Gorman

In my upcoming ECW history book, the Franchise will get his proper place. No spoilers, but he's a strong contender for "King of Philadelphia."

Chicago also had a good crowd. I went to WWF and WCW shows all throughout college, but this was the time that I had to bring my friends.

From my upcoming ECW history book, "King of Philadelphia:" "Tod Gordon put Bill Alfonso in charge because there were no rules for him to enforce. So Fonzie stopped the match at the first sign of blood. Then he left the building to stop a brawl between the Gangstas and Public Enemy. That meant the Rottens could destroy each other in peace."

We're also getting Kris Statlander vs. Nyla Rose in a women's Owen Cup match.

My wife asked me, "Is that real?" I took a while to answer but eventually said yes. Then we saw the angle at the end.

Log is right about Jacobs-Shelley, and I would add Sydal-Delirious. Of course, there's Punk-Cabana, as we drove them from Cleveland to Pittsburgh a few times. Good luck getting them in the same car now.

I called three of these matches in three different states in one weekend (Dover, OH; Buckhannon, WV; Mt. Washington, PA)

Well, they both went to the same high school (St. Vincent-St. Mary) - I went there too, but not at the same time as either of them. Windhorst's mom taught a couple of my classes. So did my mom.

Blackpool Combat Club came out right in front of us to start the show. Fortunately, they returned the same way, so I got to slap hands with Yuta and Danielson. House of Black was really over! They had more signs and shirts than I thought. They were worthy main-event babyfaces. Tony Khan said AEW would come back to Youngstown and teased that there was a big show in Pittsburgh coming up. Pre-show matches for ROH were Marina Shafir vs. Erica Leigh and Lance Archer & The Righteous vs. Duke Davis, Ganon Jones Jr., and Victor Benjamin. My wife tapped out before the post-Collision ROH matches, but they said we were getting a Billie Starkz match and Taya Valkyrie vs. Trish Adora. The best-of-three-falls TV title match with Lee Johnson vs. Kyle Fletcher was on its way to the ring. After the Cleveland Collision last year, Bobby Cruise told me to come down and say hi next time. So I did! I hadn't seen Bobby since my last ROH show (ROH Gold in 2004). I got pictures with him and Bryce Remsberg, who came up to say hello. Bryce and I worked together in IWC and Chikara.

I didn't expect to show up on Episode 3 of Who Killed WCW. Apparently when he was WWF champion in 1999, The Rock found the time to read my wrestling column in the Mansfield News Journal. Kudos to my eagle-eyed protege Joe Dombrowski (who announces for MLW) for spotting this. Now I have to track down this episode! Joe Dombrowski on X: "My first mentor and broadcast colleague @JeffDGorman had a quick cameo in this week's episode of "Who Killed WCW?" https://t.co/EUQE1zrJP4" / X

Looking forward to watching Collision and Ring Of Honor live tonight in Youngstown.

I'm astonished that my alma mater, Northwestern University, didn't raise a copyright issue. Our mascot was Willie the Wildcat.

I attended No Mercy 99 in Cleveland, and astonishingly, that's the last show I have attended from the company. I have never been to a WWE show. I hope that changes soon.

WWE bought a sturdy, long-lasting truck?

It seems like this "TV Time" angle is the perfect way for Ricky Starks to return and fight Big Bill and then Chris Jericho.