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HAMPTON - Live stories from life on the on the road with the man known as “Wildfire”, Pro-Wrestler Tommy Rich, and stand-up comedy in a showcase of Atlanta’s best comics. Atlanta comedian, Tim Gonzalez, along with The Sellers Law Firm, LLC, are hosting Tall Tales inside the historic old city jail of Hampton, Ga., now known as Jailhouse Brewery, in a joint effort to raise awareness of Operation Lunchbox’s mission to feed hungry students in the local community.
Tall Tales, a live stand-up comedy show with drop in road stories from some of the biggest, funniest, and most notorious names in sports & entertainment, has treated live audiences to unfiltered behind the scenes moments and untold stories from former Atlanta Braves closer John Rocker, WCW’s GLACIER, NWO’s Buff “The Stuff” Bagwell, WWE RAW Tag-Team Champion Luke Gallows, ECW/WWE/WCW hardcore wrestling legend RAVEN, 2x former Jr. Welterweight boxing World Champion Homer Gibbins Jr., WWE/WCW/ECW/IMPACT’s Johnny Swinger, and MORE - while showcasing Atlanta’s funniest and touring comedians. On Thursday September 19th Tall Tales favorite - former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tommy “Wildfire” Rich makes his Jailhouse debut!
VIP Meet & Greet tickets with signed Limited Edition show poster with autograph & photo op are $30.00, reserved seats are $12.00, General admission tickets are $10.00, and if you bring any new, nonperishable food item, you will receive a free meet and greet pass. You can also sponsor a child for $250.00 and insure that for an entire year he/she be sponsored and will have food provided by OL over the next 12 months.
GUEST: Tommy “Wildfire” Rich, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion best known as one of the original superstars of pro-wrestling at the dawn of the “Golden Age”, returns to Tall Tales. Featured weekly on TBS throughout the 1970s & 1980s on Georgia Championship Wresting & World Championship Wrestling, “Wildfire” hits the stage in the Watchtower at Jailhouse brewery to share stories from his bloody feuds with "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer, the days leading into the “The Last Battle of Atlanta” and the road stories of what has become known as the “Original Hell in a Cell”, lessons learned from “The King” Harley Race, DUI’s, warrants, arrests, Independent wrestling shows, and craft beer.
COMEDIANS: In a “Best of Atlanta” showcase, stand-up comedians Trey Dunn, Philip Morgan, Ally Edge, Blake Dill, Kerosene Komedy, Kelly Mendez, Gregory Perdue, Johnathan Smith, and more join host Timothy Gonzalez.
ABOUT THE MISSION: Operation Lunchbox is a non-profit organization that has packed and delivered food to area schools weekly for over four years. Fighting so no kid goes hungry over the weekend.