#Ray Traylor

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November 27, 1986 -

Jim Cornette falls from the scaffold and crashes in a heap at the NWA's Starrcade 1986 event. The plan was for Big Bubba Rogers to catch Cornette, breaking his fall. As you can see, the plan failed. Cornette would end up tearing tendons, breaking a bone, and damaging the cartilage in his knee. The subsequent blood drained from his knee was said to fill a bedpan.

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'Monk' – Tony Shaloub is an OCD Sherlock Holmes on Netflix and Peacock

It’s a jungle out there and Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) should know. In Monk (2002-2009) he’s an obsessive-compulsive Sherlock Holmes who fights his fear of heights, of the dark, of germs, and pretty much everything else in the wake of his wife’s still-unsolved murder. It’s a challenge just to get out of the house. Luckily for us, he has a mind that won’t be stilled and when he’s onto a mystery,…

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Who are your top 5 ships and do you have any theme songs to go with them? (Your taste in music is pretty spot on! Like Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton??? Literally Pleasant/Sorrows lyric for lyric)

HAHAHAHA THANK YOUUU WOW! I have to say, I’m already in the works for drawing a scene with a similar concept, you know how in Resurrection when Skug is performing Heroes by David Bowie for Xena? (Stares wistfully into the distance, whispering) Hell yes.

I’ll use this opportunity to just write my ideas and mayhaps I will drop a couple doodles at a later date. This is a mighty interesting ask, cheers for that.

Here we go:

1. Skulduggery Pleasant/Valkyrie Cain: DUHH. Now, I could give you a playlist, but I’m merciful. So there will be three, and oh God just trust me on these ones guys. Edit: there will be four

2. Serafina Dey/Mevolent: This genuinely is my favourite ROMANTIC ship. Guys they would cross dimensions to be together :( that’s almost on par with Valduggery. And yes, I know they’re goth as fuck but,

I will not explain further.

3. Tanith Low/Ghastly Bespoke: THEY DESERVED TO BE HAPPY. (Shaking fist in Dublin’s general direction)

This song for sure would have been playing if they got their reunion scene from Cassandra’s vision in Last Stand of Dead Men. All I’d add, have a building blow up in the distance behind them and everything would have been perfectly epic.

4. Vaurien Scapegrace/Thrasher: I am vehemently opposed to their lack of involvement in Phase 2, I love that they’re okay and living peacefully together with Clarabelle but maaaan >:^(

5. Valkyrie Cain/Militsa Gnosis: Easily a great ship. Miss Gnosis was laying it on fucking thick and I have nothing but respect for her grind.

Bonus: Temper Fray/Kierre: I know they didn’t get much “screen time” but it was so alluring to me, I can’t believe how instantaneously I was invested. Good job, Landy, I’m hooked.

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Remembering Ray Traylor ( The Big Boss Man ) on the anniversary of his passing .

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COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1970) – Episode 221 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“This is the voice of World Control. I bring you peace. It may be the Peace of Plenty and Content or the Peace of Unburied Death.” Is that a multiple-choice question? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out some apocalyptic science fiction and horror with Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)!

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 221 – Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

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Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of the podcast and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Writing Credits: James Bridges (screenplay); D.F. Jones (based on his 1966 novel Colossus)

Cinematography by: Gene Polito (director of photography)

Visual Effects by: Albert Whitlock (special photographic effects)

Selected Cast:

Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin

Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham

Gordon Pinsent as The President

William Schallert as CIA Director Grauber

Leonid Rostoff as Russian Chairman

Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. John F. Fisher

Willard Sage as Dr. Blake

Alex Rodine as Dr. Kuprin

Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson (as Martin Brooks)

Marion Ross as Angela Fields

Dolph Sweet as Missile Commander

Byron Morrow as Secretary of State

Lew Brown as Peterson

Sid McCoy as Secretary of Defense

Tom Basham as Thomas L. Harrison

Robert Cornthwaite as First Scientist

James Hong as Dr. Chin

Serge Tschernisch as Translator (as Sergei Tschernisch)

John Davey as Military officer on phone (uncredited)

Paul Frees as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)

Fred Holliday as Military Computer Entry – Missile Launch (uncredited)

Robert Quarry as Scientist (uncredited)

Don Ross as Logan US Air Force (uncredited)

William Traylor as Party Guest (uncredited)

Given the current state of humankind, it makes perfect sense to turn planet management over to a supercomputer, right? Enter Charles Forbin and Colossus, his mountain-size, 70s-style, omnipotent computer. Of course, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley and leave us nothing but grief and pain, for promised joy!” (Robert Burns) And they “gang agley” in a hurry!

