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Post by Burst on Apr 22, 2022 4:39:06 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember where this info specifically came from, but that's essentially what I had read too, that Kanyon had either just come out or been outed backstage, that Taker's disposition towards him immediately changed from supporting him and borderline mentoring him as an up-and-comer to violently wanting nothing to do with him. While I don't think it's been proven 100% that that's why the Taker match happened and why Taker went with the extra-violent chairshots, it's kind of hard to not put the two and two together.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 22, 2022 4:47:55 GMT -5
Yeah. I'm not excusing the chair shot but I've never heard/read that Taker was targeting Kanyon because of his sexuality. That's a heavy allegation to make without any kind of backup I can't remember who but someone said on the DSOTR episode that Taker actually liked Kanyon. Hell of way to show admiration. It could have been because he was gay or it could have been some old school, pay your dues bs or it could just be that Taker is dickhead. Supposedly he liked DDP too and look what he did to him.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 22, 2022 4:53:41 GMT -5
The only thing I could see as an attempt to defend Undertaker would be if he blasted Kanyon there as a mark of anger towards having the Boy George gag laid at his feet, given how seriously Undertaker takes himself, which... would still honestly come across homophobic to a degree.
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Post by noobeast on Apr 22, 2022 7:34:43 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else.
The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted.
You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is.
You get hit. Hard. A lot.
And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good."
There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right?
There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative.
Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up.
Source- Former pro wrestler
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Post by sungod2020 on Apr 22, 2022 8:34:24 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else. The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted. You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is. You get hit. Hard. A lot. And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good." There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right? There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative. Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up. Source- Former pro wrestler In addition to that, if Undertaker was in fact a homophobe and beat Kanyon up because he just came out as gay, what was his interactions like with longtime WWF/E main stay Pat Patterson? I'm not denying that certain wrestlers(if not Taker himself) use a match as an excuse to assault an opponent(New Jack is notorious for that), but where exactly is the back up to that? Did Undertaker and/or Kanyon do shoot interviews over this or is this another way to ruin Undertaker's image as the locker room leader/conscience? How can you tell the difference between a kayfabe chair shot and a shoot chair shot? They all look brutal to me.
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Post by The Ichi on Apr 22, 2022 18:13:21 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else. The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted. You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is. You get hit. Hard. A lot. And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good." There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right? There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative. Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up. Source- Former pro wrestler Okay, let's assume Taker isn't a homophobe. At the absolute least he was written to embarrass a guy whose sexuality had just been uncovered. Let's assume that THE locker room leader at the time didn't have the power to veto the segment. At the absolute least he went as hard as possible (watch the DSotR episode, those were far from "standard chair shots"). Like Mozenrath above said, the best light you can paint Taker in is he did that out of how seriously he took himself. There's no verdict where Taker doesn't suck here. My including him in this thread stands.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 22, 2022 18:32:51 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else. The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted. You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is. You get hit. Hard. A lot. And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good." There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right? There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative. Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up. Source- Former pro wrestler And some guys don’t want to be touched at all, Hogan worked extremely light, at the end Andre worked extremely light. Just because some guys like to work stiff, doesn’t mean anything.
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Post by noobeast on Apr 22, 2022 18:34:23 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else. The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted. You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is. You get hit. Hard. A lot. And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good." There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right? There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative. Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up. Source- Former pro wrestler Okay, let's assume Taker isn't a homophobe. At the absolute least he was written to embarrass a guy whose sexuality had just been uncovered. Let's assume that THE locker room leader at the time didn't have the power to veto the segment. At the absolute least he went as hard as possible (watch the DSotR episode, those were far from "standard chair shots"). Like Mozenrath above said, the best light you can paint Taker in is he did that out of how seriously he took himself. There's no verdict where Taker doesn't suck here. My including him in this thread stands. Lol, ok. I'm not sure why you're so desperate to push a narrative that only exists in the minds of people who critique wrestling from behind a keyboard, but you do you, I suppose, as sad and weird as it may be. Taker has done a lot of shit, but this isn't any of it.
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Post by sungod2020 on Apr 22, 2022 18:36:33 GMT -5
Just out of curiousity, what definition are we using as a horrible person? What determines who's good, bad, or in between? I mean, I can understand if somebody classifies Dynamite Kid or Fritz Von as a scumbag given all the shit they did over the years, but what about those who are less sleazy and done some good?
Vince McMahon did alot of shady shit in the 80s when he took his business National, but he also did some nice things like get jobs for Tony Atlas and Iron Sheik when they were done on their luck or pay for Paul Bearer's gastric bypass. I'm sure he's done other redeeming things too. What would that classify him as?
Hell, IWC whipping boy Hulk Hogan has donated to charities. Does all his backstage politicing and other shady escapades negate that?
I just feel with some people, the lines can be blurred between good and bad at times you don't know which way to turn.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 22, 2022 18:39:18 GMT -5
Just out of curiousity, what definition are we using as a horrible person? What determines who's good, bad, or in between? I mean, I can understand if somebody classifies Dynamite Kid or Fritz Von as a scumbag given all the shit they did over the years, but what about those who are less sleazy and done some good? Vince McMahon did alot of shady shit in the 80s when he took his business National, but he also did some nice things like get jobs for Tony Atlas and Iron Sheik when they were done on their luck or pay for Paul Bearer's gastric bypass. I'm sure he's done other redeeming things too. What would that classify him as? Hell, IWC whipping boy Hulk Hogan has donated to charities. Does all his backstage politicing and other shady escapades negate that? I just feel with some people, the lines can be blurred between good and bad at times you don't know which way to turn. Yes. Everyone has good and bad qualities. Everyone has done horrible shit. This is the Internet, it’s for piling on people and pretending you’re perfect.
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Post by The Ichi on Apr 22, 2022 18:47:22 GMT -5
Okay, let's assume Taker isn't a homophobe. At the absolute least he was written to embarrass a guy whose sexuality had just been uncovered. Let's assume that THE locker room leader at the time didn't have the power to veto the segment. At the absolute least he went as hard as possible (watch the DSotR episode, those were far from "standard chair shots"). Like Mozenrath above said, the best light you can paint Taker in is he did that out of how seriously he took himself. There's no verdict where Taker doesn't suck here. My including him in this thread stands. Lol, ok. I'm not sure why you're so desperate to push a narrative that only exists in the minds of people who critique wrestling from behind a keyboard, but you do you, I suppose, as sad and weird as it may be. Taker has done a lot of shit, but this isn't any of it. I figured your only argument would be "you're behind a keyboard!" (no shit?) but was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt before I blocked you. Silly me. It's not really a narrative push when it's literally on camera.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Apr 22, 2022 18:51:48 GMT -5
Molly Holly once only paid for a pound of grapes even though she had eaten 4 of the grapes while in the market.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 22, 2022 18:52:06 GMT -5
Lol, ok. I'm not sure why you're so desperate to push a narrative that only exists in the minds of people who critique wrestling from behind a keyboard, but you do you, I suppose, as sad and weird as it may be. Taker has done a lot of shit, but this isn't any of it. I figured your only argument would be "you're behind a keyboard!" (no shit?) but was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt before I blocked you. Silly me. It's not really a narrative push when it's literally on camera. Tazz got pissed at Brian Zane’s video about his WWE run and complained about fans and their keyboards. When Zane told him he trained and was in the business, it just made Tazz madder.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Apr 22, 2022 19:00:18 GMT -5
I have a hard time buying the Undertaker/Kanyon thing as any kind of legit/unscripted beating. The punches are clearly as worked as can be and the chair shot was nothing unusual for that era. Go Youtube Undertaker chairshots on Vince, HHH, Kennedy, Maven, Michaels, Orton and others. Rock and Austin were usually smart enough to get their hands up but most just took it straight to the face pre-2007 and many of them were absolutely brutal. I don't know how Shamrock and Foley survived Rock's chairshots. Same with the ones Brock took from the Hardys.
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Post by The Ichi on Apr 22, 2022 19:01:41 GMT -5
Ok, I'm not trying to be rude, but a fair bit of you show your lack of awareness about what wrestling really feels like when you start in with "That was assault and battery and manslaughter" and whatever else. The truth is, if most of you felt what the punches alone feel like inside a ring, you would think you're being assaulted. You're not. That's just what being a wrestler is. You get hit. Hard. A lot. And it's not because someone hates you. It's because it's what happens. In fact, there are usually conversations between the boys that go something like "Alright, I tend to work a little snug, you cool with that? Yeah, just make sure you lay them in, make it look good." There is absolutely NO reason to believe there was any ill-will behind those chair shots. That's the way it used to be. There are a million examples of shots EXACTLY like those in every company in the late 90s/early 00s. It's only MUCH later that people started trying to accuse Taker of anything. Nobody thought a thing about it at the time. And if I recall, wasn't Kanyon fairly outspoken before his death about some of the people who HAD been openly hostile toward him, yet never mentioned this? Seem like a strange omission, right? There is, knowing what I know, every possibility that Kanyon specifically asked Taker to lay them in to make it look good. It happens ALL. THE. TIME. A lot of guys like Foley have talked about these kinds of conversations before, but they seem to be ignored when people want to push a narrative. Some of the examples in here are legit f***ed up, but this bullshit of accusing Taker of homophobia Ober what amounts to pretty standard chair shots for the time is absolutely ludicrous. Criticize the man all you want, but don't make shit up. Source- Former pro wrestler And some guys don’t want to be touched at all, Hogan worked extremely light, at the end Andre worked extremely light. Just because some guys like to work stiff, doesn’t mean anything. Right, it's literally expected of you to protect your opponent. Even if this was pre-Benoit/headshot ban, there were plenty of guys that got that.
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Post by Blade on Apr 22, 2022 19:05:09 GMT -5
Molly Holly once only paid for a pound of grapes even though she had eaten 4 of the grapes while in the market. History's greatest monster.
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Post by noobeast on Apr 22, 2022 19:21:15 GMT -5
Lol, ok. I'm not sure why you're so desperate to push a narrative that only exists in the minds of people who critique wrestling from behind a keyboard, but you do you, I suppose, as sad and weird as it may be. Taker has done a lot of shit, but this isn't any of it. I figured your only argument would be "you're behind a keyboard!" (no shit?) but was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt before I blocked you. Silly me. It's not really a narrative push when it's literally on camera. I'll be fine.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Apr 22, 2022 19:21:37 GMT -5
Molly Holly once only paid for a pound of grapes even though she had eaten 4 of the grapes while in the market. That monster! I know it's not polite to speak ill of the dead, but Bobby Eaton once tried to use a buy one get one free coupon at a sandwich shop. But the coupon had expired the day before, and he still got his free sandwich.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Apr 23, 2022 8:39:02 GMT -5
Despite being a horrible experience, that was a fascinating read and further confirmation about Samoan wrestlers. I once read/heard casually that part of the Samoan family was pretty much a crime syndicate in it's designated home town. Is that just gossip or is there more to that? Ray's match with them was an assault. If it wasn't wrestling, the cops would be involved. I've never read anything about crime but the main four Samoan family members have been, at times, difficult at autograph signings. Years ago, I did get a free photo with them and other family members which was awesome. I have no ill will towards them. I will actually always be a huge Samoan family fan. But I did personally see Sika blow off Johnny Valiant at an autograph show. This may have been Johnny's last show before he died. Sika told me personally he wanted to meet Johnny and then when Johnny introduced himself to Sika, he blew him off for someone else. He was wearing sunglasses, Johnny didn't carry himself like a star so I'm not sure what happened. Afa used to seem like the cooler one but a friend of mine, whose honestly pretty sensitive had a "bad experience" where