Santa Cruz. There is one in Yuba City. There are multiple murals in Michigan, in New York, mostly in Queens. It's pretty much everywhere, but if you follow the red thread, which is my signature, my artist signature, you'll know that it's my work.  [00:28:08] Miko Lee: Thank you so much. Thank you so very much. Appreciate you taking the time. Another artist presenting their work was Kristian Kabuay working on pre-Philippines calligraphy. His line was so long that we ended up interviewing him separately. Christian is an artist, entrepreneur, futurist who specializes in endangered writing systems and tattoos from the Philippines. Hello, and welcome to Apex Express. Can you tell me your name, your background and what you were doing at the Valkyries Filipino Heritage Night? [00:28:40] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah. My name is Kristian Kabuay. I'm a cultural practitioner specializing in our old, uh, pre-colonial, I say pre-Philippine, writing system and tattooing traditions. I was at the Valkyries, Filipino Heritage Night to interact with the community. I've done a lot of work with the Warriors, you know, going back to Oracle for these cultural nights, the Giants, as well. So most of the teams in the Bay Area, but it was my first time with the Valkyries, and it was quite different. [00:29:16] Miko Lee: How was it different?  [00:29:17] Kristian Kabuay: The vibe was, um… I'm telling everybody that it was my first Valkyries game, too. So the vibe was different. It reminds me of the old Oracle, it wasn't full of, like, tech money that are, you know, Patagonia vests watching the game. It felt very homegrown and it just brought me back to those days in old Oakland A's and when the Warriors were in Oracle. [00:29:42] Miko Lee: What does that evoke for you? What is that feeling like?  [00:29:46] Kristian Kabuay: It gives me a stronger sense of community and the audience is different. The demographics is different. There isn't that toxic male energy. I don't have to worry about someone being drunk and going off and, it was very homey and welcoming. It brings back, as a kid, when I used to watch A's games in the bleachers, watching at Oracle, the community, and not everyone was there to be seen. They were really there for the team.  [00:30:15] Miko Lee: Oh, I love that. I actually do feel like it is, it's such a we're together community vibe. [00:30:20] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah. They even had the wave. I know some snooty teams, they don't have the wave, so-  [00:30:26] Miko Lee: That wave went on for a long time, too.  [00:30:29] Kristian Kabuay: Exactly. I've been to a lot of games. They're, “Oh, I don't wanna look stupid,” or whatever? So that's a big part of my childhood.  [00:30:36] Miko Lee: So I was gonna try and talk with you at the game like I did the other artists, but you had a huge line waiting to see you and talk to you. Talk with me a little bit more about your art form and this pre-clo colonization form of writing.  [00:30:52] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah. Most civilizations had a writing system. It was prior to the land alphabet when the Spanish came and colonized the Philippines in the 1500s. We have this writing. There's only one ethnolinguistic group left in the Philippines that writes it. I come from a background of calligraphy, graffiti and abstract art. When I started to practice it, I incorporated those things. Later I found that I had to become an educator. Then starting to do the cultural festivals. Then you make your parents proud. It wasn't until I started to interact with the community that, there was this responsibility. I didn't come from a highly academic background, but I was being invited to Stanford and Berkeley to give talks about this. So, you know, that imposter syndrome kicked in. Because of the efforts that I've started in, 2010s, the idea of education around this specific writing system, my service isn't really needed. It's out there. Wikipedia, even AI can do it now, and there's a lot of influencers on TikTok that are, building on the stuff that I did 10 years ago. It goes in line with my idea of putting myself out of business. ‘Cause if it's a cultural practice, then you shouldn't be this gatekeeper, this apex of this this knowledge or this practice. It needs to be spread  [00:32:15] Miko Lee: What is the writing system called?  [00:32:17] Kristian Kabuay: A couple names. One of the popular names is Baybayin, and that literally means to spell. It's an adverb, but then it became a noun. So there's many different names depending on the languages in the Philippines.  [00:32:30] Miko Lee: And you said that there's a village of folks that still utilize it. Have you been there?  [00:32:34] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah, I was there in 2016 with a research trip. I stayed with them for a few days to learn, a bit about more about the culture and to donate some time and volunteer, 'cause there's the Mangyan Heritage Foundation. I did some technology work with them. But then also meet with the elders that were there. The village elder did an interview for a film project that I'm doing, but also met the heirs, the daughters in the family that ultimately inherited this practice. [00:33:02] Miko Lee: And so they know that you're teaching this cultural practice around the world, and what is their opinion of that? What do they think?  [00:33:09] Kristian Kabuay: They like it, because it's a different perspective, and a lot of questions. When I go home they go, “Oh, why are you interested in this?” It's a totally different perspective. ‘Cause out here, we have our identity, and the diaspora issues. But back home, because of circumstances, colonization, et cetera, then, the priority is to eat, to live, not to preserve these cultural practices. I've had some indigenous elders tell me that when People come over there, to do their dissertation and they need to figure out their paper to get their PhD. They ask them, “What are you doing to preserve this?” It's kind of extractive or, like, information gathering. Honestly, it really is you strip it down, it is, survival: food, clothing, and shelter.  [00:33:52] Miko Lee: When people were standing in line for you at the actual Valkyrie's game, what were they asking you to write? Were they asking you to write notes or their name, or what was the request?  [00:34:03] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah. Yeah, the line… I was telling people I've never had a line that long when I've done the Warriors. So- … you know, it's kind of different.  [00:34:10] Miko Lee: That's interesting. Just saying [00:34:11] Kristian Kabuay: Yes. I was writing mainly people's names- Mm um, and some words. Maybe a, a good third were non-Filipino, some were there just curious and asking and cultural sharing. Someone knows a Filipino and they go, “Oh, can you write mahal kita?” Like, I love you. And so, we pick up things, just here in the Bay Area. I have conversations with people wanna hear a family name that I never heard about. I say, “Whoa, where's your family from?” Kids learn the stories on how they combine names and some of the origins. It's always interesting when I do this with folks. [00:34:44] Miko Lee: I love that. And you're also a tattoo artist. Do you use some of this writing in your tattoo artistry?  [00:34:51] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah, I do. And that's where the separation between the art and the cultural practice is. Where the writing wasn't tattooed traditionally, but that's where I kind of balance the art. And I separate those two where art is my expression, my personal expression on paper or maybe even on a body, but a cultural practice is more about them and their lineage. So I have to be clear to make those two distinctions.  [00:35:20] Miko Lee: So a question I've asked all the different people that have been involved in this night is that the Valkyries are based on women warriors, and I wonder if there's a Filipina woman warrior that comes to mind to you? [00:35:32] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah, there is. There's one that, part of the lore. Where my dad's from, in his area called Pangasinan, the land of the salt. There's a princess warrior named Princess Urduja that was thought of as a great warrior. This specific Princess Urduja has that Valkyrie's spirit. All the artwork that you see and Academics will say, “Oh, it's you're romanticizing,” and things like that. But you know what? We need a little romance in our lives, right? And romance leads to action.  [00:36:03] Miko Lee: Ah, we certainly do. I'm wondering, with all those people, the long line that stood waiting for you, and you're having these conversations, what would you like them to walk away with after interacting with you?  [00:36:14] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah. That's why there was a sign, and I took a picture of it. It doesn't say, Philippine writing. So it says pre-Philippine calligraphy. I made that term up in 2007 as a way to jolt someone's idea of what pre-Hispanic, pre-colonial is. ‘Cause those things kinda just fly overhead. But if I said pre-Philippines, people, they take a step back and they, “What's that mean?” Or they try to have a smart comeback, “Well, what were we before then?” And my question's always then, “Well, I don't know. Let's talk about it.” That gray area, that being uncomfortable, leads to more curiosity, and ultimately, that's what I want folks to go ahead and, you know… oh, I have this banana leaf. I ran out of index cards. I brought 100 of them. I had these banana leaves that I just meant to decorate the table. I said, “You know what? Let me write on these banana leaves like how our ancestors did.” People are asking, “Oh, what, we wrote on banana leaves?” I'm all, “Yeah, we wrote on, organic materials.” So this thing is probably gonna wilt away in a few weeks or a month or so, but that's how it is. So it's a metaphor for our physical selves, but then also, the message. Maybe they can go ahead and learn how to write it themselves or until we reconnect again. [00:37:31] Miko Lee: Hmm. That's beautiful. And how can our audience find out more about you and your work?  [00:37:36] Kristian Kabuay: Yeah, you can just search for me online. My last name's K-A-B-U-A-Y. First name's Kristian, both with a K. All over the internets and the socials, pretty easy to find.  [00:37:46] Miko Lee: Thank you. And we'll put links to your website in our show notes, so thank you so much for chatting with me today. [00:37:52] Kristian Kabuay: Thanks, Miko [00:37:54] Miko Lee: I honestly didn't know that basketball was such a revered sport in the Philippines. So wanting to find out more, I reached out to a bunch of community folks, and multiple people said, “Reach out to Coach Carolyn Sudeco. She's the one. She's in the know.” So talking to me from her vacation spot halfway around the world is Coaching Kapwa's Carolyn Sudeco. Welcome, Carolyn Sideco, to Apex Express. I'm so happy to have you here.  [00:38:19] Carolyn Sideco: Thank you for having me.  [00:38:21] Miko Lee: Can you first start by telling me who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you? [00:38:27] Carolyn Sideco: Oh my gosh, my people are, collectively, folks who identify as, Philippinics, Filipina, Filipino, and American, and, migratory, and those who claim blood relation and those who I'm still looking for. I live in San Francisco, California, Ohlone land, and also in the land of Choctaw Bulbancha, which is New Orleans, Louisiana. Those are the two places I reside.  [00:39:04] Miko Lee: Can you share about your work with Coaching Kapwa?  [00:39:08] Carolyn Sideco: Coaching Kapwa is what I love to do, and my background professionally is as a certified athletic administrator. I'm a physical educator at the high school level by profession, by certification, by training. But really what I love to do, and so what I do in my consultancy, is I explore and I examine and I think about and learn about everything related to sports cultures and how the culture of sports in all its various ways affect our societies. Specifically, I geek out over learning about my own Filipino American histories and other peoples. Learning that through the concept or the constructs of culture and how sports really is, for me, the funnest way to investigate who I am and who we are to each other. I call myself a sports relationship coach. I am a sports cultures consultant. I also like to identify as a sports liberator. [00:40:16] Miko Lee: Ooh, can you break down what a sports liberator is? [00:40:20] Carolyn Sideco: Miko, I took that from a friend of mine, Danya Cabello, also from the East Bay. Played at Cal, played professionally, and when I first met her years ago, she identified as such, and I said, “That is exactly the kind of person that I wanna be, like, in sports.” I wanted sports to be a way that I could share with people who we are to one another. I wanted to teach young people that they can express themselves in a way that helps make them feel free. With my background in sports administration, I was feeling like the sports industrial complex was really the antithesis of that. And what a lot of people in my profession were striving for was this success that was not defined in the same way that I was defining what my liberation was, and what I felt through sports. So I adopted that. I asked Dania, “Can I call myself a sports liberator too?” And she said, “Girl, you call yourself whatever you want.” So that's what I go by.  [00:41:37] Miko Lee: Ooh, thank you for sharing. That's so interesting in the midst of our kind of capitalization of sports, how corporate it has become. Interesting. Thanks. I also wanted to thank you for sharing with me, Rafe Bartholomew's Hoop Nation and Cassidy Hubbard's, Hoop's Paradise. So those, along with your YouTubes, really gave me a grounding in the connection to between basketball and the Philippines. I'll put a link to those in the show notes for other people that like to do deep dives like me. But can you just give our audience a sense of why basketball is so popular in the Philippines?  [00:42:10] Carolyn Sideco: I learned about the history of basketball and Filipino culture in the Philippines through various people, Rafe Bartholomew one of them, and his book Pacific Rims. A friend of mine here in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kevin Santos, was doing his master's thesis on the history of basketball in the Philippines, and putting an ethnic studies frame on it, so he was the one who actually, practiced his thesis and presentation with me, and I learned a lot through him, and through other people as I was learning about this myself, and how basketball when it was initially, or as we, the modern game of basketball was invented, by Dr. Naismith in Massachusetts with the peach tree basket. Most of us are familiar with that history, but also that was around the time of the Philippine-American War, and US colonization was at its beginning. And so what did the United States export, was its culture, and a lot of that was through sports, mainly baseball, 'cause baseball was already the national pastime. Basketball was relatively new, and basketball was taught in the Philippines also, like in conjunction with the American education system by teachers, by the Thomasites, and by others who were using that form of colonization. They gave basketball to the women and the girls, because it was the lesser sport. It was the newer sport, so it was the lesser sport. They gave it to the women. The men were supposed to play baseball. The Philippines is a collective society- Baseball is a spread out sport, and people aren't close to one another. You're out on a field, it's hella hot, and it's boring. [00:44:17] Miko Lee: Agree. Totally agree …  [00:44:19] Carolyn Sideco: it's easy, to make this assumption that these people playing baseball were watching the girls and women play basketball, and it's faster. Close to one another. It's easy to make a space. So they started playing basketball.  [00:44:39] Miko Lee: Also, you don't need all the things. You need a ball. [00:44:41] Carolyn Sideco: Exactly. In the early days, you didn't even need shoes. Yeah. So it took off in that way because basketball already itself was an activity that Filipino people, kinda took hold of already, and they made it their own. Trained teams started forming and the Philippines had national teams that were already very successful in Asian context, so Asian tournaments they were dominating. In 1975, the Philippine Basketball Association became the first men's, basketball league in Asia, and the first after the NBA in America. So the Philippines has had a long history of relationship with the sport of basketball, but because it's been so long, the sport itself was formed in response to all the cultural aspects that were already existing, right? a lot of town squares had basketball courts 'cause it was so easy to put there. So the same plazas, meeting spaces where people would have their town gatherings, social places, were also courts  [00:45:56] Miko Lee: And why do you think or just surmise that basketball has taken off more than, football or American term soccer, which is developed so much in other countries, which is also a little bit more communal? [00:46:08] Carolyn Sideco: My opinion is that American colonization, in the United States dictated, much more the United States cannot dictate because football or soccer is a more global sport, and the US didn't have as much stake in guiding that as a colonization tool as they did basketball. [00:46:29] Miko Lee: Hmm. Interesting. Speaking of the colonization and politics, I'm wondering about the connection between basketball and politics. In, Cassidy's podcast, they were talking about a politician who released their own basketball shoe, which is wild to me. Yes. So I wonder if there's other connections between basketball or politics, and if that's generally somebody who's more on the colonizer's viewpoint or more conservative viewpoint. Hmm.  [00:46:58] Carolyn Sideco: Hmm. Interesting. I, hmm, I go back and forth with this a lot, Miko, the colonizing tool that is sports, especially the capitalistic sort of, extraction, of sports, right? Of its players, who I like to think of as workers. They're also workers, right? The professional, Philippine Basketball Association is not much different than even professional sports in America with the way they're set up, right? You have owning groups or companies, and so you have these ways that exploitation and that workers' rights are… how do I say it? Because it's at the professional level, these concepts are very much at play, excuse the pun. The Philippines also has a governmental arm related to sports. So sports in and of itself is recognized, right? It doesn't have as much of this sort of altruistic thing as, as we say in the United States, like the sports is like the good of mankind, like that sort of thing. Like, I think, you know-  [00:48:08] Miko Lee: The kind of Olympic idea of unity, it brings us all together. [00:48:11] Carolyn Sideco: Right, like that, those conceptual sorts of virtues.  [00:48:15] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.  [00:48:15] Carolyn Sideco: Yeah. So in the Philippines, I think it's so much more practical because it's fun, and you could get in a game anywhere, and it's accessible. Mm-hmm. It's accessible to all strata, economic strata, right? You see basketball courts everywhere, in rural areas in cities. Everywhere you'll see basketball courts. The Philippines itself as a country- I think that relationship to sports is something different than the American relationship to professional sports, where dominance and, winning and, beating others and making as much money as possible in that is at the forefront. In the United States even with youth sports now. I do some consulting work, especially in youth sports spaces, and the privatization and the extraction of the youth sports space is, is… We could go on all day about that. I think, this is obviously from a Filipino American perspective. For sure. I've never lived in the Philippines. I was born in the Philippines, but my relationship to the Philippines is also, being mitigated by how I experience American sports, right? So when I think about how I've experienced basketball when I've gone to the Philippines, , and it's the same as any aspect of that culture, right? It's warm, it's welcoming, it's friendly, and those are the cultural aspects that kind of, , supersede the fact that basketball… Basketball has its place, but it's in service to the cultural needs, right? To the need to be social, to participate in a town gathering. It's so sociopolitical.- And because it is, it's still a colonizing tool, right? But it's still mitigated in a way that I think just like Filipino basketball players are so, like, quick. They're known for quickness, agility, and finesse, and, like, drama, right? I used to joke around, like, you can always tell where a Filipino basketball player is in the United States 'cause no Filipino who has Filipino blood in them can do a regular layup. Like they have to make it all fancy. I think that, those sorts of aspects that are not tangible, that bring to light, the way a culture of people affect the sport. it enables a culture to push out through the boundaries of that sport what was given to them. What was given to them is, “This is how you play. These are the rules,” and all that kinda stuff, and that's great, but Filipino history of basketball is always, like, how do you integrate all the really cool things about your culture? It's something that's very different, and it emerges as something that's not quite American. [00:51:36] Miko Lee: Thank you so much. I'm wondering how our audience can find out more about you and your work.  [00:51:43] Carolyn Sideco: They can, follow me on Instagram at coachingkapwa, K-A-P-W-A. Kapwa is the Filipino word for the concept of interrelationship, interconnectedness. And so everything I learned about being, being a person really is through being a good teammate, and sports is the funnest way, like I've said before to practice being a good teammate  [00:52:12] Miko Lee: Thank you so much, Coach, for sharing with me about Sports Liberation and your work, and I'll put links to all that in our show notes. And I thank you so much for joining us on Apex Express.  [00:52:23] Carolyn Sideco: Thank you, Miko [00:52:25] Miko Lee: Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apexexpress to find out more about our show and our guests tonight. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating, and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Cheryl Truong, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preti Mangala-Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me Miko Lee, and edited by Ayame Keane-Lee. Have a great night.    The post APEX Express – 8.13.26 – Bayanihan in Ballhalla appeared first on KPFA.

