GOING 2 MY FIRST PRO WRESTLING MATCH(Dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Terrell)

           THE YEAR WAS PROBABLY 1979 0R 1980 MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN AVID WRESTLING FAN WHO KNEW ABOUT THE GREATS IN THE BUSINESS. I HEARD STORIES ABOUT OLE & GENE ANDERSON, GEORGE BECKER, RIP HAWK, SWEDE HANSON AND THE LIST GOES ON ABOUT MATCHES HE SAW. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE FAMOUS NORFOLK SCOPE COLISEUM FOR MANY GREAT MATCHES TO MY MEMORY. I HOLD THIS STORY TO HEART BECAUSE ITS STILL IN MY MEMORY ON MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WATCHING RIC FLAIR IN THE RING. “NATURE BOY” RIC FLAIR AND BLACKJACK MULLIGAN(NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS) FACING THE FORMER CHAMPS, BARON VON RACSKE AND #1 PAUL JONES. I WAS SO SCARED CAUSE THE MATCH ENDED IN NO CONTEST WITH THESE GUYS BEATEN THE HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER. I WAS A WRESTLING FAN FOR YEARS UNTIL I STARTED TO TRAVEL WITH MY HALF-BROTHER WHO WAS A WRESTLER AND I BECAME ONE OF THE BOYS IN THIS BUSINESS. I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF TODAY’S STARS FROM THIS REGION AND I HAD TO LEARN TO RESPECT THIS INDUSTRY AND WHAT I DID TO BE WHERE I AM TODAY. I’VE DONE SECURITY FOR HEELS TO TRAINING WITH GUYS TO WHERE NOW I’M A REFEREE.(MY GOAL IS TO BE THE NEXT BLACK REFEREE IN THE MAINSTREAM OR HELP SOMEONE GET THERE)
                  SO EVERY SHOW I DO I GIVE MY GRANDFATHER A TRIBUTE SO HE’LL HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT WATCHING ME DO MY THING IN SOMETHING HE LOVED AS A FAN FOR MANY YEARS.
LOVE, YA GRANDSON, LELUND……….GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN IN MY LIFE!!