Thoughts of Insanity
Thursday, May 5, 2011
10 years of Insanity
Believe it or not, 2001 is not my first year In professional Wrestling… actually 1998 is when I use to work for a newsletter that was mailed out to subscribers Monthly way before the Internet became the hottest thing since Sliced Bread..
I debuted in the Newsletter with my first Article Jump In the Time Warp with John Mikels recapping WWF history PPV’s with King of the Ring 1998 being my first Recap since I was present live at the Pay Per View just months before accepting this offer. I wrote a different recap Monthly for about a year and a half maybe less than that until Owen Hart Passed away at a Pay Per View in May of 1999 and I believe the newsletter continued a month or so after and than closed down. I still have every copy of the newsletter till this day… well Once the year 1999 was about to come to an end as well, I met former WWF Women’s Champion Leilani Kai who at this time was working for WCW and as a simple fan of hers during the rock n wrestling era. I expected it to be a one time deal, requested an autograph which she did and I still have the autograph till this day and we became instant friends after that… After the year 2000.… WWF at this point was making a mockery out of Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young and The big Three WWF, WCW, & ECW was paying more attention to the ladies as sex symbols and not athletes and Once the internet became a Big hit, all the popular Websites were paying tribute to sex in wrestling and not there talents… Leilani very upset at the change in the wrestling product and truly believes in old school wrestling was venting to me how she felt about it..
I simply responded by saying if I knew how to make a website, I wouldn’t do that at all… She than made a deal with me if I learned how she would grant me an online interview which she rarely does….
The Interview was done December of 2000 but didn’t get published until May of 2001 the debut of Insane Plan making her my first Major update!
Since Than… Insane Plan has interviewed literally thousands of personalities, indy stars, legends, big names, and Promoters. Insane Plan has also worked on many projects in raising money for charities, such as Autism awareness, Breast Cancer Research, Children’s charities. Insane Plan also took a turn in helping Book tons of indy stars and also have done Live event reports and partners with the top indy feds in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Vermont, Baltimore & New York and even the Man with the Plan has done work behind the scenes, ring announced, run in’s and connected with my own small fan base.. Insane Plan has guest on Trash Talking Radio and mentioned on In Your Face wrestling and First State Championship wrestling Dvd’s…
All that and more in the last 10 years of working for the sport I never thought I would work for.. Growing up my dream was to be a professional wrestler and in my heart I knew I could never accomplish that dream due to personal issues that stood in my way and every chance I would mention this dream… it got crushed by my peers every time.. So I just gave up and never really did anything to work for it, however I would still never stop being a fan and if it wasn’t for Leilani kai who influenced me into building Insane Plan, I would never expected the opportunities I have gotten over the years in this business.
The Number one opportunity I got was the fans and friends I made over the years… If it wasn’t for Insane Plan I would not have ever met the fans, staff, and workers who all became my friends in the course of the 10 years… It’s because of them is why I am still working in wrestling and I cherish every Feedback weather it was negative or positive, opinions, suggestions, and ideas that help Insane Plan and myself to be what we are today. The People is what makes my plan INSANE!
With that being said, In all my years doing what I love to do best… and could go on and on with many highlights I have had in this business but my ultimate highlight is reaching ten years.. It truly is an honor to be serving all of you the very best in pro wrestling and I wouldn’t have it any other way.. This truly is an accomplishment in my professional life in wrestling and I thank all of you for keeping me more Insane now than I was when I started in 2001..
Friday, April 1, 2011
Sunny Days just became Dark in the WWE
Insane Plan wanted to Interview Sunny about her career in a positive light which her career in my opinion was a positive thing… I wanted to interview Sunny about her career in the WWE, The Slammys, ECW, XPW, & WCW and learn more about Sunny as a performer not the woman that faced demons as she did..
As soon as WWE billed Sunny as the first original diva.. I agreed because during that era Sunny was the first Woman to bring sex in the wrestling industry. However after being Billed as the first diva from the WWE.. She let it get to her head real quick, esp. after claming that when working with Jacky Gayda in a match, Jacky did not acknowledged Sunny as the woman that paved her way when Jacky just simply said Hi to her.. Sunny went off in this shoot interview as disrespectful and that if it wasn’t for Sunny, Jacky Gayda wouldn’t of had a job in wrestling.
