Who Makes the Rules?
by Mark Nulty
I went to the Armory in Tampa the other night for Howard Brody's NWA show. During the first intermission, Sabu was walking around with Bill Alfonso, peddling his pictures. Steve Corino, who is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, was in the back selling pictures. I look to the rear of the arena and there's a long line of people for Buddy Colt, who hasn't wrestled in Tampa for over twenty-five years! Buddy, of course, is the Commissioner for NWA wrestling in Tampa.
I walk up to Buddy and start talking to the fans in line. I said, "So, do you guys think Buddy Colt does a good job as Commissioner?"
They said, "Yeah!"
I said, "Do you think Buddy Colt does a better job of protecting the rules now as the commissioner, or back when he was a wrestler?"
Everybody said in unison, "Now!"
Buddy didn't miss a beat and chimed right in. "Well, Mark. It's like I say. I'm the one who makes the rules. I make the rules as the Commissioner, and when I wrestled, I made my own rules then, too." |
