Wrestle Talk with Arabbidb3aver Welcomes The Notorious Storm!
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01:10Ah, good evening and welcome talk to, welcome to WrestleTalk with Rab Beaver.
01:19I'm your host, the elusive Rab Beaver.
01:20Hope you guys are having a wonderful day out there in the world of wrestling.
01:23And today we have a very special guest with us.
01:25The Notorious Storm will be joining us and without further ado, let's
01:30just jump right in with him.
01:32Notorious Storm.
01:33How are you doing today, sir?
01:35Doing all right.
01:35How are you?
01:36I'm doing very, very, very welcome.
01:38I would like to welcome you, my esteemed guest, the Notorious Storm for taking the
01:42time out of your busy schedule to be here with me today.
01:44My fans and myself have some questions for you today.
01:46Are you ready for them?
01:47I'm ready to go whenever you are.
01:49All right.
01:50If it's okay with you, let's talk about how you broke into wrestling.
01:53What drew you to the sport and who was your biggest influence getting involved in it?
01:58So, um, what drew me into the sport was, um, I'm originally from north central
02:04Illinois, a little small town called Amboy.
02:07And, uh, up there we had Windy City Pro Wrestling and during one of the fairs,
02:11they came to the town and, uh, um, put on a show and I was like, man, I was
02:16just so captivated by, by all of that.
02:19Um, and then I grew up with my grandpa's constantly watching AWA and NWA, um,
02:26every Saturday morning and just yelling and screaming at the TV.
02:29So that kind of, uh, that kind of really pushed me into it.
02:32I kind of always knew that, uh, I wanted to be a professional wrestler.
02:37And the day that I turned 18, um, I was still in high school.
02:41Um, but the day I turned 18, I went and I joined Windy City Pro Wrestling.
02:46Uh, I drove two and a half hours to Chicago every Friday, uh, so the
02:49school got done and I would get my teeth kicked in pretty much every, every
02:54weekend, um, by, uh, guys like, uh, Steve Boz and, uh, uh, just a whole bunch.
03:01Um, Christopher Daniels had just graduated, uh, from, from Windy City
03:06Pro Wrestling at the time, but he was still like randomly come back.
03:09Um, a whole slew of guys that were up there, um, set up the ring, train,
03:15get my butt kicked every weekend, and then come back to high school and
03:19turn around and go back to, uh, all over Chicago, Indiana, uh, Southern
03:24Wisconsin, all that stuff.
03:26So that's how I got into the business.
03:28Well, I know you worked in Florida for many years and you took some time off.
03:31What was, uh, your leading desire to get back into the
03:33world of professional wrestling?
03:35So, um, when I, uh, I had, I had a small injury where I, uh, I slightly
03:43tore my, my trap on the right hand side.
03:45Um, that kind of put me out of the business for a little while.
03:48And I needed to, um, uh, while I was healing, I needed a job and I ended up
03:54as a television news reporter, uh, for several years and was traveling
03:58around the country doing that.
03:59Um, every three years, it kind of like just push you to a
04:02different, uh, television news station.
04:04Um, during that time, I, I gained some weight and, uh, just the last several
04:08years, I, uh, got back into shape.
04:10I'm in actually better shape now than when I was, when I was in Florida.
04:13And, uh, one of my buddies saw one of my pictures that's still in wrestling.
04:17It was like, you need to get your butt back in the ring and give it another go.
04:21He's like, you're looking great.
04:22So go ahead and give it another shot.
04:23And, uh, I went down to Orlando, did a, um, kind of like a trial run thing
04:28down there to figure out if I could still do it or not, I did.
04:31Uh, then I went back up North and did a full show, um, where, um, being in
04:38front of an audience again, kind of like really, really gave me that bug.
04:41So that's what, that's what really re-sparked it.
04:44So I had no idea that you worked in news and broadcasting.
04:47So I was a part of a CW syndicate at one point in time, and we did
04:51church shows all around the country.
