I did feel much better. Though my ribs did hurt a lot but my nose was less swollen. I was still bandaged up. But Megan did tell me I look less like a raccoon.
There was a knock on the door. With everyone who's been dropping by there was no telling who it was. I looked through the peephole and saw it wad David with Nick and Kelly. I let them in. I gave my nephews a hug before I stepped back. "Sally couldn't make it?" I figured dad would have let David bring his wife.
"She had to work. Danny what happened to your nose?"
"Don't ask." I said with a sigh. I didn't want to tell him in front of my nephews. "Let me get dad."
I found dad in the common room like he said he would be. I sort of signaled him and he came over. "Dad David, Nick, and Kelly are here."
"Great! Let me see my grandkids." We walked into the room.
David and dad hugged before David turned around to face his sons. "Dad these are your grandsons Christopher Kelly and Nicholas Charles." I had forgotten Kelly's first name was actually Christopher. We've been calling him Kelly since he was born. "Nick and Kelly this is your grandpa." I wonder how he told them about that. They both knew we had been told our dad was dead.
Dad hugged them both. I know I saw tears in his eyes. Dad turned to me. "I think Eddy's looking for you."
I nodded. Oh well dad should spend some private time with his grandsons. He did look really happy to see them. I hope Tatem brings Misha. I know dad isn't her actual grandfather but I've heard Tatem talk to Misha about him. This wasn't the first time I've cursed Hunter, Stephanie, and Vince for forcing dad to stay away from us.
I wonder what Eddy wants? I walked through two connecting doors before I found Uncle Eddy. He was on the phone so I stood back and did what has been getting me in trouble I eavesdropped.
"Yeah Mando that sounds good." Ah Uncle Eddy's talking to one of his brothers. "Chavito there? No no I was just wondering if he was there. Yeah tell him and D-Lo they are doing a good job. You too." He chuckled. "No someone will take care of the bills." He looked up and saw me standing there. He signaled me to sit. "I'll talk to you later. Love you bro." He hung up. "I think he's doing a better job running OVW then I did when I first took over."
"I like Mando." I said and it was true. The month I spent in El Paso I stayed at Mando's house. He's a lot older then Uncle Eddy but then again so is the rest of his brothers and sisters.
He laughed. "I know he likes you too." He sighed. "I never thought I'd be running a wrestling school. After your dad 'died' I pretty much dropped out of the wrestling picture. I'd get an invitation to wrestle in Japan every once in a while and I accepted some of the invitations. But I was mostly in Florida. I had no viable reason to be in San Antonio or Kentucky. Not anything that would get away from the curious stares. You've been at OVW long enough to know it's history right?" I nodded. People love to gossip in OVW over everything.
"Jim Cornette ran the training facility for over ten years. He did a great job. The company produced people like Nick Dinsmore, Fire and Ice, Dave Batista, Randy Orton, and John Cena but you already know that. I really was trying to stay out of the wrestling picture. And then an opportunity landed in my lap."
Eddy stopped talking and he looked thoughtful. "I never thought of myself as a trainer. I helped train Chavito." He had a grin on his face. "You and I sort of have something in common. Believe it or not my family tried to persuade me into not becoming a wrestler. I'm the youngest and my brothers were already in the business even though growing up my dad was retired. My family knew I wanted to wrestle so they trained me.
"I loved the sport for the longest time and now with training I love it again. But of course the sport had a very dark side. I do remember getting the phone call from Vince. Jim Cornette had died a few weeks before in a car accident. That was not, from what we can tell, a Vince crime. Anyway, Vince called me and I didn't want to work for Vince so I bought the company. Sorry for repeating myself. I do miss the school." He looked at my closely. "So how are you feeling?"
""Better." I answered which was the truth. I did feel better then I did five days ago.
Uncle Eddy nodded. ""Your father could tell you a thing about broken noses. He's broken his nose more times then I remember. I don't think he remembers how many times either."
"You going to bring Riki by?" I asked. Riki is Uncle Eddy's wife. She's a really nice woman and I already knew she knew everything. I did wonder why I hadn't seen her here yet.
"She's visiting Carmen. It's a yearly trip we take and we figured one of us should go. She'll be here next week." He sat down on dad's bed. "Lance Storm, Tommy Dreamer, and Page Faulkenberg are here." I knew who Lance and Page were. They had been friends of my dad's. Page lived here in Atlanta and on a very rare occasion would drop by our house. I don't think I've met Lance but I did get a birthday card from him every year. I have no idea who this Tommy Dreamer was though.