The Grue-Crew are agog at the cast – Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and a mountain-full of recognizable character actors, many of whom have horror cred – so there is much fodder for their talkabout! By the way, is it still science fiction if it’s happening today?

At the time of this writing, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) is available to stream from Vimeo, and is available on Blu-ray formatted, physical media from SHOUT! Factory. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Doc, will be Nightwing (1979), adapted from the 1977 novel by Martin Cruz Smith. Vampire bats, fellow babies!

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

Check out this episode!

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a little life - a book i would never recommend to anyone

I have never had a strong interests in books with melancholic themes, and I have also never read stories about LGBT relationships. A Little Life is the first fiction book about LGBT love I have ever read, and it is also the most heart-wrenching novel I have ever come across.

A Little Life is definitely a hard read, considering the incredibly detailed and graphic potrayals of a life so terribly ruined. At a point when I have reached the chapters where Jude meets Caleb and was sexually abused (again), this time fully concious about how wrong it was yet still allowing it to happen, I dropped the book for a month until I decided to resume reading it.

One of the reasons why I suddenly decided to drop this book was the sheer length of it (720 pages!), and most of it was spent to describe Jude's traumatizing history of being sexually abused by possibly everyone he has encountered from birth to age sixteen. Some gave the book the title "trauma porn", and personally I believe they were partly right. Certainly there is no need to torture a fictional character to this extent, and Jude's problems can easily be shortened by hundreds of pages. But there is a reason behind Hanya Yanagihara's storytelling.

The story is not an easy read because it is not supposed to be. As a normal person with a roof over our head, food on our plates, and a healthy, functioning body, there is no way we can ever relate to the traumas of Jude's life. It is incredibly hard, therefore, to fully understand our main character, to see how a life so terrible can actually be that of someone else. We are not standing in the shoes of Jude, but in the shoes of Harold, Willem, Julia, Richard, Andy, those who try in vain to rescue a helpless creature from the hyenas of his past. We may not go through the pains of Jude's episodes, the endless nights of him being sexually abused, the shame, the fear, the self-hatred that led him to cutting himself, but through every page, we experience every bit of the fear and frustration of those around him, unable to understand how trapped he really is in the past, unable to figure out how to pull him out of the hole in which Brother Luke and Dr. Traylor have pushed him.

It is supposed to be long because life, itself, is long, or at least there are certain periods in life that are longer than others, and those cannot be explained in only a few pages. The periods of calm and contentment fly by deliberately quickly, with moments fleeting by just enough to bring about a ray of hope for our characters, followed by the long, tedious and agonizing periods of pain, sadness, frustration, anxiety, hopelessness, despair. It is exactly how we experience life, as moments of happiness fly by unbelievably fast, and before we realize, we are back with our usual, boring routine, waiting for blissful moments like that to return once again.

I will not ever recommend A Little Life to anyone, despite the beautiful writing Hanya Yanagihara and my love and admiration for the characters. The book covers extremely heavy topics, which can leave you feeling speechless and haunted for days. Yet, admist the melancholy, the story also highlights powerful lessons about the inevitability of our very own existence, about unconditional love, friendship and companionship, about the resilience, and at the same time, fragility of humans.

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Before the Big Bass Man also known as The Boss on WCW became a wrestler he was a corrections officer.

He was known as an officer of the law in Cobb County Georgia. In WCW he was known as a corrections officer.

But when Ray Traylor went to WCW he known as The Boss. But was quickly stripped of that title because that character was too close to The Big Boss Man which was under the copyright of WWE.

Once Traylor lost the nightstick and handcuffs he was completely lost

He went by the name of The Guardian for a while dressing like a Guardian Angel but that was short lived.

