Creative Control With Joe Feeney

PETE GAS from the Mean Street Posse stops by the show to talk about his new book, "Looking At The Lights," now available on Amazon! Topics we cover include:- the early days of his friendship with Shane McMahon- Trying to get into the business, and Shane initially telling him why it was a bad idea- The genesis of the Mean Street Posse gimmick, and recording the initial vignettes with Rodney- appearing at Wrestlemania XV in Philadelphia- working with Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco on Raw, and what the original plans were- his thoughts on Vince Russo - how Joey Abs was introduced into the group, and who was initially slated to portray the character!- working with Mick Foley - Shane's feud with Test, and how Pete felt about him, including nearly getting into a real fight!- working with teams with "stiff" reputations, including the APA and the Dudley Boyz- being paired with the British Bulldog in late 1999- wrestling hardcore matches, and getting busted open in the Hardcore Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 2000- work

Episode 84's guest is one of the top ring announcers of all time, as well as the author of "Bodyslams!," Mr. Gary Michael Cappetta. Gary is currently preparing to embark on a spoken word stage show and tour, and spent a little time with Creative Control to talk about the show, his book, and his lengthy career in and around all facets of the pro wrestling industry in some of its most important times. Among the topics we discuss are:- his entry into the business thanks to Gorilla Monsoon, and whether or not he ever planned to be a ring announcer-working with the WWF, and whether he thought the Hulk Hogan and Rock N' Wrestling experiment would work. - The differences between Vincent J. McMahon and Vincent K. McMahon- his experiences dealing with Jimmy Snuka, and his thoughts on the WWE's response to his death as well as the critics. - Andre The Giant- His departure from the WWF in 1985. - working for Pro Wrestling USA, and the AWA for Superclash III- Moving on to WCW, and having to announce to the crowd Ric Fl

Episode 83 is with one of the biggest and best prospects on the indy scene today, 6"4 275 Nick Comoroto! I first saw Nick a couple of years back, at The Monster Factory, and was instantly impressed, and a little intimidated! He's a big guy who uses that size in the ring, and just comes across as a monster! To go along with that, he is a former All American Heavyweight amateur wrestler. He's got the look and all the tools, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him on your television in one of the national or international wrestling promotions within the next 12 months. Nick and I talk about many subjects, including:- His fandom as a young man, how he was introduced to pro wrestling, and who he enjoyed watching.-When he decided for sure that a career in pro wrestling, and where he went to train at first. - His first match experience against Leon St. Giovanni- Moving on to the world famous Monster Factory, under Danny Cage, Bill Wiles, and The Blue Meanie. - Seminars at the Monster Factory, and his experiences with

Do not adjust your spectacles or your headphones, this is indeed a NEW episode of Creative Control with Joe Feeney!Our guest today is Pat McNeill from the Pro Wrestling Torch. Pat co-hosts the LiveCast on the PWTorch website after Raw and Smackdown, as well as the co-host of the LiveCast after each WWE PPV/Network Special.On this episode, we discuss several things, including...- Seth Rollins' knee injury, whether it seems to be legit or not, how long he may be out, and what Pat and I see as WWE's backup plans in case Rollins has to miss Wrestlemania- Kenny Omega and his NJPW contract situation, what's going on, and where he may stand a year from now- All of the highlights and lowlights from the Royal Rumble, including the great title matches between Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens, and John Cena and AJ Styles. -The performances of, and the future for both the Raw and Smackdown Women's Divisions-The Cruiserweight Division and 205 Live- The Rumble itself, the order of entrants, who shined and who didn't, the lack

Episode 81's guest is former WWF, WCW, and TNA Creative Team member and current Full Sail University Professor, Ed Ferrara. It is Ed's second go round on CC, as he was a guest way back on episode 12. On that episode we discussed the wrestling training he received back before working in the California independents as Bruce Beaudine, his work in televison, and his eventual entry into WWF Creative. We talked about working with Vince McMahon and the other stars of that time, including Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, and more, as well as Ed's exit from the WWF with Vince Russo. On this episode, we cover more about his time leaving the WWF and joining WCW, including:- The WWF's signing of Chris Jericho just before Ferrara and Russo left for WCW, how they would have used him, and his Hal Of Fame career including his excellent work today.- Seeing a WWE Hall Of Famer become President Of The United States (yes, if you've been living under a rock, Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States-Work

