UK Wrestler Crosses a Line To Get Over

[Darkstar]

Thought this might be of interest to anyone who hasn't already seen the topic on the 1PWFF.

Christmas came early for this past Saturday for the children and families of Robin House Children's Hospice in Dumbartonshire when we were given a treat by a local wrestling personality James Wallace. Wallace had contacted us voluntarily here following a succession of tour dates in the USA and offered to make a guest appearance prior to Christmas day at the facility wanting to greet the children, sign autographs and smile for pictures. We were more than happy to accomodate him and needless to say he made a big impression. Unexpectedly, the children were presented with gifts from Wallace and in turn Wallace himself gained a great gift of his own when he raised the spirits of the families there at Robin House. "This is something I wanted to do out of goodwill. I'm very fortunate to live the life I do and just want to spread some Christmas cheer to the people here. Just being here and seeing smiles on the kids faces and the reaction I get is like a present in itself" You can visit the website of the Children's Hospice Association of Scotland at this address www.chas.org.uk A personal thanks from me and the rest of the staff at Robin House to James and best of luck to 1PW in the future!

On Dec 24th "colinh" posts this on the 1PW fans' forum. Surely a great gesture from merely a humble British wrestler, right? Certainly a good enough gesture that 1PW's fanzine editor thought it good to write an article about it, so he dropped Robin House a line:

Hi there. A wrestler by the name of James Wallace (or Jay Phoenix), real name Jim Brown, has recently informed me that over the holidays he visited Robin House, to spend the day with the children all looked after by CHAS. He said he made a day of giving presents to children, and looking after them, as well as posing for many photos with them. I write articles for a fanzine of a wrestling promotion James Wallace works for, and wondered if you could give me some more information on what he did that day? what sort of activities he took part in, and possibly email me a photo? As i'd like to write a small article in the next issue about it (a link to your website will be included) Thanks for your time.

Here's the reply that was garnered (which was posted on 1PWFF):

Hi **** I have been in touch with both of our hospices, Rachel & Robin House, and James has not visited either hospice. Perhaps it was the Sick Kids in Edinburgh or Yorkhill in Glasgow? Sorry I can’t be of any more help. Best wishes Kerry

You'll notice, of course, that the first post specifically mentions Robin House in Dumbartonshire. There was no way that he could've given the "wrong" name as all three are mentioned in the first email. Upon inspection of the CHAS site there is no 'Colin' on their staff page, much less a Colin H. Various talents posted about Jim discussing his charity work backstage at the previous show. Another email was sent from the fanzine host apologising for any inconvenience caused and promising an advertisement for the charity in the fanzine, as well as inquiring about 'Colin' and if there could've been a mix-up. A new twist to the tale then occurs with "JimB" joining the forums and posting this:

Guys this is Jim, posting just one message to confirm the following: Information to management at Robin House who dealt with me at the time has been passed on to Steven Gauntley. Steven will contact them later today, in turn management in charge will be available to confirm everything to him. Please note that the only reason management has been able to do this is because I have given them my permission. Anyone besides myself attempting to retrieve information from my visit will not be granted due to child protection laws. Robin House does not publicise or indulge information to anyone calling or emailing them regarding visitations. Thank you.

Seems a bit strange that Kerry wouldn't have just said that herself, but surely that's the explanation... right?

Wrong. Nobody bought this and eventually, everyone's fears were confirmed by Steven himself...

OK, here is all the information i have for you - I received an e mail from James Wallace this afternoon with the contact information of a manager at Robin House. I called in my official capacity and spoke to this manager. Im really regretful to say she could not confirm James' story. I dont want to go into too many details of the conversation, but: James Wallace is suspended from One Pro Wrestling pending further investigations, and is with immediate effect removed from the Jan 25th and Jan 26th 1PW Shows. On the upside, i got talking to the manager of Robin House, and we have offered, in order to make up for the inconvenience of being messed around by this situation, to send the children there s bunch of DVDs, and work to help to facilitate them coming to Know Your Enemy as a special treat (the kids that want to that is!) This is a **** situation, but hopefully some good has come of it.

Upon further investigation (including IP checking), it was later revealed that Jim had at least four accounts on the 1PWFF, including 'kimb', 'jimb', 'colinh' and... get this...

"colinhendrie". Yes, that's the former Rangers and Scotland captain's name spelt wrong, which was the only name he could think of as the name of a charity operative.

So why is this here? First of all, I didn't know if Jimmy-boy had been telling other people about his supposed charity work and the whole story sickens me. Secondly I thought it was important to get all the facts recorded, as all too often these kind of things get dragged up and misreported later on. I also felt it was worth mentioning that despite his behaviour, 1PW managed to deal with it and sort something out for some needy kids. Finally I thought it was indicative of the character of Jay Phoenix/James Wallace/Colin Hendrie [sic] and another example of why he is widely considered someone not to be trusted.

Any comments are, of course, welcomed.



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Taken from the UKFF, but I have been following this over on the 1PW forum. Low down, cheap and shitty thing to do, even for Wallace.

[Saz]

Strike another for the reputation of British wrestling and wrestlers!

[Darkstar]

Good of Lionheart and Fight Club to do what they did mind, and 1PW have gone beyond what they needed to.

[DC]

I can't say I'm surprised by this. Jim's always been a mark for himself, even going back to making multiple accounts on the old BCW forum, using the extra accounts to get himself over by pretending they were fans.

With this, his conduct at Chikara and his general reputation, Dan Maff will be invited to Homicide's house for afternoon tea before anyone trusts Mr. Wallace again.

[Saz]

Originally Posted by Darkstar Good of Lionheart and Fight Club to do what they did mind, and 1PW have gone beyond what they needed to.

I think they were forced to and like DC said, if the wrestler has a bit of a reputation, they are going to check!

[Rog]

Oh yeah, I was reading about this last night on another forum. Couldnt stop laughing. Then someone posted a link to his homo-erotic wrestling videos. Now I can never take him seriously ever agin.

[Darkstar]

Originally Posted by Saz I think they were forced to and like DC said, if the wrestler has a bit of a reputation, they are going to check!

Sorry, should have been more clear (I thought it was in post 1 but it want), Lionheart and FC have volunteered to go to the kids hospice to personally deliver teh DVDs. Nice one lads.

[Mitchell]

Man, the UK scene is just one big mark for itself, ain't it.

[DC]

No.

[Mitchell]

This thread begs to differ.