FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR GENE SNITSKY MAKES AN APPEARANCE AT GOLD'S GYM IN SHREWSBURY, PA!

TODAY, THE GOLD'S GYM IN SHREWSBURY, PA HOSTED A BENCH PRESS AND DEAD LIFT CONTEST!  MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC!  PRO WRESTLING EMPIRE WAS ONE OF THE VENDOR'S IN HOUSE AND HOSTED FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR GENE SNITSKY!  I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW AND GET A PICTURE WITH SNITSKY!  PWE'S NEXT SHOW IS SATURDAY JUNE 30TH IN HARRISBURG, PA!  SNITSKY WILL WRESTLE ALONG WITH WWE HOF'ER ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL AND NWO MEMBER SCOTT NORTON & THE ROSTER OF PWE STARS!  I PLAN TO BE PART OF THE SHOW!  YOU CAN LIKE THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR GENE SNITSKY AND I!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2005 WWE TOPPS CARDS SIGNED BY SNITSKY WITH HIS LINE:  IT'S NOT MY FAULT!

NASA ASTRONAUT CAPT. MARK KELLY SPEAKS AT THE 112TH ANNUAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION DINNER!

TONIGHT, THE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HOSTED NASA ASTRONAUT CAPT. MARK KELLY!  THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE PULLO CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF PENN STATE YORK (PA)!   A SELL OUT CROWD LISTENED TO 4X SPACE ASTRONAUT TELL HIS STORY AND FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM THE SELL OUT CROWD!  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO WITH CAPT. KELLY!  INDIVIDUAL TICKETS COST $85 FOR ADULTS, $40 FOR STUDENTS!  SPONSORSHIP FOR THE LECTURE RANGED FROM $10,000 DOWN TO $300!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD FROM CAPTAIN MARK KELLY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH NASA ASTRONAUT CAPT. MARK KELLY!

THE 2018 WTTR-AM BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY IN WESTMINSTER, MD!

TODAY, I ATTENDED THE 34TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE ORIOLES BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY AT ST. PORTICO CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WESTMINSTER, MD!  NO CURRENT ORIOLES ATTENDED DUE TO THE 4PM START TIME TODAY AGAINST THE CLEVELAND INDIANS!  THE CURRENT ORIOLES ARE 6-15 IN LAST PLACE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST!  ANOTHER PITIFUL SEASON IS UNDER WAY!  3 ORIOLE ALUMNI ATTENDED THE SIGNING:  P BRIAN BASS, 1983 ORIOLE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS BILL SWAGGERTY AND AL BUMBRY!  A SPARSE CROWD ATTENDED THE SIGNING WHICH ALLOWED ME TO GET IN, AND GET OUT QUICKLY!

FORMER ORIOLE P BRIAN BASS AND I!

1983 ORIOLE WORLD SERIES WINNER: BILL SWAGGERTY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 1983 ORIOLE WORLD SERIES WINNER: AL BUMBRY!

ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY THE ORIOLES:
AL BUMBRY ON A PHOTO CARD INSCRIBED WITH W S CHAMPS 83
BRIAN BASS POCKET SCHEDULE SIGNED ( HE DID NOT HAVE PHOTO CARD)
BILL SWAGGERY POCKET SCHEDULE SIGNED INSCRIBED WITH '83 WORLD CHAMPS  ( HE ALSO DID NOT HAVE PHOTO CARD!)

WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BRUNO SAMMARTINO PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82!

TODAY, THE LONGEST REIGNING WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82!  THE 2X CHAMPION HELD THE TITLE FROM 1963-1971.  HIS SECOND REIGN BEGAN IN 1973-1977!  SELLING OUT CROWDS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST.  MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IS THE MECCA FOR WRESTLING, BRUNO SOLD OUT THE ARENA 187 TIMES!  A KEEN BODYBUILDER, BRUNO TURNED TO PRO WRESTLING AFTER FAILING TO FIND A SPOT ON THE 1956 U.S. OLYMPICS TEAM.  HE WAS THE "FRANCHISE PLAYER" FOR THE WWWF IN THE 60'S AND 70'S!  HIS BATTLED ALL THE TOP HEELS IN THAT ERA FROM KILLER KOWALSKI, GEORGE STEELE, IVAN KOLOFF, THE WOLFMAN, AND LARRY ZBYSZKO!  IN 2004, I MET BRUNO WRESTLEREUNION IN VALLEY FORGE, PA!  IT WAS TRULY A PLEASURE TO MEET AND TALK TO ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS.  REST IN PEACE TO BRUNO AND HIS FAMILY!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO FROM BRUNO!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO OF BRUNO IN THE LOBBY OF THE EVENT!

ACTOR R. LEE ERMEY PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 74!