04:53They would send us every three months, different church syndicates
04:55to record their broadcast, get it set out and do it.
04:58And that's actually what kind of got me into the world of wrestling is
05:01because, uh, one, one of the syndicates that we were in, which was in Nashville,
05:05Tennessee, which was saw USWO, uh, they were looking for a television
05:10station to put themselves on at the time.
05:11And it ended up being a CW syndicate, but it was owned
05:14by Fox at that point in time.
05:16And, um, it just kind of sort of happened.
05:19It was just one of those things like we need television and we're looking
05:23for it and it just bounced in there.
05:25You know, being behind the scenes into the, the production and audio
05:29production and video production side of it, and then also being in front
05:32of the camera when you have to be in front of the camera, say stuff,
05:35it builds character inside of you.
05:37Uh, so, you know, that's really cool.
05:39I didn't, I had no idea that that was a part of your life at that point in time.
05:42And, and thank God, because when you cut promos or anything now, you're
05:46so used to being in front of the camera that it's just natural for you.
05:50So it may be, I will say that my comfortability in front of the
05:53camera, um, really engaged and it was a lot easier.
05:57It was different because I wasn't like the, I didn't cut a whole lot
06:01from what was beforehand, but like, I was always okay being in front of a
06:04crowd because you can hear people at like, yeah, that kind of like the
06:07expectation of hearing something when you're doing it, when you're in a
06:10broadcast studio doing news, it is dead silent and absolutely.
06:16So that is so different because like, you're wanting to like, hear
06:21get some kind of notoriety out of what you're saying, but it's, nobody's
06:24allowed to say anything over the long talk.
06:26So that took some getting used to, but I would say that my being more
06:31comfortable on camera has definitely come out with that.
06:34So it was a blessing in disguise.
06:36And it's a great thing though.
06:38Let's move on a little bit.
06:39Who would you say is your biggest competition currently?
06:42And who would you consider to be your biggest rivalry to date?
06:47Ah, that's, that's a, that's a tough one because I mean, I'm just,
06:52I I'm new to the Tennessee scene, so, um, I haven't really been, I mean,
06:58I've pretty much beaten everybody that I've gone against so far.
07:03So, uh, as far as like rivalry, I don't think I really have it, um, yet.
07:07And honestly, for this, for this go around, I'm, I'm really pushing
07:12myself forward a little bit more this time, but I'm really like looking
07:16out for me a little bit more, um, when it comes to like calling matches
07:20and, and, uh, and how I'm doing things.
07:22Um, before I was just kind of that guy that helped get everybody
07:26over, which is, which is good.
07:28I mean, that's, that's a, that's a reasonable spot to be in.
07:31Um, but I wasn't getting better and this time I'm really, I'm really
07:35challenging myself to get better and really push myself and, uh, to push
07:39myself out of my own comfort zone and do things that I haven't done before.
07:43Well, let's talk about that for a second before we move on.
07:45So you said that you were the guy that was putting a lot of people over.
07:48Do you have any words of wisdom or advice for those that are young
07:51inside the business that they're stuck inside that spot and they don't
07:55know how to move on and move up?
07:56What would you say to them to help them better themselves and educate
08:00themselves to get to the next level?
08:02I think the biggest thing with that is, is definitely challenging yourself
08:06and not getting stuck in the same.
08:09You have your three, four or five move set that you're, you know,
08:13like I have to hit these things.
08:14Like, no, you don't, you don't have to hit anything.
08:17Um, some, some of these guys, you know, they, they come out of a training
08:21school and, and they think that they've got, obviously everybody wants to get
08:25the, once they get that graduation, that, that kiss of blessing and saying
08:29like, oh yeah, you can go out and get your own bookings now, everything.
08:32So they know everything.
08:33And, uh, I, myself was the exact same way, but in reality, it's,
08:38it's all learning point.
