The Wrestling Mayhem Show and Should I Drink That join forces once again for their annual panel to discuss their methods in gaining a grassroots following in their respective niches, and maybe lay out a little violence.
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SorgMad Mike, and DJLunchbox are here and dressed for the Halloween occasion. We talk about the new Hulk Hogan announcement, the fallout from UFC 104, WWE Bragging Rights, and the rest of the wrestling news.
This is Episode 191 for Tuesday, October 27, 2009. You can get the episode here on Talkshoe, subscribe, and as always, stay tuned towww.wrestlingmayhemshow.com for the latest! The Wrestling Mayhem Show is recorded live and can be heard/viewed from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern on Talkshoe.comand Ustream.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and your thoughts on the wrestling world by emailing us at goodtimes@wrestlingmayhemshow.com! Don’t forget you can find links related to the show’s news stories and more at our Delicious Links Page for Episode 191!
As many of you already know, back on WMS 185, I had a run in with TNACallsYou, and hence, CelebritiesCallYou.com, and, well, everything can be explained in this letter I just sent to several relevant email addresses over at TNA Wrestling….
Update: After sending the following letter to TNA’s info and lisencee emails I found on their site (and no further contact with CelebritiesCallYou.com) I received a notice this evening that my refund is now processing. Squeaky wheel, dude… Props to TNA for the quick response and listening to a concerned fan.
To whom it may concern,
I have recently had a dealing with an organization working with your name and thought it would behoove you to see how they were treating your brand. In September, I received an email from your newsletter for www.tnacallsyou.com. I read the email the day before my friend’s birthday on September 15, and thought it would be a great opportunity to give him a surprise for his day, and have something to check out to talk about on the next edition of my podcast, the Wrestling Mayhem Show. So I logged on, found myself on CelebritiesCallYou.com, and setup a call with your Mick Foley selections and set it for 8 AM the next day. Nothing. I checked with him several times, thinking maybe I entered the wrong time.
Irate with the fact that I had been carged 3.99 for relatively nothing, I sent two letters to CelebritiesCallYou.com via their contact form. One email as follows:
Sent to CelebritiesCallYou.com on 5/18 at 6:27
“This is the second communication I’ve sent. I used your service on Monday, September 14 for a call to be placed on the 15th, and it was never received, nor my order confirmed. I would like a refund for my charge. Please contact me to clear this up. I used the information included (Michael Sorg; mikesorg@gmail.com) when signing up for the call. Thank you. “
I have yet to receive a response, and still hold a charge for the call that did not connect. Being that this company is using you’re wrestlers and brand to market to us, your audience, on your behalf, this appears to be an obvious abuse of your audience. I feel that you need to know what your licensees are doing in your company’s name. I have been very vocal on blogs and podcasts to hundreds of listeners and readers on the scam that is CelebritiesCallYou.com, and not to get involved with it’s TNA related content.
I’ve talked a lot over the last four years about Podcasting. How to do it. How to make it worth it. I realize that I had a little practice before we got into this thing called “Podcasting” and already had a great community behind it.
I can’t remember the timeline. I think “Assassin” from over at PAJuggalos.com invited me to have a show on his fledgling streaming radio station. Eventually, we had at least three seperate “stations” and I was “managing” DJ’s from as far away as California. Until this day, I know a guy named “Shady Killa” in Michigan, Fat Tony from Western Ohio, and “DJ Elf” from California. Some names still on my Myspace list to this day. Some I actually had the fortune to meet at the Gathering of the Juggalos over the years.
Our method was simple enough. I, like my cohorts, setup a ShoutCast radio stream, and managed it through that great program called Winamp. I had reservations at first, y’know, since I’ve always hated the sound of my own voice. But I endured for some reason. The server was setup. Schedules were made. Streams were up, down, disappeared. DJ’s came and went, inexplicably. But there were always a good four or so that ran regularly over the time we did this. Auto servers were setup, which was nice to listen to throughout the day. Man. It was really nice when we didn’t have to worry about these “streaming copyright” issues so much.