Who is to say if it wasn’t for the likes of Miss Elizabeth or Sensational Sherri is the reason Jacky Gayda got into wrestling. Sunny wasn’t even from the 80s.. Remember all the females that came before her all could of easily be the reason women got into wrestling after. Know your history… Fabulous Moolaha, Wendi Ricter, Miss Elizabeth, Sensational Sherri, Luna Vachon, Madusa, Woman, Baby Doll, Missy Hyatt, Precious, and even many more than that have paved the way… You want to be the first diva! Great but give these women credit for paving the way for you to even have the title Diva and the job as Sunny.. I think your even lucky to be in the same building as Miss Jacky for the acts you have done in the wrestling business, very surprised you haven‘t been black balled from the biz!
Her Next acts are comments she made about Lacy Von Eric and the drugs that claimed her family’s life. I can’t remember her comments word for word but I will tell you that they were uncalled for.. Sunny out of everybody knows the toll the drugs did on her as well as Chris Candito and for her to poke fun at Lacy history is nothing more than garbage if you ask me.. I will be the first to admit, Lacy doesn’t know how to work as a professional wrestler. When I Interviewed Lacy, she was a very nice girl but wasn’t professional and didn’t know how to be interviewed and I took that she would gain experience down the road and I do think she wasn’t ready even for TNA when she got there but the fact is she did and made a name for herself with or without the experience as a professional wrestler.. Sunny got to the WWF as a no name with very little experience and grew up from that.. The only difference between Lacy and Sunny is that Lacy never resort to drugs the way Sunny has.
Now my favorite Topic is Sable…I remember being a kid, and loving the fact the WWF had Sunny, Marlena, & Sable and each of them very rarely worked together but when two of them did… It was exciting to see as a fan!
We all know marlena’s role was Goldust’s valet and than the blond bombshells Sunny and Sable and I had always wanted to see the two work a storyline together but never did and even as a kid I thought they might have a real life hate towards each other and just accepted that they both had there own direction in the company. Well Come to find out years later they really did hate each other and even more so on Sunny’s end than Sable.
After the Era of sunny and sable was over, Sunny went on record as calling Sable a cunt, a pig, and how much she hated sable and than stirred up controversy between Sable and her Husband Brock Lesner and made jokes of Sable have kids after 40. The thing that is beautiful is that Sable not once after 14 years have ever responded to her ugly comments nor ever cared about them… She did make one rare comment in a interview saying that she was flattered Sunny still talks about her and even said on top of that, she would still work with her on a professional level if asked too.. It’s time to let that go Sunny! Sable made the WWE Money during her run and I am not much of a sable fan but I do respect her for not letting the likes of sunny’s childish way break her sprit.
Than Sunny Makes comments on Miss Elizabeth & Sensational Sherri saying how beautiful Elizabeth is but did nothing and how ugly Sherri is and did too much… and also how Sunny was the first to have T shirts made, and her own video, and blab blab blab.. Sunny was the first to have many T shirts in one year, I’ll give her that but Miss Elizabeth, Sherri, & Alundra Blayze all had T shirts made before Sunny.. Video in dedication to one woman has also been done by Miss Elizabeth first.. Magazine covers, Miss Elizabeth had many Magazine Covers way before Sunny’s time in the WWF, dare I say Sunny only had like three WWF Magazine Covers and along with Miss Elizabeth Sable also beat Sunny out on the number of covers. As far as Hosting her own show which sunny is proud of but also been done by Miss Elizabeth and even Missy Hyatt first… So here is the history folks.. Sunny might be the first Diva but she is not the first selling diva compare to the other women that came before her.
Now My Comments on Her Hall of Fame Induction is just another excuse for her ego to go straight to her head… If Sunny wasn’t a bitch in the public’s eye and treated other personalities in the Business the way she does and treated me with respect when I worked with her, I might of looked at this induction differently and probably would of agreed to it as a good choice. But it’s not, She’s more of a joke than Drew Carry’s induction into the Hall of Fame! It’s not right for her to Jump around the indy shows telling the world she’s the first diva and women like Miss Elizabeth and sensational sherri Don’t matter! Sunny is a great Performer but a cancer in the biz for how she treats people and bashes them… I would never work with Sunny Again nor would I ever even think about wanting to interview her… If I do get the opportunity to interview her.. It would be me putting the facts about herself on the Table.. Her reasoning for not Liking Sable is because she is a Horrible Human Being as sunny puts it. I can’t see Sable be any more horrible than Sunny..
