Thoughts...

So I find myself with my phone in hand writing this blog. I've written deleted and re-written this thing so many times already it's ridiculous. People always wanna hear and talk about the glamorous side of wrestling. Or the pitfalls of the wrestling business as far as drugs. But the one thing no one really talks about is the burnout and fatigue factor included with doing this. I started training in October of 2007 in Norwalk, Ca and for the most part trained every week. I'd say out of the past almost three years I've missed about a total combined 30 days of training not including the time it took for us to get the new dojo. So saying that what I'd like to focus on is the gradual wear and tear it takes on u, both your mind and your body. As of this writing I'm working with two fucked up knees a neck that had a nerve pinched my left elbow that kills me whenever I extend it and my left hip that everyday hurts likes bitch. Not to mention the continual back pain that comes with the constant bumping. Along with that comes the days when u ask if it's worth it. Like what's the pay off, where do u wanna take ur career. Do u really want to give up ur free time to drive to a show to make a lil bit of nothing. Wrestling has always been a life long dream of mine that I wouldn't stop at nothing to accomplish. But once I became a pro and started doing this I find that the toll it takes on ur body isn't as bad as the toll it takes on u mentally. Wresting is a love of mine that's always been there. It's never disappointed me. It always made me happy and feel like I have something that's mine. I've gone through a period of me not doing shows because of work that made me ponder and question whether or not all the time put into this is in vain. I kinda lost a lot of my early motivation and admittedly so got very lazy and lax in my training and my approach to wrestling itself. But lately I find myself reinvigorated and a new motivation to succeed and actually move forward with the progression that I feel hasn't been made in the last year or so. But I'm still you g so time is on my side. The dream def is still alive. Til next time.

AAA was so fun

Hello all! Been awhile since I last wrote. Just a couple of updates in the life of The Spirit Crusher. Starting off i just finally got around to updating this thing trying to make it look a little better. January 19th was the AAA tryouts out in Burbank. The Santino's were out in full force and repping our school and company. Rico, Kaos, Lucha Machine, Famous B, Dirty Ray Rosas, and myself all showed up along with a host of other SoCal rookies and veterans alike. Totally wasnt what we thought it was going to be. I figured we'd do some drills and maybe a promo and take flix. Instead we got to put on matches for the brass that included Konan. Ray and Loucha Machine faced off against Rico and myself in a nice 6 or so minute match that included about two minutes of chain followed by some high spots the heat the the hot tag and finish. of which Ray and Lou got us to tap, so I still owe them both. After Rico, Kaos, B, Ray, and myself were called back to do another match this time it was six man's the team ended up being Human Tornado, B, and myself vs Kaos, Rico, and Hawaiin Lion. Nice match that us technicos won with the motorcycle which surprisingly enough popped the AAA honchos. All in all it was a good day of fun wrestling and I think we really left an impact. Well til next time im The Iron Warrior or Spirit Crusher whatever u wanna call me signing off!

Sports Entertainment fears Workrate!

So as I sit here at work on a Saturday I find myself having many many hours to reflect on my career if u could call it that and how I want to present myself in the world of professional wrestling. It's no secret that if u seen me wrestle on a show that to the casual fan I could seem boring and not too exciting. While it's true that I'm not the best show man ever, I think I make up for it with my wrestling. Now I know some people would say why would u care so much about the artform of wrestling if it's fake and if people wanted to see real fighting they ould watch the UFC.

And to that I'd say BULLSHIT!!! You see I'm not concerned with going out to the ring and spending most of the match pandering to the people in hopes that I can say something funny to get a rise out of them. I go out there so the casual on non wrestling fan in general can look at this sport as more than a hokey side show. I want the people to see my match and say damn that really did seem like a real fight. I try not to be stiff but I do try to be as snug as possible but as safe as possible. I'm a fan of the wrestling aspect of wrestling. That's what attracts me to this business. I never got behind a guy because he can talk, becuase quite frankly my favorite wrestlers are majorily guys who weren't the greatest stick men. Although it is true wrestling has it's roots in being a campy carny side show attraction the introduction of the "shooters" legitimized wrestling as a real tough man sport. Like even when u watch old tapes of guys like Gorilla Monsoon, Dirty Dick Slater, Harley Race, the Crusher and Dick the Bruiser these guys were tough guys who beat the shit out of one another. And for that the people really saw them as tough guys and badasses because when they went out there it seemed like they were looking to kill instead of winning a match. They looked to dissect body parts and hurt their opponents.

I know Kaos says that people love to feel like they're apart of the show and it's true I think they really do and I what I do is try to get them to suspend their belief that this is fake fighting. I don't think any of my trainers are steering me in a wrong direction. They really do have our best instrests in mind and for that I'm grateful. I guess in hindsight what I'm saying in this post is that I may not connect well with every fan on a show man level, but I put extra effort into making u guys witness a pure WRESTLING match that was entertaining based on the ring work and nothing else. I know there's a legion of people who love that style of wrestling dubbed "workrate" and that's what I'm trying to give u. No gimmicks no bs. Well I'm a wrestler so gimmicks are a given but still. So I say to you if you're looking for sports entertainment when u see me wrestle you're going to be in for a long night.

