Part 2: GQ Money speaks on his career

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ABOVE: GQ Money (on the far right) poses with pals, (from left to right) Veronica Caine, Steve Rizzono, and The Sandman backstage at an XPW show.

 

Over the past nine months, I’ve been fortunate enough to receive a number of opportunities to chat with former-independent wrestling managerial luminary “Devilish” Lee Handsome a.k.a. GQ Money. Until March of this year, GQ had been employed for more than two years by the ever so controversial XPW (Xtreme Professional Wrestling) promotion in Southern California.

 

In XPW, GQ gained nationwide publicity as one of the most charismatic managers on the US indy wrestling circuit. He was the mouthpiece of XPW’s memorable “Enterprise” faction, with whom he has worked among an impressive entourage of pro wrestling superstars, including The Sandman, Shane Douglas, Chris Hamrick, Danny Doring, New Jack, Bill Alfonso, UK sensation “Wonderkid” Jonny Storm, and Sean “Syxx-Pac/X-Pac” Waltman.

 

However, GQ didn’t just play a fundamental role in XPW in its ring; rather, he worked behind-the-scenes for much of his tenure with both XPW and it’s parent company, adult entertainment corporation Extreme Associates. As an employee at E.A., he directed a number of adult films and interacted on a daily basis with two of the most controversial figures in the realm of pro wrestling – Rob Black and Lizzy Borden, who were indicted on federal obscenity charges early last year.

 

As a vital member of the backstage team of XPW and E.A., GQ was introduced first-hand to a number of the most discussed incidents on the US indy circuit in recent years, including XPW’s controversies with other federations such as EPIC, ROH, and CZW, its fallout with New Jack, and the much-talked-about Chihuahua/snake incident. Since leaving XPW, GQ has toured the US indy circuit, working with the likes of The Messiah, Christopher Daniels, and Scott Hudson in promotions such as NWA-TNA.

 

GQ was remarkably candid during the many interview sessions he had with myself. We discussed a vast variety of topics that cover his whole career, ranging from his childhood as a pro wrestling fan to breaking into the business as a wrestler to performing as a manager in XPW and other promotions. Many of the subjects that GQ discusses have yet to be talked about by XPW officials, and I wouldn’t be exaggerating in stating that the depth of our conversations are comparable to RF Video’s acclaimed “shoot” interviews, which is why I will be posting our dialogues in segments, rather than in whole.

 

The fragments of this interview will compound a much larger project that I am in the process of constructing, one that explores the controversial history of XPW. Granted – in the end, XPW failed, and eventually folded in 2003. However, during its existence, it produced possibly the most avid debate the world of US indy wrestling has recently witnessed. It all started with a pornography mogul named Rob Black.

 

Along the way, names such as Tracy Smothers, Sabu, The Sandman, Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, Jerry Lynn, Juventud Guerrera, and Abdullah the Butcher worked for the promotion. XPW at one point had a nationwide TV deal with America One and it’s home videos were distributed nationwide before those of ECW were. Even with all of these advantages, XPW eventually shut down, but not even it’s bankruptcy has curtailed the mutterings about it.

 

In the next eight months, learn about the formation, the rise, and the ultimate fall of a promotion that at one point had everything going for it. You've read mini-excerpts. You've read the delicately-worded, bias-laden versions of XPW's history from countless Internet "journalists," who've written about the topics from perspectives which are designed with specific intents in mind. Forget that shit...

 

No doubt about it - XPW eventually folded, and from just about every outlook, it looks to be completely done now...but there was so much more to the promotion, once one cut through the in-ring crap. Nobody will ever mistake XPW for AJPW, and XPW wasn't designed to mirror that type of style in the slightest. There's no denyinig that XPW will never be like it once was. For all intensive purposes, it's done, it's over, it's capoot.

 

But for half a decade, XPW was unique. It was many things, one of which - if you're willing to look at it from an honest perspective - was a promotion that had the potential to change pro wrestling as we know it today. It was the only American wrestling federation in recent memory to have the financial backing that provided it with a legitimate opportunity to seize the number two spot in the U.S. pro wrestling industry.

 

From one outlook, XPW was the story of the failed dream of one man, Rob Black. From another perspective, it was the story of the concept of wanting something so much, and then - upon getting it - find that it wasn't what you really wanted. From yet another point of view, XPW was the story of the mainstream crossover that pro wrestling has experienced in the last decade or so.

