Missouri Wrestling Revival

Editor’s note: I Just got back from WLW in Richmond Missouri for another fun time with a hot crowd featuring Harley Race’s WLW students including WLW Champion Jason Jones, Mark Sterling, Ryan Drago, and the debut of the Stacey O show with the current MWR Female Wrestler of the Year Stacey O’Brien.

While the night was filled with some very young talented wrestlers lead by Jack Gamble, I received this letter from a MWR fan that asked me to print out his letter with a request to one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time Harley Race.

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Mr. Harley Race,

I am a life long wrestling fan, and I have been a fan of World League Wrestling since it’s inception. I remember very well going to the first WLW show at the Eldon High School Gym with the special guest being Disco Inferno and local wrestlers with names like the Drill Instructor and Tiger Mask, who coincidentally I remember he had gotten injured at the show which led you to let that be a lesson to all the younger members of the audience to not try these things at home, a true act of class for you in my opinion.

As I stated I grew up on wrestling. Anytime I had a chance to see it on tv, I was watching. And through World League Wrestling I have been blessed enough to have the honor to meet the legends I grew up watching, have a picture with them, shake their hand, get an autograph and sometimes even get to talk for just a brief moment with them. Brutus Beefcake, Bret Hart, Vader, Randy Savage(RIP), Mick Foley, Lex Luger, Ted Dibiasie, Jimmy Snuka, Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan are all in a book of autographs I have collected over the years. Heroes of my youth and I was able to meet them all, with thanks to you and the hard work you have put into entertaining me, a wrestling fan.

Over recent years, when I have turned on the tv to watch wrestling, I have been able to see guys who had worked for World League Wrestling in the early years of their career such as CM Punk, Ted Dibiasie Jr, Trevor Murdoch and more. Legends of the future on tv today, and I was able to see them in the beginning of their career, with thanks to you and the hard work you have put into keeping me coming back to be entertained as a wrestling fan.

I am also proud to say that from the beginning of this organization and continuing into today, the shows are kept clean enough that it can be family entertainment. People can bring their children without fear of foul language or lewd conduct. In today’s society, that’s hard to find. For the price I pay for a ticket, I get 3 to 4 hours of entertainment for half the price I would pay for a movie ticket, which lasts half the time, and I’m not allowed to yell at the movie screen.

All these things being said, as very true as they are, I do have one request. Please put on more shows. I love going to the WLW shows and the entertainment is outstanding. Whether there is a special guest or if it’s just a wrestling show in which I get to see future legends in the making, I love to see the live shows in Eldon. I hope that I am not stepping out of bounds saying so, but I believe these men and women who are chasing their dream of entertaining us want to do so more often, and I believe that us as fans would absolutely love to have more shows to be able to go to, so we can cheer, boo, and experience all the great things that are World League Wrestling.

Sincerely,

Shane Cooper – Wrestling Fan