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Pittsburgh radio sportscaster Mark Madden has responded to a woman's Twitter insult by responding that all women are idiots who should 'get in the kitchen.' 6.mark madden twitter Mark Madden (born December 5, 1960) is an American talk-show host in Pittsburgh.He Is best known for his work as color commentator for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Madden hosts a weekday afternoon show from 3-6 PM on local radio station, 105.9 The X, and serves as a part-time sports columnist for TribLive.

In a storyline that has to have been booked by Vince Russo, Dave Meltzer took on Mark Madden in a Jim Cornette on a pole match on twitter Wednesday. Things kicked off when the beloved wrestling journalist, a frequent critic of WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump, criticized Trump's attempts to force CNN to apologize for the latest overnight ratings on Trump's presidency, which showed him losing the demographic rating and viewership number to Joe Biden. 'Legal threats over a poll result,' Meltzer wrote on Twitter. 'We've come to this. By the way, those with your 'CNN BAD, TRUMP GOOD' mentality, if you're not appalled by this it shows you're afraid of Freedom of Speech. So you can no longer cling to your Constitutional amendments any longer.'

When a Trump mark responded to Meltzer's tweet to say Meltzer was aligned with Cornette on the issue, Meltzer replied, 'Please don't simplify things into like Trump vs. hate Trump. That's the entire problem with discussing like adults. Obviously everyone should agree with Cornette when he makes sense on politics and disagree if he doesn't.'

It was at this point that former PW Torch journalist and former WCW announcer Mark Madden decided to resurface and blast Meltzer for his refusal to condemn Jim Cornette. Madden tweeted, 'What about when Jim uses the n-word? How should we feel when he does that? It's on tape, you know.' It's unknown why Madden chose this time to come out of whatever hole (Pittsburgh) he's been hiding in for the last twenty years. Maybe he only feels safe now that Chris Hyatte is dead?

In any case, Madden responded to several Meltzer marks who said that Meltzer criticizes Cornette all the time by saying he doesn't criticize him for racism, tweeting, 'Yeah. &Dave still supports him& certainly never buries him. B/c Dave's a mark for Cornette.' He added, 'RT'd a thread a few days ago that has audio of him using the N-word. &he called my house years ago& asked my mother if she could 'stop sucking [N-word] ***ks long enough to take a msg.' Yo, @davemeltzerWON …did that happen? You printed the PG-13 rated version, as I recall.'

'Show me where Dave has ever identified Cornette as a racist. I'll hang up& listen. 'New here.' ***k off. Believe me, I understand perfectly how this game works,' Madden continued, adding, 'No, I said he wouldn't call him out on his racism. Show where that happened, &where it's stated plainly. It's always the bull***t, 'Well, we know he's said some unfortunate things.' Same as when Dave wouldn't say Heenan got fired b/c he was drunk on the job.' Madden concluded, 'Has he ever called him a racist? Has he ever directly cited examples of his racism? Who gives a ***t if they argue about wrestling styles& 5-star matches? FFS.'

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Mark Madden 'The Super Genius' is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Mark Madden 'The Super Genius' and others you may know. Facebook gives people the. — Mark Madden (@MarkMaddenX) February 16, 2016 But I stand by everything said: She renounced #WWE cos of Trips' association w/Mayweather. Now she's mugging in the front row, &backstage.

Meltzer, for his part, kept his response brief, tweeting, 'Dude, you're asleep at the wheel. This is almost a laughing stock of a post. Earth to Mark, it's not 1995.' Madden replied, 'Asleep at the wheel? No, you've lost your fastball. The laughing stock is that you've never written or said that Cornette is a racist,&you know the evidence. It's always, 'Jim's done some unfortunate things, yada, yada.' You protect certain ppl. & I'm not the only one saying that.'

But in a surprise twist, Madden's old PWTorch teammate Bruce Mitchell appeared from underneath the Twitter ring in a David Arquette role to interfere in the match, attacking Madden from behind. 'Could someone please tell my friend Mark if he hadn't ghosted me three years ago, including muting my last reply to him, I could have helped him avoid this embarrassment, just like I did for dozens and dozens of similar ones over the years?' Mitchell tweeted. Business, as they say, is about to pick up.

