Ben Simon host MMWA action from the historic South Broadway Athletic Club (July 9, 2011)
Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 20, 2011
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Ben Simon said
Thanks, Brian. IHW will be featured on the next St. Louis Wrestling. I’ll be in contact with you for commentary.
Herb Simmons said
I find myself responding to the article Ben Simon wrote regarding the issue with Ron Powers and the MMWA/SICW. I believe its time to set the record straight regarding the MMWA/ SICW issue first. It has been stated before by Ben Simon that MMWA/ SICW has split. I have attempted in the past to make it clear that those statements that he is making, are incorrect assumptions on his and a few others. Tony Casta and I have been the best of friends for many years and continue to be friends and will do so until one of us decides otherwise, so don’t hold your breath on that happening. Not Ben Simon or anyone will change that. Tony and I made that clear a few months back in the locker room at a South Broadway show. I continue to help Tony anyway that I can. Unless I was removed ths past weekend while out of town with Keith Smith who is the MMWA/ SICW Commissinor in Chicago being a guest of Jim Cornett and Gary Juster of ROH, then I plan on being back behind the mic in September. Now to set Ben Simon stright. He is no longer used at the show in Illinois due to him having his own agenda. He was filiming the shows and putting them on his own program and using our talent and resources to benefit himself. IF i’m not mistaken he was even looking for sponsors. Now to do that is unacceptable
in the business. Tony and I pay the talent and we have our own progams that we are trying to keep on air. Now if Ben wants to pay us and the talent then I say its okay for him to do this. Ben Simon attended the open door session we held and tried out for the ring announcer position. He did okay but I don’t believe anyone told him he had a life time position. After a few try outs it was clear that Ben had a problem even adjusting to reading what had been wrote for him to announce. This was a conversation that was held between myself Tim Miller and a few others. I have since begun using another individual from a local sports radio station that also helps promote the shows,(Good Busness). Ben Simon has continued to to work at South Broadway and even with some mistakes he has made there I’m happy for him. I make no decisions on what takes place there. I have my own thoughts but keep them to myself. To further clairfy to Ben, we attempted to work together on both shows but due to scheduling conflicts of some of talent needed in some of the story lines and due to the athletic board of Missouri being so hard on physical and license some workers have decided not to work there. This is an on going problem and nothing to do with a split of the two groups. In fact we attempted to run a few shows and a few of the main players from South Broadway had second thoughts and those matches were put on hold and held in Illinois. Tony and Keith are who I work with and the Ben Simon’s of the world and a few others need to understand that. Tony and I have been doing this longer then Ben Simon and the few others have been alive. Some may say we have been doing it to long, but I will put all my eggs in the basket with the like of Tony Casta, Keith Smith, Mr. Larry Matysik, and yes even the like’s of Ron Powers. I must say at this time I hate to agree with Ron but Ben Simon is so far off its almost amusing. In this business there is a term called a (Mark), it’s individuals like Ben Simon that word was meant for. He has certain areas that he may excell in but knowing the wrestling business isn’t one of them. He has been trying for so long to make an issue out of this so called MMWA/ SICW feuding that even after several times that its been explained to him he still don’t get it. It’s no different then when the WCW brought in the NWO, or when WWE brought on Smackdown, and the list goes own. The only thing I agree with him is that Ron Powers better not count Gary Jackson or any of the talent from South Broadway out. They are some of the best in the bussiness. So please wrestling fans, an I’m sure you are if you are reading this great site that MWR provides for us don’t let the Ben Simon’s of he world mislead you. As I told Brian Kelly from MWR not so long ago, unless you hear it from Tony Casta or myself or from one of our team members like Keith Smith, don’t beleive it. And Ben, this is WRESTLING, don’t get caught up in all the real work of the business, just sit back and enjoy and let those that have been doing this do it. The fans will let us know if they don’t like it. I hope to see everyone at all the MMWA/ SICW shows. And in the very near future on November 6th we will be supporting the return of ROH and Jim Corrnett to the Collinsville Convention Center with the help of Larry Matysik.