Kevin Sullivan

Even after Championship Wrestling from Florida, he was a scary person. Varsity Club. Dungeon Of Doom. You name it, he was scary.

But, I also knew that he was a backstage genius. Although I never got to work for him, Dream would put him over for his smarts, not only about pro-wrestling, but about life.

Fast forward to ROH in 2015. This time in ’15, I have a neck brace on and go to bed every day bothered by the fact that for two and half years, we teased this BJ Whitmer-Steve Corino match and never gave a payoff. 

One thing after another happened and it kept getting pushed off.

You think you are getting the “Anatomy of A Feud” don’t you? A-ha, you would be mistaken. This is about Kevin Sullivan.

Once I knew I could come back, I only had one goal: Wrestle BJ and end the feud. But so many left turns happened that I needed a connection. I needed a reason that BJ and I would feud for so long.

Kevin Sullivan was the connection. How?…that’s for another story.

Long story short, we brought Kevin in as the “spiritual father” and added about 33 different layers to this never ending feud between BJ and I. And if you think “spiritual father” is a stretch, wait until I tell you how I wanted this to end…or continue.

But, today’s memory was this picture Kevin and I took at Fenway Park in 2016. Kevin, like me, is a huge baseball fan. The Red Sox are his team and David Ortiz was his guy. Through Justin at Sports Illustrated, my friend George Carroll, BJ, and I (Adam Cole was there too.) came up with a plan to surprise “Dad” with a behind the scenes trip to Fenway. 

The look on his face on the tour was worth it. He was like a little kid following the tour guides stories. He also gave little stories of his own. It was a true moment for him. It was a bigger moment for me.

Kevin Sullivan is a person that I turn to regularly. Sometimes to talk about baseball. Sometimes to talk about wrestling. Sometimes to talk about life. And I don’t think I am the only one that feels this way about him. I see stories on Social Media of the boys talking about Kevin the way I do.

At one time, I thought Kevin Sullivan’s influence on me would be one match in Charlotte. Today, I can’t see my life without him.

The “spiritual father” is really my spiritual father.

Man do I love pro-wrestling.