The Secret Life Of a Pro-Wrestler, Personal Experience Part 10: Fall From Grace

The Secret Life of a Pro-Wrestler is a complex one. No one really knows what goes on behind the scenes. Are we really seeing the whole story with them on TV, or are we just seeing good acting?

The fact is that no one really knows what is going on, until now. In the Secret Life of a Pro-Wrestler I ask you to check out all of the articles on it, to better understand the series.

But to better understand this one, I ask you to check out Part 9 if you have not already:

part-9

Now to Part 10

I woke up, with both doctors and friends beside me..... in a hospital bed. My doctor said I had a mini-stroke. Nothing that I could not recover from soon. The fact was that I had heart problems I never knew about.

The steroids made my heart race, the energy I was getting and the things I was doing caused by the steroids made things worse for me and my heart.

I could still wrestle, but the fact that I was using was not good. I had to give them up, I knew I was doing wrong. I just couldn't stop.

I am sort of glad this happened to me to soon, because it was showing me what I was doing was wrong, and virtually killing me. If I had taken the steroids anymore, or if I continued to take them, I may not be so lucky the next time.

I wanted to get up, but I was told to stay down, and I was told I would be out of action for a month by doctors.  John Laurinitus was there along with others, he told me that since I was going to be out for a month, I had to give up my spot in the Tournament for the FCW World Championship.

This was not good news, I had climbed the ladder to success, now fallen to nothing. I was quickly approached by my mentor Eric Escobar. He heard the news and took a plan down to Tampa to see me. He said he was disappointed in what I had done, he wondered why I did it. I told him it was because it was the only way I knew how to get bigger. And that a trainer told me about them and had been giving the same steroids to others.

Escobar heard about others who have been in and out of the hospital for various reasons. Also the trainer I told him about was the same one they all met with all the time. He asked about the name for the pill I took, and then he went to search lockers at FCW for the same one from others he knew of who had been out of action recently. He said that all had the same pill.

He said that the others who were in the hospital had not had a history of heart issues. But all had the same steroid. All had gotten them from the same trainer as well. 

The doctors confirmed that it was the same pills I gave them that was the cause of others misfortune too. So the speculation turned into fact. Doctors who analyzed the pill said it had many issues with it, and could kill anyone if taken to long. It was an anabolic steroid, but had no signs of being made in a legit lab. Which was why the trainer lied to me, and got them from a guy he knew come to find out.

Also he was an investor in the product, meaning he was tricking me into getting a FREE one and then paying for the next. It made you feel good, no doubt. But since I had heart problems I experienced problems first.

Meaning that others who started taking it or had been using it for a while would now be in trouble of experiencing more problems.

Escobar guessed the reason doctors had not caught on before, was because I blacked out while others came in for little reasons like headaches or small things that the pill could cause. Doctors never tested them for drugs and the wrestlers never told doctors about the pill they were taking. So no one knew, and the WWE trainer got away squeaky clean. Laurinitus quickly found the man and reported him to the police and of course fired him from the company.

But as for me, I had to find a way to get back on my feet.

I was told to go to rehab for a week just to make sure I could get off the roids for sure. I was not going to use anymore, but of course I was still going to work out.

I am off roids for sure, but the fact still remains that I had to be more alert on things. I needed to to make sure that I was not fooled into things anymore. I was still a newby in the business, I had so much more to live for. Why do this to myself?

I know I have more to accomplish in this business. So if I wanted to do that, I need to be going about my career the right way. I was going to from now on, be the wrestler anyone could be behind. I rose from nothing into a FCW Superstar. I was so close to the top, then this happened.

So now that this was over, I was going to show my worth.

I am going to go to rehab, but afterwards FCW will see a new man. One who could be an FCW World Champion.

1 week later

I made it through rehab, it was tough, but I still made it. That is all I can say. I wanted to go to the gym and work out.

I wanted to go back to where it started. I wanted to prove I could do this without the pill. I worked out for an hour, and I felt great. I was glad to know I could make it through. The fact was that I knew I could make it, but just telling myself was nothing until I actually did. I was getting better and about to show why I was allowed to be here. I went to see the others wrestle.

John Laurinitus came up to me when he saw me in the back where the rings where. He said he was happy I was doing better. He said he wanted to show me something. And took me to his office.

There were pictures on the wall he told me to look at.

There were pictures of Jeff Hardy, The Rock, Stone Cold, Evan Bourne, and others. He told me that all of these men had one thing in common. They knew how to get attention and make the crowd love to watch them. They always made the match great, no matter who they faced. He says watching me made him go back to when he saw them coming up in the WWE. And said I was just like them, lost at first.

They all were rookies once too, they did not start out as veterans. They needed to work their way up the ladder. But quickly made an impact on the fans.

He said you do that to fans, they want to see you in the ring every time they come. And when you get better they will see that you are the next big WWE Superstar. He told me he had an idea for a storyline, when I get able to compete in a few weeks I would be working on the Tag Team Championship.

I would team with my friend and mentor Eric Escobar. Laurinitus said he asked about us doing this and he wanted to team with me for the gold. I liked working with Escobar, and I knew that we could be a good team because unlike Joe Hennig in the past, we got along.

He said we would work out the details later, but he feels that I would work better in tag action for now. Escobar found me later on and said he was excited to team with me, and asked if I wanted to get started on some tag moves to debut when we team in a few weeks.

I accepted, but what would they be? I guess I'll have to find out