 

XPW was so many things, and while Rob Black's approach never quite brought him to the promised land of this business, it lead him on a path which featured dealings with men like Shane Douglas, The Dudley Boyz, Paul Heyman, Sabu, Terry Funk, Konnan, Vampiro, Tracy Smothers, The Public Enemy, and so many more.

 

From the childhood days of Rob Black to his start in the porno and later wrestling business; from the training of those who went on to become XPW's most popular, and most hated, superstars to the preparation for XPW's debut show; from television deals to multi-million-dollar lawsuits; from the memorable signings of stars to the widely-talked-about departures of those same workers; from the live event successes in world famous venues to the ever-so-controversial storylines and backstage politics; from years before XPW's inaugural show all the way to the present...

 

It's all gonna be here…“Five Years Later – The Roots, The History, and The Controversy of Rob Black’s XPW.”

 

Featuring...

 

- insightful contributions from XPW alumni such as GQ Money, Verne Langdon, and many others who will be announced in the coming months

- my complete, uncensored "shoot interview" with GQ Money, featuring the parts you won't find anywhere else, including in the version posted on this message board

- data lists of wrestler finishing/signature moves, real names, debut dates/trainer info, etc.

- an archive of all of XPW's past press releases, from the fateful one announcing it's creation to the one you see on it's web site right now, promoting it's unlikely-to-air second PPV

- results to all of the XPW shows, including those never-before-publicized; planned storylines that never saw the light of day

- never, EVER-before-seen, pre-XPW photos of the XPW stars such as Angel, Johnny Webb, The Messiah, Kaos, Supreme, Homeless Jimmy, and others

- and a great deal more

 

 

 

 

 

And now…part two of my interview with former-XPW worker GQ Money, known to some as “Devilish” Lee Handsome…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This part of our interview was conducted on March 29, 2003.

 

ME: So, you had just became an official member of XPW and Extreme Associates. What were your first impressions of Rob Black?

GQ: I met Rob on the first trip out there. He was loud, cursing up a storm and a little bit intimidating. That second time I was there he was real cool. I walked in the office in a suit and that's not really common there and he just smiled at me. He probably called me a “fag” or something, but he was real cool and I liked him that second time. He was the kind of guy you had to get a vibe for, and he had to get a vibe for you, and then things would work out, but it was definitely about that first impression. He knew that I was GQ Money from the moment he saw me. He came up with the name. "The Agent to the Stars" was something I was already doing myself. I was "The soon to be Pullitzer Prize Award Winning Author and Agent to the Stars. The Pop Superstar, Crossover, Mainstream Media Sensation" Rak GQ. That was the gimmick I created for myself when I left the CWO (Central Wrestling Organization) looking for new work. I used to be known as "Ringside" Ryan Andrews. I'm real comfortable talking on the fly, and coming up with "out there" stuff. I think I developed that because of my interest in hip-hop. I prefer (doing) live shows to on camera stuff, though.

ME: The next question is sort of a multi-parter. What were your first impressions of Lizzy Borden? Were you aware of XPW's porno connections and if so, did that intimidate you or make you think twice about working for XPW? Also - Were you aware up front that they'd want you to be working on the porno side, too, along with the wrestling side?

GQ: Lizzy was real nice and friendly. I was definitely aware of the porno ties and it definitely made me think twice about joining. I wasn't concerned about wrestling for XPW (as in that sense the porno ties didn't bother me), but working in the office was most definitely a tough decision, as I wasn't really into being affiliated with adult stuff. I just wanted to work for a wrestling company. At this time, The Giant (EDITOR’s NOTE: “The Giant was the guy who attacked The Messiah at The Night The XPW Stood Still and a guy who in the first part of this interview, GQ said he worked with when he was in the CWO), TJ Rush and me were in town, and we were helping with the Rob Black for Mayor campaign.

 

We went to dinner with Kevin and Kevin told us that they had two office jobs available - a receptionist and a warehouse guy. Kevin was expecting Giant to take the warehouse gig, and me the receptionist one, but I wasn't interested in working in porn. So Giant took the receptionist gig, and TJ the warehouse. Giant loved his job. I mean the girls loved him. It was nuts. He's sitting there up front as the 7-foot receptionist/bouncer/bodyguard and every porn girl wanted to hook up with him. I remember he would hook up with like two (porno actresses) in one day at the office and then go out with another at night. It was just amazing...Anyway, he seemed to like his job...and I was having a hard time finding something I was into. I started asking Giant to talk to Rob about letting me edit or something because I had experience.

