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Eron Gets Closure
When it came to E-Wrestling, there were three things that were more important to me than anything else.
The first, was that I became known. That was huge. I didn’t want to be one of those guys who writes and writes and gets absolutely no feedback or attention from it. That is why I always spent my time in well known e-feds. I went to Toronto Championship Wrestling (TCW) in 1998 because I knew it was a Farm League to the Fans Wrestling Organization (fWo). I knew if I was going to get noticed anywhere, it would be there. I also had a very short stint in the WWR, but when I seen my abilities would never be noticed, I quit very quickly. That was one of the last Roleplay feds I ever worked in, and that was 2001. I was in the fWo, and after the fWo, I was in jOlt Wrestling because I knew with the people around me we could *create* attention. Since 2000 I’ve been a household name in E-Wrestling, at least in the circle I participated in. In 2002 I even scratched the RSPWF Top 100 just out of notoriety. I accomplished being known.
Second, was my writing ability. I had to be a good writer. If my writing was not improving or I was not writing anything I was proud of, I had to stop and go do something else. Once E-Wrestling moved into being an exercise of creative writing, I wanted to ensure I wrote as fascinating or as interesting as I believed my own mind was. I think, at least in spurts, I accomplished that.
Finally, the third most important thing was to be happy and interested. When the fun stops, I stop. Even if I was angry about something, if it was an anger that kept me interested in everything, I stayed. I retired a few times, but it was always because the fun and interest stopped. Things have brought me back, but since 2006, I can safely say I have not been interested in anything, or had fun. The last time I had fun, and was interested, was the CSWA Gold Rush.
CSWA Gold Rush was an interesting thing for me. I never participated in CSWA before. Hell, as I said, I hadn’t roleplayed for a roleplay fed since 2001, and though I pulled off a good finish in a Battle Royale (Wow, what a coincidence), that was a long time ago. I knew a few people who came from the CSWA parts, but I never exactly had a positive relationship with them. The only person I ever had a good series of conversations with was Warren (Deacon), though I did once feud with Pete (Eli Flair) in the fWo. I considered it the first serious challenge I had faced in E-Wrestling in a long time. For starters, I didn’t belong. Second, I hadn’t roleplayed in a very long time. Finally, I didn’t have my reputation to fall back on anymore. These guys couldn’t give a rats ass who I was or what I had accomplished. These were people who had been participating in the CSWA since the early 90’s. If I was going to get anything, I had better earn it. It was a challenge. I wanted that challenge.
When I first started, my roleplays resembled someone who didn’t take things very serious. They were stock roleplays, the kind of thing you do without very much thought or creativity. Heel 101. A good friend of mine, John Carroll, was also in the Gold Rush as Voran Xias, and he too was doing stock roleplays. It wasn’t until I started seeing more material from those writing, especially Troy Windham, that I knew that just wasn’t going to f***ing cut it. I was relying on the fact that maybe I would get far just by being Eron the Relentless. Maybe I would stick around just because of my small footnote of history with Eli Flair.
After realizing the series I had back and forth with Windham was subpar, I wrote “Focused Explosions”. It was my proudest piece of EW writing to date, and I knew from then on, I had my A Game. Overall, once roleplaying was over, I honestly felt proud of myself. Proud of what I did. I knew, whatever happened, wherever I ended up in the Gold Rush, I would be satisfied. I proved what I could do.
Then… the wait.
F***. The wait was worse than waiting for Trent Reznor to release a new Nine Inch Nails album. And it wasn’t even near as long!
However, once it came, I was impressed, and once it was finally complete, the same feeling I had finishing “Focused Explosions” came to me, as I was the last person to be eliminated for Troy Windham to win the Gold Rush. I ruined Eli Flair’s final moment. I lasted longer than many CSWA Legends, people who developed great, illustrious careers in this federation. For one night, one event, CSWA knew who Eron the Relentless was and what he was capable of.
As I took a backseat to Dan Ryan vs. Troy Windham, a quick yet emotional main event to the Gold Rush to give it the happy ending it deserved, I felt good. I contributed to the CSWA. Even just for one night and a handful of RP’s, after a near two decade history, I was able to place my small paintstroke on their masterpiece.
In the end, I got my notoriety, my writing accomplishment and my enjoyment.
Even if I never come back to this E-Wrestling thing, it is okay. I got my closure. I hope that CSWA did too. Or maybe not. Maybe the story is not over for the both of us.
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