Returning to work the following Monday, I almost felt like the conquering hero. I had helped produce a wrestling show for WCWO, and they promoted me after the first day. Over the weekend, I bragged about what happened to all my friends and called my dad back home to tell him what happened. I was on Cloud Freakin' 9. Throughout the week, all I thought about was what I was going to wear, what I was going to say, and what I was going to do.
Planning can be both a good and a bad thing when performing.
On the plus side, rehearsing can keep the chances of you screwing up out there down to a bare minimum. After all, wrestling is basically done on the fly, mostly improvised, and with the most basic of ideas what needs to be accomplished in a match or an interview. On the down side, it can sometimes psych you out if you keep dwelling on what you're going to do to keep from screwing up that you worry more about screwing up than what you're going to do. However, Troy, Ryan and Ken all promised to be there, so it wouldn't exactly be cool not to show up for my fans. It wasn't exactly real ring announcing attire, but it was good enough in a pinch.