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    An Original Thought

    Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:19 PM EST [General]

    I will be doing a little scouting report this Thursday in WWE's developmental system FCW. I will be signing autographs as well as wrestling. So if you live in the Florida area come on down and watch some of the rising stars of WWE. I will also be visiting my fallen WWE Superstar Edge. I am gonna test his injury and see if he can support my weight when I give him a good old man bro hug when I see him. I don't know if it is a good idea since Halloween destroyed all my dieting hopes, but I will still test the waters.

    I then go to join up with my WWE Superstars on the WWE Eurpean tour and be apart of some of the most extreme hardcore fans in the world. ECW on SCY FY should be especially good with Christain vs William Regal as the main event. Regal is beloved is his homeland and Christain has his European Peeps. This one could be an Instant Classic and I look forward to it.

    Finally on October 28, 2009 marked my 20th anniversary of my very first match. I want to take this time to thank every person that has been a part of this magical ride. Your continous support contiues to make the dream live and for that I put my body on the line every night and I love you all for it.

    Thanks for reading,

    Tommy Dreamer

    4.6 (11 Ratings)

    An Original Thought

    Sunday, October 25, 2009, 07:24 PM EST [General]

    I am a big sports fan. I also understand the nuiances of running a sports company and I got to admit, as a fan of the NFL I am mad. I am throwing a flag down and penalizing the NFL. Each and every week I have found something that has really made me lose faith as a fan of the NFL. I am not gonna just sit here and complain about it. I will offer a solution to the following problems.

    1.The Alternate Jersey. I understand that the importance of merchandise as well as the importance that the revenue those sales bring in for a team, but lets not try and rape your customer of all of their money. If your team has a nickname with a color in it, try to keep that color in the jersey. I have seen the "Gang Green" NY Jets  twice this year and I didnt even recognize, who they were and it is only week seven. I also watched a neon Seahawks jersey which hurt the color balance of my tv, the UPS looking brown on dark brown Denver Broncos Jersey and a Christmas red Texans jersey. Yes WWE is guilty of this because they have designed not one but two Miz shirts, which I hear are trying to set a record for lowest shirt sales ever. However the loyal customer is only wasting on that shirt as oppossed to more than triple the amount for a pro NFL  jersey. Solution you play 16 games a year how about 4 jerseys a year home,away,alternate and a throwback. Giving your loyal consumers a great choice to show their teams colors proud.

    2.The Blackout of games. This is a deal that the NFL and the tv head honchos made that needs to be changed.  The blackout means that if a game is not sold out, that game is not seen in their local market. In  todays economic times, many fans look forward to their Sunday of football. I agree in theory of why this rule was placed but it really doesnt show support of your team. It doesnt give anymore insentive to root for your team as well. WWE has changed their rules and adapted to the economic times and has a new catch phrase. WWE is the best value in Entertainment. WWE lowered their ticket prices and also offered different incentives to go to all their events, not just the televised ones. When your team is winning the fans will come. Just ask the NY Yankees who werent doing that well in the begininng of the year and lowered ticket prices, because no one was going to see a bad team play. Now people are paying top dollar for those same seats cause of how good they have played. AS of right now why would anyone want to see the Tampa Bay Bucs,St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders,Washington Redskins,Cleveland Browns to name a few teams with dismal records and really no chance of turning their season around. Your local taverns, restraunts and general places to gather usually do better when a game is on as well which brings a boost to your local economy. Solution reward your season ticket holder with free seats to another game so they can give them to a friend or buisness associate. Solution #2 The team purchases their own tickets and gives them to many local charities, churches or government jobs. Initate school workshops or contest for better grades and the school is rewarded with tickets. The team in return should then be entitled to tax breaks for the wages not earned for those games, but team pride and support is installed in the person that got those tickets forever.

    3. Many networks offer two games a day. The one o clock game and the four o clock game. Most fans of the NFL will watch a better game over a team outscoring another by large amount. An example was last week the New Orleans Saints were crushing the NY Giants. The other channel had the Minnesota Vikings battling the Baltimore Ravens in an amazing game. The Vikings score with a little under two minutes to go in the game and the network switches to the begining of the NY Jets vs the Buffalo Bills. What? No way I say to myself. That would be like watching an entire movie and the last two minutes of the movie I have to get a recap by announcers of the end of the movie. Even worse the viewer switches the channel to a rival channel to see if they can get a highlight of what happened. It also loses loyalty to your channel cause the announcer says due to contractual obligations with the network we have to go to another game. Solution a network should show the begining and the end of the game espescially if it is close. Have a network executive make the call if it is such a major descion, unless that person isn't watching their own network and if that is the reason find someone who cares about your network, ratings and customer satisfaction and replace the person who doesn't.

    When the times change,so should the rules. I offer some solutions to fight for the common fan who may not have the forum to voice their opinion.

    Thanks for reading,

    Tommy Dreamer

     

    4.6 (9 Ratings)

    An Original Thought

    Saturday, October 17, 2009, 02:43 PM EST [General]

    I consider The WWE Universe as a part of my family. This week the world lost three people whom all loved the wrestling industry. Mike Follis, B.J. Race and Captain Lou Albano.

    Mike Follis was an ECW Original. Mike was part of the infamous Atlas security. In life when you can say someone has your back, you consider that person a freind. Mike had everyones back and many times protected the ECW wrestlers as well as the fans. I have been in actual brawls and riots(mainly because of the Dudley Boys) and Mike was always making sure everyone got out in one piece. Mike was in ECW, the new ECW and TNA. He is a great, tough guy and will be missed.

