Standerd Slides

Subject: Wes Brisco

Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 2.2, Polaroid, Page 112

For those of you who don’t know, Wes Brisco is the son of WWE hall-of-famer Jerry Brisco. This past March, Wes called me up and invited me to go to WrestleMania XXIV which was held at the Citrus Bowl in our home town, Orlando, FL. An avid wrestling fan myself, I jumped all over the invitation. Wes and his roommate Nick Valliere, Danny Amir and myself took full advantage of the opportunity to witness the biggest event in sports entertainment.

We arrived at the show early enough to meet up with his dad backstage and got VIP access to the red carpet and all the festivities that go on behind the main stage. After meeting with Jerry and some of his other immediate family, Wes guided us over to the athlete and family/friends catering area where all the wrestlers fuel up with nothing short of all the food groups. Fish, chicken, steak, pasta, salad, fruit, you name it, they had it covered. Wrestler after wrestler was in line waiting to get served up some great food before they go out and perform…then you have myself, Nick V and Wes in line waiting for food as well. A bit out of place much? You could say that for sure. Wes knows all the guys like family, so it was cool to see each of them recognize Wes and greet him. Jerry came over for a bit and joined us for dinner as well.

After that feast of wrestler celeb overload, we made our way back outside to the red carpet area where some of the wrestlers were coming out of the ring and headed back to get cleaned up. We were literally standing next to all the superstars. Ric Flair was there, Edge, Chavo and of course, a hand full of WWE divas. Again, Wes recognized “Kelly” and we snagged a quick snapshot before the main show began.

This was an unforgettable memory of a lifetime. Many thanks to Wes for inviting us backstage and to his dad Jerry for taking care of us. I don’t know that I’ll ever get to go to WrestleMania again in my life, much less back stage to be introduced to the biggest superstars in the business.

-Meddock