De La Hoya buys "The Ring" magazine

Kind of an odd situation for a boxer/promoter to now own the "Bible of boxing." I wonder if it'll affect content?

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=NEWS_VIEW_POPUP_TYPE&newsId=20070912006265&ndmHsc=v2*A1189605600000*B1189668648000*DgroupByIndustry*E1000171*J1*N1000001&newsLang=en&beanID=1802668732&viewID=news_view_popup

 

He also now owns the rights to Pro Wrestling Illustrated, the old magazine that always had fake writer names to go along with the kayfabe material and Bill Apter.

 

Should we prepare ourselves for another career change for De La Hoya? As long as it's not singing (god awful)

 

Next issue's cover: Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Child Molester Or Merely Child Porn Distributor?

 

Dan Shocket wasn't real? I loved Off The Top Rope. Fuck Tommy "Wormslime" Rich!

 

He was real. So real I remember when he died. I know Matt Brock was a fake name, and I think ... Liz something or another ... dammit I can't remember, but I used to be all over this. I think Eddie Ellner was Shocket's replacement and also legitimate. He was the guy who threw his mother's ashes onto the Yankee Stadium field during a playoff game, I think.

 

That reminds of of this video that came out before the fight:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2509

 

From Pro Wrestling Illustrated's wikipedia entry:

Bill Apter, who can be seen at most high-profile wrestling events taking photos, was the senior editor of PWI for years. Stuart M. Saks is the current longtime publisher for PWI. Hunter S. Thompson-influenced Matt Brock has been PWI's most popular columnist. Brock, however, is actually a fictitious writer. Through the years, many different PWI editors have written stories as Brock. Likewise, columnist Liz Hunter is fictitious, as are oft-quoted WWF/WWE "inside source" Thomas Pilliard and "wrestling psychologist" Dr. Sidney M. Basil.

While PWI writers do conduct certain legitimate interviews with figures within the wrestling business, the majority of "in-character" quotes are penned by the magazine's staff. The rule of thumb: If a quotation is about real-life events (i.e., the people behind the characters), it was uttered by the quoted source. If the quote pertains to any angle or someone's in-ring persona, the response is typically "invented" by the feature's writer.

 

The first issue:

 

There goes the magazine.

 

Too late.

The Ring lost its soul a long, long, LONG time ago.

 

I know but still....