Cauliflower Alley Club reunion 2013 – a visitor’s account

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Well, another Cauliflower Alley Club reunion is in the books, and as usual it was a wonderful weekend of spending time with friends both old and new who share a love for this crazy, unpredictable business we call professional wrestling. For those who are unaware of what CAC is and what it does, head on over to www.caulifloweralleyclub.org and check out the charity. I’ll wait.

Are you up to speed now? Hope so, because it will save time if I don’t have to explain it all. Upon arriving at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino on Sunday, the day before the reunion was set to begin, I ran into a few wrestlers already arriving and enjoying the slots. Sebastian Ice was the first guy I saw, having a talk with security. You can draw your own conclusions, but things couldn’t have gone too badly, as I saw him many more times throughout the next three days. After I checked in and brought my things up to my room, I headed out to get my car from the valet, and ran into EWF Commissioner Frank Mott and his lovely wife Marilyn in the lobby. As Commissioner, he had arrived first to make sure everything went well with the EWF table we were sponsoring in the Nostalgia Room this year, and to make sure we had everything we needed for the table to be a success. After getting a quick rundown on what Frank needed from me for this week, I headed out into Sin City to enjoy my Sunday night.

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“Big” Bill Anderson remembers his fallen friends in a new book

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CAC Life member,”Big” Bill Anderson’s new book is available at www.lulupress.com.  This is a tribute book with 178 pages of bios, photos and personal memories of some of the greats that have passed on. Big Bill talks  about 27 great names in the sport of wrestling that have left us and the impact each one had on his life and career.

Writing about his dear friends, Red Bastien, John Tolos, Ernie Ladd, George Cannon and Road Warrior Hawk were very tough. However, Big Bill wanted everyone to remember these ring giants both from a professional career and a personal one as well.

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CAC Radio with special guest B. Brian Blair of the Killer Bees!

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In this episode of CAC Radio, David and Morgan discuss this years past reunion with special guest Brian Blair.  They discuss Blair’s excellent career in the ring, highlighted by his run as a member of the Killer Bees, as well as his success in business and politics.

The Cauliflower Alley Club is also proud to announce today that Brian Blair and the host of CAC Radio, David Buckler, have accepted positions on the CAC Board of Directors. We look forward to working with both David and Brian on the future of the CAC.

Listen to the interview here:

http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/2013/05/01/cac-radio-killer-bee-brian-blair/

 

Adam Copeland honored at the 2013 CAC awards banquet

Adam CopelandAdam Copeland was honored at last evening’s Cauliflower Alley Club reunion with a CAC Men’s Wrestling Award.  Adam was originally supposed to receive the award two years ago, but he was unable to attend the reunion at that time due to injury.

Adam was not on the original list of award recipients, so it was a nice surprise for him and a nice surprise for the people in attendance.

From the OWW staff – congratulations!

Congratulations to Bobby Sharp – the 2013 CAC Future Legend award winner

Bobby SharpIt was announced last night at the 2013 Cauliflower Alley Club reunion that Bobby Sharp was selected as this year’s 2013 Future Legend award winner.

Here is some more infromation about Bobby.  Congratulations from all of us here at OWW!

Bobby Sharp is a 24-year old professional wrestler from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, who has had 500 documented bouts in the course of nine years of experience.

Captivated by wrestling in his pre-teen years, Bobby determined to find the quickest route to realizing his dream. At 14, he signed on for training by Edmonton wrestler/promoter Massive Damage (Sean Dunster) of Monster Pro Wrestling. Dunster was beginning a teenage training program, with a view to ultimately developing pro candidates. Dunster saw in the youngster desire and drive beyond his years, and given his rapid development was able to use him in his Edmonton and area professional cards by the time he was 15. From the outset, Bobby showed the ring skills of someone several years older, and built on that foundation with strenuous conditioning, hours of practice bouts, frequent attendance at selected seminars, and an ever-increasing dedication to his art.

Check out the other finalists here:

http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/2013/02/07/2013-future-legend-finalist/

Jim Ross, Ricky Steamboat, Sgt Slaughter, and Mick Foley to attend the CAC Reunion this April!

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Ricky Steamboat, Sgt Slaughter, Jim Ross, and Mick Foley just a few moments ago confirmed their plans to be in Las Vegas for the 2013 Cauliflower Alley Club reunion! Mick Foley, due to scheduling conflicts will only be at the reunion Monday ONLY. Mick will attend the wrestling show Monday night and pay tribute to the late Paul Bearer.

This is sure to be another sell-out reunion. We are getting down to crunch time on the ticket reservations. We are getting closer to the ticket cut-off due to the fire department permit for the occupancy of the Banquet room. So if you haven’t reserved your ticket yet, you need to do it NOW!

There has been over 800 room nights booked at the Gold Coast Hotel through the CAC code if that tells you anything!

Read the article here:

http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/2013/03/20/steamboat-slaughter-jim-ross-mick-foley-has-made-plans-for-vegas/