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  • Get Bill Apter to Friend Mike Bessler on Facebook

    Posted on 01/13/2012 by VOC Nation Comment

    As discussed in the most recent episode of Mat Minutiae, Mike Bessler has launched a new campaign to become Facebook friends with the patriarch of pro wrestling punditry, Bill Apter. Mike was inspired by the brain trust over at VoC Nation who recently mounted their own campaign to compel, coerce and cajole Vince McMahon into eventually inducting Apter into the WWE Hall of Fame. Watch this space for details regarding the forthcoming “Get Bill Apter to Friend Mike Bessler on Facebook Fan Conclave.”

    Mike Bessler (artist's depiction)

    About Mike Bessler

    Mike Bessler is a writer for various and sundry pro wrestling-themed magazines that are found on spin racks and shelves of finer gas stations and grocery stores around the world. For the better part of his 38 years on Earth, it’s been Mike’s sole dream to become Facebook friends with Bill Apter. As a child, Mike would sit on the filthy and disgusting floor of the seedy newsstand on Winchester Avenue in Ashland, Kentucky for hours on end, thumbing through the so-called “Apter magazines” as he inhaled an unhealthy amount of secondhand cigarette and cigar smoke from the adjoining pool hall. In the decades since, Mike has enjoyed a number of personal and professional accomplishments including a wonderfully fulfilling marriage, the many joys of parenthood, becoming the first person to have work published in both a British journal of economics (Capital and Class, issue no. 89) and in the world’s most acclaimed professional wrestling magazines, and seeing his work included in the holdings of a Russian museum. But sadly, his greatest of ambitions remains unfulfilled: Mike wants to be Facebook friends with Bill Apter.

    If social media has taught us anything, it’s that larger-than-life celebrity types like Bill Apter love being the subject of extensive and protracted Internet campaigns. Little people of the world, spread the word far and wide! Tell Bill Apter to friend Mike Bessler on Facebook!

    Seriously, Mike would do it for you. Probably.


    This entry was posted in Editorials and tagged Bill Apter Facebook Mat Minutiae Mike Bessler - Editorial Director VOC Nation your mom
  • Mat Minutiae: Flatlining for fun and profit

    Posted on 01/10/2012 by VOC Nation

    Like a fish out of water, Mat Minutiae keeps flipping and flopping around, teetering on the very edge of oblivion. This week, Mike answers collective wailing and gnashing of teeth from the sexy beasts over at VoC Nation and he also rolls out a new campaign of his own entitled, “Get Bill Apter to Friend Mike Bessler on Facebook.”

    Once again, Mike is joined by Chauncey “the Gaudy” Fentura by way of the Mat Minutiae Celebrity Hotline. All of this crap, plus noteworthy guest appearances by the likes of Mr. Akbaz and some cat who calls himself Brady Hicks will undoubtedly make this episode of Mat Minutiae one of the most eagerly anticipated pre-Chinese New Year extravaganzas in the history thebradyhicks.com.
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    And now a word from Chauncey….

    “You tell old boy Brittany Hopps that if he needs a photo to prove Chauncey Fentura really exists, here’s a pic of me and my brothers (me in the middle with the sweet geetar, in our band The Fenturions.  This was our first album entitled Fenturadventureland  From left to right, Isaac, Gulliver, Cunningham (behind me), and of course, the lead singer and other guitarist, Bartholomew.  Dads (the legendary producer-writer-doctor-philosopher Josias Lemuel Fentura) was so proud.  Honest, the nerve of that festering dewberry to imply that I, the most interesting man on the web, needs a “picture” to prove my existence?  If he were here right now sharing my filtered air, I would be forced to launch some knuckles at his occipital lobe, or maybe even his larynx so we don’t have to listen to his nasally musings on pro wrestling anymore.”

    “Do send me Bassler’s e-mail, since I’ve never seen to fit to actually ask him for it, so that I can link up to that crazy bastard, since I never think to ask for his contact info on the show….That would just be poor manners.”


    This entry was posted in Radio Shows and tagged Bill Apter Brady Hicks chauncey "the gaudy" fentura Chinese New Year Mat Minutiae Mike Bessler - Editorial Director Mr. Akbaz thebradyhicks.com VOC Nation your mom
  • IN THE ROOM

    Posted on 08/09/2011 by bradyhicks 10 Comments

    This week IN THE ROOM, Brady Hicks and DJ take a special look back at Brady’s trip with the VOC Nation to Atlanta, Georgia, for the NWA Legends FanFest, then address WWE’s upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view and the company’s shocking lack of buildup for what should be WWE’s second-biggest show of the year. All that, plus Don West answers listener feedback, and much, much more!

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    This entry was posted in IN THE ROOM Radio Shows and tagged AC Smooth Anvil Atlanta Becky Bayless Bill Apter convention Cookie DDP Diamond Dallas Page Impact Jerry Lawler Jim Neidhart Jimmy Hart King Magnus Luke Gallows Matt Morgan NWA Fanfest Ratboy SoCal Val SummerSlam TNA VOC Nation Voice of Choice WWE
  • AngryMarks.com’s Thursday Night AMP Interviews Brady Hicks

    Posted on 03/26/2011 by VOC Nation 2 Comments

    It’s time again for Thursday Night AMP with Stevie J and Peter H! This week our special guest is wrestling manager, broadcaster, columnist and host of “In the Room,” the one and only Brady Hicks. We’ve got a wealth of topics to discuss with Mr. Hicks as he’s worked with everybody from Demolition to Dixie Carter, and we’ll also get his thoughts on the build toward WrestleMania 27 as Atlanta is now just 10 days away! All of that plus a story about one of the Godfather’s Hoes from our good friend Coke0! Enjoy Thursday Night AMP courtesy of your friends at The AngryMarks Podcast Network whether live, via replay here, or afterward on iTunes (kw: angrymarks).

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    Check it out here:
    http://angrymarks.com/?ArticleID=13435&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AngryMarks+%28Angry+Marks%29&utm_content=FeedBurner


    This entry was posted in Radio Shows and tagged Ax Bill Apter Demolition Dixie Carter Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI Smash Stacy Carter Sunny Tammy Sytch TNA Total Nonstop Action Vince Russo World Wrestling Entertainment WWE
  • Superfly Meets PWI Contributing Writer Brady Hicks and a “Friend”

    Posted on 03/19/2011 by VOC Nation 2 Comments

    Mr. Akbaz’s Classic PPV Review will not air in its regular time this week, so that thebradyhicks.com can bring you Brady Hicks and Kevin McElvaney of IN THE ROOM talking WrestleMania with Bill Apter and “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, for 1wrestling.com.


    This entry was posted in This Just In and tagged 1wrestling Bill Apter Jimmy Snuka Superfly World Wrestling Entertainment WrestleMania WWE
  • In the Room

    Posted on 09/01/2010 by bradyhicks 1 Comment
    Photo by George Tahinos

    This week on In the Room, Brady Hicks, DJ, and Kevin McElvaney focus on WWE Raw and NXT, what both shows are doing right, and where each could stand to improve. They also take some time to address some of TNA’s recent signings, including offering a shoutout for friend of the show Becky Bayless.

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    This entry was posted in IN THE ROOM Radio Shows and tagged Becky Bayless Bill Apter Cody Rhodes diva Hart Foundation Impact John Morrison LayCool Layla El Melina Michelle McCool NXT Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI R-Truth Raw Rob Eckos Smackdown TNA WWE

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