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Date Posted: 19:04:32 07/10/02 Wed
Author: Ghost Dancer
Author Host/IP: cache-rl02.proxy.aol.com / 152.163.189.98
Subject: PWI Press Conference...Ghost Dancer

Wrestling has always have Native American stars, from Wahoo McDaniel, the Youngbloods, and Tatanka to name a few. But there is another name to add to the list...his name is Ghost Dancer. Ghost Dancer is not just some flash in the pain, straight out of some wrestling school but Ghost Dancer, as he is known now has been around in this sport for seven years, traveling across the globe, through various promotions to gain the experience he needed to launch a full out assault on an American promotion. Just a few weeks ago, Ghost Dancer signed a deal with Ultimate Wrestling Federation, shocking some who would have thought that he would have signed with another promotion. Editor-in-Chief Dave Lenker sits down with Ghost Dancer to find out where he has been, where he is going, and why he believes that when it is all said and done, that Ghost Dancer will be the man with the World Title of the UWF around his waist.

Dave Lenker: Welcome Ghost Dancer and thank you for agreeing to this interview. How did you get involved in this sport?

Ghost Dancer: Growing up in the Crow Nation, lets just say that I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. All around me was misery and poverty but proud people. From when I was little, I knew that I was destined for greatness, that I would make all Native Americans proud once again. When I was fourteen, I met with the spiritual leader of the Crow Nation, the Medicine man known as Great Bear. He had visions of me wearing a large gold belt around my waist and setting the world on fire...so to speak. It was right then and there that I knew where I was destined to go...to the wrestling world.

Dave Lenker: Where did you go to learn your craft, who was your mentor?

Ghost Dancer: Dave, when I was growing up, I was a big fan of the late and great Wahoo McDaniel. I followed his career from Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Minnesota. If there was one man that I wanted to be trained by, it was Wahoo. I packed up my bags and traveled to South Carolina, where he was living at the time. I would go to where ever he was wrestling and try to get an audience with him. I probably tried for two months to see him, but I was unsuccessful. I decided to give it one last try, so I waited out in the parking lot after the matches to meet him. Finally, Wahoo came over to his truck and I popped out. I thought that Wahoo would nail me right then and there, but he did not. I introduced myself and told him of my desire to follow in his footsteps, that if there was any man in this sport to teach me the finer points...it would be him.

Dave Lenker: And how did Wahoo respond to your request?

Ghost Dancer: There was an awkward silence for a few moments. I swear that Wahoo looked directly into my soul and judged my level of commitment and the amount of my desire. After a few moments, Wahoo gave me an address to meet him tomorrow morning to begin training. I just stood there, stunned for a couple of minutes, not believing what has just taken place.

Dave Lenker: What was your thoughts on the training that you received by Wahoo McDaniel?

Ghost Dancer: It was not a cake walk, Wahoo did not give me any pipe dreams that most trainers at wrestling schools give their students. Wahoo put me through the paces, he tried his damnedest to get me too quit. He put welts on my body that I thought would never heal. Wahoo also stretched me in ways that I never thought was humanly possible. But I never quit, I never surrenders, I just kept coming back every day to learn more. I trained with Wahoo for about six months till I was ready for my first pro match, which was under a mask.

Dave Lenker: How did your first match go and who was your opponent?

Ghost Dancer: I was wrestling under the name the Unknown Soldier, a patriotic themed wrestler dreamt up by the local booker. My opponent was a journeyman grappler of little fame on his way out of the sport. But what I did not know that he was a good friend of Wahoo's and Wahoo told him not to take it easy with me, to put me through the paces, old school style. He stretched me and pounded me from pillar to post. He piledrove me before he finally pinned me. Let's just say that I learned a lot from him in that one match.

Dave Lenker: How did Wahoo respond to your first loss?

Ghost Dancer: Wahoo told me that was part of the game, that you win some and you lose some. All that you can do is learn what you can from who you can. So when the next time you meet, that you would be better prepared for the match.

Dave Lenker: How much longer did you stay with Wahoo and the Unknown Soldier gimmick?

Ghost Dancer: I stuck around the Carolina promotions for about four more months, training with Wahoo on and off. After one brutal match against the Psycho Russian, which I did win, Wahoo came into the locker room, sat down next to me and told me that it was time for me to go. I asked him where I was going and Wahoo said that I had to go too Japan and learn what I can from there.

Dave Lenker: So that was the start of your journey across the globe?

