Posted on 8/08/126 by Colin Vassallo
After thanking WWE for their “royal treatment” they gave him
and his wife at Backlash earlier this year, former wrestling
legend Dan Spivey did the same after he was invited to be
part of the SummerSlam festivities last weekend.
“I just want to thank Michael [Hayes] and Mr. Kahn, very
much for the respect they showed an old guy. It was just an
awesome event, everybody was so good and they gave me more
than I ever expected,” Spivey said in a video posted on his
social media.
Former WWE stars seem to be being treated much more nicely
under this new regime compared to the previous one.
“You know, it made an old guy happy, it really did,” Spivey
continued. “Respect goes a long ways, that’s all I ever
wanted from this business was respect. I certainly got it.
Thank you guys. I appreciate you.”
Spivey worked in WWE and WCW, using his name in WCW but then
adopting the gimmick of Waylon Mercey in his second run with
WWE in 1995.
Speaking of legends, even Rick Martel made it to SummerSlam,
his first WWE televised appearance in decades. He was shown
at ringside and acknowledged on television along with a
graphic.
“What a weekend! @wrestlecon then @WWE invited me to
#wwesummerslam and on Monday magnifique surprise ran into
@FightOwensFight at the airport,” Martel wrote on X. “Two
world champions but only one #model!”