McPinions
By: Sean “The MiC” McCaffrey

As many of you may or may not know, there is a new wrestler making a negative impact on the indy wrestling scene. His name is Helter Skelter. To refresh your memories, I have reviewed three of his matches here on the DOI. Here are the reviews, just to give a background on Helter Skelter:

From 9/17/2004
USA Pro Wrestling

Helter Skelter d. Low Life Louie, Frankie Starz, New Dynamite Kid, and Candy in a 5-Way Hardcore Elimination Match
Order of Elimination:
1. Candy
2. Frankie Starz
3. New Dynamite Kid
4. Low Life Louie

Another pathetic showing here. There was only one person deserving to be in this match, and his name is Low Life Louie. Louie bled buckets of blood in this match, and for what? To wrestle against 4 crappy ticket sellers, who can't get booked anywhere unless they are the booker of a fed or if they sell tickets. Another disgrace in the wrestling ring in this match. Louie worked hard in this match and bled his heart out here, only to lose to Helter Skelter at the end of this match. It's great when the amount of tickets you sell can influence the finish of a match. Fucking terrible and a reason why USA Pro is looked at as a joke by some people. Adding perennial loser Frankie Starz, with New Dynamite Kid, who's biggest claim to fame is getting beat up by Jac Sabboth, in addition to the sweatpant/sneaker wearing Candy, to this match just made things more the uglier. For someone who is so loyal to USA Pro, you have to wonder if it's really worth it for Low Life Louie. In fairness, Mad Man Pondo was slated to be Louie's original opponent, but went to Japan instead. There was time to get a more suitable opponent, but it wasn't done. Louie, who is billed as the King of Hardcore in NY, looked anything but, in this match. Losing to the King of Ticket Sellers of NJ, in Helter Skelter, makes the King of NY, look like a neutered prince. Give Louie alot of props and alot of credit, for showing class, by being professional and doing what was asked for him by the promotion.
POSTMATCH: Balls Mahoney came out and challenged Helter Skelter.

Balls Mahoney d. Helter Skelter
Quick match that happened only because Helter Skelter made a deal that if he sold enough tickets, he'd wrestle an ECW guy. What a fucking joke. Balls won this match.
Note to Helter Skelter: Buy wrestling tights, boots and a membership to a gym. You are a pathetic joke and a reason why wrestling is laughed at. Instead of selling tickets, get someone to sponsor you in a wrestling school. This is one of the things that tick me off about USA Pro, when ticket sellers with no talent and don't look like wrestlers, are able to influence their matches, the finishes of them, and who they get to wrestle. One day, maybe promoters will ban together and banish crappy ticket sellers from pro wrestling. Why someone would want to sell tickets, just to look like a fucking asshole in the ring, is beyond me. You think you'd want to use that money to go to a wrestling school. Knowledge is valuable and you'll never lose it. Once you become a pro wrestler, that is something no one can take away from you. Instead, these ticket selling hacks, would rather live for one day of glory, and be laughed at by all their peers. Get the fuck out of here Helter Skelter, and look into a wrestling school- there are plenty of them in NJ, and if you'd like I'll email you some contact information. I feel bad for Louie and Balls Mahoney for wasting their time with this guy.

From 9/26/2004
International High Powered Wrestling

In a Two out of Three Falls Match
Bob Orton/Mass Destruction (Manslaughter/Ron Price) d. Helter Skelter/Island Tribe (Kuvatro/Warpath)
I gotta get this out of my system. Before I write this, sorry Eric Simms, Frank Goodman and every other promoter making money off this jerkoff. Helter Skelter. I talked about him in my USA Pro review, and gave out alot of his information which pertains to how he gets on shows. Maybe I was wrong for blowing it up, but it's no longer private info, as many wrestlers (11 complained to me about this) vented to me about Helter Skelter. Now it's public and being someone who does want to see wrestling do good, it's people like Helter Skelter who halts the progress and is a disgrace to indy wrestling. It's smart businessmen who surround himself around Skelter, to get some money. It looks like Helter wants attention, so I'll give it to him in this column.

