From: Scott.Simpson@f901.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Simpson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Scott's Diary Entries 3 & 4
Date: 10 Apr 92 05:52:39 GMT


[Here's Diary Entries 3 & 4 ... Thanks to those who wrote me
back on the last set ... I videotaped day 3's training if
anyone's desperate for something to watch, heh (btw, can
someone fill me in on just how tape trading works?  ...?)]

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Day 3 - Tuesday April 7, 1992
    An excellent workout.  Roughly two hours!  I brought my
video camera tonight and got some okay footage from the thing up
the stairs.  The midget picked up the negatives from my dad's
midget photos (from Bradford) to make a new poster for Midget
Mania/Teen Pro Wrestling.  He also loved the flyer Greg at work
made on Corel Draw last night.
    Tonight we learned an excellent punch.  You rarely see it
used these days, but when done right, it looks like you're taking
the guy's head right off his shoulder.
    We worked on a couple of series based on moves we learned
that night...
    Lock up.  Heel waistlocks babyface.  Face reverses.  Heel
reverses.  Face reverses, shoves heel into corner.  Heel charges
out, gets over-lock armdragged by face.  Bump.  Heel charges,
gets under armdragged by face.  Bump.  Heel gets pissed off,
charges, face goes for backdrop.  Heel totally kills face with
this amazing punch.  Boom.
    Whip off ropes.  Leapfrog.  Bounce.  Goes for backdrop
again, BOOM, punch as before.  Lots of fun.
    I'm not particularly sore, but my elbows and neck are, and I
suppose my back is going to be sore tomorrow.  We'll be back
Thursday at 7pm, hopefully with more people.
    Tonight, for a bit, Phil matched me up with Davey, who is
VERY small.  So we're working on the second series.  I go to whip
him into the ropes and fling him so hard he tumbles, nearly
flying out of the ring.  I laugh.
    On the way back home (I rode with Phil, Jeff the midget, and
Donny), we discussed the Patterson/Garvin/Phillips/etc sex
scandal.  They all defend Patterson, saying he's been with the
same guy for 30 or 40 years.  They did say that Garvin was a
"whore", and would sleep with anybody.  I was introduced to a new
piece of jargon -- "arena rats".  Arena rats are to wrestling as
groupies are to rock & roll.  Sounds good.  I can't wait for the
first show!

Day 4 - Thursday April 9, 1992
    An adequate workout.  Mike (Phil's wife's kid) came in to
teach us some acrobatic type stuff.
    Monkeyflips.  Sunset flips.  Hiptosses & reversals.  Wacky
armdrags.  We didn't perfect these, we just went over them
briefly.  New series:
    Lock up.  Headlock.  Bounce off ropes.  Drop down once.
Drop down twice.  Hip toss -- reversal.  Bump.  Arm drag.  Bump.
    A few new guys showed up.  Two guys found through a former
sysop (Nick Chrzanowski) showed up, Jason and Steve.  A bunch of
Phil's buddies showed up and one of them got in the ring.  He's
really good his first time out.  He's missing lots of teeth --
turns out he's a helluva street fighter and is a bit too eager to
fight.  Bill (the bleeder) also showed up and seemed more agile
than last time.  I reckon he's close to 300 pounds.  A scary
looking guy -- I only worked against him once and was almost
afraid to lock up with him.  He told Phil that he was practicing
bleeding, and Phil told him how he used to tape his blade.
    Not much on the injury front.  My right elbow is still
bugging me (my parents say I had a bad [...] fracture in the same
place when I was a kid, and that it supposedly crunched some
nerves ... I figure this is related).  I'm stiff, as usual.  Arun
did the punch we learned Tuesday on me..  Mind you, he wasn't
THERE on Tuesday, so he ended up doing a big forearm uppercut on
me right across the jaw.  I've never been hit so that my
perceptions are altered, but now I understand what they mean by
"seeing stars" -- the blue canvas became a shifting pattern of
green and blue.  Hmph.
    Rode home with the midget, Phil, Donny, Mike, and Arun.
Phil gave me a set of photos from New England Wrestling, which
also has teens.  I'll be scanning them at work for the poster.
Phil also told me about his plans for weekend mall shows.  We'd
be payed about $40 apiece and get fed.  Not bad.  The next
meeting might be on Saturday (I'll miss it) but probably Sunday.

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