Sunny truly does not respect herself, the WWE, the Hall of Fame, and the fans who made her! That to me is a Horrible Human being and my only hope for Sunny in the Hall of Fame is that just like the Slammy Awards… Next year Sable would be inducted into the Hall of Fame and take the spot light again from Sunny …
Friday, November 19, 2010
Raw is Old School
It’s been a crazy year so far and we still only got a month left of it…
To Recap the year and review real quick… Insane Plan conducted interviews this past year with former WWE, WCW, ECW, XPW, & TNA alumni with stars such as Lady Blossom, Molly Holly, Taylor Vaughn, Jamie D, Christian York, Fifi, & April Hunter… Insane Plan also shifted from the work of the website to being live such as an hour and a half on Trash Talking Radio, and making appearances in cross over work with 1CW and Covey doing guest ring announcing, Run in’s and Live Reports..
During my adventure I got to meet, greet, work with, and hang out with stars such as Axl Rotten, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Christian York, Hurricane Helms, Julenio Denero, Shane Douglas, Tatanka, Sunny and so many more..
Although this adventure had it’s up and down’s, I would not trade this experience for anything in this world…
I also faced turmoil as I relocated to Baltimore, traveled on the road, did odd jobs as a landscaper & Metal Scrapper to make enough just to eat and smoke a pack of cigarettes, Lost my laptop due to not been able to afford it, was in a severe car accident that messed up my shoulder, neck, & ribs and now facing a lawsuit against the other driver who caused the accident, Lost a loved one who was involved in the accident a month after and than I relocated to a small town in the mountains of West Virginia and have been jobless with my time shifted in the work of Tattoo’s just to get by..
It’s been a crazy year in the life of John Mikels inside and outside of the Pro wrestling Business but I am still doing a lot of work in the Business as I am in negations to make appearances for feds in West Virginia, Tennessee, & New York and many surprises for the up coming 10th anniversary of Insane Plan.. Already confirmed is an interview with former WWE Women’s champion… so you can only imagine how Insane this update’s going to be.
Okay enough with me personally and on to Monday is old school this past Monday night on WWE Raw or should I say WWF Raw… Watching WWE go back to the way WWF use to be, brought back many memories.. The Opening credits, the blue steps, the vintage logo’s, the Promo’s, Manager’s at ringside, and of course the return of legends….
I truly believe WWE Should bring back what was at one point old school like Manager’s at ringside… That was a great experience as a child to grow up and watch the likes of Jimmy hart, Bobby the Brain, Harvy Wipplemen, DR. of Style Slick, Jim Cornette, Mr. Fuji. And so many more. This is sports entertainment and what better way to entertain the fans with managers making the star’s stand out, interfere, and take bumps .. WWE is on the right track bringing back Paul Bearer but they need to bring a few more to help the newer talent in the WWE
Another great thing was Tito Santana’s appearance which he will be booked for my Home Fed In your Face Wrestling on December 11th in a tag team match pitting him and Vigo against Max Burton and the beat Pierre Vachon, all who I have interviewed at one point on Insane Plan
If that wasn’t enough…. Tatanka making an appearance in a backstage cameo.. He is truly RAW is old school. I got the pleasure of watching his work on Covey Pro in West Virginia when he was training students prior to his match against Shane Douglas w/Sunny!
Also on my adventure on the road, I worked with Jimmy The Superfly Snuka in Delaware which is where he retired wrestling in the main event, he made a return only as a manager alongside Tamlia this past Monday which saw there team the uso’s loose… something that was disappointing to see
Than seeing my all time favorites Mean Gene make a comeback for the night… He truly is the Voice of the WWE, would love to see him back on a fulltime scale..
What was also surprising to see was a promo by the late lord Alfred Hayes, WWE Somehow was able to bring back his old promo clip and made it work which was great as jerry the king lawler said, there is life after death..
Speaking of death, one thing I was glad but in the same sense wasn’t was the mention of Macho Man Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth compared to the currant couple of Dolph Ziggler and Vicki Gurrero.. I am always in support for a couple of today’s wrestling but don’t hold it as the same caliber as Macho Man and Elizabeth esp. Doulph and Vicki
This Monday also Marked history as Mae Young defeated Lay-Cool making her the first and only wrestler to have a record match at least one or more in each decade.. And of Monday.. She has competed in nine!
