DX

Why Big Show, Why?


By Danny McLindon


	I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that on February 
19, 2000, I made the best decision of my BWF career.  I turned 
my back on the Corporate Ministry and it felt wonderful.  
Now the fans and fellow BWF superstars want to know why.  Sit 
back, put on your Danny McLindon T-shirt and foam finger, 
and I’ll let you know the reasoning behind the career move 
that shocked the world at Wrestlemania III.  
	
     Let’s begin with a look at the pre-Wrestlemania III 
Corporate Ministry.   The group consisted or Ryan Hale, 
Doug Shelton, and myself.  Ryan is two-time Heavyweight 
Champion, Hardcore Champion, and Tag Champion.  Doug is the 
Intercontinental Champion, former Tag Team Champion, and 
former holder of the now defunct European Championship.  
As for myself, I am former Heavyweight Champion, Tag Team 
Champion, and former European Champion.  We were the elite 
of the elite.  Then again, the question:  Why did I give it 
all up?  I gave up the Corporate Ministry because the Corporate 
Ministry had absolutely nothing to give me.  Why would I want 
to play second fiddle to Ministry leader Ryan Hale?  The 
Corporate Ministry are simply pawns used by Ryan to keep 
himself on top of the game.  I was sick and tired of being 
overshadowed by someone that is not even fit to lace up 
my ring boots.  Now, I recognize the fact that the most 
successful points in my career, thus far, occurred while a 
Ministry member.  Gold does not equal happiness.  I will not 
be able to sleep soundly until I am the most recognized 
and decorated superstar to ever set foot into the backyard 
arena.  My goal will not be reached until Ryan Hale and the 
rest of his Corporate Ministry stooges meet their ultimate demise.  
	Before I adventure further into my reasoning for 
joining the most elite group in the BWF, I must address 
my World Title loss, suffered at the hands of Hale.  There is 
not a shadow of a doubt that the gold should still be around 
my waist.  Ryan Hale had to use his executive powers to change 
the rules mid-match to even have a chance of walking away with 
the gold.  Also, I gave Hale too much credit and respect.  
At any point in the match I could have slapped on a submission 
maneuver and held it for ten minutes or so until Ryan became 
incapacitated.  But, I wanted more from the match than that.  
Obviously Hale didn’t.  After ten minutes of a viscous leg scissors 
that almost broke my neck, I tapped.  A blatant chokehold 
cost me the title in a controversial match and I never got a one 
on one rematch because that is the kind of superstar Ryan hale 
is…. a coward.

Now, yet another question that I’m sure the backyard wrestling 
world has been asking themselves:  “Why did Danny join Brian 
Schaefer?”  After all, I did turn on Brian once before and he 
almost ended my career after delivering twenty-something 
DDT’s on a pile of books at January 1999’s Bad Blood.  I deserved 
every last viscous attack that was delivered to me at the hands 
of Schaefer.  He new that the Ministry was not where I belonged. 
It just took me too many long months to realize it.  I joined DX 
because it is where my heart was all along.  I use the term “join” 
lightly, because DX is not a faction.  Brian Schaefer is not the 
leader of DX, although he is the founder.  I am not the leader 
of DX.  Again, DX is not a faction or a group, DX is a state of 
mind.  Brian and I have a mutual hatred for the Corporate 
Ministry and a mutual goal of its destruction, which is what 
brought us together.  I could stand behind the suit and tie 
of the Corporation no longer.  One Ryan Hale could not longer 
hold me back.  Finally, I’m home.  There’s that old cliché 
that says a picture is worth a thousand words.  Well, Corporate 
Ministry this one is only worth two…