08:40And when it comes to these younger guys, I say, I've gone through, I've
08:46gone through like four different, five different trainers, um, not gone
08:50through them, but like spent time with them and really like went through
08:53their, their developmental program.
08:56And like, like there are things because it's, you're always
08:59learning something different.
09:00And get a good, get a good group of guys to ride with.
09:05That's kind of a big thing to guys that are going to rip your badge
09:09apart when you're driving home.
09:11Um, Scott Hall for, so when I was in, when I was in Orlando, I somehow
09:19fell into a house where I was actually able to live with Larry Zabisco
09:22and Scott Hall, um, and Santana Garrett, uh, as well.
09:26So we were kind of like a little, like a, I always call it somewhat
09:30WWE house kind of thing because it was, you know, former legends and stuff.
09:34They were ripped my badge apart.
09:37As soon as we left the building all the way back to Orlando, wherever it was
09:40that we were going, just absolutely tear it apart.
09:42And as soon as we got into the house, um, we would plug in the camera and
09:46we'd, we'd watch it again on TV.
09:48And they, you know, they'd break down.
09:50This is exactly what you did wrong.
09:51Um, so having, having that kind of stuff there now, if you have somebody
09:56that's equally your level and they're ripping you apart, that's kind of like,
10:00all right, like, like he, maybe you don't know what you're
10:03talking about, kind of mentality.
10:05Um, it's good for dad to have a second set of eyes, but ride with people
10:09that you trust and, and can get out there.
10:12And then with that, you'll, you'll be amazed at how many guys will actually
10:16like, just start making those guys in the same car work each other.
10:19Just kind of like how they did in the back in the old days, because they have
10:23more time to talk about what they want to do and certain things with that.
10:27And you just get better matches all around.
10:29And it builds better chemistry inside the ring and outside the ring.
10:32You, you, your chemistry will actually start to show to a fan base and the
10:36fans respond differently when you have that chemistry.
10:39So that's a big, big thing.
10:41Uh, I've noticed that from running the roads with some people too, you know,
10:44is once you start talking and once you actually have that chemistry with
10:48somebody and that person trusts you and you trust them and you know, you're
10:51not going to hurt each other or intentionally hurt each other because
10:54accidents happen, we all know that accidents happen, uh, but you're not
10:57going to intentionally hurt each other.
10:59Your matches just start to flow and they start looking better.
11:02Everything starts zooming better and it starts, uh, moving into what we call
11:07the social media world where your matches will start getting put out
11:10there by people in social media.
11:11And let's talk about that for a little bit.
11:14Uh, you know, so with all the changes coming in the wrestling world, have
11:17you noticed a huge need, uh, for social media presence and a following in order
11:22to get your bookings and everything now?
11:24Um, I think that it's, it's definitely a key factor.
11:27Uh, it's not like it was back in the nineties and early two thousands where
11:32you could throw your match up on YouTube and your match would speak for itself.
11:35And right.
11:36Watch that and go like you, when you look at the WWE website now, um, when
11:41you're trying to fill out their job application, which is basically all
11:43that it is, what I'm like, um, the second or third scroll down, it's
11:48what's your social media presence.
11:49And unless you have that, and it's, it's good for them to, to have that, because
11:52that shows them that you're marketable.
11:55Um, people are already engaging with you.
11:57People are already liking you.
11:58So it's not taking, it's not going to take them, you know, a whole nother eight
12:03months or a year of training you to become this charismatic person to be
12:06able to talk, um, and to get people to like you.
12:09So I think it's key, especially if you want to really move up.
12:13Um, the way that I'm looking at it now is, um, it's, it's, it's, it's
12:17um, the way that I'm looking at it now is, um, as I'm, as my following is
12:24growing, taking it to the other promoters, uh, trying to branch out, you
12:29know, not so much regionally, but even nationally and be like, look, uh, not
12:34only are you booking me, but you know, I'm going to put your stuff on my page.
12:38So now you're, your stuff's going to get seen by X amount of people, depending
12:41on how many of our followers I have on whatever social media brand, right?
