{"id":33125,"date":"2016-10-06T20:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T01:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=33125"},"modified":"2016-10-06T21:40:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:40:02","slug":"podcast-recap-colt-cabanas-art-wrestling-wscott-damore-talks-time-booking-tna-wcw-hogan-rock-plus-colt-reviews-roh-ladder-wars-hip-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/06\/podcast-recap-colt-cabanas-art-wrestling-wscott-damore-talks-time-booking-tna-wcw-hogan-rock-plus-colt-reviews-roh-ladder-wars-hip-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST RECAP: Colt Cabana&#8217;s &#8220;Art of Wrestling&#8221; w\/Scott D&#8217;Amore talks his time booking TNA, WCW, Hogan, Rock, plus Colt reviews ROH Ladder Wars, hip injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2396583170\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Art of Wrestling with Colt Cabana<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Episode 321\u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">October 6, 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Report by Chris Davidson, PWTorch.com \/ PWPodcast.com contributor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">HOT TOPICS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">-Scott D\u2019Amore talks about WCW, Hulk Hogan, TNA, and promoting the Rock\u2019s only independent wrestling match<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">-Colt Cabana talks about his recent hip injury, and ROH\u2019s recent Ladder War<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">KEY TIME STAMP GUIDE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">0:00 \u2013 Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">7:03 \u2013 Song of the week<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">10:54 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore interview<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">15:47 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks WCW<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">21:15 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks earning respect and jobbing<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3111748310\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">28:33 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks getting into wrestling<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">41:02 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks being erased from TNA history, and being un-hirable<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">46:16 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks Team Canada in TNA<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">50:50 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks \u201cweird\u201d wrestling<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">55:33 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks Border City Wrestling<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1:06:48 \u2013 Colt wraps up the show<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">HIGHLIGHTS OF SHOW<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">0:00 \u2013 Introduction \u2013 Colt opened the show calling this another great week in the life of his podcast, because of a lot of great interviews he conducted for the upcoming weeks and months. Colt talked about the first time he met Scott D\u2019Amore at the 2000 Dan Curtis Memorial Show in Detroit. Colt said that the phrase \u201cact like you\u2019ve been there before\u201d sums up D\u2019Amore\u2019s career, and mentioned some of his various gigs. Colt brought up his most recent hip pains, caused by a trio of moonsaults, which are causing him to miss the IWA Mid-South 20<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> anniversary show. Colt talked about his recent TV tapings for ROH, and tag teaming with Dalton Castle. Colt complained about terrible wrestling promoting, where people don\u2019t have high production values to promote matches. Colt plugged the recent ROH Ladder War between the Young Bucks, The Addiction, and the Motor City Machine Guns, specifically praising Christopher Daniels\u2019 performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">7:03 \u2013 Song of the week \u2013 The song of the week this week is \u201cGhost Heat\u201d by Captain Catfeesh. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4221693517\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">10:54 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore interview \u2013 Colt opened the interview asking if D\u2019Amore was a \u201ccusser\u201d. D\u2019Amore has found that being around wrestling has made him cuss more, and said that Colt cusses \u201cthe right level\u201d, where a child could still listen to his show with little explanation. Colt said that he used to cuss in matches a lot, but has stopped because it is cheap. D\u2019Amore was broken into the business in such an old school way that if he were to cuss in the ring, he would have gotten beat. D\u2019Amore said he\u2019d cuss in the locker room in just about every sentence, but old-school wrestlers tended to be against cussing in the ring. Colt asked if D\u2019Amore thought Sheik cussed, and D\u2019Amore told a story about the first time he met The Sheik. The Sheik talked to him for about 20 minutes, then let him change in the locker room with him, instead of in the locker room with all the other wrestlers. Colt joked that D\u2019Amore\u2019s whole career had a \u201cveteranship\u201d to it, whether he earned it or not. