ABSURD! w/ Joe Feeney

On episode 66, our guest is Wild Bill Wiles, also known as Bilvis Wesley of ECW fame. Bill is best known for his days as a member of the New Dangerous Alliance with CW Anderson. That tandem is responsible for some of the most memorable moments of the latter days of ECW, both on their television shows and on PPV. Bill talks about being a fan of wrestling when he was a young man, as well as his clos...

On episode 65 we talk to one of the most respected and most highly regarded indy talents of the past ten years, "Greek God" Papadon. We start by talking about his fandom and experiences as a young man, and what led him to be trained by Homicide at the famous "Doghouse." We talk about his early days working for JAPW, in the tag team "The Solution," and working in the ECW Arena in 2001. We cover mor...

On Episode 64, we talk to the author of "Titan Sinking," "Titan Shattered," and the forthcoming "Titan Screwed," James Dixon of whatculture.com James and I do our best to fit in all the major questions about the WWF/WWE from 1995-97 (the periods the books cover.) We talk about the major personalities of the time including Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, and many more. We talk...

On Episode 63 we speak to Pat McNeill of the PWTorch about WWE Extreme Rules, and the fallout the following night on Raw. Topics include Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler and where his career has gone, Anderson & Gallows vs. The Usos, Rusev vs. Kalisto with John Cena's return looming, The New Day vs. The Vaudevillains, and WWE's usage of NXT talents. We also talk about the excellent four way match for t...

Episode 62's guest is someone who is and will be fondly remembered in WWE lore for decades to come, and that is Santino Marella. This episode is a real treat, as we get a look at more of the man than the character, getting into Santino's legit past in MMA, and find out how he made his way down to OVW where he was trained, and signed from by WWE. He mentions the trainer who he learned the most from...

It's round two on Creative Control with the great Les Thatcher! We start by discussing Smokey Mountain Wrestling and that promotion's infamous "Fan Week" conventions, and we go from there to talking about Les' experiences as a color commentator, and his advice for anyone aspiring to be a pro wrestling commentator or announcer today. We go over Dean Ambrose, the WWE's use of him, and how Les and I...

"The King Of The Mountain" returns to Creative Control! On episode 60, former NWA, TNA, WCW, and WWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett comes on to talk about his baby, Global Force Wrestling and how the promotion is doing headed into the second half of 2016. We talk about GFW Amped, and how some of the WWE and NXT's recent talent acquisitions may or may not affect the presentation of some ta...

Episode 59 is a gem of an episode. Do you know who Austin Bradley is? Well you will! Bradley started training right out of high school at 18 with Nick Dinsmore at OVW. Also helping with his training were names like Rip Rogers, and Al Snow. He talks about his training, working for OVW, and his first match, as well as how Rip Rogers hilariously made sure he lost his case of nerves beforehand! He cov...

It's a guest-less show, that's right, one hour and twenty five minutes of me just ranting and raving. Nah, actually, I am way more level headed than my Post Wrestlemania show, so if you enjoyed all that anger and cursing, there isn't as much here...but there's still some. This episode will go over Payback, all the matches and results. I go over Baron Corbin and the buffonery of having him job on t...

"The Southern Stomper" is back and he takes no prisoners! We touch on quite a few questions I didn't get to on his initial appearance. We cover a plethora of things including, the early days of TNA, working for PWU and with Vampiro, his experiences at Wrestling Society X, the "Altar Boy Luke" character, and his feelings on it, XPW and the reunion shows, wrestling Jerry Lynn and appearing on his re...

On episode 56, we talk to independent wrestling's top upcoming ring announcer, Stuart Campbell! Stuart can be seen announcing the matches and revving up the crowd every two weeks at The MFPW shows in Paulsboro, NJ. We talk about his early days as a "Ruthless Aggression" era WWE fan, reaching back into the past and enjoying old ECW TV on the WWE Network, how he entered the business via the WWWA in...

Josh Olsen is our guest on Episode 55. Mr. Olsen is the editor, and was the creative madman behind the pro wrestling anthology book, "Working Stiff." We discuss his wrestling fandom as a child up to today, and the breaks in between. We ALL need a little #Wrestlecation sometimes! We talk about some of his experiences at live events over the years, up until present day. He goes over how much Colt Ca...

On episode 54, Mikey Webb spends some time with us. We talk about how he got into the business, his training, his running buddies like Donovan Dijak and Warbeard Hanson, working with legends early in his career (2 Cold Scorpio, Buff Bagwell, Rikishi, The Godfather, and The Blue Meanie), his experiences in JAPW, Chaotic Wrestling, and the MFPW. He tells us about his experience in the Ring Of Honor...

While editing this podcast, all of us in the wrestling community received bad news, as Balls Mahoney passed away at the age of 44. RIP to Balls, and my condolences to his family and his friends. Joel Gertner returns to Creative Control! "The Quintessential Studmuffin" and I cover a lot in this episode. Joel goes over his managerial influences. He also drops the news that his "Everything But The Wr...

RefereeMike Kehner returns to Creative Control to cover the gamut of his pro wrestling career, as a referee, a wrestler, and a trainer, and we cover the past, the present, and the future. We begin with some ECW stories, including the Mike Awesome situation, and the returns of Raven and Sandman in 1999. Mike goes over ECW's closure, and some of the unsung ECW heroes, both in the ring and out of the...

Bill and i return to discuss the upcoming Wrestlemania card, and to give our predictions. What does the future hold for both Kalisto and Ryback? Who out of the ten women in the Divas tag team match do we see going on to further success in 2016? What would we like to see the future hold for the Dudleys? Who will stand tall in the cluster known as the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal? Will The...