 

At the same time, I got a call about an opening at LFP-Publishing, working on some of their non-adult publications. But Giant had set up the meeting with Rob. When I met with Rob, he saw my portfolio of various things - brochures, flyers, show programs, graphics, music videos. I edited “News” appearances I was on and all that crap. He liked my work and he said he'd come up with a position for me. That position became to assist Thomas Zupko in the PR, part-time, and edit on my own time. I made a lot of promotional flyers for various movies, and then worked on the website a little. The work I did on the website was making comical Flash movies, like one about adult star Lucinao and his trip to Prague. It was real comical and everyone liked it.

 

At that point, they asked me to start shooting some scenes and I was real sketched out. I'm talking, totally uncomfortable. I'm thinking, "Oh my God, I've got a mainstream career to worry about. Aaighhhh, what am I doing?" but I was in a position where I still hadn't debuted in XPW and I wanted to be a part [of XPW] real bad. Plus, I was starting to make better money, so I did it. And that's when I started doing a little of everything. The web (site), editing, shooting, and whatever else needed work. I started working longer hours, and putting forth a lot of effort. I was getting frustrated because I still hadn't debuted, and then Rob sat me down to find out what was bothering me. We talked. He made me happy, and at the next show, GQ Money made his debut.

 

ME: Now, before we get to the XPW side of things, let’s talk a little bit more about your experience in the technological field. Did you study technology, computers, graphic arts, etc. in school or college, did someone teach you it, did you teach it to yourself, etc.?

GQ: My freshman year of college, the Internet was just starting to pick up, and I took a senior level Web class. This was back when HTML was real basic - there wasn't streaming media and really no control of your pages, but I learned some basics and then kept teaching myself. Same thing with graphics - trial and error (especially when I wasn't using the best software). So, I kind of taught myself, but I always used those skills to achieve success in college. I did some independent studies with a professor of mine, which was a big internet project discussing the Politics and Language of Distance Learning By Using the Internet to discuss politics in classrooms in two different parts of the country. It was fun. Great professor. Dr. Frank Beer.

ME: That was his real name?

GQ: Yeah, that was his name… I need to take some new classes. Technology is moving fast now, and I'm falling behind...he was my Political Science professor...kind of nerdy, but still real cool.

ME: So, what was the atmosphere like in the Extreme Associates headquarters? Set some of the rumors to rest or confirm them - were there nude porn stars walking around every hallway, etc.?

GQ: It was fun, it was fast paced, it was wild, it was hard work, and it was exciting. You never knew what was going to happen, and anything could happen. It was like a sitcom, or a movie, or a drama show all rolled into one. Yes, naked porn stars would be walking around the hallways a lot. In truth, it was incredibly hard work, and it took an incredibly hard working person to survive and keep a job there, but it was awesome. I enjoyed working hard and was having the time of my life - well, kind of...The office was always real cool. Like I said though…real demanding. Hard work was an important quality and getting sh*t done took priority over fun. So, it's not like it was this huge party.

ME: You worked for E.A. at the same time as the immensely controversial "puppy dog/snake proposed webcast" incident. What the hell happened with that? Was that Rob's doing? Were you involved?

GQ: Not at all. He had no involvement whatsoever. Rob had pretty much given free reign of the website to the webmaster (who at that time wasn't me) and that was a publicity stunt done by that webmaster. And it was damn good. That webmaster had talent, and that's why Rob trusted him. There was no intention to feed any puppy to the snake and people who believed that we were were out of their heads. I've always thought that anyone who believed that was the biggest idiot around. Our site focused on the ridiculous, out there, and insane. The webmaster truly was good.

ME: Several people, though, did take it seriously and EA got a lot of complaints from animal rights activist groups and other associations. Were the phones ringing off the hook in EA offices?

GQ: Oh, yeah. Pet people. And animal cops were at the office. And they were like, "We need to see the dog," and then you'd hear the PA system go off with someone yelling, "The dog is dead. The snake just ate him." It was really funny. The dog was fine. The snake was normal. It was all good. The dog got a lot of love from everybody, as all the animals that are at the office do.

ME: Was there ever a real snake or was that made up?

