Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 8:59:25 GMT -6
3/15/2014
7:37 AM
Kaden Tyler vs. Philippe Bertrand
(R)evolution Wrestling #2
7:37 AM
Kaden Tyler vs. Philippe Bertrand
(R)evolution Wrestling #2
To whom it may concern:
This feeling of anxiousness and pressure at this hour of the morning in San Diego is not at all too familiar for me. I have tried to live the entirety of my simple life to the fullest, trying to see goodness in everything that goes around me without bothering too much over-thinking and complicating things. At least those were the teachings I remember from my beloved and wise father, God rest his soul. I know that probably these teachings are not one hundred percent reality to some people, but they have definitely kept me positive and out of trouble through my twenty-five years of roaming this Earth. It would have been easier when I was developing from a boy to a man to have the protection and the advice of a mother that is laying on a bed right now and can barely recognize me, but life has not been that easy for neither of us.
Still, after all these highs and lows, the happy times and the sad ones, this new level of responsibility has never presented before in my life. My father is gone and my mother for a lack of a better word is almost gone too. There is no happy ending to that situation and the only evolution possible is a worse situation that will end it all, but at least I know it and I am prepared for it. Now, the challenge of breaking out of the “comfort zone” in which I cocooned myself since I was a little kid, into the world, that is a whole other story. It is a story that will evolve based on every decision I make and could turn bad if I make the wrong decisions as it could turn great if I make the right ones. This is why the issue has made my mind wander around freely with a never ending question as I suit up for my everyday jog around the neighborhood today…
“How am I able to deal with all of this?”
Well, that is the million dollar question, isn't it? My first guess is that I am stronger than I look and act. Maybe I do not give myself enough credit. Probably I do not hold my talent and ability as high as I should.
Whichever is the case, I do not want people to misunderstand me.
After all, unlike others in my beloved industry, I do care what people think about me. I do care that people receive me with open arms and accept me into their world. I do not want my first impression to be a misconception. I do not want to project myself as the most philosophical guy in the world when I am talking about things like my life and whatnot, but right now, I am truly inspired and at the same time terrified by my transformation from who I was to what I will become.
These feelings have a reason as to why do they exist in my interior. After all, it was not too long ago I was with my friends JT and Joe every single Saturday night booking mini wrestling shows for our wrestling fan friends back at my birthplace, using the trampoline at the back of my house as the “grandest stage of them all”. That was pure simplicity. No pressure, no preoccupation. I was known back then as “THE Space Invader” because, well, I pretty much invaded space and defied physics with my acrobatic moves that made everyone at home stand on their feet at awe and worried at the same time. Pretty lame name maybe, but hey, everything is fun when you share these moments with the people you hold dearly next to your heart.
At the end, we dealt with it. We didn't over-think. We didn't complicate. It didn't matter to us the times we were called things like…
“Yard-tards”
“Nerds”
“Spot Monkeys”
It really didn’t matter because we were doing something we loved. We were doing something we grew up watching and idolizing. That love was putting up a show and entertaining people with our disposition to do anything at any cost so that people would get their money’s worth and go home satisfied.
Our level of training was none, but it came natural to us. There were many times in which I wouldn’t even take a backdrop right and landed on my head, humiliating myself like a poor rookie. What made it less humiliating was the fact that I still stood up and finished. And why I stood up? Because it didn’t matter what were the bumps in the road of my life, I would not and still will never surrender.
This approach to cling on the things that I love led me to fill myself with valor and made me fill up an application to give this love for wrestling, some real meaning. When I heard that far away on the Southwest of America, there was a school headed by wrestling greats like Jonathan Collins, Jimmy Riley, et cetera, I knew that it was my calling. It could not be coincidence at all. It was fate. It was meant to be, and if it is meant to be, I would make it happen at any cost. I remember when I first entered the Revolution Dojo to sign the contract like it was right now. My palms were sweaty even though they have very good air conditioning at the office. As I filled my information on that application, there were so many feelings exposed that I didn’t knew it was possible to have them at the same time. I had fear, excitement, worries…I had everything and when I handed over the paper, my head went to a complete blank asking myself…
Will I be able to accomplish my dreams?
Then the call came. I was just finishing my gym routine when the call that changed my life forever got through to my phone some weeks later. They had accepted me on the Revolution Wrestling School. I did not know if I wanted to cry, laugh hysterically, call everyone that I know, or go get a drink at the local bar. My decision was to stay home and ponder what just happened. The next step of my life was there. My dream was achievable. Now what is next for me?
You know what’s next Kaden Tyler. Appreciate the good times you had with your friends at the backyard. Use the bad times for motivation when you feel lack of enthusiasm to achieve things. Remember what you have done and what you are set to do. Was all of this worth it if at the end of the day you don’t make it? Is it just fine if you try whether you make it or not? Just remember where you came from and your mindset on this day where your career is in front of you with so many options to choose. Remember your humbleness and desire. And if your personality somewhere along the way gets a detour, remember what got you here.
Your fight.
It’s your choice Kaden, what is it going to be?
Plaster on Philippe Bertrand the evidence of your hard work this Sunday…or let it all go away?
Let them know the mask…
From yourself to yourself,
The Space Invader
Kaden Tyler