Then he settled on his real name Ray Traylor

In my opinion Big Boss Man had one of the greatest entrances.

He twirl his nightstick like a baton although it was suttle it was still impressive to watch.

The Big Boss Man or The Boss both were my favorite characters.

I didn’t feel that Ray Traylor was the same wrestler after he lost both those characters.

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1. Cody Rhodes

2. WrestleMania 40, which is wild to say, but it's very true. Though part of that is that I watched it with some new friends 😁

3. If you asked me a month ago I'd say Bo Dallas. Right now I'm not sure. I'd need to watch way more wrestling outside of WWE to answer this to my satisfaction.

4. Nope, but I do have an old Shield Seth Rollins action figure

5. The only wrestler I've ever met in person was Paul Wight. He was awesome and he told some great stories about Ray Traylor. A real class act and a great dude.

6. The Acclaimed

7. WWE, but mostly because I don't have time to keep up with anything else. Everything I've seen from New Japan seems awesome though. I also watch ICW clips on YouTube a lot

8. Haven't been to enough live shows to answer this

9. Bray 😢

10. I unironically love Pat McAfee and I don't care who knows

Wrestling fans: reblog with your answers to these questions!

1. Which wrestler's entrance theme gets you the most pumped up?

2. What's your favorite wrestling pay-per-view event of all time?

3. Who do you think is the most underrated wrestler in the industry?

4. Do you collect any wrestling memorabilia or merchandise? If so, what's your favorite piece?

5. Have you ever met any wrestlers in person? Who was the most memorable?

6. What’s your favorite wrestling tag team or faction?

7. Which wrestling promotion is your favorite?

8. What's the most surprising wrestling moment you've ever witnessed?

9. If you could bring back any retired or passed wrestler for one more match, who would it be?

10. What do you think makes a great wrestling commentator or announcer?

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SuperBrawl VIII

February 22, 1998

Cow Palace, San Francisco, California.

Sting faces Hollywood Hogan for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The Outsiders challenge The Steiner Brothers for the WCW Tag Team Championship. Plus Lex Luger faces “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Booker T faces Rick Martel for the Television Championship, and more

Link to Superbrawl 98, HD,SD,LQ etc.

News & Notes: After the botched Jackknife at Souled Out, JJ Dillon banned the powerbomb. He threatened to disqualify and fine anyone who uses it. JJ also said they would cuff Nash and escort him from the building if he did the Jackknife. This didn’t faze Nash. He gloated about what happened. Kevin now wanted people to call him Big Sexy the Giant Killer. Then Nash defied WCW and gave Ray Traylor the Jackknife. Dillinger and company cuffed Nash and led him away. On Thunder, Dillon announced they fined Nash $50,000. Hogan offered to pay Nash’s fines if he kept doing the move. So Nash did. He powerbombed a ref next. Nash even powerbombed The Public Enemy through a table. Next, Wayne Bloom felt Nash’s fury. They punished Kevin each time. When they cuffed him, Nash shouted Attica in protest. He felt WCW was targeting him. They were inconsistent in enforcing the new rule. Cruiserweights used powerbombs without a penalty. He might have a point.

Meanwhile, there is more nWo news. First, Dusty Rhodes explained his heel turn. He blamed the corporate suits in WCW. They relegated him to WCW’s b-shows. He was tired of carrying Tony Schiavone on commentary. Then Dusty kicked Lee Marshall out of the commentary booth on Thunder. He told Tony and Bobby to tell the truth. They were far too biased. Next, I want to discuss the nWo’s newest member. After Souled Out, Hogan called out Bret Hart for his actions at Starrcade. Hollywood threatened to make him pay for interfering in their business. It didn’t worry Bret. Hart believed Hogan was scared. He ducked him his entire career. Then the former Crush interrupted Bret’s promo. He’s now going by his real name, Brian Adams. Brian approached Bret and offered to watch his back. Bret appreciated the offer. He shook Adams’ hand. But Brian didn’t let go. He held Bret in place so the nWo could attack. Adams then removed his coat to reveal a nWo t-shirt!