Uncle Eddy didn't explain who he was. He continued. "There will be quite a few people dropping by. We are letting friends know what's going on before they read it in the paper or see it on the news. There are a few who we can't contact because they are out of the country." He had a slight smile on his face. "Thought it's going to be a disaster when they see Bischoff. The black eye may be the least of his worries. He's lucky Ric didn't kill him. You ever hear what happened when Bischoff came to the WWF?" I shook my head. This could be interesting.
"Ric got Arn to watch the door. Ric went in and beat the shit out of Eric. I heard Vince asked if Ric had planned to do that to anyone else. Ric told him Hogan. Vince about had a heartattack. Hogan did stuff to Ric and Ric's son David in WCW. WCW was horrible back them. Wasn't all Bischoff's fault. WCW had too many turnovers in management. Worst then they did was replace Bischoff with an accountant. Busch didn't know a thing about wrestling. And it appeared to a lot of us that Russo was trying to destroy WCW from the inside out." He sighed. "I don't like Bischoff but he couldn't be blamed for everything."
"Hey Eddy." We both looked up to see Megan enter the room. "She was carrying a small book.
"Hey Megan." He said giving her a smile.
I did wonder how Megan felt about being around a lot of people she didn't know. She doesn't know Eddy as well as I do though she has told me Eddy used to come up and see her once a year. It was harder for him to go to Edmonton then it was for him to come to Atlanta.
I noticed then that they volume on this floor had gotten a lot louder. "I think Bischoff's here." I'm going to see that there hasn't been any blood shed." Eddy left the room.
Megan walked up to me and handed me the book she had been carrying. I opened it. It was a scrapbook. I flipped through it. They were all newspaper articles about dad.
"I went to the library years ago and copied every article they had on dad. I thought you'd want to look at it. I never told my mother or Gabe that I had done it. You are the first one I've told." She seemed shy. Megan has never been shy. This whole thing has changed her.
"This is great you should show..."
"Wait a second! You should..." I heard someone say in the hallway. I think it was dad.
The door opened. I turned around.
"What the hell happened to my son?"
There was a knock on the door. With everyone who's been dropping by there was no telling who it was. I looked through the peephole and saw it wad David with Nick and Kelly. I let them in. I gave my nephews a hug before I stepped back. "Sally couldn't make it?" I figured dad would have let David bring his wife.
"She had to work. Danny what happened to your nose?"
"Don't ask." I said with a sigh. I didn't want to tell him in front of my nephews. "Let me get dad."
I found dad in the common room like he said he would be. I sort of signaled him and he came over. "Dad David, Nick, and Kelly are here."
"Great! Let me see my grandkids." We walked into the room.
David and dad hugged before David turned around to face his sons. "Dad these are your grandsons Christopher Kelly and Nicholas Charles." I had forgotten Kelly's first name was actually Christopher. We've been calling him Kelly since he was born. "Nick and Kelly this is your grandpa." I wonder how he told them about that. They both knew we had been told our dad was dead.
Dad hugged them both. I know I saw tears in his eyes. Dad turned to me. "I think Eddy's looking for you."
I nodded. Oh well dad should spend some private time with his grandsons. He did look really happy to see them. I hope Tatem brings Misha. I know dad isn't her actual grandfather but I've heard Tatem talk to Misha about him. This wasn't the first time I've cursed Hunter, Stephanie, and Vince for forcing dad to stay away from us.
I wonder what Eddy wants? I walked through two connecting doors before I found Uncle Eddy. He was on the phone so I stood back and did what has been getting me in trouble I eavesdropped.
"Yeah Mando that sounds good." Ah Uncle Eddy's talking to one of his brothers. "Chavito there? No no I was just wondering if he was there. Yeah tell him and D-Lo they are doing a good job. You too." He chuckled. "No someone will take care of the bills." He looked up and saw me standing there. He signaled me to sit. "I'll talk to you later. Love you bro." He hung up. "I think he's doing a better job running OVW then I did when I first took over."
"I like Mando." I said and it was true. The month I spent in El Paso I stayed at Mando's house. He's a lot older then Uncle Eddy but then again so is the rest of his brothers and sisters.