12:45Absolutely.
12:46So as a professional wrestler nowadays, to be able to move up, I feel like you
12:50have to bring more to the table now than what you used to, um, because your
12:54skill isn't just all they care about anymore.
12:57Well, it's not only not your skill that they care about anymore, but
13:00it's not about who, you know, it's about who you are now versus who, you know.
13:04And that makes a big difference.
13:06I think in my mind, in the business for looking at people and trying to find
13:09people and, you know, we, we, we do, we do wrestle talk with the rabid beaver
13:13all over, we travel all the time.
13:14We try to put videos out of people and get them noticed and get them seen and
13:18try to make sure that they are getting the best footage that they can get with
13:21the best moves that they can get in the best sets that they can get so that they
13:25can get that social presence.
13:27Cause there's a lot of people in the Indies that deserve to move to that next
13:30level, but because they don't have any media presence, any social media
13:34presence, there's nobody following them.
13:37And, uh, I think that's one of the biggest things that needs to be
13:40addressed inside the Indies and thank God, you know, for the national
13:44wrestling Alliance, thank God for SPCW.
13:47Thank God for people that are like that, that are actually trying school of
13:50Morton that are trying to get their people noticed that are trying to get a
13:53presence in the business and trying to move through, uh, speaking of social
13:57media, for those of you out here wanting to follow you and learn more about you
14:01and support you, what's the best way to do so.
14:03Uh, so the quickest way is to find me on Facebook and message me there.
14:08It is just notorious storm, uh, on, on Facebook and then, uh, YouTube, um,
14:14official notorious storm and then, uh, Instagram is a storm.notorious.
14:19So I'm very active on all three.
14:22I'm constantly reengaging with, with content, uh, creators and, uh,
14:27over comments and stuff like that.
14:28I'm, I'm on it pretty quick.
14:30Yeah, I can attest to that.
14:31We've reached out to him several times and he's got back to us immediately or
14:35within a few hours of us messaging him.
14:37Um, on your YouTube, you recently had two videos that really caught my eye.
14:42The first was about how to get booked at shows you're not scheduled for.
14:45And the second is, um, is a catch of your bookings that re uh, that
14:50recent place that you took off at.
14:52So for the first one, how important is it to get somewhere early, help set up,
14:58um, stay late, help tear down and to work the show, even if it's only as a
15:03cameraman, security detail or what have you.
15:07Uh, it's, it's super important because that's where you, um, that's where you
15:11talk, that's where, that's where you get to meet the promoter and that's where
15:15you get to, um, you do lots of, it's, it's, it's so important.
15:20Um, I, I just said this in my last video, when it comes to setting up
15:24the ring, um, especially now that I'm a little bit older and I've, I've
15:27wrestled in everything from the IWA Mid-South ring to crappy 14-foot
15:32rings, to wooden rings, to high spots, rings, to, uh, recently retired WWE
15:37rings, setting up the ring shows you a lot.
15:41Um, so for a safety standpoint, it's, it's kind of a big factor because
15:46you get to see where the boards are at, what kind of padding you're landing
15:49on, if there's different soft spots that are in the padding.
15:53Um, if there's, if there's a shift in the boards where it doesn't go over
15:59top of the ring, sort of things like that, that one, the canvas and everything
16:03is set up and when you just get to the ring and you don't expect that stuff
16:06to be there, you take that step or you can try and take that bump on that
16:10apron, all of a sudden there's steel.
16:12So there's, you know, there's a whole lot of injury and stuff there.
16:14Now, I understand that as a professional, like you're expecting
16:16the ring to be to a certain standard.
16:18That's not how it is on the indies and everybody who is, who is a seasoned
16:22indie, I don't want to say veteran, but an indie wrestler should know
16:26that each ring is different, depending on how it's stored and how well it's
16:31taken care of throughout the years, because rings get torn apart pretty
16:35quick and lots of promoters don't replace padding partially because of
16:39cost or like getting, just getting the parts to be able to do so is
16:42kind of a pain in the butt too.
