Since my commentary last week I have been doing a lot of work on the business size to advance WAM.

I confirmed late last week after a conversation with the promoter of Locobazooka that WAM will indeed be involved with the event. This is a great opportunity for WAM to get its name out and strut its stuff in front of thousands of people. I am in the process of getting a nice new logo for WAM. Our current logo, which was designed by WAM Chief Financial Officer and Vice President - Financial Management Lee-Ann Malloy is nice, but I am looking for something that stands out more and is eye catching. I had an idea for one floating in my head and brought it to a graphic designer whom is making my idea a reality. Stay tuned for in a few weeks WAM will debut its new corporate seal.

Earlier this week I sent out the first batch of paperwork to the state government to make WAM an official non-profit organization. Since we donate our show proceeds and don't keep a penny for ourselves the official non-profit status opens some doors for us that will help WAM grow. It is a lot of paperwork and we will have to answer to Uncle Sam but it is definitely worth it. 99.9% of the wrestling federations out there fill the promoter's pockets with money. However, WAM Board of Directors do it for the love of the business therefore we donate event proceeds to charity. WAM is run by a passion for the business and not greed. So people can come to our events and be entertained for a few hours and know that their money is going to be donated to a worth while non-profit organization or charity.

Everyone in the wrestling business knows that we are in a big lull. People aren't as interested in the wrestling business as say they were 5 years ago. Just like anything else the business goes in cycles of popularity. I remember 15 years ago in my youth there were many wrestling federations that ran the Worcester Territory. My uncle used to bring me to the shows and I loved them. I was a little too young to understand everything and appreciate what these guys in the squared circle were doing, but I still enjoyed the shows in my own way as I could as a young'n. I will never forget this one show in particular at the Worcester Auditorium. I was walking around the corner and walked into this huge leg that was bigger than me. I looked up and saw Andre the Giant peering down at me. I was like 8 years old, and at the time kayfabe was much more kept solidly so all I knew of Andre was what I saw on television. So I was naturally frightened. He asked me if I was okay. I said that I was and he shook my hand and gave me this big smile and told me to enjoy the show. I will never forget that moment. This giant turned out to be a very gentle giant. Anyway, over the next 5-10 years the big regional independent wrestling federations all either got bought out by Vince McMahon or folded. Every now and again several feds from out of state would run shows in Worcester, but for the most part Worcester became dead to indy wrestling. In the past few years several indy feds have tried to run in Worcester but never achieved much success if any. Then in 1999 WAM appeared on the scene. For two years WAM held events all over Worcester and drew crowds of 350-650 people which is very above the normal for wrestling federations in New England. Down south they can get a few thousand people to attend a show but that just doesn't happen up this way. WAM did what it could to bring indy wrestling back to the area. WAM did so with great success. Then in early 2001 I fell very ill. I am still ill this day and will be for the rest of my life, but I have stabilized. The other 2 big people with WAM, Bob "Vicious Virgin" Case got serious with his base career and made it to the pro's. Michael "Sonny Suavino" Ricardi focused on his college courses. WAM went on hiatus for about 2 years. Then the situation changed and we had the time to devote serious time and effort into bringing WAM back. Of course the majority of people had forgotten about WAM. Its just like anything else in the business. Unless you see it frequently you forget about it. So that means we have to work even harder this time to get the WAM name out there. There are now 4 driven people at the helm of WAM and with our passion for the business we will take WAM to heights that we would never have imagined possible only a few years ago. The New England area is quite saturated with indy federations. There are over 30 to be exact. Each fighting to survive in its own little territory or region. It is difficult for any new, or returning federation to break through again these days. The die hard indy fans whom follow indy wrestling like most people follow MLB and NBA have their favorite feds to follow and know which of those aren't so hot. I follow the local indy wrestling scene just as much as a normal guy follows the red sox or the patriots. I see some very good wrestling feds in new england. I see some that don't have too much of a chance of making it anywhere. But give WAM time and I think.. no.. I know we will make a big mark on the local indy scene. The sky is the limit for us. Watch us fly.