Episode 80 of Creative Control is here, and the guest is, former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and the creator of DDP Yoga, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!The Master Of The Diamond Cutter and I run the gamut of subjects, including...- his heroes and favorites when he was a young fan of the business- what he thought of Goldberg's return on Monday Night Raw- working in TNA in 2004-2005 with guys like Raven, under Dusty Rhodes as booker- getting Raven into ECW, his relationship with Paul Heyman, and other guys he helped get opportunities in ECW and WCW- writing his second autobiography, a sequel to "Positively Page"- his heat and his reconciliation with Ric Flair- his relationship with Jake "The Snake" Roberts- being one of the first wrestlers to have a message board and chatroom for the IWC, and his thoughts on the IWC and its influence today- teaming with Karl Malone and Jay Leno, and working with Dennis Rodman- how he would have preferred to debut with WWE in 2001- going from a chauffeur at Wrestlemania 6 to wrestling

Episode 79 on Creative Control is with a true legend in the pro wrestling business, and that is the man at the helm of 1Wrestling.com and the name behind the famous "Apter Mags," Mr. Bill Apter! Bill's book "Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken!" just recently turned a year old, and you can find it on Amazon! Bill's history in pro wrestling goes back to the late 60s/early 70s, so there is just a neverending plethora of questions I'd like to ask him, and we get to just a fraction of them here today. The topics include:- how he discovered pro wrestling and who his favorites were as a young man- how he first got involved, both as a photographer and as a journalist with Pro Wrestling Illustrated- meeting Andy Kaufman and introducing him to Jerry Lawler, as well as his thoughts on the movie "Man On The Moon."- his early experiences with the McMahons, and whether or not he thought Vince would truly take the WWF national and succeed- why promotions like the AWA couldn't keep up with the WWF and ultimately

On this episode, we speak with The MFPW SuperSonic Champion, and current ROH competitor, "LSG" Leon St. Giovanni! We cover how he got into pro wrestling, attending Ring of Honor shows as a fan in the mid 2000's, and his memories of those shows. From there, we discuss how he began to train, and who with, and how he was led to The World Famous Monster Factory. We talk about the various coaches at the Monster Factory, including Danny Cage, The Blue Meanie, and Bill Wiles, and his relationships with each, as well as the various seminars he's attended there, and which affected him the most. We cover his attendance at Ring Of Honor weekend camps, and how that and his relationship with Kevin Kelly helped him get his shot at ROH. We go over his experiences in the ROH Top Prospect Tournament, including the four way qualifying match, and what happened where he ran into the equally big and agile Ben Ortiz, and we talk about how it felt to compete at the infamous ECW (2300" Arena, teaming with his current tag team partne

Episode 77 features for WWF European, Hardcore, and Tag Team Champion, and current TNA Producer, Mr. Al Snow! Al was kind enough to come on and spend an hour discussing his career and his views on the business. We talk about what initially drew him to pro wrestling, and his infamous tryout with Ole and Gene Anderson. From there, we cover his experiences on the indies, and with the NWA and ECW, including his thoughts on the incident where Shane Douglas threw down the NWA Championship, as well as his matches with Chris Benoit. We go over his time in SMW working for Jim Cornette, and working with Glenn "Kane" Jacobs, back when he was known as UniBomb, and feuding with the Rock N Roll Express. Al discusses the Shinobi and Avatar gimmicks, and wrestling on WWF television under those names, and also as Leif Cassidy. The end of the Cassidy gimmick comes up, and how that translated into his ECW run, before he discovered and utilized "Head." From there, we cover a plethora of topics, including working with Rob Van Dam

On this welcome back episode of Creative Control, it's a solo show, and I go over the biggest recent stories in pro wrestling and MMA, including CM Punk in the UFC, Kevin Owens winning the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles winning the WWE World Championship, Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton and hardway blood at Summerslam, and the Daniel Bryan and Miz interactions that have the WWE Universe abuzz with hope...There is also some Game Of Thrones talk, as well as a story about partying with Axl Rose thrown in for good measure!Please subscribe to Creative Control on iTunes and Stitcher, as well as rate and review the show if you are so obliged...Please check out the Creative Control t shirt store at prowrestlingtees.com/ccwithjoefeeneyAnd for those of you in the Philly area, don't forget that this Saturday at the 2300 Arena is the second annual Collectorfest during the day, as well as Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore at night!

