Lie, Cheat, and Steal

The late Owen Hart once said, ~I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through.~ The world of professional wrestling is a business that goes all year round and unlike sports such as baseball, basketball, football, etc. there is no off season. Essentially when you decide to become a professional wrestler you sign up to be away from home months at a time, which is a big sacrifce to make for not only yourself but also for your family. Primarily, you have to love what you do in front of millions of people, if you don't then you're in the wrong business.

In a business that fans, like myself, can make or break a wrestler by simply responding to a particular wrestling character that determines either longevity or back to the drawing board, so to speak. For those who aren't wrestling fans, you don't really have an understanding as to why fans like myself go nuts over grown mature adults wearing rediculous looks attire and hitting each other over the head with chairs. From a fans perspective, its mainly the entertainment aspect of it all as you can go through so many emotions such as anger, happiness, shock, spite. etc. and yet know that these guys are giving you an awesome show even though at times they may or may not be feeling that good emotionally, as well as, physically.

As said before, pro wrestlers don't get an off season and the injuries they suffer over the years take their toll. Its the price they pay for doing what they love to do and oftentimes the injuries they suffer happen while in the ring. Though I haven't seen it live, I witnessed on televison wrestlers such as Eddie Guerrero break their arm or Triple H suffer a serious possibly career ending leg injury and despite that they continued to to wrestle until the match has ended, which shows how devoted these guys are to their craft. Whether its bruised ribs, torn up knees, broken necks, or the simple bumps and bruises, these guys play hurt and yet they work past the pain to try to give awesome performances day in and day out.

Personally speaking, I have been a wrestling fan for almost 21 years and I grew up watching wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, The Legion of Doom, and many more. I couldn't see any other profession that these guys are suited for other than wrestling, how about you? Undeniably, wrestling fans aren't stupid because we know that its scripted not fake but despite that fact we watch anyway because its pure entertainment. In what business can you kidnap a person's wife or try to run someone over with a car and not get arrested for it. Its the passion they give for the wrestling business that keeps us watching and wanting more every week.

In retrospect, when you speak of passion for the business Eddie Guerrero had tons of passion burning within his heart to where he was known as Latino Heat. He grew up in the wrestling business and wrestled with his own demons as well. E.G. passed away Sunday, which shocked not only fans but his friends/wrestlers and family as well. He was humble, had charisma, talent, personality, but most of all he had a big heart. I'm going to miss seeing the three amigos, the frog splash, the way he tried to get the upper hand, but most off I'm going to miss him coming out in the lowriders. In the end, Eddie Guerrero stole all our hearts, which is fitting in a way for a man who lived by a creed that will live on forever for evert wrestling fan and that creed was lie, cheat, and steal.