Raw is old school also witness what use to be popular is tag partners turn on each other such as Tyson Kid did with DH Smith… they had a great run as a Tag Team but would love to see DH Break out as a single wrestler the same way His father the late British Bulldog did..
Than the surprise return of the Animal George Steel.. A bizarre personality we will always remember and love!!
Over and all RAW is old school was a great way to go down in memory lane and saw a lot of icons and legends return for one night only which most I would hope come back on a semi fulltime scale for just one more run!
You can go to In the corner with Nay Nay to read the full recaps of Monday is old school..
To get back to what’s insane… you can also check out Brittany’s news page with an added feature Insane’s Youtube Central which includes videos of my time in First State Championship Wrestling, as well as tributes of my life outside of wrestling and promos of Insane’s own Crazii Shea and Alexandra…
Thank you all for keeping me insane,
Til next time
--John Mikels
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thank you!!!
Well usually I write talking about the experiences I have had running the web site every year for the update but this year I want to give out credit, thank You's and shout out's to all the people that help me keep working in the business for as long as I have been.
(1) First The Fans.... I never even would of imagine having my own fan base do to the work involved with the web site.. It's been a great experience and an honor to be serving all you the information I possibility can provide and it's been nothing short of an amazing ride!
(2) The Insane Staff, This Web site wouldn't be nothing without any of you and your input and I truly truly do appreciate all you have done for the web site, However Although I just hired a whole team of staff, I have to really geek out and say that the two most faithful staff from almost the beginning of the web site Dr. Wrestling & Nay Nay...
You Both kept working on the web site when I couldn't at times, you both encouraged me during times I almost gave up, and I am glad I didn't... It's been an amazing ride up and down and without you both, I wouldn't have the web site the way it is now after nine years!
(3) Crazii Shea, It's funny how shit works out... I discovered you during your first year in wrestling and you discovered Insane Plan it's first year of existence and together we helped each other grow and who would of ever thought Nine years later we would be more respected for our work than laughed at when we started! Your an amazing guy and always found a way to keep me going with the web site and I am glad to call you more than just a friend but my brother!
(4) Max "The AX" Burton & The Hard-core cowgirl Alexandra.... Again, who would of ever thought one buiness deal turns into a life long friendship.. I honestly would never expect to do a basic segment and now at the point where we talk almost everyday... and help eachother in our personal lives as well as cross promoing the website and feds.
I mean, I experience so much opportunity thanks to the work on Insane Plan.. but none of those times compares to the show you both did in New York for Insane Plan... That truly truly was an amazing experience and brought the kid out of me at an indy show just watching a DVD!.. I love you both for that and much more than just the work but the friendship I will forever cherish!! not only do you guys make me feel like I am apart of the wrestling family, but you make me feel like I have a purpose in the wrestling family and I will forever be thankful for the spot you both and the feds have giving me
(5) Kevin, Chrissy, Renee, and the members of the Misselizabeth.com.....So So So honored to be apart of the fan base of the first lady of wrestling... When I joined the ordinal web site, I never thought it went from showcasing how wonderful Miss Elizabeth is into paying respect to her memory years later... It was such a horrible loss!!! when finding out about her death on my local news, it really affected me as I grew up being the man that was suppose to marry her, But because of her legacy is how we were able to meet and work together and if it wasn't for her we would all be strangers, So I truly believe everything happens for a reason and look at us now! I was able to be apart of the best Web site in honoring Miss Elizabeth and not to mention working for the staff as well as helping induct miss Elizabeth into the hall of fame.. I take great pride in my work and being your friend.. I enjoy every minute of our times we spent on the web site and outside the web site!
(6) Mike Trash, Thank you so much for the opportunity to interview you on your own show and to let me promote the web site, That was truly an amazing experience that I will never ever forget. I had so much fun with you, Trish and the fans from the chat room and learned so much about your personal life inside and outside the Biz and was truly honored that you shared that with me and truly one of the best Interviews I have done in the last 9 years. I hope to one day make it back on your show and have that same experience again. Trash Talking Radio is truly the number one Internet radio show out there today and no radio show comes to comparison as to yours. You truly built that empire and made it to what it is today.. Thank you for the years of entertainment on the indy scene and the show!
(7) Thank You to Covey Promotions for giving me an opportunity to work with you closely and the whole fed as a whole, it's been a great experience and I look forward to many more opportunities within your fed. It truly is an honor!