They sacrifice their lives to a sport of fighting where practice is three hours of lifting and throwing and conditioning, three hours of a literal street brawl. They give up their social lives because making weight on a Saturday Will NOT allow time for social lives. They can NOT cheat their bodies because they work too hard to get and STAY in shape.... They have NO team members on the mat with them to help get past an opponent.... They stand on a mat with ALL eyes on them ALONE.... NO ONE to fall back on when they make a mistake... NO SAFETY to make the tackle, and NO goalie to make a diving save. They are the leanest, meanest and the strongest in the world.

Other athletes want and wish they could be like them.

This is a Tribute to all those who sacrifice everything, their free time, their food, and most of all their lives. Why would someone work so hard ...they are sweating in three layers of clothing or skipping a relaxing evening at home in front of the television? Why would they endure the blood, sweat and tears, early morning runs, or mid day workouts or an extra run after practice to lose that last pound to make weight?

The road of wrestling always ends in TEARS.... the man that takes second or third cries... because his dream is over, and the man that wins it all cries because finally everything that was afore mentioned was All Worth It....

Wrestlers will wrestle through ANYTHING Because they are WRESTLERS, and GREATNESS walks right with the word wrestler.

Wrestlers don't wrestle because they Like it ... You would be CRAZY to beat yourself up on a daily basis, get beaten up by teammates and opponents, yet those that do it... Love it, they do it because they were BORN to do it.

That is what makes them special and unique.

There is NO future in wrestling, No Pro League, NO million dollar contract,... Just a smelly practice room, and a DREAM to be Great.....Wrestling Is NOT a SPORT. It IS A LIFESTYLE.

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