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The GoFundMe campaign to assist Lloyd Anoa'i as he battles kidney failure and prepares for a future surgery hit its goal of $10,000 yesterday thanks to WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash. The campaign is still active at this link. Over the course of his career, Anoa'i wrestled for the original ECW as LA Smooth of the Samoan Gangsta Party and made appearances for WWF under several ring names, including The Tahitian Savage. He also had a run in Puerto Rico for the WWC as The Tahitian Warrior. Everyone at PWInsider.com sends Lloyd and the entire Anoa'i family all the best. He's actually slated to wrestle this weekend in Florida.
You can pre-order signed copies of Dean Hill's new memoir at EatSleepWrestle.com.
Deadspin.com covered Luke Hawx's rise to playing Steve Austin on Young Rock:
The Blu-Ray set Enter Santo: The First Adventures of the Silver-Masked Man will be officially released on 1/31. Promotional material for the set:
Immediately recognizable by his distinctive silver mask, the heroic wrestler known as El Santo (‘The Saint’) was Mexico’s most popular luchador, becoming a folk hero and the star of a hugely popular series of action films. Enter Santo: The First Adventures of the Silver-Masked Man presents the two earliest cinematic excursions of this icon of Mexican popular culture.
In Santo vs. Evil Brain (Santo contra cerebro del mal), the dastardly Doctor Campos is kidnapping and brainwashing scientists. When undercover detective Santo falls prey to Campos’ scheme, Lieutenant Zambrano (Enrique Zambrano) and El Incognito (Fernando Osés) must come to his assistance to foil Campos’ plans. Meanwhile, in the same year’s Santo vs. Infernal Men (Santo contra hombres infernales), the trio of Santo, El Incognito, and Zambrano team up once again to fight a band of drug smugglers.
Shot in Cuba in the final days before Fidel Castro entered Havana, these two films represent the celluloid birth of a true screen legend, and spawned a further fifty Santo films. Beautifully restored in 4K from the original negatives, these thrilling films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, including a feature-length documentary, a poster, and an 80-page book.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 2 x BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• Brand new 4K restorations from the original camera negatives of Santo vs. Evil Brain and Santo vs. Infernal Men
• Original mono audio
• Perdida (2011), feature-length documentary by Viviana García-Besné, granddaughter of Jorge García-Besné, exploring her family’s massive contribution to Mexican cinema, including initiating the Santo series
• Archival interview with actor Joaquín Cordero (2010)
• Santo vs. Evil Brainrestoration comparison
• Santo vs. Infernal Menrestoration comparison
• Perdida image gallery: stills collection from the Calderón family
• New and improved optional English translation subtitles
• Limited Edition exclusive 80-page book
• Limited Edition exclusive poster
• World premieres on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 6,000 copies for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
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