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• A Persoanl Narrative : How ROH and Y2J saved my life

  Posted on 4/30/08 10:51 AM

  This is going to be a bit of a personal blog, I chose to put this up here for the simple fact that people go through shit in life and have to realize there is something to live for and to aspire for.
  
  About 4 months ago I was checked in to a psychiatric facility in Coney Island Hospital. I was there due to the fact that i was contemplating suicide. I felt that my life had no meaning and at 16 maybe thats normal but I was in a bad state of mind.
  
  It got to an extreme point where my life felt absoulutely meaningless. I was doing so well In school I stopped caring on how well I was doing. My friends were so blah, (but great) that I kind of felt like they did not need me around any more. My mom was still the biggest bitch ever (she actually complained about the fact that she had to come to the hospital instead of being a good mother and worrying about me) Music, Sports, Girls all of that lost its meaning to me. So I felt why should I bust my ass day in and day out if it does not amount to anything.
  
  Being in the Pshyciatric Facility really helped me. It wasn't the doctors taling to me. It wasn't the " special treatment " I received. It was just being in there with all these weird people (some were nice, but one guy tried to kill me while I was sleeping...and I was only there for 4 days !!). I was so bored out of my mind that the last thing I wanted to do was to kill myself, I did so many push ups while I was there (2,458 to be exact) that I started to appreciate everything a little bit more. My wonderfully weird friends, my amazing school that helped re-build my life, Music, Sports, even my " Mother "...(To be fair my mother has drastically improved since this incident and we speak on a regular basis)..but one thing stuck out that I started to appreciate on a whole new level, the thing that I can look to when i was down, the thing I knew was waiting for me to embrace when I am older.......Pro Wrestling,
  
  You see as I put this whole debacle beside me i completely forgot at the end of December I was going to 2, count it 2, shows of the best wrestling company in the world..(IMO) RING OF HONOR ! And boy was that weekend a weekend that I will never forget. It was the best yime I had in nearly 3 1/2 years. That weekend re-feuled my passion for Pro Wrestling, It made no doubt in ym mind that I was going to become a Pro Wrestler, No doubts, No Questions, It was going to become a reality because I was going to make it happen.
  
  I also realized another thing, My favorite wrestler of all time had just released a book that I knew I was going to get, and no it is not Bret Hart, it was The returning Ayatollah off Rock 'n Rolla, The man of 1004 holds, The savior, Lionheart, Y2j Chris Jericho ! (Yeah I'm a mark, screw it)
  
  
  Chris Jericho's Book (A Lion's Tale) really was the last saving grace, if you will, Jericho's stories inspired me, the funny ones, the sad ones, the scary ones, the really weird ones, and the amazing ones. All of those stories combined have made me more determined than ever to become a professional Wrestler, ever since i read that book I have trained twice as hard, worked twice as hard, watched more matches to learn as much as I possibly can about a lot of different styles, and for some reason I ahve watched more Y2J, Jim Cornette, Paul heyman, and CM Punk Promos/Interviews (which reminds me Punk needs some more Mic time damn it !!!)
  
  I guess the point of this blog (or column depending where your reading from) is that people can overcme adversity, we can overcome sadness, and when that doesn't work we need to remember at our low points that there is a purpose for us out there no matter if you wnat to be a writer, a wrestler, a football player or a guy on the corner on a block in the village giving people peircings and tatoos ! (The Village Rules, Go Gothic Kids, LOL)
  
  So Look at this blog on any level you want to look at it from, I just hope you take something from it.

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• Introducing a new concept : Fantasy Re-Booking

  Posted on 4/27/08 5:22 PM

  With all the Fantasy Booking going around on the website I have not been one to follow the norm, but lets face it playing head booker is fun !
  
  So keeping in my tradition of rebelling (hello, I'm a Randy Orton mark !!!) I've decided to do something a little different. I have decided to take a period of time and re book that whole period, how I would have done it and all that booking crap. I hope to sometime do this as I think after I retire from pro wrestling (which is in the works) I want to stay in the business so either a booker, creative, a Road Agent whatever I can do to give back to the business which I love.
  
