Although I never met him personally, I was especially saddened by the passing of professional wrestler John "Earthquake" Tenta on June 7th 2006 after a long battle with cancer. Having lost my own father from the same disease just over two years earlier his passing really hit home. In his memory I wrote a short poem which I originally read on my wrestling hotline, posted as part of my blog on awastars.com as well as posting it on wrestlecrap.com where Tenta's daughter was known to frequent. She saw the poem and personally thanked me for it. To my surprise, it even made it's way to the writers at Pro Wrestling Illustrated who gave me high marks for it. Here's my original AWA Column:
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Sherri Martel had been a fixture of pro wrestling for over 20 years having been featured prominently in the AWA, WWF and WCW during her career. So, when the then current reigning AWA Woman's champion announced that she was retiring from in ring competition I couldn't NOT write a tribute to her amazing career and the unfillable void that her retirement would leave not only on the AWA Women's championship but on the entire world of professional wrestling. Her passing just one year later came as a complete shock to the entire pro wrestling world and would warrant another tribute but, here is the piece that I originally wrote at the time of her retirement... |
Author: Sean BossmanFrom 2005 to 2008 I was a columnist for the Minneapolis based American Wrestling Association (under the moniker of "Sean Bush" claiming to be a spoiled relative of then U.S. President George W. Bush lol) both for the official AWA webite as well as their short lived printed magazine. In order to differentiate myself from other columnists, I avoided writing straight ahead pieces about the here and now and instead wrote everything from a historical perspective always referencing the AWA's grand legacy in correspondence to where the company was going. Mr. Gagne appreciated my unique style so much that he assigned me to write the opening article for the first issue of the newly launched AWA magazine. Archives
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