Helter Skelter is nothing but an untrained, talentless, crappy wrestler. The guy acted like a complete fucking jerkoff at the Monster Factory. The Monster Factory has been around for 20 some odd years and has produced many fine talents. Helter was practically untrainable there. So what does Helter do? Find another school? Fuck no that would be the right thing and respectable thing. I mean, why would you want to waste your time knowing how to wrestle and have a skill that no one can take from you? No instead, Helter gives every promoter he works for a thousand dollars to work a former WWE/WCW/ECW wrestler. There's even rumors about him, where he is going to pay somewhere in the three thousand dollar range to wrestle Jake The Snake in England. Where the fuck the guy gets this money is beyond me. You figure with all the money he spends to be a fucking joke and despised by his peers, he would use that money to learn his attempted profession.

Helter looks like a ticket seller. The guy hardly has any gear. He paints his face like he's the aborted fetus of a KISS groupie. He is maybe 140 pounds soaking wet while wearing a schoolbag full of bricks. He is about 5'8". He flat out sucks in the ring. He can't wrestle. Fat girls wrestling themselves against a pair of tight jeans is more entertaining than his matches. They also have better workrate. The guy has pissed off alot of veterans, because he pays 1000 dollars to wrestle, something that would've never been allowed back in the day. Indy wrestlers despise him, because he's taking a spot from them, you know the real people who have really trained and are professional wrestlers. Fans hate him, cause he flat out sucks and doesn't belong wrestling The Metal Maniac, nevermind these old school legends.

Anyway, the deal with this match was that Helter Skelter paid IHPW promoter, Pete Ferriero a nice sum of change to wrestle on his show. Helter then paid Cowboy Bob Orton a thousand bucks, and in return, Bob Orton would take the pin in the ring. This is why this match was made 2/3 falls. Here's the actual review of the match:

First Fall: Helter Skelter hit the thousand dollar elbow on Bob Orton to pick up the pinfall.
Second Fall: Kuvatro got pinned
Third Fall: Orton superplexed Warpath for the pin.
Helter was in only for a few minutes. In his limited action, he hit the worst top rope elbow I ever saw. No one wants to see anyone get injured, but I wonder how Bob Orton would've felt if he got hurt for a thousand bucks. Helter's elbow saw him jump from the top rope, land on his legs, and fall on Bob with his arm out. Horrendous.
In the second fall, Helter walked around aimlessly outside. He found a chair. With him and Orton in the ring, he went to hit Orton with a chair, but realized that he the padded side towards Orton's head. Orton let him know in the ring. Helter changed the position of the chair, then went for a chair shot. Orton broke it up and grabbed the chair. Helter then immediately put his hands in front of his face. Orton waited for Helter to take them down, then realized Helter was going to leave his hands in front of his face. Orton sighed, then lightly tapped Helter in the hands, which let Helter roll to the outside. Fucking awful.
As far as the other guys in the ring, well the two tag teams were as professional as could be. Mass Destruction didn't even work with Helter, as I guess Helter was afraid of wrestling someone who he didn't give 1000 dollars to. I must say that it's great seeing Manslaugher wrestle on a daily basis, and he's been shaking off alot of ring rust in the last few months. Warpath is wasted in this tag team, but it was good to see him wrestle again. Orton did hit his trademark elbows throughout the match to Kuvatro and Warpath.
This match is the reason why I wanted to rip my head off and kick it to Philly. Money must be bad for Orton, as I believe he sold out to Helter by taking the pinfall. Here's a guy who main evented, now he's taking thousand dollar elbows. Awful, and Helter should be embarrassed to show his face in locker rooms. I know that indy wrestler, Kevin Matthews was just appalled, disgusted and in vomit mode while watching this mess go down.
Oh, the match sucked.

