Journal 10
by Tony Kozina on 2000-02-15
The
schedule has picked up, and i'm working my tail off. I've
been in and out so much that i've barely had time to take
care of things at home. I have two precious days off to
spend at home, and then it's back on the road for two
weeks on a tour of Vancouver Island. I figured now's a
good time to write a new journal piece and tell everyone
what's been happening...
Where do I start??? First, let me brifly describe the
Vancouver Island adventure complete with malfunctions
of every kind and a good game of Wildball to boot. We
start off this trip by getting pulled over no more than
10 blocks from the starting point because, and I quote
"the van is a big piece of sh%t". Is the officer correct?
How about this for an answer...
He asks us to open the sliding side door. Juggernaut complies
and not only does it open, but it falls right off in coordinance
with the Canadian traffic safety and RCMP code book. I
sit laughing hysterically into my road woobie so the officer
won't hear me. A $500 plus fine is issued, and Disco Fury
actually thanked the officer for the ticket. It wasn't
the first time Disco would be a source of glory on this
trip....
On the way to the ferry the van starts making this noise
as if someone put a bag of unpopped popcorn in the engine.
Louder, and louder it gets, and I dive into the backseat
waiting for the van to blow up. We made it through the
first night OK. One the second day, as we started driving
off the ferry, that darned Disco Fury dun drives over
some kind of apparatus that puntured the trailer tire,
and bent the axle all to hell. How he does it is a mystery
to me, I'm just proud to call him my hero. I hear the
WHoooosh of the tire going flat and find myself in dire
need of a bathroom. We get to a resturant to survey the
damage, and it looks pretty bad. So at day two, we have
a $500 plus ticket, a engine on the brink of explosion,
and a flat tire and bent axle. It was now time to beat
up the referee since he had been getting on our nerves
the entire trip. So, after taping him to a utility pole
and raping him of his dignity. Stealing his shoes, throwing
fire at him, stealing his cigarettes and letting Beautiful
Bruce dance around in front of him blowing smoke in his
face. And I will also note for the record encouraging
the meego to write profanities on his face and neck, the
likes of which won't be repeated here on this family friendly
website :) So one rental truck later, we're on the road
again. The rest of the tour went smoothly and thank goodness
for that. I don't think we could have taken much more!!!
The following week I went down to APW and had another
great experience there. Roland runs a very tight ship
down there and it's a pleasure working for him. I wrestled
Jardi Frantz in a very good match, I thought. He's another
guy with potential up the wazoo. There's so many out there
that it's mind boggling!!!
I also wrestled for WPW at an outdoor show. It was like
summer there! It was 75* outside. That was a nice change
from the colder, wetter climate from home. I went to Tijuana
and met with Rey Misterio Sr. again. It had been awhile
since I last saw him, but he remembered me, and was glad
to see me. I watched the Lucha Libre card that he was
on that evening. I was hoping that I could get on the
card, but we arrived too late. We wrestled in Anaheim,
CA. earlier that afternoon, and tried to make it to Tijuana
in time for the Lucha show, but it was farther than we
thought. We hung out wih "Dirty" Dan Denton in LA at his
house the next day and I watched the ECCW documentary
that he's been working on the past year. What a fantastic
piece of work!!!
The fans will really enjoy it when they see it. I think
he should do a second part to it, because the first hour
just got my tastebuds wet for more. It's a very good look
at life on the road, with footage shot from the ECCW summer
tours of the Okanagan, and Vancouver Island.
We made it from LA to Portland in 14 1/2 hours which has
to be a record of some sort. I was going over 100mph for
a good part of the drive. Now, I don't know if i'm usually
a speedracer, but driving a 1999 Toyota Camry feels like
your driving on glass, and 100mph felt like 65 to me.
I wrestled that next weekend for the brand new Pacific
Northwest Championship Wrestling which got off to a good
start running four shows in Albany, Seaside, Newport,
and Corvallis, Oregon. I was especially excited about
wrestling in Seaside, which is where i'd like to live
one day. I'm a nut for the Oregon coast. The guys must
have thought I was crazy the entire trip. From me constantly
pointing out the ocean and how wonderful it was on the
drive from Seaside to Newport, to my required stop at
the Bell Buoy so I could purchase some smoked seafood
- the candy of the sea as I refer to it, which got some
laughs, I was in my paradise. The great thing is that
no one else liked those smoked pieces of heaven, which
is fine with me. That way I could devour each sweet morsel
without the fear of a theifing hand reaching from the
backseat to swipe away the sack of goods. Once again,
I am preparing to tour Vancouver Island . This time for
nearly two weeks. There is still so many stories that
I left out, like my newest creation-- Roadwars. I'll save
that for another time. Until then just have as much fun
as you can possibly have, and laugh yourself silly every
chance you get.....
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