As I am coming to the end of the book YZERMAN - The making of a Champion (which took me WAY longer to read than it should have by the way)... I came across a piece of writing by the author Douglas Hunter that pretty much sums up a question that we as wrestlers hear alot, especially from our families that see the pain we put outrselves through for nowhere near enough money...

"Why do you keep doing it?"

In the book, Hunter is talking about the late Tim Horton, who we all know for starting the Tim Horton's chains across Canada and producing the best damn coffee on the planet! Some people don't know, but Horton was also a pretty dang good hockey player until he died in a car accident halfway through the 1973-74 season at 44 years old.

Here's what the book says...

"Horton's tragic end contradicts the notion that players don't retire when they should because they have nowhere else to go. Very often, as was the case with Horton, they don't retire because there's nothing they'd love to be doing more. Few people actually get the chance to have the job they dreamed of when they were in grade school, so they can hardly be comdemned for not wanting to stop doing what passion had driven them to do in the first place. Passion is what makes a player want to play, what keeps them playing, and what makes them not want to stop... and sometimes, when they have stopped, it is what makes them want to go back to playing again."

Now doesn't that just hit the nail right on the head?



In a few hours I hop on a Westjet flight to head out for shows for ECCW and AWA Pinnacle Wrestling... I'll see some of you there!

I swear my life is full of some of the most ridiculous events that anyone can ever imagine...

I promise you this is a 100% true story, even though it sounds like a joke you may read in one of those ridiculous chain e-mails that stupid people send out.

The other day myself and a friend went for a visit to one of the 9000 Starbucks within 10 blocks of the Juggernaut Compound, when my friend was approached by an extremely drunk Indian fellow.... for your reading pleasure, I will transcribe the conversation word for word...

Drunk Indian - "Hey buddy, you think you can give me a hand"

Juggerfriend - "I doubt it, but what do you want?"

Drunk Indian - "Somebody stole my car and my cell phone, can you give me a ride home?"

Juggerfriend - "I think even in your obviously drunk and extremely stupid state, I really think you know that I would not let your filthy carcass anywhere near my car"

Drunk Indian - "You're a bit of a jerk hey buddy"

Juggerfriend - "I've been told that, thanks for noticing"

this is the time when we continued enjoy our half sweet vanilla latte's and the drunken idiot wanders off to try and use the payphone outside....

... we finish our drinks and head out to find him sitting on the sidewalk looking really confused...

Me - "What's wrong man, you forget how to use a phone?"

Drunk Indian - "I can't remember my cell phone number"

Juggerfriend - "If your car and phone got stolen, don't you think you should be calling the police and not your stolen phone.... Do you want me to give you the number for 911?"

Ladies and Gentlemen.... this is the EXACT phrase that will be burned into my memory until the day I die.....

wait for it......

wait for it.....

Drunk Indian - "I figured maybe the guy who stole my car would answer, then I could ask him if he would come give me a ride home"



woah......

Sometimes I really don't have too much to say when it comes to the blogs, so I just start typing and see what comes of it... this is one of those times.

There were a couple wrestling shows this past weekend... I got to beat up on Apocalypse two nights in a row, so of course I was a big fan of that, but not so much a big fan of getting kicked in the back of the head... I guess you have to take the bad with the good. Fortunately I get to beat on Apocalypse some more at the next Stampede Wrestling show, here in Calgary on April 7th.... it's kind of like that little annoying kid we all used to know in elementary school... you feel bad for a second after pushing him into the mud puddle, but since he's such a pain in the butt the guilt goes away awfully quick.

Picked up a couple new PS2 games the other day, one was super cheap since it's older than I thought it was, Midnight Club 3 DUB edition Remix.... good stuff!! I am normally not a big fan of racing games, but being able to win different cars, then make them look however you want sure is good times!
The other game I got was the brand new Godfather game.... WICKED! It's alot like Grand Theft Auto in many ways, but it's based around the Godfather movies, which of course rule! I wish I had the time to play them all day!

Ummmmmmmmmm.....

Spring is COMING!!!! That means MORE TREES!!!
Soon my balcony will once again be covered in bonsai!

Wow... was that ever a random blog about nothing!

Buckle in folks, I have a story that has been making me shake my head all day...

I get a call earlier today from my dad in Cranbrook BC....