So anyway, what's the point in all this? Well early Saturday morning, I recieved this professional email from none other than Mr. Wrestling Etiquette himself, Helter Skelter:

(The following is not edited or spell checked, and is posted in its original form)
Yo Asshole, whats up!
This is Hellter Skelter. Im getting fucking sick and tired of your fucking shit and your fucking lies about me. Why dont you get a fucking life, you loser, and get out of mine. Your a stupid fucking asshole who dont know anything about wrestling. Your probably still at home with your mommy sucking her tits and leaving off of her money. You have been very nasty to me in your doiwrestling bullshit site. I want you to get the fucking facts straight before you spread lies. didnt anyone tell you to get your facts before speaking. you ass. First of all. I never paid any legends until recently. I did go to the Monster Factory and train there. And yes, i had to leave wresting school early. i only trained there for 10 months, and every wrestler is well aware of that. My job gave me a choice, either continue wrestling at the school or lose a job. I couln't lose my job for wrestling school because i had alot of bills to pay off. so i had to leave the monster factory early to stick with my job. Thats the way life is. It delt be a bad hand and i had to except it. Even though i only had 10 months training. there were promotions that were willing to give me a chance. and by wrestling every month, i would learn a little more each time. My first mach was in England against Beatmosh. my first 2 were in england. Then i did a few more shows. I have been booked about 2 to 3 times a month every month since March of 2004. And each local i wrestled have been teaching me some things to make up for my lack of wrestling skills. I have wrestled mostly all locals. The there was a promotion in Ohio that said Larry Zsbysko was in town and wanted to show me some things because he is friends with Larry Sharpe the trainer at the Monster Factory. That night Larry Z worked me in a match. I didnt pay! I know how huge USA Pro Wrestling is. how big of crowds they draw, etc. I wanted to get in there so bad. Plus im good friends with Trent Acid and Deranged. Me and Trent were friends since 5 years old. Anyway, i emailed Frank Goodman and told him how much i want to be on his show and my lack of skills, etc. He told me would like me to work new jack on his retirment show, only if i paid goodman 1000 to work New Jack. So, like a idiot, i paid 1000 for my match with new jack to goodman. Thing is, New jack never showed up. So they stuck me in a match that i wasn't comfortable with. I had to get in the ring with 4 other guys. it was very confusing to me. They let me win, they let me pin Low Life Louie, but it wasn't my choice. it was theres. Then Balls came out and beat the shit out of me for the fans like youself, who hates me. IHPW heard about my 1000 payoff to goodman, THANKS TO YOU!!! So they called me up and said that i cant do their show anymore. i was already booked against Damien Dragon. They said, pay Bob Orton 1000 and we'll put you on the show, 2 out of 3 falls. YOu pin Orton the first fall. Then you stay out of the ring until the very end. SO, i did what i was told. I have let Eric Simms and every promoter know, that im not paying any more legends. Im only going to work locals. i'll only work legends, if the promotion pays and i dont. no more 1000 dollars, i dont have that money, i work in a mail room. Plus, i dont want to be known as a wrestler who pays wrestlers off. I want to urn it and pay my dues like everyone else did. I dont know where you heard im going back to england to pay Jake the Snake Roberts to wrestle me. Totally NOT TRUE AT ALL!!! I would like to know what you have to say for yourself now, since you know the truth about hellter skelter.
email back
ROCKY!!

Well after that email, who am I to even question Helter's credentials? After researching some facts, (of course when I was done "sucking my mommy's tits and living off her money") I found out that yes, Helter Skelter did spend some time training at the Monster Factory, like I originally wrote. And yes, Helter, like he said spent 10 months there. What Helter failed to mention in this mess of an email, (It is funny that his emails are as messy as his matches) is that in the 10 months he was training at the Monster Factory, he only showed up 10 times, which means he averaged one session a month. To quote a Monster Factory trainer, "Helter Skelter was practically untrainable." Whenever Helter showed up to train, he would whine alot and would be very scared in the ring. That trait shows to this day, as is obvious from his ring work and the email he sent me.

