Posted by Dominic Pericolo on Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
Currently Feeling: Always hated these things...I'm doing fine.
Entry Title: A Fresh, New Start
Ever get the feeling like you've been running for a good, oh, I don't know...50 miles? Just for kicks, let's make it 52. So you've been running for 52 miles, and you suddenly come upon a rest stop offering ice cold water. Feeling particularly thirsty, you stop to purchase a bottle...only to find yourself a few cents short. The cashier's some old bastard with an attitude, and refuses to give you a small discount...and you're left with a dry throat and an exhausted body?
Long winded question, I know. But take it seriously for a moment, have you ever felt something quite like that?
Because for a good portion of my time between the HWF and the NLCW...that's how I felt. It's strange, really, that I would feel so damn exhausted in-between federations. Sorta like my body just got so used to the wrestling business that it refused to work unless under strain. I suppose I shouldn't be all that surprised, after all...this is my life, my dream and my ambition.
Hard to believe that just a few months ago I was sitting in an unemployment line, and then last week I'm pinning the NLCW's world champion's shoulders to the mat for a solid three seconds. The wrestling world's pretty much blown up ever since, and I've became an overnight favorite. Already, NLCW fans are chanting my name nation-wide and, as we go into Canada, are continuously asking me about how I feel after beating Galen, just excited enough to speak to the man who did the impossible.
They're acting like children in a candy store and, well...I myself feel like one as well. I've been on a high ever since Thursday that I've not felt in a damn long time. It's incredible, the feeling that you get when the fans are already raving over you just after your first match. I'm already enjoying my stay in the NLCW...and I really have to thank Galen for all the response I've gotten. Admittedly, had I not beaten the man last week...I'd just be another face in the crowd.
Now my name's being chanted again, I'm being asked for autographs again, and I'll never be addressed as "That guy who played cannon fodder to Sean Galen."
It's really just one of the greatest feelings I've had in awhile...I don't think I've felt this great since my time in the HWF. And now this week I'm heading in for another challenge in some returning legend by the name of Ethan Andrews. It's really going to be a rough week from me, from my hopes of heading home to Cali before the show to train, to fly back to Canada for the match, then get to training again for Lambert this Sunday at Havok.
Free advertising for NLCW here: Folks, if you haven't bought Havok yet you really should act soon...this is going to be one to remember.
Going back a bit though, on that whole training thing...I'm actually on my way back to my hometown in Sacramento to see if my old wrestling coach is still running his gym. I was hoping for a bit of nostalgia before I head back north again for Avulsion...maybe it'll get me ready and focused enough to take on, and hopefully defeat, this Ethan Andrews fellow.
Flight's gonna be landing soon, might as well wrap things up. All of you fans that know me from the HWF will remember my drive for this business...I was considered one of the most passionate wrestlers the HWF had. In the NLCW...none of that'll change at all, but I have a feeling you'll be seeing a whole new side of Dominic Pericolo that never had the chance to come out back over in the HWF, (After all, I was busy focusing on the Sharps and the world title...and got a bit out of whack for awhile.)
I can't promise a victory this Thursday or Sunday...but I can promise change. I can promise that I'll be stirring things up like never before, and that the NLCW will be rocked to it's foundation when I'm ready to move. Things aren't going to be easy for me in trying to accomplish my dreams...but they never were supposed to be easy, either. I don't plan on making the same mistake I did over in the HWF and fall short of my dreams...I hate being teased like that.
It's time that I buckle down and get ready to climb, because it's a long way to the top of the NLCW and I've only just made the first leap up.
Until next time, uh...'percolators'.