The Moment You Realize Simple Pleasure's Should Never Be Taken For Grantedb

After this booking, the booking kept on coming.
I traveled to Austin, Houston, Corpus, but one of my many matches in San Antonio gave me the opportunity to wrestle for Branded Outlaw Wrestling Women's Title however this was a triple threat match. It would be Me, Kat, and the Champion Barbi Hayden all fighting for the title. EPIC.

I remember being so nervous. I mean this girl was the champion, and we were still establishing ourselves. Luckily we were able to get together before the match and layout a few ideas of what should go on.

the highlight of this match was when Barbi was sitting on the corner of the top rope, getting ready to attack me since i was trying to get up from being beat up, then all of a sudden Kat comes out of nowhere and stops! while doing this she was trying to set up Barbi for a move BUT out of nowhere I come for under Kat and we end up doing a triple somersault which end perfectly and n the chant "THIS IS AWESOME!"

And when you get those chants, that really means that it is awesome. So we were all pleased.

Traveling as a wrestler gave me a better perspective on what wrestler go through on a daily basis. And let me tell you, it was hard. I can only imagine leaving your home and family everyday and only having limited time with them. I was glad this opportunity to wrestle came into my life when it did, and i was glad I took every opportunity that I could.. and that was when I realized simple pleasures should never be taken for granted.  Because little did I know my two year journey was shortly coming to an end.

The Moment You Realize Winning Isn't Everything.

I had my first experience in the ring, but it still wasn't my first solo match.

Solo matches are harder because they have a time limit that you HAVE to fill, which average is 12-20mins. Really just depends on what the "booker" decides. And you have to get with your opponent to see what they are comfortable doing.. (which should be everything) but some people do have their preferences though. And you don't know what kind of wrestler they are.. you can studying their matches but you don't know how hard or soft they hit. Really when taking a match, you run the risk of getting anyone, but for starters, any time in the ring in better then none at all.

It had been a week since I got my first exposure as a wrestler, and then I got the phone call. 

You see these things happen faster for women. Mostly because there are fewer of us in the wrestling world, and anytime a new name pops up everyone is eager to book them.

My phone rang and it was my friend Kat. She said that Laredo Wrestling Alliance wanted to book us for as the pre-main event Saturday afternoon at the 'Tamale Fest' Laredo was hosting.

WOAH. 

I immediately said yes and was SUPER NERVOUS. For the first time I would be in my own match and getting paid for it. I was being paid to travel to another city to wrestle. 

This match is still my favorite match ever. 

When we got to Laredo there was SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. 

Since we weren't established wrestlers here, I played face and Kat was heel. This was also super great for me because I got to be on the crowds side for once, and got them interacting with the match.

At the beginning of the match Kat was outside of the ring talking smack to the crowd, so I started the "We Will Rock You" sounds by stomping in the ring.

Embarrassing right? I was running the risk of the crowd not knowing what I was doing, but after a few rounds of me doing that, they caught on and little kids were joining me saying "We Will Rock You" along with clapping their hands. This warmed my heart. It was the first time the crowd was on my side and it meant a lot to have the crowd get involved. It meant I was doing my job.

The match went on and even though I lost, the crowd cheered as I got up and walked out.. I even had parents stop me to take pictures with their kids. It was the greatest feeling. And that was the moment I realized winning isn't everything.

The Moment You Realize I Got What I Always Wanted.

Picking a song was just as hard as picking a name. Depending on your character's values, the song portrays you and your character. This is the way fans know that you are heading towards the ring.
The song I picked was Kittie "What I Always Wanted."
Growing up I've always loved this band and being a heel, I knew it was perfect!

So being a manager was EASY. I was already hated as a heel, so life was going pretty good. Since I was already established as a heel, and was going to practice EVERY week, the coaches could see that I was had a natural talent for wrestling. So the first opportunity to be in a 30 Man Elimination bout came up, and course me being me, I took the opportunity. WOAH.

I WAS SO NERVOUS! Obviously I wasn't going to win this bout, they just wanted to make that the girls were getting the experience of performing in front of a crowd. The scary thing was, is it was a 30 Man Elimination Match, they only way to be eliminated was being thrown over the TOP ROPE. 😳
WHAAAAAAAT!? I had to trust some random guy to THROW me over the top rope! OK, he wasn't a random guy, but still you get what I'm saying.

The day approached and My entry number was 13. I swear time was going by SUPER FAST. I WANTED TO THROW UP FROM ALL OF THE NERVES. But I didn't. Instead I heard everyones music and counted down the number until it, FINALLY HAPPENED.

As I heard My introduction music I took a deep breathe and proceeded forward.

The crowd went CRAZY! It was the first time I had been solo, so It was the first time the crowd hear my music.. and they BOO'ED me like there was no tomorrow.

I took my time getting to the ring as any heel would and snuck my way in. By this time there was only 4 of us in the ring, I attacked the first person I saw and eliminated him! On to the next, we fought for a few minutes before he eliminated but OH MY GOSH falling from the top rope happened so fast and it was SO CRAZY!!! I walked away in defeat but even through the defeat and little exposure, that was when I realized I got what I always wanted.