On Saturday November 8th at the Brentwood Oaks Equestrian Center, approximately 300 tag-team partners showed up to help Nicholas Gordon fight his battle and celebrate his 6th birthday. I can’t say enough about the people involved including Vinnie Massarro, the wrestlers and the many people who contributed including some fellow workers at Clarks Pest Control who along with Vinnie helped organize the live pro wrestling event in trying their best to exterminate the arachnoid cyst.
The event started with some great music by Tracy’s own Christian alternative rock band, SunRising. The band played prior to the pro wrestling event, during intermission and immediately following the pro wrestling event. The pro wrestling event was great in many ways. I thought it was great that Nicholas Gordon kept winning battles all night long. The first battle he won was when he entered the ring and Nicholas proceeded to deliver knockout punches to the opponents of Joe Applebaumer and the Bad Apples and then he joined them in an in-ring celebration. Later, Nicholas returned to the ring when at the end of the Battle Royal, the Bad Apple brothers showed their class by not wanting to wrestle each other and awarding the Battle Royal to Nicholas Gordon who came into the ring with all of his closest friends. What an in-ring celebration this was. There was the successful pro wrestling debuts of “Double D” Dave Dutra and Jody Kristofferson. Double D had a large following at the show as he gave it his all but came up short in his match with Larry Blackwell. Dutra made an impressive debut despite the loss. Later on, son of famous actor Kris Kristofferson, Jody Kristofferson, made his debut against Vinnie Massarro. Vinnie had won the match but fans pointed out that Massaro had a handfull of tights and the ref restarted the match, much to the surprise of Massarro and Kristofferson rolled him up for a pin. Jody’s family was in attendance and you could see by the smiles on their faces, they were very proud of their son. Kris Kristofferson who last appeared as Whistler in Blade with Westley Snipes was very accomodating for autographs and pictures and everyone there seemed to love his presence. Immediately following the wrestling event, APW owner, Roland Alexander presented Nicholas Gordon with his own championship belt to wear on his wrist. At the very end, there were many photo ops with the debuting wrestlers and their respective friends and family.
There were many who contributed to this great cause. You can view all the people Nicholas wants to thank by visiting his website at helpnicholasgordon.com There are many medical costs that continue to mount and are necessary to help Nicholas Gordon fight his battle. Nicholas needs more tag-team partners. Please make your donation to:
THE GORDON FAMILY – Tracy Federal Credit Union – Account #22261 – 951 Central Ave. - Tracy CA – 209.832.6450
We will try to have more pictures from this great event up on the message boards before the week is out…
More pics of the event here:
photobucket.com/nicholasgordon
Hey Butch:
Those are some great pictures. I look forward to seeing you return to gym wars and take some more photos. Dave Dutra has been doing a heck of a job with photos as have many others but Dave is on his way to having some more great matches and a great career. I look forward to your call and return to Gym Wars. Great shots!
We would just like to thank you for all that you did for our son on his birthday during this time. He had a great time and he is still talking about you all! We would like to also thank all those that showed up to support Nicholas and our family. We are truly grateful! IF anyone knows how to get a hold of Jody & his family, we would like to thank them for their gift and attendance. You can email us at kidzchurch@comcast.net or call 209-834-8110
We are true fans of APW
Cant wait to see you guys at the Cage fight in Hayward.
Love the Gordon Family
Anthony, Mary , Nicholas & Madelyne
Anthony:
The pleasure was all ours. I almost feel selfish in saying it brought great pleasure to see the smile on Nicholas’s face when I presented him with the belt. The wrestlers had a grand time doing this. What better way for 2 APW Boot Camp students to make their pro debut than on a fund-raiser like this. Nicholas seemed to enjoy the evening running around with all his little friends. It was also very classy for the wrestlers who took the time to make sure that Nicholas Gordon was the true and big star of the night. Props to Vinnie Massarro for asking our help and props to Johnny LaRocca for getting APW involved. Anytime we can ever do something for Nicholas, please don’t hesitate to ask and we very much look forward to seeing you and Nicholas at a future GYM WARS including Kristmas Kaos!