On a side note, this show was supposed to contain a Zbyszko vs. Spicolli match. As I mentioned in my last review, Louie died before this PPV. They held a ten bell salute to him on Nitro. For some odd reason, Larry didn’t break character. He agreed to withhold his feelings on Spicolli out of respect to Louie’s family.

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This coming Thursday we discuss Ray Traylor aka Big Bubba Rogers aka The Big Boss Man!

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Jim Cornette: A Wrestling Icon

In honor of Jim Cornette’s birthday, I wanted to write an article celebrating his storied career in professional wrestling.

Jim Cornette is a wrestling manager, agent, booker , promoter, trainer , photographer, color commentator, promoter, and a part time professional wrestler . He is also an author , wrestling historian, and the host of popular podcasts , ‘ The Jim Cornette Experience’, and ‘ Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru’ alongside producer and co-host, Brian Last. Cornette began his storied career in professional wrestling at the age of 14, working at the Louisville Gardens in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. He would have jobs such as a photographer, ring announcer , magazine correspondent, PR Correspondent, and a time keeper. Cornette also befriended Christine Jarrett, a wrestling promoter , and the mother of the promoter of the CWA ( Continental Wrestling Association ), Jerry Jarrett ( The father of Jeff Jarrett. Christine is Jeff’s grandmother.) . The CWA is also known as the Memphis Territory. The photos that Cornette took while in the Memphis Territory would be published regularly in a Japanese wrestling magazine , called ‘ Gong’. The photos would be a regular occurrence from 1977 to 1982.

In 1982, Jim Cornette would begin writing the programs for local arena shows , continuing to have his photography work published in popular wrestling magazines , and being a contributor to Championship Wrestling Magazine . Thus, the same year , Cornette would be hired as manager by Jerry Jarrett after attending a match between Jerry ‘ The King ’ Lawler and ‘ The Nature Boy ’ Ric Flair. Cornette would also state that this would be the first time he would be allowed to enter the locker room after being tolerated at live wrestling shows and TV tapings for almost ten years. Cornette would choose the name , James E. Cornette as the one he would use during shows. This was a tribute to promoter, James E.Barnett. On September 25,1982 , Cornette would make his debut as a manager for Sherri Martel , who would become a manager herself and later be known as ‘ Sensational Sherri’. Cornette adopted the gimmick of a spoiled rich kid turned clumsy manager who would be fired by his clients after their matches. Wrestlers in this angle would consist of Crusher Broomfield ( also known as Akeem and One Man Gang ) , and Dutch Mantell. Cornette would go on to make his Mid-South Wrestling debut in 1983 and manage the tag team, The Midnight Express. He would also adapt his signature tennis racquet. Cornette said that he got the inspiration for that from a movie. He would have feuds with stars such as Magnum TA before taking The Midnight Express to WCCW in 1984. They were looking for more bookings as they couldn’t get a huge rivalry with the Von Erich family . Therefore , they would leave Dallas, Texas, and head to Charlotte , North Carolina to Jim Crockett Promotions.

While in JCP, Cornette would lead The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane ) , to success as the three time NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Nevertheless, Cornette would be known for the tennis racquet and his extremely loud mouth. He was a Heel manager as The Midnight Express were a Heel Tag Team. They would have to have a police escort making their way to ring and going back to the locker room at house shows as well as to the city limits due to being hated by fans. This was also a precaution to their safety due to worrying about being attacked by fans as well. Cornette would suffer a knee injury at Starrcade ‘ 86 after falling off of a scaffold. Cornette said the stunt went too far due to his fear of heights , also known as Acrophobia. This stunt happened during a match between The Midnight Express and The Road Warriors. Thus, Big Bubba Rogers ( Big Boss Man / Ray Traylor ) , an ally of The Midnight Express, would be the one to catch Cornette instead of Bobby Eaton after he fell. He became a Color Commentator in 1989 , while Jim Ross ( JR ) , would be the play-by-play commentator for JCP’s Saturday Night TV shows. He would also become a Booker for WCW the same year. He would return to WCW in 1993 after leaving in 1990 as a part of a talent trade with Smoky Mountain Wrestling ( SMW). He would manage The Heavenly Bodies ( Stan Lane and Tom Pritchard ) and feud with The Rock N Roll Express ( Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson ). He would start his own promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling , in 1991.

