Prazak?

[BDeeZy]

i know he and ian had disagreements and thats why he left back in 2005...but now that iwa is getting this fresh new start i say we need him back at the commentary table...thoughts?

[Barbed_Wire_Bored]

Sure why not? If you can book people back, and you want them back, get them! He was good on commentary, plus I still remember him leaping of the spiders net at a KOTDM before now

[SOX]

I would think he would be quite busy with the new roh tv show and running Shimmer.

[olympus]

Plus wouldn't he be too expensive now? I don't think he's worth it, to be honest. He and Punk used to constantly shit all over the death matches in 2004. I want Mike Z or Ben Jordan back.

The Jordan/Fannin combination at KOTDM 2006 was gold.

[bigvicvonerich]

Prazak wasn't at the roh tapings in chicgo... Nigel did them.

[J1EZ]

YES. Prazak would be awesome. Didn't he do the the CZW Dragon Night show back in early 2010?..I think it was him and Mike Z, that was good stuff

[BDeeZy]

Aug 16, 2011 18:34:45 GMT -5 J1EZ said:

YES. Prazak would be awesome. Didn't he do the the CZW Dragon Night show back in early 2010?..I think it was him and Mike Z, that was good stuff

yep sure was. he also did commentary for fight sports midwest in 07...

[BestMistyEVER]

Innovative... but effective, nonetheless

[chasewolf]

Mike Z Android Jordan wold be best. Fannin would be awesome if he were willing.

[macdaddymike420]

I read on PWInsider that Prazak was there but will not be used for commentary on the new series. He told the new management that he would be happy in whatever position they have for him, apparantly.

It's already been noted that Prazak's Shimmer DVD deal with ROH is dead as they are now distributing their new releases in house. Where that leaves Dave in ROH is anyone's guess at the moment.

That said, I always thought he did his best work in IWA and would love to see him return.

[bso_live_hard_Rollin]

Aug 16, 2011 23:30:49 GMT -5 macdaddymike420 said:

I read on PWInsider that Prazak was there but will not be used for commentary on the new series. He told the new management that he would be happy in whatever position they have for him, apparantly.

It's already been noted that Prazak's Shimmer DVD deal with ROH is dead as they are now distributing their new releases in house. Where that leaves Dave in ROH is anyone's guess at the moment.

That said, I always thought he did his best work in IWA and would love to see him return.

Wow... have a hard time believing that, but oh well. Kevin Kelly fucks up half the wrestlers names in ROH more times than not. Crazy.

[macdaddymike420]

While I personally like Kevin Kelly I thought Prazak was best paired with Lenny Leonard. They had awesome chemistry together.

[bridgewater]

IWA-MS played an important role in the return of serious ladies wrestling. It started with Lacey vs Rain in 2002, and two years later "Volcano Girls" proved that womens wrestling events without sexist bullshit can be done. Then the IWA-MS womens division developed into Shimmer. Shimmer proved that a womens promotion can succeed, and now we have several good promotions plus a lot of good womens wrestling in other circuits.

As a fan I can't thank Dave Prazak enough, but it probably would never had happened without the IWA. It took the "the-devil-may-care" attitude of Ian Rotten to let it happen. (Just look at ROH: They have good womens matches, but there are few and most of the time they are way too short. If Dave Prazak had realized his dream there, it probably wouldn't have grown that big.)

How many womens matches have been main event of mixed shows in other promotions? IWA-MS had Mickie vs Kong (IWA champ vs NWA champ) and Mickie vs Sara Del Rey (30 minutes ironwoman). These matches matches would have been main event anywhere, but only with men. In IWA-MS they were main event with women.

So, even though Dave Prazak left, IWA kept alive what he started. "Volcano Girls 2", though not as great as Shimmer, was a very good show. I hope there will be "Volcano Girls 3", and there should be somebody representing Shimmer. Why not Dave Prazak himself?
(I'd love to see Mickie Knuckles vs Allison Danger, by the way.)

[wntrrvn]

Dave would be good for any non-death match event, but not for KOTDM. As stated earlier he has shat on it too many times.

And I agree with bridgewater there about Volcano Girls. It was a great event to see live, and it did help solidify women's wrestling as a profitable show. The only issue I had with the show was that it was a women's tourney that was headlined by a Hero/Samoa Joe 6 man match, which I think almost stole the thunder from the ladies. A shift in the line up and it would have put the spotlight back on where it should have been.

[bridgewater]

Yes and no.
Of course, if a show is featuring a tournament, the tournament final should be main event.

But the 6 men match was so incredible good. The womens match would have been standing in it's shadow, no matter how good it was.
Remember, in May 2004 there was no Chickfight, Shimmer, Indygurlz, WSU, ALF/NCW-FF, etc. It was a first try.

So I think it was good to have a main event featuring six of the best male wrestlers. For people who had their doubts, this was probably a good reason to attend the show or buy the DVD.

(But I still wonder why they put the Pondo vs JC circus death match as a bonus on it.)