Dean
October 9th, 2006, 09:08 PM
PWWInsider 2
An introductory video, full of great moments in wrestling, like Rob Cavallo leaving HCW while he’s Lucharesu Champion, Nate Montgomery jobbing to Vic Staten in an Iron Cage Match in XGW, and Lil Finga’s WHW career, plays with some jazzy music in the background. The familiar news desk from the last PWWInsider is shown with Ol’ Reliable, Scott the Scoop, at the helm. Canned cheering, canned applause, and Scott the Scoop being delusional - You know the drill.
Scott The Scoop:
Greetings all, and welcome to PWWInsider, Edition Two. Hmm. Edition Two. Wait, that sounds stupid. Hold on. Ahem.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the second edition of PWWInsider. We’re guaranteeing YOU a hot scoop.
Yes, use take two. What? What do you mean there’s only one take? Well, fine, whatever. We’ll just keep going.
Yes, I DO have prior experience to doing this. Didn’t you watch last month’s DVD? What do you mean you didn’t work here then? Alright, alright, just quiet down. They probably can’t hear me. What? Uh, yeah, sure, we can grab coffee after the show.
The cameraman slowly turns toward his right, then to his left, revealing that Scott the Scoop is talking to a life-size cardboard figure of The Mikster.
Scott the Scoop:
Well, look, I’ve gotta do this DVD, so you’re going to have to shut up for a while. Yeah, I know we have a big guest tonight… a really big guest. No, you can’t tell them who it is. He’s got to be a surprise, dammit!
Alright, anyway, in Pro Wrestling Warriors news, PWW sold out the National Guard Armory last week with over 2,000 pouring into the fine establishment to witness, “Dawn of Destiny,” capped off by an impressive draw between Drake Vinaldi and Roderick Brookes, two great athletes exclusive to Pro Wrestling Warriors.
A lot of talk is brewing, and the Internet is chock full of two things: rumors about who is going to win the PWW World Title this month at Destiny Fulfilled… and Dane Cook A:F6 videos.
What? What do you mean it isn’t topical? Everyone’s buzzing about it! Well, do you want to get up here and do this, Mikster? It isn’t as easy as it looks, man! Quit INSULTING ME! AHH!
Scott the Scoop grabs a stapler off his desk and throws it, causing the cardboard cutout to bend in half.
Scott the Scoop:
Bending over backwards doesn’t get you a job around here, Mikster! Alright, in other news, Global Wrestling Entertainment is expecting its first event, Genesis, to sell over 40 million seats. Unfortunately, the seating capacity of the arena is estimated between 247 and 50000. It will be a tightly cramped sardine can of… well, people who smell like sardines… if estimates are accurate.
In HCW news, there’s nothing to report.
And now, your featured presentation. Please, if you’re standing in the front row, remain in your seats. It’s impolite to the persons sitting behind you if you were to block their viewing of the movie. Try to keep the sound to the minimum, as that is another annoyance. And most importantly, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for our special guest… He has been called the “Best Big Man in the Business” by… yours truly, and more importantly, he is the former Hybrid Championship Wrestling Champion… “Double B” Bruce Bishop!
Scott pushes the canned cheering and applause buttons while clapping loudly himself. Bruce Bishop walks out, waving to the crowd. The cameraman turns around to reveal… a brick wall. Amazing. Bishop shakes hands with Scott the Scoop before sitting down on a chair near Scott’s news desk.
Breakin’ The Fourth Wall with Bruce Bishop
Scott The Scoop:
Bruce, thanks a lot for joining me for this interview. I know you're one of the biggest stars in wrestling, both literally and figuratively, so we at PWWInsider appreciate it.
Bruce Bishop:
Not a problem... better than sitting in the back of an arena while talking to a camera with some freakish Japanese guy behind it.
Scott The Scoop:
Heh, true that. Alright, I can tell you want to talk about your history with HCW first, so I won't hesitate. It's no doubt that you were one of the instrumental guys in getting HCW back on its feet, along with legends like Daniel Shine, Roberto Morelli, Phat Man, Sean Walker, and Titan. If it weren't for you there wouldn't have been an HCW for Ai Murasaki and her Kool-Aid-drinking Japanese army to ruin, so my first question to you is, of your time in HCW, the year-plus of time you spent building the company up, what would you say was your favorite moment? Who was Bruce Bishop's favorite feud, or even a non-feud, non-wrestling incident in HCW that you really enjoyed or one that made you laugh?
