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I am often struck by the lamentations of old promoters and what 'New York' did to them, stealing their cities, stealing their TV slots etc. What happened to Ann Gunkel was straight up theft. Not better promoting or better business, just a cold deal cut whilst Ray was being buried.
I love the history of pro wrestling and the sport has given me a lot of joy but it isn't unreasonable to say it is an industry of crooks and people of poor character. The power of historical reflections like your writing gives us the choice. To choose what we honour, choose what to remember and choose how our futures can be better.
Thank you Barry, it’s always great to hear from you and get your feedback and insights. What you said is spot on, I believe my job is to present the facts around things that happened and then record them for presentation and future readers and researchers to judge for themselves how they want to think about it. It’s not really my job to “bury people” with my writing but rather just tell the story and allow folks like you to make your determinations about the circumstances and people involved. I appreciate you my friend.
Thanks, Tony, for the article on Ann Gunkel. In Athens we had both promotions running. Thursday was All- South and on Sunday was Georgia. As a 10-year-old I was delighted! My father was a big wrestling fan, so we went to both.
Yes sir, I think the first two years were some of the most exciting in Georgia Wrestling History with two shows running around the state in towns each week. It’s always better for the wrestling fan if there is more than one promotion driving the demand. Promoters weren’t good enough business people to understand that back then.
I am often struck by the lamentations of old promoters and what 'New York' did to them, stealing their cities, stealing their TV slots etc. What happened to Ann Gunkel was straight up theft. Not better promoting or better business, just a cold deal cut whilst Ray was being buried.
I love the history of pro wrestling and the sport has given me a lot of joy but it isn't unreasonable to say it is an industry of crooks and people of poor character. The power of historical reflections like your writing gives us the choice. To choose what we honour, choose what to remember and choose how our futures can be better.
Thank you Barry, it’s always great to hear from you and get your feedback and insights. What you said is spot on, I believe my job is to present the facts around things that happened and then record them for presentation and future readers and researchers to judge for themselves how they want to think about it. It’s not really my job to “bury people” with my writing but rather just tell the story and allow folks like you to make your determinations about the circumstances and people involved. I appreciate you my friend.
Thanks, Tony, for the article on Ann Gunkel. In Athens we had both promotions running. Thursday was All- South and on Sunday was Georgia. As a 10-year-old I was delighted! My father was a big wrestling fan, so we went to both.
Yes sir, I think the first two years were some of the most exciting in Georgia Wrestling History with two shows running around the state in towns each week. It’s always better for the wrestling fan if there is more than one promotion driving the demand. Promoters weren’t good enough business people to understand that back then.