2 New Videos Tomorrow

I have some footage I am editing tonight that I will put up tomorrow in the videos section for subscribers.

One is some behind the scenes stunt video and the other is a quick attempt at the start of training videos, with any luck I might even get a third cooking video up (? - yep a new idea -Cooking With Conan).

Over the next three months I am going to try to get the videos section a lot more active to give more value to my subscribers.

*UPDATE: having issues with my video editing software, will be updating it next week.

Thanks for your support :) 

What Was That I Ate At The Chinese Restaurant

A funny flash video composed by Ben Apgar from his old website 512 productions way back in 1999! At the time Bens site was all done in flash and it was an amazing display of the emerging web technologies that so many of us take as common place these days.

This video was removed from the 512 website due to complaints that it was racist - which is very strange as living in Asia you have to sometimes question exactly what it is you are eating, with many travellers to border regions and hill tribes coming in for surprises they didn't quiet expect.

That said, this is a bit of a take on that, and I think it is funny and it's my site so here it is again... 

Ladyboy Muay Thai Champion

Several years ago a kickboxing champion, Nong Tum, made National headlines in Thailand for more than just his string of victories... he was of Thailand's "Third Sex".

As a ladyboy he said he was picked on a as a child so he took up Muay Thai to proove himself, he turned out to be so good at it that he became a National Champion.

This is the video preview that used to be online at the National Geographic Channel website back in 2004. It was a preview of the National Geographic On Assignment program, "The Third Sex," which -- among other things -- featured a profile on Thai "ladyboy" kickboxer Nong Tum. The show was originally broadcast on Friday, March 26, at 7 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on the National Geographic Channel.

7ft Thunder The Heavy Weight Champion

This wrestling match vs Marc Mercedes the then current IWA Heavy Weight Champion and myself, 7ft Thunder was for the title in a serious way.

Due to previous tricks by Mercedes, such as getting disqualifies on purpose to stop the match had allowed him to keep his title for years. Now the IWA President placed him in a match with me in a no disqualification match (no DQ).

This meant that no matter what happened in or out of the wrestling ring there was only going to be one winner that took the belt, no tricks, no disqualifications, no excuses... 

Title Match vs Club Mercedes

Marc Mercedes was expanding his 'popularity' by enlisting others into his exclusive Club Mercedes, in this match Curtis "Manager Of The Year" Hughes and Percy "The Nerd" Sludge help Mercedes in his match.

This was one of the smallest audiences I think we ever wrestled in front of, as you can see mid match Mercedes goes and sits with some people in the 'front row' while his minders look after him.

This match is the preview to the next match - to be seen next week where Thunder challenges Mercedes to a no holds barred, no disqualification match - meaning that no matter what happens the Heavy Weight Title is on the line, no more tricks from Mercedes... 

7ft Thunder Wrestling Gothic Knight

Gothic Knight was a wrestler from Canada who came over for the tour that I put off my trip to the US to knock on the WCW door (again). Anyone who is an avid reader of my site will recognise this as the last wrestling tour I did before I got nerve damage which effectively ended my wrestling career.

Gothic Knight was the biggest guy that I had ever wrestled to that point and it was a new experience for me to be thrown around the ring, instead of vice versa.

All in all it was a good match with a huge crowd up in Newcatle and we got a very good reception from the fans. 

Bangkok Adrenaline Interview

Joey and Jon interview the producer/director/actor behind the whole Bangkok Adrenaline idea - Ray Huber and action star Daniel O'Neill, also at the interview is Thai pop starlet May who also appears in the movie.

Don't know who Joey and Jon are? Neither do I but they seem to have travelled through Thailand sort of as a made for web travel show.

Where was I? I was in Pattaya doing some paid work and only made the Film Festival on the last day. 

Thunder and Vulkan vs Mercedes And Swan

Vulkan and Mercedes are having a match, Vulkan is winning, then Stephen Swan comes out to help the Burger Eating Bully Marc Mercedes by intereferring with the match.

Things aren't going well for the crowd favourite Vulkan and the screams and cries of small children rouses the giant from backstage to take an active role....

Well that's the story, then you'll have to watch the rest of the video to see the outcome... 

7ft Thunder Wrestles Stephen Swan

A match that went way over time when Mr Swan would not follow the rules of wrestling, the match was too long and was not getting a good response from the audience.

Also using the exact same 'cut off' move 3 times in a row in the one match was a bit much. Towards the end you can see that i am not having a good match with Swan and it gets a little nasty.

Swan and I never wrestled together again, and I do not think we ever talked again, though I believe he talked a lot about me afterwards, who cares. He even tried to get my finishing move banned as he sustained massive bruising around the neck and sever pain.

Watch the end of the match, esp the boot to the stomach as the set up and the "Thunder Bomb" where Swan drops all his weight like a sack of potatoes in an attempt to twart the finish. I was surprised he did not believe me when I said to him "I'll take you up anyway"...