A letter for 20 years.
Mar 9, 2024 1:50:10 GMT
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Post by maddelinesatterfield on Mar 9, 2024 1:50:10 GMT
For the past 20 years, night after night, I have stepped between the ropes and proven myself to be the unmatchable standard. The one who people try to match, but have never truly been able to. The one that has been turned to whenever there has been a need for somebody to step up to the plate and put on a performance people will remember long after it's said and done - something that has become my bread and butter within this industry.
I never expected it to be this way.
When I first walked through the doors of DVCW on March 5th, 2004 - I thought it would simply be something to give me the thrill of competition. Something that would supplement but not surpass my at the time fledgling career in long jump, for at the time, that is what I saw as my meal ticket. My way into making my name known. Yes, if you would believe it - wrestling wasn't always my plan A.
Safe to say, that changed quite quickly.
In fact, it took me just 3 matches to realize that this was all I had ever wanted. That despite having never realized it in the past, wrestling was the calling that had been waiting for me to accept it. Waiting for me to submit myself to the life that it would grant me --- a life that has led me to this very moment. And I don't regret doing so one bit.
Why should I? Everything I have done over the course of my career has been for a purpose. It has been all so that I can stand where I do today, and if I were to go back in time. If I were to have the ability to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
For I wouldn't be the same person if I did. I wouldn't be the one speaking to you today if I had diverged from the path I have transversed even one iota. Maybe you could argue that there were periods in my career where I could easily have taken a different course. Namely in 2008, when I first decided to align myself with Alyce. Or in 2014, when Amelia and I had our rivalry and I had started to exhibit signs of becoming jaded with where I was. Becoming cynical and losing grip of my sanity - but once again, those moments happened for a reason.
Those moments are just as much a part of my identity as the glory. The nights where I would look you in the eyes and tell you just how much this sport means to me. How much I appreciate each and every one of you who have been there for me.
And I do. I always have.
This journey has been just as much about you as it has been about me. It is you guys who have given me the strength to push on. The ability to keep myself together when everything has been crashing around me. It's you guys who remind me of just why I love stepping into the ring and giving you what you deserve. Giving you the experience you crave.
And why I continue doing this.
It is what makes me eternal. It is what makes me the woman I am. The one who will weather whatever awaits her and confront the war that I am walking towards with a smile - knowing that it isn't just the BDL or my friends back home who are by my side, but you guys as well.
And together, we shall stand tall.
Remember that, and thank you.
Here's to 20 more years ---.
-Maddy.
I never expected it to be this way.
When I first walked through the doors of DVCW on March 5th, 2004 - I thought it would simply be something to give me the thrill of competition. Something that would supplement but not surpass my at the time fledgling career in long jump, for at the time, that is what I saw as my meal ticket. My way into making my name known. Yes, if you would believe it - wrestling wasn't always my plan A.
Safe to say, that changed quite quickly.
In fact, it took me just 3 matches to realize that this was all I had ever wanted. That despite having never realized it in the past, wrestling was the calling that had been waiting for me to accept it. Waiting for me to submit myself to the life that it would grant me --- a life that has led me to this very moment. And I don't regret doing so one bit.
Why should I? Everything I have done over the course of my career has been for a purpose. It has been all so that I can stand where I do today, and if I were to go back in time. If I were to have the ability to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
For I wouldn't be the same person if I did. I wouldn't be the one speaking to you today if I had diverged from the path I have transversed even one iota. Maybe you could argue that there were periods in my career where I could easily have taken a different course. Namely in 2008, when I first decided to align myself with Alyce. Or in 2014, when Amelia and I had our rivalry and I had started to exhibit signs of becoming jaded with where I was. Becoming cynical and losing grip of my sanity - but once again, those moments happened for a reason.
Those moments are just as much a part of my identity as the glory. The nights where I would look you in the eyes and tell you just how much this sport means to me. How much I appreciate each and every one of you who have been there for me.
And I do. I always have.
This journey has been just as much about you as it has been about me. It is you guys who have given me the strength to push on. The ability to keep myself together when everything has been crashing around me. It's you guys who remind me of just why I love stepping into the ring and giving you what you deserve. Giving you the experience you crave.
And why I continue doing this.
It is what makes me eternal. It is what makes me the woman I am. The one who will weather whatever awaits her and confront the war that I am walking towards with a smile - knowing that it isn't just the BDL or my friends back home who are by my side, but you guys as well.
And together, we shall stand tall.
Remember that, and thank you.
Here's to 20 more years ---.
-Maddy.