In honor of WrestleMaina 27 tonight I figure it’s finally to share wrestling phoot I’ve had in my collection for years. It was back in January of 1994 when I was still living in Michigan. I went to a wrestling show at Taylor High School and was looking foward to a great show considering who was supposed to be there. There was quite the cast of stars that appeared at the show including the Junk Yard Dog, Ivan Koloff, Greg Valentine, Kevin Sullivan (w/ Woman), Virgil, Al Snow and Sabu. The last two weren’t know at the time but would steal the show. Also scheduled to appear was the Honky Tonk Man (HTM).
Since the HTM was supposed to be there I brought along an acoustic guitar in hopes that maybe he would sign it. I even went up to Greg Valentine during an autograph session with the guitar and craked a smile, he used to team with the HTM and “play guitar” too. For whatever reason the HTM didn’t make it to the show that night.
For this show I ended up in the front row thanks to some great connections and saw probably one of the best independent wrestling shows of all time. I wish there was a recording of this somewhere but this was long before everyone had video camera in their cell phones, or even cell phones for that matter.
One of the last matches of the night was a tag team match featuring Kevin Sullivan, The Barbarian, Greg Valentine and Virgil. During the match Virgil was thrown out of the ring and in front of wear I was sitting. Kevin Sullivan came over to my seat, grabbed my guitar and smashed it twice over the back of Virgil, thus destroying it in the process. The crowd went crazy and I was in shock that the guitar I brought was smashed into pieces. Luckily for me, a photo was taken at the right moment.
After the show Kevin signed what was left of my guitar. Even if that incident didn’t take place this was probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, there were rumors that night and afterwards that some of the wrestlers may not have gotten paid for their work which is another story. I wouldn’t want these guys chasing me down for money, I no longer have a guitar to defend my self.