----There was a situation of some sorts coming out of the LAW Keiser, AR show which involved the police. Due to the fact that I don’t want to report hearsay or report anything concrete because no charges have been filed, but I did want to say a few words about it. I have heard the same story by three workers that were in attendance and if it is true and if you were involved [and you know who you were], then you made a stupid mistake. There is a time and place for everything and a high school is not the place. This situation could not only cost you friends, but be very costly to your friends. Should they consider you guys a friend, when you do shit like this?? Hope it all blows over and nothing is done. Please guys, think for a moment before you do something stupid in the future.
----In an event that I am not 100% sure is related to the said event, but Kelly Warner has stepped down from his position with LAW. Warner held the “operations” position and was involved in day to day promoting leading to events. It is not a secret that Warner has been instrumental in getting Brian Christopher to work LAW shows and has helped a few area promoters with Brian. Sources close to Warner have hinted in the last few weeks that since his return to LAW after a two year absence, Warner has been feeling the pressures of the business along with not being able to secure the roster he wants on a weekly basis to Rector, AR. What will this mean for LAW?? It looks like Jeff O’Dell will take full control of the company along with Derrick King being booker.
----LAW was formed October 2002 with Kelly Warner, Brian Thompson and Jeff O’Dell. O’Dell and Thompson were working as announcers for CCW [my promotion] and as MCW folded in June, 2001 Warner also helped CCW with Rector. The trio promoted their first show in August, 2002 in Paragould, AR. Their “crowning moment” was a huge show in January of 2003 in Popular Bluff, MO and went on to have weekly shows in Dyersburg, TN. Brian Thompson exited the promotion in October, 2003 over “creative differences” and Warner left for a few years [a job with the state], O’Dell was in charge with Derrick King as booker. Thompson also left to work as a booking agent for Bobby Eaton. Ken Wayne, who joined the promotion in July, 2003 to help Derrick King with booking, also exited during that time, noting “creative differences”. Their Dyersburg stint finally ended in 2004 because of the building being sold. The promotion settled in doing 3 or 4 shows a year in Rector, AR until the return of Warner. Warner has been very aggressive in trying to get shows in various areas including a rumor of a big show in Jonesboro, AR. A new building was bought in Rector and they began to run weekly shows earlier this year.