    B.J. Race is the wife of WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race. I had many dealings with Harley and his wife when I worked behind the scenes in WWE. I would speak to Harley tell him what I needed and he said he would take care of it and then pass the phone to his wife. B.J would handle everything and was a true profesional. Whenever I would see them she would always greet me with a big smile and hug. The saying of behind every great man is a great women and I think that holds true of B.J.

    Captain Lou Albano was the manager of the very first wrestling match I ever saw. Bulldog Brower vs Bob Backlund. I truly hated Lou Albano for many years, hence as a bad guy manager he did his job. I have many memories of Lou always interfering in matches, bleeding and doing interviews for his men and what they were gonna do to my heroes. Lou later turned to the good side and was cheered for a long time. In the era of WWE being mainstream Lou Albano did it before everyone. Lou was in movies, records, tv shows,videos. Lou started the rock n wrestling connection which led to Wrestlemania one. I have only met him twice the first time at a movie audition and I asked him if he could be my manager and "he said not a chance kid" and I said please I want to be a wrestler so bad and he said "well go talk to that guy over there and leave me alone" I walked over and i introduced myself to WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz who became my trainer. The second time I met him was with his former fan club president Paul E Dangerously. Paul intoduced me and I was so excited about telling him that I was making it in the wrestling business and he said nice to meet me and are you Italian. I said yes and he said good go get me some wine and then told very politically incorrect jokes that had an entire room of different ethnic groups roaring in laughter for the next hour. He was truly a character.

    I am sorry for their families loss. I try to remember all the good times when people pass and the fond memories that they left behind. It is a constant reminder to liv life to its fullest. These three people certainly did. You all will be missed. God bless.

    Thanks for reading,

    Tommy Dreamer

    4.6 (16 Ratings)

    AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT

    Monday, October 5, 2009, 06:28 PM EST [General]

    Well first off I would like to thank everyone for their concern over my elbow.  I know that it is gross to look at, it keeps blowing up cause of the punishment it takes. The medical term is the bursa sac in my elbow keeps filling up with fluid every time it gets hit. Goes with the job I guess.

    I would like to address the fact that I do not have any myspace,facebook or bebo accounts. This is the only way to contact me. I do not find it as a compliment when people pretend to be someone else. As a parent I implore all parents to make sure they monitor their kids when they are on the internet.

    I do not have much else to say, looking forward to returning to Trenton tomorrow. Which was the place where the new ecw did their first tv taping. Lets hope it goes much better than that disaster some three years ago.

    Thanks for reading

    Tommy Dreamer 

    4.6 (14 Ratings)

    An Original Thought

    Friday, September 11, 2009, 12:01 PM EST [General]

    Wow I can't believe that summer is gone and I haven't posted a blog in a month. The problem I have is I am only home on a limited basis. I like to blog when I am by myself and can reflect on what I have to say, as well as I can only do it from a home computer, hence the dilema. Trying to spend as much time when I am at home with kids, usually results in no free time. I have a moment now so I will start by giving a few reflections over the past month.

    Summerslam was an awesome week. Walking the red carpet was very over rated, but still cool to do. Hanging out in LA is always a good time. Watching John Cena bounce the ball when he threw it at the Dodger game was funny. Kudos to WWE for fan axcess was awesome. It was my favorite part of the entire week. I love hanging with the WWE Universe and getting all of their feedback of the constant goings on in WWE. I wish I was schedualed in for more apperances to accomdate all the people that came out. Summerslam was a great show. It was also great to see so many celebrities come out and show how much they love our product. I lost count of how many celebs you would bump into backstage.

    I am pissed off that Jeff Hardy is gone. I consider him a friend and an amazing performer. I am sure he will be back in WWE but I wish him the best of luck with his own tv show.

    I am so happy and was as shocked as everyone that The Undertaker returned at Summerslam. to quote JR "business is gonna pick up" now that the Deadman has returned.

    I was legit injured when Koslov attacked me during the interview. He closelined me and hit me in the ear, popping my eardrum( which suks when you have to fly). I know Josh Mathews and Matt Striker said I had a concussion, but I wasn't medically cleared.

    I have also had some minor injuries. I hyper extended my knee in San Juan which limited my mobility but thanks to alot of tape I was able to wrestle the next 4 nights and had a great tour. I messed up my wrist punching Koslov in his big head. I also messed up my elbow on Ezekial Jackson's finishing move. I will put up a picture soon.

    I would personally like to thank the Chicago Whitesox as well as AJ Pierzynski for a great day. September 9 was WWE day at the park. You can see photos on this website. I presented AJ with a replica ECW title and I was supposed to throw out the first pitch but due to my knee, wrist and elbow injury. I let my good buddy Hornswoggle do it and he threw a perfect strike (no bounce Mr Cena). We hung out in a luxury suite, signed autographs and threw out wiffle balls to the crowd and sang take me out to the ball game during the 7th inning stretch. It was awkward when former ECW GM Armando Estrada and current GM were in the same suite together.(He was Matt Strikers guest) The only problem of the day was they kept on showing ECW GM Tiffany throughout the game. She was stealing all my big screen time, but we all had a blast. The game went 14 innings and the phenomal AJ had the game winning hit sending the crowd home happy. Having the ECW title was a boost that the team needed. It sure helped my career as well.

    I am up to date and look forward to going to Canada.

    Thanks for reading

    Tommy Dreamer

    4.6 (19 Ratings)

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