Shawn Sheridan
Shawn Sheridan
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up there loyal DOI-ites, and welcome to another McInterview. This time I reinterviewed Showtime Shawn Sheridan aka Triple SH. Sheridan has been a big part of JCW's recent revival, even holding the JCW Cruiserweight Championship before losing it to Kahagas in FIPW. Sheridan might be one of the more under appreciated wrestlers today as he blends comedy with wrestling. In this interview Sheridan discusses his recent controversy with Chris Candido, Carmine Sabia, JCW, CSWF and more. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey: Shawn, the last time we did an interview was back in August of 2003, (which can be read here: Triple SH First Interview ) and you were gearing up for another J-Cup appearance. Now less than a year later, we're 6 weeks away from J-Cup V. What are your thoughts going into this years J-Cup, and what do you think about your first round opponent, Rob Eckos?
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: This year's J-Cup is quite possibly the most astounding line-up of local and non-local talent that we've had in Jersey since J-Cup III. Ricky O has really gone all out this year bringing in names that people haven't got a chance to see very much of on this side of the country like Super Dragon and Scorpio Sky, along with all of the guys making strides around here like Tyler Payne and Josh Daniels. Do I like my chances against this field of competitors? No, but at least I can be honest about it. I will, however, say that I have been taking my training seriously, and hope to be in peak condition come June 27th. Contrary to (seemingly) popular belief, I can have great matches with anyone when given the chance.
As far as Rob Eckos is concerned, I have wrestled him before, and I consider him a wrestler that comes out of the same mold as myself: a solid all-around wrestler, yet a consummate entertainer. It really is a shame that only one pure entertainer can escape the first round in this bracket, but that's the way it's going to be on June 27th. Regardless of the outcome, it should be a decent match, because...well...Rob and I have had decent matches.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Ricky is one of my closest friends outside of wrestling. In my real life job, I work as the supervisor/IT guy/clerk/customer service of Ricky's department at Hackensack University Medical Center. (I am, however, most likely being transferred to the finance department to a job with a better salary before the J-Cup.) So, during the course of a normal work day, when we have downtime, there is actually JCW office, and will brainstorm with Rick about anything we need to work on. Now, I'm not saying I am a booker or an owner or anything...I just spend time when I'm not doing anything coming up with ideas for stories or marketing.
The office is where we'll call new buildings, sponsors, or talent. It's where we call people to get our merchandise. 90% of what gets done in JCW gets done in that office. Again, I'm not a booker or an owner, I'm just there when all of that "front office" gets done. All of the booking from here on out gets done by Ricky and Ace on their own time. I'm just an idea/marketing guy with no real say when the final words are put to paper. I don't make decisions about booking because I don't think it's right to be on a show and tell someone else on a show what they are supposed to do when I would then technically also be dictating to myself what to do. That's stupid and unfair to other wrestlers.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I don't let anything blow over. Legitimately, after that was said, I went out there and had a reportedly great match regardless of what anyone said or says I can and can't do. Then, I went on to the J-Cup and had two more reportedly great matches. It still really, really pisses me off that after all that was said and done and Ricky was ready to up and stop using Foxxy and Damian, that it was me who said that finishing the storyline was more important and that I was willing to let it slide...and to this day it still gets reported back to me that people have something to say.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I have none outside of civility, and at times, if all that is said is true, that doesn't even exist. Damian is a great worker who is roughly three injuries away from a life-changing crisis, and Foxxy is a decent valet if she's in the mood to do anything besides stand at ringside and steal heat...so...eh...whatever.
You know, a person who is not often quoted once said, "Some people speak because they have something to say, and some people speak because they have to say something." Carmine hasn't said much else of note, but that one thing applies here.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: As someone who enjoys being booked consistently, no comment.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Carmine, throughout his tenure promoting wrestling shows, has made dozens upon dozens of glaring "tactical errors." That's not a knock on Carmine. He'll be the first to tell you this himself. He's even made several errors that personally involve me. He put me in a ring that virtually exploded while I stood in it, allowed me to get punched in the back of the head in broad daylight at one of his shows, joked about telling one of his workers to break my nose on purpose when my nose was never broken and a different worker accidentally injured my nose, welshed on a bet with me, tried to negotiate me out of JCW and you out of SSCW when he wanted to merge with Ricky, produced a copy of Hell-O-Ween destroyed my VCR (this is true), indirectly called my wife a liar, and it has been documented that he fake posts from about me being homosexual from time to time...
