Wrestling a veteran in this sport can be a great
experience. Then again, it can be
harrowing and nearly cripple you if you or your opponent don’t know what you
are doing. I’ve had both experiences
with two veterans of the sport in the early days of my career.
The first experience was against former WWF/WCW/ECW star and
WWA4 trainer Mr. Hughes. Before a FWF
show in Covington, Hughes was in the ring training some of the guys there. Guys like Chris Nelms, Osborne, and a few
others I forget were in the ring working out with him when I got to the Armory
that afternoon. Eager to learn, I jumped
in the mix during the session. Hughes
was showing us different stuff like how to apply a top-wristlock from a lockup
position. Everytime he wanted someone to
do something, I jumped right in there.
He told me that I was a quick learner.
So much so, that I made my first FWF Internet/MultiMedia title defense
against him that night.
By this time, Hughes had lost A LOT of weight and was in
great condition. He has always been
agile for a big guy, but he really showed me how agile he was. He taught me how to work without working in
that match. I was still green under the
gills, but he made me look like the champion I wanted to be throughout the
match. I won the match via
disqualification. Just like all of my
early matches, I recorded it. I got back
to the locker room and watched the match.
We looked over the match and he pinpointed things I did correctly and
stuff I should have worked on. A link to the match is at the bottom of the page.
From the
time I met him that afternoon until the time I last saw him a few years ago at
one of Antrone Brewer’s FALL BRAWL deals, I learned from the guy and I’m
forever grateful. To this day, a lot of
people in Middle Georgia still come to me and ask about training to become a
wrestler. I direct every one of them
WWA4. In all honesty, there really aren’t
a lot of new wrestlers being created around here anyway.
That was my best experience working a veteran in the
business. A few years later, a worked a
guy in Fort Valley that fans of the old NWA Pacific Northwest region should be
pretty familiar with. Tune in to my BLOG
this Wednesday to find out about that “experience”……
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