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Born
Mark Madden

December 29, 1960 (age 60)
Alma materDuquesne University
OccupationSportscaster
Years active1992-present
Websitehttps://1059thex.iheart.com/featured/mark-madden/

Mark Madden (born December 29, 1960) is an American sports talk show host in Pittsburgh. He is best known for his work as a professional wrestling color commentator for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Madden hosts a weekday afternoon show from 3-6 PM on local radio station, 105.9 The X, and serves as a part-time sports columnist for TribLive.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Professional wrestling[edit]

World Championship Wrestling (1992-2001)[edit]

Madden wrote for Pro Wrestling Torch from 1992 to 1994. His most notable moment during this time came during an interview with baseball legend Hank Aaron, who was working for the Atlanta Braves at the time and was informed by Madden of the employment of 'Cowboy' Bill Watts by World Championship Wrestling, then a sister company to the Braves via their common ownership by Turner Broadcasting System. Madden had informed Aaron about racist comments Watts had made to the wrestling media before being hired by WCW as head booker and president, leading to Aaron to push for Watts' removal.[3]

The story gave Madden national attention, and he was eventually hired by WCW to work as a TV color commentator and magazine writer by Watts' replacement as WCW president, Eric Bischoff. Much of his time during WCW's peak in the Monday Night Wars was behind the scenes, though he did run the WCW Hotline, a 900 number service with 'insider tips' alongside Gene Okerlund. He also befriended his childhood idol, Ric Flair; the two remain close friends today.

Starting in early 2000, he began appearing on WCW television on a regular basis, replacing Bobby Heenan (in both a cost-cutting move as well as Heenan's own declining health) on the commentary booth on WCW Monday Nitro & WCW Thunder, as well as the pay-per-view events. Primarily a heel during this time, Madden's wrestling persona would be similar to his radio talk show persona in Pittsburgh. He did see some in-ring action against Okerlund (both losses), as well as being unprovokingly attacked by Tank Abbott who started randomly attacking people (ironically at Madden's encouragement) until Bill Goldberg answered a challenge that never was resolved on WCW television.

During his run as color commentator on WCW, Madden began wearing Hawaiian shirts at the insistence of Vince Russo. Madden, who didn't like wearing a shirt and tie, liked it so much that he continues to wear them today on his radio show and as a panelist on a Sunday night sports show on WPXI.[4]

Shortly before Vince McMahon purchased WCW in March 2001, Madden was fired for making disparaging remarks about the company, lobbying for the return of the fired Scott Hall, and disclosing information about the sale of WCW.[5]

Post-WCW (2001-present)[edit]

Madden spent several years as a regular columnist for Wade Keller's Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter. He currently writes occasional Editorials for the Wrestlezone.com website, having previously featured on their Chair Shot Reality, weekly discussion show. Madden has stated on multiple occasions that he has no interest in ever appearing on WWE programming.

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Within the wrestling world, Madden was known for his legitimate running feud with Diamond Dallas Page. Madden has often blamed Page for his firing from WCW (though he was happy to go at the time) and has often referred to him as 'DDMe' on his online articles and radio shows. While Page has offered to appear on Madden's show, Madden declines each time. While Madden gave Page credit for turning around the lives of Jake Roberts and Scott Hall, he cited Page's use of TV cameras to film the progress of their rehabilitation in Page's home, which he felt was unnecessary and more or less was used to fuel Page's ego.[6][7] By 2020, however, Madden and Page had made up at a Starrcast event, at the encouragement of Sean Waltman.[8] Madden is also known for his long-running feud with Jim Cornette, which reportedly started after Madden was offended by racist comments Cornette made towards Madden's mother.[9]

After weeks of teasing it, in 2021, Madden began co-hosting The Best Wrestling Show. with former WWE VP of Global Television Production Mike Mansury, a wrestling podcast produced by Pat McAfee. The podcast is available for free on YouTube.

Local sports journalism[edit]

A 1982 graduate of Duquesne University, and member of Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity, Madden has also worked within mainstream sports journalism, including fifteen years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he primarily covered high schools for the paper's suburban sections, as well as stints at the now-defunct Penguins Report and the weekly Pittsburgh City Paper. He subsequently appeared as a featured guest on Action Sports Sunday on WTAE-TV, a half-hour sports discussion show. The Post-Gazette reported on November 17, 2006 that WTAE-TV dropped Mark Madden as a freelance sports commentator on its Sunday night sports show.[10] In 2015, Madden joined WPNT for a nightly televised sports talk show, an edited replay of his radio show, which was removed from WPNT's schedule in 2016.[11] Madden often nicknames himself the 'Super Genius' on his programs and social media due to having an IQ score of 166, of which he was tested on in the fourth grade.[12]

Madden wrote a weekly column called 'Monday Madden' for the Beaver County Times, a Pittsburgh-area newspaper, starting in May 2007; the column continued for over a decade until his departure to work for TribLive in 2018.

