I just wanted to share a quick story that I may be the only person (outside of Wayne and maybe Cash) who can tell it...
Back in 2006, Cash, myself, Wayne, Booth, Rex, and Jerry all took a roadtrip up to see ROH in Edison NJ. Now, at the time, Rex was somewhat familiar with ROH and Wayne was hardly at all familiar. They both brought their gear in hopes that they could talk to Gabe before the show and manage to work the pre-show or the show itself. I kind of knew this was going to be a shot in the dark, but I kept my mouth shut so as not to stifle their aspirations.
Of course, before showtime Gabe was nowhere to be found...and any chance to work the preshow had been pretty much obliterated.
I remember clearly about halfway through the show talking to Wayne and asking him what he thought of the show. He remarked, "Screw the WWE, I want to work in front of THIS crowd" (and I'm paraphrasing).
After the show Rex and Wayne were still trying to find Gabe, or someone, who could pass their tapes along. By this time all that were left in the building were the ring crew and some stray fans. They managed to drop their tapes off with the ring crew and low and behold it seems to have done them a great deal of good.
Now this is the part of the story that many may have not already heard, and I get chills every time I think about it...and Wayne may in fact not even remember this. But as we were exiting the building, Cary Silkin (the owner of ROH) asked in general what we thought of the show. Wayne shook his hand and said "It was awesome. One day I'll be working here." You could tell Cary kind of blew the answer off, but I'll be damned if less than 2 years later Damien Wayne is now officially on the ROH main show.
Wayne, thank you so much for representing this area. If this means we don't get to see you as much locally, so be it. Work your ass off, make us proud to say "we were there when." I can't help but think you are in a small part responsible for ROH venturing south, and by proxy I can't help but think we played a part in helping you get that shot in ROH.
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