I've probably seen more live Surfer Ray Odyssey matches than those of any other wrestler. It's not because I didn't go to my fair share of big shows (I've been handful of WWF PPV's including WM11, No Way Out 2000, and the 2011 Rumble, over a dozen raw tapings, several dozen house shows including one featuring a rare Warrior Undertaker tag team, and the Nitro when Warrior Debuted...) but from the mid 90's to the early 2000's I went to a ton of New England/North East= indy shows... and for a while, it seemed like I could not escape Surfer Ray and his boogie board, Gidget! ...not that there was anything wrong with that.... actually, I always felt Surfer Ray Odyssey was one of the more talented, fundamentally sound, consistent (and that last part is important... On the Indies, some guys were on point one night, and lackluster the next... Juan Xavier comes to mind in that regard, may he Rest In Peace, but you could always count on Ray to put on a strong showing...) talents on the Indy scene at that period. The dude was on pretty much every Indy Show I went to, whether it be in a High School in Washington, CT at, at a local Armory in Thomaston, or a music hall in Danbury, Ray was always there. Well, looking back in retrospect, I was lucky Ray was there... aside from a Sid, Jim Neidhart, or King Kong Bundy Main Event, a lot of those shows weren't exactly filled with the best talent. If I had to watch one more battle royal featuring Primo Carnera III, I might have stopped watching wrestling! Anyway... Just wanted to thank Surfer Ray Odyssey for making a lot of those indy shows little more entertaining.
I've probably seen more live Surfer Ray Odyssey matches than those of any other wrestler. It's not because I didn't go to my fair share of big shows (I've been handful of WWF PPV's including WM11, No Way Out 2000, and the 2011 Rumble, over a dozen raw tapings, several dozen house shows including one featuring a rare Warrior Undertaker tag team, and the Nitro when Warrior Debuted...) but from the mid 90's to the early 2000's I went to a ton of New England/North East= indy shows... and for a while, it seemed like I could not escape Surfer Ray and his boogie board, Gidget! ...not that there was anything wrong with that.... actually, I always felt Surfer Ray Odyssey was one of the more talented, fundamentally sound, consistent (and that last part is important... On the Indies, some guys were on point one night, and lackluster the next... Juan Xavier comes to mind in that regard, may he Rest In Peace, but you could always count on Ray to put on a strong showing...) talents on the Indy scene at that period. The dude was on pretty much every Indy Show I went to, whether it be in a High School in Washington, CT at, at a local Armory in Thomaston, or a music hall in Danbury, Ray was always there. Well, looking back in retrospect, I was lucky Ray was there... aside from a Sid, Jim Neidhart, or King Kong Bundy Main Event, a lot of those shows weren't exactly filled with the best talent. If I had to watch one more battle royal featuring Primo Carnera III, I might have stopped watching wrestling! Anyway... Just wanted to thank Surfer Ray Odyssey for making a lot of those indy shows little more entertaining.