HELLO WEBHEADS !!!
This may appear to be long overdue,but I hope that all you webheads had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
With that out of the way,here on my current blog,I talk about and my reflections of the year that was that went by,being the year of 2006 as well as my thoughts about this upcoming year of 2007!
By many leaps and bounds,peaks and valleys,trials and tribulations,the year of 2006 was a very,very good year for me,on a personal and successful level.
When I celebrated my 34th birthday on March 24th (YES,WEBHEADS!I AM 34 AND DAMN PROUD OF IT!!!),without question,it was the greatest birthday that I've had in my life so far.
Considering what I went through the year before being on dialysis due to kidney failure thank to me having diabetes since I was 6 years old onto my successful kidney and pancreas transplant surgery in April of 2005,in many ways you could say that my celebrating my 34th birthday was very,very special to me and I received nothing but lots of love and well wishes from many of my wrestling brethren and my many friends along the Gulf Coast.
Just to let you know,both my kidney and my pancreas are working great and I am feeling better than I've ever felt before in my life!
I also want to thank my very good friend and wrestling fan and supporter,"Buttonman" Bob Liddil for creating my very own wrestling message board B Spidey's World
and for helping me get started on this very blog that you have been reading throughout this past year.
Pretty much when it comes to my blog,this blog called B SPIDEY'S WEB,he literally gave me the ball and I ran with it and I've have been running with it ever since.
For that,my friend,I thank you very,very much.
Like always,as usual,I ran my two wrestling related YAHOO! groups:
DESTINY'S DOMAIN
-and-
QUEEN MELISSA'S CASTLE
while I created several in the year of 2006,including:
SELINA THE SEDUCTRESS
MISS KIMBERLY'S PALACE
THE SEXY SAMANTHA SUITE
-and-
TURN THE PAIGE (former GAWF ring announcer Paige Turner's YAHOO! group)
Not to mention,two other wrestling related YAHOO! groups that I am very proud being affiliated with:
ZIP RULES
-and one of THE HOTTEST wrestling related indy women's wrestling YAHOO! groups around:
INDY DIVAS
NOTE:
As of November of 2006,I became a fill-in,temporary and acting group owner of Indy Divas by the original group owner Spartucus Jones.
Spartucus Jones left to go on his 2 month vacation (that which will be concluding sometime in mid-January) and asked me to take over for him while he was away;that upon which I have done,according to him and several of the many,many group members
there,a very good job.
When he comes back from his vacation,there is a VERY STRONG possibility that he might make me a permanent co-group owner at Indy Divas!
I will most definitely keep you apprised of any further developments upon that once those developments warrant.
Moreover,I will be bringing in some new female wrestling personalities to Indy Divas and I personally will be adding them onto the Indy Divas roster as 2007 rolls along.
To me as a wrestling fan,2006 was a great year for wrestling along the Southern Gulf Coast independent wrestling circuit.
There were many independent wrestling organizations along the Gulf Coast that had outstanding shows that entertained many of their respective westling audiences;most of which them left their wrestling audiences in amazement and in awe.
The ones that I went to did exactly just that!
While some of my many colleagues and friends that have been a part of or that have attended these shows may disagree with my observations,the fact of the matter is that I,for one,was entertained,I got my money's worth and that I had a great time for the many shows along the Gulf Coast that I've attended.
Within this last year,I have shown my undying love,support and unbridled passion for Gulf Coast independent wrestling by my persistent,constant traveling non-stop across the highways and byways along the Gulf Coast area going to many of these shows with the many photographs that I've taken at ringside,creating hundreds upon hundreds of wrestling photo albums at Photobucket.com.
Furthermore,these photos that I've taken have won me numerous "Picture Of the Day" and "Link Of the Day" honors at the indy women's wrestling website,G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling as well locally when I was glorified being recognized for my picturesque talents as I presented the award as Photographer Of The Year at Southern Pro Wrestling (pictured below):
In many ways in the year of 2006,I transcended and went beyond your normal,typical,rowdy fan sitting in the front row at ringside.
