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Date Posted: 21:39:32 03/14/03 Fri
Author: Harold Williams
Subject: Bobby Blaze Speaks Out Against Backyard Promotion

The letter below is a condensed e-mail that was sent out by Bobby Blaze, who is a former Smoky Mountain Wrestling Champion, former WCW talent, and promoter with almost 15 years of experience in the pro-wrestling industry. He discusses how backyard promotions are a threat to the industry.
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From Bobby Blaze, Professional Wrestler "Trouble Shooting" For Our Business

The guys in professional wrestling are suppose to be professional. Do you know what it takes to be a professional athlete? It takes more than dedication and discipline, it takes guts. WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BUSINESS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FIGHTING AMONG US IS NON PRODUCTIVE. Please take a moment of your time to read this and pass it along to everyone involved in wrestling as a whole. This will hit home w/ some and others will be the same stupid [expletive] that they were before reading it...As some will know I have ran Ashland, KY since Thur. May 12, 1994 in front of a $3,000 house or roughly 500 paying fans at $6.00 a ticket. A backyard group now runs this town and have killed my area. They have false advertised and disrespected me, our business, and everyone of you that try to do your job as professionals, which they are not.

BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT BACKYARD [expletive], IT'S ABOUT PROFESSIONALS, AND THOSE INTERESTED IN MAKING MONEY IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. While in Japan, several of the groups there work together as opposed to working against each other. It's all about trained talent. There are 27 companies in that country and they all do good business, and there's really only one big one here and several others trying to make it, but there's a [expletive] more ripping people off. We can make this happen. In Japan they don't tear down others posters or mention guys that work for other companies and make challenges, especially when the guy is in another town trying TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY. It's just so disrespectful.

Now I know nothing is older than yesterdays newspaper SO YOU CAN SAY, that's the former Smoky Wrestling Champ, the old NWA Jr. Heavyweight [Champion] in 1993 or the guy that went on to WCW or the one that has wrestled on 5 of the 7 continents, and that's a shoot, thinking I'm bitter or upset, but that's the farthest thing on my mind, I'M ABOUT THE FUTURE THE FUTURE OF US ALL AS PROFESSIONALS. This is to anyone of you, whether your full time, part time, a ref, a mgr., a promoter, a fan. I have been in this business since 9-11-88 and went full time 7-4-91 and worked full time 10 years, a long run in this day and time.

...LET'S WORK TOGETHER!!! Get these marks and smarks out of our business. In one mere booking you may have killed a guys town or his livelihood. ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND DOESN'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN...PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO THE [expletive] PEOPLE DOING THESE THINGS AS WELL AS THE WELL RESPECTED BOYS THAT IT SHOULD BE READ BY..YOU..THE PROFESSIONALS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.....

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