The hot action from rounds 2 & 3 are on display. The #1 seeded Horsemen are in action, the new super hero team of Luger and Sting battle some grizzled veterans, the Road Warriors look to terrorize the Jive Tones, the Fantastics battle the dangerous combo of Al Perez and Zbyszko. The Midnight Express are forced into a heel vs heel match with the Sheepherders in a confusing error in the bracket. Plus what we can see of Round 3 including a clash of the two most powerful teams in wrestling. Follow us on: Twitter/X  @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling Obsession Instagram - @legendary_wrestling_obsession Patreon - patreon.com/LegendaryWrestlingObsession YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LegendaryWrestlingObsession Tik Tok - @legendary_wrestling_obs machomanitoban.com Instagram - @machomanitoban Contact - legendarywrestlingobsession@gmail.com

The Gospel of Jesus is a challenge to a new life in Jesus. Sermon 28:22 Jeremiah Segura 7:19 Gwendolynn Vaughn 9:01 Kelly Carlson 10:08 Brianna Lacy 10:37 Adam Moranville 11:02 Terry Gallegos 13:08 Al Perez 14:08 Alisa Munoz 15:18 Isabel Villegas 16:10

The legendary Latin Heartthrob Al Perez sits down with Monte & The Pharaoh for an in-studio interview you don't want to miss! From his unforgettable run in the NWA and World Class Championship Wrestling to his battles with some of the biggest names in the business, Perez opens up about his storied career and lasting impact on pro wrestling. #AlPerez #MonteAndThePharaoh #ProWrestling #WCCW #NWA #WrestlingLegends #LatinHeartthrob #WrestlingPodcast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

State Farm CenterHouse Show ResultsMoondogs vs Rock & Roll RPMsCurtis Thompson vs Booker TIllinois Tag Team Titles Match: Nightmares (c) vs 'Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko & Beefstew Lou Marconi'Superstar' Billy Graham & Italian Stallion vs Gilbert BrothersAmerican Tag Team Titles Match: Fabulous Ones (c) vs State PatrolAcolytes vs HeatseekersStud Stable vs Gorgeous GentlemenAmerican Heavyweight Title Match: Jerry 'The King' Lawler (c) vs Al Perez

On this episode of Hands of Z, the boys take a trip down memory lane to analyze two exciting US Tag Team Title Tournament matches featuring our heroes, Ron Garvin and Larry Z. Shawn gets extra fired up, as the US Tag Team Title is his personal favorite belt! First up, they dive into the intense clash between Garvin and Barry Windham vs. The Midnight Express from WCW in May 1987. Then, they shift gears to Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez facing off against Ron Simmons and Eddie Gilbert from Worldwide in 1988.

Renaissance ColiseumHouse Show ResultsInterstate 74 Title Match: Devon Storm (c) vs Johnny B. BaddCurtis Thompson vs Al Perez'Superstar' Billy Graham & Italian Stallion vs NightmaresState Patrol vs Rock & Roll RPMsHeatseekers vs 'Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko & Beefstew Lou MarconiIllinois Tag Team Titles Match: Stud Stable (c) vs MoondogsFabulous Ones vs Gilbert BrothersAmerican Tag Team Titles Match: Gorgeous Gentlemen (c) vs Acolytes

This week on the Drive Thru, Jim talks with Kamille about Queen Of The Ring & more! Plus Jim reviews AEW Dynamite, as well as the Jon Moxley & his Death Riders up-close segment, and plays Guess The Program! Also, Jim answers YOUR questions about burials, Bockwinkel or Brisco, Joe Hendry, Al Perez, Mean Gene jumping to WWF, and much more! Send in your question for the Drive-Thru to: CornyDriveThru@gmail.com Follow Jim and Brian on Twitter: @TheJimCornette @GreatBrianLast Join Jim Cornette's College Of Wrestling Knowledge on Patreon to access the archives & more! https://www.patreon.com/Cornette Subscribe to the Official Jim Cornette channel on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialJimCornette Visit Jim's official site at www.JimCornette.com for merch, live dates, commentaries and more! You can listen to Brian on the 6:05 Superpodcast at 605pod.com or wherever you find your favorite podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drive Thru, Jim talks with Kamille about Queen Of The Ring & more! Plus Jim reviews AEW Dynamite, as well as the Jon Moxley & his Death Riders up-close segment, and plays Guess The Program! Also, Jim answers YOUR questions about burials, Bockwinkel or Brisco, Joe Hendry, Al Perez, Mean Gene jumping to WWF, and much more! Send in your question for the Drive-Thru to: CornyDriveThru@gmail.com Follow Jim and Brian on Twitter: @TheJimCornette @GreatBrianLast Join Jim Cornette's College Of Wrestling Knowledge on Patreon to access the archives & more! https://www.patreon.com/Cornette Subscribe to the Official Jim Cornette channel on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialJimCornette Visit Jim's official site at www.JimCornette.com for merch, live dates, commentaries and more! You can listen to Brian on the 6:05 Superpodcast at 605pod.com or wherever you find your favorite podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Perez is a captivating singer/songwriter and soulful performer. His seven-member live band has thrilled audiences for over a decade at festivals, corporate events, and clubs around the USA, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, and Aruba.Perez's releases have received support on numerous playlists, radio, and various outlets (see Press section). Plastic Magazine says, "Al Perez proves why he is considered on of the most captivating singer-songwriter of our time."Soul&Jazz&Funk notes, "Al avoids the inherent saccharine and his declarations of love are the more convincing for that," while Blues In Britain says Perez's music is "sheer joy, well in keeping with similarly sweet soul from the 'love generation' era."Al's releases are available on Warrior Records which he recently promoted as the opening act on Nine Below Zero's 40th Anniversary UK tour.“I Wrote La Di Da about the joys of being on vacation. I've been blessed to have traveled to so many tropical destinations; Aruba, Hawaii, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, etc.,” said Perez. “Every time I'm out there with friends or meeting new people, they always say (after a few drinks), why can't we just live here for ever? So, while sitting in a tropical bay with a beautiful woman, I wrote this vacation song. I enlisted the help of a few local Hawaiian musician friends to play on it and we really strived to give it an authentic, smooth island feel.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Al Perez is a captivating singer/songwriter and soulful performer. His seven-member live band has thrilled audiences for over a decade at festivals, corporate events, and clubs around the USA, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, and Aruba.Perez's releases have received support on numerous playlists, radio, and various outlets (see Press section). Plastic Magazine says, "Al Perez proves why he is considered on of the most captivating singer-songwriter of our time."Soul&Jazz&Funk notes, "Al avoids the inherent saccharine and his declarations of love are the more convincing for that," while Blues In Britain says Perez's music is "sheer joy, well in keeping with similarly sweet soul from the 'love generation' era."Al's releases are available on Warrior Records which he recently promoted as the opening act on Nine Below Zero's 40th Anniversary UK tour.“I Wrote La Di Da about the joys of being on vacation. I've been blessed to have traveled to so many tropical destinations; Aruba, Hawaii, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, etc.,” said Perez. “Every time I'm out there with friends or meeting new people, they always say (after a few drinks), why can't we just live here for ever? So, while sitting in a tropical bay with a beautiful woman, I wrote this vacation song. I enlisted the help of a few local Hawaiian musician friends to play on it and we really strived to give it an authentic, smooth island feel.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

