Down a Dark Road - wrestler Brian James - Interview

Wrestling Digest, Oct, 2001 by Bill Apter

BJ: For me and my wife, I think it's too late. We've already done too many hateful and spiteful things. It's sickening this has happened, because now I don't get to see my kids all the time and they really are my whole life. They're everything to me.

WD: What about your father and brothers? Are they being supportive?

BJ: Yes. We have always been a close-knit family. They do everything they can for me. They have to bring my kids over to their house for me to see them, because I'm not allowed contact. It's bad on the weekend when I'm allowed, because on the weekends are the independent shows that keep the money corning in to pay my bills right now.

WD: If you could sum up everything you have learned as a life lesson to give to someone reading this, what would that be?

BJ: This is going to sound corny, but an important lesson I learned, but it's too late for me because I've already started, is: Don't do drugs! They make you not be yourself, and if you're not yourself, then who the hell are you?

With the support of his friends and family, "Road Dogg" Brian James is hopefully on his way to a fresh start in life. He is working in independent federations around the country and is also starting a wrestling school in Milton, Fla., connected to the Armstrong family's Southeast Championship Wrestling federation. For complete details, you can telephone James' friend Chris Page at 850-723-6770. James, along with his brother, Steve, hope they can teach people the fundamentals that will take them to a healthy and profitable career in pro wrestling.