Post by Clue on Feb 18, 2014 5:34:23 GMT -6
Damn.
San Diego.
What a beautiful city.
I've lived here for less than a month, and already I'm falling in love. Cleveland has some bright spots, but for the most part it's a hell hole. No one aspires to move to Cleveland, and everyone in Cleveland aspires to move somewhere else. There's just so much more opportunity in other places around the world.
The latest opportunity comes in the form of a wrestling dojo and yet another developmental federation. Sure, some might think that my last six months in SWC proved I was ready to hit the big leagues running. In my summation, I was the best to ever hold the Carolina championship. But championships don’t mean much. Sure they can help with confidence, but my confidence comes from knowing that I am ready for what I am getting involved in.
I joined Inferno Wrestling Federation far too early in my training. I didn’t fall flat on my face. But damn, I sure as hell wasn’t fighting as well as I wanted to be. So I left Inferno to go to SWC and keep learning. It started with Knoxville Wrestling Institute and learning under my mentor ‘Howlin Mad’ Murdock. It continued by learning and succeeding in Southwestern Wrestling Conference. Now, I learn even more about this business from some of the best on the west coast in Revolution Wrestling.
So many people would look at my situation and think I’m taking a step back, but I can’t understand for one second why they would think that. When someone stops going to school after they earn their bachelors, have they learned all that they could before entering the workforce? Maybe. But I like to think of it this way. KWI was my bachelors. SWC got me my masters. Revolution will grant me my doctorate. This is the last step before I move to the big time. This is the last bit of learning and testing I feel I need to start shadowing the hall of fame career path set out before me by my mentor “Howlin Mad’ Murdock.
Dr. Clue has a nice ring to it doesn’t it?
I’ll tell you what too, I’ve already spent many a night sitting up here at the top of Mount Soledad looking out over the ocean and San Diego. This is a beautiful spot. You can hear the ocean crashing against the shore. The lights from downtown San Diego light up the night sky, and if you look the opposite direction you can stargaze.
It’s a great place to sit and think. It’s the reason I’m here now. In less than a week, I’ll be heading to the ring for the first time for Revolution wrestling. I’ll walk down to the ring shaking the hands of the fans in attendance, as I always do. I'll be standing in that ring waiting and the match will begin. And with it, so will my final test before I am fully ready.
Who do I have the pleasure of stepping into the ring with? Aries Reed.
As far as I can tell, Aries is a man with a passion for this business. I respect that. If he didn’t then why the hell would be doing this. I understand some do it for the money. Some do it to get off the streets. Those are not bad reasons, but those stories don’t usually stack up to the tops of companies. It’s those that focus all their energy and being into becoming the best. Aries Reed wants to be the best.
I’ve seen him tweet already that we’ll see his name in lights with “Exodus Pro Champion” next to it very soon. That’s a bold comment. We’ve not even fought our first Revo matches yet and he’s shooting for the stars. Good on him. Goals are important, and what better goal than to want to be the best. My goals are very similar. I want to learn everything I can before I break big so I am ready for whatever situation is thrown at me with technical performance.
Some might worry when he’s tweeting those things that he’s overlooking them. I on the other hand know that he’s not. I mean obviously the guy knows he’s got a match with me. We’ve already shared niceties over twitter. We’re looking forward ready to get things rolling. Neither one of us wants to lose this first match. We’re fighting to move on in the first ever Revolution Wrestling Title tournament.
What it comes down to is boredom. We’ve each had a lot of time to think since this card came out. And I’m sure, like me, he’s been thinking about what Revolution Wrestling is going to do for his future. How what he learns there will help to catapult him to unknown heights in the future. It’s only normal for the mind to wander when you have so much time to try and steer it in one solid direction.
Still a week to go, and I’ll probably be spending a lot of it up here on Mount Soledad. Night after night, looking into the night sky. I’ll be dreaming. Knowing that in just a few days the next journey in my career begins and I can finish the learning I started two years ago. Aries, I’m ready for you my man. Let’s put on a hell of a debut match, and may the best man win.
