Miami, Florida- In a recent conversation I had with Craig Valentine, Valentine addressed the Karen Stephens issue.

Valentine and Stephens, who has a talent agency in Florida, have been at odds over money. Stephens claims that Valentine had been overdue paying her talent, and Stephens even took a shot at me, saying that I presented her story in very one-sided fashion. Though I didn’t put the words in
Valentine’s mouth when he referred to Stephens ponderous girth.

Valentine insists that all of Stephens girls have been paid and that checks had been sent out certified mail within the 30-day pay agreement.

“Everything was done the way it was supposed to be,” says Valentine also noting that he’s bringing his company out to California.

“Looks like January will be our official arrival into the Los Angeles area,” Valentine says. “We’re going to be opening up NPO Studios in LA. We’re going to have a wrestling ring in the studios so we can practice.”

“Just like the old XPW days,” I tell Valentine. “That place was overrun with wrestlers.”

“Did you have fun in the old days?” Valentine asked.

“I had the best times in the industry back with Extreme,” I tell him.

“Every whack job in the world was located under one roof.”

The fact that he’s moving his studios to Los Angeles also means that Valentine himself is relocating.

“I’ll be happy shooting my movies,” Valentine says, mentioning that he will be taping wrestling shows every three weeks. Meanwhile, Valentine’s next show is scheduled for Los Angeles, July 20.

Valentine, who might be regarded in some circles as porn’s 800 pound gorilla, is adding a 317 pound female wrestler to his stable.

“Her name’s going to be Stephanie Stevens,” he laughs.

And it doesn’t take a genius to figure that Valentine, whose wrestling storylines mirror actual happenings in the adult industry, is taking a poke at Karen Stephens.

“I’ve written our entire industry drama into my shows,” explains Valentine.

“So Karen Stephens’ drama just became my paycheck. And there’s never a shortage of it in our business. I want to see this 12 sandwich-eating chick get into the ring.”

In the real sense of things, Valentine says Stephens broke the cardinal wrestling rule of what happens in the locker room staying in the locker room.

“For her to violate the rule voids the contracts of her girls,” continues Valentine.

“They forfeit their pay for breaking confidentiality. That’s my no-no. You do not disclose what goes on in there. And there’s a lot of pissed off wrestlers right now. You know how testy they get about how things go. They’re pissed off because she disrespected wrestling veterans by indicating in her posts that everything behind the scenes was amateurish.”

Valentine announces that Harry Weiss is now a part of the NPO storyline.

“You know who he’s managing- the Scumbag Agents,” Valentine laughs. “And Stephanie Stephens is going to be managed by the Scumbag Agents. And believe it or not I found another female wrestler who’s going to be called Stinky Pussy.”

Which, if explanation is needed, is another poke at Stephens and one of her girls Nikki James.

Valentine says he’d even consider writing a Max Hardcore character into the shows.

“But I don’t have anybody who wants to throw up on anybody,” he says.