Wrestling promoter's prespective -

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

Wrestling promoter with his perspective on Feinstein situation and being gay in wrestling

 

by Thomas Simpson

 

"Thomas Simpson Likes Little Boys"

 

Steve Corino had that written on the tape on his left arm as he prepared to go to the ring. It was Friday, February 13, 1998. OMEGA: Winter War 98. I was working in the corner of The Serial Thrillaz. I was to cost Steve & Joey Matthews the match and get beaten afterwards. Everything came off perfectly. I still have a picture of Steve from the match with the words above in clear view.

 

There are two truths about me. Truth #1: I am 100% gay and have known I am since I learned the definition of the word homosexual in 1981 by listening to an audiotape my physician had given my mother to teach me & my sister about the birds and the bees. Truth #2: Since 1997 and the birth of OMEGA, my credo for booking has been: "No one older, fatter or uglier than me." I have the same tastes in wrestlers that I have in men: young, in-shape, good-looking. I have booked and worked with wrestlers as young as 15 years old. I have never made sexual advances toward a wrestler. I have never had a wrestler make sexual advances toward me. At the show I am a professional. Will I check out a wrestler? Yes. Will I be obvious about it? Hell no. I'm far more discreet about men than 99.9% of men are about women.

 

The rumor that I am gay has been circulating around the Carolinas for years. No one ever said anything negative about me until OMEGA started to get some notoriety and it was made clear that we didn't want Joe Jabroni working for us. It used to upset me when I heard that someone was calling me gay. By running opposition shows on strategically selected days, I put one promotion out of business (David Cody's UWF where Mikal Adryan came from) and shut one down for 6 months (Jay Eagle's APW) after I had been told that their owners were telling everyone I was gay. My sexuality is my business. My parents and most of my family do not know. My sister does. Most of my friends do. My current group of boys know, but it was December 2003 before I told them, and I did it only after they found out through seeing the "History" on my computer. Krazy K has a gay uncle, so he claims he knew from the first time he met me. I don't understand how so many people know as I can't recall ever being photographed having sexual relations with another man. I guess I'm not the most masculine of guys, but I am known for getting in the ring before shows and shooting with the boys. Although all my boys joke about me shooting, I've won far more than I've lost. As I've gotten older, I've become more comfortable being gay. It is easier to be gay in the wrestling business today than it has ever been. That is a reflection of society.

 

The idea that Rob Feinstein is a victim may be laughable to some, but I agree to a point. Rob was a victim of his own passions, his own ego. Rob was not victimized by anyone but himself. One reason that we gay men seem to get into this kind of trouble is our seemingly insatiable need for sex. And if you understand the gay mindset, you know that youth and beauty are at a premium far more than they are by the straights. Rob did what more gay (or bi as it may be) men than you would think would have done in his situation: he went in for the kill. Luckily, he only got caught on camera. In January a 48-year old man here in S.C. near where I grew up met a 15-year old online in a chat room and set up a rendezvous at the kid's home. As he approached the front door of the double-wide, the kid shot him dead with a rifle. A man is now dead because he couldn't successfully govern his passions. Was he lonely or was he a pedophile? I have no idea. Knowing the conservative population and judiciary, I assume the kid will get away with murder. Why did the man not find someone over 18 (not legal either because of our ancient laws)? Why did he go for a 15-year old? Is that loneliness or sickness? I think it is a little of both.

 

My boys, who are all straight, rib me about liking "little boys." Cruiserweights have and probably always will turn me on, and I've joked that "if they are old enough to grow pubic hair, they are old enough for me" just to get a reaction from the boys on a road trip. I've never slept with anyone under the age of 18. I've talked to guys under age before, but it was just chatting. I've never been sexually forward with anyone under age. That's what separates me from Rob Feinstein. I know how to inhibit my passions. Most gays do not have the inhibitions that straights do. Live for the moment. Sex, drugs, alcohol and whatever else may pleasure you is OK anytime and feel free to have as much as you like. That includes 14-year old boys. What are Judeo-Christian ethics and morals? Why believe what the people who hate your very existence believe? This is what a lot of gay men feel, especially when it comes to sex.

 

A lot of guys have said that they hope Rob gets help because he is sick. Is he sick? I think it is kind of sick to be trying to hook up with a 14-year old online. I would never do it. Will Rob get help? I doubt it. I would be willing to bet he feels that he doesn't have a problem. Sounds like Jeff Hardy. Jeff has a problem, but Jeff doesn't think it is a problem. Why will he not quit? Because it makes him the happiest he can be and takes him to a new level spiritually. Sex is Rob's drug.

 

Maybe Rob was lonely. I get lonely too. I will periodically get an online hook-up. Is it with a high school freshman? Absolutely not! Would I even want such a hook-up? No. Rob obviously did. That is so typical in the gay world that I was not surprised. Does it make it less wrong? NO!!!

 

My parents have always said "You reap what you sow" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Rob made a lot of money off of the hard work of a lot of people. You read my comments in my column. I still feel Rob got what he deserved, not so much for letting his penis run his brain, but for being such a crook.

 

As for RF Video & ROH, anyone who believes he has totally walked away from that much money is among the biggest marks in the business. I'll stick by my prediction that ROH will be out of business by the end of the year. Summer is going to be a very interesting time in the NE.

 

I was not surprised to hear that A.J. did not leave ROH. He's worked for another gay promoter for years, so even though he thinks being gay is a sin, he's not going to turn his back on his friends (or turn down a great paycheck). I'm sure he's heard I'm gay, but being the man who bought him his first boots and trunks, he respects me enough to have never mentioned it. I was riding with him in Midtown Atlanta after the "ECW returns" RAW, and we saw some guys walking down the street holding hands. He was in shock, even though he grew up 45 miles from there, as he had never seen it before. I laughed and told him he was a redneck. He is a redneck, and a bit ignorant about the way the world works, but he and his wife are like family, and I love them dearly.

 

The only person I feel sorry for in all of this is Chris Rockwell. I met Chris at the July show. He was with Rob and took care of us while we were there. He is a good kid. I know a lot of people are going to shit on him now. I would book him in a minute because I know how it is to be mistreated because people think you are gay (whether true or false).

 

I know I have rambled, and I'm sure if I were to be carrying on a conversation, I would probably say things more succinctly. My sister is the writer; I'm a mathematician. But to paraphrase Vince*"Rob Feinstein screwed Rob Feinstein." So be it.

 

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

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Wow.

 

That is an awesome column. I commend him for vountarily giving out all this information. It sheds a whole new light on much of the industry.

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Sounds like Jeff Hardy. Jeff has a problem, but Jeff doesn't think it is a problem. Why will he not quit? Because it makes him the happiest he can be and takes him to a new level spiritually.

It was a good article, but the only shocking part to me was the revelation that Jeff Hardy might use drugs!

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I don't care about people being gay, and won't ever care (as long as they don't come on to me.).

 

The problem I have with RF is the HAVING SEX WITH YOUNG BOYS Thing. He can be 10000000% gay and act it in public, but the pedophile thing is nothing I will look past on anyone.

 

 

Edit: Yes I read the article, and it's nicely written, but I'm not over looking the above.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I guess this explains why the big OMEGA stars seemed to be the young, pretty-boy type.

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I guess this explains why the big OMEGA stars seemed to be the young, pretty-boy type.

ouch.

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I guess this explains why the big OMEGA stars seemed to be the young, pretty-boy type.

You know, if you're gonna be attracted to guys who look like chicks anyways, why even bother being gay?