French spent a lot of years wrestling in both the amateur and professional ranks. He has wrestled in many different promotions around Canada and the U.S., but French hasn't been near a ring in a few years. There was a wrestling show in Smiths Falls, our old home town, this past Friday. I got tickets, and French reluctantly went along.
It was not easy for him to go. As a former in ring performer he was a little uncomfortable. He believes that it looks bad to be at a show when you are not on the card. He called it being a locker room loser. To avoid this we kept a low profile and he stayed away from the backstage. Just before we went in he said: "tonight I'm just a fan." I agreed, but I knew he had slipped his old ring gear into the back of my van.
We ended up having a few laughs. We recorded some of the matches and French pulled out some clips that he thought were good. He called his little movie : Heel Clinic.
3 comments:
that was crazy Ollie.
might that be French in the last two scenes?
~robert
i thought "be cocky" was lesson #1...
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