Creative Control With Joe Feeney

It's round two on Creative Control with the great Les Thatcher! We start by discussing Smokey Mountain Wrestling and that promotion's infamous "Fan Week" conventions, and we go from there to talking about Les' experiences as a color commentator, and his advice for anyone aspiring to be a pro wrestling commentator or announcer today. We go over Dean Ambrose, the WWE's use of him, and how Les and I felt about the Ambrose vs. Lesnar storyline and match at Wrestlemania. I ask Les his thoughts on the current utilization of Roman Reigns as something of a tweener. We cover Jim Cornette's war of words with internet favorites like The Young Bucks, Joey Ryan, and Kenny Omega, and how Les feels about some of their more controversial antics as of late. We talk about what advice he would give to aspiring wrestlers, and what was the best piece of advice he was ever given while he was breaking into the business. And finally we discuss Ryback's newly infamous post about the WWE, the pay scale, and more. Les Thatcher is avail

"The King Of The Mountain" returns to Creative Control! On episode 60, former NWA, TNA, WCW, and WWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett comes on to talk about his baby, Global Force Wrestling and how the promotion is doing headed into the second half of 2016. We talk about GFW Amped, and how some of the WWE and NXT's recent talent acquisitions may or may not affect the presentation of some talents on the show. We cover GFW's working agreements with promotions all over the globe, up to and including England, where Global Force was recently, for a successful run of shows, behind their champion, Nick Aldis and Doug Williams. We talk about GFW's Grand Slam tour, and if there are more shows like that in the works. We go over January's GFW vs. PWS show, and the GFW vs. Wrestlepro show coming up on June 11th in Keyport, NJ. Jeff discusses what he looks for in a potential GFW talent in 2016, and how to reach either himself or GFW, so for the indy wrestlers in our audience, listen up! We also go over Jeff's retur

Episode 59 is a gem of an episode. Do you know who Austin Bradley is? Well you will! Bradley started training right out of high school at 18 with Nick Dinsmore at OVW. Also helping with his training were names like Rip Rogers, and Al Snow. He talks about his training, working for OVW, and his first match, as well as how Rip Rogers hilariously made sure he lost his case of nerves beforehand! He covers working with guys like Rob Terry, Jay Bradley, and King Mo in OVW, and his close friendship that developed with Mo. He goes over his departure from OVW, and calls out someone who claims to have had a hand in his training, but in fact had none at all. He goes over working for D1W and Rick Brady. He discusses meeting Madman Pondo, and how helpful Pondo has been in his career. We touch on his successful tag team #Spotlight/Danger Zone with Kyle Maverick, and working with Tracy Smothers. He tells the story about his first concussion, and about working an IPPV match shortly thereafter with Adam Gooch. Austin has also

It's a guest-less show, that's right, one hour and twenty five minutes of me just ranting and raving. Nah, actually, I am way more level headed than my Post Wrestlemania show, so if you enjoyed all that anger and cursing, there isn't as much here...but there's still some. This episode will go over Payback, all the matches and results. I go over Baron Corbin and the buffonery of having him job on the preshow, after winning the Andre Battle Royal. I talk about Dolph Ziggler's career, and where he could possibly go, and if WWE will ever give him a top chance again. I touch on Kalisto and Ryback's match, and Ryback's uncertain future with WWE. Enzo's injury during the #1 contender tag match is up next, and I go over various ideas behind how it happened. I touch on Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, what I'd like to see for them in the future, Zayn's dangerous suplex, and Owens and how WWE likely sees him today. I ponder the future of the IC title, and how Miz and Cesaro fit in. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose is discussed

"The Southern Stomper" is back and he takes no prisoners! We touch on quite a few questions I didn't get to on his initial appearance. We cover a plethora of things including, the early days of TNA, working for PWU and with Vampiro, his experiences at Wrestling Society X, the "Altar Boy Luke" character, and his feelings on it, XPW and the reunion shows, wrestling Jerry Lynn and appearing on his retirement show, feuding with Matt Hardy, his experiences with PWS as Extreme Rising Champion, Bob Holly, working for Global Force Wrestling, and his views on Tommy Dreamer and his House Of Hard core promotion. Luke also runs Wildkat Sports and Entertainent in the New Orleans area, as well as the promotions school. Wildkat has a show on May 28th in Metairie, Louisiana that will feature Luke, Bob Holly, Bestia 666, Brian Kendrick, as well as Wildkat students, and the top talent in the area. Please check out Luke Hawx and Wildkat Sports & Entertainment on all forms of social media. Please check out the Creative Contr

