A Fake Hiring Letter Accidentally Gets A Wrestler On WCW TV

Send us Fan MailA fake WCW hiring letter. A masked gimmick built for double shots. A bar match so bad and so unsafe I walked out in the middle of it. Episode 12 of Making The Towns is one of those road-journal entries that starts as “here are the towns and the payoffs” and turns into a snapshot of how independent wrestling in the late 1990s actually worked.We bounce from Buchanan, West Virginia, a town that keeps drawing because of where it sits on the map, to Augusta, Georgia where I’m pulling double duty as myself and the Pink Panther, a Tiger Mask-inspired character I created so I could put talent over without wrecking my main spot. Then we hit Aniston, Alabama for a low-budget “TV taping” and the story everyone asks about: the rib that convinces a guy called Mark Goldberg to show up at WCW, letter in hand, looking like a bargain Stone Cold. Somehow, it turns into real TV time and real pay.From there, it’s the hard truth side of the road: tiny crowds, wild personalities, promoters stretching a dollar, and the moment I decide I’m done and leave mid match. We also talk Clay’s “Fans You Bring It We’ll Use It” weapons night, the pushback on bleeding, and why I’m so outspoken about wrestlers getting paid. If you care about pro wrestling history, indie wrestling economics, and the realities behind the curtain, this one’s for you.Subscribe, share this with a wrestling fan, and leave a review with the craziest road story you’ve ever heard.