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or somebody else. I try and teach my guys to slow the pace of a match down and tell a story, there are some lads out there who could be really talented with the right training.”
“Trainees need to have a professional attitude to wrestling,” Curtis stresses. “They need to go to the gym and work out in their spare time, hit sun beds and get a tan. You need to be dedicated to make it in this business and you need a certain work ethic. I get e-mails off people telling saying they would do anything to become a wrestler then the minute they take a few bumps, receive a few bruises or get a bollocking from me they make excuses why they can’t come to training. If they want it badly enough, they will continue to train.”
. . .HE HAS ALL THE POTENTIAL TO GO ON AND SIGN FOR WWE AND bECOME A HuGE NAME
“I got the crap kicked out of me when I trained but every opportunity to train I was there. I wasn’t just going to the training sessions I was going to live shows, watching matches and trying to absorb as much as I could.”
Ghent Wakefield has been training with Curtis for nearly a year; he now wrestles for the BWA under the name Demetrious, he tells TWP about his start in professional wrestling.
“Chris had been trying to get me to train for a couple of years, I kept saying no but then I felt the time was right and thought I’m going to give this a shot, I love wrestling.
“Since starting training in late 2009, my body is still trying to get used to all the bumps, I ache all the time but once I get used to it I will be fine. I have sprained my ankle, torn a muscle in my shoulder all in the space of these last few months.
“Chris will, at first, make you go through the basics every time you start a training session, because they are your foundation. He teaches you to keep yourself and your opponent safe.”
20 stone Wakefield who has competed in body building competitions has the potential to be a
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star in this country and Curtis sees a big future ahead for him and so it seems do the WWE.
“If anybody at this school is going to make it, it’s Ghent,” States Curtis. “He has all the potential to go on and sign for WWE and become a huge name.”
Wakefield attended a trial for WWE back in November 2009 but was too inexperienced at the time and told to come back in April when WWE were over again to have another trial for them.
“WWE told me to get the necessary experience and that if I can keep a match going for 10-15 minutes then I would be signed because they liked my look.
“For the last six months I have worked hard and I do 10-15 minute matches all the time now so I should be good to go. It was a harrowing experience having people like Finlay, Batista and Triple H watching my match.”
The BWA has a rich history of being the starting platform for many wrestlers who have gone onto be big names, especially on the UK circuit, and there is no doubt that the BWA will continue to produce great wrestling talent for years to come.
For more information on the British Wrestling Alliance and their training school go to
www.britishwrestling.vze.com or you can e- mail
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