This week TMPT welcomes into the show for our flagship episode, The Latin Heartthrob, Al Perez. The former WCCW World Heavyweight Champion talks about his entire career in the pro wrestling business.  Host John Poz and Al talk breaking into the business, NWA, WWF, Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, CWF, WCCW, Ole Anderson, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Gary Hart, The Von Erichs, Sting, WCW, the Black Scorpion, GLORY DAYS: GRAPPLECON, and so much more!GLORY DAYS: GRAPPLECONhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/glory-days-grapplecon-tickets-760889108807?aff=oddtdtcreatorCheck out the Art of Manliness Podcast - https://www.artofmanliness.com/podcast/Check out the History on the Rocks Podcast - https://www.historyontherockspodcast.com/The best and easy way to win money is playing fantasy! Join @underdogfantasy today (underdogfantasy.com) and enter the promo code POWERTRIP to double your deposit. Then all you have to do is pick a game, guess higher or lower on or draft your team; then sit back, relax & watch the money roll in!Underdog Fantasy Promo Code: POWERTRIPStore - Teepublic.com/stores/TMPTFollow us @TwoManPowerTrip on Twitter and IG

Having left the fast-paced life of Los Angeles for the slower-paced Pacific Northwest, singer and songwriter Al Perez joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Al tells us about his house filled with instruments from being in the industry for over 25 years, how creating his ‘tragically sexy' music is an emotional journey for him, and much more. Instagram - @al_perez_vancouver_washington_ Facebook - @alperezband Twitter - @alperezmusic

Kris and David are joined by Phil Schneider (@philaschneider) to discuss the week-plus that was March 13-20, 1988. Topics of discussion include:The differences between the WWF and JCP at the time when it came to running angles with blood on TV.WWF Magazine spoiling the WrestleMania IV tournament winner in an issue that came out about a month before the show.Bruno Sammartino going off on current wrestling on a Pittsburgh radio show.THE GASPARS running wild in New Japan.Brian Pillman talking shit on the other Bad[d] Company on Stampede TV.The greatness of WWC in the months before everything changed with Bruiser Brody's murder.Paul E. Dangerously attempting a hostile takeover of Pro Wrestling This Week…with help from George Steinbrenner?Eddie Gilbert burning Randy Hales with a gigantic fireball on Memphis TV.World Class's shows improving since Michael Hayes took over the book.Badd Company winning the AWA World Tag Team Titles from the Midnight Rockers in Las Vegas.The Oregon wrestling war heats up between Don Owen and Billy Jack Haynes, all the while a State Athletic Commission has a contentious meeting.What exactly was the Four Horsemen Top Performance System supposed to do, exactly?Al Perez and Gary Hart debut on TBS.The Fantastics and The Midnight Express have one of the wildest brawls ever on TBS.A very entertaining show as always with Phil on board with us, so check it out!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WWF0:49:07 Int'l: NJPW, All-Star (UK), Stampede, Vancouver, EMLL, & WWC1:24:34 Classic Commercial Break1:27:45 Halftime2:17:46 Other USA: NECW, NWF, Pro Wrestling This Week, SCW, Blackjack Mulligan, The Sheik/Big Time Wrestling, USA Wrestling, Continental, WOW, CWA/Memphis, WCPW, WCCW, Central States, AWA, Alexis Smirnoff runs in Napa, & Portland3:42:58 Jim Crockett PromotionsTo support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.And if you'd like to support us while checking out the various promotions available on FITE TV, including their FITE+ subscription service, like BKFC, GCW, our friends at AIW and Black Label Pro, and more, you can sign up at TinyURL.com/BTSFITE.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Welcome to Episode #139 of LIVE and IN COLOR with Wolfie D (@warrenwolfe13) and co-host Jimmy Street (@jamesrockstreet)! Today we welcome the "Latin Heartthrob" AL PEREZ to the show! This one is huge for Wolfie and Jimmy as Wolfie borrowed Al's "whirlybird" move and Jimmy is a devoted follower of the teachings of Gary Hart, Al's late manager! So you know we have to talk about the move, and Gary and NWA, WWE, Mid-South, World Class, The Iron Claw, Ric Flair, and much more! Enjoy! Visit our Live and In Color with Wolfie D podcast page! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wolfied FOLLOW US ON: https://www.facebook.com/livewolfied https://twitter.com/livewolfied https://www.instagram.com/livewolfied/ https://www.youtube.com/@livewolfied VISIT OUR PROWRESTLINGTEES STORE: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/related/livewolfied.html Check out co-host Jimmy's podcast Give Me Back My Pro Wrestling: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmbmpw ADVERTISE WITH US! Would you or your business like to become a supporter of the 'Live and In Color with Wolfie D' Podcast? Contact us at liveandincolor.wolfied@gmail.com for ad rates and sponsorship options! VISIT OUR AWESOME SPONSORS! -Benji Buie "Rockstar Realtor": https://exitrealty.com/agent/Benji/Buie/241911/ -MANSCAPED: 20% OFF with code WOLFIE at https://manscaped.com -STEVE BOWTIE BRYANT'S 1993 "Unbeatables" trading card sets (LIMITED QUANTITIES!): Contact stevebowtiebryant@icloud.com Very Special Thanks To: Tracy Byrd and A Gathering Of None for the “Current Affair”, "Ask Wolfie D Anything" & "Name Game" theme songs! Support them at these links: https://agatheringofnone.bandcamp.com/ https://agatheringofnone.bigcartel.com/ Also, if you'd like to stream or purchase "Cap4YaDome" the official theme song for LIVE and IN COLOR with Wolfie D, you can here: Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/cap4yadome/1054542233?i=1054542237 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7M8F0CTsGwCtzKBjrImC7a?si=bab79a02c9f74cc3 © jamesrockstreet Productions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wolfied/support

Kris and David are joined by Phil Schneider (@philaschneider) to discuss the week-plus that was March 13-20, 1988. Topics of discussion include:The differences between the WWF and JCP at the time when it came to running angles with blood on TV.WWF Magazine spoiling the WrestleMania IV tournament winner in an issue that came out about a month before the show.Bruno Sammartino going off on current wrestling on a Pittsburgh radio show.THE GASPARS running wild in New Japan.Brian Pillman talking shit on the other Bad[d] Company on Stampede TV.The greatness of WWC in the months before everything changed with Bruiser Brody's murder.Paul E. Dangerously attempting a hostile takeover of Pro Wrestling This Week…with help from George Steinbrenner?Eddie Gilbert burning Randy Hales with a gigantic fireball on Memphis TV.World Class's shows improving since Michael Hayes took over the book.Badd Company winning the AWA World Tag Team Titles from the Midnight Rockers in Las Vegas.The Oregon wrestling war heats up between Don Owen and Billy Jack Haynes, all the while a State Athletic Commission has a contentious meeting.What exactly was the Four Horsemen Top Performance System supposed to do, exactly?Al Perez and Gary Hart debut on TBS.The Fantastics and The Midnight Express have one of the wildest brawls ever on TBS.A very entertaining show as always with Phil on board with us, so check it out!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WWF0:49:07 Int'l: NJPW, All-Star (UK), Stampede, Vancouver, EMLL, & WWC1:24:34 Classic Commercial Break1:27:45 Halftime2:17:46 Other USA: NECW, NWF, Pro Wrestling This Week, SCW, Blackjack Mulligan, The Sheik/Big Time Wrestling, USA Wrestling, Continental, WOW, CWA/Memphis, WCPW, WCCW, Central States, AWA, Alexis Smirnoff runs in Napa, & Portland3:42:58 Jim Crockett PromotionsTo support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.And if you'd like to support us while checking out the various promotions available on FITE TV, including their FITE+ subscription service, like BKFC, GCW, our friends at AIW and Black Label Pro, and more, you can sign up at TinyURL.com/BTSFITE.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Starting with little experience, Al made a staggering amount of money on his very first deal, prompting him to leave his mundane job behind and embark on an exciting career in flipping and wholesaling. Tune in as Al shares his secrets to success, including how he made over $450,000 per year in deals and now owns a portfolio of over $100 million in assets.Discover the power of wholesaling, the art of finding discounted properties and quickly assigning contracts for a profit. If you've ever dreamed of quitting your job and creating your own path to financial freedom, this episode will inspire you to take action and follow in Al's footsteps.Don't miss out on this captivating conversation filled with practical insights and the motivation you need to turn your dreams into reality.David's Social: @dleckohttps://www.dealmachine.com/podRyan's Social: @heritage_home_investmentshttps://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/Al's Social: https://www.facebook.com/alfred.perez.566790