In May 2008, Madden was fired from his talk show on Pittsburgh's 1250 ESPN radio station for the following comment: 'I'm very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated.'[13][14] The move ultimately benefitted Madden while backfiring on the station; while Madden's ratings improved upon the move to WXDX-FM, WEAE's ratings plummeted and has changed formats & call signs multiple times since Madden's departure.

Another area of sports in which Madden is heavily involved is the game of street hockey. Madden runs Street Hockey USA, and is also involved in the American Street Hockey Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the game of street/dek/ball hockey in America. He has coached numerous National Champion teams over the years (most notably his Pittsburgh Wizards team), as well as coaching the United States Junior team to a gold medal in the 2006 World Junior Championship in Germany.[15]

On April 3, 2011, his Beaver County Times column addressed a then-current grand jury investigation into alleged child sexual abuse by former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, suggesting the possibility of a Penn State cover-up.[16] After Sandusky was indicted on over 40 felony charges, Madden appeared on The Dennis and Callahan Show, a Boston sports talk radio program, on November 10. During his appearance, he reported a rumor being investigated by two prominent columnists that Sandusky and his Second Mile children's charity may have been 'pimping out young boys to rich donors.'[17]

Views on Pittsburgh sports teams[edit]

Madden's views on Pittsburgh's three major professional sports teams are mixed. While Madden usually defends the Penguins, he has mixed views about the Pittsburgh Steelers and is harshly critical of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[18]

With the Steelers Madden has often praised the Rooney family for going all-out to win but questions the team's decisions regarding off-field actions of their players, and was particularly critical of Antonio Brown.[18][19] Madden has also been critical of the team's non-confrontational tactics regarding team legends near the end of their careers dating back to Franco Harris, though he did defend the team regarding James Harrison.[20]

Along with John Steigerwald, Madden was one of the few local sports journalists to defend former Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart, feeling Stewart was being unfairly judged due to being African American and was also critical of the Steelers decision to have Stewart downplay rumors of his homosexuality.[21]

With regards to the Pirates, Madden is highly critical of team owner Robert Nutting placing profits ahead of putting a competitive product on the field and is critical of Pirates fans who continuously support the team, feeling that the team will not be consistently a contender unless Nutting sells the team.[18][22] As such, Madden is one of the only local sportscasters who will not cover the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Personal life[edit]

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Madden was raised as an only child by a single mother in Reserve Township, having never met his father nor showing any interest in tracking him down.[23] His mother, a speech teacher at North Hills High School with whom Madden was very close with, died in 2006.[24]

Madden is an avid fan of Liverpool F.C, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and idolizes Penguins center Mario Lemieux. Late in Lemieux's career, Madden made note of his 'repeatedly trying to score directly off faceoffs.' He once bet Lemieux $66 that he could not score directly off a draw. Lemieux thought the $66 bet was 'cheap,' and challenged Madden to a $6,600 bet. Madden accepted, and agreed that all the money would go to the Mario Lemieux Foundation. Lemieux had attempted the shot several times, with the closest effort being a post shot against the Calgary Flames on December 21, 2002. On December 23, 2002, Lemieux lined up against Buffalo Sabres faceoff specialist Chris Gratton. With the Penguins tied 2-2 and Gratton being a left-handed draw, Lemieux used the opportunity to take the shot on net. Lemieux shot the puck as it was dropped, going between Gratton's legs, off defenseman Alexei Zhitnik's skate, and eventually past goaltender Mika Noronen. Lemieux immediately looked to the pressbox, where he knew Madden was watching the game, and raised his arms. Lemieux admitted to trying the shot several times and that it was a tough shot to do without a good bounce. After the goal, Madden said he was planning a telethon to help him raise the $6,600 promised to the Mario Lemieux Foundation.[25]

