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Post by michaelporter on Jun 17, 2006 23:00:13 GMT -5
The UWA (United Wrestling Alliance) show, scheduled for Saturday June 17th at the Orangevale Grange Hall in Orangevale, CA. was CANCELLED at the last moment!
I was informed this by primary UWA Owner, Rob Wilds, upon my arrival this afternoon. My GOOD friend, Alexis Smirnoff Jr., who was scheduled to appear on the card, was nice enough to come up to Marysville from the Sacramento area, to pick me up for the show.
When we arrived at the Grange Hall, we were told that the show was cancelled. Rob did not go into details as to the reason WHY the show was cancelled, but he also informed me that the UWA was THROUGH...FINISHED...OUT OF BUSINESS!
I was, of course UPSET and DISAPPOINTED at this news!
The MAIN reason for my disappointment was that TONIGHT, was that I was going to be giving a SPECIAL 10-BELL Tribute and Salute, and the show was going to be (MY DECISION) dedicated to the memory of, and to the recent passing of my friend, former WWF/E and WCW Superstar, Earthquake John Tenta!
I will MISS the UWA and my workings with the owners, Wildthing Rob Wilds, Chris Ward and Will Louden. THANK YOU ALL, for the MEMORIES and for the RESPECT that YOU ALL showed to me! I TRUELY APPRECIATE IT!!!
To the Owners, the Management, the workers and ESPECIALLY...THE FANS of UWA...I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, for the respect and love that you've shown to me over the years! I WILL MISS YOU ALL!
GOOD-BYE, UWA & Rest In Peace!
Michael Porter
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Post by biff68 on Jun 18, 2006 0:32:28 GMT -5
yeah right . the show was cancelled because rob knew that i wasn't gonna be there in attendence. i went to the a's/dodgers game......................i was worried that i would have missed a show.
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Post by ricmicheals on Jun 18, 2006 3:54:35 GMT -5
get over yourself Biff. YOr a fan and a half assed annoying one at that. To the real fans thank you. To the otrhers and the haters....go to hell
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Post by RobbieNewton on Jun 18, 2006 6:03:24 GMT -5
MIchael, as I said in your Myspace Blog, I am shocked at this, even though I have never been to a show as I live in the UK, I learnt so much about it from you, and it seemed to be very great and all the locker room seemed to feel like family to each other. Michael, I believe you were the oldest member and I hope that you can get another job, I know over here in the UK it is harder for Old people to get jobs because of retirement age, not sure how it works in the US but I am sincerely hoping that it all works out for you
Yours Truly
Robbie Newton
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Post by biff68 on Jun 18, 2006 11:56:29 GMT -5
half assed fan. (intercourse) dude i spent alot of money at your fuckin' events so kiss my ass you fat (intercourse)..................
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Post by ricmicheals on Jun 18, 2006 16:32:41 GMT -5
YOur right you did spend money. For thant, thank you. On the other hand your constant gripes about things got annoying.
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Post by biff68 on Jun 18, 2006 18:10:58 GMT -5
so what now. just closing the UWA like there never was anything..............go invade spw then. you.rob,vega,chris show up there. it might be exciting and heck maybe spw can more fans to show up to thier shows. the thing that gets me is the uwa always put on great shows and wheather i cheered or booed had the time of my life. so i don't see why not that many people showed up. maybe it was the location or something........all in all i respect all involed in the UWA (evan you ric) inside the ring you were very easy to dislike (so you were doing your job to the tee) but outside of the business your problally a great guy. so sorry for getting on your nerves. take care.........................................c-ya
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Post by iloveuwa on Jun 18, 2006 19:21:30 GMT -5
there was alot of people, why just close it? for no absolute reason? hell, this is messed up.
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Post by ricmicheals on Jun 18, 2006 19:29:50 GMT -5
Guys,
It comes down to alot of things, most of which I will not get into. Rob, Chris and myself are tired of all the politics in this business. From Venues to wrestlers and everything in between. Thank you guys for everything. As for invading SPW, you the fans do that.
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travis
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UWA WILL LIVE ON!
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Post by travis on Jun 18, 2006 22:40:52 GMT -5
well i do apologize to the fans for not leaving a note on the door we could have atleast done that, i am gonna miss the uwa it was my wrestling family, i had alot of friends that took part of the shows, rob just told us to stop putting up the ring were done, i wish that i could have worked with the uwa longer, thanks for a great 3 months of letting me work for you guys, im gonna miss you all, so will(ric), rob, chris, mark, mike, as well as ring crew bookers and wrestlers thanks for the uwa, i wish them all the best of luck in their future companies
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Post by Freak on Jun 23, 2006 0:59:51 GMT -5
Just curious, are you guys planning on selling the ring?
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Post by biff68 on Jun 25, 2006 11:46:45 GMT -5
there still has to be some way to keep the uwa alive. did the orangeville venue 's contract expire or something. do we need to get new ownership for the company. any thoughts from anyone?
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Post by refron on Jul 2, 2006 2:38:32 GMT -5
Hey Ric Micheals what is going oh?you or Porter no so let us no huh.
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Post by biff68 on Jul 2, 2006 12:39:30 GMT -5
mike portor and mr wilds could you shed some light on what happened ? that at least could of been the final show. and bowed out greacefully. not just shut the doors on everyone without any notice................i"ll put up some freakin cash if we need to get this thiong back up and running..................UWA UWA UWA UWA all the way...............................
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Post by michaelporter on Jul 2, 2006 20:34:46 GMT -5
I STILL don't know ALL of the details of this FIASCO!
ALL I get is that it's NOBODY'S BUSINESS what happened! To which I say "THAT SUCKS!"!
I am STILL upset that ther was NO sign put up stating that the June 17th show had been cancelled!
I've heard from DIFFERENT wrestlers that THEY weren't notified that the show was cancelled...and that THEY were pissed!
And, like I said in my initial post in THIS thread, I went all the way down to Orangevale and THEN was told that the show was cancelled and that UWA was OUT OF BUSINESS!
I was NOT privy as to WHY or WHAT the problems or reasons were that led up to the decisions to cancell the show and CLOSE DOWN the UWA! I would STILL like to know what the F-U-C-K HAPPENED!
OH DAMN...I FORGOT... I CAN'T SAY "F-U-C-K" HERE!!! Oh well...I guess I'll get BANNED now!
Michael Porter
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