Stay Classy, Mark Madden

[Turd Ferguson]

www.nydailynews.com/news/national/radio-host-tells-woman-kitchen-a-kid-dance-a-pole-article-1.997771

[Cam]

It's a shame, cuz I actually kind of like Mark Madden. He's a douche though.

[rapidfire187]

I don't understand why this guy is able to find work. He sucked as a commentator in WCW, he sucks as a wrestling columnist, and I can't imagine that his radio show is any better. He stays relevant by saying really stupid shit.

[Ultimo Chocula]

That picture looks like a cross between Bruce Villanch and Phil Donohue.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

Bloody hell, where did that hair come from?

But yeah, even his excuse of "posting in my commentary character" is lame. Guy just seems like an absolute fool.

[lez 3:16]

didn't madden only keep a job cause of nash?

[Massive G]

I am literally shocked that this guy is still alive

[moneyman20]

Not shocked he still has a job since no talent, "shock jocks", are still in demand in almost 2012.

However, his show absolutely sucks. He yells every single sentence he says, and he just says crap for the sake of attention, not because he actually believes it. He's the stereotypical shock jock in every way.

[Rave]

Didn't we disown that Flounder douchebag a long while back?

[Scott Parker]

Dec 28, 2011 13:04:40 GMT -5 Metalheadbanger Man said:

But yeah, even his excuse of "posting in my commentary character" is lame. Guy just seems like an absolute fool.

Really? You haven't been a relevant wrestling personality in ...what, 10-11 years and you're going to use this excuse?

Being a heel wrestler, I can't say that I have never mouthed off to wrestling fans via social media, but in those cases they were: (A) Wrestling fans and (B)talking about wrestling in kayfabe terms. Neither of these are the case here.

Does it really surprise anybody though that Mark Madden did something douche-like, again?

[Wolf Hurricane]

Hey, bro? If you have something to say, then say it and stand by it or apologize completely. Don't be a bitch and hide behind some "I'm in character" BS excuse.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

I'm not supporting censorship, but can we do something about Mark Madden?

[FUNK_US/BRODUS]

I will NEVER EVER have a good word to say about Mark Madden. A few years ago, he wrote an article gloating about Brock Lesnars success in the UFC.

Thanksgiving is the time of the year for...
Wednesday 11-26-2008 2:57pm ET
...death threats?

Not long ago, I wrote two columns - one for timesonline.com, the other for Wrestlezone.com - about ex-WWE superstar Brock Lesnar entering the world of real fighting and quickly becoming UFC heavyweight champion.

My tone in both - especially the Wrestlezone.com column - was somewhat gloating. As a former pro wrestling broadcaster and still a fan at heart, I loved seeing the "fake wrestler" TOTALLY DOMINATE Randy Couture, the so-called MMA legend. My God, if THAT's your legend, Brock might literally KILL your lesser lights. I was not very complimentary of Couture, calling him a "feeble-looking shell of a legend" and an "egg-sucking dog." Sometimes I just can't help channeling Terry Funk.

Now all of MMA's self-styled "experts" are backtracking, citing Lesnar's considerable credentials as a former NCAA wrestling champion. Too little, too late. Before Brock won, the "experts" chanted "fake wrestler, fake wrestler" like it was some kind of mantra, and the big, bad, blond battleship made you all look like fools.

Anyway, I've received threatening e-mails and been absolutely CRUCIFIED at MMA web site sherdog.net. The keyboard cowboys on the sherdog.net message board have actually mooted burning my house down. I always knew MMA fans were bloodthirsty back-alley "Fight Club" wannabes, and they have not disappointed.

Listen up, kids - I'm a pro wrestling heel, and a damn good one. If you want to thrash like carp after the wads of bread I throw on your spillway, that's a compliment to my efficiency thereof. Meantime, there's two things to consider:

*On today's show, one of my guests will be MMA expert Karl Gotch from the web site shoottokill.com. Mr. Gotch will provide an objective look at Lesnar as UFC champ.

*Like it or not, here is YOUR UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION...and there's not a damn thing anybody can do about it.
105.9 The X


To which I replied.

Dear Mark Madden,





As a former pro wrestling fan and a current MMA enthusiast, I find your sense of self appreciation over Brock Lesnars rise to stardom, as well as your attitude towards MMA fans as expressed in your previous columns generally laughable.



Regarding Brock Lesnar himself, who are you to take credit for Brocks success? You have not even worked in the same promotion as Lesnar, nor were you even in a major company during Lesnars run as a WWE main event star. WWE clearly did not want you after the buyout of WCW, and all you were good for in WCW was making pointlessly controversial remarks. And as for being a "heel, and a damn good one"? Surely, a damn good heel belongs in a damn good promotion. What is it you do now? Local drivetime radio? Exactly. Brocks success in the Mixed Martial Arts world is completely irrelevant to his success in the WWE. His drawing power as an attraction is clearly related to his pro wrestling, yet that barely makes him a special case, because Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture have drawn significant numbers themselves. In fact, Liddell/Ortiz 2 (UFC 66) is still the highest drawing UFC card of all time. And please don't try to tell me that Ortiz's minor stint in TNA affected this in anyway.



I have never been a critic of Brock Lesnar in the UFC, I was happy to see him come in and demand to fight the bigger name fighters. He had an impressive fight against Frank Mir in which he got caught in a footlock and submitted within 1:30 of the first round, despite controlling the other 1:25 of that time. I want to see him become a legend in our sport, in the hope that his past in your "sports-entertainment" is pushed to the back of peoples minds.