16:43But, so yeah, it's like the safety standpoint, the being able to network,
16:47to be able to talk to the promoter, to be able to meet the guys, all that.
16:53And then afterwards, I feel like I've been kind of bringing this back here and
16:57here in Tennessee, because it doesn't seem like a whole lot of guys do that,
16:59but like go get dinner with some of the guys after the show, everyone's
17:03always hungry anyway, so I've been very big about like, Hey, talking to some
17:10different people, like, Hey, you gotta go grab some food as we're, as we're
17:13driving home, network that way too.
17:15Several guys have said yes.
17:18Other people have politely said, have politely said no, but wanted to do it,
17:22you know, in the future date.
17:23So it's been, it's kind of a key point there too, because you just never know
17:27where, where some of these guys are working and where they're going to go next.
17:30And you don't know if they're gonna be able to take you to the next, to the
17:33next show and, and all that stuff.
17:35I got SPCW literally just because of networking and just
17:41reaching out and messaging.
17:42Like it was the, that, that episode where I was getting booked on a show.
17:48I wasn't booked on, um, was 100% legit.
17:53I had reached out to the promoter.
17:55I asked him when, uh, when they were setting up the ring and that was pretty
17:59much it, let him know that I was going to be there and help out.
18:02I got there.
18:04I, uh, helped him set up, got to do some stuff the whole time.
18:08I mean, the promoter's in there talking about experiences and
18:11training and like all that stuff.
18:12And the next thing you know, he's like, well, I want to see you kind of in the
18:15ring and then I was talking, sorry, I got in and I ran and I bumped around a
18:21little bit and he's like, okay, did you bring your gear?
18:23I was like, of course I brought my gear.
18:24And he's like, well, go get it.
18:26You'll, you'll be in the rumble.
18:27And I, I, it wasn't a big spot.
18:29I didn't get paid for that, uh, that show.
18:32Um, but what it did do was it led to the following night in Newton, Tennessee,
18:37where I did two more matches and, uh, I got a pretty decent payday
18:43that night, um, for, for doing that.
18:45Well, it's all about making connections and improving to the bookers and the
18:49owners that you're a worker and you'll be willing to do the dirty work in order
18:53to succeed, and it gives you the references in the future, uh, for just
18:57an in-case moment, uh, per the second video, how important is it to market
19:03yourself and get your name out there?
19:05Even with what most consider to be outlaw or indie promotions
19:09to help you in the future.
19:12Uh, it's super important, especially if you're in, if you're on the
19:14independent circuit, I mean, marketing is all you got and pushing
19:17in and you are all you've got.
19:20Unless you're going to spend, you know, $20,000 a year on somewhat of an agent
19:25that might be able to get you like one or two bookings a year, like it's
19:28just, you are all that you have.
19:31So reaching out to everybody is key.
19:34Well, let's, let's hold it there for a second.
19:35Cause there's a lot of people who have managers inside the industry, but a
19:39lot of their managers don't know how to manage, they don't know what they're
19:42doing, they're just kind of throwing it around and getting people $15,
19:45a handshake and a hot dog.
19:47You know what I mean?
19:48So I'm not trying to be hateful or rude, but you want to be in this
19:52business, not only to be the best, to be the champion, to be the one that's
19:56going to succeed, but you're going to be in this business to make money as well.
20:00You don't want to do every show for free.
20:03There are going to be times where you have to, uh, but you don't
20:06want to do every show for free.
20:07Can you speak on that for just a moment?
20:09Yeah.
20:09I mean, it's once again, like if, if WWE calls, are they going to call your
20:15manager, are they going to call you?
20:16Right.
20:17And who's going to answer?
20:18Like, and if they call you and all of a sudden your manager is like, well, I
20:22want to work this deal out for them.
20:23They're going to hang up and there goes your shot.
20:25And there goes, you know, everything.
