Over time, the badge of legitimacy of what we do, is just what we do.
It’s an art form that takes over your life…we put our heart, our souls, our bodies, our physical well-being on the line to do it.
We have to just show people what it is and say, from a story-telling standpoint, hopefully from an in-ring story-telling standpoint, from a physical standpoint.
We don’t have to pretend we’re a real sport.
What people put into it are real, maybe more so than any other sport or business I’ve ever seen.”
“There was a moment in time where our predecessors fought, literally fought tooth and nail, in bars, and clubs, and on the street, to prove to people that this was real, because they thought that that was the badge of legitimacy of what we did. Over time, the badge of legitimacy of what we do, is just what we do. Right? It’s so difficult. It’s so physically demanding. It’s so all-encompassing. It’s so all those things. It’s an art form that takes over your life…we put our heart, our souls, our bodies, our physical well-being on the line to do it.
…And now, we don’t have to fight people to tell them it’s real. We have to just show people what it is and say, from a story-telling standpoint, hopefully from an in-ring story-telling standpoint, from a physical standpoint. We don’t have to pretend we’re a real sport. We’re a show, a movie, a TV show, a series about a sport. But the physicality is real. The emotions are real. What people put into it are real, maybe more so than any other sport or business I’ve ever seen.”
