By Tim Brown on January 11, 2004 at 3:59 PM EST
Show: MarkOutRadio
Hosts: Tim Brown & Steve Salamone
Date: Jan. 11
Guest: Sonjay Dutt
Recap by: Tim Brown
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On the action packed second edition of Mark Out Radio Steve and Tim go over a wide range of subjects. Steve also lets you in on WWE backstage booking secrets! Subjects they touch base on include:
- Which is better: RAW or Smackdown?
- The backstage MLW contraversy between Teddy Hart and Steve Corino, and why we think it was a work.
- The booking styles of Ring Of Honor wrestling and Major League Wrestling.
- An email sent by NWA TNA staff to a wrestling fan.
- Steve lets us in on how the WWE's backstage booking goes for RAW, and when they do their booking.
- Who we think should be in charge of current WWE RAW booking.
- All the details on the new Pure Wrestling division in Ring Of Honor.
- And MUCH more is discussed on the show!
Next up is the huge interview with Sonjay Dutt. We get a bit less than an hour of Sonjay's time for this interview, and it's worth listening to every minute!
- Sonjay tells us about how he was a big fan of wrestling, and how he and his family were always doing something involving wrestling.
- He mentions that Ric Flair was his main influence in becoming a wrestler.
- He talks about how he got his first booking.
- He gives his thoughts on backyard wrestling, and what he did when he was backyarding.
- He expresses his opinions on the current backyard wrestling and the more "violent" kind of backyarding that's going on now.
- He talks about how he got booked with CZW and how he got involved with the CZW Best Of The Best Jr. Heavywieght tournament.
- He tells us how he developed his character in CZW.
- He discusses his thoughts on the situation where XPW moved from southern California to Philly. He also expresses his thoughts on how he thought it was "funny".
- He shoots on the Arena that CZW was using for a short period of time. He said it didn't look like it was a wrestling show was going on, and that it looked like some sort of underground arena on tape.
- He shoots on Josh Prohibition and M Dogg 20, and their move from CZW to XPW.
- He gives the truth on the incident where he didn't work the DCW show he was booked for.
- He shoots down rumors of Balls Mahoney challenging Zandig (CZW's owner) to a fight.
- Sonjay expresses his feeling on working in Italy.
- He talks about his undefeated streak as Jr. Heavyweight champion in MLW.
- He talks about the J-Cup USA tournament, and working with "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels.
- He talks about the deathmatches that go on in the companies he works for, and why or why not they could take away from the actual wrestling on the shows.
- He talks about how he got involved with NWA TNA and how they are different from indy promotions.
- Sonjay gives his thoughts on remarks about JC Bailey being a deathmatch worker.
- He talks about how he got involved with Ring Of Honor wrestling, and what it's like working there.
- He gives the differences between working for all the different promoters that he works with.
- He talks about the difference from the crowds at IWA: MS and the ones that ROH and CZW
- He talks about the biggest challenges he has faced in becoming a wrestler.
- When we do the word association, we touch base on a lot of names, including the following: JC Bailey, Jack Evans, The Briscoe Brothers, John Zandig, The Messiah, Trent Acid, Eric Gargiulo, Rob Feinstein, Steve Salamone (A.K.A. Steve Salami), & More
- He talks about the "suspension" angle between Zandig and The Messiah in CZW, where Zandig was hung from the ceiling by hooks through his back. He talks about how the "smart marks" overlooked the angle, and why the angle was clever and how it worked.
- Sonjay tells us what his future goals are, and where he wants to be in a few years from now.
- & Many more subjects are discussed with Sonjay on this action packed second edition on Mark Out Radio!
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