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Lance Cade talks about his first comings on starting his wrestling career….

-In general, I’m a very distant, sometimes anger and bitter individual but I write this blog to all of you in a very upset and frankly pissed off mood.. I’m not going to waste my time telling you all my life story. The people most important to me in life know it and that’s really all that matters. But, I can remember the EXACT day that I knew that I wanted to become a WWE Superstar. February 5, 1988 was the day. I was 6 years old and it was the night Andre the Giant “pinned” Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night’s Main Event to finally end Hogan’s streak. From that day, I never missed one syndicated or live show that the WWE had on television. And, when I was bored on Saturday nights, I would tune into WCW Saturday Night because I couldn’t get enough of Ric Flair’s crazy promos, or watching Sting and Barry Windham (when he was a good guy). But, even being as young as I was, I knew WWE was the better wrestling show and I dreamed of one day being in that ring. Not for the money, not for the fame, but for myself. I have an ego in my own right. There’s only one athlete in this business under the age of 30 who is better than me right now and that’s Randy Orton. (I can’t wait to here the responses I get from that comment!) I’ve been in this business, and getting paid to do it just two weeks after I graduated high school in 1999. One thing that irritates me more than anything is when certain individuals in the media or a former wrestler or some stupid ex wife complain that wrestlers work to hard of a schedule. This isn’t World War II or Vietnam. The WWE or this business in general doesn’t have a draft forcing anyone to do this line of work. I have no college education. And when I started making money in this business and was taken off my parents health insurance policy, i realized that, hey this is something I NEED even if it prevents me from getting something I WANT. Big difference there. This is the greatest line of work someone could possibly be in. I’m thankful everyday that I get to just pass by wrestling bag and look at my boots and know that I get to do this for work! Not to mention the most important thing, my two daughters, a five year old who starts kindergarten in two weeks, and a 7 month old who’s already pulling herself up and standing, get to enjoy a damn good quality of life because of this business. So why am I so upset this weekend? Because I was forearmed in the nose last Saturday night and broke my nose in five different spots and got a few stitches for it. The injury doesn’t bother me. Not being on the road this weekend because of that, irritates me more than anything. Vacation is one thing. And I’ve never asked for one day off in this business. Being forced to stay at home when you want to work flat out sucks. I love being on the road and doing what I do. But, I declined to get it fixed and I will be at Monday Night Raw tomorrow night. Same goes with my dislocated shoulder that happened December 28, 2007. Doctors wanted me to get it fixed. But, I took five weeks off and have been back ever since. I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this but, sometimes the truth hurts. A certain “top guy” had a shoulder injury, much less severe than mine and he took eight months off and took his ball and left. That’s fine… He had no passion for this business. I won’t take time off unless I’m forced to. There…. I got that off my chest. i want to be in that ring every chance I get. On to bigger and better things. Summerslam is just around the corner and my mentor Chris Jericho has great plans for us for the biggest event of the summer. And, I’m sure you all will find out Chris’s plans sooner than later! Until next time….

Lance

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