Episode 65 with Papadon

On episode 65 we talk to one of the most respected and most highly regarded indy talents of the past ten years, "Greek God" Papadon. We start by talking about his fandom and experiences as a young man, and what led him to be trained by Homicide at the famous "Doghouse." We talk about his early days working for JAPW, in the tag team "The Solution," and working in the ECW Arena in 2001. We cover more of his tag team days, including a couple of matches at NWA TNA, wrestling James Storm and Chris Harris for CSWF, losing their CSWF tag titles to CM Punk and Julio Dinero, and more. I ask Papadon if he felt at that time, that Punk would ever make it to the levels that he did. Papadon ventured into more of the singles wrestling waters in 2006, and found himself at WLW working for and in front of Harley Race, and how that led him to a stint in England with Nick Aldis (Magnus.) We cover his experiences in the ring with Bryan Danielson, Tony Nese, and Alex Reynolds for NYWC. We move onto the ECWA where Papadon ruled the roost for a while, as both the Heavyweight Champion, and the winner of the prestigious Super 8 Tournament. We also cover, of course, Extreme Rising, and Papadon's experiences there, wrestling Sabu and Perry Saturn in the first few shows the company had, and his later experiences against Stevie Richards and El Hijo De Rey Mysterio. We get into Extreme Rising's closing and how that affected his career, including possibly costing him a run with EVOLVE. We wrap up talking about CZW and his feelings on his time there. And we talk about his love and respect for Homicide and Mikey Whipwreck. Finally, we talk about his match this Saturday for ECWA in Woodbury, NJ, as he attempts to regain the Heavyweight Championship from Sean Carr. Papadon also talks about his thoughts on ECWA as a company, those in charge, and the talent in the locker room. Please follow Papadon on YouTube, Twitter, and Pro Wrestling Tees at GreekGodPapadon.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/absurd-w-joe-feeney--3475952/support.