Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 18, 2007 17:30:23 GMT -5
From DiamondDallasPage.com:
When I started my journey through the wacky wonderful world of professional wrestling... starting from the bottom making no money there were many guys I looked up to for many reasons... Dusty Rhodes "The American Dream", Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura just to name a few... I also looked up to a guy named Lex Luger... From what I observed Lex was really the Total Package but he wasn't just a jock with the perfect body he was also highly intelligent and was the complete business man who just happened to wrestle for a living... wrestling and his body was a business to him... He went from playing Pro football making great deal of money right into Pro-wrestling and was an instant star making HUGE money his entire career... he didn't just make money and spend it... he made money and invested it ... he owned land and built business's... he lived in a 2 million dollar home on a golf course with his beautiful family ... he was a truly a star who had it all...
And then came the fall of the Roman Empire... Lex Luger the man who had everything came crashing down... today Lex has no home ... no cars... no land no money... no perfect body... today Lex is paralyzed and resides at spinal rehab center ... I'm not going to get into what brought Lex crashing down because that is not my story to tell... it's his... The reason I bring all this up at this time is because I just went to visit Lex and I have to tell he is a still a Warrior... Lex reminded me that we all must live life with an Attitude of Gratitude... not by preaching to me but by living it ... Lex leads by example... he is one of the most positive people on this planet right now and he blames no one for what has happened to him... he knows much of what has happened has to do with the decisions that he has made through out his life... Lex is at peace with himself and I'm not talking about that crazy at peace... I'm talking real at peace ... with himself and with God... He's living with the mindset that everything happens for a reason and this for the moment this is his chosen path... He leads by example...
I too believe that everything happens for a reason and we get to choose weather it's going to be a good reason or a bad reason... about 6 weeks ago I was booked on wrestling show in San Francisco... the show was a poorly promoted bust and most of the boys never got paid... the only positive thing that happen as a result of me being booked at that show was that I was there when Lex needed me... I heard he was in trouble and I ran down to his room... at the time I had no idea what was happening to Lex ... I thought it might have been a mild stroke like what Kevin Nash had... Lex had no idea what was happening to him and the paramedics had no idea either. But they did know they needed to get him to the hospital... NOW... so I helped my buddy helped my onto the gurney and off he went... that was the first time I had seen Lex in years... the doctors ran 100's of test on Lex and couldn't find anything... weeks later they still have no idea why Lex is paralyzed... the positive side is Lex is regaining movement back in his body and he hopes and prays that someday he will walk again and I believe if there is anyone out there that can do it ... it is Lex... I am writing this in my email this week because I was truly moved emotionally by Lex and I get so many questions all the time about Lex on my myspace and at my website a and I wanted to give you all an update but I also wanted you to give you all a chance to send Lex a Get Well card or a Christmas card and let him know you are in your thoughts and prayers... if you would like to send Lex a card please send it to:
When I started my journey through the wacky wonderful world of professional wrestling... starting from the bottom making no money there were many guys I looked up to for many reasons... Dusty Rhodes "The American Dream", Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura just to name a few... I also looked up to a guy named Lex Luger... From what I observed Lex was really the Total Package but he wasn't just a jock with the perfect body he was also highly intelligent and was the complete business man who just happened to wrestle for a living... wrestling and his body was a business to him... He went from playing Pro football making great deal of money right into Pro-wrestling and was an instant star making HUGE money his entire career... he didn't just make money and spend it... he made money and invested it ... he owned land and built business's... he lived in a 2 million dollar home on a golf course with his beautiful family ... he was a truly a star who had it all...
And then came the fall of the Roman Empire... Lex Luger the man who had everything came crashing down... today Lex has no home ... no cars... no land no money... no perfect body... today Lex is paralyzed and resides at spinal rehab center ... I'm not going to get into what brought Lex crashing down because that is not my story to tell... it's his... The reason I bring all this up at this time is because I just went to visit Lex and I have to tell he is a still a Warrior... Lex reminded me that we all must live life with an Attitude of Gratitude... not by preaching to me but by living it ... Lex leads by example... he is one of the most positive people on this planet right now and he blames no one for what has happened to him... he knows much of what has happened has to do with the decisions that he has made through out his life... Lex is at peace with himself and I'm not talking about that crazy at peace... I'm talking real at peace ... with himself and with God... He's living with the mindset that everything happens for a reason and this for the moment this is his chosen path... He leads by example...
I too believe that everything happens for a reason and we get to choose weather it's going to be a good reason or a bad reason... about 6 weeks ago I was booked on wrestling show in San Francisco... the show was a poorly promoted bust and most of the boys never got paid... the only positive thing that happen as a result of me being booked at that show was that I was there when Lex needed me... I heard he was in trouble and I ran down to his room... at the time I had no idea what was happening to Lex ... I thought it might have been a mild stroke like what Kevin Nash had... Lex had no idea what was happening to him and the paramedics had no idea either. But they did know they needed to get him to the hospital... NOW... so I helped my buddy helped my onto the gurney and off he went... that was the first time I had seen Lex in years... the doctors ran 100's of test on Lex and couldn't find anything... weeks later they still have no idea why Lex is paralyzed... the positive side is Lex is regaining movement back in his body and he hopes and prays that someday he will walk again and I believe if there is anyone out there that can do it ... it is Lex... I am writing this in my email this week because I was truly moved emotionally by Lex and I get so many questions all the time about Lex on my myspace and at my website a and I wanted to give you all an update but I also wanted you to give you all a chance to send Lex a Get Well card or a Christmas card and let him know you are in your thoughts and prayers... if you would like to send Lex a card please send it to: