Today in my blog,for the first time ever in the history of my blog,B SPIDEY'S WEB,will be a prologue to a literary episodic wrestling saga prose.
It is yet again one of the things that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE as I'm sure the rest of you webheads do as well;that is one of my features in my blog called THE INDY DIVA PROFILE.
I had to do it in this format because (1)I have so much to tell in this INDY DIVA profile and (2)it would take WAAAAAY too long to put all of this information in on just this one blog.
Besides webheads,don't you like intrigue?LOL!
This particular blog features a very tough,very talented and beautiful spitfire that hails from Mobile,AL.
Not to mention,one of my most dearest and cherished friends that I know in the independent wrestling business here on the Gulf Coast.
SO JUST WHO IS THIS INDY WRESTLING SEXY SOUTHERN BELLE?
Well,to sum it up in the words to a song by the great country singer,Hank Williams Jr.:
"If heaven ain't a lot like DIXIE,
I don't wanna go."
THAT'S RIGHT,WEBHEADS!
I'm talking about none other than the one female indy wrestler whom I call "The Sexy Southern Belle":
DIXIE !
I have known Dixie for about 3 and 1/2 years and,without question,is one of the most talented wrestlers,male or female,on the Gulf Coast indy wrestling circuit.
She is also one whom I am very proud to call my friend!
Dixie's career started one day on her computer at her home in Mobile,AL about 4 years ago.
She was traveling through the information super highway,or the internet if you will,looking for some wrestling schools through various wrestling websites.
One wrestling school that caught Dixie's immediate attention was The Funking Conservatory in Ocala,FL that was run AND STILL IS run by the great,legendary wrestler and one of wrestling's most well respected "good will" ambassadors,Dory Funk Jr. (pictured on the right).
Dory Funk Jr.;
son of wrestling great Dory Funk and brother of Terry Funk (pictured with Dory on the right) from the famous Funk family,was at one time a former National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion.
In 1969,Dory Jr. defeated Canadian-born wrestler Gene Kiniski to win this prestigious crown.
He held that belt for 4 consecutive years until he was defeated by Harley Race in 1973;the 1st of 7 NWA World title reigns that Race would attain during his illustrious career.
Throughout his career,
Dory Funk Jr.;who had a genuine love for the sport of professional wrestling,was a very skilled wrestler and one of wrestling's true great competitors.He fought the likes of Abdullah The Butcher,the late Bruiser Brody,BlackJack Mulligan and,one of my personal all-time favorites,"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (pictured on the right).
His finishing maneuver
was a submission hold that both his father and brother used to win many a match in their successful wrestling careers,the dreaded and very painful spinning toe hold.
With all that being said,the golden opportunity for Dixie to be trained,mentored and tutored by the likes of one Dory Funk Jr.,was much too great an opportunity to pass up.
So,Dixie traveled to Ocala,FL to attend several of Dory Funk Jr.'s wrestling camps at The Funking Conservatory.
She learned a lot from this legendary wrestler.
In an interview that I conducted of Dixie for an April issue of Indy Divas Magazine,she said that the 1st ever headlock takedown that she ever did on anybody was Dory Funk Jr.!
It was something she can always say that she did and can also take great,tremendous pride in by doing so.
Within that year of training,
Dixie also worked for Dory Funk Jr.'s promotion called BANG! where on 3 occasions she won the BANG! Women's Championship (Dixie pictured holding her BANG ! Women's Championship on the right).
Dixie loved working for Dory Funk Jr'.s BANG ! promotion.
She said that she loved the whole atmosphere;kind of like a small WWE in regards to production and the whole spontaneity that went along with it.
According to Dixie,the BANG! promotion gave her a real,heads up idea about professional wrestling and what professional wrestling was truly all about.
After training and wrestling for Dory Funk Jr. and his promotion,Dixie returned back home to Mobile,AL
to continue to perfect her abilities and hone in on her ringmanship skills.
Here she was trained by the outstanding,very skilled and extremely talented Gulf Coast wrestler named Mercury McCloud at Sun Coast Championship Wrestling (pictured with Dixie on the right).
In Part Two to this Indy Diva profile on Dixie,I will be chronicling Dixie's career as a wrestler and as a manager for Sun Coast Championship Wrestling (SCCW).
Trust me,webheads,the story of Dixie is only going to get good from here!
BTW,to purchase a copy of the afforementioned April issue of Indy Divas magazine where I personally interviewed Dixie and wrote an article on her long time feud against her longtime arch rival,Zip,you can purchase your copy at:
http://www.cafepress.com/amuzements
UNTIL NEXT TIME,WEBHEADS.......
