In a post on social media, Dan Spivey thanked Michael Hayes and WWE for the warm welcome he received at Backlash in Tampa this past weekend.

Spivey said that his wife talked him into going to the show and he got a hold of Hayes to see if they could go.

“I thought that Michael would be able to get us in, but I wasn’t expecting the kind of treatment that I got there,” Spivey said. “I expected just to get a seat and enjoy the matches. Well, when we got there, they took us to the back and gave us passes to go anywhere we wanted to go. The reception that I got was just overwhelming.”

He said that he got the royal treatment and could walk in anywhere he wanted to and talk to everyone in the back, something that he wasn’t expecting. And to top it off, they were seated at ringside and also acknowledged on television during the show.

“I just want to tell Michael Hayes, thank you for doing what he did. I want to thank all of the boys who I saw last night, people I’ve never met before, for giving me the respect, that goes a long way with me,” Spivey continued. “I just want to thank everybody, they made it an awesome night for me and my wife. Thank you, Michael Hayes, thank you, WWE.”

Spivey worked in WWE and WCW, using his name in WCW but then adopting the gimmick of Waylon Mercey in his second run with WWE in 1995.