No Respect
I am not a very happy person at this moment and I am going to go through what happened as it happend. First off I was not happy to see my oppents drinking before the match, it made me worried for my self and what might happen in the match.
So match time. The Basher vs PF vs Levi vs Klayton. match is going fine 15mins in I ask PF to tag in Levi so we can do a spot we had talked over earlier that day, PF tags him and I notice what is in his hand. A red cup and I knew what was in it, Beer. In my mind all I can think is "hes gonna drink it and spit it in my face" so to prevent this from happening I run up hit him hoping he will drop but he didn't he held on to it and then threw it all over me. I was in shock and pissed so I charged him and we had us a scuffle, shoot if you will. so after we fought for a good 30 seconds I tagged in Bash and then I sat on the apron and almost left the match. I was very close to leaving and then I thought No it wouldn't be professional so I did my job and finished the damn match. I left the ring got my bag and Shawn(levi) stoped me and asked if I was mad I said "yes" and walked away and went to change.
I sat in that restroom and replayed in my mind what the hell just happend. The more I thought about it the pissed I got and the more anger began to boil inside me and my vision blured and I started to see red. I have never in my life been that mad. I prayed through it, took some deep breaths regained my composer and changed. As I walked out Jerry came up to me and asked "please do not quit over this" I told him at that time "I don't plan to". so went up to the bar and got me a water and Shawn walks up to me and asked if I wanted to talk, I said "sure" and this man knows what my home life is like with my father being a alcoholic and my views on drugs and alcohol and has the gaul to say "I would never purposely do that", wait time out then what the hell do you call what just happened out there ladies and gentlemen? Did the Devil make him do it? He then said "the beer was meant for PF" well he was still right there you still could have thrown it at him. I dont know but he apologized and I accepted it and thought maybe just maybe that was the end of it. No it wasn't. And I thought he meant his apology.
So I took my bag to my car, and I went and talked to some people and got to hear what his real thoughts on what happened. He said "Its a gimmick if he can't take it then F@#% him" and also got to hear he didn't feel sorry about it at all. Well that pushed me over the edge. And it wasn't 1 person that told me this, it was 3. Each saying the same thing. Boy I feel good knowing that 5 mins before I heard this that I was lied to my face. I feel like I got slapped in the face, then kicked in the nuts, then got spit on while I was on the ground and then had dirt kicked in my face by someone I once called a good friend. I do not want to speak with Shawn Grugel for a long while because he really hurt my feelings. And after he reads this he will be furious, but I do not care because I'm sick of keeping my mouth shut about stuff like this. He might want to even fight me but I refuse to do that. I go to MWO shows to get away from my home life and when stuff like this happens makes me want to not even wrestle anymore.
I don't push my beliefs on people or my views about alcohol and drugs. I don't go up to people and tell them not to drink or do drugs. I don't go up to the guys that get high around the building of Terri's Lounge before the shows "don't do that before you wrestle". But I'm sick of going to the MWO shows and seeing people drink alcohol 1 after another and seeing guys come in high before the shows and go out there and are allowed to wrestle. Would you let these people get behind the wheel of a car? If the answer is No then why would these people be allowed go in the ring with someones life in there hands? When will this end? When someone gets hurt? injured? or even parolized? I don't want to see someone get parolized because someone was wrestling with clouded judgement. I don't care how much of a tolerance you have. It is not right. I don't care what you do after the shows but damn it don't bring it a place where you hold someones life in your hands. This is what makes me want to quit. I will never wrestle anyone that has been drinking before the shows ever again.
Brandon(Malibu) asked me a good question he said "Chris, why do we wrestle?" I said "I use to wrestle because it was fun and I wanted to do it, but now it feels like a job." I dread going to wrestle because I know theres going to be some kind of drama brought to the show, or I have to see these people drinking and then get to wrestle and have that risk of someone getting injured hanging over our heads and we shouldn't have to. Maybe I'm the only one that feels this way maybe I'm not but this had to be said, and I know I will make alot of enemies after people read this but it doesn't even matter anymore. I don't want to be that person that could get parolized because the person I wrestle was tipsy or high.
