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| Seeing Jerry Lynn at Bound For Glory-2006 |
| I met Jerry again at Bound for Glory 2006 though it wasn�t until the PPV Sunday night. I had high hopes for seeing him wrestle live for the first time at a TNA house show two nights before then but it was postponed. I also thought I would see him at the fan fest on Saturday just like the year before but he was double-booked and ended up going to IL to conduct a wrestling clinic. As disappointing as it was to miss him twice in two days I respect him so much for all of the hard work he does. The man can�t be in two places at once so what can you do? I do think the wrestling clinic was more important than the fan fest. Shortly before I left my hotel to go to the arena Sunday night I sat down and wrote a brief message for him on an envelope with some of my graphics. Admittedly they aren�t the greatest but they are what I know how to do and they were made with the utmost respect for Jerry. My favorite was the last one in the envelope. It isn�t the most artistic of the bunch but to me it represents the hard work that he does and the fact that TNA would be so lost without him. It's a running theme with me but as far as I am concerned, and Jerry has heard this from me, he is the Heart and Soul of TNA. I also sat down to my laptop and had composed something that I had intended to share with my friends in myspace.com lamenting the fact that so far I was 0 for 2 when it came to seeing Jerry that weekend. The 400 mile drive back home was beginning to look even longer to me by that time but I had determined that I would suck it up and go to the PPV and try to have a good time anyway. Because I had purchased a floor seat near the ring I was allowed in the arena early. That was what led up to the event that saved my weekend. I walked up to So Cal Val with envelope in hand and asked if she might see Jerry that night thinking that if she would I'd ask her to give it to him for me. She pointed right toward him and said she thought she would. I turned to see where she was pointing and discovered him standing almost directly behind me. Now I think it would have been a good thing for me to take a deep breath and lighten my mood a little because I was still feeling a little down about not having any hope of seeing or talking to Jerry. I had waited an entire year for this and there he was. I didn't take that deep breath and a certain amount of giddiness took over as I approached him with my little parcel. I said "Jerry, I wanted to give you this yesterday but I wasn't able to." He looked at the envelope and then up at me and I saw a huge smile as he recognized me. He said "well hi there" and reached out giving me a big hug. I swear I could have died a happy woman right there on the spot because the nicest man and the most awesome wrestler in the world was hugging me and was very happy to see me. Jerry explained what had happened the day before and what his schedule had been like. I felt so bad for him because he was operating that night on about three hours of sleep! He was still on the job and had a walk on at the end of Chris Sabin's match with Senshi to congratulate him for winning the X Division title. There is a picture of this moment above. For somebody who puts out so much for TNA and for his fans and just seems to keep on giving Jerry deserved better than I gave him. I only gave him a few minutes at the most but if I could go back in time I would have given him so much more. Maybe I will be able to next time. I believe he'll give me another chance. He's just that nice. |
