One Fall Match

                Ace Sky :

We all start somewhere, Kayleigh has had an impressive start but it’s not like that for all of us

January 20th 1997 was when I showed up to Galveston Championship Wrestling for my professional training, 13 years old,, as a backyard wrestler  I had 174 matches I thought I could mix it up right away however it soon became apparent that I would be the one they did moves to, they wanted me to be upset but I was ecstatically enthusiastic  as a  rag doll, a human pinball. It was my first time in a real pro wrestling ring. As a backyard wrestler we started on trampolines and even the grass of backyards, boxing rings which had no give and built our own rings though I found out that we built them with the wrong material ring ropes, that was the toughest for me at 5’6 and 120 lbs hitting the ropes was really tough. Bumping has always come easy, I had mastered landing on my head in a safe way not just from the trampoline to the boxing ring to the self-made ring and real ring but also from my experience on gymnastics mats, Taekwondo/ martial arts mats and amateur wrestling mats.  

I did not have much ring rust as my farewell backyard match was on September 6th 1996, I made my debut as a backyard wrestler on May 8th 1993. The second week of training I got to show what I would do we had a tag team match- Japanese arm drag add the armbar with the Vulcan shoulder grip, transition into the kneeling fireman’s carry takedown I got from my time as an amateur wrestler(  June 5th 1989 to April 12 1993) .

I always found it odd and humorous how I would dropkick someone, not even that hard and they roll out the ring in both fear and in a huff. I didn’t do an illegal move, it’s a basic dropkick. 

After class I was locked in the locker room as a very mean prank, I found my way out through a vent, I drove my father’s car home and there was this new song on the radio that cheered me up, the song was One Headlight by The Wallflowers .