Garry White and D-Rock
---Garry White is not a stranger to this area. His son Kevin White along with himself were mainstays on Memphis Wrestling when they aired originally programming. White has been a wrestling fan for years and was one of the few SMART people I could talk to at the matches during the Coach BT era. Mr. White sat down via e-mail to talk with us Monday morning for a new monthly feature "Conversation".
So, you were there when Sammy Hall arrived Sunday night for the Memphis Wrestling show in Tupelo. How did all the controversy start?
First Sammy Hall and Wayne Blaylock did show up. Sammy was drunk as a skunk. Heard he showed up at Charlie Parks show and told them if he could wrestle, he would waive the license and taxes. Sammy was so drunk, he couldn't even write the license out, hell I think our ref, Kellen James ended up doing that , so we could get the show started. He picks his shows
How did Corey Maclin handle the situation?
I will say this for Cory Maclin, yes he gave them a check but Sammy kept holding the show up, he was suppose to start at 6 but he held it up until 7, Cory got in his face and told him in these words " I am the type of man that will reach in your pocket, get my check and run this show anyways, now get the fuck out of my dressing room."
What are your thoughts on the Mississippi Athletic Commission?
Also in my opinion, The Mississippi Athletic department is a joke. All your other commissions in various states offer you more than just a piece of paper, when you buy a license in other states, you have a physician or have to be checked by a doctor, you get life insurance (not much) but you do get it. Mississippi you get a piece of paper and that’s all. I remember when Mississippi had decent deputy commissioners, Lonnie Broadway and even Old Man Billy was both good commissioners. Sammy Hall is a joke! How in the hell can a commissioner work for a wrestling promotion and still do business as a commissioner? He actually considers himself a wrestler, because of the promotions that let him get in the ring and wrestle.
How did Hall end up wrestling or working for promotions??
When Robert Gibson was running Columbus MS a few years back, Robert let him be the wrestling commissioner for the company, Never was a license ever mentioned then. I don't blame Robert because he got out of paying the Athletic Commission, good for him but he created a monster in Sammy Hall. Now Sammy Hall is a wrestler???? Damn now we wonder why so many of the older wrestlers are so damn bitter of the business. It’s because of the scum that are allowed to enter the dressing rooms and call themselves wrestlers. Sammy Hall came into our dressing room in Tupelo smelling like a brewery, he couldn't even write the license out. He delayed our show by an hour because he wasn't capable of doing his job.
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