DAWN MARIE REVEALS THE DETAILS OF HER TALKS WITH TNA AND WHY SHE FEELS THAT SHE WON’T BE JOINING THEM
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
The 121st edition of JG’s Radio Free Insanity is on the air and available right now at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com (Flash and MP3 download) This week’s show features ECW Original and WWE Black Widow…Dawn Marie.
Dawn initially joined ClubWWI.com last week for a 44 minute shoot that was more in-depth than most expected. She not only spoke about her career, but much more as it relates to carrying yourself in the wrestling business. Among the topics discussed were:
Being Home With Her Son and Family
Adjusting To Life After WWE
Being a Female in a Man’s World
The Original ECW
Earning Respect
The Boys Having Her Back
Double-Standards in the Locker Room
Separating From New Girls
Girls Who Will “Never Get It”
Going From One of the Girls to One of the Boys
Locker Room Etiquette
Protocol and How To Speak to Certain People
Being Trained By Buddy Landell
What He Taught Her
What Paul Heyman Told Her After Two Weeks With ECW
The Politics of Wrestling
The Philosophy To Follow
People Who Buy Into Their Gimmick Too Much
Who Truly Decides The Future Stars of WWE
The Slow Burn to Stardom
Brock Lesnar and Others
Forgetting Nathan Jones
How The Developmental System Has Changed Today’s Rookies
“Building a house on a bad foundation.”
Sound Advice For Young Wrestlers
Who’s At Fault For Today’s Green Rookies
The ECW “Krissy Snow” Character
The WWE “Susan Lucci” Character
How Her Body Lead To Her ECW Gimmick
The Fitness Model Craze
Being The Opposite of Major Gunns
Working With Tammy Sytch Early On
Turning a One Shot ECW Deal Into a Full Time Job
Being Sent To New Orleans…Without a Plane
Chemistry With Lance Storm
Her ECW Crew
What She Had To Learn After The Fall of ECW
Training At Mikey Whipwreck’s School
The Person Who Pushed Her Down WWE’s Throat
Transitioning To Her New Gimmick
What Stephanie McMahon Said About Her Crowd Reactions
Working Heel as a Diva
The Biggest Highlight of Her Career
The McMahon Family
The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young
The Most Nervous Moment of Her Career
Cyndi Lauper
The Al Wilson Story
How Al Was Almost Not Used
Embarrassment Around Torrie After
What The Boys Said About It
Others Who Were Going To Be Brought In
The Follow-Up Angle
Who May Have Caused It’s Abrupt Ending
How WWE Fumbled The Ball
Discussions With TNA
Why It Won’t Happen
Less Qualified TNA Knockouts
Her Theory About The New ECW
Great Quote About It
…and More!
Aside from Dawn, over 120 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
James then hypes the return of next week’s Raw Insanity. The night after “Night of Champions” is “Night of Insanity.” Fresh roster – fresh Raw Insanity. While it might not be back on a weekly basis, it will be back on the 30th.
With that, we listen to clips from Dawn’s 44 Minute ClubWWI.com shoot.
James Guttman welcomes Dawn Marie to the show and asks how life is by her. She says she’s adjusting to being a real person again and enjoying time with her family. After so long on the road, it’s hard to get back to being at home, but she’s making the transition well. She misses the fans, but she’s really enjoying the time with her son.
– ClubWWI.com Break –
James asks about TNA. It seems odd that Dawn isn’t with them. Is there a chance she might pop up? Dawn Marie answers:
“I have no idea. It’s been so back and forth and back and forth. I’m hoping. I’m crossing my fingers, but to tell you honestly at this point – I don’t think so. I don’t think it’s going to happen. If it were going to happen, it would have happened already. Maybe there’s something going on there that I don’t know. Maybe I pissed somebody off. Maybe someone doesn’t want me there. I don’t know. I honestly – and I’m not trying to stir trouble – I don’t know why I’m not there. I was told they were going to bring me. It never came to fruition.”
Dawn notes that the company is hiring female wrestlers. She specifies that she’s not putting herself over, but feels that a girl “from the Indies is not as qualified for the job as I am.” She wishes she had an answer for James because then it would make sense in her own head, but there isn’t one.