In fact,due to my extreme enthusiasm and vigor at wrestling shows as a wrestling fan,there was one great man,one great wrestling legend that recognized that in me an gave me an opportunity to be a ring announcer at this show;by which to him I am very grateful and honored to have him choose me to be his ring announcer.
That great man was 1/2 of the legendary,notorious tag team,The Wild Samoans,Sika!
In March of 2006,he gave me my opportunity to shine as a ring announcer when he wanted me to be his ring announcer at his wrestling organization at XW-2000.
Sika The Wild Samoan was one of the first people who gave me my shot to get into the mainstream of the wrestling business.
I will NEVER,ever forget him for him doing that for me and from the bottom of my heart,I want to thank him for that!
Never was I ever one to shy away from the spotlight,nor was I ever one to be ever nervous in front of a live audience as with many a show that I did for him over in Century,FL and then later in the year in Atmore,AL.
Before every show that I did for him,to honor our great nation of the United States of America and the many brave men and women serving in the Armed Forces who protect,preserve and defend our freedom here in the good ol' U.S. of A. and all over planet Earth,I sung our country's nation anthem,"The Star Spangled Banner".
However,unlike some shows where they either had some singer or some choir singing the song from a live recording or had an instrumental of the song being played,I sung the song accapella (without music)!
I am the only ring announcer that I know of along the Gulf Coast indy wrestling circuit to do that.
I really,really love to sing and it showed every time when I sung that song;to that which every wrestling fan and every wrestler and worker backstage absolutely loved,to the point they were in absolute amazement not even believing that I could even pull it off!
I had and STILL have a swagger about me like I could AND can do no wrong!
Whether it was my $100 plus suits that I wore,
my own unique style and delivery on the microphone using my special rhyming,catchphrasing limmericks,or making old school wrestling references from the superstars of yesteryear,I guess you could say that I had a style that I could call my very own and not that of your typical ring announcer.
Not that I had or have anything against any other ring announcer (James Roberts,Curt Diamond,Ryan Mills-friends and inspirations of mine whom I respect and admire very,very much!!) doing what they do or to the ways,means and the style that they did it.
I just wanted to break apart from all that,to be me,to be myself,to be different so that when I display myself and my talents to the wrestling audience and when they see me doing "my thing",so to speak,they know for a fact it is me and only me!
A lot of other wrestling organizations in the year 2006 recognized my God gifted,true talents as a ring announcer that also wanted my services due to several,different circumstances filling the voids,if you will,involving their ring announcers.
They are:
-AND-
...also Southern Stars Wrestling (SSW) before it folded at the end of last year after running only 2 shows.......
Even at these wrestling organizations,whom both run great shows in my estimation irregardless as to what others might say,gave me an opportunity to shine and display my talents and sytle amongst their respective wrestling masses and I have yet failed to disappoint.
I will admit,I have my good days and I have my bad days where,in some of my bad days,my perfomances were not up to par to the way I want them to be where I either make some mental mistakes or miss some spots during descriptions of matches or whatever else have you.
However,I do not ever let my bad performances nor my mistakes discourage me.
I just forget about it,press on and move forward.
I guess you can say you live,you learn.
My performances as a ring announcer from last year up to this point in time (NOT MEANING TO BRAG!) have been very,very good!
I've been gaining a lot of self-confidence for each and every show that I do.
As a matter of fact at an XW-2000 show that I did in Atmore,AL back in the summer of 2006,one wrestling fan compared me to the late,great wrestling commentator Gordon Solie.
Growing up as a wrestling fan watching Georgia Championhship Wrestling,Continental Championship Wrestling and Championhsip Wrestling from Florida,Gordon Solie was truly the very best at what he did!
He was truly my favorite ring announcer when I watched him growing up on television and for this wrestling fan to even remotely compare me to the likes of Gordon Solie is like the highest,most ultimate flattering compliment that you could ever possibly receive as either a ring announcer or a ring commentator in the wrestling business and makes me very,very proud doing what I'm doing!
Also,at a Southern Pro Wrestling show that I did in Defuniak Springs,FL back in mid-December of last year,everybody from the wrestling fans thst were there to all the workers in the back thought that my performance that night WAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE FROM A RING ANNOUNCER/COMMENTATOR THAT THEY'VE EVER SEEN OR HEARD!!!