So 2010 is here and 2009 is long gone. well four days gone anyways. I know its been awhile since the last time I wrote. But now as I reflect on 2009 it was a year of great highs and low low's. Starting out the year was the incredible debut show from EvoLucha on January 17th. I was fortunate enough to make my wrestling debut in the semi main event and go almost 20 mins with my arch nemesis Famous B. Looking back i thought the match was pretty good to say it was my debut. Then we returned to Newhall again on Valentines day which saw me take on The Mac. Ill be honest I was less than enthused when I found out who my opponent was for the show. But I was grateful that the powers that be looked to me to get a good match out of him. But the match wasnt as bad as i thought it would be but it still was probably the worst match of the night. A month later we returned with Luck of the Draw a St Patricks themed show. Which saw me team up with Loucha Machine to take on Famous B and Joey Rico Dynamite in a two out of three falls match. It was imo the match of the nightand the people dug it and so did we. We worked really hard in the match and i think it showed. April saw the return of HPW and I was fortunate to go from being in a battle royal to taking the place of Scott Lost in a match against Joey Rico Dynamite. The match itself wasnt bad. But it wasnt what we had hoped for. It was a long day that day for the both of us but we left it in the ring. April also saw us head into the world of Lucha Libre when a couple of us debuted in MWF which was really cool. We made our debuts on WrestleMania sunday and once again in a twist of irony it me vs Famous B in another 15 min match which was awesome. MWF was fun for the first couple weeks, but after facing the same opponents every week and u see the match quality isnt getting better it kind of makes you wanna not do this anymore. It really makes u say damn is it me thats bad or am i just not clicking with tis guy. Then came July and probably the lowest for me. The night before the return EvoLucha show I went to the ER with an insect bite right above the inside of my lower thigh and it was pretty nasty and hurt like a bitch. I couldnt walk or anything like that and i showed up to the show on crutches uncertain of what i was gonna do. I didnt know if I was going to be allowed to wrestle. The powers that be called me over and basically told me they didnt want me to do the show because of my leg. When i heard that I was fighting back tears imagining that there was apossibilty that I couldnt be on the show. I basically lied my ass off and said my leg was alright and it wasnt an issue. But in reality every move I did pained to me no end. Later i found out I actually developed a MRSA staph infection and i took a couple weeks off to heal up. After that I did XPW which was a blast i was in a pre show scramble match. I even managed to botch amove nasty style. I did a couple shows here and there later but not too many i just wanted to take the rest of the year off to get in better shape and to refocus on what i wanna accomplish in 2010. Imma treat this year more as my starting point and move forward. And to the Santino family im looking to come back fullforce the way i was this time last year balls to the wall. Thats pretty much it.

My first memories of the WWF

Ok for my first official wrestling related post I will tell a story of a match that was to me the shits with peanuts in it to me. The event I'm talking about is Survivor Series 1990. It was the first of its kind for that year -and also my first time that I remember seeing the WWF product- where the survivors of each match went into the "Grand Finale" elimination match so depending on whether the good guys or bad guys won was how the odds in the match will be stacked. My sisters friend Jaime's lil bro Brandon had the tape. At that time in my life I had no friends who liked wrestling. It was my own world that I lived in and in Palmdale moving from house to house I didn't have to many friends anyway. But the one friend I did have was wrestling. So when I first met Brandon he came to my house and he had this tape and he's like do u wanna watch this but I didn't know what was on the tape so I said yes so we put it in the VCR and wham waddya know it was the Survivor Series. After watching this event I was officially a little Warrior. I wanted to be the Ultimate Warrior he was cool and he had tassels and face paint and the belt was so shiny and the strap was white and man it was a feeling that I remember. I mustve watched this tape everyday on my moms big screen TV. After this my world changed, after all I got into watching wrestling through the WCW and I had seen old NWA tapes my grandpa had. As a lil kid I was around 5 when I first saw the Series this was the circus, everything was larger than life. I went from hearing Gordon Solie's voice that was strictly calling just wrestling and in a monotone to hearing the shrieks of excitement from Gorilla Monsoon and Piper they made me get into the event more. I could go on and on about this monumental event in my life but really who would read it anyways, but I do still have the VHS tape if anyone wants to see it. It even features the Gobbledy Gooker how can u not wanna see that classic moment.

Welcome!!!

Ello all. Tis I Damien Arsenick wrestler extraordinaire (well to me atleast). This is my blog where I will talk about my fondest and earliest memories of being a fan of the sport of Professional Wrestling and what my career has been like thus far. I'll share stories of some of the matches I feel has been some of my best in my short career and a lil behind the scenes reasons why those matches have been my favorites. I'll also give my thoughts on what goes through my mind when i find out who im wrestling on certain shows. So sit back and relax and enjoy the Memories of a Bygone Era!!!!