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WWF Star Eyes Retirement
Thursday, March 23, 2000

If all goes according to plan, 24-year-old World Wrestling
Federation star Test hopes to retire within 10 years.

"To be honest with you, I'll be glad when the time comes when
nobody knows who I am and I can be just myself again," the
popular wrestler tells TV Guide Online. "I mean, sometimes you
just want to be normal. You've got to have your own time and your
down time."

Test, one of the youngest superstars on the WWF roster, says he expects
to retire his famous flying elbow drop well before age 40. "At 34, I can
see myself sitting on the beach with a big margarita, retired...It will
be hard to step out of the spotlight, but I mean, at the same time, people
don't understand what we give up...I'm gone 310 days a year on the road."

And it's not just the traveling that has taken its toll on the former
Motley Crue bodyguard. "You can get hurt," he adds. "The injuries are very
real. I've had a bad back, I had bad knees. I was just out for three weeks with
three herniated discs, broken fingers."

Believe it or not, the 6-foot-6-inch, 282 pound Test also has to deal with the
occasional smart aleck who will try to pick a fight with him in public. but Test
say he doesn't take the bait. "Most of the time they're doing it just because they
will turn around and sue you," he says. "I like my bank account and I like my checks.
I don't want to be breaking the off to anyone else just because they wanted to
start something with me."--Jeanne Wolf