Enough with the guest hosts!

briany

These people bring nothing to the programme and seem shakey to say the least on the mic. This last week with the NASCAR guys was a prime example, very very cringeworthy. It was almost funny the way the guy who called Kofi Kingston Kofi "Johnson couldn't stop smiling even though he was supposed to be having a serious conversation with Big Show and Jericho. At least bring in people who have something to do with the sport or with an ounce of charisma who can get on the mic and deliver. These people are making the shows worse rather than better!:mad:

Well isn't The Rock supposed to be doing it in January? So I presume they'll be keeping it up until at least then.


I admit, it's one of the reasons I no longer watch WWE programming. I don't care about celebrities. Maybe if they got Mr T. He'd be great.

briany

Oh Mr T. would be badass! Everyone loves Mr T.! In fact just train him up, let's get him in the ring! I know he's fifty odd but screw it, he did ok at WM I so I think he's due a comeback lol. He'd put guys half his age to SHAME promo wise.

ec18

wouldn't be surprised if Rock filled in as GM for a few weeks or up till Mania

Bounty Hunter

ec18 wrote: »

wouldn't be surprised if Rock filled in as GM for a few weeks or up till Mania

I would be, we will be lucky enough to get that 1 off show imo

briany

Love the Rock but I think he's been away too long. He'd def pull in the punters but I fear we'd be looking at a man who is a shadow of his former greatness mic wise. Plus the Rock was at his greatest heel wise and I couldn't see him going on as anything but a face and the under 12s might only have a vague notion of who he is.

tdv

I liked the one with the Ted Diabase Sr. hosting it. Out of wrestling for 15+ plus years & his mic skills still seemed better than everybody else on the rooster.

grames_bond

briany wrote: »

Love the Rock but I think he's been away too long. He'd def pull in the punters but I fear we'd be looking at a man who is a shadow of his former greatness mic wise..

did you not see his brilliant promo at the smackdown 10 year anniversary?! proper old school rock promo, it was immence and i for one cant wait for him to guest host raw.....finally someone worthwhile!

flahavaj

briany wrote: »

Oh Mr T. would be badass! Everyone loves Mr T.! In fact just train him up, let's get him in the ring! I know he's fifty odd but screw it, he did ok at WM I so I think he's due a comeback lol. He'd put guys half his age to SHAME promo wise.

Screw that, get the NEW Mr T Rampage Jackson.

Reckon he could pull off Pro Wrestling with his eyes closed.

DM_7

The guest host thing will run its course.

I really hope House MD on someday.

grames_bond

flahavaj wrote: »

Screw that, get the NEW Mr T Rampage Jackson.

id say if they are still doing guest hosts around the a team promo junket we may just see that happening!

flahavaj

grames_bond wrote: »

id say if they are still doing guest hosts around the a team promo junket we may just see that happening!

He'd embarrass most of the roster in terms of charisma and promo skills tbh.

rossie1977

funny you mention the cock up by the nascar guy, scott steiner called matt morgan "mike morgan" on impact lol

but yeah they need to stop bringing in guys that clearly know nothing about pro-wrestling or at least nothing about the current product. the best guest hosts have been the guys that are actual fans that attend events ie shaq, big ben. baseball player johnny damon would be great guest host, he is a big fan of pro-wrestling and attends numerous shows both tna and wwe

Max Power1

DM-ICE wrote: »

The guest host thing will run its course.

I really hope House MD on someday.

House as GM?

Now that I would mark out like **** for!

JP Liz

They could do with more ex wwe stars and wrestlers as guest hosts and more heel guest hosts (not DX lovers)

I cant wait for The Rock to host - i hope he picks on Cena and HHH in his promos

geeky

briany wrote: »

Oh Mr T. would be badass! Everyone loves Mr T.! In fact just train him up, let's get him in the ring! I know he's fifty odd but screw it, he did ok at WM I so I think he's due a comeback lol. He'd put guys half his age to SHAME promo wise.

He'd pity the fools. (Sorry, it had to be said)

More seriously, I think the concept itself is good, and some of the guest hosts - Dibiase for example - have been great. The problem is selecting someone who knows a little bit about the product and has an interest in it, coupled with a bit of stage presence: not just any aul punter with a book/movie to flog. The company already has two shameless merchandise shills as it is.

Bounty Hunter

dunno if its been noted elsewhere but the Hotrod is guest hosting this month coming (November) in MSG.

Talkin’ with … ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Guest Star and Wrestling Legend Rowdy Roddy Piper

Posted October 29th, 2009 by Kim

If you were a wrestling or music fan in the 1980s, Rowdy Roddy Piper was on your radar, from his moves in the squared circle and his lively, often out-of-control “Piper’s Pit” interview segments to his feud with Hulk Hogan, Mr. T and Cyndi Lauper that led to the first WrestleMania event in 1985 and, later, Piper’s own Hollywood career.

Tonight, Piper pops up in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10PM ET, FX), playing – what else? – a wrestler. In “The Gang Wrestles for the Troops,” Charlie, Mac and Dennis decide to do their patriotic duty by putting on a wrestling show for the troops, including an appearance by Da Maniac (Piper) and fashioning themselves into a wrasslin’ trio. This, obviously, cannot end well for the Paddy’s Pub gang.

I had a chance to chat with Piper yesterday about his gig on Sunny, about his thriving movie career (including a recent flick with his daughter and Corey Feldman), about his feud and friendship with the late Captain Lou Albano, and, in just-announced news that took Rowdy Roddy by surprise, about Hulk Hogan’s announcement that he’s returning to wrestling.