"Playboy" Vince aka Phil Apollo joins Rick & Anthony to talk his wrestling career including first meeting Chris Adams, training with Killer Kowalski, working the Savoldis, Tom Brandi, "Playboy" Gary Hart, Al Perez, John Tatum, World Class, Jack Victory, going to WCW, going to WWF, Percy Pringle, Pat Patterson plus so much more!!! Show your love for PWZ by donating to help with production costs https://anchor.fm/rick252 Check out the PWZ store: https://www.teepublic.com/user/pwz-podcast Check out our sponsor Dubby! For an energy drink without the jitters. use coupon code PWZPOD for 10% off your order. https://www.dubby.gg/collections/all?gclid=CjwKCAiA_vKeBhAdEiwAFb_nrR9wGoqmDgvlrpbNjbBrB2naGHBYklmTwiphHn91arMfW9MkysVSnxoCqoUQAvD_BwE Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/73T7lf8zNALB7bV5PsD3 Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcaspwz/id1493073729 Youtube https://youtube.com/@PWZNETWORK #prowrestling #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #youtuber #youtube #wrestling #contentcreator #content #wrestlingpodcast #wwe #wwf #allelitewrestling #aew #indiewrestling #indywrestling #independentwrestling #supportindependentwrestling #wrestletok #wrestlingtiktok --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rick252/support

Regional Rasslin headed back to Mid-South 1986 to talk the month of MARCH with guest Roman Gomez. Dick Slater tosses the TV Title into the Arkansas River, Terry Taylor vs. Jake Roberts in a #1 Contender Match, The Blade Runners Debut, Road Warriors "sing", Slater flushes Sting, Karl Kox back, Kelly Kiniski QUITS the business, Crockett Cup around the corner, the WWF runs the Superdome, Cowboy's Commentary, The Sheepherders dominate the Bruise Brothers & Guerreros, Buzz Sawyer sends Al Perez packing, a 4 letter word that starts with "P", The Masked Superstars team up, Tracy Smothers arrives, the Gibsons reunite, Koko B. Ware delivers the most memorable dropkick in history at the expense of Gustavo Mendoza, Boogie Woogie Valiant, Houston Results, Koko vs. Hot Stuff, Buck Robley and Super Pro Wrestling. Plus, action with Murdoch, Dibiase, Dr. Death, Rock & Roll Express, Taras Bulba, Midnight Express, Korchenko, and soundbites galore! Available everywhere your Podcast Streaming needs are met.Visit our Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.comFollow us on Twitter @RasslinGrenadeFollow and LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenadeSubscribe to our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenadePlease Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopiaIncludes a $5 “All Access” Tier featuring our Patreon Exclusive Watch-Along Series, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare & Regional Rasslin), Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content that was originally edited out! PLUS, monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure!Listen at your leisure and pick back up later if need be!REGIONAL RASSLIN' PODCAST EPISODE #015MARCH 1986 IN Mid-South (w/Guest Co-Host Roman Gomez)Dick Slater tosses the TV Title into the Arkansas River, Terry Taylor vs. Jake Roberts in a #1 Contender Match, The Blade Runners Debut, Road Warriors "sing", Slater flushes Sting, Karl Kox back, Kelly Kiniski QUITS the business, Crockett Cup around the corner, the WWF runs the Superdome, Cowboy's Commentary, The Sheepherders dominate the Bruise Brothers & Guerreros, Buzz Sawyer sends Al Perez packing, a 4 letter word that starts with "P", The Masked Superstars team up, Tracy Smothers arrives, the Gibsons reunite, Koko B. Ware delivers the most memorable dropkick in history at the expense of Gustavo Mendoza, Boogie Woogie Valiant, Houston Results, Koko vs. Hot Stuff, Buck Robley and Super Pro Wrestling. Plus, action with Murdoch, Dibiase, Dr. Death, Rock & Roll Express, Taras Bulba, Midnight Express, Korchenko, and soundbites galore! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On this episode of Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, our multi-time hall of famers Gerald Brisco and John Bradshaw Layfield welcome the Latin Heart Throb Al Perez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, our multi-time hall of famers Gerald Brisco and John Bradshaw Layfield welcome the Latin Heart Throb Al Perez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Regional Rasslin' back again with more Mid-South 1986 as we kick off the month of February in the territory! Guest Roman Gomez returns to the show to talk the RETURN of "Hacksaw" Duggan, the Jake Roberts/Dick Slater feud continues as the North American Title is Held-Up, Eddie Gilbert turns on Oliver Humperdink, The Fabulous Ones confront Dibiase & Dr. Death, The Sheepherders are taking over, Taras Bulba Debuts, Buzz Sawyer interrupts Al Perez, Koko B. Ware does "The Bird", Rock & Rolls vs. Midnights, Terry Taylor shines, the WWF goes head-to-head with Mid-South in their own backyard of OKC, Buck Robley running outlaw competition, plus Soundbite Promos, and so much more!Available everywhere your Podcast Streaming needs are met.Visit our Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.comFollow us on Twitter @RasslinGrenadeFollow and LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenadeSubscribe to our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenadePlease Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopiaIncludes a $5 “All Access” Tier featuring our Patreon Exclusive Watch-Along Series, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare & Regional Rasslin), Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content that was originally edited out! PLUS, monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure!Listen at your leisure and pick back up later if need be!REGIONAL RASSLIN' PODCAST EPISODE #009FEBRUARY 1986 IN THE MID-SOUTH(w/Guest Co-Host Roman Gomez)Back again with more Mid-South 1986 as we kick off the month of February in the territory! Guest Roman Gomez returns to the show to talk the RETURN of "Hacksaw" Duggan, the Jake Roberts/Dick Slater feud continues as the North American Title is Held-Up, Eddie Gilbert turns on Oliver Humperdink, The Fabulous Ones confront Dibiase & Dr. Death, The Sheepherders are taking over, Buzz Sawyer interrupts Al Perez, Koko B. Ware does "The Bird", Rock & Rolls vs. Midnights, Taras Bulba Debuts, Terry Taylor shines, the WWF goes head-to-head with Mid-South in their own backyard of OKC, Buck Robley running outlaw competition, plus Soundbite Promos, and so much more! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Regional Rasslin' Podcast returns as we FINISH UP the month of JANUARY 1986 in the Mid-South Wrestling territory. Guest co-host Roman Gomez returns for the ride as this time around we discuss the final two weeks of January TV (both the main broadcast & Power Pro), as well as take a look at the January 31st event at the Sam Houston Coliseum! Some of the topics discussed this week include... Dark Journey BLINDS Jake Roberts but gets the DDT, Dick Murdoch ending the "career" of Butch Reed, TV TITLE TOURNAMENT FINALS - Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater, Terry Taylor vs. Lord Humongous in his final TV match, the abilities of Al Perez never catching on, "Cheap Heat" with Gustavo Mendoza, 80s Music Royalties (or lack thereof), a NEW Masked Superstar, the Fabulous Ones arrive, we'll talk how Bill Watts handled King Kong Bundy main eventing WrestleMania 2, Dibiase & Duggan mending fences, wrestlers cutting promos for each other, Bill Watts gets into politics (sort of), Tag Title Rematch - Doc & Dibiase vs. Eddie Gilbert & Nightmare, Dibiase drops "Maggie", "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed in a Dog Collar Match, Chavo painted yellow, the North American Title held up, the Mid-South TV product featuring more in-ring promos, the conduit abilities of Jim Ross, plus multiple promos in Soundbite form, and so much more!Available everywhere your Podcast Streaming needs are met.Visit our Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.comFollow us on Twitter @RasslinGrenadeFollow and LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenadeSubscribe to our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenadePlease Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopiaIncludes a $5 “All Access” Tier featuring our Patreon Exclusive Watch-Along Series, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare & Regional Rasslin), Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content that was originally edited out! PLUS, monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure!Listen at your leisure and pick back up later if need be!REGIONAL RASSLIN' PODCAST EPISODE #008FINISHING UP JANUARY 1986 IN THE MID-SOUTH (w/Guest Co-Host Roman Gomez)The Regional Rasslin' Podcast returns as we FINISH UP the month of JANUARY 1986 in the Mid-South Wrestling territory. Guest co-host Roman Gomez returns for the ride as this time around we discuss the final two weeks of January TV (both the main broadcast & Power Pro), as well as take a look at the January 31st event at the Sam Houston Coliseum! Some of the topics discussed this week include... Dark Journey BLINDS Jake Roberts but gets the DDT, Dick Murdoch ending the "career" of Butch Reed, TV TITLE TOURNAMENT FINALS - Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater, Terry Taylor vs. Lord Humongous in his final TV match, the abilities of Al Perez never catching on, "Cheap Heat" with Gustavo Mendoza, 80s Music Royalties (or lack thereof), a NEW Masked Superstar, the Fabulous Ones arrive, we'll talk how Bill Watts handled King Kong Bundy main eventing WrestleMania 2, wrestlers cutting promos for each other, Bill Watts gets into politics (sort of), Tag Title Rematch - Doc & Dibiase vs. Eddie Gilbert & Nightmare, Dibiase drops "Maggie", "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed in a Dog Collar Match, Chavo painted yellow, the North American Title held up, the Mid-South TV product featuring more in-ring promos, the conduit abilities of Jim Ross, plus multiple promos in Soundbite form, and so much more! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Attention FFS Listeners: MediDenta Special offer for all listeners “FFS50” for 50% off all products in their lines of products.    Also brought to you by our partners:  Sponsored by Kettenbach Dental.  Contact: (877) 532-2123 Website: www.kettenbach-dental.us Webshop: www.kettenbachusa.com   And Prexion:  Offer for Fee For Service Podcast Members Purchase a PreXion CBCT model and install by December 31, 2022 and Receive either a free mounting stand (if needed) or a $1,000 rebate in the form of an Amazon or Target gift card. To learn more, please visit https://www.prexion.com.   FFS Podcast Promotional Links:  ONLY $397: Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps www.membershipmastercourse.com Dental Membership Direct www.dentalmembershipdirect.com Dental Financing Direct www.dentalfinancingdirect.com   About Dr. Sonny Spera Dr. Sonny Spera graduated from Union Endicott High School in 1981. With a four-year basketball scholarship he graduated from Syracuse University in 1985; majoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was also the co-captain of the 1984-1985 Syracuse basketball team. Dr. Spera graduated from SUNY Buffalo Dental School in 1989 in the top 10% of his class. At SUNY Buffalo Dental School he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society. He was also UB Graduate Assistant Basketball coach.  Dr. Spera has been in private practice since 1989 and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the Sixth District Dental Society and the Broome County Dental Society. He is also a member of the International Association of Orthodontics, the BC Dental Society and the BCDS Study Club. Away from the office, he volunteers with several community organizations, including the Elks Club, the Son's of Italy, the STNY Flyers, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He is the founder and president of ME Hoops Inc. Dr. Spera currently resides with his wife Angela, whom he met at Syracuse University, and their three children, Marcus, Erica, and Carla. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, basketball, golf, music and movies. 607-624-2962 (Cell) Sonnyspera@gmail.com Www.progressivedentalny.com   Do you have a FFS practice? Would you like to be interviewed? Fill out the FFS Stories request form here: https://goo.gl/forms/7TaUF9Nqi49l1RFF2

