To officially kick off the month of August, the one & only Jimmy Noonan joined The Big Mosh & Blade for the highly-anticipated debut of "Noonan Speaks," which is available exclusively on The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network. After two+ years of silence, Jimmy has agreed to break his silence about all things his time with & in the WWE. "When you (Mosh) & I were talking a couple of weeks ago about possible names for my segment, one of the things I was thinking was ‘Jimmy Noonan Sour Grapes’ or ‘Disgruntled Ex-Employee,’ cause anytime this stuff happens & a guy talks a few years later, it’s always ‘he was a disgruntled ex-employee.’ And that’s not where I’m coming from here. There are going to be things that we talk about, and there will be things that are off-limits here. And we all have an agenda, and it’s time for my agenda: We are gonna tell stories about wrestlers: That’s what I traveled with…That’s what I know. I am not gonna’ talk about families, I’m not gonna talk about drugs, I’m not gonna talk about stories where anybody gets hurt, This is more human interest stuff."
The question on the minds & hearts of WWE fans across the globe is why is Jimmy speaking out now? "It’s almost two & a half years later, and I’ve got something to say. I’ve been asking for years by magazines, by radio stations, by people in the know what I think. Am I ready to talk? I wasn’t ready….I wasn’t willing…I wasn’t able…It’s not really my thing. But now, I feel like it’s my turn. People forget or don’t even know that before the WWE, I had a very big life: I had acted in over 20 films, I have been on Broadway, I had done all of the top New York City TV shows, guest-starred in ‘Sex & The City,’ I had written my first screen play & sold it to Hollywood, and I was working on four more. I had a personal training business & working security detail with top people (doing executive protection for visiting dignitaries & sports teams). I was thriving in the capital of the world,
One would think that Jimmy was content & had the life that most would love to be able to have and/or experience. However, he was at a crossroads in his life, where he was attempting to begin a world outside of the WWE, which was not a simple transition by any stretch. "I come out of the WWE, and I came out with nothing…I asked for some help, and they wouldn’t give me any help. The answer was, ‘We don’t have to, because it’s not in your contract.’ And now, I got a two-year-old daughter. It’s not like I can look for a job. Here I am traveling back & forth to the west coast & doing my regular thing, so I can’t look for a job. So I hung out, and I got nothing. I come out of WWE…nobody knows me, because I have WWE for seven years. I’ll be honest with you…nobody on the outside of wrestling gives a crap about WWE…They don’t care. Do you know what the percentage of the Planet Earth knows who Stephanie McMahon & Randy Orton are? Nobody knows or cares. And then finally, in June (a couple of months later), and Chris Benoit goes home & kills his family. Here I am, in the middle of that, interviewing with the top companies in
Former WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar, is indeed now the hottest thing in the world of MMA, as he is currently the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Noonan goes way back with Lesnar, all the way back to his pre-WWE days in Ohio Valley Wrestling. "We can’t talk about Brock Lesnar without talking about the OVW ‘Class Of 2002.’ We’re talking about what could be talked about in the future as a ‘Golden Age Of Wrestling.’
Jimmy went on to describe Brock Lesnar: the person, which is the part of Brock that he got to know quite well during his time in the WWE. "Brock had a flair for performance. He could take a small moment in time & make a legendary story. That was the ring performer, but there are stories about Brock & things that I remember on the outside, he was really not a people person at all. When we went through airports, he hated people coming up to him, and we lived in airports. He hated the marks, he hated the autograph seekers." Noonan continued to say that Brock had complete contempt for the boys…with the exception of Kurt Angle.
The Brian Kendrick was "future endeavored" at the end of last week, amongst rumors of repeated drug test failures & other things that may have contributed to his release. Jimmy was asked if we have seen the last of Kendrick, who is someone that has had several opportunities & chances within World Wrestling Entertainment. "Of course not…Kendrick doesn’t care. He’s an amazing wrestler, he’s an amazing talent, just one of the nicest kids. Kendrick’s just a surfer dude & just whatever will be, will be. He cares, but just goes with the flow. He’s really too talented not to come back. They will find something for him & bring him back just like they did with Shannon Moore."
Mark your calendars Mayhem Nation…as Jimmy returns to the program on Monday night, August 31st to make some more noise! In the meanwhile, be sure to submit your questions & comments for Jimmy to the MNM/Sizzlin’ Sauces inbox (located at MondayNightMayhem@hotmail.com), in addition to The Mayhem’s official MySpace & Facebook pages (www.MySpace.com/MondayNightMayhem & www.Facebook.com/MondayNightMayhem). Jimmy would love to hear some suggestions for future editions of "Noonan Speaks," including which of your favorite WWE superstars & divas you would like for him to discuss his fondest memories of, as well as his best stories working with throughout his career in World Wrestling Entertainment. Log on to Jimmy’s official Facebook page (located at www.Facebook.com/JimmyNoonan), and interact with the newest member of "Your Home Of Wrestling Radio."