GQ: We had a real snake…and turtles, and fish, and other dogs. The fish came recently [EDITOR’s NOTE: anotherwards, shortly before GQ left XPW]. Everyone likes animals there. The turtles are still swimmin’ and climbin’ away, but the snake is gone. It got a new home.

ME: It sounds like it was really blown out of proportion, but a lot took it quite seriously. Were there ever any serious threats in terms of lawsuits if it was to be carried out, police getting legitimately involved in terms of shutting down the offices, or any really serious threats like that?

GQ: No, there was nothing wrong being done. It was all fun and games and it just had to be explained.

ME: OK. I'm sorry for focusing on it. It's just that it turned into a major deal on the Internet and provided the blind XPW bashers with another reason to hate the company, so I felt it really should be addressed.

GQ: I know...It's cool....

ME: So, once the office explained to the police what happened, they stopped bothering you guys?

GQ: Yeah...it was no longer a problem, or an issue, or anything. The stories on the web site changed, no harm, no foul! I was actually about to be fired from the company at that time.

ME: Oh, really? Why? What happened with that?

GQ: Just the webmaster and me not getting along. It wasn't really personal, or maybe it was, but he got upset because I couldn't focus all of my attention to one thing...the web. At that point, I was editing movies, shooting movies, working on the web site. At that point, I had just picked up the XPW web site, I was making flyers for the wrestling shows and various other things that had to be done. Believe me, I would have loved to have done one thing, but I was always pulled to do another. When that happens, a lot of things get started and a lot of things don't get finished, so everyone was getting annoyed and everybody was annoyed for different reasons.

ME: So, did this webmaster complain to Rob about you?

GQ: Yeah, all the time. He (Rob) liked being a boss and he hated that I always did my own thing because there were other things just as important things to get done, and he didn't accept me not being his errand boy. It was cool. I used to like him, but he has a vendetta against me, like so many others, from what I've been hearing lately. At that point, I was the most replaceable, so it seemed I was on the outs...

ME: Were you hesitant in involving yourself in shooting the porno scenes? Or were you pretty comfortable with it?

GQ: I was real uncomfortable. I never wanted to be seen on camera doing stuff. Sh*t, I used to edit my voice out of the movies and stuff. Never performed. Never wanted to. Had no problem editing, but shooting wasn't easy. After time, you just get used to it and then it becomes no big deal, just a day at the office, but with the way porn was, there's always things that made me uncomfortable when shooting. It really wasn't my bag, but it was a job and my involvement with XPW was growing.

ME: When did you first meet Veronica Caine and what were your initial impressions of her?

GQ: Veronica was my first friend when I moved out here (to California). We met briefly some time. I met her when I first started hanging at the office, but the first night we ever talked was going to the XRCO. We met at the awards show, in the limo on the way there, and it was a fun night – a huge group of us, limos, seven-foot bodyguards, a hot ass chick like Veronica, and a load of people. Tom Byron was pimped out. We drank. We had fun. Good times…It was real fun because we were like the Renegades. It was very "wrestling." You had this adult movie awards show and then the wrestling crew came to crash the party. Fun as hell.

ME: By “the wrestling crew,” do you mean the XPW wrestlers?

GQ: No, just a few of us...with the girls, the giant, bodyguards, Byron, Veronica, me in decked-out suit, the limos...it was just very "wrestling." Extreme's always done real well. The XRCO's last year (2002) were great, too. The limo again, the drinking… all that, but then they sent me up to accept the award for Worst Movie of the Year. All hell broke loose when I went off on a free-style rap acceptance making fun of everyone, and staking Extreme's claim as the best and the most extreme, complete with me bumping on the stage.

ME: (laughs) Is this on tape?

GQ: I don't know if anyone has video of that, but it was so much fun. Damn!!! I got drunk that night. It was like total rock star sh*t. Kaos was at that one with the belt. Veronica got on the mic...good times...real good times!!!!!! We were just like, "F*ck the lies, f*ck the bullsh*t, f*ck everybody!" We were just doing things how we did them, and that was Extreme.

 

[EDITOR’s NOTE: The X-Rated Critics Organization is an association that holds an annual convention that is basically looked upon as “the Emmy Awards of pornography.” Those from hundreds of different porno companies spanning all across the country travel to California to attend the show, and there are awards given out for many different topics regarding porno movies, such as “best sex scene,” only a lot more specific and a lot more sexually explicit than that, to the point that it probably wouldn’t be right to expand upon it much further in a primarily pro wrestling-related interview.].