Does that mean a Hulk vs. Roddy rematch could be in the works? Could be …

Hi, Roddy. Thanks for taking the time to do this today. I used to watch wrestling with my grandpa growing up and was a big fan of yours.
(Laughing) Oh, you must have been starved for entertainment then.

Tell me about your character on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia … His name is Da Maniac?
Yes, he’s an interesting character. He’s a take-off of the character Mickey Rourke played in The Wrestler, and putting him in a sitcom situation. You know, they’re very kind people, the Sunny cast, I’m a big fan of theirs. When they were growing up, they watched wrestling –
they were very sweet (to me) – and when this project came about, and I heard they wanted someone to play the part of “The Wrestler,” so to speak, it seemed like kind of a natural (thing) there, I guess.

The guys on It’s Always Sunny are obviously big fans of yours, too …
Yes, and they’re just really super people. When we did the first scene and I came out, they didn’t know me. And I was late, and jumped out onto the set just in time. And I guess I was being intimidating – I didn’t mean to be – and Charlie (Day) was the poor guy who suffered the most. There’s a scene where (Da Maniac) takes a helmet out of his station wagon, and it has barbed wire all over it, and I inadvertently hit Charlie in the groin with it. Poor Charlie suffered, you see. So I don’t know whether Charlie is still talking to me, but the rest of the cast is, and they’re all wonderful.

They have several recurring characters on It’s Always Sunny, so is there any chance you’ll go back after this episode?
I would love to go back and see them. I guess we’ll see how this episode plays out. I’m talking to some folks about doing a sitcom now, so that would be a lot of fun.

That’s something you would want to do, a regular weekly series?
Yeah, I think so. I’m talking to Bunim-Murray right now, talking about developing one. And I’m also hosting Monday Night Raw in November at Madison Square Garden. I don’t think I’ll be getting back in the ring again though. I was (in the ring) in April for Wrestlemania XXV – can you believe that?

I know! You were there back at the very first one …
Right! I was there when it didn’t even have a number, wasn’t I Kim? (Laughing). The event, Wrestlemania XXV, in Houston was a really nice one, and I think there was something like 70,000 people in attendance, but I just don’t think my time in the ring is much more. I think it’s time for me to grow up. May as well have people laugh with me and at me and do something in the entertainment world.

And you’re hosting Monday Night Raw in November?
Yes, with Jimmy Fallon. That one’s easy for me, but poor Jimmy … I hope he doesn’t speak to Charlie.

Now Hulk Hogan just announced that he is going to return to wrestling … does that change things for you? You two have such a long history of being rivals, there’s still no chance of you going back in?
Wow, you know what … did he announce that last night?

He announced it this (Wednesday) morning. He’s going to be wrestling with TNA.
Ah, okay. Wow, this is terrible, giving me openings like that … I only wrestle for the major leagues. I’m the reason (Hulk Hogan) has got no hair, you know. (Laughing). But if he’s going back, I might be willing to go back for a one-off. You know, to be honest with you Kim, this is the first I’ve heard about it. But right away my ears perked up when you said that. I beat him once and he’s never beaten me, and I know that drives him crazy. So yeah, maybe I could give him a chance to lose twice, I guess. Hahaha. See, these openings that you’re giving me? You’re gonna have to make this match with me now if I go.

I would be right there in your corner! One of your other big rivals from the first Wrestlemania, Captain Lou Albano, recently passed away – what was your relationship with him like more recently?
I had an on and off relationship with Lou. I respected and admired the talent. Quick story: The first time I went to Madison Square Garden, when I was 19-years-old, they called me “The Boy Wonder.” And I used to play the bagpipes before I wrestled. So I got there, and Lou came up to me and hugged me and said he’d seen me (wrestle) and said ‘Oh, you’re too good, we don’t want you here.’ And then Freddie Blassie, the manager, “Classy” Freddie Blassie, came up to me and said, ‘Aw, you’re a pencil-necked geek, we don’t want you’ and gave me a hug. And then, before I went on that night – there were promoters from everywhere who had come to see me – I went to play my bagpipes, and nothing came out. Freddie Blassie had stuffed rolls of toilet paper in them. When they said they didn’t want me there, they meant it. And when I went into the dressing room, Vince McMahon Sr. basically said, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you.’ And it took me another 10 years to get back there. It was a brutal business, very brutal business. So I always carried a grudge, but later in life I found out that Captain Lou hadn’t known anything about it. It was Freddie. So when I came back, it was during the Cyndi Lauper (feud), and I explained to him that I had thought he was involved with it, and apologized to him, and we became very dear friends after that. So it was a very sad day for me (when he died). I’ve lost too many friends.

In addition to wrestling and the It’s Always Sunny episode, your movie career is really thriving, with several movies coming up for you. In The Bloke Goes to Hollywood, you co-star with your daughter, and the movie was directed by Corey Feldman?
Yeah! My daughter Ariel Teal Toombs. She’s a working actress here in Los Angeles, and she’s a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy … cost me a fortune. (Laughing). She’s just one of the most beautiful kids. I have four beautiful children, and I have great relationships with them. Being able to be on the set with her was like a dream come true. She was always hugging onto my arm, and it was great to get to work with her.

from tvscreener.com after his recent guest appearance on its always sunny in philadelphia

Jayob10

Ricky Hatton anounced as the guest host for RAW in Sheffield on the 9th November.

Should be pretty decent as Ricky is a witty bloke.

JP Liz

Actor/Comedian Dennis Miller has been penciled in to host the December 14th edition of WWE Raw.