Episode 76's guest is stand up comedian, the host of "Wrestling With Depression," and the co-host of "Marty & Sarah Love Wrestling," Mr. Marty DeRosa! You may also know Marty from his youtube shows with Colt Cabana, "Creative Has Nothing For You," and "Worst Promo Ever." This is the second go round recording with Marty, after unfortunately, the audio from the first one didn't record properly, due to a mistake on my end. So I was glad Marty gave me another opportunity to record with him, and we covered the gamut when it comes to pro wrestling in 2016. We talk about his thoughts on Colt Cabana's return to Ring Of Honor, and the main event with Jay Lethal, how some of the ROH fans were unsatisfied with the ending, and how he felt about it. We cover CM Punk and Marty's perspective on his journey to the UFC, with his debut coming up very soon, at UFC 203 in September. We cover Marty's thought on the WWE Draft, how the shows have turned out so far, and NXT draft picks and call ups like Mojo Rawley, Nia Jax, and

Episode 75 is with our probably most decorated guest yet, as we have on a UFC Hall Of Famer, UFC Triple Crown Champion, and former two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a man with over 100 wins in his MMA career, and that's not even mentioning his multiple amateur wrestling accolades: Dan "The Beast" Severn.We focus more on Dan's pro wrestling career this episode, with an episode focusing on MMA and UFC to come. We talk about the twist of fate that lead Dan to the pro wrestling business, and training in Lima, Ohio with current TNA star and road agent, Al Snow. After he had wrestling independently and in Japan for a couple of years, Dan was shown a tape of UFC, which had only had a couple of events by that time. He submitted a tape and a resume, and experienced the prejudices of the NHB world against amateur and pro wrestling at that time, though he proved them very wrong. We talk about winning the NWA World Championship off of Chris Candido on a Jim Cornette promoted Smoky Mountain Wrestling card, and work

On Episode 74, we talk to former ECW Senior Official, John Finegan! This is a great, great interview as John is open and honest, and even delves into a personal situation that I am not sure too many people even knew about.We talk about how he got his entry into the business thanks to Dick Woehrle, and his early refereeing gigs, even refereeing for both the NWA and the WWF in matches involving guys like Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard. We go over the Tri State Wrestling Alliance, and how he got involved there, and how it led to ECW. We of course, go into great detail about some of his more famous ECW experiences. This includes the main event of Barely Legal, RVD vs. Jerry Lynn, the fall of ECW in early 2001, and much much more. We also go over the Philly Indy Wars early in the 2000s, and John working with 3PW, XPW, and at first, Ring Of Honor. We talk about ECW One Night Stand in 2005, and his experience that night, including refereeing the main event, and being in the ring for The S

Episode 73 is with former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, and one of the most innovative and exciting high flyers of all time, Ruckus. It was great to have Ruckus on, as I was a big fan of his work all across the indies in the early to mid 2000s, including CZW and 3PW. We talk about his fandom as young man, his access to all sorts of different promotions, and who he enjoyed watching. We cover his backyard wrestling, and trading his tapes with another backyarder, Sonjay Dutt! He covers some of his early matches, including teaming with New Jack early on, and the match on a New Jersey indy that lead to his beginnings in CZW. We go through his lengthy original CZW run, including wrestling for the Junior Heavyweight title with guys like Sonjay Dutt and Trent Acid. We also talk about his feud with Rockin Rebel and how the NAACP got involved! We talk about the BLK OUT stable, how that came about, and how successful it was, including leading to a few CZW World Heavyweight Championship reigns. We go over his team with

Episode 72 is with former WWE referee and author, Jimmy Korderas. Jimmy was with WWE from 1987 to 2009, which basically encompasses nearly all eras! We talk about his youth, attending shows at the Maple Leaf Gardens, and how selling photos of the wrestlers led him to the path of becoming a referee! He tells us about his "on the job training," and what it was like to work with guys like Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. We cover the rumors of Randy Savage and his overprotectiveness of his wife Elizabeth. We touch on Hogan passing the torch to The Ultimate Warrior, and how the locker room felt about it. I ask him about Ric Flair's arrival in 1991, and what his thoughts were on Ric's chances for success. We go over the first championship reign of Bret Hart, and how important he was to Canadians, which segue ways into the Montreal Screwjob, and what Korderas would've done in the same position as Earl Hebner. We also talk about The Undertaker, and his evolution over the years, and how Mankind's arrival helped Taker.