With SMW, Cornette would begin a partnership with Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF) in 1993. Thus, SMW would have financial trouble and in November 1995, would shut down. Cornette would sell the promotion’s rights and videos to McMahon the same year . He would say that he chose the wrong time to start Smoky Mountain Wrestling due to a recession in the business.

While in the WWF, Jim Cornette would be a booker , color commentator, and a manager. He would be in his most well known role as a manager for being the American Spokesperson for the WWF Champion , Yokozuna, in 1993. He would be a full time employee of the WWF in 1996. He would take on the role of scouting talent and developing them for TV and house shows. Cornette would start his own Heel stable called, ‘ Camp Cornette ’ , which consisted of himself , Owen Hart , Yokozuna , Vader , and The British Bulldog ( Davey Boy Smith ). Cornette would become a full time color commentator in 1997. Therefore , he would leave the company the same year due to having conflicts with Vince Russo and Kevin Dunn. At the height of the Attitude Era, in 1998, he would return with a stable consisting of Barry Windham , The Rock N Roll Express, and Jeff Jarrett. They would be known as the NWA Invasion. He would also manage a new Midnight Express and Dan Severn. He would also provide color commentary the same year . Cornette would also participate in the Gimmick Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 17 in 2001.

Cornette would go on to be the head booker and part owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) in 1999. OVW was the lead developmental territory for WWE before FCW ( later to be known as NXT.). He would influence the careers of John Cena, Randy Orton , Batista , and Brock Lesnar as they were training there. He did the same for stars from the Attitude Era such as Al Snow, Sunny , D’ Lo Brown , and Kane in SMW. He would be let go from WWE in 2005 after being involved in two separate incidents . One being slapping Anthony Carelli ( WWE Legend and TNA Director of Authority, Santino Marella. He is the father of WWE NXT Wrestler and Liasion , Arianna Grace ). He would also appear in TNA , ROH, and ECW. He would return to OVW in 2010. He would make an appearance in What Culture Pro Wrestling ( WCPW ) in 2016 and 2017. He would make appearances in WWE from 2017 to 2020 and return to TNA in 2017. Cornette would also appear in NWA in 2018 and 2019 before appearing in Major League Wrestling ( MLW ) in 2019. He retired from managing in 2017 and announcing/color commentary in 2019. He would go on to make a numerous appearances on ‘ Dark Side of The Ring ’.

Jim Cornette’s most well known match would be with Paul E.Dangerously ( Paul Heyman ) in a Tuxedo Match in 1989 at the Great American Bash in WCW. He would be defeated by Dangerously.

Jim Cornette is considered one of the greatest managers of all time according to fans, including myself.

My Final Thoughts:

Jim Cornette is a legend of professional wrestling. In my opinion, he deserves to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. To me , he has one of the most storied careers and it amazed me how he paid his dues in the business at a young age. I also admire how he honest he is about wrestling now and on DSOTR. Knowing he is a wrestling historian , I’ve studied him and he is also a reason I started this blog . So, happy birthday, Jim! Hope it’s a good one!

Love You All,

- Kay

[worldwithinworld]

WWW’s Weekly Winners (March 7-13, 2021)

These are the things that entertained me most over the past week. Feel free to chat with me about my picks!

Movie or TV Show: The Promised Neverland (I’m behind on this season, but I watched several episodes this week and was very excited to see a couple of season 1 characters return.)

Song: “Keep On Coming Through” by Jonathan Traylor (Favorite lines: And just when I thought You’ve done more than enough / You do one more thing to blow my mind)

Fanfiction: Throw It Out to Sea by anthrop @anthropwashere​ (FMA. Very well-written post-series fic that delivers real emotion.)

Live Sports Game: Spurs vs Magic (They finally let fans come back! And the Spurs won, so it was a great night.)

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“Big Boss Man”  artist, Hoke...Ebay Auction...Starting Bid $15.....                            Original acrylic painting on recycled wood....Aug 3 - 8

https://www.ebay.com/sch/metrolux6/m.html?item=352420699478&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562