W.W.W. featuring Mark Lewin and Scott Bowden

On Wednesdays, we here at LOL, Wresslin' like to really pull out the stops and offer up a double shot of righteously killer content. Why Wednesday? Well, we could impress you with market research, work habit studies, and human psychology tendencies to show you there's a scientific reason the middle of the week is the best time to bring your A-game. However, truth be told, we don't have any of that stuff and settled on Wednesday because that was the only day that didn't have any content scheduled.

So, here you have "Watch Wresslin' Wednesdays." Please feel free to suggest a better title, because we are woefully uncreative when it comes to naming stuff.

Better at naming stuff than us.

The idea of W.W.W. is we each send the other a video that is related to wrestling (a match, promo, interview, guest starring spot, etc.). The only restriction is that it cannot be user-created, so setting the Steve Austin/Bret Hart match to the Platoon soundtrack ain't going to fly here, pal. Neither of us know what kind of video we're going to get that day.

After viewing, we each write a response. This could be anything we choose: a straight commentary, a philosophical enlightenment, or classless ridicule. Just as we don't know what kind of video the other will select, neither do we know what the other will write or how they will write it. What you end up with is a mash-up of styles, which in our book equates to two-blogs-in-one, and we can take the rest of the day off.

Matt's video to Adam- Mark Lewin is a wrestling god!

Adam's response...

There's been a lot of talk lately about the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Oh sure, there was the noticeable low light of inducting Koko B. Ware (really?), but the night on the overall was rather magical. After all, Stone Cold Steve Austin is a sure bet, as were Steamboat, the Funks, and Howard Finkle. So with such an illustrious class you would have to assume that the WWE Hall of Fame is the Valhalla of pro wrestling.

Well you know what happens when you assume?

"Something something you ass me"

Turns out, there is another hall of fame. The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, based out of Amsterdam, New York (luxurious, I know). This place honors the many men and women who applied their craft diligently, and not just those who sold a lot of tee shirts to fat guys. Oh don't get me wrong. They're there. Hogan is in it. Piper, Flair, Bret Hart, and Steamboat are all in it. So it has its cred.

Side note: Macho Man Randy Savage was inducted this year, so although at the time he wrote "Remember Me" he was lying, the H in "Macho" can now, in fact, stand for "Honor" because he is in the Hall of Fame.

Of course, what does any of this have to do with the above lunacy? Well, using the finest research tools at my disposal, I was able to deduce (and by that I mean, read it on wikipedia) that this very year Mark Lewin was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. And why not? He posed while doing a bad mummy impression all the while some Saudi gentleman screamed at Gordan Solie. And who can ever forget his amazing work rate as he almost killed some poor jobber with a pile driver only Owen Hart and Steve Austin could love?

This ain't going to end well...

In fairness to Mr. Lewin, this is just one comical clip Matt sent me. He had an illustrious career wrestling for such prestigious promotions like NWA Detroit, World Championship Wrestling (Australia), and All-Star Pro wrestling, where it is foretold that that's where all the stars wrestled.

So in a lot of ways, The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is far superior to the WWE Hall of Fame, just because it respects all who bleed for us and not just those who made money for Vince, and in turn make more money for Vince by having a fancy ceremony in a fancy pants arena. But then again, the WWE Hall of Fame has this:

Game. Set. Match.

Adam's video to Matt - Scott Bowden could have been a contender





Matt's response...

Lance Russell, you're an affront to all to all things wrestling. Being a long-time Memphis Wrestling announcer, I expected better from you, but I guess I was mistaken. We all know, and so should you, that Scott Bowden is not one to brag on himself. Hell, he even says so! The man is so humble, he hasn't even bothered to start his own Wikipedia page.

The man is a visionary in the wrestling business, but he'd never tell you that. And obviously you refuse to admit it. Is it so unbelievable that he'd be the number 8 contender in Pro Wrestling Illustrated? Why must you assume that this is some fake printing? And just where are all these phony newspapers you keep talking about? A Germantown boy would never have to stoop to such a level. I'm ashamed of you.

Despite your incredulity at his status in this business, I'd like you to consider at just how far he's gone and how much he's accomplished since you belittled him in front of the fans and his peers. He writes column for Comics 101, and formerly wrote for Movie Poop Shoot. When's the last time you had a poop shoot gig?

So zany!

He wrote a screenplay about a Memphis tag-team. Sure, it got passed on, but at least he tried.

But this got made.

He's also been on two series that were cancelled by the Sci-Fi (SyFy?) network. Not even Bruce Campbell can say that.

The man also has an impressive YouTube resume, with him teaming up with Jerry Lawler to take on Mark Henry, and also brawling with "Retarded" Randy Hales. What are your YouTube credits, Mr. Russell? Oh, here are some interview bloopers. And you and Jerry Lawler team up as well, but not to fight Mark Henry. No, you two prank A DOCTOR. A medical professional. Shame, sir. Shame.

At the end of the day, it seems like you may be the one who thinks rather highly of himself. I mean, Scott never wrote a book about how great he was in bed.

I can't prove it's the same person, but prove to me it's not.