“In my eyes, I just feel like if I’m not there yet, it ain’t gonna happen because the window of opportunity has opened and shut many times.”
Guttman says that many past guests have a similar situation where they’ve spoken a bit to TNA, but never arrived. Dawn explains that her situation is even more in-depth than that. She spoke to them for “years” and hopes that they give her a call to join.
“It took me a while to get to the point where I could talk about it without getting upset, but reality is reality.”
– ClubWWI.com Break –
In the final clip from the shoot, Dawn speaks about the work she’s doing to battle RDS – an illness her sister-in-law is fighting. It creates a feeling of burning all over her skin. In an effort to raise $50,000 for her to have an operation in Mexico, Dawn has a link to donation information on her Myspace Page, DawnMarieOnline.com, or you can go directly to http://carriedeussingrsd.webs.com
Remember, aside from Dawn, over 120 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
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DAWN MARIE REVEALS THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE AL WILSON STORYLINE, THE UNAIRED FOLLOW-UP ANGLE, AND WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED ITS ABRUPT ENDING
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
In a world of beauty, one woman stood out no matter where she went. Whether stirring up trouble in ECW or WWE, the dastardly Dawn Marie made a living out of wrangling the hearts of men. Now, she joins ClubWWI.com for a 44 minute shoot that leaves no subject off-limits.
Dawn Marie talks about: The Story Behind Her TNA Discussions, Why She Probably Won’t Join The Company, The Original Plans For The Al Wilson Storyline, The Person She Thinks May Have Caused It’s Abrupt Ending, Her Theory On Why Vince McMahon Relaunched ECW, Turning a One Shot ECW Deal Into a Job, How Paul Heyman “Can’t Be Stopped,” The Highlight of Her Career, Her Unexpected Captain Lou Connection, and More
It’s a ClubWWI.com interview that gives you insight into Dawn’s thoughts on not only her career, but the entire make-up of the wrestling industry – from her early days training with Buddy Landell, locker room etiquette, girls who “will never get it,” who’s to blame for today’s green talent, sound advice for young wrestlers, and much more.
One subject that James Guttman had to ask about was working with Al Wilson. Most outsiders who come in to WWE for a storyline wind up with past ClubWWI.com guests Rikishi or Mae Young sitting on their face. Al won the one-shot lottery and got to marry Dawn. He asks what it was like working with Torrie’s dad.
“It was a great experience. Al was such a great sport, wasn’t he?…When we were first talking about the storyline, they went to Torrie and they asked her, ‘Would you rather us hire an actor or would you rather we bring your father in – your real father?’ And she thought it would be a great opportunity to be able to have her real father come in. On the road you’re away so much and I think that’s what gave us such a great twist was that it was her real father. And just the surprised looks. There’s nothing like seeing your real father doing what he was doing.”
Dawn Marie goes on to speak about setting some of the spots up, the embarrassment she had around Torrie afterwards, what the boys said about it, and more. James then asks about the angle’s abrupt end. It seemed almost unfinished and there were a number of different directions people thought it could go in. Dawn answered:
“I think it was supposed to go further and to be honest with you, I think someone pissed somebody off and it just got ended.”
Dawn explains that she doesn’t know the truth, but she thought that’s the most likely reason for it to end as it did. She then reveals that at one point she knew they were contemplating bringing in Torrie’s sister for the angle too and doing a follow-up story centered around the inheritance.
She says she’s not sure who pissed someone off, but someone did. Guttman talks about the amount of people involved with writing the stories and it’s hard to pinpoint who causes its downfall at times. Dawn takes a guess at it:
“I know Paul Heyman had a lot to do with that angle and I’m sure he probably pissed somebody off or I pissed somebody off. I’m sure it was either me or him. (laughs) That’s about as honest as I can get. It just ended too abruptly for it to be any other reason.”
Dawn also speaks about helping in the fight against RDS, an illness her sister-in-law is battling. You can get more information here: http://carriedeussingrsd.webs.com
This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what Dawn Marie talks about in her uncut 44 minute ClubWWI.com shoot. Listen, learn, and fall in love with Dawn all over again on ClubWWI..
Aside from Dawn, over 120 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Rikishi, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
James Guttman’s second book, “Shoot First…Ask Questions Later,” is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.