 

ME: Very cool. Sounds like a typical Enterprise (the XPW stable that GQ was a member of)-style party.

GQ: Very much...it's kind of how the (Enterprise) gimmick came to evolve. We were having fun - going to concerts, making appearances, and having a good time…definitely building good memories. At this point, I was the webmaster for Extreme and XPW and also working on the booking. I was making good money, I had moved into my new place by myself, and was definitely living the dream.

ME: You helped book XPW?

GQ: Yeah...from the era of New Year's Revolution (January 2002)…the bums…to Hostile Takeover (August 2002. A lot of people hated that era, but TV – which is what I worked on most – was really funny. The storylines were building, it was getting more exciting, and the production value was increasing due to (“White Trash” Johnny) Webb. I started giving Webb graphics. He was learning and trying more and more and TV started to get real good. Webb has done the production stuff like forever, but stopped a few months ago. [EDITOR’s NOTE: Keep in mind that this part of GQ’s shoot interview was conducted on Saturday, March 29, 2003.]

ME: So, is Webb actually gone from the company or just on hiatus, so to say?

GQ: In truth, it's not my business to say, but – hey, what the hell? He's gone from the company. Anyway, though, Rob was really good at TV ideas and our minds just clicked at that time. We both have outrageous ideas and we both liked to take risks and try new things, and then Kevin was the voice of reason to say, “You can't do that.” So, the booking was real cool. The problems came when we didn't announce cards.

 

 

 

BONUS MATERIAL~!

 

 

 

ME: I want to ask you quickly about GQMoney.com. It was your official website from around late 2001 to early or mid 2002. Why was it started? Who operated it?

GQ: I did it all, just as a hobby, promotional tool, and everything. It was all mine. I did what I wanted. I promoted my comedy shows on it, my game show appearance, my songs. I always had interest and career ambitions out of wrestling, so that was my venue to express those things. Before wrestling, I was big on my hip-hop career. I did tons of shows in Colorado, had done a battle in LA, did a lot of radio things. I was working on my demo and my computer crashed, causing me to lose tons of songs. I lost over a year's worth of work and that's when I stopped doing music. I was frustrated, passed my radio show on to some hungry friends, and started my wrestling career. I'm working on getting back into music again. I did the new H.I theme song, which I'll put up on the site soon, and I've got a bunch of other songs I'm working on.

 

[EDITOR’s NOTE: This part of our interview was asked on Thursday, May 22, 2003, and not too long after that (a few weeks or so), Joey “Kaos” left the Hollywood, Inc. faction, leaving GQ/“Devilish” Lee Handsome and J-Love/Valentina – as the group’s sole members. A lot more info on H.I. will be released in the latter parts of this EXCLUSIVE shoot interview with GQ Money.]

 

 

 

 

ME: Were you an ECW fan?

GQ: Yes, but not until they started their Pay-Per-Views. I didn't get ECW before that. I couldn't wait to watch ECW Pay-Per-Views when they were on...They were bad ass. In fact, I did a speech in school (University of Colorado) about ECW being the coolest new wrestling that's much more violent and real than anything else. It was fun. I showed the class people bleeding, and Terry Funk getting whipped with barbed-wire and tons of crazy shit, and that got some more people interested in wrestling again, because that was different than what they remembered.

ME: So was it like a convention of sorts?

GQ: No, just my Public Speaking Class. I was the best speaker in class, and I always did weird speeches, so he (the teacher) was entertained. I actually won an award in that class for “Most Outstanding Speaker.”

 

[EDITOR’s NOTE: This part of our interview occurred on Thursday, September 4, 2003.]

 

The official web site of GQ Money a.k.a. "Devilish" Lee Handsome can be found at http://www.HollywoodIncDotCom.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep your eye out in the coming weeks and months – the rest of my interview with GQ Money/”Devilish” Lee Handsome. Topics discussed include:

 

- His and Kaos’ feuds with Angel, Chris Hamrick, Danny Doring, Jonny Storm, and more

- The Enterprise – joining it; its evolution; memories of E-TV and the chaotic WarGames Steel Cage Match; the memorable Raw Sewage Match; and more

- Why a number of wrestlers left XPW

- The full story on the happenings between XPW and EPIC

- Being a booker of XPW’s product – never-before-publicized angles/storylines that were planned, but never came to fruition