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In addition to his love for the Penguins, Madden is known for his unabashed hate of the Philadelphia Flyers and often pokes fun at the fact that while they were the only Expansion Six team to win a Stanley Cup within the teams' first decade, the Flyers have had lack of success in winning the Cup again (despite regular season and postseason success) while the Penguins have doubled the Flyers in Cup wins. This eventually led to Madden creating a parody Twitter account 'Since Flyers Last Cup', which daily counts how many days it has been since the Flyers last won the Cup.[26] The account became so popular among Penguins fans and non-Flyers fans that the official Flyers Twitter account eventually blocked the 'Since Flyers Last Cup' account.[27]

Madden was hospitalized on January 29, 2006 after suffering a heart attack during a dek-hockey tournament in Reading, Pennsylvania. Madden drove himself to a local hospital after feeling nauseated, and had the heart procedure done a day after checking in. He resumed his radio show three days later, although in a different time slot.[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Mark Madden - 105.9 The X'.
  2. ^'Mark Madden'.
  3. ^https://deadspin.com/hank-aaron-sparked-pro-wrestlings-first-major-racism-st-1823080138
  4. ^https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2017/08/17/quick-quotes-mark-madden-reveals-strange-reason-started-wearing-hawaiian-shirts-air-thoughts-jim-cornette-former-world-champion-thinks-big-baby/
  5. ^Rouvalis, Cristina (January 3, 2001). 'WCW bosses give Madden the boot'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  6. ^http://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/873519-mark-madden-gives-his-thoughts-on-jim-cornette-the-wcw-vs-wwe-product-if-wcw-management-was-ever-upset-with-him-hawaiian-shirts-more
  7. ^http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0801/598978/ex-wcw-announcer-rips-ddp/
  8. ^https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/mark-madden-and-ddp-have-buried-the-hatchet-after-not-speaking-for-20-years/
  9. ^https://411mania.com/wrestling/mark-madden-jim-cornette-is-like-a-two-dollar-hooker/
  10. ^'Tuned In: WPXI serves up burgers, fries with Friday evening newscasts'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 17, 2006.
  11. ^'TV/radio notes: WPNT-TV adds Mark Madden'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  12. ^https://thealmanac.net/sports/super-genius-raising-money-for-south-fayette-hockey-program/article_4ccfef76-0cf5-11e8-a2ca-03e07e947075.html
  13. ^'Madden removed from air by ESPN'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 28, 2008.
  14. ^'Radio Host Fired For Kennedy Murder Quip'. CBS News. May 28, 2008.
  15. ^'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  16. ^Madden, Mark (April 3, 2011). 'Madden: Sandusky a state secret'. Beaver County Times. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  17. ^Hurley, Michael (November 10, 2011). 'Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,' Says Mark Madden'. NESN.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  18. ^ abcTimes, Mark Madden Special to The. 'Mark Madden: Steelers, Pirates show this week where their commitments lie'.
  19. ^Times, Mark Madden Special to The. 'Mark Madden: It is time for Antonio Brown to grow up, but don't hold your breath'.
  20. ^https://triblive.com/sports/mark-maddens-hot-take-steelers-making-it-hard-for-ben-roethlisberger-to-return/
  21. ^https://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020113newsmaker0113p4.asp
  22. ^Times, Mark Madden Special for The. 'Mark Madden: Pirates are in a race for the NL Central, forcing Bob Nutting to think differently at trade deadline'.
  23. ^https://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000302madden2.asp#:~:text=Madden%20grew%20up%20middle%2Dclass,divorced%20when%20he%20was%20young.&text=Colleagues%20say%20he%20is%20a,mother%2C%20a%20retired%20speech%20teacher.
  24. ^https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2006/05/21/Obituary-Peggy-Ann-Madden-Retired-North-Hills-teacher-was-nationally-known-forensics-coach/stories/200605210243
  25. ^Dejan Kovacevic (2002-12-24). 'Lemieux a bet to convert some magic'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  26. ^'SinceFlyersLastCup (@SinceFlyersCup)'. Twitter.
  27. ^'SinceFlyersLastCup on Twitter'.
  28. ^'Madden Back On Air After Heart Attack'. WTAE.com. 2006-02-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-11.

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Further reading[edit]

  • Molinaro, John F. 'Mark Madden fired by WCW'. SLAM Wrestling.

External links[edit]

  • Mark Madden on Twitter
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