Who are you to call MMA seedy? That statement reeks of hypocrisy coming from a pro wrestling name such as yourself. Professional wrestling lacks any kind of legitimacy, and is an industry riddled with steroids (The McMahon trials), deaths (Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit to name a few) and shambolically offensive writing (Necrophilia, blatant racism, offense to religions, giving birth to a hand, "Kennel from Hell", "Lost in Cleveland", Viagra on a pole).



And you dont need qualifications to be a UFC Champion? WCW had DAVID ARQUETTE and VINCE RUSSO as World Champions! How can you honestly come out with such drivel? Again, this is classic pot calling the kettle black.



Lesnar did not deserve his title shot. Many people stated this and to an extent I agreed with them. But in hindsight, if he could beat Couture so convincingly, who are we to say he didnt?



And yes, pro wrestling does take a degree of toughness, but thats only because the WWE overworks them so much. Many wrestlers have come out with a dependancy on pain killers as a result. Compared to Mixed Martial Arts however, we aren't seeing the likes of Kazushi Sakuraba, Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell etc become physically broken down and relying on painkillers as a result of their line of work. MMA is a much safer line of work, shether you can see it or not.



Your only fame now is living through Sherdog as a troll. Pro wrestling fans dont care for you so you're having to jump on the gravy train just to stay relevant. Please stop writing about MMA. We dont need or want your opinion.

I wrote this as a very pissy 19 year old, and while Ive gotten back into pro wrestling now at 22, I still stand behind every word I said here. Surprisingly I didnt hear a reply.

[chazraps]

Anyone been following his involvement in "breaking" the Penn State scandal?

[Deleted]

Mark Madden is an annoying tub of goo.

In retrospect I think that his commentary in WCW may have almost made Cole bearable.

[joebob27]

He's a good networker. He was buddies w/ Nash, he's also buddies with Mario Lemieux, I believe

[Todd's crazy , Man.]

Dec 28, 2011 15:41:19 GMT -5 FUNK_US/BRODUS said:

I will NEVER EVER have a good word to say about Mark Madden. A few years ago, he wrote an article gloating about Brock Lesnars success in the UFC.




To which I replied.

Dear Mark Madden,





As a former pro wrestling fan and a current MMA enthusiast, I find your sense of self appreciation over Brock Lesnars rise to stardom, as well as your attitude towards MMA fans as expressed in your previous columns generally laughable.



Regarding Brock Lesnar himself, who are you to take credit for Brocks success? You have not even worked in the same promotion as Lesnar, nor were you even in a major company during Lesnars run as a WWE main event star. WWE clearly did not want you after the buyout of WCW, and all you were good for in WCW was making pointlessly controversial remarks. And as for being a "heel, and a damn good one"? Surely, a damn good heel belongs in a damn good promotion. What is it you do now? Local drivetime radio? Exactly. Brocks success in the Mixed Martial Arts world is completely irrelevant to his success in the WWE. His drawing power as an attraction is clearly related to his pro wrestling, yet that barely makes him a special case, because Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture have drawn significant numbers themselves. In fact, Liddell/Ortiz 2 (UFC 66) is still the highest drawing UFC card of all time. And please don't try to tell me that Ortiz's minor stint in TNA affected this in anyway.



I have never been a critic of Brock Lesnar in the UFC, I was happy to see him come in and demand to fight the bigger name fighters. He had an impressive fight against Frank Mir in which he got caught in a footlock and submitted within 1:30 of the first round, despite controlling the other 1:25 of that time. I want to see him become a legend in our sport, in the hope that his past in your "sports-entertainment" is pushed to the back of peoples minds.



Who are you to call MMA seedy? That statement reeks of hypocrisy coming from a pro wrestling name such as yourself. Professional wrestling lacks any kind of legitimacy, and is an industry riddled with steroids (The McMahon trials), deaths (Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit to name a few) and shambolically offensive writing (Necrophilia, blatant racism, offense to religions, giving birth to a hand, "Kennel from Hell", "Lost in Cleveland", Viagra on a pole).



And you dont need qualifications to be a UFC Champion? WCW had DAVID ARQUETTE and VINCE RUSSO as World Champions! How can you honestly come out with such drivel? Again, this is classic pot calling the kettle black.



Lesnar did not deserve his title shot. Many people stated this and to an extent I agreed with them. But in hindsight, if he could beat Couture so convincingly, who are we to say he didnt?



And yes, pro wrestling does take a degree of toughness, but thats only because the WWE overworks them so much. Many wrestlers have come out with a dependancy on pain killers as a result. Compared to Mixed Martial Arts however, we aren't seeing the likes of Kazushi Sakuraba, Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell etc become physically broken down and relying on painkillers as a result of their line of work. MMA is a much safer line of work, shether you can see it or not.



Your only fame now is living through Sherdog as a troll. Pro wrestling fans dont care for you so you're having to jump on the gravy train just to stay relevant. Please stop writing about MMA. We dont need or want your opinion.

I wrote this as a very pissy 19 year old, and while Ive gotten back into pro wrestling now at 22, I still stand behind every word I said here. Surprisingly I didnt hear a reply.

Not to mention he fact that at the time of that fight , Brock was thirty four and Randy was forty five. Seriously he had eleven years on him. Randy's great and all but come

[VenomFang]

Worst color commentator in wrestling history. He took loud, obnoxious, and boorish to a new level.

[Virt McGirt]

Dec 28, 2011 12:57:01 GMT -5 Ultimo Chocula said:

That picture looks like a cross between Bruce Villanch and Phil Donohue.

Bruce Donohanch?

[Sir Woodrow]

I like to think Nitro was really cancelled to get Mark Madden out of work