- The never-before-seen Sabu Invitational Show at XPW headquarters

- Surfing the indies after leaving XPW

- For the first time ever - GQ goes on record and gives his detailed accounts of:

 

*the famous Supreme/fire injury

*the New Year’s Revolution 2/wrestling media challenge

*full responses to a number of the controversies and rumors sparked during XPW’s run in Philly

*Kaos dropping the XPW TV Title to Sean “X-Pac/Syxx-Pac” Waltman

*why he, Kaos, and J-Love, left XPW

*the full story on what exactly led to his personal fallouts with a number of wrestlers who were at one time his best friends

 

Plus…

 

- GQ answers XPW fans’ two most asked questions ever: Who was the damned MONKEY~?!?!? (yes, you read correctly) and What happened to Altar Boy Matthew?

- GQ gives his insightful takes on the following questions – What is XPW’s legacy in the world of pro wrestling? How has pro wrestling changed GQ Money as a person? What is GQ’s future in pro wrestling, and life in general?

- Word association

- GQ’s opinions on Rob Black, Lizzy Borden, Shane Douglas, Kevin Kleinrock, Veronica Caine, Bill Alfonso, and everybody else who he’s encountered in his pro wrestling career

 

And a whole lot more…

 

Stay tuned.

[EMAXSAUN 0]

awesome read

[Nevermortal 0]

Veronica Caine has a butterface.

 

Just saying.

[Guest netslob]

i disagree...she's actually quite pretty, but this pic doesn't do her much justice...besides, you spend a coupla years getting fucked in the ass for a living and see how hot YOU look.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

I want to hear more about the people in XPW, and all the shit that happens backstage.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

I want to hear more about the people in XPW, and all the shit that happens backstage.

Don't worry...in the next several months, you'll learn all you ever wanted to know about XPW.

 

Till then, though...if anybody's interesting in getting a sneap preview at the rest of the GQ Money interview, or at a couple of the pre-XPW photos I got which I mentioned in my first post in this thread...and if you're able and willing to make me a banner promoting my upcoming retrospective on XPW, i.e. I give you pics to incorporate and you make a banner (I don't know about pixels or anything, so I can't tell you how large I'd want it to be, but I'd estimate about the size of the textbox I'm typing in right now [the one you type in when you want to reply or make a new thread]), then I'll give you a sneap peak at the interview or SOME of the photos. I won't show you the entire rest of it that I haven't yet posted, b/c I don't know if you're gonna just go post it somewhere else and not give me credit for it...but I'll give you a preview, if you're willing to make me a banner like that. PM me for more info.

 

And thanks for the comments. All appreciated. Any other thoughts? The next part will focus much more on XPW, more so than the porno stuff.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

Several months?

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Several months?

Uhhh...yeah. Like I've been hyping, the interview, photos, and XPW history piece are gradually gonna be posted over a six month period. As I said, everything will hopefully be posted by 7/31, so as to culminate with the fifth anniversary of the inaugural XPW show, which was on that day in '99.

 

The offer still stands - anybody interested in making the banner in return for a sneak peak, PM me.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

Post it all tomorrow.

[Jingus 0]

Heh. I've worked with GQ/Devilish Lee on several occasions on indy shows, and he is certainly an unique individual. He's actually a better wrestler (or at least a better bumper) than half of the indy workers out there, but he knows that his main talent is talking, so he sticks with that, and I respect him a lot for making that decision (it's one that I've faced repeatedly). I don't know exactly when he's moving back to California, but Lucharesu, whenever you talk to him again, tell him Jingus said wassup.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Heh. I've worked with GQ/Devilish Lee on several occasions on indy shows, and he is certainly an unique individual. He's actually a better wrestler (or at least a better bumper) than half of the indy workers out there, but he knows that his main talent is talking, so he sticks with that, and I respect him a lot for making that decision (it's one that I've faced repeatedly). I don't know exactly when he's moving back to California, but Lucharesu, whenever you talk to him again, tell him Jingus said wassup.

No prob. He'll likely be happy to hear from you. I mentioned I talked to Johnny Webb and he seemed really interested b/c he hasn't talked to him since early 2003, so he wanted to know he was doing and everything.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Jingus,

 

I'm talking to Lee/GQ right now, and he said hi back. I linked him to this thread, and hopefully he'll check it out when he gets a chance. He also says he looks forward to working with you this Friday, when I guess you guys'll be commentating for USWO together.