20:27Not even just, not even just, I mean, WWE is kind of outlandish, but if Al
20:35Snow, one of Al Snow's dudes from OVW called and said, Hey, you know, we were
20:40doing a run in such and such town.
20:42Come on up.
20:44They're not going to want to talk to whoever you are.
20:46You, you yourself are an independent contractor and supposed to really push
20:51yourself out there and really do the legwork.
20:56If you're, if you're not willing to do the legwork for yourself, why are we
20:58going to bring you in to, to wrestle for us and try to, you know, put, put more,
21:05put a stable on you and, or even give you a belt and for you to lead us.
21:09And see, this, this isn't a hit to anybody.
21:11That's got a manager out there in the indie world.
21:13Sometimes that's necessary.
21:15You know, um, uh, dr.
21:16Tom talked to us and treated us very well when we were in his classes and in his
21:21school, and he always told us, if you can talk, you're always going to have a job.
21:26If you can wrestle, you're always going to have a job, but if you can do, or if
21:30you wrestle, you'll have a job for a short time, if you can talk, you'll have
21:32a job for a short time, but if you can do both, you're always going to have a job
21:35because there's always a need for it somewhere and being a manager or being
21:39somebody that's in that position of supposed power with another wrestler is,
21:45is kind of a disadvantage in a way, because like you said, if they're talking
21:49for you all the time and you're not known, you don't have the presence.
21:52You don't have anybody.
21:53It's a real turnoff to a lot of industries.
21:55It's a real turnoff to a lot of independent wrestling companies, unless
21:59they're able to book you all together to make it work, go ahead.
22:03I'm sorry.
22:03I didn't mean to cut you off.
22:05And just to add to that point, I mean, we need to be real on some of this stuff.
22:08The indies is it's a cutthroat industry when it comes to that stuff.
22:14So like you have to really put your trust, like your true trust in that
22:19person that they're not screwing you over.
22:20I mean, like, that's just what happens.
22:23Some guys, you know, say, say you, there is a manager out there that, you
22:27know, started to get some notoriety and started, you know, getting guys some
22:32actual money while if I'm getting a hundred dollars, how much is he actually
22:37getting, you know, all of this?
22:39Like, like, where's, where's the truth at all in all of this?
22:42Because, you know, just like anybody else does, it's an envelope with cash.
22:45That's, that's pretty much all that's right.
22:47Handshake envelope with cash and hope to see you some other time.
22:50Yeah.
22:50Yeah.
22:51There's no, there's no contracts.
22:52There's no talking, there's no money, that stuff.
22:54Um, yeah, I just, I personally, not that I thought that it was like my best
23:00friend, you know, I got my trust in it even a little bit, but like, it's just
23:03not, that's not supposed to be how it, how it is, you know, like we should be
23:07working together, like, Hey, if he's my manager or my, my ringside manager of
23:12LA or whatever you want to call it.
23:15Um, I'm going to obviously get him booked because I'm booked.
23:18But like, other than that, you know, he's going to, he's going to do his
23:22own thing to make his own money.
23:24I'm going to do my thing, make my money.
23:26And then we're going to, you know, go off into the sunset together that way.
23:29And there's no problem with working together with someone as your manager
23:33or no problem whatsoever, working together with somebody as a valet at all.
23:37It's just how you present yourself to the bookers, to the promoters, to these
23:42people and how you present yourself as far as what you need in order to survive
23:47for that night, uh, in order to do it.
23:49And we talked about it earlier.
23:50Sometimes you're going to have to take some bookings for free.
23:53You're just going to have to, it's going to happen.
23:55But what eventually happens is you become a good worker in one territory
24:00and that territory, that promoter will put you out to other territories.
24:04Vince McMahon was kind of the master of it.
24:05The original Vince McMahon, Vince McMahon senior was the master of it.
24:09You know, I've heard a lot of stories.
