Post by Tim Worthington on Apr 5, 2013 13:04:40 GMT -6
[OOC: Originally posted at The Rising Sons Blog and shared on Twitter. Added here as an intro for Tim, discussing why he's come to EXODUS.]
I was 21 years old when I won my first wrestling championship. At 22 I was a two-time MWA World Heavyweight Champion. By 25 I was a Hall of Famer. I had everything; a loving wife, two beautiful children and a career that was the envy of millions around the world. I travelled the globe, wrestled in front of sold out crowds in the biggest arenas in the US, Europe and Japan. I worked with the biggest names in this business and I loved every second.
Then, at 27, everything changed. I lost my family, I threw away my career. In the years that followed everything I did amounted to a grand total of sod all. I’d risen so far so quickly that my fall was long and hard; each time I’d try to get back in the saddle I’d screw it up and fall even further into depression.
Now I’m 33 and, to some, I’m considered a veteran. A washed-up has-been. A relic.
Hell, I’m not here looking for sympathy. And I’m not here to get by on the coattails of my former glories either. I’m just here to prove to myself, and more importantly to you great people, that I still belong in a wrestling ring. That I still have a place in this great business
I figure that the best way to prove myself properly is to take some new bookings, somewhere different, somewhere where no-one really knows me. I still think I have a lot to learn; I’m kind of a born again rookie. And as a rookie I start at the bottom of a brand new ladder and I get the opportunity to see just how far up I can go.
People have asked me why I don’t go back to the MWA. Well there was an offer on the table. But I know that’d be the easy road. I go back there… again… and there’s a chance I’ll fall back into old routines. As an MWA Hall of Fame inductee there’s a chance that I’d be pushed to the top, irrespective of if I deserve it or not. And I’m telling you now; I don’t deserve to be in that prestigious position.
Just look at “Unsanctioned”. I threw my name into the hat for a match because I just wanted to be a part of the show. I expected to be curtain jerking or in some battle royal. Instead my old MWA colleague CJ Osborne puts me up against Pat Gordon Junior, UWL World Heavyweight Champion. What did I do to deserve that? Nothing. No offence to CJ, he’s doing a hell of a job with that show. And no offence to Pat, I think he’s one hell of a guy and a deserving champion, but there are plenty of others out there who should be higher up the list to face him than yours truly.
By the way that doesn’t mean that I’m shying away from facing him, and it doesn’t mean I’m not going to give it my all when the two of us clash in a submission match at the O2 Arena on June 15th. Hell, I intend to kick his arse all over Greenwich. And I intend to prepare myself by getting back into the ring and proving my worth as one of Britains best wrestling talents.
And where better to go to prove my worth than EXODUS Pro Wrestling.
Yes, I have had many offers from companies recently. Part of me wanted to join them all, but sadly that’s not possible. I’d like to thank everyone for their offers and kind words over the past week, hopefully someday I’ll get to work with all of you in some capacity. But for now EXODUS is going to be my future and I can’t wait to get started.