Well, thanks everyone for putting the welcome mat out to me. It's good to know that I'm not the only guy who is into both wrestling and folk music.To Mbo: Scotty Too Hotty is a good guy. But he's not into folk music. He's the one who puts the Spice Girls into the boom box in the locker rooms.
To JenEllen: I'll pillowfight you sometime. I haven't really had a chance to get to know the Undertaker yet. He's pretty aloof off-camera. Road Dogg is a great guy who knows his music. He's really into old rockabilly stuff.
To Bill D: The wrestlers you mention are from before my time. But I've seen films of Lou Thez and Bruno Sammartino. They were great champs.
To Bugsy: I'm sorry, but I don't know the guys you mentioned.
To Banjo Bonnie: I also don't know the Love Brothers. But I went up to Toronto last year to train at Sweet Daddy Siki's wrestling school. What a cool guy. He showed us some of his old films. He had such a great sense of flair.
To Sian, West Wales: I also don't know Klondike Kate. Sorry.
To Sinsull: It was Gorgeous George who pioneered the whole idea of wrestlers being characters. What wrestling is today started with him in the 40's. Rikichi is another great guy. His whole family are wrestlers. I know what you mean about the Bubba Dudley. He's too funny. Just remember that "King Kurt" is just a character that was thought up for him. In real life he was an olympic wrestling gold medalist. Shane is all business, he'll be running the WWF some day.
To Dave the gnome: Giant Haystacks? You must be talking about the legendary Haystack Calhoun. He was over 600 pounds back in the '60's. I've seen films of him too. Awesome. The Rock has been really encouraging and I don't think I'm letting the cat out of the bag to say that the Undertaker and Kane aren't brothers in real life.
To Mbo again: My entrance music is going to be "Big Bad John", the old country song by Jimmy Dean. I've recorded my own version with me singing and playing banjo. It's great, if I may say so myself.
Thanks again for the welcome to Mudcat.