Journal 4
by Tony Kozina on 1999-09-02
It's been another successful tour. I met alot of
people, and saw alot of incredible things. I debuted for
both The Bad Boys of Wrestling in Montana, and Can-Am
Wrestling in Alberta, Canada. I experienced nothing but
positive vibes from both companies, and hope to wrestle
for both again soon. With that said, let's move on to
the wonderful sights, sounds, and smells of being on the
road...There's something special that happens to people
who are crammed in a small car for up to 14 hours at a
time. We started out with the usual conversations about
what's going on in the wrestling world today, which led
to discussions about favorite matches from years past,
best wrestlers, blah, blah, blah...Now somewhere between
Spokane, and Missoula we entered the twilight zone. Some
of us broke out in our best Howard Finkle impersonations,
announcing the lost, but not forgotten matches of yesteryear,
complete with guest ring announcer, guest time keeper,
and special celebrity to sing America the beautiful. Eventually
it escalated into Dusty Rhodes commentary impersonations
which had us going "to da paywinda" for everything from
gassing the car, to eating at a local resturant. "If ya
wanna eat, then babay ya gotta go to da paywinda" Needless
to say, when we did get our PO's each night, we broke
out in Dusty mode about "goin' to da paywinda". ...Someone
needs to inform the good folks with the Montana highway
department that when they put a highway route on the map,
I believe it's supposed to mean that the highway is completed.
As we're driving on route 6 or 16, heading to the Canadian
border we come across at least 5 miles of uncompleted
highway, and are forced onto some kind of crazy dirt road....Coming
back to Regina from Moose Jaw, we witnessed the coolest
lightning that i've ever seen. It's all flat land out
there, and lightning was flashing all over in the distance,
up close, to the west, to the north, etc. And the flashes
we going off once every 10 seconds or so. Words really
can't describe it. Upon entering Edmonton we were treated
to a neat display of the northern lights which was really
cool. On our day off we ventured to the West Edmonton
Mall. That place is unbelievably huge!!! One afternoon
was not nearly enough time to take that place in. I watched
a fantastic match between Keith Hart and Gemini that night.
It was really impressive. I also got a chance to catch
up with Lenny St. Clair, who I hadn't seen in almost a
year. He may be coming back to the PNW area, which would
be really cool. After over one week on the road, we finally
came back to British Columbia for four nights with ECCW/NWA-PNW,
and I was greeted to someone busting out my car window
as I napped in my hotel room. Oh well... It was so hot
those last four days, I thought I was gonna drop dead.
By Monday I was so ready to head home, that I totally
forgot to say good-bye to all my friends. I woke up, asked
who was coming to Vancouver w/ me, jumped in the car and
left. Then my car broke down... So for anyone who may
have been pissed that I left without a handshake, or high
five, perhaps this will bring you a little joy. Oh well...
At least it happened on the way home, and not on our way
to another show. Actually, the fine people in Merritt
figured out that all it was was a broken wire, and sent
me on my way in no time at all. So I drove, and drove,
and drove, and gassed up my car, and drove some more,
dropped the fellas off in Vancouver, and drove, and drove--all
with no passenger window mind you... It was a bit nipply,
but I wrapped a blanket around my carcass, and was just
fine. So now things will slow down for a bit until mid-september.
Damn, I re-read this story, and there's still so much
to talk about from that trip. Maybe i'll drop in and go
into detail about one of the silly events on the road.
So until then "this is da Dream, babay, tellin' ya watch
dat plunder, and keep on clubberin' cus dat's how ya get
to da paywinda!!!"
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