On Saturday night, May 2nd, 2009 Dyersburg Championship Wrestling officially cut their own throats. Thus, leaving the company and their wrestling future to bleed to death. A family that is so full of greed and spite would put a death grip on one another in order to gain the power and money that they think they deserve. Whether it’s stealing from a family member or shorting a wrestler on their payoff at the end of the night – The Walker family has made its mark in the Mid-South wrestling scene for having a shady business background. After bouncing back from committing business-suicide in the past – they’ve done it again. Bad business practices are an integral part of The Walker family. Always has been… always will be.
Please allow me to explain.
Pushing wrestlers that Sandra Walker has a crush on is normal business procedure. Forcing Addison Walker into the ring despite what any “booker” says, is normal business procedure. Allen Walker walking out on what’s good for the show… only to return a few weeks later, is normal business procedure. Another trademark of The Walker’s weekly wrestling tradition is shorting their wrestler’s money at the end of the night. An occurrence that I can speak very candidly about, after falling victim to it for the last three weeks. Shame on me? Indeed. But trying to make business boom is something that I pride myself on week in and week out. If I can give the people what they want, I’ll eventually get what I want. In this case, enough was just enough.
After working in front of one of the best crowds I’ve seen in recent memory, I left Ripley and headed out to Dyersburg. As fate would deal me, I ran into Allen Walker in the parking lot of the Juke Box Cafe’ (the site of DCW). I informed Allen that I was none too pleased about being shorted money the last three weeks. This is the week they get caught up. (more…)
