Post by Lava on Nov 14, 2014 0:26:41 GMT
FULL CIRCLE
VIA: Posted to Lava's Wordpress blog.
I came to America after being contacted by the IWA.
Traveled half-way around the world in fact.
But almost as fast as I found a place to live in Washington,
I was suddenly out of work.
Good thing I had not signed that lease yet...
I was crushed for a moment,
Because I really felt like I had something to offer the IWA.
Because I felt like there was something I could contribute.
But the opportunity was taken away before I got a chance.
However, I was here, so I started looking for work somewhere else.
I was contacted by one company, a place I'll call Epic.
A bit of a darker promotion with a deep history,
A place many great names had passed through.
They approached me, and I accepted their offer.
Then there was a second company, a place I'll simply call Pride.
I called them after watching their whole roster complain one day.
They were all complaining on Twitter about one woman on their roster.
That woman's name was Liz Smalls.
I jokingly made a comment, after someone said that she talked too much,
That maybe they needed a Silencer.
Next thing I knew, I was offered a contract,
And was put in a match that includes one of her Mean Girl friends.
So just like that, I had two jobs.
Two places to fulfill my dream.
I should have been happy, but neither gave me that feeling.
The feeling I had gotten from the IWA.
Then came another call.
Then came Metro Pro.
Now I'm here.
And the very battle line that I drew back in the IWA,
That battle line between the combat sports athletes and the 'entertainers',
It is the very battle at the core of this company.
It's the war for Metro Pro's very soul.
No need to explain which side I am on.
I am an athlete.
I am a warrior.
I aim to bring respect to my peers and my sport.
My opponents all say 'This is pro-wrestling, not MMA'.
They say it like I'm taking a step up.
But they have it all wrong.
The only difference between my past and my future,
Is that I'm leaving a combat sport with strictly enforced rules,
And coming to one where they're barely enforced at all.
That's the challenge.
I'm vulnerable to those who would cheat to win,
And competing in a place where they're allowed to do it.
Sometimes even encouraged to.
But if someone has to cheat to beat me,
Well, I guess I can live with that.
I guess that I will have too.
In the end, I have a mission.
I'm not here as a stepping stone to something better,
Because for me there is nothing better than what this warrior life offers.
It's not about fame. It's not even about the gold.
It's about being the best, and knowing that you are the best.
It's about pure combat athletics.
It's about being a warrior,
From a great tradition of warriors.
Some can't see this vision.
They don't have the self-esteem.
They have to step upon and belittle others to get any joy in their lives.
Because they do not have the confidence to celebrate their own greatness.
I do.
I am.
I will.
