One evening I was sitting on the couch watching the news when the phone rang. The answering machine got it, it was my grandma. I picked up the phone before it woke anyone in the house.
“Hellow?” I said.
“Hey, it’s me,” Grandma said.
“Yeah, I know,” I said.
“I need to talk to your mother,” she said.
“She’s asleep. It’s 11pm. but I can give her a message in the morning,” I whispered.
“Well…I’ve been watching wrestling lately on TV and well, I went to tryouts and…I was 2nd out of 12 contestants. So, I am going to be on the Professional Sumo Wrestlers Team for Englewood!! Isn’t that great?” She asked.
“Ummm….yeah cool. So–when and where are you having your first…uh?…..match?” I asked quietly.
“Well, the first one is tomorrow at 8pm at the TMS gym,” She whispered.
“Cool. I’ll be there. What’s your Sumo name?” I asked.
“Grammy Whammy–don’t you like it? I came up with it myself,” She said.
“Sure…um….gotta go. Love ya–bye,” I said.
Well, morning came along and of course I told Mom, Joey and Emily. And, of course, they were all shocked!!
So, when Saturday came along at about 7:30pm, Mom told us to hurry up and get into the van or we would be late. We actually arrived 25 minutes early. The guards would not let anyone in except the wrestlers and their families. So, we went to the door and the big guard with a bald head and navy blue t-shirt that said Wrestling Security on the front said, “And where do you think you’re going?”
“We are the family of the wrestler Grammy Whammy, ” Mom said shaking.
“Oh, I see–hurry up and get in before I change my mind,” he said.
We hurried inside, went to the gym and took ground level seats. We watched the wrestlers warm up for 15 minutes before the actual matches started.
“GRAMMY WHAMMY IN THIS CORNER!!” The announcer announced as he pointed at Grandma.
“AND IN THIS CORNER,” he said pointing to the opposite corner,”WE HAVE MUMBO THE JUMBO!!”
DING! The bell rang to start the match.
WHAM!!!! Mumbo the Jumbo slammed his whole body into Grandma’s. Grandma fell over and didn’t get up. The announcer called a time-out. Then the wrestling doctor came onto the mats to examine Grandma.
“She’s out cold,” The announcer announced. “And our WINNER IS MUMBO THE JUMBO!!”
The crowd cheered as the trophy was handed to Mumbo the Jumbo. Grandma was helped off the mats and then we all walked to the car and decied that sumo wrestling was NOT for Grandma.
