benjacko
03-07-2010, 03:45 PM
It'd been a fair few years since I'd left wrestling behind after having early retirement forced upon me with the freak accident of an accidently exposed turnbuckle which nearly tore my back in half and coming so close to being permanently in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
I'd fell into another career thankfully as I became an actor who was most prominently known for several roles in various Australian soap operas but throughout those years, I'd still maintained a burning desire to return to the world of wrestling in a role out of the ring.
It took an impromptu meeting with Tristram Day, executive producer of The Australian Sports Network and the brainchild behind Revolution Australian Wrestling which is the wrestling soap opera, to change all that. He said he was looking for a third person to add to the RAW commentary team and with my popularity thanks to my roles on TV and my acting skills, I'd make the ideal candidate for the job.
Call it a moment of weakness but I soon found myself sitting in the front row at The Stars Of RAW 10 show. Tristram came over before the show got underway and said he'll meet him after the show so we can discuss further about possibly signing up with RAW.
What I saw impressed me as you could see what RAW was attempting to do and the effort the workers were putting in to create the best possible entertainment for the crowd in the arena.
Once the show ended, Tristram took me to the back and we went to his office to discuss my possible role and terms to sign on with RAW.
Tristram told me Mark Misery wanted to go back to just being a wrestler which meant there was an opening for a new Head Booker of RAW. I asked him what does that have to do with me and his reply nearly made me fall off my chair.
Tristram said that my knowledge of soap operas and wrestling made it good sense to make me the Head Booker as well as a colour commentator because I was the ideal person to realise the plan he had envisioned for RAW.
This was my big chance to come back to wrestling and soon found myself inking my name on a contract to become the new Head Booker and Colour Commentator for RAW.
Had my heart got in the way of my sanity? What had I just got myself into as I didn't have much clue about actual booking despite my wrestling experiences and I also had a network to keep happy.
It looks like I'll be learning as I go which inevitable means plenty of mistakes along the way but like on a Soap Opera, it'll be a rollercoaster ride all the way.
I'd fell into another career thankfully as I became an actor who was most prominently known for several roles in various Australian soap operas but throughout those years, I'd still maintained a burning desire to return to the world of wrestling in a role out of the ring.
It took an impromptu meeting with Tristram Day, executive producer of The Australian Sports Network and the brainchild behind Revolution Australian Wrestling which is the wrestling soap opera, to change all that. He said he was looking for a third person to add to the RAW commentary team and with my popularity thanks to my roles on TV and my acting skills, I'd make the ideal candidate for the job.
Call it a moment of weakness but I soon found myself sitting in the front row at The Stars Of RAW 10 show. Tristram came over before the show got underway and said he'll meet him after the show so we can discuss further about possibly signing up with RAW.
What I saw impressed me as you could see what RAW was attempting to do and the effort the workers were putting in to create the best possible entertainment for the crowd in the arena.
Once the show ended, Tristram took me to the back and we went to his office to discuss my possible role and terms to sign on with RAW.
Tristram told me Mark Misery wanted to go back to just being a wrestler which meant there was an opening for a new Head Booker of RAW. I asked him what does that have to do with me and his reply nearly made me fall off my chair.
Tristram said that my knowledge of soap operas and wrestling made it good sense to make me the Head Booker as well as a colour commentator because I was the ideal person to realise the plan he had envisioned for RAW.
This was my big chance to come back to wrestling and soon found myself inking my name on a contract to become the new Head Booker and Colour Commentator for RAW.
Had my heart got in the way of my sanity? What had I just got myself into as I didn't have much clue about actual booking despite my wrestling experiences and I also had a network to keep happy.
It looks like I'll be learning as I go which inevitable means plenty of mistakes along the way but like on a Soap Opera, it'll be a rollercoaster ride all the way.