As I was sitting here changing the strings on my guitar tonight for my show in a bit I took time to reflect on things in my music career, wrestling career and personal life. I am in a better spot right now then I have ever been. Coming from the guy that two years ago almost threw away everything he had by making some really stupid decisions, being homeless, being poor and listening to what everyone else had to say about me... Mostly negative. I have to say now more then ever- it took me two years to get my personal life straight and I have learned that marriage and parenting are not something to ever give up on. No matter how bad the issue- whatever you think you cant make it thru or outsiders say you shouldnt make it thru.... You can and I have! If I didnt know how to strum a guitar I would have really been up shits creek without a paddle. Music not only saved my life financially but really got my mind off the wrestling business when everyone was trying to kill my childhood dreams- I knew that politics could blackball me for a bit, but I would eventually be back... But no one could ever steal how hard I have worked since age 10 to be a musician away from me... Truth be told, the only reason I picked up a guitar was because my grandparents bought it for me for my 10th Christmas and because you had to be 18 to get a pro wrestling license so I said what can I do to entertain and make money and be 10 years old... Play music - and I did... Wrestling I knew I had excelled a ton further than most kids my age did. I busted my butt... And I knew when vets (the guys that mattered) were coming to me and telling me I had a world of potential and stick with it even when times get hard and politics become too much...that I was born to do this. I have been granted some super awesome opportunities in life to learn from the best in the biz, be on tv, in magazines, newspapers, heck even have my own trading card... And I swear this time around being this is my family business - the fans that doubt and dont buy are gonna be super left out... Because of politics... But the fans that come, are gonna have the best time ever... Because its a family friendly show- intended for fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, relatives and friends to get together and forget just for a few hours about the real world.... Bills, family problems, etc... I was a kid who use to scrape up every dollar I had to get down to the Baltimore arena to see WWF/ WWE and 10 years later I was standing in that ring wrestling for that company. No matter what the job was.. Important or not important...I was there. A little boy with a dream did it! After everyone told me I never would and that will not be the last time you ever see me on that program. I was that same kid at 16 with a kid, that def. did not have much money - priorities were diff ... But def. poorer than I was when I was 10. And I was still scraping coins out of the couch to pay to see an independent show over the bridge which WAS awesome. I started getting bored with the product- and thought I could do a darn good job myself and here I stand today. What I am trying to say.... Is if you have a dream... Dont let go of it.... Dont let anyone tell you that you are too fat, too skinny, too white, too black, too many tattoos - Get that dream! Chase it! Because you can! #goodvibes
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:30:50 +0000