Jonel Jaksa
Jonel's bio:
When I was in college, I majored in journalism and wanted to write about music and popular culture. When I was much younger but still an aspiring writer, I wanted to work for a wrestling magazine. I found myself studying for a career in broadcasting with the intent to write for radio or television. I’ve been in radio for 10 years now. Eight of them spent here at 1130 AM, Detroit Sports Talk. I started watching wrestling in 1984. Roddy Piper attacked Jimmy Snuka on Piper’s Pit and I was hooked. Later that year I discovered NWA Wrestling from
Georgia on TBS and was an instant fan. I also remember watching AWA Wrestling as well as World Class Championship Wrestling on ESPN weekdays after school. I stopped watching wrestling right around 1991 when I graduated high school. I started watching wrestling again in 1997 when I was flipping channels and thought to myself, “What the hell is Hulk Hogan doing being a bad guy?” I was hooked again. I watched WCW exclusively until its demise in 2001 so I missed the heyday of the WWF Attitude Era. Thank goodness for DVDs. Today I’m a fan of WWE and TNA, I enjoy seeing Ring of Honor live and I think everyone should check out a local independent wrestling show and support all the wrestlers who bust their asses for the handful of fans in attendance.
1. Born?
November 8, 1973. Detroit, Michigan.
2. Hometown?I currently reside in New Baltimore, Michigan.
3. Marital Status? Happily married to Therese. Not only is she my lovely wife but she’s a hell of a Real Estate Agent. If you’re looking to buy or sell, check out her site at
Secord Jaksa Real Estate Group. It will help put me one step closer to an early retirement.
4. What High School did you attend?Warren
High School in
Warren,
Michigan.
5. College?Macomb
Community College.
Specs
Howard
School of Broadcast Arts.
6. What else do you do at 1130 AM?I’m the Production Director. I produce advertiser commercials and imaging for the station. I also do traffic reports every weekday afternoon for 1130 AM, 100.3-FM WNIC, 106.7-FM The Beat and Channel 95.5-FM.
7. All-time favorite wrestlers?
“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Sabu, and Hulk Hogan in his mid-80s WWF prime.
8. Favorite Current Wrestlers?
John Morrison, "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero, Christopher Daniels, Rob Van Dam, A.J. Styles.
9. Favorite up-and-coming wrestlers?
Justin Gabriel, Huksy Harris & Michael McGillicutty.
10. Favorite tag teams?
Current: The Motor City Machine Guns
Past: The Outsiders, The Road Warriors before WWF.
11. Favorite Feuds?
The Four Horsemen vs. Dusty & friends, nWo vs. WCW, Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff.
12. Most hated wrestlers?
The Great Collie. I mean, Khali. Honest mistake cause he's such a dog. Also never cared for Lex Luger or Gene Snitsky.
13. Favorite wrestlers you've met in person?
Rob Van Dam, Chris Benoit, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Marty Jannetty.
14. Favorite wrestling theme music?
It’s hard to deny the Ultimate Warrior’s theme song, the theme for the Midnight Express or the nWo porn music, but I’ll go with “The Game” by Motorhead.
15. Best wrestling show you've attended live?
Tie between Wrestlemania 23 at Ford Field and the first time I got to see NWA Wrestling live. September 25, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The main event saw “Hands of Stone” Ronnie Garvin beat Ric Flair for the NWA Championship in a cage.
16. Favorite moment in wrestling?
Tie between Hogan, Hall and Nash returning to WWF as the nWo and Chris Benoit winning the title at Wrestlemania 20. And there was something about Hogan beating King Kong Bundy in the big, blue cage at Wrestlemania 2 that I'll always remember for some reason!
17. What you'd change about wrestling if you could?
I'd hire me as a writer.
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