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FRANCINE & ADAM RYLAND INTERVIEWS ONLINE |
 She worked in Extreme Championship Wrestling for
the better part of a decade. She managed names that became synonymous with
the ECW name such as "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and "The Innovator of
Violence" Tommy Dreamer. As such, she became synonymous with the ECW name
herself. She was the "Head Cheerleader." She is "The Queen of Extreme." She's
Francine! And, she's the latest guest on The Interactive Interview!
Also joining us on this packed broadcast is Adam Ryland,
the mind behind and creator of "Wrestling Spirit," an absolutely fantastic
wrestling career simulater video game that TII's own Erik Clancy has developed
a borderline unhealthy addiction to.
Both of these guests are joining us for the second time
so if you are looking for Francine to discuss her ECW career, check out our
official site at www.wrestlingepicenter.com and listen to our first interview
with Francine available in the archives. In this interview, the lovely partner
of the also lovely Missy Hyatt on www.MissyHyattandFrancineTV.com discusses
the rise and fall (but mostly fall) of MLW, the Rise and Fall of ECW video
release, if she will be a part of the WWE's ECW show, Shane Douglas' ECW
reunion show, WEW, and even if she'd consider posing nude on the site!
All of that is available, for free, by clicking the link
and listening to your friends at The Interactive Interview! This is the archived
Internet show but we do invite you to check us out LIVE on Tuesday nights
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"THE QUEEN OF EXTREME"
FRANCINE
-- Francine's stay with MLW was good at the beginning
but later on, Court Bower {the owner of MLW} decided to go in the wrong
direction. She says he decided he didn't want to be like ECW and as such
stopped using a lot of the guys that were once with ECW, including her. "It
didn't work out for him."
-- Erik mentions that Mike Awesome, "Father" James Mitchell,
and virtually all other guests that were once on the program said MLW's TV
shows looked entirely too much like ECW. Francine agrees to a point. "I think
they did. My first night there - when I came out of the curtain - that's
all they were chanting was ECW. I understand he wanted to have them chant
MLW but, you know, nobody chants call letters except for ECW. You know, WWE
people don't chant "WWE" at events. *laughs*"
-- "He hired everybody that was from ECW to do his shows.
We did, in Fort Lorterdale, we did the venue we used to do our (ECW) TV tapings
from and we sold it out. So, something was going correctly. But then he got
stingy with pay and he didn't want to listen to ideas. And, you know, "I
don't want an ECW company" and he started letting go of all his biggest names
and it just didn't work for him."
-- James chimes in with the answer he gave to someone
who interviewed him when given the word association of MLW, "Back Asswords."
-- "My final shot for Court was when we had a show for
Friday and he called me Tuesday and said, "Oh, it's canceled." It was so
nonchalant the way he did it. I said, "Okay, your grandfather gives you money.
You're from a wealthy family. These boys make a living working wrestling
shows... I can't speak for everybody but this is all I do. I don't have a
day job. So, if my bookings get canceled, there goes my money. He wasn't
even sympathetic to the fact that, you know, it's Tuesday. How am I going
to get another booking for Friday? He was just, "Oh well, what are you gonna
do?"
-- Over the above fight, Francine and Court had a bit
of an argument and after that, all he did was bad mouth her saying she wasn't
a "team player." Francine says, "Of course I'm a team player! I laid in the
middle of the ocean that I got water in my ear for a month - and sand from
doing those commercials for you. I mean, I did everything he asked me to
do. I think when it came to money, he butted heads with a couple of the boys.
You can only be walked on so many times before you stand up and say, "Listen,
I'm not going to take it."
-- We finish up about MLW with Francine saying, "I couldn't
go in and work for somebody who didn't, number 1, respect me as a person.
But, number 2, he didn't care about anybody but himself."
-- James mentions that he has seen all the WEW pay per
views to which Francine interrupts with, "Oh God! They're entertaining though!"
James agrees but says what took him by surprise, especially the first time,
was when they broke from the wrestling action to air some sort of softcore
pornography video. Francine chimes in with, "You know what it is, we're trying
to acquire PWO prospects! *laughs* That's what it is!"
-- Francine says she told the owner right away that she
was not going to do anything that she didn't want to do and she hasn't. She
knows that the company was once a lot more raunchy than it is now but says,
"If people say you work for a disgusting company, well, I'm not the one that's
disgusting! You know, my clothes are kept on and I'm just making a living
like everyone else and I'm on pay-per-view."
-- "I can't justify it," says Francine who is interrupted
by James who says he isn't asking her to. Francine continues, "The demographic
is 18 to 35-year-old males and we're doing something right because, last
I heard, we're getting bigger buy rates than the TNA pay per views."
-- "I honestly think if you're not a WWE employee or
not married to a WWE employee, you're not going to be recognized," said Francine
when Erik asks about the Rise and Fall of ECW home video.
-- James mentions that he thinks the release is very
well done but there are at least a few times that he has no alternative but
to roll his eyes and mumble, "Well, that's not really the way it happened."
Francine says, "Right. Well, I tell people I have my tapes and, you know,
I know what I contributed and my fans know what I contributed. I was there
for 7 years. I gave them everything that I had. Unfortunately, the newer
fans who watch this will never know the whole story. I mean, there were a
lot of people who were left off."
