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I first got into backyard wrestling during sixth grade when i made a friend with a trampoline (Firestorm). At first all we did was practice doing moves to each other. Then came all of the punishment. First it was while back into the winter when Firestorm told me to punch through a 3 inch thick block of ice. Little did I know I was about to take a shot straight on, shoot right to the head by the block which put me out for about 5 minutes face first in the snow. Mick Foley has nothin on that head shot. That day I became the wrestler named Iceblock that never wrestled because of a nonfitting mask. Next came the basement cushion ring. Get ready to hear some of the craziest bumps ever! First came the underhook thunder fire power-bomb off of an air hockey table STRAIGHT on my head!!! Next was the razor's edge off of the air hockey table 5 MINUTES LATER, neck first onto the wood of his couch, off none other than the air hockey table. One week later I was power-bombed into a cement wall, then a 1080 power-bomb onto the wood edge of another couch the head first onto a cement floor 3 day later!!! And about two months ago before Wrestlemania 16 came the REVERSE RAZOR'S EDGE INTO A RIKISHI DRIVER on none other than the wood of another couch. Finally about 3 weeks ago I was burning hammered down straight on the top of my head that caused my voice to change!!! After all of that I still had the determination to wrestle, but before all of that; one day we decided to tape ourselves in May of '99. I was a rip-off known as PPV Davie. When we first saw it we thought we did awesome but if you watch that tape now you would think it was god awful. The first move i ever wanted to learn was the hurricanrana and after about a month from never doin it, I became an expert at performing the move. from that first tape to today i have improved at least 200% and so has Firestorm. During the second week of April i became the wrestler known as Black Fire during a match with the highly talented GEW!!! The ceiling in the place we wrestled in was so low you couldn't do any high risk moves which was a reason why my showing wasn't as good as i hoped, but i did manage to use my patented hurricanrana. That was the first and only time I used the name Black Fire. A few weeks later Firestorm told me that Devilman had invited me to do a GEW show, but due to complications i was not able to attend and this happened again a few weeks later. I was to be known as Holocaust Kid from now on and i just got a sweet new mask. If it wasn't for GEW i wouldn't have been as excited about wrestling in a backyard fed as i am now. I noticed from the style of "Massive" Matt Schalk that our styles are very similar and i can learn a lot from him. Well November rolled around and I was in gym class. I tried to reverse dunk (keep in mind, I was 5' 1'') and the rim didn't break away. I swung off and electric chair dropped myself from 10 ft. onto hardwood, and boy was that fun. HELL NO, I broke my wrist in 4 places and dislocated in 3. the ambulance drier was a dick and went fast over speed bumps. What an ass! We managed not to wrestle somehow, and I got my cast off in mid December. January 10th held one of my best spots. It was the first time I did a 450 to someone onto the ground. By the way it was from a 9 ft. ladder! This was when my whole feud with Firestorm started. All of these matches were great! I some became a bump machine again when I went against Firestorm at Hamilton Music Hall. I got germaned from one corner to the other onto my head!!! So gross and so real. You can see that HERE!!! The 7 match feud we had RULED. All of them did, and that's no joke. I won the series 5-2, but we both lost our masks in BAD-ASS cage match! The whole meaning behind my mask is long as hell, so bear with me on this explanation. PLEASE! When I first started in GEW I was known as the Holocaust Kid, Firestorm's partner. He never talked, EVER! Not dialogue from Hkid in over 11 months of wrestling. No promo's, no interviews, and no whining. A mysterious guy came across the street and was asked to be a referee for a Vicious Vince match. His name was Dave Maynard, AKA Mr. Maynard. He "knew nothing" about wrestling and led that to a T. after Vince lost the match nothing happened really and Mr. Maynard was just a normal ref for awhile. Then came the day of June 9th. The Mask vs. Mask & Title match! So many highspots and never before seen moves! If you get pinned, tap, out, or get KO'd then you lose your mask. The match was excellent and was about 40 minutes long of just great moves. Hardly any down time. With one last ounce of energy, I super huricanrana'd Firestorm through a table. I was out, and Firestorm went for the cover. BUT!!!! Vince ran in and NAILED Firestorm with a chair. Vince waited fro the double KO to be counted. Vince proceeded to look at Hkid and say, "I know who you are. Take off your mask, and give me your next title shot!" I refused but a chair was wielded and I had to take off my mask. I took it off and was found to be Mr. Maynard all along! Maynard was Hkid… Hkid was Maynard! From there I became the new member of the Vicious Klique. I am now known as "Mean" Mr. Maynard
CHAPTER 2: Maynard debates on quitting
A very sad and enthralling time for me happened this summer at the end of August. One of the saddest times in my life because of something I love, was about to be let go. I had no way to GEW and missed 3 shows in a row. My matches were sucking and I felt like I was no use to GEW anymore. The matches I had in my opinion were the worst of the show, because of botched spots… hurting people on accident (Wasn't my fault, but I felt responsible), and never doing anything cool and new. One night I was talking to Devilman and talked to him about the whole ordeal. I couldn't help from crying and trying not to look like a jerk. D-man talked to me for about 2 hours on this subject and stuck by my every word. So cool… after a bunch of convincing and confidence boosting, I decided I'd give GEW another shot for myself. I remember at night crying myself to sleep, wondering what to do; give up GEW and all of backyard wrestling because of self-humiliation, or stay even though I felt like I was awful and tear GEW's talent line down. I was in a huge pickle. By the way, when Devilman talked to me before all of this, I always felt like weren't friends but more of acquaintances. After that night I found out that I had a great friend that doesn't come around every lifetime. He's a great guy… THANKS RUSSELL! Well the next show I had 2 matches. The first sucked so much and I was about to cry at the show… but I don't think anyone knew about it until now. The second match I had was a tag match which I thought was pretty cool, so I was still debating. After that show came my #1 match up to that point against Super Vertigo. There were 3 points into the match where my mind went from "make this match good" to "I cant leave these guys, they're my friends." 1) the double tygerdrivers. Vertigo no sold a driver and gave me a '91! HERE WATCH THIS!!! 2) my first ever standing yang time. I hit it perfectly! 3) and definitely the greatest suplex in GEW history… a superplex off of an 8 ft. ladder. OH MY GOD! VERTIGO BOUNCES OFF HARD WOOD! Those 3 points of the match were the turning points of my whole outlook on my abilities. I then had confidence to wrestle again and decided that I would stay. From then on, all of my matches have RULED!
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