Peter Schmuck accepts my challenge for six-man tag match
Baltimore Sun sports columnist and fellow blogger Peter Schmuck cannot hide behind his keyboard or a microphone any longer.
Earlier tonight, Schmuck was once again making light of pro wrestling, its fans (and my hometown of Dundalk), this time on the “Sportsline” radio show that he was co-hosting on WBAL (1090 AM). I called in to the show and challenged him to settle our differences inside the ring.
I proposed that we be on opposite sides in a six-man tag team match at the upcoming Maryland Championship Wrestling show. To my surprise, he actually accepted (although the way I put him on the spot, he didn’t really have much of a choice).
So it’s official: It will be Cole Calloway, Ronnie Zukko and me against Fed-Up and Schmuck at the Shamrock Cup on July 31 at The New Green Room in Dundalk.
Comments
Make sure to tie him up in the ropes and juice his forehead!
Posted by: Eck Fanatic | July 6, 2010 10:43 PM
Go Kevin! Shut him up for good! As a female fan, I found his comments particularly insulting...
Posted by: Michelle | July 6, 2010 11:00 PM
Post video of the match on here please, I wanna see you RKO him or somethin!
Posted by: SteRDLK | July 6, 2010 11:20 PM
Oh No Kev, I'd love to be there but I'll be out of state vacationing with some old military fiends. Hope you can get a video to put up here. I can't say I'm rooting for anything other then an entertaining match because I like both of you guys and hey, ya gotta give Pete one thing, he's playing the bad guy pretty good.
Posted by: Dave | July 6, 2010 11:48 PM
Photos for your international audience please!
Posted by: Kiwi girl | July 6, 2010 11:48 PM
Ah, work...
Awesome. Well played, guys!
Posted by: Joe | July 7, 2010 1:52 AM
Dang, I know I won't be able to get away from work for that, or else I would make the drive up from Florida!
Kevin, please tell me you will be able to post video of that.
Your finishing move? How about the Eck-sorcism?
Posted by: LarryB | July 7, 2010 2:20 AM
kevin this is an insult to wrestling fans aswell you nor peter belong in a ring u do the reffing thing which is ok but as a talent is ludacris. and a slap in the face to every man in the lockerroom who has trained for ears to be able to get infront of the crowd and into a ring i mean hell your articles lack depth at times but your way better then peter who half the times cites fake sources and spews stupid rumors about sports hey peter what happend to the source that told you bobby v would be our coach withing 24 hrs this was 3 weeks ago lmao
Posted by: steve | July 7, 2010 3:36 AM
And they say kayfabe is dead.
Posted by: Bignasty247 | July 7, 2010 3:45 AM
Wait, is Kevin working us? I'm highly suspicious
Posted by: Dan | July 7, 2010 4:10 AM
So it is all a work then? Or isn't it? After the whole Daniel Bryan thing, I'm not really sure...
Posted by: Alive and Funky | July 7, 2010 6:58 AM
Why, if I didn't know better, I would think this was a planned event, a "work" even. But surely this is all honest, back and forth, workplace approved violence between colleagues. I can only hope that there is someone to play Tommy and yell for you to get him a body bag. No mercy!!
/btw - I am thoroughly enjoying this, and if I can get out of work, I will be there to see Schmuck (hopefully) juice all over his Tommy Bahama shirt
Posted by: Big Daddy (not Lipscomb) | July 7, 2010 7:49 AM
I smell a run in from Roch Kubatko, laying waste to the New Green Room and having the results of the match jaded in controversy.
Posted by: JTK | July 7, 2010 7:55 AM
Like we couldn't see this coming when Schmuck wrote the "unprovoked" attack on wrestling.
Props to you guys for doing this, and MCW's Dan McDevitt for working with the Sun to promote the show.
Posted by: Rob | July 7, 2010 8:44 AM
kevin, i demand someone record it and you post it online for us to laugh... i mean cheer you on
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nah just cut a promo and your best hulk impression!
Posted by: delliott | July 7, 2010 9:15 AM
At first, I thought this banter was pretty funny. It has since become obvious that this whole thing is every bit as contrived and scripted as, well, professional wrestling.
Posted by: Mr. Deez | July 7, 2010 9:28 AM
It's still real to me, dammit!
I support anything that supports the indies...
Posted by: Jules B. | July 7, 2010 9:29 AM
For Pete's sake (pun intended), channel your inner Bob Holly and work stiff on Schmuck.