We managed about 15 simultanious listeners on the server (thanks to that blazing Comcast Cable speed for 2005). It wasn’t a lot, but it was fun to max that out, and open a chat (we experimented with AIM group chats, Java Chats, etc over the time).
At some point, I decided to get on the mic after Monday Night RAW and talk about it. (I was about out of school and working on that job/career thing, so I had some time on my hands.) And eventually, the Wrestling Mayhem Show was born when we discovered Podcasting. This is why we have been big on the “raw and live” format that we hold to this day. Our show was born on the live element and the interaction, so we’ve been practicing this policy longer than most realize.
For 8 years, I’ve run a site called WesternPAJuggalos.com. A fan site for “Juggalos”. Fans of Insane Clown Posse and their line of music. On November 15, I’m closing the site to make room for future projects. So I’ve been inspired to create a countdown after talking to some people at Podcamp Pittsburgh 4 that were in similar situations.
Sorg and DJLunchbox level a barrage of Voicemails and Fanmails at the beginning of the show and answer some tough questions. Then, we are joined by “The Passion” John Thorne to educate ourselves on Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland, and their next show, Dragged to Hell, on October 23. LB then breaks the news on what WWE is doing right on RAW, Shane McMahon’s departure, and we talk Bragging Rights. Then, we are joined by WrestleFan and Mad Mike to talk about TNA Bound for Glory, and what’s being done right and wrong from here on with them.
This is Episode 190 for Tuesday, October 20, 2009. You can get the episode here on Talkshoe, subscribe, and as always, stay tuned towww.wrestlingmayhemshow.com for the latest! The Wrestling Mayhem Show is recorded live and can be heard/viewed from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern on Talkshoe.comand Ustream.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and your thoughts on the wrestling world by emailing us at goodtimes@wrestlingmayhemshow.com! Don’t forget you can find links related to the show’s news stories and more at our Delicious Links Page for Episode 190!
As many know, the Wrestling Mayhem Show has been approaching oppurtunities to find sponsorship through the site and podcast. Well, we were finally approached by a lucrative company, and had no choice but to accept. Here are the results….
We had a great time this past weekend at Podcamp Pittsburgh 4. And DJLunchbox and myself had a chance to sit down after we recorded Episode 189 to talk about our experiences over the weekend.
If you’re on the itunes stream, you might already have it, if not, head on over to our TalkShoe host page and grab it for yourself, or listen here:
It’s amazing how much we’ve influenced the Podcamp scene over the years. As we displayed the other day with our own videos, this phenomenon of “chopping” our social media friends is just as strong as in Podcamp Pittsburgh 1. This year, Uncle Crappy, DrScooter, and DaCheet joined our little “club” of victims. But the most amazing thing is that, aside from during our won Grassroots Podcasting session with ShouldIDrinkThat, we don’t encourage it outwardly. When a colleague, or new face, comes up to one of us and asks “can I get chopped”, there are a few things that run through our heads. 1. This guy is crazy. and 2. Sure!
Anyways, this was a long lead into DahCheet’s round of videos displaying just that fact.
Mayhem is fresh out of session at this past weekend’s Podcamp Pittsburgh 5 with new friends, new stories, and a new passion to give you all the mayhem you can handle. First, we wade through the piles of fanmail and voicemail before handing it off to talk to Shiima Xion, the current International Wrestling Cartel Champion, and regular south of the border in Mexican wrestling. We talk about Ultimate Warrior, his time in Mexico, the state of IWC, Newville Knockout, AIW’s Dragged to Hell, and then get a very special email from Jimmy Demarco. Then, Mad Mike joins us to talk Diva Trades, Fantasy Football dominance, Tag Teams in WWE, and much, much more…
This is Episode 189 for Tuesday, October 13, 2009. You can get the episode here on Talkshoe, subscribe, and as always, stay tuned towww.wrestlingmayhemshow.com for the latest! The Wrestling Mayhem Show is recorded live and can be heard/viewed from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern on Talkshoe.comand Ustream.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and your thoughts on the wrestling world by emailing us at goodtimes@wrestlingmayhemshow.com! Don’t forget you can find links related to the show’s news stories and more at our Delicious Links Page for Episode 189!
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