Carmine has at his disposal all of the tools to create something tremendous: a seemingly endless supply of money (at least on an indy scale), the greatest booking mind you can find in a hundred mile radius, all of the talent in this area that will work for under 30 dollars (including people who will drive seven hours for less than that...BURN!)...and what is the problem here? In an ideal world, people should be going to these shows...oh, that's right, no one's telling the locals about them. Carmine should get on top of that problem.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: It has been documented that before the JCW "Rebirth" show, I had become fed up with the "I have BBQs that outdraw JCW shows" line. So, I called Carmine out in a chatroom in front of many people, including a good percentage of the DOI staff. The bet was as follows...
If JCW drew less than 50 people...I would quit wrestling forever.
If JCW drew between 51-100 people...Carmine would have to book me, but I agreed to wear a dress, and put over any female on his roster.
If JCW drew over 100 people....I got a permanent spot on his roster, with none of the, "We're just looking for a spot for your _character_, Shawn..." nonsense.
Carmine then heard we had 200 people coming down from Ramapo College alone, and subsequently cancelled the bet, claiming he was joking and would "never book anyone on a bet," though it is still a mystery as to why Angel Martinez ever had a spot at all. Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Yes, but he denies it, so I guess yes, but in Carmine's world...no. So, yes.
The story behind that goes like this...
You may remember me in SSCW last year as being in a 4-way elimination tag match where the final two competitors wrestled for the SSCW Lightheavyweight Title. You may remember myself and Dave Greco tagging up for this contest. You may remember myself and Dave Greco utterly wowing the crowd and internet smarks alike with our entrance involving a dramatic interpretation of A-Ha's "Take On Me." You might remember this was over like Waffle Houses in Georgia. You might remember that even though we were eliminated, the buzz about our charisma was such that we garnered a tag title shot on the next show. You might remember that you can't possibly remember unless you were one of the 40 people in attendance, but we wrestled the SWC the next month...
...and long story short, Magic dropped Greco's large ass on my head. It was simply a minor misappropriation of Greco's ass weight and my bad decision to be looking up at his falling ass as it made contact with my nose. His ass struck my nose with such force that I figured my nose had been obliterated. I thought my nose was simply no more and that I would look like a Dick Tracy villain forever, for the power of Dave's ass is great. You have to imagine that an ass of that size being thrown with such velocity would be enough to destroy entire civilizations. If we had dropped Greco's ass on Japan, we would have only needed one bomb...so how could my nose stand a chance?
Well, it did. And it bled a little. Somehow this got turned into, "You see...Suba beat the shit out of you because you have a big mouth." Your guess is as good as mine, folks. Your guess is as good as mine. Though it doesn't really matter, I guess...because Carmine says he never said that...to multiple people...on numerous occasions. He didn't, OK? Let's drop this.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Honestly...I have no idea. I never really talked to her much...
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Amber, at the moment, has no plans to return to wrestling because of personal and physical reasons that I'm not at liberty to get into right now. I'm sure if she does get back into it, she'll start up in New England again and hopefully make her way back down here.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I always kind of thought of Noel as our Bret Hart. I remember that line in Wrestling with Shadows when Bret says, "How will this affect my character?" or something to that effect...and Noel would always be saying things like that. That's where I'll start from as describing her...she always had this preoccupation with how her "character" was going to be perceived, and it was a big hassle to not only Ricky, but other promoters who can come forward if they want to...
Long story short...she needed to always manage a certain wrestler, and would become difficult to deal with if it was ever even implied that she would have to do something different for the good of the company. Now, don't get me wrong...she was coming along great, and getting a fan base, and that is exactly why she needed to be versatile in her work...but she wouldn't ever bend...so...whatever. I never had a personal problem with her, and in fact, I like her outside of wrestling. We don't talk or anything anymore, but she's great.
