My Story

People have asked why I mention myself so little on this blog page, being I worked Arizona mainly as manager role in 1978, stating right after the Garden closed, until 1998 when we moved to Ohio. Honestly, it is because of boredom. I spent years thanks to my bridging wrestling and writing, with a dandy little arrangement for putting msyelf over in print. As an associate editor to varied magazines, a newspaper writer, contributor to some sheets I deemed less controversial and on the net, I was constantly putting myself over to the point of my technique becoming an inside personal joke by writing about myself under my real name, about myself under my ring name. Ar rimes I even answered my articles under another alias, said I sucked and as my character became "offended" and essentially threatened to kick my own ass. Then I sat back and watched the fans who were not smart to what was going on, say what a dick I was. I was a"literary family" of one under a number of names.

More or less, I have done this for so long I have grown tired of it and would rather give others a spotlight on this blog.

Though born in Ohio, I grew up in Arizona and started in Phoenix in 1979. From 1979 to 1985 I was Mad Dog Marcial Bovee. The name was derived from bullfighter Marcial Lalanda and porn actress Lesllie Bovee. In 1985 after an elaborate series of events too complex to go into here, I became The Time Traveler, which a bot derived from Dr Who or Quantum Leap as some think, but from a line in an obscure horror film called The Keep. "I am a traveler." While I still do traveler in seem places, I am managing under my own name in MCW (http://www.mcwpro.com) on Ohio, after another series of circumstances too complex to go into.

In the California/Arizona area I worked as a manager for limited deals to long term (12 years with The Lumberjacks) for many people. People I worked with as manager include Bert Prentiss (Christopher Henderson in AZ, in a co-manager role before we turned on each other.),  Billy Graham, Eddie Sullivan, Rip Tyler, David Rose, John Ringer, Maniac Mike Gordon, Sgt. Schultz, Eruption, Rick Davidson, Enigma, The Black Mamba, Section 8, Thrillseeker Terry Zeller, Special Forces, Mr. Cock A Doodle Doo, Tim Patterson, The Beast and many more.

I also wrestled when needed, but never considered myself much of a wrestler. A manager, yes. A wrestler, no. While the role required me to brag like I thought myself the best wretsler since Milo, behind the scenes even I owned up to this saying,. "As a wrestler...I'm a very good manager."

Though I have lived in Ohio for a number do years and have no desire to live in Phoenix again, I do think of the wrestling there.

Many of the people I knew before, during or after starting have died. Eddie Sullivan, Rip Tyler, Barry Bernsten, Mr Murder, Chris Colt, Ron Dupree, Rudy Navarro, Tona Tomah, Victoria Vulcan, Louie Spicolli, Lou Thesz, Stephen De Leon, Tec 9, Mike Gordon and others are gone. The bulk of the people I stayed with and many who started after me are retired. I feel like I am one of the last of my kind.

Memories? Oh, I have them.

Scars? I have them too.

Yet I am still active.

The best may be yet to come. It may even include a return to Arizona some day, but only briefly.  Not to live.

Enough, however, on me.