𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦

Ex-Radio Guy Who Still Has the Mic 🎤

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

The Arlington Sheraton may be gone, but apparently my one almost-celebrity fight lives on forever 😄

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

The implosion of the Arlington Sheraton this morning brought back one of my more memorable radio stories

Back in 2000, KISS FM hosted End of Summer Bash at Six Flags Over Texas and one of the artists performing was a young up-and-comer named Pink

[Dallas Texas TV @DallasTexasTV]

Arlington Sheraton imploded Saturday morning to make way for new Loews resort

[𝗧��𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Several years later, I turned on the TV and saw Britney Spears walking hand-in-hand with her new boyfriend. I stared at the screen and thought ...
"There’s no way!”

Yep …

It was guy who shoved me into the elevator wall at the Arlington Sheraton …

Kevin Federline

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Back in ’99, I was a radio promo kid at KISS-FM in Dallas and Sugar Ray did an autograph signing at CD Warehouse on Greenville Avenue

Afterward, we all walked out back … and next door at Condoms To Go (because of course we did) 😄

Couple of us dumb radio kids are just standing there, wide-eyed, taking it all in and out of nowhere, Mark McGrath turns around and goes:

“Get whatever you want, guys … it’s on me”

I’ll defend Sugar Ray till the day I die 🤝

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

Wow! "Sugar Ray" is doing gigs at pavilions in theme parks.

Sad!

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Quick shoutout …

Hunter and the @OUEsports Rocket League squad just brought home the @CollegiateCCS Conference Tournament title … first in program history 👏🏼👏🏼

Next stop → CCS Championships 👀

I’ve been saying ��Boomer Sooner” a little more … just not too loud 👍🏻

#ProudDad

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

I gotta admit … over the years, I’ve pulled some all-time disaster calls to play back on @1053TheFan … like absolute train wrecks!

However, I honestly don’t think a single one of them was butchered quite as impressively as this one! 🤦🏻‍♂️

(@1053SS @RJChoppy)

[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

OZZIE ALBIES!

A #WORLDBASEBALLCLASSIC WALK-OFF HOMER FOR TEAM NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

@KevinGraySports LaVine was absolutely ridiculous in 2016 … No argument there

But 2000 Vince Carter is still the gold standard. The reverse 360 windmill? The between-the-legs off the bounce? The elbow in the rim?

LaVine impressed. Vince changed the game

It’s over 🎤⬇️

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

@ogarcia86 Honestly, I’m pretty much a one-trick pony when it comes to social 😄

LinkedIn is really my only platform and I’m trying to lean into it hard … especially in the experiential / live events world

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

@feddy78324 I miss the boys every single day …

That 4:30am alarm clock though?

Yeahhhh, I don’t miss that part at all 😅

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

@KevinGraySports Welcome to the “Outkicked your Coverage ” club!

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

He leaves and after 20 minutes, he comes back,

“Soooo … we’ve decided you’ll stand behind the curtain”

😄😄😄

Moral of the story:
When looking for announcer gigs, always send a headshot … and maybe include your height and weight

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Alright, @TheCoachRules … here’s my story

2019 … I get a call to be the in-ring announcer for Impact Wrestling’s (now @ThisIsTNA) Slammiversary in Dallas

They’ve never met me …

Never seen me in person …

They just got my name from a … “good ol’ connection” of mine 🤠

[The Coach @Thecoachrules]

As long as we have UNREAL let’s give away more of the secrets. Notice my positioning. Always being the wrestler. Also my legs completely spread so almost doing splits. Vince McMahon was adamant that wrestlers always look big. It’s the entire reason I became a character and stopped doing interviews.

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Within about 30 seconds, an IMPACT staff member walks up to me, never seeing me before, and says,

“You’re Troy? The announcer?” 😧

Because I’m standing there … 6’4” and 260 pounds and apparently no one told them I was built like a mid-card jobber 😄

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Quick hits about #RoyalRumble

— LA Knight should be pushed … oh, he’s 43 🙄

— I was wrong … Logan Paul is stupid good 👏🏼

— Jericho? 🤷🏻‍♂️

— Gunther is good, but that sleeper finisher is meh 😒

— 1995 and 2015 Royal Rumbles are considered the worst … add this to the list!

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

Legendary career 👏🏼

Hall-of-fame run 🏆

Enjoy retirement, AJ Styles … and relaxing on Saturdays to watch your Georgia Bulldogs 🏈

#RoyalRumble

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

@mrdbwade @1053thefan @mikethemiz @1053SS @rjchoppy @BobbyBeltTX @Peyton_Russell1 Doin’ well … haven’t opened X in a while, but this is what happens when you have to correct @1053SS and @RJChoppy 😄😄😄

[𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 @TommySledge]

OK … quick reaction to what I heard on @1053TheFan this morning:

Yes … The Miz did in fact call me “Fat Daughtry” 😡

Did it stick way longer than it should’ve? Also yes! 🖕🏼

However, weirdly proud as hell watching his career absolutely explode 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