Let's try and build some characters here for you all, even though I don't have alot to go off.
There's this guy that I kind of grew up with, played some hockey with as a kid, went to high school with, but other than literally just saying "hello" at my grad reunion about 3 years ago, I haven't said a word to in probably at least 15 years.... From here on out I shall call him... "Rufus"

Anyways, my dad calls and tells me that "Rufus" called looking for me... at my parents house... where I haven't lived since around the end of 1995. Of course, my dad being nearly as big of a smartass as I am, informs "Rufus" that most people don't live in their parents basement until they are old and grey, and that I have not lived in Cranbrook for the past 10+ years.

Rufus then proceeds to inform my father that the reason for his call, was to see if maybe he could borrow some money from good ole Juggernaut, "to make a buy"....... HUH? Apparently he has been "Following Juggernaut's success" and thought that even though we haven't talked in almost 2 bloody decades, I would be happy to just fork over some money for him to buy what I have to assume is some kind of drug to be sold to the people of Cranbrook BC.

Me... the guy that has probably had no more than 5 or 6 alchoholic beverages over the last 3 years of my life... absolutely zero drugs and in fact damn near no chemicals of any kind.... of course! I would be happy to front your drug operation.... hell as long as you make sure to sell to young children too... MORON!!!

I also don't mean to alarm anyone, but Independent Professional Wrestling is also not really the most lucrative profession on the planet.... suuure, some guys do relatively well, and some of us are just lucky enough to pay the bills and have a little left over for a couple Starbucks half sweet extra hot vanilla lattes every month....

Did I mention that after my dad made him feel like a moron... he then asked him for some money too? Some people...

I'm just writing a quick note to tell everyone about a great band based out of Vancouver called Stand Down....

A group of guys I know from back in the day in good ole Cranbrook BC, and I think they have a great sound!

Check them out at....
http://www.myspace.com/standdownmilitia

That piece of crap movie Brokeback Mountain did NOT win the best picture oscar....

maybe someone in Hollywood does have a brain.... nah I doubt it, must have been fluke

Not a whole lot going on these days in Calgary....... Alberta, Canada.
Snapped this picture with the Flames mascot Harvey the Hound down near the dressing room after the game on Tuesday!

He's gotta be one of the best mascots in pro sports! I have absolutely no idea why the Calgary Flames have a dog as a mascot, but I'm sure there's some story behind it somewhere.

on a different note... March 10th is the official big return to Stampede Wrestling....

So this girl I know recently went to Japan for a little vacation...

For those that know me... you will be well aware that during my multiple wrestling adventures to Japan, I became absolutely addicted Japanese "refreshing" eye drops. As far as I have seen, there are only 2 brands of them... the Neo-X (which is the kind I bought multiple bottles of while I was in Japan for Zero One) and the first kind I ever tried, Rohto Zi:0.....

To make the story alot shorter.... the above mentioned girl... brought me back 3 bottles of Rohto Zi:0!!!!

and at about $10 Canadian per bottle... it's a pretty damn sweet gift!!!!

The Larry the Cable Guy show was absolutely friggin brilliant!!!

I believe he is my new favorite stand-up comedian. Political correctness goes out the window with him, but not in the vulgar way that some comedians do it. It's hystercial!!

I highly recommend checking him out if he's anywhere near you on tour. I beliee you can find his tour list at http://www.larrythecableguy.com

GIT R DONE!

Well tomorrow it's off to the sold out performance of Larry the Cable Guy at the Saddledome here in Calgary.

I'm a big fan of the entire blue collar comedy crew... GIT 'ER DONE!!!

-26 is way too cold!!!

That's right folks, I went and saw Brokeback Mountain the other day...

I will leave out the story leading up to WHY or HOW in the hell I was convinced to see the gay cowboy movie, and skip right to the fact that this movie could quite possibly be the biggest pile of crap to be nominated for an Oscar since the English Patient.

"Oh but it's getting great reviews"
- Politics, that's the only reason anyone gives a shit about it. If this was a story about a man and a woman, nobody would care... in fact I would be willing to bet that it would have gone straight to video.

"You just don't like it because it's sbout gay guys"
- Shut the fuck up! I don't give a shit if a movie is about a giant penis and it's quest to find the warmest and furriest cave to crawl into... if it's a garbage movie... it's a garbage movie... Let's not be afraid to call a spade a spade here. Hell there were naked women in the movie and that still didn't make a damn difference.