He laughed. "I know he likes you too." He sighed. "I never thought I'd be running a wrestling school. After your dad 'died' I pretty much dropped out of the wrestling picture. I'd get an invitation to wrestle in Japan every once in a while and I accepted some of the invitations. But I was mostly in Florida. I had no viable reason to be in San Antonio or Kentucky. Not anything that would get away from the curious stares. You've been at OVW long enough to know it's history right?" I nodded. People love to gossip in OVW over everything.
"Jim Cornette ran the training facility for over ten years. He did a great job. The company produced people like Nick Dinsmore, Fire and Ice, Dave Batista, Randy Orton, and John Cena but you already know that. I really was trying to stay out of the wrestling picture. And then an opportunity landed in my lap."
Eddy stopped talking and he looked thoughtful. "I never thought of myself as a trainer. I helped train Chavito." He had a grin on his face. "You and I sort of have something in common. Believe it or not my family tried to persuade me into not becoming a wrestler. I'm the youngest and my brothers were already in the business even though growing up my dad was retired. My family knew I wanted to wrestle so they trained me.
"I loved the sport for the longest time and now with training I love it again. But of course the sport had a very dark side. I do remember getting the phone call from Vince. Jim Cornette had died a few weeks before in a car accident. That was not, from what we can tell, a Vince crime. Anyway, Vince called me and I didn't want to work for Vince so I bought the company. Sorry for repeating myself. I do miss the school." He looked at my closely. "So how are you feeling?"
""Better." I answered which was the truth. I did feel better then I did five days ago.
Uncle Eddy nodded. ""Your father could tell you a thing about broken noses. He's broken his nose more times then I remember. I don't think he remembers how many times either."
"You going to bring Riki by?" I asked. Riki is Uncle Eddy's wife. She's a really nice woman and I already knew she knew everything. I did wonder why I hadn't seen her here yet.
"She's visiting Carmen. It's a yearly trip we take and we figured one of us should go. She'll be here next week." He sat down on dad's bed. "Lance Storm, Tommy Dreamer, and Page Faulkenberg are here." I knew who Lance and Page were. They had been friends of my dad's. Page lived here in Atlanta and on a very rare occasion would drop by our house. I don't think I've met Lance but I did get a birthday card from him every year. I have no idea who this Tommy Dreamer was though.
Uncle Eddy didn't explain who he was. He continued. "There will be quite a few people dropping by. We are letting friends know what's going on before they read it in the paper or see it on the news. There are a few who we can't contact because they are out of the country." He had a slight smile on his face. "Thought it's going to be a disaster when they see Bischoff. The black eye may be the least of his worries. He's lucky Ric didn't kill him. You ever hear what happened when Bischoff came to the WWF?" I shook my head. This could be interesting.
"Ric got Arn to watch the door. Ric went in and beat the shit out of Eric. I heard Vince asked if Ric had planned to do that to anyone else. Ric told him Hogan. Vince about had a heartattack. Hogan did stuff to Ric and Ric's son David in WCW. WCW was horrible back them. Wasn't all Bischoff's fault. WCW had too many turnovers in management. Worst then they did was replace Bischoff with an accountant. Busch didn't know a thing about wrestling. And it appeared to a lot of us that Russo was trying to destroy WCW from the inside out." He sighed. "I don't like Bischoff but he couldn't be blamed for everything."
"Hey Eddy." We both looked up to see Megan enter the room. "She was carrying a small book.
"Hey Megan." He said giving her a smile.
I did wonder how Megan felt about being around a lot of people she didn't know. She doesn't know Eddy as well as I do though she has told me Eddy used to come up and see her once a year. It was harder for him to go to Edmonton then it was for him to come to Atlanta.
I noticed then that they volume on this floor had gotten a lot louder. "I think Bischoff's here." I'm going to see that there hasn't been any blood shed." Eddy left the room.
Megan walked up to me and handed me the book she had been carrying. I opened it. It was a scrapbook. I flipped through it. They were all newspaper articles about dad.
"I went to the library years ago and copied every article they had on dad. I thought you'd want to look at it. I never told my mother or Gabe that I had done it. You are the first one I've told." She seemed shy. Megan has never been shy. This whole thing has changed her.
"This is great you should show..."
"Wait a second! You should..." I heard someone say in the hallway. I think it was dad.
The door opened. I turned around.
"What the hell happened to my son?"