CHAMPION OF THE NEXT GENERATION
- 05/27/2006 (1:18:03 pm)
- Dan Severn
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I got back in at 4am last night from doing a pro wrestling match in Southern Ohio, so needless to say, I am tired.This newsletter is a little different. The story is quite long (2,300 words), so I have placed about four paragraphs here, and if you would like to read on, simply email me back and I will send the full story in your direction.
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“Champion of The Next Generation”
I tend to be a rather optimistic person and was raised by parents that supported the various endeavors that my sibling and I pursued especially our athletic quest. My father would often stand in the family room [fondly referred to as the trophy room] having 4 other brothers and 3 sisters that were all pretty good in athletics made the trophy room a very full place. He would point to one of the trophies and say; ”This trophy only cost me $500 or this state championship medal cost me $350 or this National title plaque only cost me $750! My father might of griped a little about the cost associated with that Particular Award with travel, hotel cost the meals, the entry fees, but that room made him beam with pride! When ever my aunts or uncles would come over my father would drag them to the trophy room and show them the latest addition and the war stories associated with it .
This is a second generation, passing of the torch story. Early in the week a friend of mine “Eric’’ called me up to see what I was doing for the coming weekend. Normally I would of said that I am traveling to so and so and had this to do but not on this particular weekend. I had a last minute cancellation and I now had a weekend home. Eric’s suggestion to me was; “why don’t you come on down to Detroit and watch some wrestling this weekend. I him & hawed a little and said that if my son David wanted to go and watch then I would go, otherwise I would stay at home since I get very few weekends off. Eric said “Why don’t you bring David to wrestle and you enter the masters division” Which was the nice way of saying old fart and win another world title to add to the collection. I said I would get back to him.
When my son David got home from school I asked him if he would like to go to a wrestling tournament with me this weekend and he said sure. Eric informed me about the registration and weigh-in times and these were not going to work because David had a track meet that’s coming Thursday. Eric said that he would make some phone calls and get back to me. Eric who happens to be one of the referees for this event has been associated with the Amateur Athletic Union for a number of years and has some doubt with the powers to be. When Eric contacts me again, my son and I are now being allowed to weigh-in later in the evening. Things seem to be working themselves out. What will David and I be at so the can put our names in and draw the brackets out was the next question what were my options? I as and Eric said 215 or heavyweight. I laughed and he laughed as I said that’s a no brainer, put me in with the fat boys. As for David it was 180 and or heavyweight [David is in the 8th grade] .
David wrestled this past season at 185 and had to drop a few pounds to get there. I did not really want to tell him about the magnitude of the tournament he was about to enter so I didn’t , lets put you on the scale and see what you weigh. David had been running in track the past few weeks and I was hoping that it help to keep his weight down and his cardio up. He was only a couple pounds over. I told him he was in good shape and lets watch what we eat over the next two days to make it easier to make weight. Track meets comes and goes [ his relay team finishes 1st and he placed 3rd in the shot put ] but he arrives home later than expected. I put him on the scale and he is a couple of pounds over. I pull out some of my old gear and put him to work knocking off the pounds.
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All the best, from the beast...
Dan "The Beast" Severn
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