"What makes it so bad?"
- The fact that I could have left at any particular time, went out to the video arcade, dumped a few bucks into some games, then came back just to find that that I missed absolutely nothing of any importance whatsoever, or how about the exact same song (or one a many variations of that song) playing in the background for 2 hours straight. One of the weakest and most generic story lines I've seen in a while... Didn't Degrassi High have the same story on an episode back in the 80's?

"Was there anything good about it?"
- Other than the end of the movie? Sure, the actors are very talented and the scenery was pretty awesome, unfortunately even the talent of the actors was not near enough to save this one, and if I wanted to see nice scenery I would go climb a mountain.

All the movie critics around the world are scared of a big gay uprising if they talk bad about the film... well guess what... Juggernaut is not afraid... I would rather be duct taped to a chair and forced to watch 12 straight hours of Barney the purple dinosaur than see Brokeback Mountain ever again.

CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP!!

Sometimes you just get so bored waiting in airports that you need to find other things to do.... fortunately the book I am reading has a strange little hole in the cover, so I can creep people out!

Every once in a while, I wake up and wonder why in the hell I continue to put myself through all the abuse the wrestling business has to offer... Today was one of those days, the kind of day that makes you wonder if it's worth it at all.

Off I go tomorrow...

I hop on a good ole Westjet flight to Abbotsford BC tomorrow. Friday will be the TV tapings for the brand new ECCW TRW wrestling TV show KVOS (check out http://www.kvos.com for channel listings) Rumor has is I have multiple matches on Friday, good thing I have been hitting the gym on a somewhat regular basis.

As per usual when I am out on the road, I will try to do some LJ updates as much as possible, but they are usually only done when I make it to my favorite little internet cafe...

And on that note.... a picture of RASPUTIN!! (punch that name into GOOGLE if you want to read about one bad ass old school Russian dude!)

The title says it all... I witnessed something this evening that will remain in my head for a very long time... here's how it went down.

Sitting in a pub, I watched as 2 groups of young kids got into some kind of mindless pissing match about something most likely extremely stupid. These half-wits decide to take the battle to the streets, as 2 groups of maybe four or so (from here on will be known as Wigger Posse and Metrosex Posse) wander out the doors, I of course decide that this could be an extremely interesting and amusing sight to witness, so I subtley make my way to the great outdoors. Wigger Posse starts the verbal battle outside by firing off all kinds of "yo beeeotch" and "you want a piece dawg" comments at the Metrosex Posse... Mertosex Posse of course comes back with there own flurry of "my shoes cost more than your car" and "why don't you get a hairdresser than can do some proper highlights" insults?

At this time I am already almost giggling uncontrolably, and turn quickly to see if anyone else enjoying this as much as I am... I turn back just in time to see the two Posse leaders bumping chests...and then... out of nowhere... as if I was watching the movie "You Got Served" or Michael Jackson perform a live version of the music video BAD.... A DANCE OFF!!!... You have got to be bloody kidding me!!!... The two Posse leaders, decided that instead of throwing down like our fathers before us.... They were going to decide who was the biggest man by... dancing?

I watched in absolute AWE, as Wigger Posse leader began to twirl around in some kind of concrete breakdance/fish out of water thing... as Metrosex Posse leader did his best Beyonce impression above him. As the supporting Posse crews cheered on their leaders, I found myself thinking... "This has got to be a set up" and looked for hidden cameras.

I don't know what else to say about it... I walked away with tears in my eyes from laughing... I did here a rumor though, that the two Posse's eventually ended up fighting anyways, and it looked (and I quote) "Like a bunch of 10 year old girls playing slap hands"

Amazing....

Now onto something different...
I decided to commit some time to the good ole PS2 the past few days, so I went and rented the game GUN... Not too bad, It was definitaly worth the rental, but I finished it somewhat quickly so I wouldn't really recommend buying it. The final battle is a pain in the ass, but it sure does give a sense of accomplishment when you finally beat that bastard!

Today is the day that my 40 Day Shaving strike comes to an end.... sorta

I have decided that I can't deal with any hair growing on my head, and will be shaving it off in a couple hours.
Now the beard on the other hand will continue to grow in all it's glory and should be in fine form for the ECCW TV taping on January 20th in Vancouver.

I have already found my new best friend for 2006.... oh Thermacare... I love you so!

New Years huh.... whoopee...