Just wanted to share
Added 2021-06-16 20:12:42 +0000 UTCGoing through my pictures and found these gems that I wanted to share with you guys!
I'll let you guys in on some secrets.
I have been wrestling for almost 3 years. I had only been training maybe 2 and half 3 months before I was thrown into my first match because the people that were training me needed a body to be bumped around...despite not feeling comfortable or confident enough I did it anyways. My first match was maybe 3 to 4 minuets long. When it was said and done the coaches and people I trained hard with said my debut match went better then expected. The next day they needed another body for their friends promotion. I was thinking it would be another short one. It wasn't, it was 10 minuets long. I only knew a few things and wasn't sure how to make all of it last. The match ended up being 8 in total and a crowd favorite which was great. (Mind you my wrestling then was extremely clunky and slow but it is what it is)
I ended up getting booked constantly and had 114 matches my first year. 🙃 I was constantly pushing myself. I worked a regular day job that was anywhere from the standard 40 to 60 hours a week, on top of training 3 to 4 days a week and the training facility being 45 minuets away away my home. I had never been so tired, sore and stressed then I was my first year in wrestling. Even on shows I wasn't booked for I was always there to set up and tear down and potentially fill in if needed. I wanted it so badly that I wouldn't settle for less. I wanted to prove that I belonged here. So many people doubted me, my weight, my looks, I almost quit due to one particular person and honestly I'm glad Ididn't. When I see people say I got lucky, that's not even remotely true. My work ethic is what people saw. I always did and still do what is asked of me. I train harder then I ever have, I take way better care of my body and push myself passed my limits just to see if I can.
Wanted to share this with yall!
Comments
Thank you so much for sharing that!
Melanie
2021-07-07 13:34:26 +0000 UTCI remember after seeing you on Dark for the first time, and checking out your RMP stuff, and that’s when I realized there was something special about you. You never gave up and now you’re reaping the benefits. Never let anyone tell you you can’t, because you’ve already proved them wrong. Btw I wouldn’t mind seeing a Cult of Cold reunion in AEW.
Daniel McCarthy
2021-06-17 06:08:14 +0000 UTCYou are absolutely inspirational and I appreciate you sharing this with us. I really hope you are part of the show coming to NYC so I can finally see you wrestle in person and if I’m lucky enough they will have a meet and greet too!!! Continue to be so amazing and again thank you ❤️
Stephen Vandelli
2021-06-16 23:26:34 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this with us. from the first moment I saw you on AEW i knew that you'd become one of my favorites, and you've become my favorite in all of AEW. as for hard work I know exactly. I have worked at the same job for 11 years, I never call out I'm always on time and no matter where I'm working or what they throw at me I prove that nothing can break me. and its worked out for me and when an employer can rely and depend on you it puts you above the rest.
NeganMOX
2021-06-16 21:13:29 +0000 UTCInspiring ✊
Darby Wall
2021-06-16 21:09:56 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing. The first time i saw you was on AEW Dark and that where i fell in love with you and became a fan
Mark Sparks
2021-06-16 20:17:39 +0000 UTC