Callum Barnes (@callumpbarnes) makes his debut on the show, and what a week to debut. The version of this episode on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA03rFj3c14&list=WL&index=5&t=2644s) has ALL THE ORIGINAL BRILLIANT ADVERTS FROM 1986! If that's not reason enough to watch & then listen to us, then how about adding in Al Perez vs Buzz Sawyer?  How about the Rock N Roll Express teaming with Ricky Gibson (Ricky/Robert/Ricky)?  How about the Sheepherders?  How about Koko Ware throwing the most brutal looking drop kick I've ever seen? Get involved, you know it makes sense.  

Luis Gomez y este servidor hablamos de lo mejor de la carrera del Invader en los 80.Miramos y analizamos todos los feudos que hicieron de esta decada una especial para los fans del Invader.Entre los Feudos de los cuales hablamos estan los siguientes: Al Perez, Ron Starr, Chicky Starr,Pierre Martell,TNT, Carlos Colon, Abdullah The Butcher y Muchos otros en el podcast de esta semana. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/luis-cuevas/support

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@coach_canova) are back to review the September 14tth episode of Mid South Wrestling featuring an INCREDIBLE video on Al Perez, The Fantastics & Humongous in action plus much much more.   YouTube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvmKT7jezdw

We are extremely excited to be able to bring to you the legendary Salomón Grundy. Long time fans will fondly remember Salomón Grundy as a gentle giant in World Class Championship Wrestling and CMLL. Salomón has been in the ring with the likes of Al Perez, Mill Mascaras, Dick Slater, and Vampiro. He was in tag teams with such notable partners as Mike Shaw and Tug Taylor. In recent years Salomón has been training the new crop of wrestling talents in Texas. You will, most definitely, want to join us as we talk to the man that hailed from Pig Knuckles, Kentucky.

Warning Coarse Language. This is part 2 in the celebration of Pat Patterson, one of the all time greats in professional wrestling. Hear from Sgt. Slaughter, Bruce Prichard, Jim Cornette, plus allegations of sexual misconduct regarding Pat Patterson from Sid Vicious, Al Perez and more, Plus, Pat's Hall of Fame Speech in 1996. twitter.com/wrestlingtwt instagram.com/wrestlingtwt From wwe.com Whether in the ring, on the microphone or behind the scenes, Pat Patterson was one of sports-entertainment's most successful and well-known Superstars for five decades. In addition, Patterson was linked to many "firsts" in the industry, as his voice and his mind helped him continue his career well after his in-ring days were over. Patterson began his career in 1958 in his native Montreal before moving on to the San Francisco promotion. Patterson was a fixture in the Bay Area for nearly two decades, winning the regional tag team championship an unprecedented 10 times with seven different partners and twice capturing the legendary Cow Palace Battle Royal in 1975 and 1981. It was in San Francisco where he first met and teamed with Ray Stevens, and the pair moved on to the AWA in the late 1970s. They won the AWA World Tag Team Championship in 1978, but after losing the gold a year later, Patterson moved on to WWE. He made an impact almost immediately after falling under the tutelage of The Grand Wizard. In September 1979, Patterson won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro to become the first Intercontinental Champion. He held the gold until 1980 when he split with The Wizard and became a fan favorite. In 1981, Patterson's rivalry with Sgt. Slaughter became one of the biggest in WWE. The two brutalized each other every chance they got in a series of Boot Camp Matches, with their rivalry culminating in a brutal Alley Fight at Madison Square Garden that April. During that time, Patterson also began his career as a color commentator, teaming up with Vince McMahon to announce WWE Championship Wrestling. Patterson continued to do double-duty in the ring and behind the mic until his official retirement in 1984. That didn't stop him from contributing to WWE, however. He took a role as a WWE Official, and became one of McMahon's close confidantes. In 1988, one of Patterson's greatest ideas came to life in the form of the Royal Rumble Match; while it has been modified and expanded since its debut, the Royal Rumble Match format itself is an idea credited to Patterson. A decade later, his close relationship with McMahon would bring Patterson back to WWE television; Alongside Gerald Brisco, Patterson served as one of McMahon's advisors (or "stooges," as our fans might call them). Patterson and Brisco did a lot of dirty work for the WWE Chairman in the late 1990s, and Patterson would become part of more history during that time. In June 2000, Patterson became the oldest man to ever win the Hardcore Championship. Over 20 years after making history with the Intercontinental Championship, Patterson pinned Crash Holly to claim Hardcore gold. For all his efforts, Pat Patterson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996 by Bret Hart, another one of Canada's finest sports-entertainers. In his 25-plus years in WWE, Patterson was synonymous with making history. From the Intercontinental Title to the Royal Rumble Match and beyond, his name will forever be revered in WWE lore.

