When I think about my childhood

As a kid, I was obsessed with Wrestling. I woke up thinking about wrestling, went to sleep thinking about wrestling, and even had wrestling dreams. Everyone who knew me knew that I was a wrestling fan. My teachers always laughed about how every project that was assigned, I would somehow turn it into a wrestling assignment.

I grew up watching wrestling in the 90's. That's when I remember wrestling at its best. I would get a thrill out of watching USWA, WWF, WCW, & ECW. I remember the days when I would get up early on Saturday mornings to go to my MeMaw & Papaw's house. We would eat my Memaw's homemade gravy and biscuit and then watch USWA. It was a tradition. One of my favorite childhood memories would be my dad taking me to Memphis to see USWA. I was always star struck to see my "heroes" live in person.

When shows came to Tupelo, I was the kid that was dressed as her favorite wrestler or with her favorite wrestling t-shirts. I had my hands full with posters that I had created for the show. My money was spent on souvineers. I always had my little notebook to get all my favorite superstars autograph. When WCW would come to town, they would always have wrestlers signing autographs around town. My mom took me to see each and every one of them. My childhood rotated around wrestling.

I have been around wrestling so long now. I feel that it's just another part of my life.

Even though, I rarely watch wrestling on television these days. I do have to admit that when I meet the wrestlers I grew up watching, I still feel the excitement. Just like I did when I was a kid.

When I think about my childhood, I think about wrestling.

First, I want to thank you for all of my Get Well wishes and phone calls. I really do appreciate each and every one of them.

I had surgery to get a cyst off of my spine. After surgery, I had 20 stitches & a open wound with a tube coming out of my back. It was a tough surgery. Last week, I got the tube out of my back. Today, I finally got the stitches out. The doctor gave the okay to start getting back to normal. Slowly, but surely. I am still very sore, but am on the road to recovery.

During my recovery, I have had plenty of time to catch up on tv & movies.

So I wanted to do a bit of tv/movie review!

Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, & Jamie Kennedy stars in this 1999 comedy. Bowfinger is about a bankrupt movie producer taking one last shot at fame and fortune. Bowfinger embarks on a radical scheme to trick the biggest name in the movies into becoming to the star of his low-budget film. I would rate this movie a B+. It starts off a little slow, but definitely turns out to be a classic comedy.



Shoot 'Em Up follows a loner that gets caught up in complex conspiracy once he aids a pregnant woman who is being chased by a hitman. This movie is an action packed movie. I would rate it an A. It has alot of fast action, but also follows a good plot.




Now on to television.

My favorite show at the moment is I love Money. The producers took former contestants from I Love New York, Flavor of Love, and Rock of Loves and put them in challenges for an attempt to win $250,000. This has to be the most backstabbing television show. (reminds me of wrestling lol) It does make good tv though.




Vh1 is my absolute favorite channel. I love reality tv. New York goes to Hollywood is hilarious. I can't believe a real life crazy lady and her crazy mama can get on tv and make it rich. I do love to watch them. You never know what they are going to do next.





Okay, one television show that I do not like is Brooke Knows Best. It is not entertaining at all. Plus you can tell that most of it is scripted. Don't get me wrong. I know most reality television shows are probably scripted, but at least make it look realistic. It's awful. Plus, I thought that the show was suppose to focus all on Brooke, but it seems like it's the Brooke & Hulk show. Hulk is on it as much as she is.



That's my review for the week! Hope you guys have a fantastic weekend! :)

How long will it take before we see female referees in the area?

Whenever you think of you a referee, you typically think of a man in a black and white striped shirt. However, their are a few women referees out there enforcing rules & doing their job.

How long will it take for a female referee to appear in the area? Especially after this story.

Kristina McGraw had very little wrestling knowledge before meeting her husband.She started watching wrestling with her husband in 1997. She quickly became hooked with the physicality and the showmanship of the sport.

In September 2001, she joined the APW "Bootcamp" and made it about three months before getting injured. Although an in-ring injury often derails the career of a pro wrestler trainee and causes them to leave the business, it didn't for tough Kristina McGraw. Instead, Kristina simply altered her goal slightly and focused on training to become one of the best referees possible. Now wearing her stripes for over half a decade, Kristina is fast-becoming one of the most popular referees--male or female-- on the West Coast.

Kristina hopes to one day become experienced enough to perhaps be the first female referee to land in WWE, TNA, or working in other countries.

