----Corey Maclin was the guest this week on http://www.wrestlingradionetwork.com/ on the Wrestling Informer Weekly and it was not as shocking as the last two guests, but he did take the time answering all the questions. “Time change has been good.” He stated. He felt like Memphis Wrestling was behind in the times and it was time for a change. Corey said that their show was “taped live” now and they don’t change anything. He pretty much said they did no editing. Truth is that they usually tape two shows at the same time. The first show is usually not edited because they air it a few hours later in Jackson. The 9.23.06 was heavily edited.
----Corey was ask about the Nate going after the fan as reported on www.rasslinriotonline.com “I don’t know much about it.” he commented and think that was just to get him out of it.
----Corey felt that Spellbinder was very disrespectable and very distasteful. Corey said he would not be interested in using Spellbinder. He said “never say never”, but thought that Del was way out of line because of the push that Spell had gotten for so many years. “I was just shocked.” He said.
----Maclin said that he and Lawler book the TV shows. He said that neither one of them do anything that the other one does not know about. He had very good things about Lawler. Lawler helped him get into the business along with Lance Russell. He said that Memphis Wrestling needs Jerry Lawler, even though guys like Spell do not agree with that.
----“I have been told this Brian guy writes about Memphis Wrestling. He is very critical, very bias” said Maclin. He stated that he had never met me. He also said he was not trying to please me when it came to Memphis Wrestling he had to please his advertising and his fans. He felt he would not be on the air; if he wasn’t doing what he was supposed to be doing. He stated that I was entitled to my opinion.
----He went on to talk about me saying something about the 10:00 PM slot not being “prime time”. He stated that he had been in TV and radio – he knew what prime time was and it was 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Corey said that they had the option of going to 8:00 PM on Saturday nights, but decided on going to 10:00 PM. He felt college football would hurt their audience if they did the 8:00 PM slot. He also said that the TV station was happy, because with the move to 10:00 PM, they got more advertisers, which meant more money. It was very positive move and felt if you can get a 2.0 or 2.5 rating on a show you can continue to make money.
----Maclin answered more questions from the staff and the chat room. He stated that Dustin Starr and “Picture Perfect” were good talent. He talked about the Southern Title and how they have thought about bringing it back. He said Mabel was the last champion. They have not run house mainly due to conflicts with WWE coming in and then a Mid-South Fair deal that did not come through for them.
----Maclin was asked about the Koko Ware feud and how the racial slurs were used. He went on to say it was ok for black on black slurs, as they could say things to each other that a white person could not say. He said he was against any kind of racism. There some truth to that statement about black on black slurs, but it still doesn’t make it alright to say that type of thing. Maclin came off bad in this part of the interview trying to justify racial slurs.
----Maclin went on to explain that he tries to promote a family show. He wants people to bring out the whole family to his shows. That is why they promote no parking fees, $3 concession combos and ticket prices that are reasonable. He is right about that. When Memphis Wrestling does that type of $10 general admission show, you could go with two kids and it would only cost you $40. Throw in an extra $12 and everyone gets something to eat. $52 to go to a wrestling show. I will give it to him for trying to do something like that. Good idea that seems to have worked when they have a main event that people want to see.
----Corey spent about an hour and half with the crew answering everything. So, as you know I will not spoil the whole show for you. You can listen to it in a few days up on the site. He has tons to say about other thing: Brickhouse Brown, Kevin White, “Clash of Legends” show, Brian Christopher toilet incident, Bill Dundee, “The Cowboys”, Grady Watson, a story about a shoot between Perry Saturn/Spot Moondog and lots more stuff.
----I will be answering my critic Corey Maclin in the next few days about various things he said tonight. Stay tuned!!!
