This is what I saw tonight over on the Facebook page, and it hit me hard…Will miss “Bam Bam” Tarron Coalson….
John Hitchcock
Sad to hear that old friend Tarron Bam Bam Coleson passed away. We first met at 7-11 years ago. When ever someone younger passes it hurts.
Comment from Facebook…
Tarron you left behind a legacy of Godly things and influence where you made a difference and allowed God to use you til the end! Friend I’m praying for your family, they meant the world to you! Thank you for being the friend I needed! So grateful for Heaven…. See you one day soon!!!
Tarron “Bam Bam” Coalson was part of that old crew from the Barry Cohen School of Wrestling and then they all went on to become superstars for Southern States Wrestling…Coalson was a die-hard, he loved that business…It didn’t matter that all of those guys, “Bam Bam” Coalson, “Cowboy” Chris Star, “Soulman” Ken Stainback, “The Libyan Assassin” Robbie McBride, “Mean” Mark Vance, “Diamond” Dan Grondy, “The Dream Warrior” Harold Hadnot, “The Big Bear” Barry Cohen….None of the guys were really making any money wrestling, but they loved their craft/artwork, and they did it for the love of the game, you know the challenge of the times…
“Bam Bam” Coalson is gone….Not sure how old he was, or how he met his fate, and what was his cause of death, but do know he will be missed…He was a true trooper…Always had a young and inquisitive looking face…He was a good young man, and he loved his craft, when he was involved in professional wrestling…
Will never forget that old group of young grapplers out there at the Plato’s Crash Landing…I guess they all crashed in the end, but boy, those guys gave it a good ride, that is for certain…
Sorry to see him go, and we will remember Tarron “Bam Bam” Coalson….
RIP:Tarron Coalson, a graduate of Ben L. Smith High School…
Here is a parody story I wrote for the website back in June of sometime back in the 2000’s(2011)….
SSPW Wrestling Reunion at Plato’s Crash Landing
POSTED ON APRIL 1, 2011 BY ANDY DURHAM
Saturday June 18, with a bell time of 8:15pm and admission is only $1.00 on this great reunion night, to see Southern States Professional Wrestling at it’s finest, in what could be the final hour ever at Plato’s Crash Landing….
It has been nearly 25 years, but back for one more go ’round at Plato’s you’ll see Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Archimedes and then you’ll see your favorite wrestlers too, like “Cowboy” Chris Starr, “The Libyan Assassin”(he should be a real crowd pleaser, especially if Moammar decides to join him), “Bam Bam” Coalson, “Diamond Dan” Grondy, “Soulman” Ken Stainback, Jimmy the Genius, “Mean Mark” Vance, The unOriginal Masked/Missouri Mauler, plus just back in from Raleigh you have the chance to talk shop with “The Big Bear” Barry Cohen, due in from Levinwirth it’s “Dream Warrior” Harold Hadnot, plus on loan from Power Pro Wrestling we are looking forward to seeing “The Scrapyard Dog” and working his way back in from West Virginia, you’ll see Tim Blaze…..
That is quite a Reunion card for just one dollar, or maybe there is something symbolic about the $1.00 price…..Maybe that is what they should have been charging to see this fine offering through the years…..$1.00 is the true value for this form of artwork….That’s what we should have been paying all along, one dollar……..
It’s gonna be big and it’s gonna be good…..SSPW:Southern States Professional Wrestling returns for one night only, Saturday June 18, at Plato’s Crash Landing with special guests including Rick Chong, Connie Chong, Rae Dawn Chong, Tommy Chong, 4 women that used to work at Chong’s Massage Parlor and many more special surprises are planned, for this extarordinary evening……
It will be a night of the stars and get your $1.00, that’s one dollar tickets, in advance at Parts Unknown Comic Book Store on the corner of Mendenhall Street and Spring Garden Streets…..Special one-night only Wrestling Masks available at the old School Kids Records and Tapes Store across the street from the College Hill Sundries……Dick Foley and the “Scrapyard Dog”, along with their new manager Chris Plano, will be signing autographs on the day of the event, outside and across the street from Parts Unknown, on a vacant lot…..
This is the one you’ve been dreaming of, sort of like a modern-day Dream Warrior and now it is coming true, almost like the True Brothers from over on Chapman Street……This is it, your final WARNING…..Saturday June 18 at Plato’s on Boeing Drive just up the street from Socrates, Archimedes, and Aristole’s Loft……
I know one poor soul that will be the first in line…..Would that, could that be you?????