Another Popular female referee is Katie Kincaid from South Carolina. Growing up as a loyal wrestling fan, Katie decided to pursue her dream of being a wrestler. She contacted Shane Helms, who lived a few hours from her. Shane advised Katie to contact CWF Mid Atlantic to train. While training, she started to referee matches with other trainees and fell in love with refereeing.

She has worked many promotions such as Appalachian Championship Wrestling, Ringside Championship Wrestling, CWF Mid Atlantic, and Southern Wrestling Alliance in Tennessee.

It is a very big deal to Katie to be constantly improving. Her main goal is to continue getting better with every show. She would love to get a chance to work in Ring of Honor.

Female referees are rare to find. Although these two ladies have made a name for themselves in the wrestling world. It doesn't matter whether it's a match between two ladies or four giant 350-pound men in a violent tag team brawl. Kristina and Katie won't back down from doing their job.

The Real Truth

The Real Truth

Yes, It is true that we had a flat near Memphis Yesterday. The part that is untrue is that Hollywood & Death Wish claim to have fixed the flat tire. Hollywood, You say that you hurt your back fixing the flat tire.

How did you do that?

Neither you or Death Wish lifted one finger to help out. You two were to busy sipping on colas & eating hot dogs.

Death Wish & Hollywood continued arguing on who would fix the flat tire. I had to take it upon myself to fix the flat tire or we would have been there all night long.

I couldn't believe how lazy they were.
I had to do ALL the work.

All they wanted to do was boss me around.

Death Wish was to scared he was going to get his hands dirty.
Hollywood was to scared that he was going to pop a sweat.

The both of them were arguing due to it taking so long.
They were in a hurry to get to a restaurant to sit down and eat.

These two were incredibly annoying.

They were even selfish enough to celebrate bossing people around.

Take my Advice, don't EVER ride with Death Wish or Hollywood.

Where, O Where can Alex Wright Be?

Where, O Where can Alex Wright Be?

Alex Wright was born to be a wrestler. Alex Wright's father, Stephen Wright, was a professional wrestler for many years. Stephen began training Alex to become a wrestler at an early age.

Alex spent time performing in Japan & Germany before fully committing himself to WCW in 1994. During this time, Alex had many memorable feuds against top-notch stars, such as Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Diamond Dallas Page, and Ric Flair. Alex didn't get his big push until 1997 when he became "Evil" Alex Wright, a wrestler who believed that his good looks made others incredibily jealous of him. He won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1997 from Chris Jericho on Monday Nitro. Later that year, he lost the title back to Jericho. Two weeks later, he won the WCW Television Championship from Ultimo Dragon. He held the belt for awhile until he lost in a match against Disco Inferno.



Alex became affiliated with WCW when WCW had a German Tour. At that time, there was a big TV talk show in Germany,which some wrestlers from WCW had to attend to promote the tour. It was Sting,Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero), and Alex Sharpe, the WCW Public Relations. The topic of the talk show was pro-wrestling. At that time, he was just beginning to wrestle, and was the youngest pro wrestler in Germany, so the TV show called Alex. When Alex got there he met with Sting, Johnny and Alan. Then Alex had a try out match against Paul Roma. They liked his work very much. Alex finished the rest of the German tour. After that they made him an offer for a training contract. Which of course, Alex took.


Fact: Triple H's first PPV match was against Alex Wright at Starrcade in 1994.

In 1999, promotional spots began appearing on WCW television featuring Alex as a new Rivethead-style character named Berlyn. Berlyn wore all black and had a long trench coat. He had a black mohawk and goatee. Berlyn refused to speak English. The promos coincided with the aftermath Columbine school massacre, which threw a hitch in WCW's plans. Sensing the unintentional similarities in dress between Berlyn and the teenage killers, WCW delayed the debut of Berlyn for several months.



According to Alex, the Berlyn gimmick was created by Alex, Diamond Dallas Page, Dusty Rhodes, & Alex's wife.

Finally Berlyn debuted. Although it was well-known that he did know English, this was explained by having the announcers tell them that Berlyn hated America so much, he won't even speak its language anymore. He had multiple bodyguards, and appeared every night in a limo. Berlyn set out his first challenge to Buff Bagwell, and was slated to face him at Fall Brawl. However, due to Buff not making it in time to the arena, Berlyn faced "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, another true American. Berlyn defeated Duggan with an illegal shot from one of the bodyguards, followed by a neckbreaker. On the next Nitro, Berlyn won in a similar fashion over Bagwell. His main bodyguard who did the attacks soon became known as Berlyn's Wall.