Also while on the subject of Helter Skelters uncanny sense of professionalism, let's take a look at his AOL Member's Profile:
Name: HELTER SKELTER
Hobbies & Interests: PRO WRESTLING, HOCKEY, CHILLING WITH MY FRIENDS, GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS! MUSIC, FOOTBALL. THE TOP 3 CRUISERWEIGHTS IN WRESTLING NOW ARE DERANGED, TRENT ACID AND ME HELLTER SKELTER! IM THE PASTER OF PAIN, SUFFERING, AND DARKNESS. IT OK TO BE SCARED!
Occupation: PRO WRESTLER! SOON TO BE CHAMPION! THE BEST POUND FOR POUND HARDCORE BLOODBATH WRESTLER IN THE WORLD!
Personal Quote: I GOT A COUPLE QUOTES: YOUR DEATH IS NEAR AND IM YOUR REAPER! HATE YOUR NEIGHBOR, LOVE YOURSELF! JOIN THE HELLTER FAMILY!

After reading that, who wouldn't want to join the "Hellter Family"? I somewhat felt some sort of sorriness for Helter, but after reading him declare himself as one of the top three cruiserweights in wrestling, I have no problem speaking freely about him. After reading him proclaim himself as the best pound for pound hardcore bloodbath wrestler in the world, I have no problem making my opinions public about him. Helter is just a flat out joke, who doesn't even deserve to be on an indy show's ring crew.

Many wrestlers, have since lashed out at Helter Skelter. Indy journeyman, Kevin Matthews, has made his disgust for Helter Skelter public at many wrestling shows. Other indy wrestlers have expressed their hatred for Helters actions to me privately. With so many indy wrestlers, and with so little spots, it is horrendous to have someone get a spot, not based on skill, but by how much money he can pay off someone.

Another wrestler, who undoubtedly is universally respected by every locker room is Steve Corino. Corino, the former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, was booked on the last IHPW show with Helter Skelter. According to someone in IHPW management, Steve Corino had a talking with Helter Skelter, and told Helter he was wrong. Whether Helter took the advice to heart, remains to be seen, but just the fact that Corino had to take time out of his day to talk to Helter, shows what kind of disaster Helter really is.

Another problem Helter is going to have, if he ever tries to be serious at wrestling, is that he will now always be viewed as the guy who pays off people. Alot of ticket sellers and money mark wrestlers have a hard time shaking off the reputation as wrestlers who need to give promoters money to wrestle. They are looked at as jokes, and it takes double the hard work to ever be taken seriously. Helter has a long road, if he ever thinks about being a true professional wrestler.

Some promoters and agents, who look at Helter as a big pile of cash, might be upset at me for exposing how Helter gets on shows. Helter is a cash cow and will never be pushed on his in-ring skills or lack of in-ring skills in the immediate future. It is smart businessmen that surround himself around Helter and whatever money he got. I don't know how Helter recieved all this money, but I can say it isn't from wrestling.

As far as replying to Helter, I am not going to argue with his email, because his email is full of lies and petty insults. I will say that two people mentioned to me about his match with Jake The Snake in the UK. That was not a made up fact.
In closing, all I have to say to Helter is this:
Helter, I still don't believe you belong in front of live crowds. Alot of your peers are angry at you. I realize you want to follow your dreams, but you should graduate from a wrestling school first. You obviously have the money to do it, so you should go out and get fully trained. Once you step in the ring once as a guy who paid off people, it will be a hard reputation to shake off. I have nothing against you personally, I just don't agree with how you got onto some shows. Take care and good luck.

PS: After reading your email and your AOL Profile, not only would I suggest you look into a wrestling school, but look into an English 101 class! Reading your words made me get seasick. Rock on!

Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com