24:10I didn't get a chance to meet him, but, uh, one of the things that he did while
24:14the territory system was actually up and running was he said, Hey, you know,
24:18he would call AWA or NWA and say, Hey, I need chief Jay Strongbow for three
24:22weeks, but in return on the backside, I'm going to give you Andre the giant
24:25for three weeks so that you can have a sellout while we have a sellout, you
24:29know, and working hand in hand with promoters like that goes a long way.
24:33As long as you're willing to tell them yes.
24:34And you're willing to do something.
24:36And even if you've got a manager or a valet, uh, the road
24:39warriors, great example of this.
24:41Precious Paul took them everywhere.
24:43Did everything with them, learned how to book them, learned how to make sure
24:46that he was managing their finances, learned everything to a T to take care
24:50of them, but it was a package deal.
24:52They knew when they brought in Hawk and animal precious, Paul, wasn't far
24:56behind, even if he was just behind the scenes at the show, never got to be
25:00seen, he was always there with them, making sure that they were taken care of.
25:04And I believe in that.
25:05I really do.
25:06Uh, do you have any thoughts on that?
25:08No, I mean, um, I mean, that's all, that's all very, very true.
25:11One of the things that, uh, that kind of popped in my head, especially in the
25:14indies is you also have to understand though, is because of how cutthroat it
25:20is and because of how tight money is in some of these promotions, that just
25:24because you are somebody who's manager, it doesn't mean that you're going to
25:27get to ride that coattails that you do with everything else.
25:32And, and also I've witnessed this with, with some of my friends who
25:35have gone up to the higher levels.
25:38You get left, you get left in the dust, you know, like it doesn't
25:41matter how, how much you guys work together and all this other stuff.
25:45Like, um, they might put in a good word for you and you can, you know, you
25:49can take them on their board for that, but that doesn't mean that they're
25:52going to bring you up with them.
25:54And, and that's kind of something too, that you always have to kind of keep in
25:57your mind, um, not, not as big on anybody or anything like that.
26:01Um, but I've even also heard about managers going up and the rest of us.
26:05Yes, it happens both ways.
26:07It happens both ways.
26:08It's not just a one way street when that happens.
26:10Um, a great example of this was Chris Candido, right?
26:14Well, he didn't know Tammy stitch for a long time.
26:16And then he got involved with Tammy stitch and brought her up to the level
26:19that he was at and made it made her an asset for him.
26:22Uh, but in the same return, whenever Chris Candido died, I hate to say that,
26:27but whenever he had his accident and he died, um, Tammy stitch
26:31went down the opposite way.
26:32She couldn't bring nobody up with her.
26:34She couldn't hold anybody up.
26:35And of course they were involved with one another and that just happens.
26:38And I'm not trying to throw names out there.
26:40Saying in general, there's times where that happens inside the industry and
26:43you have to know when you're at your peak and when to leave sometimes
26:47versus letting it go to become a bad spot for you.
26:51So you don't become one of those people that are on vice or on something like that.
26:56Do you have any thoughts on that?
26:58Yeah.
26:58I mean, the thing is, is with that, it's, it's kind of a double
27:03edged sword about, you know, there's, I'm sure there's times where they
27:09want to give it up, you know, the, the travel, the, the, all that stuff.
27:13But it's in your blood.
27:14Yeah.
27:14But you say, yeah, you have the roar of the crowd, which is a huge thing,
27:18especially when you're working in front of a large audience.
27:21Um, and then the money, obviously when you're on that level, the money is.
27:26Definitely a huge driver going from a certain lifestyle down to, I don't
27:32know when my next, um, to also, you know, contractual issues of like,
27:40oh, can I quit right now?
27:42I can't say another three years on this, on this deal.
27:44Um, or just kind of like, um, dragging it out and like when we see edge did,
27:52you know, I mean, he went, he went out as long as he could now he's broke his
27:57leg, right.
28:00Um, so maybe, maybe he's even thinking, I love edge and I love him as a performer.
