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**Watson** · 09-03-2005, 07:42 PM

Awesome, man, thanks for keeping us updated. I enjoy reading these posts as I remember what training was like. It can be tough sometimes but it's worth every second. Armdrags and hiptosses was the first moves I learned. On my first day we done regular bumps, super bumps (that's where you stand in the corner and take 2 or 3 big steps to the middle of the ring and jump as high as you possibly can and take a bump), fingertip tosses (where you stand in the corner and a guy gets on all fours in front of you and you take a step, place only your finger tips on the guys back and flip over), and top rope bumps which is basically where you climb the top rope and somebody body slams you off. I'm not sure if everybody has to do fingertip tosses, super bumps, and top rope bumps though.

The second day of training we just done hiptosses and armdrags over and over. Sometimes I'd get mixed up when doing armdrags. When the guy bounced me off the ropes I'd come back like I was gonna take a hiptoss rather than an armdrag. My trainers also would sometimes bitch at me and say I wasn't jumping enough in the armdrags. Once while taking a hiptoss I didn't flip quit straight so one of my trainers made me do flips, like the ones you do when you're a kid when you just lay your head on the floor and roll over, around the edge of the ring lik 5 times. I was dizzy as fuck when I got up and those fuckers made me run the ropes. LOL

I know what you mean about forgetting to tuck your chin. Over where I trained our ring was stiff as Hell. Much stiffer than an average indy wrestling ring. It didn't have a spring in it either. It didn't have hardly any give at all. I remember this one guy who was training gave me a huge powerbomb and I forgot to tuck my chin and it rattled my fuckin skull. I had to quit training for about an hour or so. Believe me, I know how bad that shit hurts. But you get use to it after awhile and then it's hard not to tuck.

But I'm glad everything's working out for ya, man. Sounds like you're doing great. Be sure to keep us posted on how everything goes. Keep working hard, man, and it will surely pay off. Take care.

09-03-2005, 07:42 PM	#2
Watson The Reckless One Posts: 1,673	Awesome, man, thanks for keeping us updated. I enjoy reading these posts as I remember what training was like. It can be tough sometimes but it's worth every second. Armdrags and hiptosses was the first moves I learned. On my first day we done regular bumps, super bumps (that's where you stand in the corner and take 2 or 3 big steps to the middle of the ring and jump as high as you possibly can and take a bump), fingertip tosses (where you stand in the corner and a guy gets on all fours in front of you and you take a step, place only your finger tips on the guys back and flip over), and top rope bumps which is basically where you climb the top rope and somebody body slams you off. I'm not sure if everybody has to do fingertip tosses, super bumps, and top rope bumps though. The second day of training we just done hiptosses and armdrags over and over. Sometimes I'd get mixed up when doing armdrags. When the guy bounced me off the ropes I'd come back like I was gonna take a hiptoss rather than an armdrag. My trainers also would sometimes bitch at me and say I wasn't jumping enough in the armdrags. Once while taking a hiptoss I didn't flip quit straight so one of my trainers made me do flips, like the ones you do when you're a kid when you just lay your head on the floor and roll over, around the edge of the ring lik 5 times. I was dizzy as fuck when I got up and those fuckers made me run the ropes. LOL I know what you mean about forgetting to tuck your chin. Over where I trained our ring was stiff as Hell. Much stiffer than an average indy wrestling ring. It didn't have a spring in it either. It didn't have hardly any give at all. I remember this one guy who was training gave me a huge powerbomb and I forgot to tuck my chin and it rattled my fuckin skull. I had to quit training for about an hour or so. Believe me, I know how bad that shit hurts. But you get use to it after awhile and then it's hard not to tuck. But I'm glad everything's working out for ya, man. Sounds like you're doing great. Be sure to keep us posted on how everything goes. Keep working hard, man, and it will surely pay off. Take care.