----Eric Wayne talks about NEW's next big show, benefit show, Sir Mo, David Walls and more in this new column.
Before every big event there's the show where everything is explained one last time, its the hard sell. Its just like infomercials pushing whatever product they have too much of at ridiculously low prices. I thought in the return of "Wayne's World" that of course I'd sell you on NEW's show this Friday @ 8PM "Tapouts & Knockouts" where every match is decided by submission or knockout. Sorry, none of the girls from TNA will be there. Now the column isn't about NEW but just a few of the matches on the card are myself in a return title match against Austin Lane. Last month we went over 40 mins til I lost to spear from the second rope. Every time we get together, Austin and myself always intend on stealing the show or not even wrestling that night. It'll definitely be special and maybe another MOTY candidate.
The other big match on the card is Byron Wilcott returning to NEW against Kid Nikels. Nikels is 6'4" 245lbs. Wilcott is 6'5" 255lbs. Should I say much more about this one? Other than come see it live??
Before I get to the real hard sell of this column, I want to take a minute and tell everyone about an important show on Aug. 14th. Its a benefit for a former roommate and our friends. He left a bar late Saturday night(July 4th morning) and was hit by a drunk driver at over 80mph. He was riding with a girl and her boyfriend, her boyfriend was killed. She and my roommate were in the hospital, while she spent a few days he was in for 3 weeks with several breaks in his neck, severe head trauma and other injuries. The benefit show is at the NEW Arena @ 6PM Saturday Aug. 14th. And several returns will be made this night. Its important to the community around this area and the show itself is an important one for wrestling in this area, I believe, as well. A full card will be released later.
Now for the real hard sell! Sir Mo helped get the ball rolling and I felt I should kick the ball to aid its momentum just a bit(yes, I realized I said I was going to kick something). While I've only met Mo a handful of times, its events like these recently that let me know he's a professional in what the business has become today. Unfortunately, the business today exists on sooo many levels that its hard to get to that real next level. But there are still places out there where that goal can be accomplished.
I believe places like XCW, NEW, Memphis Wrestling, EWE, SAW, RCW, etc can help young wrestlers improve their craft. While every promotion might have one or two guys that can offer guidance, those companies seem to have almost an entire crew that can mold the next generation. Whether or not we will listen is the hard part. So many of the boys today are too jealous and immature to ever make it past this level of the business and that makes it hard on all of us.
As Mo already said, this business used to be a closed shop. Now all you need today is few phone numbers and enough money. Just take David Walls for example. Aaron Polston needed a mark with enough money to sell his company to and he found Demon Walls. Before now, I'd never bother with this sort of thing but canceling a show TWICE just a couple of weeks before belltime just shows what this business has become. I'm not saying shows can't be canceled but its for legitimate reasons. The thing that the guys around here don't understand is that there is ZERO professionalism at the level anymore. Its proven weekly by the people in the ring and the people running the shows. Whether its Demon Walls who bought his way in the business and never paid one due or trained one hour or the kid that came to the shows and sat there weekly before finally making his way in. Its not so bad if you actually travel places and don't create a show around yourself. It all boils down to one thing. Unprofessionalism in a professional sport. A sport that even the most nonathletic are being allowed into.
Look at the boys in Mississippi. Or Arkansas...Missouri...Tennessee...Alabama. Its in every state but this area seems to be the most embarrassing region to lay claim to "professional" wrestling. Whatever happened to having an athletic background BEFORE breaking in? Whatever happened to the football players, amateur wrestlers, baseball players, weight lifters, ANYTHING!! Its usually an embarrassment to tell people to come to local shows because they have to sit through SOO much shit that their head spins. It doesn't matter if its the 135lbs kid that survived abortion or the 300lbs guy that hasn't washed under the 3 rolls of backfat in 6months. If you don't bring anything to the table, get out of the business.
It takes too long to name everyone but hopefully you know who you are...we are all out there to be the best and have careers. This isn't a hobby or something we claim we were once good at but suck really bad now. We know you've always been an embarrassment, but no one will tell you. Well I'm here to tell you right now, you're an embarrassment to me and everyone else that trains for this sport. You're an embarrassment to the pride that comes along with being called a wrestler. You don't belong inside a locker room much less a ring. And if you make it that far, at least have the decency to shut the hell up and not pretend you know a damn thing about what we do. We know that you don't know anything. And we know you'll never do anything in this business worthwhile besides quit. The day you do is the first time we'll cheer for you... and it'll be shoot.
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