Bruce Bishop:
Hell, that's an easy one. Dante Priest and I have had a ton of run-ins on and off camera. We've beaten the hell out of each other, beaten the hell out of others, he's always been one of my good friends. Our Hellfire Cage match is one of my fondest memories. That was the night I won my first Championship... it was a great feeling. A damn good match as well. I may have looked pretty confident on-camera, but I sure as hell didn't want to hit my face on that hot ass cage. Dante and I have had some good times out of the ring as well... I can remember one time when he and Adrian King went with me to some diner before a show. Dante and I ended up fooling Adrian King into believing that the waiter was actually a girl. He had that really long hair, like those Hansen kids. And we all know Adrian isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Scott The Scoop:
Oh, man, Hansen... speaking of Hansen, it seemed you had quite a feud with a rather feminine man stemming from that Dante Priest feud in Ashley Nixon--Wait, I'm receiving word from The Mikster that Ashley Nixon is indeed a FEMALE... She is a woman. Yes, we're really breaking kayfabe here tonight, folks. Now, regarding Ashley, it would appear as though she was quite the masochistic, sadistic bitch, if you will. What was it like working with such a manipulative woman, and was she more manipulative, less manipulative, or the same as Ai Murasaki?
Bruce Bishop:
You know, Ashley really isn't as evil as she seems. She acted the part, but whenever I gave her the ol' evil eye, she backed off. As manipulative as Ai Murasaki? Not really. Ai's just one of those people that you HAVE to do what she tells you. If she has an idea that's just wrong, and you call her on it... well... we'll just say that trying to fight off three Yakuza members armed with Tommy guns isn't fun. Blake Straker told me a few stories.
Scott The Scoop:
Ah, yes, Ai Murasaki is indeed a crazy bitch, but as Blake Straker noted, she "f*cks so good I'm on top of it." Speaking of personal matters, it seemed that you and The Misfit nearly came head-to-head in a backstage brawl during a Havoc event leading up to your pay-per-view title defense. What was the cause of this heated confrontation?
Bruce Bishop:
'll be honest with you, Scott. I didn't want to drop that f*cking belt. It's as simple as that. Misfit had been around for longer than I had, but he was quite possibly the most undeserving man in the company at that time. Homeslice included. Ai Murasaki told me she wanted me to drop the belt because Misfit had been "paying his dues". I called her on her bullsh*t, and that led to a bit of an argument between her and me. Apparently, one of the guys in Christopher's Society overheard us and brought him onto the scene. He decided to jump in and talk sh*t about how I was just a green rookie... at that point, broomsticks were about to be shoved up asses. Thankfully, Sean Walker, another good friend of mine, got me to calm down before any rectal damage was done.
Scott The Scoop:
The end result was Misfit going over you at Intolerance, but he required the use of nearly every rival of yours and companion of his to do so. While this made Misfit weak, albeit he already looked that way to most of the fans, it was the only way people could see him legitimately defeating you. Looking back, do you have any regrets of letting Misfit defeat you to win the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
Damn sure do. For one, it propelled Misfit into the HCW Title scene, which in my opinion, made the company lose a ton of credibility. When you think of someone as being the figurehead of the company, you think of a fighting Champion. A Champion that always does his best to make his company look good, a Champion who can actually put together coherent sentences on television. Misfit couldn't do any of that. Also, this one's a bit more selfish, but ever since that night, I never got another shot at the title outside of Against All Odds. Murasaki wanted Komodo to go over that night, and while I wasn't really happy with that because of my own greed, I was happy for Jack. He's a stand-up guy and a damn good wrestler to boot, which I'm sure everybody knows from the way he defended that title for more than half of this year. But to be brief, Scott, Misfit winning the title is the biggest brown stain to ever grace professional wrestling's boxer shorts. That's about it for that one.
Scott The Scoop:
Komodo would ultimately be the chosen man to defeat Misfit, as you mentioned earlier. Was there any conflict between yourself and this decision, or was it more of a "Let's get the belt off the worst possible candidate and worry about things later" type scenario?
