Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2016 15:14:43 GMT -6
The muscles in the right bicep of Icon Nathan Williams could be seen contracting with each curl of the 100lb dumbbell he held in his hand. Sweat rolled down his arm and landed in a pool on the rubber floor underneath him. With a grunt, he released the weight dropping it to the floor with a loud thud before swinging his right arm to keep the blood flowing. The shirtless Icon took a seat on the nearby weight bench before grabbing at a nearby bottle and turning it up taking in the liquid inside. He flexed his chest muscles before setting the bottle down, grabbing a towel and getting to his feet. He slung the towel around his neck as he looked at the camera.
August 29, 2013, was the last time I competed in GZW. On that night I went one on one with my brother Jimmy and lost after passing out due to a loss of blood. Now I've been in this business since I was sixteen when I started training. Since then I've been in that ring almost daily. When I first climbed into a ring I never expected my career to be of the magnitude it was. I never thought I would win so many World Titles overseas or be inducted into countless Wrestling Hall of Fames. Did I want my last match to end the way it did on that night? No, I didn't. Much like everyone else who steps in that ring I envisioned going out in a blaze of glory, riding off into the sunset on a high note.
But my career isn't defined by that one match. One loss isn't going to make or break my career. I get up, dust myself off and learn from my mistakes. At the of the day, I'm a wrestler and nothing more. I'm not an actor, I'm not a musician or a stand-up comedian I'm a wrestler. Get where I'm going with this Sean or do I need to draw you a map? This right here is all I know. When the sun rises in my world it rises in a wrestling ring and when it sets it's in the same damn wrestling ring.
While you worry about your image or where your next big pay day is gonna come from I worry about whether the kids I'm training can cut it. While you try and get movie gigs or schedule "one man shows" I'm training the next generation to learn from my mistakes and to be better than me. When Nathaniel Davis approached me about this match I was hesitant at first I'll admit. Not because I'm out of shape or because I didn't think I could cut it but because I was afraid I'd get hooked again. This job is a drug to me, an addiction. It's an addiction with no cure and that's fine with me.
Sean when I look at you I don't see that same addiction. I see someone who's just looking for a payday and nothing more. I don't see that passion in you. I don't see that drive or focus. I see someone floating along from day to day not giving a shit, to put it bluntly.
He grabs the towel from around his neck and wipes his chest off before tossing it down on the bench behind him.
I heard your little rants on Twitter. You always take the poor pitiful me approach trying to make it seem like everyone is out to get you. You're real quick to throw out the lack of respect or something along the lines of people shitting all over what you've done. Let me make one thing perfectly clear for you. I respect what you've done in this business and what you've achieved. I respect anyone who's willing to put their body on the line inside a wrestling ring. Winning a World Title, being a Grand Slam Champion, those are all things to be proud of and they're something no one can ever take away from you. Just because I respect you inside the ring doesn't mean I have to like you away from it.
Honestly, I can't stand you, Sean. I think you're a waste of talent and I don't think you're near as good as you think you are. You think you're God's gift to this industry but when I look at you all I see is untapped potential. Everything is there to make a great wrestler. All the tools are present to make you one of the best but instead it's wasted. What should have been your Swan Song, you're crowning achievement is instead looked at with disgust. Sean Locke finally wins the World Title and yet he acts like he's still jerking curtains in some Indy fed in front of thirty people.
This weekend when you step into my ring, you step into my world. Win, lose or draw I'm beating your ass from one corner to the next. When all is said and done no matter the outcome you'll know you were in for the fight of your life. Like I said, this is all I know and all I am. My Swan Song came years ago but in front of all those kids, I'll be coming out for an encore.
Nothing else was said as he turned and left.
August 29, 2013, was the last time I competed in GZW. On that night I went one on one with my brother Jimmy and lost after passing out due to a loss of blood. Now I've been in this business since I was sixteen when I started training. Since then I've been in that ring almost daily. When I first climbed into a ring I never expected my career to be of the magnitude it was. I never thought I would win so many World Titles overseas or be inducted into countless Wrestling Hall of Fames. Did I want my last match to end the way it did on that night? No, I didn't. Much like everyone else who steps in that ring I envisioned going out in a blaze of glory, riding off into the sunset on a high note.
But my career isn't defined by that one match. One loss isn't going to make or break my career. I get up, dust myself off and learn from my mistakes. At the of the day, I'm a wrestler and nothing more. I'm not an actor, I'm not a musician or a stand-up comedian I'm a wrestler. Get where I'm going with this Sean or do I need to draw you a map? This right here is all I know. When the sun rises in my world it rises in a wrestling ring and when it sets it's in the same damn wrestling ring.
While you worry about your image or where your next big pay day is gonna come from I worry about whether the kids I'm training can cut it. While you try and get movie gigs or schedule "one man shows" I'm training the next generation to learn from my mistakes and to be better than me. When Nathaniel Davis approached me about this match I was hesitant at first I'll admit. Not because I'm out of shape or because I didn't think I could cut it but because I was afraid I'd get hooked again. This job is a drug to me, an addiction. It's an addiction with no cure and that's fine with me.
Sean when I look at you I don't see that same addiction. I see someone who's just looking for a payday and nothing more. I don't see that passion in you. I don't see that drive or focus. I see someone floating along from day to day not giving a shit, to put it bluntly.
He grabs the towel from around his neck and wipes his chest off before tossing it down on the bench behind him.
I heard your little rants on Twitter. You always take the poor pitiful me approach trying to make it seem like everyone is out to get you. You're real quick to throw out the lack of respect or something along the lines of people shitting all over what you've done. Let me make one thing perfectly clear for you. I respect what you've done in this business and what you've achieved. I respect anyone who's willing to put their body on the line inside a wrestling ring. Winning a World Title, being a Grand Slam Champion, those are all things to be proud of and they're something no one can ever take away from you. Just because I respect you inside the ring doesn't mean I have to like you away from it.
Honestly, I can't stand you, Sean. I think you're a waste of talent and I don't think you're near as good as you think you are. You think you're God's gift to this industry but when I look at you all I see is untapped potential. Everything is there to make a great wrestler. All the tools are present to make you one of the best but instead it's wasted. What should have been your Swan Song, you're crowning achievement is instead looked at with disgust. Sean Locke finally wins the World Title and yet he acts like he's still jerking curtains in some Indy fed in front of thirty people.
This weekend when you step into my ring, you step into my world. Win, lose or draw I'm beating your ass from one corner to the next. When all is said and done no matter the outcome you'll know you were in for the fight of your life. Like I said, this is all I know and all I am. My Swan Song came years ago but in front of all those kids, I'll be coming out for an encore.
Nothing else was said as he turned and left.