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">15:47 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks WCW \u2013 Colt asked about D\u2019Amore booking WCW after only being in wrestling for three years. D\u2019Amore didn\u2019t book for WCW, but he did work as a jobber and helped do paperwork for the extras and the jobbers in WCW. D\u2019Amore carried papers in his back pocket so he always looked like he was working. D\u2019Amore realized that the chances of him being a superstar wrestler weren\u2019t good, but he wanted to do whatever he could to work in the business. D\u2019Amore was known as \u201cthe Stooge\u2019s Stooge\u201d because he was seen as lower than Dave Penzer, who was called \u201cthe Stooge\u201d. D\u2019Amore worked with jobbers, but when Hulk Hogan was mad that the some local jobbers weren\u2019t good, D\u2019Amore got a raise to bring in the best jobbers around. D\u2019Amore credited with carrying a piece of paper to helping him get booked whenever he wanted. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">21:15 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks earning respect and jobbing \u2013 Colt asked about when D\u2019Amore met the Sheik, and if he knew what he did to get on the Sheik\u2019s good side. D\u2019Amore didn\u2019t remember doing anything specific, besides give honest answers to the Sheik\u2019s questions. Colt asked if that moment was D\u2019Amore\u2019s first \u201cin\u201d in wrestling. D\u2019Amore had already worked a few WWF matches, so he had some unearned swagger. D\u2019Amore once called Al Snow to apologize for everything stupid thing he\u2019d said or done, but as a teenager he felt he was better than he was, and made dumb decisions. D\u2019Amore talked about being a jobber, when many wrestlers didn\u2019t think jobbing was a good career move. D\u2019Amore got paid well for jobbing in WCW, but was still able to do indy shows. D\u2019Amore told a brief story of getting yelled at by Arn Anderson. D\u2019Amore followed that with another story of Anderson yelling at him for introducing himself in the locker room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">28:33 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks getting into wrestling \u2013 D\u2019Amore talked about buying gear breaking into wrestling, specifically the pre-spandex ring wear. D\u2019Amore pointed out that wearing bright colors and being fat don\u2019t mix, so he stayed with basic colors and tanned. D\u2019Amore talked about early tanning beds that took 45 minutes or longer to get a tan. D\u2019Amore started wrestling at 16 in 1991 after lying on his application to the sports commission. D\u2019Amore\u2019s first match was when he was 17, and a week prior to his senior prom. D\u2019Amore\u2019s prom date threatened to kill him if he got a mark on his face that messed up her prom. D\u2019Amore told the guy he was wrestling to not hit him in the face, which he did not, and D\u2019Amore won the match on accident. D\u2019Amore discussed the weird way that heels and babyfaces were split up, and how they had to always call the match in the ring. D\u2019Amore praised Christian Cage as the one person he would work with forever if he had to. D\u2019Amore talked about modern wrestlers calling matches, and Colt told a brief story of making changes to a match on the fly, and his opponent having trouble following along. Colt said that he was trained old school, but he\u2019s adapted to the new school methods. D\u2019Amore called the change to a more spot-centric style of wrestling amazing. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">41:02 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks being erased from TNA history, and being un-hirable \u2013 D\u2019Amore said he would take credit for some changes in TNA, even though he feels he was removed from the TNA history books. D\u2019Amore said that he feels forgotten, even though he is on good terms with Dixie Carter and other personnel. D\u2019Amore said it could be worse, because he\u2019s at least not getting buried like Vince Russo does. D\u2019Amore said he\u2019s un-hirable because he does dumb things and people don\u2019t really want to work with him. D\u2019Amore blamed his buffoonery of growing up quickly in regard to booking travel and when he wasn\u2019t being mature, continuing to be a goof. One day in the office, D\u2019Amore hit Jeff Jarrett with a double leg to get Russo and Disco Inferno to laugh. D\u2019Amore knew he wanted to be a heel when he was trying to tag a kid out playing tee ball, and he accidentally hit him really hard, drawing boos from the crowd. D\u2019Amore chalked up his stupidity to trying to get the reaction from other people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">46:16 