Berlyn would briefly feud with his former bodyguard for a time, with no PPV match coming out of it. He also competed in the WCW World Tag-Team Title Tournament, being paired up with "The Dog-Faced Gremlin" Rick Steiner. Unfortunately, the two individuals could not co-exist, and lost in the first round to PG-13. Berlyn then slowly drifted out of WCW, with his angle having run its course. For the next few months, Berlyn was not seen in professional wrestling, spending more time with his new wife in Germany.



In October '00, the Disco Inferno had broken away from his compatriots in the Filthy Animals, due to various miscues between them. In his feud with Konnan, Billy Kidman, & Rey Mysterio Jr, Disco was outnumbered. During a match-up with Konnan on a Monday Nitro, Alex Wright reappeared, bald but still dancing. He helped Disco win the match, allying himself once again with the Disco Inferno. They formed the tag-team the Boogie Knights, and soon had a major feud going with the Filthy Animals. The Natural Born Thrillers were also included, due to their problems with the Animals. At Halloween Havoc '00, the Boogie Knights fought in a Triangle Match against Kidman & Mysterio and the Tag-Team Champions, Jindrak & O'Haire. It was a wild affair, with three men being legal at all times. In the end, while Wright was fighting with others on the outside, Disco was hit by O'Haire's Sean-Tom Bomb and pinned, allowing Jindrak & O'Haire to keep the tag-team titles.

After that defeat, both Wright & Disco slowly faded out from WCW, rarely appearing on the major shows. Wright made one more big appearance in late January '01, when CEO Ric Flair tried to name him the next #1 Contender to the World Title, held by "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner. Kevin Nash, however, disagreed with the call, and when Wright decided to attack him, Nash powerbombed Wright straight through the stage. Wright then did not make another appearance in the Turner-ran WCW.

Wright has not appeared on American television since then. In the years following Wright has stayed away from active competition, only wrestling on rare occasions in Germany. Despite this, Wright is still well-respected as a wrestler, as indicated by Ring of Honor fans chanting his gimmick name at ROH shows.

Today he is working as a banker and fitness instructor in Nuremberg, in addition to opening a school called "The Wright Stuff" in Germany.

At a ECW show in Revere, Massachusetts on November 23, 1996, an incident took place that has been talked about years later. It is referred to as the Mass Transit Incident.

The Mass Transit was a 350 pound teenager named Eric Kulas. Eric Kulas had a dream of being a professional wrestler. Eric had claimed that Killer Kowalski had trained him and he was age 19, which later both statements proved to be false. In reality, Eric had little to no previous training. Eric Kulas convinced Paul Heyman to allow him to fill in for Axl Rotten. Axl was schedule to work a tag team match with D-Von Dudley against The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustapha Saed). Eric Kulas replaced Axl in the match.

During the match, D-Von & Mustapha brawled outside of the ring. New Jack & Mass Transit fought inside the ring. The match was a squash match as New Jack severely beat Eric with foreign objects such as chairs and toasters. Eric was informed before the match that he would have to blade. Eric Kulas asked New Jack to blade him since he had never done it himself. New Jack agreed. After Eric had taken some brutal weapon shots from New Jack. New Jack ended up cutting Eric's forehead to deeply with an exacto knife and severed two arteries in Eric's forehead. The footage of the event showed Eric screaming immediately after being cut. Following the blading, Eric was hit with several more weapon shots before New Jack pinned him. As the camera zoomed in on the blood pouring out of Eric's forehead, a medical worker rushed into th ring to help Eric. New Jack grabbed the microphone and with one foot on the unconscious teenager's chest stated, "McMahon, Bischoff, look at this mother******.....As far as I'm concerned, that fat piece of s*** can bleed to f****** death, because I don't give a f***."

During this incident, Eric's father was at ringside. His father was yelling at The Gangstas to "Take it easy on him, he's just a kid."

The incident led In Demand to cancel the Barely Legal pay-per-view. Paul Heyman pleaded with In Demand, and was finally able to convince the company that they had been misguided, and were placed back on the schedule some time later.

New Jack was tried on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon three years later. New Jack was later sued by the Kulas Family. The Jury discharged New Jack in the criminal trial, and he was later declared not liable in the civil trial.

The Rise and Fall of ECW book stated that as the medical crew carried Eric Kulas out, he was escorted by Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer held his hand to comfort him.

New Jack later stated in interviews that after he found out about Eric's fraud, he didn't have any remorse for what he had done.

Sadly On May 12, 2002, Eric Kulas passed away at the age of 22 due to complications from gastric bypass surgery.


Here is a video of the incident.