Posted by: 99percenter | July 7, 2010 9:31 AM
This whole thing was a work!
TNA must have been behind it ... bringing an old, washed-up never-was back to the ring.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 7, 2010 9:48 AM
I have a feeling this is a "work".
Posted by: Eric | July 7, 2010 10:26 AM
Ideas for a finisher:
Shooting Star PRESS
Dundalk Destroyer (like a Canadian Destroyer except with TWO mid-air revolutions)
Ecks-Factor
Posted by: Alvaro | July 7, 2010 11:02 AM
Now I'm getting suspicious. But no matter if it's a work or a shoot, whip his a** good.
Posted by: nandi | July 7, 2010 11:09 AM
I was wondering where this storyline was going. Nice buildup to the match. Now who's going to be booking the finish?
Posted by: Dan | July 7, 2010 11:32 AM
Sorry Kevin,
I wanted to abort him after I found out about my pregnancy...but his daddy wouldn't let me. Then I had a Schmuck for a baby. Sorry Dundalk.
Sincerely Schmucky's Momma
Posted by: B King | July 7, 2010 11:53 AM
Got a finisher picked out yet?
Posted by: Rob Brown | July 7, 2010 11:57 AM
Kick his a**! I was offended about the Dundalk stuff even if its an ENTIRELY different Dundalk...
Posted by: Frank from Ireland | July 7, 2010 11:59 AM
Sounds like a work to me! =)
Posted by: VD Destroyer | July 7, 2010 12:03 PM
I dunno Kevin... I went to Pete's blog and he cut a pretty good heel promo (better than anything Batista did).
This has the makings of match of the year! If you use Sam Sessa as special guest referee I'm in.
Posted by: Ted | July 7, 2010 12:13 PM
Jeez, Kev. I was more than happy to rally to your defense with this story originally broke last week, but to see that the entire deal was a huge work, and that you were working in cahoots with that idiot Schmuck just to sell tickets to an indy show, really rubs me the wrong way. You see, initially, I thought this would merely be a war of words, and we wrestling fans would rally together to show this guy who he was messing with using our keyboards and our wits, but now, you're gonna show him who's boss by psuedo-kicking his rump in a worked wrestling match?! Okay; whatever. Good luck with that, guys, and hats off to the Baltimore Sun, a beacon of professionalism, as always.
Posted by: Jackson Reigns. | July 7, 2010 12:40 PM
Can you talk Roch into being the special guest referee? That would be entertaining...
Posted by: William R. | July 7, 2010 1:17 PM
Shut him up Kevin. As a long time followby er of your blog and i life-long wrestling fan, i was very offended by his comments. As i do not live in Maryland, i would love to see as video put up on the blog of you whipping up on him.
Posted by: Cody Fryman | July 7, 2010 1:35 PM
Was this all an elaborate work? If so, bravo to Eck and Schmuck.
Posted by: Matt | July 7, 2010 2:14 PM
I hope you shoot on the schmuck (intentional lack of capitalization).
Posted by: J Newbs | July 7, 2010 2:28 PM
Give him the Stink-face!!!
Posted by: Curtis | July 7, 2010 3:19 PM
the schmuck is going to stick it to you. long live the schmuck, who in another life was golden boy buddy rogers or was he argentina apollo
Posted by: fkterp | July 7, 2010 3:59 PM
I was hoping for an apple pie strap match between Kev and Schmuck.
Posted by: Don | July 7, 2010 5:11 PM
This had the smell of work all over it. Now that I know it is a work I have loss respect for the you Kevin. I was willing to stand up for you in talking smack to Peter but now this just rings like a cheap Morning Show DJ stunt.
Posted by: Dean | July 7, 2010 5:24 PM
Too bad you didn't book it in the Pontiac Silverdome. I'll bet you could draw 93,000+ because this is bigger than Hogan vs. Andre!!
Posted by: rob | July 7, 2010 6:28 PM
Maybe all of us readers should do a Nexus style bum rush on the Schmuck.
Posted by: The Nature Boy | July 7, 2010 9:13 PM
Schmuck will try the Vicki "Hog Splash" as his finishing move.
Eck don't get distracted by the vision of loveliness that is Micki James, she sure would distract me.
Posted by: MDP | July 7, 2010 11:14 PM
lame.
Posted by: JGavin | July 8, 2010 1:18 PM
Kevin will job to Schmuck
Posted by: Trox | July 8, 2010 1:53 PM