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As amazing @WillOspreay is in the ring it's too easy to overlook just how far he's come in terms of his mic work and overall presence.
Gone from being a guy that said he hated promos to making me look up the costs of a flight to Jacksonville.
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I work for WWE but watch a lot of wrestling worldwide. This goes for all wrestlers in all companies. I have worked in Wrestling for 42 years. An observation. We are portraying trained pro fighters with instincts ( even comedy bouts). If you don’t win you would make less money in the story we’re telling. Every TV bout , if there’s a pin, the cameras focus in. Please pin and kick out like your life and career depend on it. In story, it does. I’ve also been a part of knowing most talent since the 2000’s in many companies. As time goes by younger talent copy their favourite of film. I recently watch AJ Styles v Amazing Red from the early 2000’s. I see how many people copied them. What I saw was every pin was aggressively applied and shoulders covered and stacked. Every kick out they kicked out like their life depended on it. Something has been lost in the last 20 + years. Let’s not insult the intelligence of our audience who are giving us their precious time. In a fight scene in a movie ( which is what wrestling is) we know the punches don’t really hit but if we saw that we would eventually stop watching it. Your audience and fans deserve better. If you can’t be uncomfortable for a few seconds being stacked up in a pin, maybe this isn’t for you.
The England squad at full time last night.
Will the England national squad get more heat in Mexico than @RealJeffJarrett?
Maybe if they win.
Will the England national squad get more heat in Mexico than @RealJeffJarrett?
Maybe if they win.
The myth that the ability to cut a solid promo is something you're born with needs to die.
Too many wrestlers have capped themselves by deciding early on "I can't talk".
Practice, dedication & repetition counts as much as natural talent. If not more so in the long run.
While I’m on the subject of Sami Zayn. I knew about Sami before I met him but had never heard him speak but nor had anyone really apart from him saying Ci. I knew he was a brilliant talent but thought he may struggle with the talking. Happy that I was wrong and he ace’d the promos on his try out. That made me think of my own path. I spent 9-1/2 years wrestling in other countries before I came to the US. I never did one wrestling promo as is favored in the US, just press conference style talking. I found the US form very hard and I was very uncomfortable talking on camera. My old friend Tony Schivane set up a camera for me on any day off I had in the CNN center in Atlanta. I spent minimum of 8 hours at a time just talking then watching it back to see and listen to how I sounded. With 3 months WCW we’re having me cut promos on TV. Then I changed to being Lord Steven. I wasn’t one bit comfortable for the next two years with the voice as I was putting on a posh English accent and I don’t have one. It wasn’t until 2-1/2 years later in 1996 after 100’s of promos that I felt like I found Lord Steven’s voice. Constant work, failure in my mind, then something that I felt worked.This gig isn’t easy and never will be but the more you put in the more chances you have of keeping the gig.
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This is a MV by @anttheeditor . My lad Charlie @SirCharles_WWE , Blackpool, England & Atlanta GA’s finest. He can wrestle like a demon.
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Company Statement - Big Damo & Nikki Cross acquire PROGRESS Wrestling
Read the news in full here;
progresswrestling.com/big-da…
#ProgressWrestling
Popped back onto this app purely to say that @DamoMackle & @WWENikkiCross are two of the best people I've ever met.
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‼️I have started a podcast! ‼️
Welcome to “WHO’S HERE? WITH AMIR”
Episode number 1 with MARK HASKINS is out NOW!
New episodes out EVERY WEEK!
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Here are the Saturday and Sunday Schedules for the FTLOW VI Q&A panels, with your hosts, @SoCalValerie and @TheBrookerMan 🎤
Remember, all Q&A panels are free to view with your entry tickets. Pull up a seat and ask a question!
Entry tickets -
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28TH JANUARY 8PM
@rsstotnes #TOTNES
Tickets £15 in advance from totnescomedyclub.co.uk
Totnes' home grown comedy club, the original and best, is back for 2026 with a double headline show that's guaranteed to get everyone through that last week of January...
This might be my favourite moment from last night on #Smackdown.
The love & pride written all over his face as the roof comes off for his wife. The absolute joy for his best friend.
@CMPunk
@TheAJMendez
@WWE
Coming to Edinburgh for Oasis? Got your tickets? Looking for something to do in the afternoon?
Come check me out at 12:20, pay what you want!
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Finally!
Come see me at @edfringe starting tomorrow as part of @hootscomedy's stellar line up.
Pay what you want! Turn up and get in for free OR guarantee a seat from just £8 at edfringe.com/tickets/whats-o….
That voice in your head telling you to come see me? Listen to it!
Eleven years ago today... Brought two icons together in my hotel room.
@SamoaJoe and @R_Roddy_Piper recorded an episode of Hot Rod's Podcast as I tried to make sense of my crazy life.
Trump will be raging when he sees that Southpark bit where he's asking Satan for sex.
He never asks first.