Memories Of UWA In Da House (As I Wait To Dwell In The House Of God Forever)!
Among my experiences in the world of professional wrestling, I have fond memories working as the on-camera host & play-by-play announcer for the Urban Wrestling Alliance, which was syndicated on UPN TV stations around the country (particularly in major markets where urban/hip hop music & culture are popular). It was quite an experience working for the UWA, doing television tapings in front of audiences, in-studio interviews and post-production work at various studios and arenas. For some of our UWA TV episodes, what a joy it was especially when I got to call the action at ringside at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. When I grew up in Illinois, the two major wrestling promotions I grew up watching (on TV and at local venues) were run by Verne Gagne and Dick The Bruiser, but I also watched another TV wrestling program on one of the old UHF channels, listed in our local TV guide every week as "Lucha Libre", but which was actually the Los Angeles-bas...