I want to send a huge thank you to Jamie Hemmings, the book editor for SLAM WRESTLING who first contacted me about my book, Jon Langmead who did the awesome review, Greg Oliver and Dave Hillhouse, along with Jamie, from Slam who were part of the Wrestling Bookmarks Covid Con that I was invited to be on that aired Live on FITE TV, and to Kenny Cassanova who invited me to be on that event. This is awesome for me, a young man at the time from Vicksburg, Mississippi to get such great coverage and support from these folks. These people are all super nice and I am honored!! They are the best!!

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So Many Memories!

Getting ready to announce a match with Iron Mike Sharpe in Vicksburg, Ms mid 70's

I have so many memories from the days of true professional wrestling and being so fortunate of being a part of it. I grew up in the country in Vicksburg, Mississippi, worked on our farm raising Black Angus cattle from a very young age, realized as I got older that my father was a wrestler, his half brother and two of my older cousins were wrestlers, and one day I would become involved in the business! Not as a wrestler, but on the promotional end of the business with my father. It was an experience that you can only appreciate if you were part of it. The best professors in the world cannot teach you about what life is like on the road six nights a week, dealing with so many people in so many towns, learning a business from the ground up and I was only involved in one state! The experiences, the stories and the memories that last a lifetime. The brotherhood. I would not change a thing! Unfortunately, so many from those days have passed on, I still keep in touch with those I knew, but those days are gone. I am finishing up my book on those days and hope that by sharing those memories you will appreciate them and have a better understanding about what those days were like. I was blessed! Stay Tuned!!!
 

Just a quick post

From one of our programs when we were promoting ICW in Mississippi. Tom Jones was a true legend in professional wrestling and Tom "Boogaloo" Shaft was one of the best talkers around on the mic and also one tough, legit man that believe me, you did not want to mess with! These two appealed to wrestling fans of every age and color and were truly two of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet! Before Shaft got into professional wrestling he was a boxer and told stories about sparring with Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), and later compete in many Tough Man competitions being held around the country before they were banned. RIP my friends. Was an honor knowing you both and traveling many miles together.

Rings and Not

There were many times we would have minor things happen, like a top rope popping out in one corner from one of these big guys being thrown hard into the turnbuckles, but things like that were usually easily fixed, even while the match is going on. Then there are the other times like what happened in Hattiesburg, Mississippi one night at the National Guard Armory. It was during a match with Gene Lewis and someone, I cannot remember who for the life of me. I was walking in the back headed for one of the dressing rooms when all of a sudden there was a huge, loud explosion that sounded like a bomb, and I believe the building actually shook. I looked around real quick and saw that everyone had jumped to their feet except for three people. Those three people were Gene Lewis, his opponent and the referee. The damn ring had collapsed big time! I saw a huge puff of dust in the air, the referee hanging onto the sagging ropes trying to pull himself up out of the hole in the center of the ring, but no sign of Gene or the other wrestler. As I was running towards the ring, fearing the worse, I see the two wrestlers heads and shoulders pop up. Thank God they are alive!

Another little tease from my upcoming book

Security was on their toes stationed between the dressing room and the ring watching for signs of trouble when here he comes, Bobby bolting out of the dressing room running straight towards the ring. The crowd was on their feet yelling and screaming and it seemed for a moment he had made it there safely and security was prepared to get all involved safely back to the dressing rooms. As Bobby hit the ring the referee was calling for a disqualification, the time keeper was ringing the bell, then it quickly became obvious that there was quite a bit of blood on the ring canvas. Someone was bleeding very badly, but who? About as soon as Jack and Bobby jumped out of the ring there was no doubt. It was Bobby with blood gushing out from what appeared to be between his legs! As soon as he got back to the dressing room, leaving a trail of blood from the ring, he was immediately rushed to the emergency room. I don't think anybody knew exactly what happened, not even Bobby, but later it became clear. At some point during the excitement someone had slipped underneath the ring, right behind the ring post where they knew Bobby would be coming, and as he was jumping into the ring they thrust a knife upwards into him, catching him with one leg in the air as he jumped! The knife had hit a artery on the inside of his upper thigh, about as close as it could come to where I think you can imagine the assailant intended, then he or she vanished into the crowd and out the door. It all happened so quickly. That was a night when a fan's emotions could have easily become deadly.