Bruce Bishop:
As much as I wanted the belt... anything was better than Misfit having it. So I figured I'd just keep working hard like I was and earn my shot again... We all know how that went.
Scott The Scoop:
While Komodo reigned as champion for an impressive six months, it seemed that the two men who helped build HCW, Daniel Shine and yourself, were cast aside. It was from there that you entered a program, which was cut abruptly when a somewhat ill timed pure wrestling tournament took place. What are your feelings about the pure wrestling tournament in which you wrestled, knowing that many expected either Daniel Shine or yourself to emerge the victor, but instead, Tai Otaku, known for being one of the major backstage politicians and having allies in the Japanese Aficionados, used his creative control to win?
Bruce Bishop:
Ah... you're just touching all the nerves tonight, Scott. To be honest, I didn't really want to be in the tournament, but I participated anyway. As time wore on, and I closer and closer to the final, that natural urge to win came in.
Then I got a knock on my door with a message from Ai, telling me that I had to lose to Otaku.
From that night on, I've felt like my credibility has lowered drastically... It pretty much killed my will to be successful within the company as well.
Scott The Scoop:
It wasn't long afterwards that your program with Shine was dropped out of thin air. Both Daniel Shine and yourself were upset with some of the things happening in the company, particularly with Komodo and Lance Van Leer main eventing over the two men who had been with HCW since it revived. I know you can't speak for Daniel, but what are your thoughts on Lance Van Leer winning the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
He wasn't ready for it, which is easy to see as he's already relinquished the belt. I'm sure that either Dan or I would have been ready to carry the company once again, but Van Leer knew the right people and the right things to say. I'd love to hold that belt again one day... if the company ever gets out of the rut that it's currently in.
Scott The Scoop:
Speaking of its rut, it would appear that Blaze is booked to become the man to whom the torch is passed. What are your feelings on Blaze, who has been with HCW off and on throughout the last two years, and the Internet rumors regarding him winning the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
To be blunt, it's bullsh*t. Sure, he's been around for a while, but he isn't ready to deal with the workload that comes with being HCW Champion. There are tons of other guys that have paid their dues who I'd rather see with that belt. Dante Priest, Red X, and Adrian King come to mind, just to name a few. But Blaze? Yeah, Tetsuo really needs to put Ai in check.
Scott The Scoop:
It seems that Blaine Williams was trying to do the same thing when he commandeered the company through the issuance of capital stock. Williams was in complete control, then opted to sell back his shares after seeing the titanic-like shape HCW was in. What are your thoughts on Blaine Williams, as he now embarks on the Global Wrestling Entertainment project, compared to the style of Ai Murasaki and Tetsuo Fuginami in Hybrid Championship Wrestling?
Bruce Bishop:
Blaine's got the right idea about building GWE. HCW has been through too many drastic changes; changes that just don't work. There are certain themes and ideals that you can model a wrestling company around, and HCW was trying to become a mainstream, Japanese-oriented company in the American market. When you're trying to run a Japanese company when most of your shows are in America, it just doesn't work. Blaine's going to make Global Wrestling Entertainment a mainstream, sports entertainment focused company, but with damn good wrestling to boot. And that's why it's going to be better than HCW.
Scott The Scoop:
Well, Bruce, I just have one last question before I can let you go. A lot of people talk about the past and dwell on that, but you seem like you're more concerned with the future. So, tell us, what's in store for Bruce Bishop?
Bruce Bishop:
As you can see, I've been with HCW for a long time and my contract is preparing to come to an end. I've been considering resigning... but for the time being, I think I'm going to take a break from wrestling week after week. I've been going non-stop for almost two years now, and I think I should be resting myself for awhile. GWE is building up... but PWW is currently the company to watch. And I've got a feeling that you're going to see me in an arena with great athletes and awesome Philadelphia fans very soon.
Scott The Scoop:
Alright, Bruce, thanks a lot for the opportunity to sit down and talk to a true wrestling legend. On behalf of Bruce Bishop, I'm Scott the Scoop, and you've witnessed 'Breakin’ The Fourth Wall with Bruce Bishop.'
