INTERVIEW: Chris Hamrick speaks on his career...

[LucharesuFan619]

On Sunday, May 18, 2003, I had the oppurtunity to speak with former ECW star and current U.S. independent standout performer "Confederate Currency" Chris Hamrick. The accomplished young athlete spoke candidly on a variety of issues, including his childhood memories of being a pro wrestling fan, how he broke into the business as a wrestler, his early work on the indy circuit, the couple of appearances on WWF (now WWE) television that he has made, his memorable tenure in ECW, and his current association with XPW (along with giving his thoughts about the current state of that promotion). Hamrick was also willing to confront for the first time in any interview that he's ever done some of the more controversial issues that he has encountered during his career, including the heat he once had with former-ECW colleague EZ Money (a.k.a. Jason Jett during his brief time in WCW), his rumored marriage to former-porno actress and indy wrestling valet Kristi Myst, why he never returned to CZW again after his one-night appearance in the promotion, the real-life assault on indy wrestler The Messiah, and other topics which - until now - remain yet to be discussed by him.

 

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Enjoy.

[Chunk]

Q: You recently beat The Zebra Kid to win the FWA All-England title on a tour of the UK. Describe your experience on that tour.

 

A: I had a blast on that tour. I got to wrestle Jonny Storm, and Juvy (Juventud Guerrera), too. Everyone treated me with respect over there. The FWA is a great promotion. They have some very good talent over there, too. The fans are awesome there - they respect wrestling for what it is. There are no stupid "You F*cked Up!" chants. The fans (in the UK) are having a great time watching wrestling, not trying to steal the heat from the shows.

 

 

Damn right!

Edited May 23, 2003 by ChUnK

[Guest Last Warrior]

The fans are awesome there - they respect wrestling for what it is. There are no stupid "You F*cked Up!" chants. The fans (in the UK) are having a great time watching wrestling, not trying to steal the heat from the shows.

 

As a regular FWA goer, I am afraid to say that the 'You F*ck*d Up' type of fan is sadly on the increase. It is the same type of fan that tries to put themselves over at the expense of the match itself just so that they will get a bit of recognition on the UKFF.

 

There are also a number of good fans especially the ones who started the 'You got bitchslapped!' chant as Chris Daniels the other week.

[Chunk]

The fans are awesome there - they respect wrestling for what it is. There are no stupid "You F*cked Up!" chants. The fans (in the UK) are having a great time watching wrestling, not trying to steal the heat from the shows.

 

As a regular FWA goer, I am afraid to say that the 'You F*ck*d Up' type of fan is sadly on the increase. It is the same type of fan that tries to put themselves over at the expense of the match itself just so that they will get a bit of recognition on the UKFF.

 

There are also a number of good fans especially the ones who started the 'You got bitchslapped!' chant as Chris Daniels the other week.

I think the odd "You F*ck*d up chant" is inevitable. Theres always going to be one person in a crowd that wants to sound clever.

 

IMO, the number of 'good' fans far outweigh them though. The "you got bitch slapped" chant was classic last week

 

On the subject of chants, what do you think about the bad language used at FWA shows? I remember Alex asking people to calm it down a little for the TV exec's, but that only seemed to fuel it more.

 

I'm not against bad language, but i'd hate to see it hamper a possible TV deal.

 

ChUnk!

[Guest TonyJaymzV1]

I went to an MCW show, and it seems all the fans could chant was "She's a Slut" or"He's a fag"

 

This was sposed to be a family show, as parents and children was there. I felt ashamed to be a wrestling fan.

[Guest subliminal_animal]

I went to an MCW show, and it seems all the fans could chant was "She's a Slut" or"He's a fag"

 

This was sposed to be a family show, as parents and children was there. I felt ashamed to be a wrestling fan.

Blame that on the fans (like I'm sure you do). Consideration of others wasn't something they felt needed to be considered.

 

Wrestling fans are, by and large, near-garbage. The stereotypes are somewhat deserved, although we do need some more outsiders to take in a couple shows so they can be updated to include nerds and stuff.

[Guest Last Warrior]

Wrestling fans are, by and large, near-garbage. The stereotypes are somewhat deserved, although we do need some more outsiders to take in a couple shows so they can be updated to include nerds and stuff.

 

I don't know much about the US crowds so I couldn't comment but I wouldn't have said that is the case in Britain.

 

Over here, there is a large working to middle class following of wrestling and very little 'Garbage'. That is what makes their behaviour suprising.

 

There is a large amount of swearing at the british shows. The way I see this is because you get a lot of 14 - 18 year olds going to the shows without their parents and are trying to be a bit rebellious because they know that if they said what they do at a wrestling show at home, it would not be tolerated.

 

I would prefer to see the UK crowds swearing less not because I am posh knob or whatever but because in the majority of cases it is unnescessary. But then again there are a few things that I would like to change about british crowds.

[Guest TonyJaymzV1]

i ahte it whens its chanting it just to chant it. I call it ECW Syndrome.