It’s time once again for the annual IN THE ROOM Drunken Episode! Murry Crimmis everybody! Call in (914) 338-1885 as we talk holidays past and look back at all that was 2019, with Brady Hicks, Stro Maestro, Kathie Fitz, Derrick McDonald, and Matt Grimm!
PWI’s Brady Hicks welcomes our friend, ring announcer David Adams to the program! Check it out as David talks about making the most of opportunities, feeling the magic, performing hard no matter how many people are in the crowd, and some of his favorite experiences. Plus, Brady is joined by Stro Maestro (World Championship Wrestling), Kathie Fitz, Derrick McDonald, and Matt Grimm in talking all that’s going on in WWE and AEW wrestling, Breaking Bad, Alexa Bliss, and more. Plus open phone lines for two full hours!
IN THE ROOM welcomes actor, sports-model, and athlete Raw Leiba (Conan The Barbarian, The Heat, Limitless, The HBO’s The Wire) as he talks about acting, finding inspiration, living next door to The Rock, and pro wrestling! Plus, Brady Hicks (Pro Wrestling Illustrated), The Stro (World Championship Wrestling), Kathie Fitz, Derrick McDonald, and Matt Grimm talk NXT to Fox, AEW vs. WWE, and more from across the wrestling scene! Plus open phone lines!
IN THE ROOM welcomes wrestling star Cueball Carmichael! Cueball, who is now in law enforcement, talks about his time on the independents and with the 1990’s WWF, comparing them to his time as a police officer, in addition to talking about his other projects. Plus Brady Hicks (Pro Wrestling Illustrated), The Stro (World Championship Wrestling), Kathie Fitz, and Derrick McDonald take calls and talk WWE SummerSlam fallout, plans for NXT Live, and WWE draft news!
@intheroomshow w #pwi’s @bradyhicks interviewing Tracy Smothers. @TheStro is off at the #CAC. Plus @rayITR, Kathie, and Derrick.
The “Wide-Eyed Southern Boy” Tracy Smothers steps IN THE ROOM this week to talk about his career spanning WCW, ECW, WWE, Smokey Mountain, and the USWA! Check it out [highlights below]. Plus, Brady and the gang talk lots of wrestling – including Neville, Daniel Bryan, and future stars – and take calls once again. Plus a hearty discussion of the Dustin/Seth Rollins stuff from last week’s show, and a few New Jack stories. All that and so … much … more. Thanks, as always, for the support!
Check it out as the self-professed “utility guy” talks riling up southern crowds, having fun as a Full Blooded Italian in ECW, mentoring young wrestlers, working with the Armstrongs, and being recognized while working as a bounty hunter! Here are some highlights from the interview:
On Not Catching On Better in WWE: It was a lot of politics … I think I could have done better there as a heel at that stage. But that’s up to them … some people clip your wings and just kill you off. It was really political … It started out like an underdog thing and they gave me a couple wins. And then [when] a couple top guys don’t like it, they kind of squash it. That’s pretty much what happened … It wasn’t just me, it was a lot of guys that it happened to.
On Working Through Severe Injuries: I had a broken ankle … [I] came down off of the ropes and I went on top of Brian [Lee]’s foot and my foot just went awkward and I snapped it. I kept ice on it and two braces on it and did a little isometrics. I had a few weeks … [of] shows around that [time] too, and I had a few-week Japan tour. You know how it is: if you don’t work [then] you don’t get paid. I worked about three months with a broken ankle. That’s what people don’t realize. How you can get hurt – and the freakish ways you can – and you have to keep going … Athletes in other professional sports, they’re out a few games, weeks, a year, or their whole career. Some of the guys in our business work hurt like that every night … Oh God it’s hard.