Ghost Dancer: Yes it was, I took the advise of Wahoo and traveled to Japan, wrestling in many promotions over there. I spent about a year in the land of the Rising Sun, learning the Japanese style. After I completed my tour of Japan, I was off to Europe, to learn the European Style. After that, I just traveled around the globe, going to South Africa, Israel, Kuwait, and Korea, wrestling in front of large crowds.

Dave Lenker: What made you decide to return to the American Wrestling scene?

Ghost Dancer: It was the last time that I talked to Wahoo, he called me and asked me if I was ever going to return to the United States. I said that I was talking to a major American promotion right now and they was eager to have me compete there. It was there that Wahoo said something that would change my life.

Dave Lenker: And what was that, Ghost Dancer?

Ghost Dancer: Why go to that major American promotion when I would have no chance to rise to the top due to politics? That is when he mentioned the Ultimate Wrestling Federation, a new promotion starting up with a major Television and Cable deal. After listening to Wahoo give me the pros and cons of both promotion, I knew where my visions was pointing me too...to the UWF. Wahoo gave me the number of the UWF and I gave them a call.

Dave Lenker: It is a shame that Wahoo was taken from us at an early age, even before he could see you wrestling for a major American promotion.

Ghost Dancer: Yes it was. When I received the news about the death of Wahoo McDaniel, I was crushed. I not only lost a teacher and a mentor, but I lost a great friend. There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss the "Big Chief" Wahoo McDaniel.

Dave Lenker: What is it like to be in a major promotion like the UWF?

Ghost Dancer: I really do enjoy the UWF, there is no politics, no favorites, just hungry athletes wanting to prove themselves. I could not have asked or wished for a better promotion. When it was announced that I would be in the tournament to determine the vacant World Title, I knew that I had to arrive.

Dave Lenker: Your first round match was against a wrestler known as Blaze, who many thought that you could not get past, due to his size and strength. How did it feel when you put those critics to shame?

Ghost Dancer: I told everyone who would hear me that I would prove that size and strength is not a complete package, that it is only part of the package. And last Thursday, I proved that when I hit Blaze with the Last Stand, showing that his size and strength could not stop me.

Dave Lenker: I think it was that bout with Blaze that got you noticed by the bookers in the UWF. And when they noticed you, they booked you to face "The Real Deal" Matt Reid. Another newcomer into the UWF who put on a display for the fans and the bookers at the dismay of High.

Ghost Dancer: Yeah, I watched that match between High and Reid, I saw how Reid handled High, slapping him around the ring like some punk @ss bitch. But in that match, I saw weaknesses that I can exploit in our match. You see Dave, High was not a caliber opponent for Reid, and that has made Reid sloppy.

Dave Lenker: Ghost Dancer, what do you mean by that?

Ghost Dancer: If you had the pleasure of watching the last interview from Reid, he was all cocky and too sure of himself. I think that Reid compares his match with High to how I will be in the ring with him, that I am just another person for Reid to step on, on his way to the top. But that is his mistake because I have proved many times in the past that when you overlook me, that is when I am the most deadliest. When you are cocky, you get sloppy, you make mistakes and that will cost you. If Wahoo ever taught me anything, it was never overlook anyone, because on any given night, anyone can be beaten. And watch out for those whose hunger is greater than yours, they are the greatest threat to any opponent or any champion.

Dave Lenker: In that promo that you have mentioned, he made some comments about your heritage. Doesn't that get you mad when you hear comments like that?

Ghost Dancer: Part of my training with Wahoo was never let anyone get under my skin...no matter what they say. I will admit, that I am disappointed by his comments, but they do not effect me in any way. If he thinks that he can win by his ignorant thinking, then so be it. He will be shocked when I am ripping his skin raw with the force of my tomahawk chops, stretching him beyond belief, before ending his pain by breaking his stinkin neck with the Last Stand.

Dave Lenker: Your finisher, the Last Stand is one devastating maneuver, not really seen on the American scene, why do you think that is?

Ghost Dancer: The Last Stand is probably one of the most deadliest maneuvers that this sport has ever seen. It was invented over in Japan, but a man who made headlines by breaking away from one of the major Japanese promotions and starting his own. In executing the Last Stand, one slip up, I can easily end a man's career and life forever. While some promotions claim that the piledriver or any version of the piledriver is too dangerous for anyone to perform, the Last Stand makes the piledriver look like a slap across the face. It is that deadly.

Dave Lenker: Thank you for your time, Ghost Dancer. In closing, would you like to comment about your future here in the UWF?

Ghost Dancer: I am here in the UWF for one reason and that is to wear the World Title, to bring pride back to my people and to my mentor, Wahoo McDaniel.

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