Post by Rick Majors on Jul 12, 2021 21:59:26 GMT -5
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
I don’t build things. I'm not an architect. I stand inside buildings or admire them from afar. I don't put them together. I watch what others have done. I am an observer. I am not the one who makes it happen. I criticize, sure, but that’s very different from actually building something. It’s easy to stand there and pass judgment on what others have built. It’s easy to see a house that someone has put together with their bare hands and say “those walls aren’t straight.” But building the actual house? I wouldn't know where to start.
I don’t create things. PCW has been around for over ten years. In that time there have obviously been ups and downs. There have been incredible boom periods when this company was the talk of the wrestling world, and there have also been leaner times. What we are faced with now is perhaps the leanest of all lean times. The North American Championship is vacant. There are only two matches on the card, and they involve the same four men who were the only ones to compete on Trauma. Nobody knows how much longer this will go. But I don’t have anything to do with that. I am not a creator. I don’t make things happen. I didn’t create this, and I cannot fix it. I am just a cog in the wheel. I play the role that I am told to play, no matter how minor it may be.
I don’t accomplish things. I don’t strive for more. I don’t aim to be the greatest. Years ago, when I received a World Title opportunity for winning the Deadly Rumble, I gave that spot up. I gave it up out of fear. I couldn't picture myself in that role. I didn’t know how to be a person who reaches for greater things. I still don’t. I have the Genesis Title because I was placed in the match. I was placed in the match because I held the Underground Crown. I never asked to be in the Underground. I was assigned there and I went with it. Those battles became what I did. I went out there, I fought in absolutely brutal wars, and I came backstage. Because that's what I was told to do. That's what was expected of me.
I don’t change things. I react to what is being done to me. When I’m given a match, I fight. It doesn’t matter who I’m facing or what’s at stake. Fighting is what I know. It’s something I can do. It's the one thing I feel comfortable with. Sure, when I lose a match, I respond poorly. I mope. I beat myself up. Sometimes I join a cult. But none of these actions are because I have a plan. None of this is by choice. I didn't think this through. Everything is a reaction. Nothing more.
I don’t star in movies. I’m not “Mr. Showtime.” I’m not a “Hollywood Hero.” I don’t know to be more than I am. I can't be someone else. I don't have that skill. I don't have the desire. I am Rick Majors and everything that comes with that. That's all that I am.
PCW is struggling and I am unsure of what to do. I don’t have the pull or the star power needed to save it. I don’t have the ingenuity required to affect change. I can't fix it. That's not me. I go with the flow. I do as I’m told. I respond as necessary.
And that means I’m going to compete on Sunday night. I’m going to work as hard as I can. I’m going to battle as much as possible. I may not win. I may not even survive. But I have no other choice. It's what I do.
It’s not because PCW is struggling. It’s not because the title is on the line. It’s because I don’t know how to do anything else.
There are a lot of disadvantages to being the kind of person who floats along and does as he’s told. But one of the rare advantages is you don’t have to worry about what you should do next. You don’t have to concern yourself with whether the next step is the right one. You just take it. You go. You walk forward. You keep moving. Left, right, left, right, left, right. You’re a good soldier. You’re going off to war. The enemy is that way. Here’s your gun. Point it at the other side. Try not to die.
No matter what else happens in this world, you can count on Rick Majors for that much. He’ll be there. He’ll show up. He’ll put in the work. He’ll do what he can, at least when it comes to wrestling. And, whether he wins or loses, he’ll come back whenever that’s possible.
I don't have to create something new. I don't have to fix what is broken. I don't have to rebuild PCW. That's not my role. I just have to go out there and wrestle. Put your gear on. There's your opponent. Fight.
Gerard Angelo may take the Genesis Title at Return to Glory. If he does, I’ll react. I’ll probably react poorly, but I’ll react. That’s what I do. That’s all I can offer. I’ll put up a good fight and then I’ll see what’s next.
See you in the ring.