She and her husband deleted the website as a retaliation for JCW not using her anymore, I suppose. That's normal. It happens to a lot of promotions...it happened to NWS, didn't it? And by "deleting the website," let me make some clarifications to the fake posters. The website is not "deleted," it was just no longer stored at JCW's domain, so yes, the pictures could still very well be in their possession, seeing as they took them. Duh, Carmine. ;-)
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Devin has a great mind for this business, and the kind of intelligence the sport sorely misses, but he has a tendency to overstep his bounds (see the infamous "Shoot on Internet Reporters" held at the Paramus Elks) and interject himself into other worker's problems behind the scenes. Now, apparently, Ricky takes a lot of heat for letting people like Devin and Noel go, but plenty of promotions have let plenty of people go for causing behind the curtain drama.
Do I like Devin personally? Yes. I even talk to Devin, believe it or not. I also pretend not to notice when he rambles on and on to my wife for hours non-stop over IM...but I digress.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I would like to go on record and state that there was hardly an implication that I was a ticket seller. I have listened to this infamous "hotline" and the reports of me being bashed are greatly exaggerated. Chris starts to talk about the match, and the Masked Maniac for some reason kept trying to change the subject. If he was trying to stop Chris from talking about me, I think that is extremely noble and I thank him greatly for that. One of the things he tries to change the subject with is talking about ticket sellers, and the whole conversation about me and ticket sellers gets blurred. Regardless, if he does think I sell tickets to get booked in JCW...I think we can safely go through Sean's reviews here on the DOI or even go over and read the reviews on "wrestlingclothesline.schwann" and see that there is no way in Christing Hell that I am a ticket seller in any stretch of imagination of the words.
Do I belong in the main event in my gimmick? Actually, the match wasn't the main event. I personally asked Ricky not to make it the main event, because I thought Balls vs. Ali should have been the main, and it was changed. So, now that we have established that it wasn't a main event match, does he have a point? No. But I'll answer it anyway.
So, given this logic, that people with a comedic gimmick shouldn't main event wrestling shows...I guess that Mick Foley should never have WWE champion, seeing as he took a sock out of his pants (and he would talk with the sock puppet in promos) and put it in other's people's mouths. That shouldn't be in a main event, though, right? I suppose Al Snow didn't deserve his push to the ECW title match with Shane Douglas...I mean...the guy talked to a Styrofoam head...this has no place in a main event, right? Chris wasn't complaining about that being in a featured role when the crowd was throwing 6 ounce Styrofoam heads into the ring and he was bumping from them like he was getting shot. I'll do one better...when he was a tag champion in WWE...are you telling me he wasn't doing a comedy gimmick? You're telling me dying Tom Pritchard's hair platinum blond and saying they were twins was an effort to move towards a serious product? Of course, it wasn't.
Given all that, and given the logic behind our match in the first place, why would he go on the Masked Maniac hotline, and shit on someone doing a comedy gimmick, when he made all of his money in this business doing...a comedy gimmick? Am I right? Of course I am. Now, let's move on to what happened...what does it matter if I had a Nintendo gimmick...if anyone actually saw that match, I didn't do anything I normally do...the whole thing that supposedly got me to this match...me doing the comedy gimmick and drawing the comparisons to a young Candido...that all got thrown out the window because suddenly...it was supposed to be a serious match.
Stop the presses, and then put my head in the ink rollers, and start them again. Huh? What? Baking Powder?
I don't need to come on the DOI and defend myself and tell all the people that will read this that I belong in a wrestling ring with anyone. I'll cite you a list of references as long as my fucking arm of people who will tell you that yes, in fact, I can and have had matches with anyone, young and old, big and small, veterans and first-timers alike...and never, have I ever, had a match like I had on Saturday. Chris said he thought it was a bad match and he normally has good matches. I agree. I normally have good matches and I thought it was a bad match. You know what, though...everyone in the crowd thought it was a great match. Seriously...I told people to shut the fuck up because I thought it was horrible, and they wouldn't leave me alone telling me how great it was. So, I would have just let it be if the people thought it was good, but then there is this hotline brouhaha and fifty people e-mailing me and IMing me telling me, "Hey, you're getting destroyed on the USA Pro hotline."
