Goodbye and Good Luck Mickie Knuckles

Mickie "Moose" Knuckles is one of a kind.  As a wrestler, she can be as hardcore as they come, yet she is also capable of putting on a great wrestling match.  Despite her smashmouth reputation, Mickie is also very open to helping other wrestlers.  

Outside of the ring, she is a wonderful mother.  It is that role, which ultimately caused her to announce her retirement last week.  Prior to her retirement announcement, Mickie announced she was going to have a baby.

This is a bittersweet moment for everyone.  We all hate to see Mickie walk away from wrestling, but we are all hay that she is leaving on her own terms.  We all wish her and her family a lifetime of happiness.

My more thorough reflection on Mickie and her announcement can be found on Tru School Sports at I Love Mickie Knuckles.  The title is a play on I Hate Mickie Knuckles, a great blog by Resistance Pro co-owner Gabe Baron.  As I wrote, we all love Mickie.

Thank you for the memories, Mickie Knuckles and best wishes always!

Mickie Knuckles and me in Merrionette Park, IL-Spring 2013.

Introducing Resistance Pro to TruSchoolSports.com

I am very excited to have written my first article for TruSchoolSports.com.  The piece is on Resistance Pro Wrestling and it can be found at Introducing Resistance Pro Wrestling.

It all started when I saw a post on Facebook.  TruSchoolSports.com was looking for writers to cover sports teams.  Since I usually get random game Press Credentials during baseball season, I inquired about doing sporadic feature pieces.

Brendan Taylor (the wunderkind behind TSS) counter-proposed me writing about Resistance Pro Wrestling.  That was an easy sell.  I love RPro and have been covering it regularly since its debut over three years ago.

Brendan started TSS while he was still in high school back in 2012.  Since then, it has grown steadily.  The TSS team is comprised of a lot of talented, young writers.  I am probably one of the oldest on the team, although I'd prefer to be called a wily veteran.

As I wrote, my first piece was on RPro and it debuted on the TSS site Monday.  Since there is no RPro show this month, I decided to do an introduction to RPro for TSS.   As of this writing, the story I wrote is already in the top 25 of most viewed articles on TSS.  That is a testament to the popularity of RPro.

I have a lot of ideas for future articles, in addition to covering and recapping the actual RPro events.  I think I can bring some cool stuff to TSS and I am looking forward to exposing RPro to new eyes.

I encourage everyone to check out TruSchoolSports.com.  My pieces will be under the Wrestling section.