It is not false
It has been my life since I was born. It’s in my blood and I refuse to let it go. It’s something I can’t live without, and if I lose it it will all fall apart. I didn’t cling to my toys or cheer for my hometown sports team. I turned on my TV and watched all these super athletes put their lives on the line, captivating millions and millions of fans. It’s my lifestyle and I knew it would be from a very young age. Every time I see my idols come out with their special entrance music and hear the crowd erupt in euphoria, it reminds me why I love it so much. The moments when childhood dreams come true and hold the gold, the moments when that special hero in your heart has to leave the business forever. The times that your favorite comes out and you do it, you are entering with them and humming the lyrics. The moments when the bad guy tries to shatter your hopes and aspirations by terrorizing your little soul that rests in the hands of your hero. These things make what I observe and aspire to immortal for me. It’s professional wrestling and it’s my life.
I just can’t live without it, it’s always on my mind, but there is a problem accepting this fantastic product. Almost everyone I talk to who doesn’t see it says it’s “fake”. Well, if that’s the case, let’s talk about the 1998 King of the Ring Hell in a Cell match that put Mankind against The Undertaker. Mick Foley, known as “Mankind” at this time, fell from the top of the cage to the announce table below, which was one of the biggest “punches” in wrestling history! He nearly died that night and had multiple life-threatening injuries to himself in addition to several knocked out teeth. Do you think the match ended there? Mick unbelievably continued the match and a few minutes later he was choked THROUGH the cage taking another hit from exactly the same height, landing on a stiff ring and going through as well. He even got up from it and still went on! My point is that wrestling is not fake. Wrestling is scripted, and matches are usually choreographed and staged long before the match actually occurs.
The injuries caused are completely REAL, and you have to be in top mental and physical shape to even consider living life. Business is what I live for, and it’s what keeps me grounded and teaches me life lessons. The millions of professional wrestling fans and I want to send a message to the closed-minded people who think wrestling is fake. Why don’t you go and try what Mick Foley did in that hell in the cell? Why don’t you spend more than 300 days a year away from everything you love and cherish? Why not speak in front of a live audience of over 10 million every week without it getting under your skin? The wrestling business is not for the faint of heart. It is for the chosen few who cannot live without it. In that case, I better train because the last thing I want is to be known as a “fanatic”. I want to live the life!