An introductory video, full of great moments in wrestling, like Rob Cavallo leaving HCW while he’s Lucharesu Champion, Nate Montgomery jobbing to Vic Staten in an Iron Cage Match in XGW, and Lil Finga’s WHW career, plays with some jazzy music in the background. The familiar news desk from the last PWWInsider is shown with Ol’ Reliable, Scott the Scoop, at the helm. Canned cheering, canned applause, and Scott the Scoop being delusional - You know the drill.
Scott The Scoop:
Greetings all, and welcome to PWWInsider, Edition Two. Hmm. Edition Two. Wait, that sounds stupid. Hold on. Ahem.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the second edition of PWWInsider. We’re guaranteeing YOU a hot scoop.
Yes, use take two. What? What do you mean there’s only one take? Well, fine, whatever. We’ll just keep going.
Yes, I DO have prior experience to doing this. Didn’t you watch last month’s DVD? What do you mean you didn’t work here then? Alright, alright, just quiet down. They probably can’t hear me. What? Uh, yeah, sure, we can grab coffee after the show.
The cameraman slowly turns toward his right, then to his left, revealing that Scott the Scoop is talking to a life-size cardboard figure of The Mikster.
Scott the Scoop:
Well, look, I’ve gotta do this DVD, so you’re going to have to shut up for a while. Yeah, I know we have a big guest tonight… a really big guest. No, you can’t tell them who it is. He’s got to be a surprise, dammit!
Alright, anyway, in Pro Wrestling Warriors news, PWW sold out the National Guard Armory last week with over 2,000 pouring into the fine establishment to witness, “Dawn of Destiny,” capped off by an impressive draw between Drake Vinaldi and Roderick Brookes, two great athletes exclusive to Pro Wrestling Warriors.
A lot of talk is brewing, and the Internet is chock full of two things: rumors about who is going to win the PWW World Title this month at Destiny Fulfilled… and Dane Cook A:F6 videos.
What? What do you mean it isn’t topical? Everyone’s buzzing about it! Well, do you want to get up here and do this, Mikster? It isn’t as easy as it looks, man! Quit INSULTING ME! AHH!
Scott the Scoop grabs a stapler off his desk and throws it, causing the cardboard cutout to bend in half.
Scott the Scoop:
Bending over backwards doesn’t get you a job around here, Mikster! Alright, in other news, Global Wrestling Entertainment is expecting its first event, Genesis, to sell over 40 million seats. Unfortunately, the seating capacity of the arena is estimated between 247 and 50000. It will be a tightly cramped sardine can of… well, people who smell like sardines… if estimates are accurate.
In HCW news, there’s nothing to report.
And now, your featured presentation. Please, if you’re standing in the front row, remain in your seats. It’s impolite to the persons sitting behind you if you were to block their viewing of the movie. Try to keep the sound to the minimum, as that is another annoyance. And most importantly, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for our special guest… He has been called the “Best Big Man in the Business” by… yours truly, and more importantly, he is the former Hybrid Championship Wrestling Champion… “Double B” Bruce Bishop!
Scott pushes the canned cheering and applause buttons while clapping loudly himself. Bruce Bishop walks out, waving to the crowd. The cameraman turns around to reveal… a brick wall. Amazing. Bishop shakes hands with Scott the Scoop before sitting down on a chair near Scott’s news desk.
Breakin’ The Fourth Wall with Bruce Bishop
Scott The Scoop:
Bruce, thanks a lot for joining me for this interview. I know you're one of the biggest stars in wrestling, both literally and figuratively, so we at PWWInsider appreciate it.
Bruce Bishop:
Not a problem... better than sitting in the back of an arena while talking to a camera with some freakish Japanese guy behind it.
Scott The Scoop:
Heh, true that. Alright, I can tell you want to talk about your history with HCW first, so I won't hesitate. It's no doubt that you were one of the instrumental guys in getting HCW back on its feet, along with legends like Daniel Shine, Roberto Morelli, Phat Man, Sean Walker, and Titan. If it weren't for you there wouldn't have been an HCW for Ai Murasaki and her Kool-Aid-drinking Japanese army to ruin, so my first question to you is, of your time in HCW, the year-plus of time you spent building the company up, what would you say was your favorite moment? Who was Bruce Bishop's favorite feud, or even a non-feud, non-wrestling incident in HCW that you really enjoyed or one that made you laugh?