BOOM! The Wrestling Memory Grenade is on the air!The Grenade will be taking you on a weekly trip down Memory Lane as we focus on one promotion and year at a time. Join us as we analyze everything that happened throughout that 12-month period. It's a mixture of information, discussions, results, watch-alongs, special guests, and so much more.Tune in to Episode #1 as we kick things off by examining the National Wrestling Alliance circa 1989. (Note: Thanks to my co-host Steve Eckstat for spoiling the planned in-podcast announcement. He literally lets the cat out of the bag within 2 minutes!!!  D'oh)In our first episode, we'll recap the tail end of 1988 by discussing the Ted Turner buyout of JCP and the ramifications it had on the NWA. We'll also talk about the demotion of the head booker and in-ring superstar “the American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Plus, there's a new sheriff in town… and his name is Jim Herd!!!From there, we look at Starrcade '88 and the fallout it had leading into 1989.We discuss all of that, plus we've tracked down and watched everything we could find from the company that aired between the dates of December 31, 1988 through January 15, 1989. We'll review all of those results and look into the behind the scenes goings-on as reported by the dirt sheets from that period.We've included a breakdown of some of the results we'll be discussing below so that you can follow along.  - Ted Turner buys JCP - Dusty Rhodes loses his power - Exit the American Dream, Enter Jim HerdNWA Starrcade '88 Results and Fallout (00:20:56)NWA Championship Wrestling 12/31/88 (Sat. Morning Show)  (00:34:37)Hosted by David Crockett & Paul E. Dangerously, featuring the likes of the JYD, Paul E's Original Midnight Express, “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert, the Texas Broncos, the Fantastics, tag-team Ladies action, and the “high flying” action of the Commandos. NWA World Championship Wrestling 12/31/88 (Sat. Night 6:05) (00:46:42)It's New Year's Eve, so it's PSA time as Jim Ross, Eddie Gilbert, and even the evil Paul E. Dangerously remind us not to drink and drive!  And featuring a 6-Woman Tag, JYD, Eddie Gilbert, another 5-star classic involving the Commandos, Dustin Rhodes & Kendall Windham, the Original Midnights, the Fantastics, and an appearance by Missy Hyatt. Plus, they give away Starrcade action on FREE TV! What were they thinking???NWA Main Event 1/1/89 (1:10:25)Those Texas Broncos are at it again. Plus, the Original Midnights vs. The Fantastics, and a huge main event with World Champion Ric Flair teaming with U.S. Champion Barry Windham to take on Bam Bam Bigelow and “American Dream" Dusty Rhodes!!!NWA Championship Wrestling 1/7/89 (Morning Show) (1:18:47)Hosted this week by David Crockett & Jim Cornette. Featuring tag team action from Sting & Lex Luger, Al Perez & Larry Zbyszko, and the dreaded Russian Assassins. Abdullah the Butcher EATS Segment 6! Plus, youngster Steve Casey, Eddie Gilbert, and a fun but short main event featuring U.S. Champion Barry Windham vs. Capt. Redneck Dick Murdoch.NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/7/89 moves to 7:05!?!?! Sacrilege!!!A Year-In-Review show highlighting the events of 1988.NWA Championship Wrestling 1/14/89 (Morning Show) (1:29:28)Hosted by David Crockett & Paul E. Dangerously, featuring a wild angle between the Road Warriors and the Varsity Club just minutes after the Roadies destroy a pair of unfortunate souls in the ring. Other action involving the Original Midnights, Steve Casey, Dustin Rhodes, Kendall Windham, Al Perez, and Larry Zbyszko. Plus, this week's main event features the odd pairing of Michael Hayes and the JYD vs. The Russian Assassins.NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/14/88 (Sat. Night) (1:37:25)ANGLE ALERT!!! Eddie Gilbert battles U.S. Champion Barry Windham to kick off the show, and it leads to a special challenge tag team match for next week! Who will Gilbert's mystery partner be???Plus, we'll see Steve Eckstat's favorite wrestler Michael P.S. Hayes, the Varsity Club, The Road Warriors, Sting, Lex Luger, the Original Midnights, Al Perez, Larry Zbyszko, Jim Cornette's Midnight Express, and Dick Murdoch. All of that and Mike Rotunda gets his TV Title rematch against Champion Rick Steiner. Missy Hyatt chats with the Nature Boy Ric Flair, and the Roadies announce their new partner in the 6-Man Tag Team Championships.NWA Main Event 1/15/89 (2:02:22)From the Omni, featuring a hodgepodge of 6-man tag team action in the main event when Dusty Rhodes teams with JYD and Rick Steiner to take on the unique pairing of Road Warrior Hawk, Paul Ellering, and… Steve “Dr. Death” Williams???Promotional Considerations (2:05:12)

En el Podcast de esta semana junto a mi invitado Luis Gomez estaremos hablando del 1986 de la Capitol Sports Promotions o la World Wrestling Council.Lo que comenzo con un Libreto se salio de este tirando el libreto al piso convirtiendose simplemente en una conversacion entre dos amigos sobre el 86 de la WWC .Entre los temas que tocaremos en el podcast: El turn de Chicky Starr-en que se baso? .El angulo de abdullah y Carlos Colon. Como el Invader ayudo a vender esta Historia. La Lucha de Retorno entre ambos y la magnitud de la asistencia a ese evento. Una mirada a el feudo entre Al Perez y el Invader La masacre del Hiram Bithorn. El Increible trabajo de los comentaristas de WWC en ese tiempo. Aniversario 86 Las ultimas dos defensas de Ric Flair en la isla. Terry Funk en Aniversario 86 Debut de TNT con el Profe Porque pensamos que era el momento perfecto para que TNT ganara en ese momento. Esto y muchas cosas mas en el podcast de esta semana donde esperemos sea de su agrado la conversacion entre Luis Gomez y este servidor del 1986 de la WWC.Nos gustaria escuchar sus memorias de ese ano de la WWC por que es increible todos los detalles que no pudimos cubrir en detalle, Caveman --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/luis-cuevas/support

Same day, different promotion this week as it's back to Jim Crockett Promotions for a look at NWA Pro from May 7, 1988! - The Barry Windham heel turn a the beauty of paying off the planted seeds - The Stan Lane ZIP code challenge - Dr. Death's drug bust and how the law treated him very differently - What's Kevin Sullivan wearing now? - Al Perez: big fish in small ponds and small fish in big ponds - Forgetting all about mid-1988 Nikita Koloff - JJ Dillon seemingly commandeering the show Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

Hey everybody! Time for a new first on the podcast and this Watch Alone series, I am doing this episode by myself. Figured I’d give a test run to see if doing one solo isn’t as bad as I expect it to be. So sit back and let me be your guide as we watch World Class from January 2nd, 1988 featuring a cage match between Kerry Von Erich and Al Perez. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aloneinthebasement/message

For the next stop on Jenny & the Gems tour through the WWE Network's vault of Hidden Gems, we go to Greensboro on July 16, 1988 for a lost show on the NWA's Great American Bash tour. One week after the Bash PPV, we see an epic WarGames battle, plus discussions on Al Perez, questionable people at ringside, a debate on the Rock & Roll Express and the Fantastics, plus the birth of the "Ric Rack"! So take the stage with Jennifer Smith, Scott Criscuolo, Matt Souza & Drew Wardlaw for this big show in Greensboro!

Chad and Parv review Clash of the Champions 2: Miami Mayhem! In this show: Parv has a big announcement, a look at the state of American television advertising in 1988 including a veritable who’s who of d-list celebrities, discussion of the Lyle Alzado star vehicle “Learning the Ropes”, the big contract signing aboard the Black Hawk with Flair’s red sweater, Kevin Sullivan’s parchment plans for the Tower of Doom, Dr Death’s white-kid gloves, Al Perez: least talked about “lost worker” ever?, more discussion of NWA managers as compared with WWF managers, and Dusty Rhodes: 268.5 lbs.

In this episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Justin, Scott and Steve Bennett are ushering in a new decade of WWF wrestling with a dive into the 1/15/90 Madison Square Garden house show! The crew discuss the Herb Kunze Tidbits of the Week, Genius picking up wins, a tag classic between the Rockers and Powers of Pain, another Al Perez stinker, a fun Hogan/Perfect title match, a surprising loss for Bret Hart, Bob Orton in 1990?, the final steps in the Valentine/Garvin feud, another war between Roberts and DiBiase and more, including end of show awards! So fire up this action-packed episode and join Scott, Justin & Steve as it’s time for another edition of the PTB Podcast!

Ep 20 – Great American Bash 1988 “A Price for Freedom” After all the fun we had with Clash of the Champions, could the NWA keep its momentum going? 0:29 - Welcome 6:28 - Great American Bash opening 7:06 - Sting/Nikita Koloff vs Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) for the NWA World Tag Team Championships 18:38 - The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers) vs the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane) (w/ Jim Cornette) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship 28:26 - Team Sullivan (Kevin Sullivan, Al Perez, Ivan Koloff, Russian Assassin, and Mike Rotundo) (w/ Gary Hart and Paul Jones) vs Team Garvin (Jimmy Garvin, Ron Garvin, “Dr Death” Steve Williams, the Road Warriors (Animal/Hawk)) (w/ Paul Ellering) in a Tower of Doom match 42:12 - Barry Windham (w/ JJ Dillon) vs Dusty Rhodes for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship 52:20 - Lex Luger vs Ric Flair (w/ JJ Dillon) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 1:04:52 - Overall Thoughts 1:07:15 - Smarking It Up 1:11:52 - Dusty Finish 1:12:40 - Goodbyes Music from this show is the theme song from Great American Bash 88 and Spach Zarathustra by Strauss Email us at WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Find us on Twitter - @WrestlingHistoX

In this episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Justin, Scott and Matt Souza are settling down from Survivor Series with a dive into the 11/25/89 Madison Square Garden house show! The crew discuss the consistent struggles of solo Haku, a hidden gem tag classic between the Rockers and Hart Foundation, another Al Perez dud, the ongoing Roberts/DiBiase feud, a fun brawl between Santana and Brown, an excellent Brother Love Show, Hercules heading way down the pecking order, the big showdown between Savage and Duggan and more, including end of show awards! So fire up this action-packed episode and join Scott, Justin & Matt as it’s time for another edition of the PTB Podcast!

In this episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Justin, Scott and Tim Slomka are getting spooky in the Big Apple with a dive into the 10/28/89 Madison Square Garden house show! The crew discuss the brief run of Barry Windham, the arrival of Al Perez, another solo shot for Bret Hart, a nightmare match straight out of 1986, a wild brawl between Jim Duggan and Randy Savage, a sloppy brawl between Hercules and Akeem, another win for Mr. Perfect, a huge night for Ultimate Warrior and more, including end of show awards! So fire up this action-packed episode and join Scott, Justin & Tim as it’s time for another edition of the PTB Podcast!