28:05Um, but maybe now he's actually thinking that like, okay, I am, you know, upper
28:11fifties, I should definitely, uh, start, start reeling this back in a little bit
28:16and start maybe taking more of a coaching role instead of, uh, instead of a, uh,
28:21working role.
28:23Well, absolutely.
28:24So, um, I want to ask you about your bookings.
28:27I want to know where your next bookings are taking place for all the fans that
28:30are out there who would love to see you in action.
28:32So, um, August is kind of a different month for me.
28:38Um, August 10th, I am doing a, uh, OVW tryout.
28:43Um, and then, um, it is the, the 31st.
28:51I'm actually going to be a backup in Illinois doing a, uh,
28:54recovery union show up there.
28:56It's gonna be, it's gonna be a lot of fun.
28:57And then, uh, I believe the 24th, I'm going to be, uh, in Rocky top.
29:04I still have this weekend open.
29:05So I'm just kind of, I'm going to kind of see how that, how this
29:08goes and see if I can't work something out.
29:10Well, there's lots of stuff going on Friday and Saturday here in Tennessee.
29:13And, uh, I'm pretty sure you can definitely get booked at some place
29:16like SPCW or NWA JCP or somewhere like that.
29:20I'm throwing that out there because I know Austin Swint
29:23is right here inside the chat.
29:25So, uh, I know that you're, you're looking for some extra people and
29:28some people to be on good talent.
29:29I know that the notorious storm is an excellent wrestler, so, uh, he
29:33would be great asset for you guys.
29:35If you guys are available and have the space, he would definitely do it for you.
29:39Uh, do you know what time zone those shows are going to be in and what
29:42they're going to cost for you to be there or anybody to be there?
29:44Sorry.
29:45I know the rocket top one.
29:46That's the cheapest one.
29:48Um, that I believe it's $5 and that's, uh, Eastern time zone.
29:52Everything that I've been doing here recently, it's been Eastern time zone,
29:55except the one up in Illinois.
29:57Uh, that one is central time zone.
29:59Um, I'm also, you can also start seeing me more, uh, with school Morton.
30:04I'm actually making my TV premiere.
30:06We were up there last week or two weekends ago, but my TV
30:09premiere is going to be this week.
30:11Awesome.
30:12And then, uh, Southern States wrestling.
30:13My TV premiere is actually going to be tonight at some point in time.
30:16So we're going to be up there.
30:18And I think he said, he's going to start, um, doing their shows at the end of
30:22each month, last weekend of each month.
30:24So.
30:24So school of Morton is school of Morton.
30:26Five, uh, Oh five is how you can find them.
30:29And on YouTube at Ricky Morton, you can find them directly there.
30:33And if you want to see the notorious storm, that's the best way to do it as of
30:35right now, and then of course your social media, uh, where's your YouTube channel
30:39and how can they get ahold of you there?
30:41Uh, just go to, um, YouTube and then, uh, search up, uh, official notorious storm.
30:47Uh, I have several matches up that are on there that are underneath this character.
30:50I have a plethora of old matches under my, under my, my, under my old character,
30:57um, that I can easily share with you, you guys, if they really wanted to see.
31:02Awesome.
31:04Well, thank you for your time here today at wrestle talk with red beaver.
31:07I appreciate you coming on and being on the show.
31:09Uh, Mr.
31:10Notorious storm.
31:10I'd love to have you back if you want to come back sometime.
31:13Uh, until then you can see him August 10th and then you can see
31:16him at the end of August as well.
31:18August 10th at the OVW tapings, that's going to be happening
31:20to the school of Morton.
31:21You can definitely catch that out at S O M five Oh five on Facebook or at
31:25a youtube.com and you can search for Ricky Morton and it'll be under his name.
31:29Ricky Morton is where it's going to be for the school of Morton five Oh five.
31:32That's going to be available for you guys.
31:34And until then you heard it here first.
31:36Thank you.
31:36Notorious storm for being here.
31:38Bye bye guys.