Post by Drew Stevenson on Jan 11, 2016 12:31:42 GMT -6
"Drew my boy, are you free for a moment?"
The voice on the other end of the phone belonged to a man who I know very well, and that man is my uncle, Danny Stevenson. Standing inside my motel room, I was just getting ready for a nice lunch as I took a seat on the edge of my bed so that I could talk to him while putting my shoes on.
"Of course uncle Danny, what's going on?"
Leaned over so that I can put my shoes on, I went quiet so that I could hear what he had to say.
"Well you see, as you already know - I am kind of getting up there in age and well, I recently had a very generous offer for Missouri State Wrestling!"
Sitting up straight, that immediately got my attention as the promotion closed its doors a while back. Having my full attention, I stopped what I was doing as I was curious who decided to buy out the promotion.
"Really? Who has the interest in MSW?"
Listening to him very intently, he began to tell me the whole story as I simply sat there and listened on as if I was there myself. After he got to the end of his story, the name that came out of his mouth was one that I really didn't want to hear, especially after what happened over Twitter not long ago. Lowering my head as I wasn't pleased with this decision, I shook my head because I knew that it wasn't what was best for the company but there was nothing I could do now.
"I... I... I understand! You had to do what you had to do. Yeah, everything will be OK and you just enjoy your retirement; you definitely earned it!"
Speaking with absolute conviction, I really did believe that my uncle deserved his retirement because he has busted his ass for the wrestling business for a long time now, more than I have even been alive. Removing my iPhone away from my right ear, I pressed the red hang up button with my thumb and tossed my phone onto the bed as this was the worst news that I have heard in a very long time.
God help us all!
The voice on the other end of the phone belonged to a man who I know very well, and that man is my uncle, Danny Stevenson. Standing inside my motel room, I was just getting ready for a nice lunch as I took a seat on the edge of my bed so that I could talk to him while putting my shoes on.
"Of course uncle Danny, what's going on?"
Leaned over so that I can put my shoes on, I went quiet so that I could hear what he had to say.
"Well you see, as you already know - I am kind of getting up there in age and well, I recently had a very generous offer for Missouri State Wrestling!"
Sitting up straight, that immediately got my attention as the promotion closed its doors a while back. Having my full attention, I stopped what I was doing as I was curious who decided to buy out the promotion.
"Really? Who has the interest in MSW?"
Listening to him very intently, he began to tell me the whole story as I simply sat there and listened on as if I was there myself. After he got to the end of his story, the name that came out of his mouth was one that I really didn't want to hear, especially after what happened over Twitter not long ago. Lowering my head as I wasn't pleased with this decision, I shook my head because I knew that it wasn't what was best for the company but there was nothing I could do now.
"I... I... I understand! You had to do what you had to do. Yeah, everything will be OK and you just enjoy your retirement; you definitely earned it!"
Speaking with absolute conviction, I really did believe that my uncle deserved his retirement because he has busted his ass for the wrestling business for a long time now, more than I have even been alive. Removing my iPhone away from my right ear, I pressed the red hang up button with my thumb and tossed my phone onto the bed as this was the worst news that I have heard in a very long time.
God help us all!