A PIECE OF MY MIND: WWE RELEASING STEVIE RICHARDS, GETTING YELLED AT BY PEDRO MORALES AND MORE
By Sal Corrente on 8/23/2008 11:32 AM
Well WWE creative strikes again first they let Trevor Murdoch go and now they
let Stevie Richards go. How in the world can someone stand up proudly and say
there is no room in our company for people like these two men. I have always
been a fan of Stevie Richards. I ran into him one day at a gym and introduced
myself. He let me know that he already knew me as “The Big Cheese†Sal
Corrente. I asked him how he knew me and he said that we used to be on shows
together. I guess this age old veteran didn’t remember the young up and comer.
I told my old Rat Patrol partner “Carolinas Own†David Isley about it and he
didn’t seem to remember either.
I may not have remembered Stevie from the old days but these days he is very
much on my mind when I think of guys with nothing but TALENT. This guy needs
WWE creative to entertain like most people need a third arm and with a sixth
finger on all three of them. I would be embarrassed to let guys like Stevie
and Trevor go. I hope that TNA has the sense to take both of these guys I
realize that TNA can’t take everyone that WWE is to incompetent to continue to
employ and they shouldn’t. With that being said they should certainly take
these two guys and let them entertain people. Isn’t it time for a Blue World
Order Reunion to take place. I think a great place for it would be in Orlando,
doesn’t that sound reasonable? Well we can all wait to see how it all plays
out. I will wait to see the next brilliant move by WWE creative. Hurry up guys
I’m always anxious to discover a new way to do something wrong.
I cannot understand how guys like Trevor and Stevie can be let go and the word
is on the street that Gail Kim is headed back to WWE. The WWE needs another
diva like they need a hole in the head. I realize Gail can work a little but
as far as the WWE diva division is concerned that’s like throwing a bucket of
water on a forest fire.
A few months back I wrote about a guy named Matt Holder who runs show in North
Carolina. I wrote how he improperly advertised my friend Jimmy Hart and Stan
Lane. There were some in the business who came to the defense of Matt Holder
although I knew he had been involved in questionable things all along. I
realize my word was questioned but I stood behind my opinions and my friends
Jimmy and Stan. Well now I hear rumblings that there more situations with Matt
Holder in question. It is a shame that people like Matt Holder are allowed so
many opportunities to take advantage of good people. At this point caveat
emptor applies “Let the buyer bewareâ€.
I was working a show one night in Brooklyn or Staten Island it was a WWF event
and Pedro Morales was the agent that night. I was given a match to referee
between my good buddy Sylvester Ritter (The Junkyard Dog and Hercules
Hernandez. The finish was a roll up where Hernandez pulled the tights on JYD.
I was somewhat new in the business and I was not an “in charge†as I am now in
the ring. These guys got to close to the ropes and were actually “out of the
ringâ€. Well I positioned myself as best I could to make sure it wasn’t obvious
that I knew they were under the ropes. I knew it was a bad deal but that was
the finish that was laid out and I didn’t want to stop the finish. The guys
could have easily I told me to stop counting I was right on top of them. Well
when we got in the back Pedro Morales ripped me a new a**hole. I knew Pedro
from hanging around and he knew me. I never cared for him very much anyway he
has always been a pretty self absorbed guy. He went on and on and on yelling
at me in front of everyone. It took JYD finally to stand up for me and say
Pete stop yelling at the kid it’s not his fault for him to stop screaming. It
showed me what a small man Pedro really was he said nothing to anyone else but
he picked me. I was a one hundred and eighty pound referee who was there
without The Samoans. It was a rare occurrence for me to be there without those
guys. It was a few minutes out of my life but it stayed with me all these
years. It’s amazing to me what a small guy a former world champion can be in
my eyes.
This photo was taken at Afa "The Wild Samoans" home in Bethlehem, PA. He has
recently relocated to the Orlando Fl area and has opened another wrestling
school in that area. He will also promote shows there has had his first one
coming up in the near future. This photo is of course Hulk Hogan along with
independent wrestler and Hillbilly Jim look alike Yukon Jack. In the
background is a very young Rikishi. I was asked to post this promo for his
first Florida event. There have been many people to come through The Wild
Samoan Pro Wrestling Training Center and I am sure there will be many more
This has been a piece of my mind
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