Roy was moody, a very tough man with every other word out of his mouth a cuss word - and very 'macho' but he only wanted the best working for him. If you had a cold or flu you still showed up (as Shire did). Eventually I was publishing the ACTION WRESTLING programs for virtually all arenas and I was ring announcing at Cow Palace, Stockton, Richmond and occasionally Sacramento, then eventually for 11 cities when Terry Garvin and Louis Dondero promoted under Roy during the days of Bob Roop and Kevin Sullivan.

When Shire cussed someone out it was terrible but you learned the hard way what you did wrong. There were people Roy respected (he only cussed me out 1 time in 8 years) I think Roy's relationships with Don Muraco, Great Mr. Fuji, Ray Stevens, Pat Patterson and Kinji Shibuya were excellent though Patterson and Roy had falling outs toward the end when Pat left for the East Coast. Roy was a big time promoter and had a tremendous territory; his was one of the three most successful in the 60s and 70s in the country. As Moondog Ed Moretti knows (Ed refereed then eventually wrestled for Roy) Roy was a great promoter and if you could break in with him you were set. Moretti is a tremendous worker and person and he comes from Roy's old school. All Pro Wrestling's Roland Alexander, whom I ring announced for for four years, learned a lot from Roy and that's why Roy is his number one mentor. Though I never got all the details I know Roy and Patterson were driving home from Sacramento one night (often the boys would meet at a convenient place and take one car to the arena) when they were stopped and somewhat attacked by some Hells Angels, who wanted the championship belts in the trunk.