Tag: Sandman

Invisible Man blindsides The Sandman on talk show

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

The Invisible Man isn’t waiting for Las Vegas to get his hands on the Sandman.

The two wrestlers will be meeting in Sandman’s retirement match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X next month, but the bad blood between the two is already boiling over. Sandman and Janela were appearing on Mike Jerrick’s Philadelphia talk show on Friday when Invisible Man attacked Sandman from behind.

Janela was explaining the Invisible Man to Jerrick when the attack began. “I’ve wrestled the Invisible Man [in Philadelphia], I’ve wrestled him in Blackpool, England,” Janela explained.

“He could be here right now,” Janela warned, causing Sandman to take notice. “He’ll get a feel on you, get a grab on you…”

At that point the Invisible Man grabbed Sandman from behind and pulled him over his sofa and to the floor. Jerrick and his cohost ran for safety as Janela tried to end the fight.

“Hey!” Janela screamed. “No, no! Where is he, where is he, where is he?”

Sandman then got to his feet before Invisible Man took him down again. Janela warned Jerick to stand back and addressed the Invisible Man directly.

“Get out of here!” he shouted. “You weren’t invited! You weren’t invited! This is embarrassing! This is embarrassing!”

With the attack over and Invisible Man apparently departed, Janela offered a handshake to Jerrick and apologized for the incident, saying he was sorry about the furniture.

“We can replace furniture,” Jerrick replied. “We can’t replace Sandman.”

Joey Janela’s Spring Break X takes place Friday, April 17, at The Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets are available here.

Sandman’s retirement match opponent revealed

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

ECW legend the Sandman had already declared that he would be wrestling his retirement match this April. Now, his opponent in his final match has been announced.

Sandman’s final match will be taking place at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 17. On social media, Janela shared a video naming Sandman’s last opponent: the Invisible Man.

Sandman, age 62, is a five-time former ECW Champion. He also won the ECW Tag Team Championships with his partner 2 Cold Scorpio. He would later wrestle for WWE’s version of ECW, appearing alongside the other ECW Originals against the New Breed in an eight-man tag team match at WrestleMania 23. His last match was in October of last year, teaming with Yaya The Gremlin to defeat Nyeim Brooks & Vincenzo at GHW Halloween in Hamilton, New Jersey.

The Invisible Man debuted with DDT Wrestling in 2012, defeating Danshoku Dino in his first match. His first appearance in GCW was in the Spring Break Clusterf*ck at Joey Janela’s inaugural Spring Break event in 2017. He went on to win the Clusterf*ck at the Spring Break event in 2019. He would then die, but he recovered from that condition to defeat his brother, Invisible Stan, at Spring Break 3 in 2019. His last appearance was in last year’s Clusterf*ck, a 90-person match eventually won by 13-year-old Brodie Lee Jr. 

Tickets for Joey Janela’s Spring Break X are available here.

JNPO: MLW’s Rich Palladino on 31 years of ring announcing, road stories & ECW memories

Posted on by Josh Nason

On a brand-new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, I am joined by first-time guest Rich Palladino, a 31-year veteran of ring announcing in the Northeast United States in addition to MLW.

Ring announcers are such a key part of the live show experience and are often overlooked which is why I wanted to have an extended talk with Rich on why he does what he does and why he’s done it for so long.

Some of the topics:

  • The unusual way in which he got his first opportunity in the business
  • How he got hooked up with MLW and how it’s taking him to places he has never been before
  • Working for Paul Heyman as part of ECW’s New England events
  • His connections to the many wrestlers seen on national TV every single week
  • What it’s like to work a WrestleMania weekend string of shows
  • His method going into events and memorization vs. reading cards
  • How The Sandman and Bobby Cruise helped change his career

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