What Language Will We Speak In Heaven (And More Of My Wrestling Career Memories)?!
The photo above features me backstage with another one of my old colleagues from my professional wrestling announcing career--Brent Albright. During his pro wrestling career, along with his own name, Brent worked under different names (as people do in other forms of show business), including the names Vinnie Valentino (not to be confused with the 1980s wrestler), Slater Vain, Smoke, and Gunner Scott. No matter what name you call him, Brent Albright was a good in-ring talent and is a good guy overall. Brent has spent much of his life in the state of Oklahoma (Brent started out with a small independent group called Oklahoma Pro Wrestling, and for several years now, he has been working as an aircraft fueler in Tulsa, Oklahoma). Once when I mentioned the town of Miami, Oklahoma to him, Brent informed me that the correct pronunciation of this Oklahoma town is "My-am-uh" (not "My-am-me", as in Florida or Vice). While vacationing in Missouri, my wife April & I learned...