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So New Jack worked for me quite a bit during 2003-2005 in IWC. Never had an issue with him, and was always fine with my wishes regarding language and level of violence. However, I believe it was Super Indy III he worked with Balls Mahoney. Brought the above Wolverine claw. I received a call the next morning at 6:30 a.m. from Jack telling me he left the claw at the building. I assumed by that time the janitor would have found it, and bye bye building for us. I remember driving up there at top speed, and making it to the building just after 7 a.m. The janitor was indeed there cleaning. As luck would have it, I found the claw before the janitor did (wrapped in a towel in the part of the bleachers behind the hard cam where the wives/girlfriends of the workers sat). We didn't lose the building.

My close friend and former assistant when I ran Steel City Wrestling in the 90's, Andrew Lazarchik of Wildcat Belts is the creator of this and most of the WWE belts these days..kudos to him on this masterpiece...

I would imagine, at least as of now, Mania looks something like: Seth vs Brock AJ vs Orton Bryan vs Rey Jr. Shane vs Miz HHH vs Batista (??) Rousey vs Charlotte vs Becky Maybe Cena vs Lars Sullivan or Lars dominating and winning Andre battle royal..

It's ironic you shared that because in a similar way, I've had to do that for years. As a funeral director, I walk into a room with an often devastated family, and have to be on point, and positive in spite of the circumstances, and execute every wish in a seamless, timely manner. Almost like a wedding planner with 48 hours to plan everything. When I make arrangements for families whose young child has passed, or whose young adult had died under tragic circumstances, or someone ravaged by a horrible disease, it's all I can do to keep it together. And sometimes, when they leave, I breakdown. It's natural, but man it takes it out of you. The biggest thing I miss about promoting wrestling, above all else, was having an opportunity to have a release, somewhere to direct energy to that didn't involve death and despair. As I get older, further along in this career and further away from wrestling, it's become much more difficult.

As a funeral director since 2000, I've seen cancer's results on an almost daily basis, and the toll it takes on the person and their loved ones. My stepmother passed away in December of 2016 after beating cancer 15 times before. She was a warrior. Reigns is a warrior. My best to him and his family.

Worked a 3 day, 3 show program with Tito when I managed "Beef Stew" Lou Marconi. In the planning of the first match, every other word out of Tito's mouth was F**K.. I was so amused I couldn't keep from smiling. When he worked for me a handful of times years later, I wasn't around for the spot calling...

People sleeping on the fact that at the very beginning of the segment....Kevin spun around in his chair to the sound of Elias's opening guitar strum. That had me rolling on the floor even before the nuclear heat spot..

We're the Salmon Sisters. And apparently we draw pictures of fish on our Surface and listen to terrible music..

So many great posts on here thanks for sharing. To this day, I haven't come to terms with most of it. I was there at the ECW Arena for his ascension, and knew him fairly well from my behind the scenes interactions since many of the workers wrestled for me in Pittsburgh on their weekends off. I was there for his three day tryout swing with the WWF, and saw the Bob Holly, Adam Bomb, and Owen Hart matches live. I was well pleased when he signed his deal, but didn't have much hope for either he or Eddie. To be honest, once I was fully entrenched in promoting and the funeral thing, I had little time to pay attention to the WWE product. But I was able to catch the Mania when he and Eddie ended the show in the ring. As a long time gigantic fan of both, it was otherworldly to see this happen. I'll never forget the call I received from Tom Brandi when Owen fell. I'll also never forget the text I received from another worker telling me of Chris, Nancy, and Daniel's passing, and then following up with the unbelievable truth. I've never looked at wrestling the same way. It's a shame because since I was 5, I was a gigantic fan.

I was at the first Hogan post match WrestleMania show in Pittsburgh. Walked up the night off and bought 2 front row tickets. House was horrible for a Hogan event- somewhere between 2,500-2,800 people. I remember the heat was put on the fact that it was a tag, and not a singles match. Next few shows featuring the tag match listed above drew poorly as well...