On episode 56, we talk to independent wrestling's top upcoming ring announcer, Stuart Campbell! Stuart can be seen announcing the matches and revving up the crowd every two weeks at The MFPW shows in Paulsboro, NJ. We talk about his early days as a "Ruthless Aggression" era WWE fan, reaching back into the past and enjoying old ECW TV on the WWE Network, how he entered the business via the WWWA in Pennsylvania, and some of his experiences there. We also talk about his experiences helping at Ring Of Honor shows, some of the most helpful advice he has received at seminars, and who he sees as the up and coming stars in The MFPW. We also talk about the infamous "Chopfest" clip on YouTube that many fans may be familiar with, and if you're not, go to YouTube and search for Monster Factory Chopfest! You won't be disappointed. You can follow Stuart at @stutheannouncer on Twitter to keep up with what he is up to. And check out ProWrestlingTees.com/CCWithJoeFeeney to see the new Creative Control Pro Wrestling Tee's sto

Josh Olsen is our guest on Episode 55. Mr. Olsen is the editor, and was the creative madman behind the pro wrestling anthology book, "Working Stiff." We discuss his wrestling fandom as a child up to today, and the breaks in between. We ALL need a little #Wrestlecation sometimes! We talk about some of his experiences at live events over the years, up until present day. He goes over how much Colt Cabana's Art Of Wrestling inspired his return to being a fan, and how hearing Colt namedrop him and Working Stiff on Art Of Wrestling was such a special moment. And we talk about what Josh and Gimmick Press' next project will be. All that and more on an enjoyable Episode 55!Saturday (tomorrow) April 16th at the 2300 (ECW) Arena, is Collectorfest. It will be a convention for pro wrestling and comic book fans, and some of the guests include Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Bobby Heenan, Animal, The Blue Meanie, Cliff Compton, Abyss, Ricky Steamboat, Stan Hansen, and many more! And Creative Control

On episode 54, Mikey Webb spends some time with us. We talk about how he got into the business, his training, his running buddies like Donovan Dijak and Warbeard Hanson, working with legends early in his career (2 Cold Scorpio, Buff Bagwell, Rikishi, The Godfather, and The Blue Meanie), his experiences in JAPW, Chaotic Wrestling, and the MFPW. He tells us about his experience in the Ring Of Honor Top Prospect tournament, and is honest about what he thought of his performance. We discuss wrestling in singles matches, tag team matches, and multi person matches, and whether he has a preference. We go over injuries and concussions, and what can be done to best avoid them. And finally we go over recent matches of his that created quite a buzz, both for The MFPW, and over the Super Sonic championship. Firstly, a three way dance with Nick Westgate and Anthony Greene, and secondly, his title defense against "LSG" Leon St. Giovanni. These matches were just as good, if not better than any televised wrestling you will s

While editing this podcast, all of us in the wrestling community received bad news, as Balls Mahoney passed away at the age of 44. RIP to Balls, and my condolences to his family and his friends. Joel Gertner returns to Creative Control! "The Quintessential Studmuffin" and I cover a lot in this episode. Joel goes over his managerial influences. He also drops the news that his "Everything But The Wrestling" seminar (which I attended and which helped me with everything I've accomplished so far!) will return this summer. I cannot stress this enough: if you run a promotion or a wrestling school, have Joel in for this seminar. Anyone within earshot will learn more in those few hours than some have their entire careers!We also discuss his infamous promos, as he tries to narrow down a favorite one. We speak about The Dudley Boyz, if Joel was ever scared while managing them due to the Dudleys penchant for creating mayhem, and if he is surprised they are still going strong on WWE programming today. We touch upon a hot

RefereeMike Kehner returns to Creative Control to cover the gamut of his pro wrestling career, as a referee, a wrestler, and a trainer, and we cover the past, the present, and the future. We begin with some ECW stories, including the Mike Awesome situation, and the returns of Raven and Sandman in 1999. Mike goes over ECW's closure, and some of the unsung ECW heroes, both in the ring and out of the ring, as well as the craziest moment he ever saw in the ring, in ECW. He talks about his close relationship with his mentor, former ECW referee John Finnegan, and how much he still enjoy working with him today. We cover his close relationship with Steve Corino. We get into the Philly Wrestling Wars, and how it affected Mike when he wanted to work for the different warring promotions. He tells a few stories about little remembered promotion, MECW, including working with Curt Hennig, Chris Harris, and Buff Bagwell. We also talk about his time working for MLW, including a War Games match in Florida. Mike tells us his t

Bill and i return to discuss the upcoming Wrestlemania card, and to give our predictions. What does the future hold for both Kalisto and Ryback? Who out of the ten women in the Divas tag team match do we see going on to further success in 2016? What would we like to see the future hold for the Dudleys? Who will stand tall in the cluster known as the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal? Will The New Day fly on their unicorns out of Wrestlemania as winners? Is Alberto Del Rio being underutilized? Who do we see winning the IC title Ladder Match, and who is the shocking favorite on the gambling websites? Where will the Divas/Womens Division go in 2016, and will Charlotte leave Mania with her title, or will Sasha be crowned? Will Bayley's possible debut affect the outcome of this match? Has AJ Styles been used correctly, and will Jericho put him over on the biggest stage of them all? What can be done in the Lesnar-Ambrose match to benefit both guys? Should Ambrose come out on top and get the biggest win of his c