R. LEE ERMEY, A GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED ACTOR BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS GUNNERY SGT. HARTMAN IN FULL METAL JACKET, HAS DIED!  R. LEE, WHOSE NICKNAME WAS "THE GUNNY" DIED SUNDAY MORNING FROM COMPLICATIONS OF PNEUMONIA.  HE WAS 74!  ERMEY NOT ONLY PLAYED A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY IN THE MOVIES, BUT HE ALSO WAS ONE IN REAL LIFE, HAVING SERVED IN THE USMC FOR 11 YEARS!  SOME OF HIS FAVORITE LINES FROM FULL METAL JACKET:  "WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMBNUTS?"  "DIDN'T MOMMY AND DADDY SHOW YOU ENOUGH ATTENTION WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD?" AND " I WANT THAT HEAD SO SANITARY AND SQUARED AWAY THAT THE VIRGIN MARY HERSELF WOULD BE PROUD TO GO IN THERE AND TAKE A DUMP!"  MOREOVER, R. LEE HAD A VOICE OVER CAREER, PLAYING THE LEAD OF THE GREEN PLASTIC ARMY SOLDERS IN THE TOY STORY FILMS ALONG WITH A ROLE IN SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, AMONG OTHERS!  IN 2016,  I MET ERMEY AT THE GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOOR SHOW IN HARRISBURG, PA!  HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION!  I REMEMBER HOW HE TOOK HIS TIME MEETING/TALKING TO EACH ATTENDEE!  HE REMINDED ME OF A RELATIVE YOU HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE!  SEMPER FI, GUNNY.  GODSPEED.

ABOVE IS A PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY ACTOR R. LEE ERMEY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH R. LEE ERMEY!

ABOVE IS A SIGN ADVERTISING THE APPEARANCE OF R. LEE ERMEY AT THE GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOOR SHOW IN HARRISBURG, PA FROM 2016!

2006 WWE HALL OF FAMER MR. USA TONY ATLAS MAKES AN APPEARANCE FOR PPCW!

TONIGHT, I WAS PART OF A PRE SHOW FOR PENNSYLVANIA PRIME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING IN YORK,PA!  THE SHOW WAS HELD AT THE MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP GYMNASIUM!  A CROWD OF BETWEEN 100-200 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE SHOW ON A SPLENDID SPRING DAY IN YORK, PA!  THE SHOW FEATURED 2006 WWE HOF'ER MR. USA TONY ATLAS!  I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM PRE SHOW AND TALK ABOUT HIS CAREER FOR QUITE A WHILE AS WE WAITED FOR THE SHOW TO BEGIN!  A GREAT HONOR TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH MR. USA!  YOU CAN LIKE PENNSYLVANIA PRIME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOW THEM ON INSTAGRAM!  

SITTING PRE SHOW WITH MR. USA TONY ATLAS!  HE WAS SELLING HIS MERCH AND QUITE A CONVERSATION!

PRE SHOW INSIDE THE MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP GYM PRIOR TO AN EVENING OF PPCW ACTION!

ABOVE IS AN EVENT PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY TONY ATLAS!

THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS FOOTBALLERS PLAY THE WEST YORK(PA) FACULTY IN A CHARITY BASEKTBALL GAME!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED A CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME FEATURING THE WEST YORK(PA) HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY PLAYING THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS!  A PACKED CROWD OVER 1,500 FANS JAMMED THE GYM TO SUPPORT WEST YORK'S TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS!  TICKETS WERE $15 IN ADVANCE AND $18 AT THE DOOR!  THE STEELERS WERE REPRESENTED BY CHARLIE BATCH, ARTHUR MOATS, LOUIS LIPPS, WES LYONS, KEITH KELSEY, AND FARRINGTON HUGUENIN!  THE STEELERS WON 78-46!  IT WAS A ENTERTAINING AND SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING NIGHT!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH LB ARTHUR MOATS AND I!

FORMER STEELER WR LOUIS LIPPS AND I!

A SELFIE WITH LB KEITH KELSEY AND YOURS TRULY!

ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
2 MEDIA PASSES FROM THE EVENT
A PROGRAM SIGNED BY LOUIS LIPPS AND WES LYONS
KEITH KELSEY AND FARRINGTON HUGUENIN SIGNED A STEELER LICENSE PLATE THAT IS SIGNED FROM PREVIOUS STEELERS CHARITY BASKETBALL GAMES!

1996 WWE HALL OF FAMER JOHNNY VALIANT PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 71!

TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT LUSCIOUS JOHNNY VALIANT PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 71.  ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS, HE WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER CROSSING A ROAD IN HIS HOME TOWN OF ROSS TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA!  THE 2 TIME TAG TEAM CHAMPION TEAMED WITH JIMMY VALIANT AND JERRY VALIANT.  THEY FORMED A DOMINANT TAG TEAM IN THE 1970'S WITH THE WWWF!  THE LUSCIOUS ONE  MANAGED IN THE AWA AND WWF.  SOME OF THE WRESTLERS HE MANAGED IN THE WWF:  GREG VALENTINE, BRUTUS BEEFCAKE, DINO BRAVO, AND DEMOLITION!  JOHNNY V ALSO ANNOUNCED FOR THE WWF!  IN 2006, I MET JOHNNY V AT A WRESTLING CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE, MD!  THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW:  SO FEW FANS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND YOU COULD TALK TO THE LEGENDS AND NOT BE RUSHED!  A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE!  REST IN PEACE THE VALIANT'S FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FROM JOHNNY V!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO FROM JOHNNY V!  HE ATTENDED A WRESTLING CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE, MD!