  So starting Tuesday I will re book the post Wrestlemania XX period as I will book Monday Night Raw and Smackdown the period will begin with the very first Monday Night Raw after Wrestlemania XX up until Survivor Series of 2004 (Thats a lot of fucking shows).
  
  So keeping with this introduction I will Introduce the Rosters of both Raw and Smackdown, but remember the roster will change because The draft is coming !!
  
  Raw:
  
  World Heavyweight Champion:Chris Benoit
  Intercontinental Champion:Randy Orton
  Tag Team Champs:Hurricane and Rosey
  Women's Champion:Victoria
  
  Main Eventers:
  Chris Benoit, Kane, Shawn Micheals, Chris Jericho, Triple H, Christian
  
  Upper Mid Card:Randy Orton, Batista, Ric Flair, Matt Hardy, Hurricane, Rosey, RVD, Booker T, Bubba Ray and D-von
  
  Mid Card:Lance Cade, Mark Jindrak, Matt Morgan, Joey Matthews, Maven, Stevie Richards, William Regal, Tomko
  
  Lower Tier:Rene Dupree, Sylvain Greneir, Rob Conway, Rodney mack, Chuck Palumbo, A-Train, Val Venis, Al Snow
  
  Women's Division:Victoria, Lita, Trish Stratus, Molly Holly, Gail Kim, Jazz, Dawn Marie)
  
  Teams
  Evolution (Randy Orton, Batista, Ric Flair, Triple H)
  The Blue Bloods ( Lance Cade, Mark Jindrak, Matt Morgan, Joey Matthews)
  La Resistance (Rene Dupree, Sylvain Greneir, Rob Conway)
  Stevie Richards and Maven
  Hurricane and Rosey
  Dudley Boyz
  
  
  SamckDown
  WWE Champion:Eddie Guerrero
  US Champion:Hardcore Holly
  Tag Team Champions:Akio and Ryan Sakoda
  Cruiserweight Champion:Vacant
  
  Main Eventers:Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Big Show, Rhyno, Edge, Scott Steiner
  
  Upper Mid Card:Hardcore Holly, Billy Gunn, Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero, John Cena, Ultimo Dragon
  
  Mid Card:Brent Albright, Johnny Nitro, Matt Capotelli, Paul London, Billy Kidman, Bradshaw, Farooq, Nunzio, Johnny Stamboli, Rikishi, Jamie Noble, Tajiri, Akio and Ryan Sakoda, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin
  
  Lower Tier:Spike Dudley, Shannon Moore, Scotty Too Hotty, Orlando Jordan, Frankie Kazarian, Spanky, Doug Basham, Danny Basham, Tony Mamaluke
  
  Teams
  Akio and Ryan Sakoda
  Johhny Nitro and Brent Albright
  Billy Kidman and Paul London
  APA
  FBI (Johnny Stamboli, Matt Capotelli, Nunzio, Frankie Kazarian, Tony Mamaluke)
  Basham Brothers
  Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty
  World's Greatest Tag Teams
  
  Divas
  Nidia
  Torrie Wilson
  Stacy Keibler
  Jacqueline
  Miss Jackie
  Sable
  Ivory

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• Highlighting some great wrestlers

  Posted on 4/24/08 3:17 PM

  SAMOA JOE
  
  
  
  
  Dragon Kid
  
  
  
  
  Davey Richards
  
  
  
  
  Roderick Strong
  
  
  
  
  PAC
  
  
  
  
  Claudio Castagnoli
  
  
  
  
  Matt Sydal
  
  
  
  
  Shinsuke Nakamura
  
  
  
  
  Naruki Doi
  
  
  
  
  Austin Aries
  
  
  
  
  "The Best In The World" Bryan Danielson
  
  
  
  
  Low Ki
  
  
  
  
  Naomichi Marufuji
  
  
  
  
  El Generico
  
  
  
  
  Kevin Steen
  
  
  
  
  Mike Quackenbush
  
  
  

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