Bruce Bishop:
Hell, that's an easy one. Dante Priest and I have had a ton of run-ins on and off camera. We've beaten the hell out of each other, beaten the hell out of others, he's always been one of my good friends. Our Hellfire Cage match is one of my fondest memories. That was the night I won my first Championship... it was a great feeling. A damn good match as well. I may have looked pretty confident on-camera, but I sure as hell didn't want to hit my face on that hot ass cage. Dante and I have had some good times out of the ring as well... I can remember one time when he and Adrian King went with me to some diner before a show. Dante and I ended up fooling Adrian King into believing that the waiter was actually a girl. He had that really long hair, like those Hansen kids. And we all know Adrian isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Scott The Scoop:
Oh, man, Hansen... speaking of Hansen, it seemed you had quite a feud with a rather feminine man stemming from that Dante Priest feud in Ashley Nixon--Wait, I'm receiving word from The Mikster that Ashley Nixon is indeed a FEMALE... She is a woman. Yes, we're really breaking kayfabe here tonight, folks. Now, regarding Ashley, it would appear as though she was quite the masochistic, sadistic bitch, if you will. What was it like working with such a manipulative woman, and was she more manipulative, less manipulative, or the same as Ai Murasaki?
Bruce Bishop:
You know, Ashley really isn't as evil as she seems. She acted the part, but whenever I gave her the ol' evil eye, she backed off. As manipulative as Ai Murasaki? Not really. Ai's just one of those people that you HAVE to do what she tells you. If she has an idea that's just wrong, and you call her on it... well... we'll just say that trying to fight off three Yakuza members armed with Tommy guns isn't fun. Blake Straker told me a few stories.
Scott The Scoop:
Ah, yes, Ai Murasaki is indeed a crazy bitch, but as Blake Straker noted, she "f*cks so good I'm on top of it." Speaking of personal matters, it seemed that you and The Misfit nearly came head-to-head in a backstage brawl during a Havoc event leading up to your pay-per-view title defense. What was the cause of this heated confrontation?
Bruce Bishop:
'll be honest with you, Scott. I didn't want to drop that f*cking belt. It's as simple as that. Misfit had been around for longer than I had, but he was quite possibly the most undeserving man in the company at that time. Homeslice included. Ai Murasaki told me she wanted me to drop the belt because Misfit had been "paying his dues". I called her on her bullsh*t, and that led to a bit of an argument between her and me. Apparently, one of the guys in Christopher's Society overheard us and brought him onto the scene. He decided to jump in and talk sh*t about how I was just a green rookie... at that point, broomsticks were about to be shoved up asses. Thankfully, Sean Walker, another good friend of mine, got me to calm down before any rectal damage was done.
Scott The Scoop:
The end result was Misfit going over you at Intolerance, but he required the use of nearly every rival of yours and companion of his to do so. While this made Misfit weak, albeit he already looked that way to most of the fans, it was the only way people could see him legitimately defeating you. Looking back, do you have any regrets of letting Misfit defeat you to win the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
Damn sure do. For one, it propelled Misfit into the HCW Title scene, which in my opinion, made the company lose a ton of credibility. When you think of someone as being the figurehead of the company, you think of a fighting Champion. A Champion that always does his best to make his company look good, a Champion who can actually put together coherent sentences on television. Misfit couldn't do any of that. Also, this one's a bit more selfish, but ever since that night, I never got another shot at the title outside of Against All Odds. Murasaki wanted Komodo to go over that night, and while I wasn't really happy with that because of my own greed, I was happy for Jack. He's a stand-up guy and a damn good wrestler to boot, which I'm sure everybody knows from the way he defended that title for more than half of this year. But to be brief, Scott, Misfit winning the title is the biggest brown stain to ever grace professional wrestling's boxer shorts. That's about it for that one.
Scott The Scoop:
Komodo would ultimately be the chosen man to defeat Misfit, as you mentioned earlier. Was there any conflict between yourself and this decision, or was it more of a "Let's get the belt off the worst possible candidate and worry about things later" type scenario?