Again, it wasn't that bad, but did anything need to be said at all? I had and still have all the respect in the world for Chris Candido, but he's on a hotline talking about what's wrong with the wrestling business...wait...rewind the tape...he's on a hotline talking about what's wrong with the wrestling business.
THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FUCKING WRESTLING BUSINESS! RIGHT THERE!
You have Chris and the Masked Maniac basically telling any promoter listening not to book Chris in this area because you're essentially going to draw the same under 300 paid crowd whether you do or not. Go ahead and call the hotline back and read what I just wrote and tell me to my face that that is not the point they are trying to get across. They basically say it is not worth booking names like Chris because the people who bought tickets to the show are coming because they were sold tickets to a generic wrestling show which could have anyone on it, and that the tickets were sold by either ticket sellers or the venue. OK...terrific. And the funniest part is...a lot of the people listening to the hotline are promoters who listen to it because they mark out when their names get mentioned. So, to wrap all this up, this hotline did no damage to me aside from a few people making exaggerated fake posts. Yay. I can't say the same for other parties involved.
As for the match itself, I was really disappointed. Here I am, for the past seven or eight months, doing this ridiculous Nintendo gimmick that is insanely over with kids and people my age....hell, it's over with anyone who has ever sat down and played a video game. Everyone relates to it. Everyone gets a good laugh at it, and I think I do my part in sending fans home happy. I go out there month after month, show after show, keeping the gimmick fresh, having people tell me it's great and having other workers tell me they're pissed they didn't think of it first...and then you, Sean the Mic, compare me to Chris Candido. I was utterly flattered, and then Ricky was like, "We can make that happen."
Of course we could. So, it was booked. But look at what got me there, and look at what happened upon my arrival. I spent all this time, doing a gimmick...a fucking gimmick. Have I had serious matches? Sure I have. Pick up a copy of J-Cup III and IV...there's my fucking resume. This match, in my mind and in the minds of people like, you, Sean, was to be some sort of comedic masterpiece. This was supposed to be something special...maybe...to go so far...a passing of the comedic torch. But...
...nah.
I might as well have been handed a script and a note that says,
Sincerely,
Was I upset? A little. I mean, I even sat there when Rick was on the phone with him telling him that "people compare him to you, Chris." You think that maybe we could have done something aside from the extended version of the match you had with Damian Adams? Could we have put our heads together and come up with something new and fresh? This isn't SSCW, it's not 2002, and I'm not Chino Martinez...I won't drop you on your head. You have my word.
Do you want to talk about what's wrong with the wrestling business? Let's talk about when people take the crowd for granted. Let's talk about when you stifle the creative process. Let's talk about when someone is given the respect of the ring to get a point across, and all they see is a pay envelope and the exit. Let's talk about when you have an opportunity to do something unique, but you opt for the tired and trite. Can we talk about that? Can we say that's what's wrong with the business? The hotline was right. No one needs that kind of stuff to draw the same shitty crowds. I can train monkeys to do that shit.
There are guys like Dan Barry and Grim Reefer who will go out there week after week and give you a different fucking match with new moves and a new story every fucking week. Where's their 300 dollars?
I'm not a fan of hardcore, but SSCW had a match with Louie Ramos and Bison Bravado and they were stapling each other in the fucking balls. Where's their 300 dollars?
Where's their hotline time? When do they get to go on and tell us all what's wrong with the entire business? Can they get that shot? You know what? They won't do it. Because they have a little more respect for the business than people who want to just mail it in and complain when it gets returned to sender.
You know what? Let me give the world an alternate opinion on just why things "didn't go according to plan with me and Chris." I want everyone to read Eric Simms' review of the show and tell me if you can read in between the lines and figure out just why I out of all people would get shit on...can you do that for me, people? Can you look and see who might have gotten ignored during intermission and gotten upset? I'm not even trying to be a dick, but when bystanders are alluding to this kind of shit how can we ignore it? Am I right? Of course I am.
