Well the groundhog saw his shadow so we went six weeks without a column. I’m sorry  it’s been so long, but the past few weeks I have been concentrating on CyberSlam 2000. In case you haven’t been aware, the much- awaited announcement for the annual ECW Internet Fan Weekend has been made. Even though many of you look for it to be a February event,  it seems to be that the announcement comes in Feb now.

         Thanks a lot for all  of the early interest. Response has been unbelievable and signups are at a record clip. I’m pleased that there’s already several fans returning from last year. That’s great, I’m happy you had a great time. We’ve got a lot of great stuff planned for this time out. Been working hard getting it together.
First is moving the  question/answer session into the Legends  sports  bar in  the lobby of the Holiday Inn.

This is for  a couple reasons,  first off we want to allow as many folks as possible to attend, it seems we keep out growing places. Legends is going to be set up to accommodate 250 people, also there will be waitress service available for drinks and “bar food”. I have gotten some emails wondering if there is an age issue due to the event being held in a bar. Answer there is NO. However, there will be alcohol available at the event and you must be over 21 to imbibe. Holiday Inn staff will be checking  ID’s and being careful about things. With food and drink available right for you at a table, no need to run out and miss anything. If  past sessions are any indicaton, you won’t want to miss a second of this years. Also on the agenda this year , we will be using the audio-visual capabilities of Legends SportsBar. Keep in mind that Legends offers many television sets and state of the art audio. Its hoped that we will be able to put those to use over the course of the CyberSlam 2000 question answer session. Also at the q/a session, we will be presenting the awards to the winners of the annual ECWNews.com fan balloting. Tommy Dreamer, Francine,  Raven, Rob Van Dam to name a few have figured prominently in winning awards this year. Every attempt is going to be made to have the award winners present to accept the awards in person. More later on that as it becomes available.

             To get the feel of what CyberSlam is all about, you do need to attend for the entire weekend.
Friday night, ECW debuts at the beautiful Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University. The trip up gets everyone caught up on ECW tv as the most recent editions available of ECW on TNN as well as ECW Hardcore TV. The way back will be “classic ECW”, more on that as we get closer. Also a limited number of front row tickets are available, but only as the entire weekend package. If you’d like the complete information concerning CyberSlam 2000, please click on this link and it will take you right there.
 

            This column was written on 2/17/2000. Hardcore Thursday, the third biggest day in ECW’s history. I consider the first two , Barely Legal and the 2nd being the debut of ECW on TNN. Early reports are that sales of the game are brisk. I still can’t get over seeing the commercials for the game on the Simpsons. Early reaction is good, Im excited about the release of the game and as great as Hardcore Revolution is, excitement is already starting for “Anarchy Rulz” , due out this summer. To see more on Hardcore Revolution, click here.

                I’m pissed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Who dozed off there?
No nomination for Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman? No nomination for Beyond the Mat? I thought wrestling was hot now. C’mon, I mean Carrey  BECAME Kaufman. Beyond the Mat is a classic.  I just wonder what retribution the Academy will get? A visit from Tony  Clifton? Who knows. Check out the Andy Lives website.

Well, that concludes the wrestling section of this column. I will now be making a few personal comments, should you not be interested in them, now is the time to end, but I hope you read cause I have a couple cool things to say.

  First off, Id like to publicly state how proud I am of my nephew, Dan Casey. He’s currently a freshman at Archbishop Ryan High School and a good little hockey player. He started the year playing JV and he’s now spending the year playing on varsity. Not too bad, another cool thing is that some of the games are on the radio and this being the 21st Century, radio is on the Internet. The games are heard on WBCB radio in Levittown, PA. There’s a website and  schedule up. The site is www.wbcb1490.com.  Also on WBCB is www.1wrestling.com columnist Eric G’s weekly wrestling radio show, so two great reasons to check out the station. Then from there is some polka shows. What a station!

Also, as was the point of this column, Im very very excited about CyberSlam 2000. This is for a lot of reasons, but the main one comes based on something I noticed in looking at old tapes and tv shows.
For those of ya out there who haven’t seen me often, back on October 4th, 1999, I weighed 249 lbs. As of February 17th, 2000, I was down to 210. [ That’s another reason why I was holding off doing a column, I wanted  it to be an even 40 off] and I am hoping to be to 200lbs by the time that CyberSlam 2000 rolls around. I’d like to publically thank ecwnews.com columnist David Pantone for his help in getting me going. It was his friendship, advice and guidance that got me to where I am now, turning myself around with my eating habits. Thanks Dave. His column and email can be found at www.ecwnews.com/dp.htm

until next time-