Posted on 5/11/126 by Colin Vassallo
In a post on social media, Dan Spivey thanked Michael Hayes
and WWE for the warm welcome he received at Backlash in
Tampa this past weekend.
Spivey said that his wife talked him into going to the show
and he got a hold of Hayes to see if they could go.
“I thought that Michael would be able to get us in, but I
wasn’t expecting the kind of treatment that I got there,”
Spivey said. “I expected just to get a seat and enjoy the
matches. Well, when we got there, they took us to the back
and gave us passes to go anywhere we wanted to go. The
reception that I got was just overwhelming.”
He said that he got the royal treatment and could walk in
anywhere he wanted to and talk to everyone in the back,
something that he wasn’t expecting. And to top it off, they
were seated at ringside and also acknowledged on television
during the show.
“I just want to tell Michael Hayes, thank you for doing what
he did. I want to thank all of the boys who I saw last
night, people I’ve never met before, for giving me the
respect, that goes a long way with me,” Spivey continued. “I
just want to thank everybody, they made it an awesome night
for me and my wife. Thank you, Michael Hayes, thank you,
WWE.”
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.