8/8: Just checking in on everybody’s health and wellness journey!!! Reminder: comparison is the thief of joy… (unless posting shirtless photographs on the internet specifically so other people can compare themselves to you. Together, through accountability, positive affirmations, hydration, believing in ourselves, and proper digestion undeterred by international travel, disrupted circadian rhythms, and the gastrointestinal betrayal of prolonged air pressure… We can defeat today’s Lion’s Gate Portal #lionsgateportal and the general concept of “selling injury” in professional wrestling. #Blessed #Journey #Selling #Accountability

For actual context: The clip making the rounds is from my second match of the day, after a 4:00 a.m. wake-up, international travel, layover airport cardio, multiple flights, pull-day training upon landing, and an entrance where I’m intentionally selling an already tender leg. Selling. Professional wrestling is built on communicating consequence. If one is beat up, tired, or protecting a body part, the intent is to show it.

As I write this, I’m sitting in another airport on another layover. If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the D Gates getting my steps in, voodoo flossing my ankle, wacky lymphatic movements, and getting ready to do it all over again. Building wrestlers. Building people. Trying to leave this business better than I found it… or until somebody finally kicks my ass.

**OFFICIAL DECLARATION** *From the Desk of EC3 (Sovereign Chief, Exodus Pro Wrestling) @ExoProWrestling is home to psychos. The obsessed. The ones who would crawl bear foot and no gloves through broken glass just to prove they belong in the ring. It is both our greatest strength and, occasionally, an administrative nightmare. Bear Bronson is one of those people. Unfortunately, and against every instinct the man possesses, Bear is dealing with a back injury that my office cannot in good conscience ignore. He would tell you he is fine. He would be lying. He would also probably want to wrestle through it because that is what bears do. This bear specifically. As Sovereign Chief of this organization, the decision is mine. Bear Bronson's scheduled appearance 8-14 is POSTPONED for a future date TBA. (Bummer too because it was going to be against Richard Holiday for the Midwest championship which would be a banger.) To the fans: This card will be so uber stacked the postponement will feel like a bonus. You have my word and my word is the standard. To Bear: I know you can go. I also know that hibernation exists for a reason. Heal up. If the next time you are scheduled, and based on your current mood about this decision, you feel it necessary to take out on me, I understand. A problem for future EC3 is good business. Declaration of Independents. August 14. Tickets available now. *— EC3* *Sovereign Chief, Exodus Pro Wrestling*