The Ring of Honor wrestler, who died earlier this month in a car crash, will be remembered as a star inside the ring and a generous soul outside it.
The year was 2016, and the setting was a laundry room at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas.
Vegas possesses a mystique and an aura, but neither of those were present off the strip at Sam’s Town Live. The hotel rooms had a smoky scent, the buffet line was bustling with senior citizens, and the only excitement in the casino for this young reporter was sharing a word of broken English with Tomohiro Ishii at the slots.