----A few days ago I got a personal letter from Loose Cannon about him leaving ACW and his reasons. I have decided to not print his letter and let him print it on his web site. Looking back at the short history of Arkansas Championship Wrestling, it made me realize that ACW was self destructing before my eyes. I have no inside knowledge of fusses or fights within the organization, but something has went astray and it didn’t take long for it to happen.
----On 3.03.07 140 people packed the building with a gate close to $1,000 and probably went over that with concessions to see ACW in Paragould, AR. This was after Ron Spence had brought NWF into town. This was after Big Cal and Big Indian walked out. This was after months later when OSCW was just a memory. The promotion went weekly and it seems that is when all the problems started.
----Another problem is that the core of talent never changed and the same guys like Loose Cannon, Hambones and even Buster Johnson were all on top. It was has been close to a year since they started running shows with this same talent pool. It is now time to change and maybe the departure of their champion – Loose Cannon and The Hambones [who lost a loser leave town match] may give them a new life.
----Did the same old talent kill the crowds?? It is partially to blame, but guess what?? They killed themselves. 4.28.07 was their last regular scheduled show. They wrestled at Loose Caboose, but then canceled for the night. Three shows canceled and it will kill you. Can they build it back up?? Don’t know?? Maybe they have pissed off people or people have tired. I just think it is horrible that a promotion that was drawing 80 to 100 people every show drops to drawing 30 and never can have a show??
----Cannon quit for three reasons he stated in his letter – personal, professional and a business decision. Some of you may be reading this and thinking, who gives a shit if Cannon quits a promotion? Well, if you have an interest in ACW, then you are not going to find another person that supports a promotion like Cannon. His long letter of misspelled words that I had to read over and over again to just get the point, may have not impressed anyone. Who is going to put out the posters? Sell the product to everyone he meets? And perform to every bit of his ability?? Not many of those left in the wrestling business. Whether you consider him a goof or a good friend, I don’t see ACW running much longer without the Cannon.