BELIEVE ME,WEBHEADS,WHAT I SAID WAS DEFINITELY NOT A "SHOOT"!
THAT IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH !!!
Especially on that night in Defuniak Springs,FL,you could have called me Tommy Rich because I was on like "wildfire"!!!
Looking back on 2006,it was an awesome year for me!
Looking forward to 2007,it will be even better for me!
All you webheads thought you have already seen the best of me,you ain't seen nothing yet because the best from me is yet to come and,in the year of 2007,I am going to 'turn this mutha out',if you know what I mean!
AND NOW.....
My assessments for a few of the independent wrestling organizations along the Gulf Coast region in the year of 2007.
NOTE:
In these assessments,I am not here to bash,to chastise anybody,to put anybody down or to tell anybody how to run their own shows!
I am here to offer MY opinions.
THIS IS NOT A "SHOOT",BUT MY VERY OWN WORDS AND MY VERY OWN PERSONAL STRAIGHT UP TRUTH !!!
For those of the following organizations that I am about to give out these assessments to that may take either my suggestions ot my opinions the wrong way in any way,shape,form or fashion,I want to give out my apologies and for them to understand that these assessments are not intended not to bash any of you in any way,but perhaps as good criticism and to offer advice from a highly respected point-of-view by one of your best and fellow wrestling fans to adhere to and to abide by!
Also,I will not give assessments about the wrestling organizations that I am currently involved in right now as a ring announcer out of respect for them,considering there's really no need to on the count of HEY! I'm working with you and are a part of you,right?
Besides,I'm also not the type of person to "go there",OK?
WHY ON EARTH DO I WANT TO BASH THOSE THAT ARE GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THEM?!!!?
TO ME,THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE !
But,for those that I currently am a part of,I want to thank them for giving me the opportunity to work with them and my continuing to work for them.
I will give you more than 110% effort night in and night out,giving you the very best that I can give to your wrestling organization and to your wrestling fans in the audience night in and night out.
You guys are top notch in my book and YOU GUYS CERTAINLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!!
DIRTY SOUTH PRO WRESTLING
This is a brand new and definitely an up and coming wrestling organization.
At your last show that I attended over in Brewton,AL on Friday,January 5th,you brought in talent from the organization that was once known as the Pensacola Wrestling Alliance (PWA);a substantial addition to your new organization on your part along with bringing in the likes of Sirus Lavey,Mikey Webb and Nick Wonder;another bonus.
You have also said that you are in the process in bringing in some female managers/valets into DSPW;another HUGE plus (that will sell you a lot of tickets in the 18-35 year old male demographic,BTW!LOL!)!
I do understand and realize that you're brand new and are now taking those "baby steps",the proverbial "learning to crawl before you walk",but I know from what I've seen already,you guys are well on your way and I wish you nothing but the very best the rest of this year!
ALABAMA WRESTLING FEDERATION
This is one of the top notch wrestling organizations along the Gulf Coast indy wrestling circuit that I have gone to see many a show for the last 4 years.
In this last year,you have packed out shows from the left and right over in Semmes,AL with not only very good wrestling action,but bringing wrestling superstars such as "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan,Ax of the tag team Demolition,Rick Steiner and Buff
Bagwell.
Hopefully,in the year of 2007,you guys will continue to do so bringing in the big names to your shows and to your supporting fans.
For the last couple of months,you have brought your brand of wrestling over to Lucedale,MS.
On the one hand,this is a definite,absolute plus for the immediate Missisissipi Gulf Coast area because many fans like me that have lived in this particular area have been clamoring for this for many,many years now and it has been way long overdue and for that,I thank you.
But,on the other hand and with all due respect,please do not forget that Alabama is your home !
After all,you guys are the Alabama Wrestling Federation,correct?
Mostly everybody knows the 411 about the situation with you and Semmes,so there's no need to expostulate on that.
But,do not let your "enemies" infiltrate your territory,running roughshod and wild over what you have already created and have already established for yourself and for your wrestling audience.
You know you would not let a burglar break in and rob your house,now would you?
