The Secret Life Of a Pro-Wrestler, Personal Experience Part 7: The Impact!

The Secret Life of a Pro-Wrestler takes you inside what a pro-wrestler goes through. If he is really hurt, if he is really a good or bad person.

What is life like for them on a daily basis? You will find out in The Secret Life of a Pro-Wrestler.

Please read the entire series if you have not gotten the chance. To better understand this chapter, check out Part 6:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146905-the-secret-life-of-a-pro-wrestler-personal-experience-part-6-sabotage

Now onto the next chapter, Part 7:

There is a difference between hate and dislike. But I seem to be on the fence between the two.

Joe Hennig was a man who tried to end my career to help himself out. He wanted me gone because he knew I was getting more attention.

The fact is, I had been wrestling professionally for six or seven months and had only two matches in FCW at the time. He had been in development for over two years before I even arrived there.

I was clearly the favorite and he wanted his spotlight back.

I had no problem with him wanting it back, but the way he went about it was wrong. Of course, I blame myself a bit, too.

He didn't force me to do the Moonsault in the match, but did not let me do my finisher, the Saving Grace. He wanted me to do the Moonsault instead.

If I had not done the Moonsault, we would've probably both been suspended, or even let go. So I did the best thing I could, and I know it was right.

However, it almost cost me my career.

I was not going to take this lying down, not at all. So I went to the FCW arena to meet with Hennig and sort this out with him. If we did not come to some sort of agreement, I would puledl the plug with our partnership and our storyline to get the Tag Team gold.

Of course, I did not want to have to do that. So the meeting had to happen.

I saw Hennig in the training area and called him over. I asked him why he did what he did, and his response was simply this:

"I wanted to make sure if I went down to a newby like yourself who did not deserve to win against me, I want to make sure I don't have to see you again.

"See—what is it, Savior?—I am no push-over.

"See you do not deserve to be here. I do. I am a second generation wrestler. It is in my blood. I am better than you and you need to realize that. You need to go, and I am willing to do what it takes to not see your face around here ever again."

I was not surprised to hear this. I had heard of Hennig's ego before arriving here. My friend, Eric Escobar, told me going into the match with him that he would not sell anyone but himself.

This is one of the many reasons I believe he has not been called up. I did not want to work with him, and I especially didn't want to be on the same team with him.

I mean, what would he do during a live match? Would he work well when we choreographed?

Probably not.

I told Escobar about this, and he was angry with Hennig. He asked the writers to make a match between them. I didn't want Escobar to wrestle him out of anger.

He said if Hennig wants to make a sudden improvision, he would do the whole match that way. They will both just wrestle, knowing only the winner.

I liked his idea, but I was afraid someone would get hurt. Escobar was going to win, but the fact is it was dangerous to do what those two were doing.

But this is going back to old school wrestling, so it has been done before.

They are both skilled wrestlers who knew two things: the length of the match and who would win. I was looking forward to, and dreading, this match.

I wasn't supposed to wrestle that week, because of my knee. But a special guest was coming and they wanted me to make a surprise appearance and do a little spot with him.

I was excited because this special guest was a WWE Superstar, a huge one in fact. It was Randy Orton.

The Legend Killer in FCW? I was really looking forward to this. I was going to tape up my knee just enough to do the spot with him.

He was supposed to be bragging in the ring about something, what it is was uncertain.

T.J. Wilson, now Tyson Kidd, was also going to come out and start talking about how stupid it was he was here.

Then I would come in.

I liked the idea, so it was cool by me. But the match between Escobar and Hennig was the biggest event that night.

Even though Hennig is supposed to be a face, he really does not act like it. Escobar should be if you ask me.

Thursday finally came. I was going on last, Escobar was going to face Hennig in the match before my little segment with Orton.

I wished Escobar luck and told him to do well and not get hurt. He, of course, agreed to not get hurt, but promised nothing when it came to Hennig.

Time passed and the match finally got started. I was watching on a monitor in the back while they made their way to the ring.

Both started out normal, like all matches do I guess. Of course, this seemed a bit different as neither wanted to sell the moves each other did.

Even though some moves clearly hurt, they did not want to show it

Escobar went for his finisher quickly, but it was reversed by Hennig. Evidently, Hennig did not want to lose so easily.

They bumped into the ref, who immediately went down like he was supposed to, staying true to the fragile ref character.

Hennig saw this and kicked Escobar where the it hurts.

He actually kicked him too, which made Escobar angry. He woke up the ref and then speared the life out of Henng. Of course, Hennig was not going to go down so easily.

But Escobar planned for that, so he turned him over and put him into an amateur hold, which got him the pin. It was kind of the ultimate insult to a person who is believed to be an amateur wrestling genius, like Hennig.

I was happy for Escobar, but I figured he would kill Hennig later for the kick below the belt.

It seemed as if the crowd wanted to start cheering for Escobar, especially after Hennig hit a low blow on him, which could help Escobar turn into a face. But only time will tell.

All I knew was I was on next.

Orton came out and started talking about how he was going to beat his opponent at the coming up pay-per-view, but Kidd came out and started talking about how he could beat Orton easily.

He said he feels as if Orton is nothing more than a third-generation joke who is only where he is because of daddy.

Orton said he liked Kidd's attitude, then quickly RKO'ed him. He took time to do a little pose like he always does.

At this point, I slipped into the ring just as Orton was turning around hit my own RKO.

I loved that the writers put this in. Once I landed it, the crowd blew the roof off. Some recorded it and others took pictures.

I went to grab a mic and then stood over Orton.

"Orton, Orton, Orton. You are the Legend Killer, former WWE and World Champion, one of the best out there, and apparently hear voices in your head that make you do different things to people.

"Well, did any one of those voices tell you that you'd have your own move done on you by the less-than-a-god-more-than-a-man, Joe Burgett? Good luck in the match, and make sure you keep one eye open for me in the future"

I felt as if I made a huge step in my career. The fact that they let me do that to Orton was huge in itself.

I went to the back and when the show was over, Orton came and saw me.

I thought he would've just left the building without saying a word, but he came back and told me that I was one of the only people who could hit the RKO as good as him.

He also said he would put in a good word for me with Vince McMahon. That was so kind of him.

I was on cloud nine.

That ended when I was hit with a bombshell.

I was walking out to my car and was stopped by an FCW writer. He said Hennig and I were not going to be tag partners anymore, which I liked, personally.

But then he said they were going to do a new storyline with us as rivals.

What was I going to do now? I have to put up with him again?