Bruce Bishop:
As much as I wanted the belt... anything was better than Misfit having it. So I figured I'd just keep working hard like I was and earn my shot again... We all know how that went.
Scott The Scoop:
While Komodo reigned as champion for an impressive six months, it seemed that the two men who helped build HCW, Daniel Shine and yourself, were cast aside. It was from there that you entered a program, which was cut abruptly when a somewhat ill timed pure wrestling tournament took place. What are your feelings about the pure wrestling tournament in which you wrestled, knowing that many expected either Daniel Shine or yourself to emerge the victor, but instead, Tai Otaku, known for being one of the major backstage politicians and having allies in the Japanese Aficionados, used his creative control to win?
Bruce Bishop:
Ah... you're just touching all the nerves tonight, Scott. To be honest, I didn't really want to be in the tournament, but I participated anyway. As time wore on, and I closer and closer to the final, that natural urge to win came in.
Then I got a knock on my door with a message from Ai, telling me that I had to lose to Otaku.
From that night on, I've felt like my credibility has lowered drastically... It pretty much killed my will to be successful within the company as well.
Scott The Scoop:
It wasn't long afterwards that your program with Shine was dropped out of thin air. Both Daniel Shine and yourself were upset with some of the things happening in the company, particularly with Komodo and Lance Van Leer main eventing over the two men who had been with HCW since it revived. I know you can't speak for Daniel, but what are your thoughts on Lance Van Leer winning the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
He wasn't ready for it, which is easy to see as he's already relinquished the belt. I'm sure that either Dan or I would have been ready to carry the company once again, but Van Leer knew the right people and the right things to say. I'd love to hold that belt again one day... if the company ever gets out of the rut that it's currently in.
Scott The Scoop:
Speaking of its rut, it would appear that Blaze is booked to become the man to whom the torch is passed. What are your feelings on Blaze, who has been with HCW off and on throughout the last two years, and the Internet rumors regarding him winning the HCW Championship?
Bruce Bishop:
To be blunt, it's bullsh*t. Sure, he's been around for a while, but he isn't ready to deal with the workload that comes with being HCW Champion. There are tons of other guys that have paid their dues who I'd rather see with that belt. Dante Priest, Red X, and Adrian King come to mind, just to name a few. But Blaze? Yeah, Tetsuo really needs to put Ai in check.
Scott The Scoop:
It seems that Blaine Williams was trying to do the same thing when he commandeered the company through the issuance of capital stock. Williams was in complete control, then opted to sell back his shares after seeing the titanic-like shape HCW was in. What are your thoughts on Blaine Williams, as he now embarks on the Global Wrestling Entertainment project, compared to the style of Ai Murasaki and Tetsuo Fuginami in Hybrid Championship Wrestling?
Bruce Bishop:
Blaine's got the right idea about building GWE. HCW has been through too many drastic changes; changes that just don't work. There are certain themes and ideals that you can model a wrestling company around, and HCW was trying to become a mainstream, Japanese-oriented company in the American market. When you're trying to run a Japanese company when most of your shows are in America, it just doesn't work. Blaine's going to make Global Wrestling Entertainment a mainstream, sports entertainment focused company, but with damn good wrestling to boot. And that's why it's going to be better than HCW.
Scott The Scoop:
Well, Bruce, I just have one last question before I can let you go. A lot of people talk about the past and dwell on that, but you seem like you're more concerned with the future. So, tell us, what's in store for Bruce Bishop?
Bruce Bishop:
As you can see, I've been with HCW for a long time and my contract is preparing to come to an end. I've been considering resigning... but for the time being, I think I'm going to take a break from wrestling week after week. I've been going non-stop for almost two years now, and I think I should be resting myself for awhile. GWE is building up... but PWW is currently the company to watch. And I've got a feeling that you're going to see me in an arena with great athletes and awesome Philadelphia fans very soon.
Scott The Scoop:
Alright, Bruce, thanks a lot for the opportunity to sit down and talk to a true wrestling legend. On behalf of Bruce Bishop, I'm Scott the Scoop, and you've witnessed 'Breakin’ The Fourth Wall with Bruce Bishop.'