Simms wants to say "hey, Chris looked aggressive in there" and "it looked snug." Well, it wasn't like that at all. In that department, everything was copacetic. But you know what else you can say? Why don't you say "the referee looked lost because the person who orchestrated everything didn't bother to tell him dick about the finish" or "Shawn saved the finish by throwing The Equalizer back into the ring where he was supposed to be." How about a "Gee, they almost killed Shawn's manager in a spot that made no fucking sense." Can we hear that, Eric? In your 18 years in the business, absorbing knowledge, did you see anything that might apply to that clusterfuck? You didn't? I'm f'n shocked!
No, these things will never happen because I, among others, have to keep up the illusion that I am not supposed to know better than the established workers.
Fuck..............................that. I'm tired of holding this bag of shit. I'll divvy it up and mail it out the equal parts to all of the people who contributed to making that match subpar. Normally, I don't know more than the established workers. I know jack shit compared to them. But if you want me to run down the Xmas list of fuck-ups not perpetrated by SH3 on May 1st, I will. Oh, the match wasn't up to snuff? No shit. Don't drag my name through the fucking mud, though, because it takes at least two to tango, and there were six people out there, so everyone had plenty of dance partners that evening.
I think I've defended myself sufficiently. No offense to anyone whose feelings may have gotten hurt.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I didn't know Chris Candido could give people the black stamp of death. Honestly, now that you put it in this interview, what...do ten people know about it now?
This gimmick cannot not be successful. Period. End of story. I picked a fucking winner, and the rest of you can stick it, you jealous, bitter cocksuckers.
The majority of people who show up to JCW shows are kids and families...they don't listen to the hotline. They don't come to this site. People have to start to realize this. Can some people figure out if it's me wearing the mask? Sure they can. Ask me if I give a fucking shit about that. Can you ask me that question, Sean?
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: NO! And I'm not sorry for drawing everyone's attention to the ring during intermission so that the whole world could take Polaroids with me! I'm not sorry! Maybe I was a little Saturday but I'm not now! Now, just like Carmine, I'm evil, too! MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I'll take the gimmick on the road and I'll get everyone's money! And you know what, no one who matters will know, because no real wrestling fan is reading this shit! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I have been, and always be, a fan of Chris Candido's work in ECW. I was a fan of the WWE stuff, too...but it pales in comparison to the times when he actually went to the ring and put on great matches. What happened to when he feuded with Lance Storm? What happened to powerbombing people off the top rope? What happened to "Back in Black," wearing the tag title around his neck Chris Candido? What happened to those matches? If I was a fan, that's what I would want to see. Is the crowd not worth that caliber of match/gimmick anymore? You dance with who fucking brought you. I mean, I could go out there and put on the old backwoods of Tennessee "Yee-Haa, they wrasslin', Ma!" extravaganza night after night, too, but I would feel fucking dirty if I did that. I know for a fact that there are people that come to every JCW show who would maybe catch on if I did the same thing all the time. Am...I...right? Of...course...I...am.
I don't even mean any disrespect by this interview, but what the hell am I supposed to do in this position I was put in today? Am I supposed to let a guy come out and say I suck in so many words when, on that night, I let him dictate what he wanted and allowed to basically ignore the wishes of what the fans and the promoter wanted by doing "his" match for the umpteenth time? Am I supposed to just up and quit the business and sell my gear on eBay because Chris went on the USA Pro hotline and said two or three things about me? I'm supposed to fade away because someone else decided to be unprofessional? Let's put it like this. When a play fails, they shit on the producer of that play, not the actors who are told what to do. When a platoon is led into battle and gets slaughtered, you blame the general who devised the war strategy. Can we draw a legit conclusion here? I don't even have to go into it...and I think so.
I know no matter what I say isn't going to make a fucking lick of difference in how Chris approaches wrestling...I'm not going to shock anyone back into their heyday...but let's look at someone else who had a great run in ECW and is just as, if not more, jaded this Chris, but doesn't let it affect him as a worker. Let's talk about Simon Diamond for a second.