Five Star Wrestling podcast is rolling this week! Tom, Sam and Ricky recap January 14-16 Raw, Smackdown and NXT. They get their first listener question to discuss the most overrated wrestlers. They get into if Braun Strouman is the next Big Show, who will be the next women's tag champs and you, the listener, get to hear some of Tom's spot on impressions. Sam is punished for losing the NXT Blackpool pickems by giving the class a report on a WCCW episode from the early 80s. They also discuss the upcoming NFL conference finals and play a game of epic tag team proportions to close the show. No NJPW report--Maybe next time!

Jim Cornette answers YOUR questions about wrestlers with wet hair, Al Perez, Bill Dundee's height, heat over nicknames, phony wrestlers & more!Send in your question for the Drive-Thru to: CornyDriveThru@gmail.com Follow Jim and Brian on Twitter: @TheJimCornette @GreatBrianLast Visit Jim's official site at www.JimCornette.com for merch, live dates, commentaries and more! You can listen to Brian each week on the 6:05 Superpodcast at 605pod.com.

RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 28 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: Episode 29 (07/17 - 07/23) Tommy Rich loses a Hair vs Hair Match against Ole Anderson. Super Destroyer Mark II (Sgt Slaughter) loses Mask vs Title Match against Nick Bockwinkel. Masanobu Fuchi and Atsushi Onita lose a Hair vs Hair Match against Steve Keirn and Bill Dundee. Abdullah The Butcher is named first ever World Wrestling Council World Heavyweight Champion. WWF 'The Brawl To End It All' airs live on MTV. Audio: Macho Man Randy Savage first appearance on TNT. Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart wins a date with Fabulous Moolah. The Great Betrayal airs on television: Paul Orndorff turns on Hulk Hogan. Bruiser Brody murdered by Jose Gonzalez in Puerto Rico. Audio: Tony Atlas and Dutch Mantell speak on the murder of Bruiser Brody and the cover up that followed. Audio: Memorable Ric Flair vs Terry Funk battle and post match brawl at Great American Bash '89. Brain Busters become first Tag Team to win NWA and WWF Tag Team Titles. Terry Gordy def Stan Hansen to win AJPW Triple Crown Championship. Canada's ban leads to the end of 'The Mountie' character in WWF. Audio: First ever WWF Ladder Match: Bret Hart vs Sean Michaels w/ Sherri for IC Title. Randy Savage and Bret Hart vs Ric Flair and Sean Michaels. Ric Flair wins his last NWA World Title against Barry Windham. Vince McMahon found Not Guilty of Conspiracy to distribute steroids. Looking back at the case and trial testimony of Hulk Hogan. Audio: Jim Cornette suggests what would have happened had Vince McMahon gone to jail in 1994. Bash At The Beach 94: Hulk Hogan def Ric Flair to win WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Looking back at July 1994 (Non Wrestling History). Memorable 1995 ECW event in Florida featuring Malenko vs Guerrero, Gangstas vs Public Enemy, Fans breaking the ring, and Woman causing controversy during Mikey Whipwreck 'caning'. WWF debuts for The Goon and Faarooq Asad. WWF Wrestle Vessel departs from Florida to Mexico. Heatwave '97: Rick Rude turns and Jerry Lawler's last ECW appearance. Audio: The Dudleys and Joel Gertner's memorable and controversial promo from Heatwave '99. Audio: Hardys vs Dudleys match leads to Trish Stratus putting Lita thru a table. Lance Storm wins US / Canadian Title on WCW Tuesday Nitro. WWF Invasion PPV draws staggering PPV Buyrate. The Rock wins WWE Championship a record 7th time def Kurt Angle and Undertaker. A record until broken in 2009 by Triple H. Lance Storm and Christian end Hulk Hogan's only tag team title run (with Edge). Audio: John Cena 'urinates' on Undertaker's Grave. Triple H turns on HBK after their 'D-X reunion'. WWE unifies the IC and European Titles. Kane tombstones Linda McMahon on the Raw stage. Bobby Lashley first in-ring career for WWE ends. Great Khali wins World Heavyweight Title vacated by Edge due to injury. Michelle McCool becomes first ever Divas Champion. Triple H and Alicia Fox 'ruin' the wedding of Edge and Vickie Guerrero. WWE changes programming from TV-14 to PG. Audio: Batista speaks on WWE going PG. Dlo Brown makes a surprise (albeit brief) return to Raw. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell bombs at TNA Victory Road. Audio: TNA employee reveals on Bubba The Love Sponge Show that Jeff Jarrett is living with the then wife (Karen) and kids of Kurt Angle. Randy Orton vs Dusty Rhodes: Texas Bullrope Match. Hornswoggle wins and becomes last WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Ron Simmons inducted into College Football Hall Of Fame. Audio: Highlights of CM Punk winning WWE Championship from John Cena in Chicago (Money In The Bank PPV). Vince McMahon 'fired' and Triple H is replaced as COO of WWE. Christian wins World Heavyweight Championship for 2nd time. Audio: CM Punk confronts Triple H at San Diego Comic-Con. Audio: Daniel Bryan proposes to AJ Lee. All women's promotion: Shine Wrestling debuts. First episode of the three-hour era kicks off with Raw 1000. Chris Sabin wins TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Audio: CM Punk at Alternative Press Music Awards says he's never coming back to WWE. Inadvertent email leads to reveal of Vince Russo working secretly behind the scenes for TNA. Audio: Vince Russo dispels claims the Spike TV dropped TNA Programming due to his secret employment. Stephanie McMahon 'arrested' for slapping Brie Bella. Raw GM and Commissioner revealed as Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley. Smackdown GM and Commissioner revealed as Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan. Audio: Cesaro's controversial comments from WWE 2016 Draft. Audio: Kalisto's memorable 'Lucha Thing' comments from WWE 2016 Draft. Audio: Fun exchange between Bubba Ray Dudley and Jimmy Uso from a match on WWE Main Event. Audio: Kurt Angle reveals Jason Jordan as his biological son. And so much more! NOTABLE PRO WRESTLING DEBUTS: Van Hammer (1991), Masato Tanaka (1993), Tyson Kidd (1995), Braxton Sutter (1999), Delirious (2001), Tenille Dashwood and Bobby Dempsey (2005), Brett DiBiase (2008), Cedric Alexander (2009) NOTABLE DEATHS: Rayo de Jalisco 85, Buddy Hack 82, Lord Alfred Hayes and June Byers 76, Tor Kamata 70, Pat Roach 67, Chuck "Popeye" Richards and Missouri Mauler 65, Randy Rice 50, Bruiser Brody 42, Herb Abrams 41, Billy Firehawk 40, Hercules Cortez 39, John Kronus 38, Virgil E Flynn III 33, Damien Steele 34, AJ Mitrano 29 NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: Fabulous Moolah, Édouard Carpentier, Perro Aguayo Jr, George Hackenschmidt, Sky Low Low, Bob Orton Sr, David Von Erich, Frenchy Lamonte, Hiro Matsuda, Tex McKenzie, Sonny Fargo, Angel of Death, Ted Heath, Gil Guerrero, Randy Anderson, Dr X-Treme, and Spider (RIP), Carlos Colon 70, Randy Rose 62, Robert Gibson 60, DJ Peterson 59, Al Perez 58, Dusty Wolfe 56, Al Snow and Giant Silva 55, Shawn Michaels 53, Mike Sanders 49, Shawn Stasiak 48, Chastity and Michael Modest 47, Shinjiro Otani 46, Homeless Jimmy 45, Rey Bucanero, Mammoth Sasaki, and Sonny Siaki 44, Daffney and UltraMantis Black 43, Abdullah Kobayashi 42, Tony Mamaluke and Trik Nasty 41, Stuka Jr, Drago, and Joey Mercury 39, Fandango 38, Kenny King 37, Lacey Von Erich and Akira Tozawa 33, Mojo Rawley and Jinder Mahal 32, Mandy Rose 27, Lady Puma 24 RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the TWIWH EP29 (07/23/18) CLICK HERE to listen to the TWIWH EP29 (07/23/18) online. 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This week "The King of All Wrestling Media" welcomes a Texas Wrestling Legend, Rudy Boy Gonzalez. Rudy talks about breaking into the business in Southwest Championship Wrestling for Joe Blanchard, getting training on the side of the highway from Manny Fernandez and Al Perez, and sorts of other fun stories from the formative years of his wrestling career. They also talk about the origins of the Texas Wrestling Academy and being Shawn Michaels' head trainer and how that all came together. Also, insight on TWA's star student Bryan Danielson who would go on to headline WrestleMania 30 as Daniel Bryan!