First thing that springs to mind is a match I had with
King Khan in April at a KSW show titled ‘Deadly Alliance 3’ the match its self felt great until there was a miscommunication
with the referee which cause the finish to be changed on the spot which I was very angry with at the time. And I thought it
screwed the whole contest up, anyone who knows me will know that I think one fuck up is one too many, so this soured the whole
contest for me, but when I looked at it across the DVD I found it’s one of my favourite matches this year and if you
weren’t me or Khan you wouldn’t know that the finish was changed as you can’t tell where the ref messed
up.
I had been playing face for KSW for over a year at this
point and was getting a bit bored with the direction the Carl Mizzery character was going as I had wrestled most of the Villains
in KSW. KSW also had loads of new trainees coming through and I felt I could give the new Baby faces the rub playing heel
in the same way I was able to help the villains by playing face.
I did an EWF show in March where I was booked to play Heel,
which I was very excited about, as I’d not done it since 2003. I was geared up and I loved the response I got in my
match and was overjoyed that it came so natural and was almost easy. The match flow and pace seemed the way it was supposed
to because, as the Blue-eye (baby face), you have to rely on the Heel to set a good pace and make sure they’re over
as an antagonist because if your working a Heel who has no clue on how to set a pace, or to play villain, the match is screwed.
A. Because the pace will be wrong and B. If the crowd doesn’t
hate the heel (because he is doing flashy moves and stealing the Face heat or just because he doesn’t work the crowd)
they aren’t going to cheer the Blue-eye.
A good Villain will always make a good Face.
Speaking to one of my best friends Adam ‘Celt’
Kennedy informed me that FCW were looking for more outside workers and my name cropped up along with a few others as possibility
to work for them. I was quite surprised at this as KSW and FCW didn’t really get on for a number of reasons and I’m
really pro-KSW, so for them to ask me to come over and wrestle for them was very surprising. I agreed as I saw it as a opportunity
to build bridges, FCW had a good following and I thought “why not? I’ll get my name about a bit more” so
I appeared on their show in April.
I wrestled ‘The Judge’ in a fast-paced match.
This is also one of my favourite matches this year because on that night I felt the Judge woke something in me that was dormant
for a good long while: my passion and love for wrestling.
The match reminded me of a time when I was in love with
wrestling, the Judge made me do things I hadn’t done in ages and pushed me to the level I should have been performing
at and I’m very grateful for that, so thank you Stuart J.
Brandon Thomas… What a guy!
I have learnt so much from this man this year. A truly
Sterling performer, a guy who is full of ideas and another guy who I am so pleased to have met, as a locker room without him
would be no fun at all. He has pushed me to a level where I can truly say my matches after wrestling him have become better
and better. Brandon has taught me so much this year and is definitely my favourite opponent as I could wrestle Brandon every
day and have a bunch of great safe matches.
Injuries: GRRRRR!!
In my eight years of wrestling I’ve not had many
injuries until now. This year has been the worst time for me in regards to the amount injuries. It all started when I dislocated
my right shoulder in training, from there it’s just snowballed. I’ve badly bruised my coccyx, busted my head open
(needing to have it glued shut), hit my heal pretty bad 2 months ago and both my knees are giving me real problems. It’s
a burden and a concern as it’s been affecting my matches, so much so that people are making comment on it and with me
being a perfectionist this is something that bothers me more than I’d like. I’m hoping that in the New Year I’ll
be all sorted so I can give it 110% in my matches, so figures crossed.
By this time at KSW I was Heel and No.1 contender to KSW
British title (Yay me!) and was heading into a 3-way dance with two talented guys, Kid Flash and Cupid Valentino and this
was another favourite bout for 2006.
A move that sticks out in my mind is when all three of
us were involved in a German and a t-bone suplex at the same time Quality stuff. It was even selected as a clip for the Night
of Champions montage on “You-tube”.
Over 18s show at FCW in September pitted me against Staxx
in a Catch-weight bout. The idea behind our bout was that everyone else on the card had decided to do a hardcore style bout
and we wanted to do something different, so we went for the good old fashion small-guy/big-guy contest and it went down very
well. This was another of my favourite matches because I felt that Staxx hadn’t shown people what he was really capable
of. However, in this contest he work his ass off and proved he is isn’t a just another lazy big man. With that said
I also won a bet with Celt that if I couldn’t tombstone pile drive the 23stone Staxx I would have to give him a fiver
but if I could, Celty boy would have to give me the money. I managed to get the big man up and earn 5 English pounds off old
Celt Kennedy, though it was a safe bet as Staxx and I had trained together a few hours earlier!!! LOL.
And finally, I got my KSW title shot after 31 months in
waiting. I won the title for the 4th time in a match I’m very proud of. It was one of those bouts where everything
came together and it all made sense. I even messed about with my character a bit, acting a bit psychotic and throwing tantrums,
something of which I’m still working on currently, it’s a cross between Glory (a Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain),
Victoria and a gimmick Christian Cage did in 2002 with DDP. I look forward to tweaking the character and making it my own
in the New Year.
I’ve met some really great guys over the 2006 period
and I’m very lucky to have met these genuine people, to many to mention on here lol but they should know who they are.
2006 has been a wake up period for me and the small contribution
I add to the world of wrestling. I hope 2007 holds something Big for ‘Carl Mizzery’ so keep posted to this space
for updates
If you’ve taken the time to read this I really appreciate
it and thank you … have a great New Year.
And that’s it 2006 written about well my highlights
Peace and love
Keep safe