My advice to you is:
PROTECT "YOUR FORT".....PROTECT "YOUR TERRITORY".....PROTECT "YOUR HOUSE" AND TAKE OVER WHAT ALREADY BELONGS TO YOU!!!
GULF SOUTH WRESTLING
Another one of the top notch wrestling organizations to which I have gone to see many a show since its inception back in October of 2005 that is run by Percy Pringle III,a.k.a. WWE legend and former manager of The Undertaker,Paul Bearer.
GSW has brought many superstars and legends to their shows within the last calendar year including "Exotic" Adrian Street,Kamala,"Bullet" Bob Armstrong and Robert Gibson of the Rock N' Roll Express just to name a few.
Not to mention,they have always had greet wrestling action.
The new wrestlers that are coming out of the GSW Training School have very much impressed me thus far and I'm sure they will continue to vastly improve as they hone in on their craft and skills as 2007 progresses.
GSW has run nothing but great shows and I'm pretty sure that in the year of 2007 they will continue to do so.
You know the old saying?If it ain't broke,don't fix it.
However,the one thing that I must say that GSW needs to incorporate to their shows is by bringing back the ladies and women's wrestling once again at their shows.
By April of 2006,they had:
DIXIE
QUEEN MELISSA
ZIP
-and-
IRRESISTIBLE DANIELLE
Dixie and Zip had rekindled their feud from February until June of 2006.
All of a sudden after the month of June,just as it was about to gain some momentum,it stopped.
WHY??????
When August/September rolled around,it was Dixie vs. "The Belle Of Biloxi" Passion.
Thry wrestled a few matches against each other and a feud of sorts was in the process of building.
Then all of a sudden,it stopped.
WHY???????
Next thing you know,once that feud somewhat subsequently subsided,it was Passion vs. Irresistible Danielle.
Even they had a few "scraps" against each other for a few shows.
Then all of a sudden,it stopped.
ONCE AGAIN,I have to ask this question.....
WHY??????
Now,it's only just IRRESISTIBLE DANIELLE (NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT IT!!!)
and............................IRRESISTIBLE DANIELLE!!!
First,a ladies feud attempts to build up for a couple of shows for a couple of months,then POOF !It vanishes like a cloud of smoke....
I am one not to be supercritical and I am definitely not one to question PP3's integrity,his reputation or anything like that and under no circumstances whatsoever am I ever going to do that.
He is a great man that I respect and admire very dearly.
He has been in the business for 3 and a 1/2 decades and we have been very close friends for almost 9 years now.
All that I am suggesting for GSW to do is to bring some women's action back to their shows,that's all.
Think of the possibility of a ladies tag team match:
Irresistible Danielle and Zip (one lady we haven't seen since June that you SERIOUSLY need to bring back!)
vs.
Dixie and Passion
Believe me,people from miles around will be coming in droves to see that match-up take place!
With my contacts with other wrestling fans,needless to say,just take my word for what it's worth.
Many of my friends and fellow ringside fans were also wondering what happened to women's wrestling action at Gulf South Wrestling?
WE WANT IT BROUGHT BACK!!!!!
Aside from that,like I stated before,GSW is a great Gulf Coast wrestling organiztion and runs great shows and I'm sure that 2007 will be as beneficial,prosperous and popular as it was for them in 2006.
As far as Old School Wrestling (OSW),Amereican Wrestling Federation,SWA Warzone in Hattiesburg,MS and to the other wrestling organizations that run along the Gulf Coast area that are starting or re-starting that either I forgot about or did not mention are concerned,I have absolutely nothing but love and respect for all of you and I want to wish all you guys nothing but the very best in 2007.
Well,that was my personal perspective looking back on the year of 2006 and my personal prespective as I am looking forward for 2007.
This will not only be another great year for Gulf Coast independent wrestling and its fans,but for me as well as a wrestling journalist/photographer/wrestling related YAHOO! group owner/ring announcer and commentator!
WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.....AND JUST WAIT 'TIL I GET "MY GROOVE" ON ONCE I GET ROLLING IN 2007!
UNTIL NEXT TIME,WEBHEADS.....
