CLASSY INDY GROUPS, RARE BUT STILL EXIST!!


I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT SINCE BEING BACK ON TOUR WITH INDY PROMOTIONS..IT'S DEFINITELY..A TRIP...YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT...ANYTHING FROM BEING PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT BY THE PROMOTERS GIRLFRIEND WITH HER 6 KIDS, AND ALL SQUEEZING IN A HONDA ACCORD FOR 2 HOURS..TO HAVING TO MAKE A DOZEN CALLS TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR RIDE IS... THAT'S FOR STARTERS..

THEN, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA BE TOLD THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS(YES, LIKE THEY WERE NEVER MADE), SO, WOULD YOU MIND STAYING AT THE PROMOTERS HOME..OR ONE OF HIS FRIENDS HOUSE..IN WHICH YOU WILL BE HAVING A SMALL AUTOGRAPH SESSION FOR ALL HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND ANYONE ELSE HE HAS BRAGGED TO THAT YOU WILL BE STAYING THERE...ALL NIGHT LONG!! AND SLEEP ON THE COUCH DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT. AND FOR THE MOST PART, I GOTS NO PROBLEM DOING DOING THAT IF IT SOMES DOWN TO HELPING THE PROMOTER OUT..AND SOMETIMES, A BEAUTIFUL LADY WILL SHOW UP AND...WELL, IF YOU ARE SINGLE...IT'S COOL...

BUT ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE YOU RUN ACROSS A STEVE "SLICK" NEILSON, OWNER OF ULTIMATE CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING-ZERO (UCW-ZERO.COM) OUT IN SALT LAKE, UTAH.

HE AND HE BOYZ WERE SO GOOD TO ME, HELL I CONSIDERED MOVING OUT THERE. TO STEAL A COINED PHRASE FROM MY BOY ERASER.."THEY WREEK OF AWESOMENESS AND CLASS !!" FROM AIRPORT PICK UP..TO AIRPORT DROP OFF AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN, THEY DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. I CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WENT TO MY HOTEL ROOM AND THEY ALREADY HAD IT STOCKED WITH SNACK FOODS, HEALTH FOODS, HORS D'OEUVRES(SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE SPELLED..OR DERVS, BUT IT AINT CAUSE I SPELL CHECKED IT, SO HUSH **** IT!!) A COOLER FULL OF SPORTS DRINKS, BOTTLED WATERS AND...COCKTAIL MIXES) AND OH YES, THE COCKTAIL ITSELF..IN THIS CASE IT WAS A $100.00 BOTTLE OF VODKA, THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE..AND EVEN THOUGH I DONT REALLY DRINK THAT MUCH ANYMORE, I HAD TO CHECK IT OUT...IT WAS THE BEST!! SMOOTH, IT FORCED ME TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE OR TWO JUST CAUSE IT TASTED SO GOOD..I THINK THERE WAS SOME CHAMPAGNE, AND COGNAC...WHATEVER IT ALL WAS, IT WAS WAY MORE THAN ONE MAN COULD DRINK IN 2 DAYS...EVEN WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS..

THEN THERE WAS THE TAKING ME OUT TO DINNER THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW..A COOL AZZ RESTRAUNT AT THE TOP OF A 15-20 FLOOR HOTEL WITH A VIEW OVERLOOKING DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY,(WHICH IS VERY BEAUTIFUL, AND ESPECIALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN THE FAR BACKGROUND) AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THOSE REVOLVING RESTRAUNTS..OR AT LEAST I WAS REVOLVING..

AND ANYWAY, THE NEXT NIGHT AT THE SHOW, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW WELL ORGANIZED THESE GUYS WERE...ESPECIALLY FOR INDYS..AND THEIR SOLD OUT ARENA THAT NIGHT WAS FILLED WITH THE KIND OF WRESTLING FANS WE LIVE FOR..YOU GUYS IN THE INDUSTRY KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY>>THE ONES WHO "POP" (INDUSTRY TERM FOR A SUDDEN BUST OUT CHEERING) FROM THE VERY BEGINNING MATCH, AND AT A SIMPLE SINGLE MOVE OR EASY SLAM(SUCH AS A TACKLE)...AND ARE STILL JUST AS ACTIVE AND INTO IT, FOR THE VERY FINAL MATCH AND LAST MOVE OF THE NIGHT!!!

THE GUYS IN THE BACK, HIS WRESTLERS, REFS, PRODUCTION CREW...REALLY ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE SHOW, WERE ALL SO VERY CLASSY..RESPECTFUL AND FUN...FULL OF **** AND VINEGAR..READY TO MAKE THE BEST SHOW HAPPEN FOR THEIR FANS.. I LOVE SEEING THAT IN THE NEW GUYS. OH AND OF COURSE THE DRESSING ROOM WAS STOCKED WITH THE SPORTS DRINKS, WATER, AND..FOOD..AND EVEN..SOME BEER "FOR AFTER YOUR MATCH OF COURSE".. THE SHOW WENT VERY WELL..AND, THEY TREATED THEIR FANS WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT EVEN AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER..

MANY OF THE GUYS WENT OUT AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS AFTER THE SHOW...THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT, AS MANY INDYS WILL RUSH THEIR FANS OUT OF THE BUILDING AFTERWARDS AND DO IT VERY RUDELY. GRANTED SOMETINES YOU GOT TIME CONSTRAINTS AND NEED EVERYONE OUT ASAP...BUT, YOU CAN DO IT IN A MANNER THAT ISNT INSULTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO JUST PAID THEIR GOOD HARD EARNED MONEY TO SELL OUT YOUR SHOW.

SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO THROW OUT A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO YOU STEVE AND YOUR GOUP. ONE OF THE BEST INDY ORGANIZATIONS I'VE BEEN WITH IN A LONG LONG TIME. IF THERE WERE MORE GROUPS LIKE YOURS...THE INDY WORLD WOULDNT BE SOMETHING THE GUYS FROM WWE, TNA OR WHATEVER OTHER LARGER TV GROUP OUT THERE, WOULD FROWN UPON WORKING FOR, AND REALLY TREAT THEM LIKE SHIZNIT. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT, WRESTLING AS A WHOLE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER AS THE BUILDING FUTURE STARS PROCESS WOULDNT BE SO TAINTED WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS EXPOSED TO AND SEES..THE NEW WRESTLERS THINKING THAT.."WOW THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THIS WORLD"..OR FROM THE FANS PERSPECTIVE.."OH MY GOD, I DIDNT REALIZE THAT WRESTLING AT LIVE EVENTS IS SUCH TRASH COMPARED TO WHAT THEY SHOW ON TV, AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY AND CARE LESS IF YOU WERE PLEASED WITH THE SHOW"