There are a lot of things I can prepare myself for in wrestling, a heavy opponent, a less experienced opponent even an opponent who likes to hurt people, but in all my endeavours I have never managed to injure myself severely.
Until recently, yup, Sazza trapped nerves in his right shoulder as well as pulling a muscle. Now, apart from this denting the old “Never had an injury” record, it’s come as a bit of a shock to me, because for once in my life I was uncertain as how to go about it.
Maybe it’s machismo, maybe it’s pride, but I went on trying to ignore it and the spasms that hit every now and again, I held back on serious break falling at the gym and tried to keep up with my cardiovascular exercises, but always found myself jumping in.
So, on doctors orders I’ve had to force myself to miss training completely for two weeks and I tell you what, it was one of the hardest things I had to do.
There is always that fear that whilst I am away someone will always take my place. UK wrestling is a dog eat dog world, there are people who are stuck with doing jobs for free because they began their career trying to learn and should they ask for money they would find that there are plenty more people who will work for free.
This is a recurring problem, as sometimes promoters are balancing money and come out with very little at the end.
So with Celebrity Wrestling shying away from the light like a ghoul that was never meant to be, I’ve been doing a little research. Seems that the main reason that the show was not popular was generally do to the fact that there was no wrestling in it whatsoever.
I just thought I’d pinch myself there, what people wanted to see was celebrities WRESTLING! So let’s look at how the boat was so severely missed and the opportunity broken by some half-wit who didn’t know entertainment. I wonder if the person who invented a gladiators style game and then decided to call it Wrestling.
It does make me wonder if the wrestling was the only attraction and that, as soon as people found it didn’t do what it said on the tin, the audience lost all faith in a wrestling product ever coming to terrestrial TV.
Well, unfortunately that is all for me this week, as you may have guessed I’ve been kind of out of the loop with my resting the shoulder, but hopefully and soon I shall be back up to full commentary strength.
I was hoping to get some more interviews up, but It’s a matter of finding the time at the moment.
Laters,
Saz