I doubt me saying any of this will make any kind of a differense but its worth a shot I supose.
So match time. The Basher vs PF vs Levi vs Klayton. match is going fine 15mins in I ask PF to tag in Levi so we can do a spot we had talked over earlier that day, PF tags him and I notice what is in his hand. A red cup and I knew what was in it, Beer. In my mind all I can think is "hes gonna drink it and spit it in my face" so to prevent this from happening I run up hit him hoping he will drop but he didn't he held on to it and then threw it all over me. I was in shock and pissed so I charged him and we had us a scuffle, shoot if you will. so after we fought for a good 30 seconds I tagged in Bash and then I sat on the apron and almost left the match. I was very close to leaving and then I thought No it wouldn't be professional so I did my job and finished the damn match. I left the ring got my bag and Shawn(levi) stoped me and asked if I was mad I said "yes" and walked away and went to change.
I sat in that restroom and replayed in my mind what the hell just happend. The more I thought about it the pissed I got and the more anger began to boil inside me and my vision blured and I started to see red. I have never in my life been that mad. I prayed through it, took some deep breaths regained my composer and changed. As I walked out Jerry came up to me and asked "please do not quit over this" I told him at that time "I don't plan to". so went up to the bar and got me a water and Shawn walks up to me and asked if I wanted to talk, I said "sure" and this man knows what my home life is like with my father being a alcoholic and my views on drugs and alcohol and has the gaul to say "I would never purposely do that", wait time out then what the hell do you call what just happened out there ladies and gentlemen? Did the Devil make him do it? He then said "the beer was meant for PF" well he was still right there you still could have thrown it at him. I dont know but he apologized and I accepted it and thought maybe just maybe that was the end of it. No it wasn't. And I thought he meant his apology.
So I took my bag to my car, and I went and talked to some people and got to hear what his real thoughts on what happened. He said "Its a gimmick if he can't take it then F@#% him" and also got to hear he didn't feel sorry about it at all. Well that pushed me over the edge. And it wasn't 1 person that told me this, it was 3. Each saying the same thing. Boy I feel good knowing that 5 mins before I heard this that I was lied to my face. I feel like I got slapped in the face, then kicked in the nuts, then got spit on while I was on the ground and then had dirt kicked in my face by someone I once called a good friend. I do not want to speak with Shawn Grugel for a long while because he really hurt my feelings. And after he reads this he will be furious, but I do not care because I'm sick of keeping my mouth shut about stuff like this. He might want to even fight me but I refuse to do that. I go to MWO shows to get away from my home life and when stuff like this happens makes me want to not even wrestle anymore.
I don't push my beliefs on people or my views about alcohol and drugs. I don't go up to people and tell them not to drink or do drugs. I don't go up to the guys that get high around the building of Terri's Lounge before the shows "don't do that before you wrestle". But I'm sick of going to the MWO shows and seeing people drink alcohol 1 after another and seeing guys come in high before the shows and go out there and are allowed to wrestle. Would you let these people get behind the wheel of a car? If the answer is No then why would these people be allowed go in the ring with someones life in there hands? When will this end? When someone gets hurt? injured? or even parolized? I don't want to see someone get parolized because someone was wrestling with clouded judgement. I don't care how much of a tolerance you have. It is not right. I don't care what you do after the shows but damn it don't bring it a place where you hold someones life in your hands. This is what makes me want to quit. I will never wrestle anyone that has been drinking before the shows ever again.
Brandon(Malibu) asked me a good question he said "Chris, why do we wrestle?" I said "I use to wrestle because it was fun and I wanted to do it, but now it feels like a job." I dread going to wrestle because I know theres going to be some kind of drama brought to the show, or I have to see these people drinking and then get to wrestle and have that risk of someone getting injured hanging over our heads and we shouldn't have to. Maybe I'm the only one that feels this way maybe I'm not but this had to be said, and I know I will make alot of enemies after people read this but it doesn't even matter anymore. I don't want to be that person that could get parolized because the person I wrestle was tipsy or high.
I doubt me saying any of this will make any kind of a differense but its worth a shot I supose.