Episode 71 is with an old friend (shout out to old school TSM,) Chris DePetrillo. Chris is living the dream, as a huge wrestling fan and fan of all things pop culture, as he is the Chief Marketing Officer for Figures Toy Company! FTC has the license for, and produces, Ring Of Honor action figures, as well as line for the "Legends Of Wrestling," and "Rising Stars Of Wrestling." We talk about how he landed a job with the company and climbed the ladder to his current spot. We talk about how FTC landed the ROH license, who is in the first line of figures (Kevin Steen (Owens,) Jay Lethal, and Mark and Jay Briscoe,) as well as who to expect in the future. We also cover the Legends and Rising Stars lines, which will include names like The Blue Meanie, Jim Cornette, Cliff Compton, The Young Bucks, Chris Hero, Kenny Omega, Joey Ryan, and more, as Chris elaborates on how hands on the talent is in the development of their figures. We go over some of the future actions figures to come, and some of his future plans for ea

Episode 70's guest is a former UFC fight, contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, and current pro wrestler tearing up EVOLVE and the indy scene, a Monster Factory product, Matt Riddle! Matt and I speak about his beginnings as a national wrestling champion in high school, to training MMA with the assistance of BJ Penn's book and a friend, to how he got into the Ultimate Fighter house and his memories from that time. Matt goes into his departure from UFC, and his time in MMA after that, as well as what led him to pro wrestling and The Monster Factory. We talk about his first few matches, including a submission match with Billy Damiana refereed by X-Pac! He talks abou wrestling tag matches with Punisher Martinez, and his thoughts on hardcore matches, like the one he had with Cliff Compton. From there, we get into his time at EVOLVE, how it began, and his thoughts on the crowd during his first few matches there. He talks about his experiences with opponents like Rhett Titus, Silas Young, Chris Dickinson, Clutch Adams

Kevin Kleinrock of Masked Republic and Lucha Loot returns to Creative Control! Kevin has a vast array of experiences in the wrestling world. In part one, we talked a lot about how he got into the business, his time with XPW, and the Wrestling Society project that formerly aired on MTV. On this episode we cover the post WSX years. First, we talk about his time working for Bischoff/Hervey on Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling, which aired on Tru TV. We cover the Urban Wrestling Federation, a concept with combined wrestling, rap, and some outlandish skits, that lead many to compare the UWF with today's Lucha Underground. We also talk about the beginning and unfortunate end of Extreme Reunion/Extreme Rising, and whether or not they were ever truly in position to have a TV deal. We go over the Masked Republic's "Masked Mania" show, that took place in Philly the weekend that Extreme Rising collapsed, his memories of the show, and more. Kevin discusses his current projects, including Lucha Loot, a monthly box

It is Creative Control's second round with "The Notorious 187" Homicide! We cover some of the things we missed last time, but we immediately start by diving into the recent problems at TNA, and Homicide's take on them from someone who has worked for the company on and off for the past ten years. He explains at what point he believes the company began to start it's downward slide, and he also explains who his favorite bookers and agents were to work with at TNA. We step back in time to discuss "The Doghouse" a little bit, his favorite memories of that time period, and whether or not he sees himself training and running another school in the future. We talk about working with a young Jay Lethal in JAPW, and what his feelings were on Lethal at the time. We also cover working with and against Teddy Hart, including a highly regarded tag team cage match between Homicide & B-Boy vs. Teddy Hart and Jack Evans at the ECW Arena for JAPW. We get into the opportunities he had to work with Japanese legends such as Jus

On episode 67 we talk to the man with the best punch in professional wrestling, Bob Cook! Bob Cook is a name all fans of the NWA and WCW, and viewers of their television programs will recognize, as he was a regular on all of their TV shows from the late 80s to the mid 90s, wrestling names like Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Sting, Ricky Steamboat, The Road Warriors, The Steiner Bros., Lord Steven Regal, Brian Pillman, and more. We touch upon his stories about wrestling most of the above names, as well as being in Dustin Rhodes' first match, wrestling Scott Hall at the Orange Bowl, working with Cactus Jack back in 1990 and what his thoughts were, wrestling Ron Simmons numerous times, and more. We talk about how he got into the business, at the Malenko's school in Florida, and how his training was there. We go over the term "jobber," and his dislike for it, and what he thinks the guys in that position on the card should be called. We dispel an internet rumor regarding he and Arn Anderson teaming under masks, and Bob