This is a guy who personifies exactly what someone who has accomplished what he has should do. If we went back to May 1st, 2004, in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and it was Shawn Sheridan vs. Simon Diamond in that ring...it would have been a completely original match, it would have gotten the point that was supposed to have been gotten across across, and there would have been no hotline the next day, because that man has actually committed his time to correcting what he thinks is wrong with the business...he doesn't just pick up a phone and talk about it. If he had a problem (I kill me), he would have talked to me or Ricky about it that night, not the Masked Maniac the next day.
Does he care about his paycheck and going home, too? Sure, he does. But he realizes he's being paid to not only be a worker on a wrestling show, but a role model to the people that come after him. He realizes that hey, maybe I have fans that follow my work, and hey, maybe I can dedicate some time to thinking up new matches and moves and promos and stuff, and hey, wouldn't that be good for the fucking business! He realizes hey, sure I'm bitter about certain things in this business, like telling Carmine's ticket sellers they can go out there and have five minutes to kill the crowd, but at least I am respected enough in this business to be put in that position! He can wake up in the morning and use the payday he made to go buy personalized Notre Dame jerseys for every day of the week if he wanted to. And promoters will bring him back every time if they're smart, because deep down he still loves this business and wants to see everyone succeed.
Is somebody going to shit on me and tell me I'm wrong now? Do I have a fucking point now?
You know what? I'll say it right here. Hey, Ricky! Bring back Simon! What the fuck? This is bullshit that wouldn't happen if Simon was there! I fucking miss Simon! I'll pay Simon if you fucking bring back Simon...ok, maybe I won't go that far...but you get the point.
So, that's what I want to say publicly. There.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: The Internet can suck my fat cock. It can take my girth in its stupid bacteria-infested gullet and enjoy it for hours upon hours. How about that? How about I say fuck you, and fuck this site, and fuck all your fake posters and while I'm at it, fuck your stupid message board and fuck Zevon's weed stash. You like that? It's about fucking time someone said it! WHERE'S MY FUCKING PICTURE WITH THE STUPID FUCKING DIRTSHEET YOU GUYS DON'T PRINT ANYMORE? YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH HANSON, BUT NOT ME? YOU FUCKING LIED TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: If they contacted me and told me to come work for them, sure I would go, and I would be happy/proud to go, but I think there's probably a better chance of me spontaneously combusting while scuba diving than there is of me receiving that e-mail/phone call/telegram. So...is there a chance? Sure.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I don't know. Ask Chris and The Masked Maniac.
I think I may have said it before, but if you promote a show correctly, you don't need ticket sellers. Telling ten kids to sell twenty tickets a piece to get on a show so you can draw 200 fans that will be into one match is not promoting. Hitting the streets and selling your product yourself is promoting. As someone who has worked in sales, it's all about rapport, and no fed has any respectable rapport at fucking all. You have to go out and talk to your fans...yes...TALK TO YOUR FANS.
"What did you like? What didn't you like?"
If they're 6 or 60, male or female, gay or straight, you ask them, and then you make promises to them and you fucking keep the promises, and I swear to you, those people will come back if you give them faith in your product.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Ricky said it best. He gave up having hundreds of people wanting more of the feud between him and Damian Adams in JCW to going to having 20 people yawn at the same angle in SSCW. Hey, what's done is done. Seeing as I'm the one that talked Ricky into doing the thing with Kev in the first place, everyone can thank me for that great piece of DOI TV.
That's right...fucking thank _me_.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Simon. Hands down.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I don't think we've had any bad "bookers." But we've had a horrendous string of people who pitched ideas. The most notorious person who just didn't get it, sadly, was Bob. He would push people down the throats of everyone and he could not make people give a shit. I'm not even going to name names...but please, if you can get your hands on any JCW TV, watch and see what I mean.
You know what? I need to get a hold of those masters and do a "Worst Of..." hosted by me. Can we set that up? Please?
