POGO REFUTES PWTORCH REPORT
by Marty Goldstein on 2001-07-20
One of the great big men in pro wrestling, POGO the Clown,
is upset with false accounts of a recent XPW angle that
put him at the centre of the Insane Clown Posse's walkout
on the promotion. In setting the record straight, Pogo makes
strong comments about those who blew the incident out of
proportion, starting with ICP themselves.
According to the July 14 issue of Pro Wrestling Torch, "ICP
were supposed to work the main event, but left the building
when Violent Jay was hit with a stiff cane shot by Pogo
the Clown and suffered broken ribs."
"Impossible," Pogo said from his home in the Bay Area."
I never hit him with a cane because there was no cane. I
don't`like anyone saying I stiffed him with one, it is a
lie and makes me look unprofessional."
I initiated this interview, in part, because I watched the
angle and was not taking busy pictures of Pogo when he bust
past security towards the Black Army and hit the ring. He
attacked ICP in an angle that drew pretty heated reaction.
I did not remember Pogo using a cane at all.
What I did remember was 2 Pogo clotheslines.The first sent
Shaggy 2 Dope into a spinbump that looked great. The second
was a heavy short-arm across the 260lb. Violent J.'s chest.
Now, by reputation, the 419 lb. Pogo has a clothesline that
has been compared to WWFer Bradshaw.But I had never heard
of anyone getting broken ribs like that before, and it looked
ok, not being in the throat or on the head.
"If some online site reported I broke his ribs with a clothesline,
(as at least one did), even that's wrong. He should go to
wrestling school and learn how to bump. They've never gone
to school, right? He can't bump properly and that's how
he got hurt."
After the angle, which was the opening angle before even
the first match , ICP went to the back, and with Violent
Jay reportedly none too happy, left the Grand Olympic Auditorium
for the nearest LA ER.
This resulted in some rapid rebooking of the main event
as ICP's close buddy and partner, Vampiro, stayed and was
odd man out as the XPW Title match saw Messiah pin Sabu.
(More on that later.)
A RESPECTED VET
The wrestler behind the John Wayne Gacy inspired facepaint
is Joe Applebaumer. He quickly appeared on the radar screen
in his 12th or so indy match when his size, aptitude and
Applebaum finishing move popped the house, which included
the editor of the "Variety" of pro wrestling, the Observer's
Dave Meltzer. The rave review in Meltzer's sheet was the
one thing I knew about Applebaumer's career when I met him
in May.
Joe is old schooltrained and is well liked and respected.
He resents the spreading of the stories as as they portray
him as unprofessional in 2 ways. Firstly, the false reports
of deliberately causing injury with a weapon. Secondly,
by provoking the walkout Pogo ruined the card. (To top it
off, another story making the rounds has it that Sabu needed
some convincing by XPW owner Rob Black to do the new finish,
starting speculation of heat in the locker room.)
Pogo says ICP propagated the story on their website.
"I never could get through to see it, and I sent them an
email. I still haven't heard back. Then he was going on
about it at the ICP Juggallo cards last weekend,(attended
by XPW wrestlers). For some reason after the weekend, his
comments were taken off."
Pogo issued a warning to his alleged victim.
"Violent J. needs to stop trash talking about POGO being
part of a conspiracy among the boys to get ICP out of XPW.
That's ridiculous. He has to stop saying that, saying that
stuff about me last weekend."
"There was no conspiracy at all, the boys didn't care. He
doesn't know how to bump. I didn't hit him any harder than
I hit any other worker in XPW, I didn't stiff him. That's
how I clothesline my friends too, are they complaining?
I didn't break his ribs with a cane or a clothesline. "
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