Now, I should say, by way of biographical information, that I am a life-long fan of professional wrestling. Ever since I was a little boy, I have loved pro wrestling. Yes, I know that many would argue that wrestling is "fake", but I would argue a different point: even though the matches and winners are predetermined, pro wrestling, known as sports entertainment, is a valid form of athletic theatrics.
Plus, as I always say to the Debbie-Downers out there, let a 6'10" man pick you up and throw you down on a canvas-and-plywood-covered trampoline, and see if you don't feel it a little bit. These men are stunt performers - athletic actors if you will - and they perform death-defying maneuvers on a daily basis all for the enjoyment of the rabid fan base (myself included). I've said it before, and I will say it again: pro wrestling is, indeed, very real.
Well, what does that have to do with the birth of Lex???
Good question...
Nothing.
Other than this: I have a quandary. My wife is convinced that she does not want me passing on this love of the squared circle to my son.
Yet, there's just one problem - Lex is due on the 20th of March, and WRESTLEMANIA XXVI is on the 28th!!!
Sorry, Meg, but I have a very real feeling that our son, who may be only a week old by this point, will be in his father's arms watching the biggest wrestling event of the year.
Lex will, undoubtedly, feel my heartbeat quicken during the Shawn Michaels-VS-The Undertaker main event. HBK is putting his career on the line against The Undertaker's 17-0 Wrestlemania win streak. This promises to be one of the greatest main events in wrestling history, second only (maybe) to when the Rock faced off against Hulk Hogan, Icon versus Icon!
Needless to say, there is a good chance - a very good chance - that my son will attend many wrestling events with his father.
We'll see how this blog post goes over with my wife. HaHa!
Oh Dallas you have so much to learn... The fact that YOU love wrestling guarantees nothing. I love educational TV... but my girls hate it. I love math... but it was probably their least favorite subject. Would they go to the opera with me... not on your life. Thankfully we have found things we all love to do. However, I did not get to choose which things they would be. Good luck with the wrestling bond... You may need it.
ReplyDeleteSo, can I take it from this post that you still have not convinced Meg to let you order this pay-per-view yet?
ReplyDeleteYes, Dawn, I'm getting the pay-per-view. She has been convinced.
ReplyDeleteKaren, if I can't get him to love pro wrestling, perhaps he will still love the NFL. I can tell you one sport he will never watch/play around our house - baseball. (watch; he'll become a pro baseball player...HaHa!)
Hey Meg! Could be worse. Dallas could be like that guy on Facebook whose sister bet her brother that if he could get 1,000,000 fans she'd name her kid "Megatron." He was at 800,000+ fans last I looked.
ReplyDeleteWell, Dallas, I think I tend to more than agree with Karen. My son's tried so very hard to please their father by trying to enjoy and even become what he wanted them to be because it was the coarse he took in life. They both struggled with this, because of their need to have their father love and appreciate them. My oldest even went to college, trying to follow in his father's wishes and twice dropped out. I had to watch them go through the pain of feeling that they let their father down. Well, finally, they said - with some coaching from me as to the God given love of their life, that thing that burns within them and makes them feel alive, and they went back to college. One son is now a scientist and loves discovering things and the other is traveling the country (something he wanted to do all his life) with a large company. Please be very careful and do not try to "mold" your children into your image of what they should be. I believe you will honor God enough to carefully listen to his instruction for your children and "lead them in the way THEY should go" based on God's plan and not your own. Remember, you are forming into their little minds and hearts initial things.
ReplyDeleteI had a dear friend, when I lived in HI, who was of Samoan descent. He was very strong of character and desparately loved his Lord Jesus. He told me that, in Samoan culture, the grandmother always has the last say, as she has seen much and has great wisdom. Love you,
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If he doesn't like wrestling he is not a Amsden.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Meg...I have told David that Judah will not be allowed to watch it. I don't want him being sent home from school because he powered slammed some kid on the playground!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I know what a house would be like without boys wrestling in front of the tv, in the pool, on the trampoline... Oh, yeah, peaceful...that's right! What would that be like?!? :)
ReplyDeleteBetween the NFL and Wrestling I'm afraid Lex will be able to kick Landon's bly-fhsing/surfing a**. I'm going to have to back up Meg on this one.
ReplyDeleteWhether or not he ever enjoys watching pro-wrestling, I can tell you that all properly raised boys (sometimes to the alarm and dismay of their mothers) love wrestling with their Dads. My favorite moves: "The Tickle Bomb" and the "Ticklectomy 2.0."
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