05.08.2004, 18:34
Les Thatcher hat nun in seiner woechentlichen Kolumne auf PWInsider.com an Ken Timbs gewidmet.Es ist wirklich gut zulesen.Unten mal der Teil wo es um Ken Timbs geht.
Link http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=4238&p=1
WRESTLER’S EYE VIEW
By Les Thatcher
It is with sadness that I begin this column. The wrestling fraternity lost a great guy in The Fabulous Blonde, Ken Timbs this past weekend. Timbs was only 53 years old. I was out surfing the net several weeks back and went on the Baddass Wrestle Wear site, which was Ken’s company, and has been run by his family for years. I hadn’t talked with old Ken in a long time so I sent him e-mail while there and got a typical Timbs smart ass reply for my trouble. He was great with wise come- backs. A few days later my phone rang and Ken was on the line. We chatted about this and that, and caught up on old times. He mentioned he was sick, but hey, he said, nothing I can do about it. He asked that I write something for another site he and his son have up and I told him how backed up I was, but as quickly as I could I would put something together for him. I had no idea how sick he really was until days later when a mutual friend told me that Timbs had cardiomyopathy and it was a day-to-day thing.
Many of you young fans and wrestlers may not know the name. Timbs was one of those solid performers who busted his ass every night to give the paying public what they came to see. Ken spent a lot of his career in the Southeastern part of the country but also traveled outside the states to work quite a bit and had one hell of a run down in Mexico as a gringo heel a number of years back. He had devoted his life to our industry, and was never bitchy about the fact that just maybe it didn’t give back an equal amount. I sat here in the late evening when I read about it, and as I thought about the funny things we had talked about just a couple of weeks, tears filled my eyes. Ken Timbs was one of those people that may not be a household name, but he was one of those people who made the business fun at times when you needed a lift. That night we talked, had we not been comparing old guys injuries, he may have never even mentioned that he was sick. My heart goes out to his family for the void this will leave with them. I am sure his wife and son will carry on the business. If you haven’t been there already go to http://www.baddasswrestleware.com for a quality selection of wrestling gear, and a direct link to the finest wrestling boot maker out there. I‘m sure that Ken will still be watching over them. Elsewhere on this site Steve Rossi has a detailed account of Ken’s background and performance history in the business.
Link http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=4238&p=1
WRESTLER’S EYE VIEW
By Les Thatcher
It is with sadness that I begin this column. The wrestling fraternity lost a great guy in The Fabulous Blonde, Ken Timbs this past weekend. Timbs was only 53 years old. I was out surfing the net several weeks back and went on the Baddass Wrestle Wear site, which was Ken’s company, and has been run by his family for years. I hadn’t talked with old Ken in a long time so I sent him e-mail while there and got a typical Timbs smart ass reply for my trouble. He was great with wise come- backs. A few days later my phone rang and Ken was on the line. We chatted about this and that, and caught up on old times. He mentioned he was sick, but hey, he said, nothing I can do about it. He asked that I write something for another site he and his son have up and I told him how backed up I was, but as quickly as I could I would put something together for him. I had no idea how sick he really was until days later when a mutual friend told me that Timbs had cardiomyopathy and it was a day-to-day thing.
Many of you young fans and wrestlers may not know the name. Timbs was one of those solid performers who busted his ass every night to give the paying public what they came to see. Ken spent a lot of his career in the Southeastern part of the country but also traveled outside the states to work quite a bit and had one hell of a run down in Mexico as a gringo heel a number of years back. He had devoted his life to our industry, and was never bitchy about the fact that just maybe it didn’t give back an equal amount. I sat here in the late evening when I read about it, and as I thought about the funny things we had talked about just a couple of weeks, tears filled my eyes. Ken Timbs was one of those people that may not be a household name, but he was one of those people who made the business fun at times when you needed a lift. That night we talked, had we not been comparing old guys injuries, he may have never even mentioned that he was sick. My heart goes out to his family for the void this will leave with them. I am sure his wife and son will carry on the business. If you haven’t been there already go to http://www.baddasswrestleware.com for a quality selection of wrestling gear, and a direct link to the finest wrestling boot maker out there. I‘m sure that Ken will still be watching over them. Elsewhere on this site Steve Rossi has a detailed account of Ken’s background and performance history in the business.