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I don't talk to Bob. I like Bob, but since he thinks I played such a grand orchestrating role in the deterioration of his friendship with Ricky, we will most likely never speak. From what I have heard, Bob was once the king of all party animals, but that was truly before my time in JCW.
All in all, he was doing a great job with the TV until he really couldn't devote the time to it anymore with his family on the way. So, when he couldn't do the TV, or wouldn't do it...however you look at it, he just became one too many cook stirring the broth and was not needed at the shows. He was sorely missed by people who are also no longer with JCW.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I honestly have no opinion on this. I don't want any headaches sharing a locker room with me. So, if you're not a headache, e-mail Ricky at mrjcw@optonline.net and ask if he can put you on a show. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: The best wrestler I ever worked with? Hmmm...if I had to pick just one, who complements me perfectly, I'd have to say Jay Lethal. I don't talk to him very much since the whole thing with him and Ricky, but if I had to go somewhere and bring my opponent with me, I'd take Jay...and fall asleep driving to the show.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Go here and read all about it. Sheridan's Worst Opponent
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: No, we're the new Metal Maniac and Jimmy Snuka, brother. I guess I get to be Snuka.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Most people may not know this. But there are two people that need a big fucking slap right now. Back in the day, and you can read about it in my last interview, I did this tag team gimmick called "The Teen Icons." My partner, JS Michaels, quit the business. He has, however, rejoined the business, and now he and my former manager in CSWF, Danny Rage, have actually hijacked the gimmick without asking me if it's OK and do it in Northeast Pennsylvania....where I used to live. So, I'd like to smack them in the face for just thieving the piss out of my idea. I hate that shit.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Oh, they are fantastic. Not as good as Photoshop, but fantastic.
Message board can be a great tool to get information to the public, but as far as this area's message boards...they exist for the comedy of a choice few. I am happy to be one of that few...whew.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Firehawk and Dave are good friends to me. I think Bill has a big heart, and Dave has an iron will. The two of those things together will make for eventual success, and hopefully I will still be booked there when that success happens.
I like the locker room at CSWF, and I liked my role there. Time will tell if I'm supposed to go back.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: No other promoters care that I work for Ricky. I have never lost a booking because "I work for Ricky." In fact, he got me booked in Florida, right? So, I guess he helps then. 99% of my non-JCW bookings are totally separate from NJ politics and I have gotten them through my own merit as a wrestler. People need to understand that.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: I want to work for USA Pro. Read this interview, Mr. Goodman. You think I can't generate heat or something? What am I saying? You're on the board, Sean. Come on now.
Aside from that, I'd still want to go anywhere where I'm not yet. JAP, NYWC...I get the impression there are feelers out there. I am interested. I have never turned down a booking.
I'll be traveling more in the upcoming months, so everyone reserve your spots early! The bus is leaving the station. Beep beep.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: Just fucking go. Go because I said. Maybe someone will beat the shit out of me in the parking lot. You don't want to miss that, do you?
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: This is a stupid fucking question, but I bet money 365 days from now I'm sitting at this same exact computer...maybe playing Civilization II because I'm a huge fucking tool like that.
Showtime Shawn Sheridan: You wish you could write this well. It's called a college education, dipshit. Oh, and you know you liked everything I said. If you say you didn't, you're a fucking liar and you should be forced to watch Hell-O-Ween on an eternal loop! Oh, e-mail me your hatespeech/booking inquiries at TripleSH@aol.com and visit my journal which I don't update anymore at http://triplesh.easyjournal.com.
I'd also like to send out an invitation to anyone who has anything negative to say about me to blow me. I'm not going to come out and say you're hating, because that's fucking tired. Just line up and blow me. Seriously, I'll debate your ass into the ground and then pay someone to beat the shit out of you if you say it to my face. That's right...I'll pay someone.
This has been me, and you loved it. Peace.
...but how can you not love the character that is Carmine Sabia, Jr?
Oh, thank you. I'll still be here all week.
"Dear Worker,
Tonight you will be playing the part of 'My Opponent.' Your stage directions are highlighted in blue. Reach for the stars!
Chris Candido"