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks Team Canada in TNA \u2013 D\u2019Amore said he was a little bitter being erased from TNA, but he will re-write it one day. D\u2019Amore talked about going to TNA as a producer, thinking he was done with performing, until he was put into the position as the head of Team Canada. D\u2019Amore had planned to be a serious manager, but it wasn\u2019t long before his buffoonery came out in his performance. D\u2019Amore ended up carrying a flag on a hockey stick, barking at the camera, and speaking with a French accent when he got mad, even though he\u2019s Italian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">50:50 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks \u201cweird\u201d wrestling \u2013 Colt asked D\u2019Amore about some of the weirder stuff he has done in wrestling. D\u2019Amore first went to Japan for WAR, and felt like a rock star because of the people taking his bags and driving him around. D\u2019Amore had trained with Dan Severn and did worked shoots with no bumps for decent money. D\u2019Amore talked about the various other Japanese wrestlers he\u2019s worked with, and that he had brought over to Canada to work with him. D\u2019Amore talked about doing the Canadian Destroyer in Japan, mainly because the Great Muta told him to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">55:33 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore talks Border City Wrestling \u2013 Shortly after WCW folded, D\u2019Amore started pouring money into Border City Wrestling to try and make a Canadian ECW. D\u2019Amore started doing TV with Border City Wrestling simply because he wanted to learn how to put on a TV show. D\u2019Amore said that the only indy show the Rock ever worked was for him. The Rock blew out his knee shortly before D\u2019Amore\u2019s show, but he still showed up, even though he wasn\u2019t supposed to wrestle that night. The Rock showed up for the show, and even worked a tag-team match because he was having fun and feeling it. D\u2019Amore plugged Border City Wrestling and talked about his wrestling school\u2019s structured format that has helped many wrestlers. D\u2019Amore plugged his personal social media and talked about positive internet comments, as well as the Rock hypothetically still caring about the opinions of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1:06:48 \u2013 Colt wraps up the show \u2013 Colt plugged an upcoming Border City Wrestling show and talked briefly about needing to diversify what he does. Colt plugged his upcoming events, thanked his fans, Scott D\u2019Amore, his tech help and sponsors. Colt teased an upcoming comedy show the night before Thanksgiving and signed off. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\">REVIEW OF EPISODE<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Score: 8.2 \u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore certainly has a unique perspective on the world of wrestling. Listening to D\u2019Amore discuss the ups and downs of his career was fun, and he had a lot of stories about the biggest names in wrestling. There was an audio issue in the middle that made part of the episode difficult to hear, but otherwise this was a very good show. D\u2019Amore\u2019s attitude towards his position in wrestling was refreshing, and he comes across as someone who genuinely cares about the business. There wasn\u2019t a lot about D\u2019Amore\u2019s upbringing, as there typically is on the Art of Wrestling, but it had more than enough stories about Hulk Hogan and the Rock to make up for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>If you are interested in volunteering to contribute\u00a0a review of a weekly or daily podcast hosted by a wrestling personality, send an application to pwtorchstaff@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1631019900\"><div id=\"pwtor-1860445760\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Art of Wrestling with Colt Cabana Episode 321\u2013 Scott D\u2019Amore October 6, 2016 Report by Chris Davidson, PWTorch.com \/ PWPodcast.com contributor HOT TOPICS -Scott D\u2019Amore talks about WCW, Hulk Hogan, TNA, and promoting the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/06\/podcast-recap-colt-cabanas-art-wrestling-wscott-damore-talks-time-booking-tna-wcw-hogan-rock-plus-colt-reviews-roh-ladder-wars-hip-injury\/\" title=\"PODCAST RECAP: Colt Cabana&#8217;s &#8220;Art of Wrestling&#8221; w\/Scott D&#8217;Amore talks his time booking TNA, WCW, Hogan, Rock, plus Colt reviews ROH Ladder Wars, hip injury\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,3977,27],"tags":[291,362,3978,167,1685,294,120,193],"class_list":["post-33125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-podcast-recaps","category-specialists","tag-colt-cabana","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-ladder-wars","tag-roh","tag-scott-damore","tag-the-rock","tag-tna","tag-wcw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/10\/Podcast_CabanaColt_ArtofWrestling_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33127,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125\/revisions\/33127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}