{"id":63544,"date":"2020-02-24T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=63544"},"modified":"2020-02-24T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:28:04","slug":"mlw-star-richard-holliday-on-his-april-18th-appearance-in-chicago-at-intimidation-games-his-feelings-about-chicago-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/mlw-star-richard-holliday-on-his-april-18th-appearance-in-chicago-at-intimidation-games-his-feelings-about-chicago-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MLW Star Richard Holliday On His April 18th Appearance in Chicago at &#8220;Intimidation Games,&#8221; His Feelings About Chicago &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab';\">Arguably the fastest-growing wrestling company today, Major League Wrestling \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/mlw-wrestling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLW<\/a>, for short \u2014 is seen around the world weekly via its TV series <em>Major League Wrestling: FUSION<\/em>. MLW is also the parent company of the MLW Radio Network, the leading provider of professional wrestling podcasts in the world, and regularly presents live shows internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab';\">Among the top talent regularly seen on <em>Major League Wrestling: FUSION<\/em> is The Dynasty, the affluent and high-powered stable consisting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/mlw-intimidation-games-2020-major-league-wrestling-fusion-tv-taping-tickets-77732496991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Holliday<\/a>, Alexander Hammerstone, and Gino Medina; Medina recently replaced Maxwell Jacob Friedman \u2014 short for MJF, of course \u2014 in Dynasty. Not only have all of the past and present members of The Dynasty held championship gold at some point, but the trio&#8217;s recurring <em>Lifestyles Of The Rich &amp; Dynastic<\/em> segments on<em> FUSION<\/em> have been arguably the show&#8217;s most popular non-wrestling segments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab';\">The Connecticut-based Richard Holliday \u2014 often known as both &#8220;The Most Marketable Man In Wrestling&#8221; and &#8220;The AirPod God&#8221; \u2014 bestowed on me the honor of speaking with him by phone on February 20, 2020. Within our conversation, we had discussed MLW&#8217;s upcoming <em>Intimidation Games<\/em> live event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/mlw-intimidation-games-2020-major-league-wrestling-fusion-tv-taping-tickets-77732496991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago&#8217;s Cicero Stadium<\/a> on April 18th, his true feelings about Chicago pizza and Chicago&#8217;s music scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab';\">The full conversation with Holliday is embedded below for your listening pleasure; those preferring to read a partial transcription of the chat will be able to read it later this month via the UK-based <a href=\"http:\/\/wrestlingsc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>STEELCHAIR Wrestling Magazine<\/em><\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab';\">For more on Richard Holliday, you can follow him via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MostMarketable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/MostMarketable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, while MLW can be visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1278\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTgxbPIVLm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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