he wanted to shake Afa's hand as Afa was leaving he had to go to the bathroom so he kept yelling to my friend "let me out, let me out." Samu I'd say is probably the coolest, I saw him at a local indy show in a six man tag with his son. But I know he refused to do autographs when he drove in Scott Hall from the airport for a show in Allentown PA years ago. He wasn't part of the show so if he had sign it would have been free for fans. Just seems weird he he was at the show and didn't expect to be asked. He needed a liver a few years ago and truly if I had thought my liver was healthy I would have done it for him if a match. Again, I love the Samoans but at times they could be kind of difficult with autographs. Not sure if I told this story before on here. Back about 8 months or so before he died PSP booked Rosey,of 3 minute warning,for a show. At the time Rosey lived near Pensacola Fl and the show was in McComb MS. Now PSP was a small indie fed,with most of their events held in a place that would hold 100 people tops. Rosey wanted 1k. So the PSP owners got a local video game store to sponsor the show. With the agreement that Rosey would come to the store 3 hours before the show and sign autographs for free. I was heading down to the show with 2 friends when my cell buzzed. Was one of hte PSP owners "Rosey hasn't shown up yet. So be prepared for him to not be at the show." Now this was a day when I had a bad bad migraine. But I get prescribed Lortab 10s for themm. So I took one before I left my home. And had one of my friends drive my car. One thing is lortabs spike my body temp. And even though it was cold outside I was sweating. Get to the venue,texted the owner and was told "Come around to the back door we will let yall in." We go inside and find out Rosey had just got there. To make up for not making the autograph signing he agreed to goto the store after the show and sign for free. One of the wrestlers sees I am sweating and asks if I was ok "Gallos you are sweating like a hooker in church." Explained how I was ok but had to take a pain pill earlier. Show starts and it was pretty decent. New heel tag team champs come out near the end of the show and issue an open challenge for their titles. Rosey comes out the curtains. "And here is my S.h.i.t. NATE THE GREAT." And out walks Nate Moss wearing a cheap cape. The match was 9 minutes tops. Nate did all the work. Then he tags in Rosey,who gets in the ring hits a chokeslam and gets the pin. Rosey asks for the mic "And Nate the Great and I will be here defending these titles next month at the next Powerslam show!" Thing was there wasn't a show booked for the next month. Hell IIRC that was the last PSP show. LIke was normal after a PSP show all the faces would go out in the other room hang out and chat. I was in the room with the ring,checking the footage I shot When my cell buzzed. Looked it was my 9pm alarm telling me to take my lithium. I pulled the bottle out of my shirt pocket. Took them and put it back. Rosey walks over "Hey brudda REDACTED mentioned you might have some of dem Tabs. Might hooking me up. I'm hurting and got a long ride home." I looked at him puzzled,legit when I heard him say Tabs I thought he was referring to tablets of XTC. Then realized what he meant. Told him I had none on me. "Well brudda what is in that bottle in your pocket?" I took it out showed him it was lithium. "Well that sucks. Was hoping to get some Tabs and a big tittay white women tonight. Still might get dem big tittays." and he waddled off into the next room. So when Rosey died not long after that ,pretty sure it was an OD,I wasn't surprised. Was told he was a pain in the ass. When they booked him the agreement was Rosey would do a 15 minute match and it was a singles match. Well rosey got there and changed it to a 10 minute match and It had to be a tag. I will give Rosey this. He stayed for 2 hours signing autographs,for free. And was super nice to everybody. But learned later on a buddy was Rosey's "manager" until he passed. And Rosey was always pulling stuff. Like telling a fed in Florida he wouldn't leave the locker room for his match until "Someone gets me some Tabs"
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 23, 2022 19:59:31 GMT -5