-- James mentions how much they put over Beulah and she
was only there maybe half the time Francine was, Francine chmes in. "Well,
then again, Tommy is her husband. And, Tommy works in the office. So, you
know." I guess that answers all questions, doesn't it?
-- Erik asks if Francine thinks the WWE ECW One Night
Stand pay-per-view will be authentic and if she has been contacted to be
a part of it. Francine replies, "Oh boy. Number 1, I don't think it will
be authentic unless everybody from the roster is a part of it which is not
going to happen because I don't think they're going to use TNA guys... A
lot of guys from ECW work for TNA, so I don't think it will feel authentic."
Francine then says they do have a lot of the ECW guys in the WWE now but
they now have WWE personas to which James replies "Yeah, like Nova." Francine
agrees and says, "He's not going to come out as his fitness character on
an "ECW" pay per view."
-- As for if she's been contacted by the WWE to work
the event, "I have talked to somebody. All I can say is never say never but
nothing has been signed. I am working Shane Douglas' show."
-- "I'm not against the idea," says Francine. She hopes
the show works because there are a lot of people she likes that will be a
part of the WWE ECW show. But, she just doesn't know how it will turn out.
-- James mentions sitting up at 2 in the morning to watch
ECW on local New Jersey TV and how it was worth it because it sincerely was
a renegade promotion different from everything else that was out there. James
doesn't think lightning can strike twice with it. Francine says, "I think
people are hoping. I mean, I still hear ECW chants at events. I think there
is a want for the company to come back. But, you know, they were saying forever
that Vince was going to have an ECW brand extension and it will be like Ohio
Valley. And, I'm thinking they can call it ECW, but will it really be
ECW?"
-- Erik mentions the nameless Divas (Joy, Maria) that
are not living up to the standards set by the original Divas (Missy, Elizabeth,
Sunny, Terri, Francine) and goes on to mention all the emails we received
when we announced we were having Francine herself on the show with people
asking, "Will she go to the WWE and show the new Divas how it's done." Francine
has a pretty short reply, "No. I don't want to work there. I have no aspirations
to work there. If I could've worked the ECW pay-per-view, it would've been
a one shot deal, I wouldn't have tried to get a contract because I do not
want to work for the WWE."
-- James mentions that Shane Douglas bashed her pretty
hard a year ago when he joined us. His exact phrasing was, "I hate her."
The question is, have they patched things up? Francine says, "I'm not going
to say we've patched things up. He's using his mind in a business aspect.
He knows I was important to the company and I should be a part of it."
-- All 3 agree they are starting to feel the ECW show
run by Shane is shaping up to be perhaps as good if not better than the WWE
show because they are using Francine and guys like Raven and Shane himself
who were marquee members of ECW that will most likely not be a part of the
WWE's ECW show.
-- We then get into a chat about Missy Hyatt and Francine's
new venture, www.MissyHyattandFrancineTV.com. Francine says she and Missy
got close at a wrestling convention in Texas. They knew each other from ECW
but they hadn't seen each other in many years. She was offered to do the
Vixxxens site but turned it down because that isn't the type of thing she
wants to be a part of. But, Missy had an idea for a Reality Show style web
site and that interested her.
-- Francine mentions she is knocked for pairing herself
with Missy Hyatt but feels that is unfair. Francine says Missy is one of
her best friends and is 100% open and honest about her past and who she is.
James chimes in saying Missy is very misunderstood by many which all 3 agree
with. James then shares a story about how his former broadcast partner actually
felt Missy was trying to push him out of the show. Francine laughs and says,
"That's Missy! She'll do that!"
-- The web site is up and running now with DJ, Francine's
official site web master at www.ForeverFrancine.com, running it. James mentions
the many webmasters they've had before and Francine says, quite simply. "Lets
put it this way. The last guy we had took 3 months to put the site up. DJ
took 3 days and it looks so much better than the last site did."
-- Francine mentions how Missy keeps begging her to "show
a nip." We then ask if she would ever consider posing nude and Francine simply
says, "I've never done that, I never will." James mentions appreciating that
about her as, while he holds nothing against those that do, if your personal
integrity would be compromised by doing so, you shouldn't. Francine thanks
him.
-- Erik and James mention that the site is not just for
the horny male audience though it certainly does have that aspect to it.
Francine talks about how they take the video camera and watch the tapes back
and find it hysterical to see some of what they do. She says it's a chance
for fans to see what they are like when they're not dolled up for the camera
and are just goofing off.
-- We then go into Francine's absolute favorite part
of the show... Well, maybe not. Word Associations or, as she called it, "The
Name Game." Surprising answers to just 3 names as we made it short since
she hates it so! Included in it is Tommy Dreamer. If you want to hear that
reply, you'll just have to tune in!
-- James and Erik return to discuss WWE RAW and TNA briefly
as well as to remind everybody to check out the live broadcasts of the show
on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 7 p.m. Mountain Standard
Time. We started our live broadcasts on KASC "The Blaze" 1260 AM just last
week and it was a blast. Portions of the Francine interview will be played
this coming Tuesday if all goes as planned as well as your opportunity to
win some fantastic prizes on the air. You can listen from the Mesa/Phoenix/Tempe,
Arizona area or live on "The Blaze" web site through streaming media at
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is played so only tune in on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time!
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in his own right, Adam Ryland joins the show to round out the program.
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