Some guys just cant get over the fact that they SUCKED!!

[Kaedon]

The Former Horsemen's first show hits a ton of topics including TNA's "piss poor wrestling" and "horrible writing." From the "stupid ring" to the writers wanting to be wrestlers, Roma is not a big fan of the product TNA is putting up. He goes into detail on the talks he had with the company at one point and the changes he told them they need to make. James brings up one member of Total Nonstop Action's roster, Mick Foley, and Paul has an opinion on that too…

"Mick Foley can't wrestle – plain and simple. Most wrestlers would agree. Probably even him. So if he's not launching himself off a roof, gouging his head, breaking bones, or spitting blood, it's boring. He can't do anything. What is it he can do?...They expect to see this idiot jeopardize his life, otherwise they don't care because that's what they're used to."

Guttman asks if it's tough to follow Mick (or someone like him on a show) and Roma says it's actually a blessing. Fans want to see something interesting rather than a clown. He compares real wrestling to a magician. A magician makes you think. A clown trips over his own feet.

"It is what it is. It's a clown. And that's what Mick Foley is. He's a clown."

One man who Paul Roma has been familiar with is Ric Flair. Never shy about his feelings on his former stablemate, Paul talks about his impending return at "70 years old." Why is he coming back? Roma explains to ClubWWI.com listeners:

"Flair's running around doing these autograph
sessions because he's broke. All those years you busted your butt, you travelled, and you have nothing to show for it. You owe the government what? A million dollars in taxes? Dude, you might as well kill yourself. That's the only way you'll ever beat the government. You'll never ever pay them back, unless you hit a Powerball. Even then. Oh. Here's your million dollars."

On that subject, Roma gets into wrestlers who can't retire in the industry for whatever reason. One name he brings up is…

"Shawn Michaels, he should have been gone a long time ago. But since he's friends with Triple H, they keep him around. I don't know what kind of money he makes, but I'm sure it's decent. He's a mess. Physically. I look at him and his face looks like he did a Michael Jackson."

Guttman points out that HBK is still one of the best in the industry, but in any other sport, he'd be able to retire by now for good. After all, just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should. We should let Shawn relax and take a nap. Paul agrees. It's not that Michaels can't perform. It's that he shouldn't still have to.


"Flairs doing autograph sessions because he's broke" that and people actually give a flying fuck who he is....

 

[Kizza]

Rofl, Paul Roma. Rofl.

Such Blue bullshit. Seriously. Why should Shawn retire if he's mid 40's, his body feels fine and he can still put on great match after great match. Oh wait, how many *** matches + did you ever have Paul?

 

[NinoBrown]

Even though this guy is one of the forgotten Horsemen, I'm kinda agreeing with some of his points.

 

[UndertakerTheGreat]

Uhhh...who's Paul Roma? Sounds like he oughta be running a pizza shop.

 

[Chuck Taylor's Grenade]

He was a jobber who somehow sucked Arn Anderson's dick and got a spot in the four horsemen. Afterwards he went back to jobbing and got fired because he refused to make Alex Wright look good in a match.

 

[Next Big Thing]

While I think he did over exaggerate some, he makes some very valid points.

Foley is great on the mic and can play his character very well, but it's fairly obvious that if he hadn't done all the stunts he did, there is no chance in hell he would be the star that he is today.

Why else would Flair come back if it wasn't for the fact that he needs the money? Flair got the single greatest send off in wrestling history. He was the top guy in his company for many years and one of the biggest stars in history that wrestled for a long time. All reasons for him to have enough money to just go off into the sunset and enjoy the rest of his life away from wrestling, but he comes back because he needs the money. So I don't see what the big deal is with this. Roma was just stating how it was.

As for HBK, he pretty much nailed it. He gives HBK credit for still being one of the best performers today, but questions why he is still out there. I'm a big HBK fan but for all of 2008 I was questioning that. He clearly doesn't have the same passion that he once had. He had the same pissy look on his face for about a year straight, and Jericho carried him through every single promo they cut. His matches with Jericho were nothing spectacular either. He proved during his feud and match with the Undertaker that he still has it, but I really think 2008 proved that he doesn't really have the passion anymore to continue to wrestle.

I have to say I have always been amused by posters that will ridicule a wrestler that wasn't one of the all time greats if they don't agree with their opinion. I like to read Disco Inferno's articles and I think he knows a lot about this business, but there are always people that will say what did he ever do? This is the same thing. What's funny about it though is this is coming from people that have no ties at all to the wrestling business, yet spend time coming on forums criticizing the product and the wrestlers. I'm not saying we can't do that, because it's our right to have an opinion. I just think that we should stop and think before we bash a guy like Paul Roma and say what did he ever do because we don't like his opinion.

 

[JurassicBonez]

I remember the original Horsemen ( I have the dvd) and I even remember most of the one's that got added when others left, and the one's that were in and out when they Horsemen name just needed to die out, yet I don't remember this guy.