Ray's match with them was an assault. If it wasn't wrestling, the cops would be involved. I've never read anything about crime but the main four Samoan family members have been, at times, difficult at autograph signings. Years ago, I did get a free photo with them and other family members which was awesome. I have no ill will towards them. I will actually always be a huge Samoan family fan. But I did personally see Sika blow off Johnny Valiant at an autograph show. This may have been Johnny's last show before he died. Sika told me personally he wanted to meet Johnny and then when Johnny introduced himself to Sika, he blew him off for someone else. He was wearing sunglasses, Johnny didn't carry himself like a star so I'm not sure what happened. Afa used to seem like the cooler one but a friend of mine, whose honestly pretty sensitive had a "bad experience" where he wanted to shake Afa's hand as Afa was leaving he had to go to the bathroom so he kept yelling to my friend "let me out, let me out." Samu I'd say is probably the coolest, I saw him at a local indy show in a six man tag with his son. But I know he refused to do autographs when he drove in Scott Hall from the airport for a show in Allentown PA years ago. He wasn't part of the show so if he had sign it would have been free for fans. Just seems weird he he was at the show and didn't expect to be asked. He needed a liver a few years ago and truly if I had thought my liver was healthy I would have done it for him if a match. Again, I love the Samoans but at times they could be kind of difficult with autographs. Not sure if I told this story before on here. Back about 8 months or so before he died PSP booked Rosey,of 3 minute warning,for a show. At the time Rosey lived near Pensacola Fl and the show was in McComb MS. Now PSP was a small indie fed,with most of their events held in a place that would hold 100 people tops. Rosey wanted 1k. So the PSP owners got a local video game store to sponsor the show. With the agreement that Rosey would come to the store 3 hours before the show and sign autographs for free. I was heading down to the show with 2 friends when my cell buzzed. Was one of hte PSP owners "Rosey hasn't shown up yet. So be prepared for him to not be at the show." Now this was a day when I had a bad bad migraine. But I get prescribed Lortab 10s for themm. So I took one before I left my home. And had one of my friends drive my car. One thing is lortabs spike my body temp. And even though it was cold outside I was sweating. Get to the venue,texted the owner and was told "Come around to the back door we will let yall in." We go inside and find out Rosey had just got there. To make up for not making the autograph signing he agreed to goto the store after the show and sign for free. One of the wrestlers sees I am sweating and asks if I was ok "Gallos you are sweating like a hooker in church." Explained how I was ok but had to take a pain pill earlier. Show starts and it was pretty decent. New heel tag team champs come out near the end of the show and issue an open challenge for their titles. Rosey comes out the curtains. "And here is my S.h.i.t. NATE THE GREAT." And out walks Nate Moss wearing a cheap cape. The match was 9 minutes tops. Nate did all the work. Then he tags in Rosey,who gets in the ring hits a chokeslam and gets the pin. Rosey asks for the mic "And Nate the Great and I will be here defending these titles next month at the next Powerslam show!" Thing was there wasn't a show booked for the next month. Hell IIRC that was the last PSP show. LIke was normal after a PSP show all the faces would go out in the other room hang out and chat. I was in the room with the ring,checking the footage I shot When my cell buzzed. Looked it was my 9pm alarm telling me to take my lithium. I pulled the bottle out of my shirt pocket. Took them and put it back. Rosey walks over "Hey brudda REDACTED mentioned you might have some of dem Tabs. Might hooking me up. I'm hurting and got a long ride home." I looked at him puzzled,legit when I heard him say Tabs I thought he was referring to tablets of XTC. Then realized what he meant. Told him I had none on me. "Well brudda what is in that bottle in your pocket?" I took it out showed him it was lithium. "Well that sucks. Was hoping to get some Tabs and a big tittay white women tonight. Still might get dem big tittays." and he waddled off into the next room. So when Rosey died not long after that ,pretty sure it was an OD,I wasn't surprised. Was told he was a pain in the ass. When they booked him the agreement was Rosey would do a 15 minute match and it was a singles match. Well rosey got there and changed it to a 10 minute match and It had to be a tag. I will give Rosey this. He stayed for 2 hours signing autographs,for free. And was super nice to everybody. But learned later on a buddy was Rosey's "manager" until he passed. And Rosey was always pulling stuff. Like telling a fed in Florida he wouldn't leave the locker room for his match until "Someone gets me some Tabs" I have a feeling Rosey wasn’t talking about these either.
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