Kendall and I attended last night's WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Sprint Center, along with Crap Archivist Alan Scherstuhl. I'm an old school fan from the days when Jake "The Snake" Roberts tried to wipe the smirk off "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase's pampered, ugly mug. Hell, I even stuck with them through the Doink the Clown years. And though I admit that recent shows have been less than compelling, any chance to see The Undertaker chokeslam someone must be taken. He is to pain w
Two weeks ago Charles Ferruzza wrote a post on Cary Silverman, a young local entrepreneur. Silverman is the inventor and promoter of Pub-Corn, the alcohol-flavored (but non-alcoholic) popcorn that has gained quite a bit of online buzz. After Charles' post appeared, Pub-Corn e-mailed me and asked if I'd like some samples. Not being one to turn down anything alcohol-related I said youbetcha, and this weekend my Pub-Corn package finally arrived. I decided the only appropriate place to try it ou
South by Southwest: Apparently, Johnson County is weathering the economic collapse a little better than Kansas City, Missouri. I'm moving to Overland Park, you guys. I've had it with Hobotown, its frustratingly spotty bus service, budget cuts, shiny prefabricated entertainment district, and punk-ass Child Protective Services department. If that bitch Doreen from CPS don't stop stickin' her nose into my business, one of these days, I'm gonna pop her one right in her smug fat face. She's all, "
Harley RaceThe Kansas City FilmFest starts today at AMC's new Mainstreet Theatre but the film I want to see isn't showing at the festival. It'll debut Thursday night (April 23) at 7 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Metro Sports' Chris Gough will unveil his pro wrestling documentary, K.C. On The Mat: The History of Professional Wrestling in Kansas City."Thursday nights is when they ran the actual cards back in the day in
Kansas City inside Memorial Hall," Gough tells The Pitch, "so this w
John CenaThe Sprint Center hosted a live broadcast of World Wrestling Entertainment's Monday Night Raw and a taped-for-television SmackDown event in 2009. 2010 may be even better for Kansas City wrestling fans. WWE has tentatively scheduled a pay-per-view event for July 18 at the Sprint Center. If memory serves, the last WWE pay-per-view event in Kansas City was 2007's New Year's Revolution at Kemper Arena.Nothing is set in stone, and tickets are not on sale yet. But Wikipedia lists the name
