Missouri Wrestling Revival

By Curtis Wyled

My Life in Wrestling”

Some people dabble into their interests. Many people have some sort of hobby. Then there are others that are plagued by OBSESSIONS, and in Professional Wrestling is where I found an obsession.

Some of my earliest memories as a child were of wrestling with a pillow in my grandmothers living room after my morning fix of WWF Superstars(?) and World Class Championship Wrestling (I always turned it off after the open of WKRP in Cinncinati) I would not only put on matches with my over-sized pillow… I would commentate, announcer, ref, handle sound for both myself and my “opponent” AND I would RECORD IT. I still have a cassette tape of one of these sessions. I was cutting promos on PY Chu Hi, Skandar Akbar, “Rock n Roll” Buck Zumhoff, and others. I was 5-6 years old.

At 9, My Mom remarried, and we moved to Horn Lake, MS. Which was roughly 15min. drive from the TV station that USWA held their weekly tapings and a 20ish minute drive to MidSouth Colliseum for the BIG shows. Both of which I forced my parents to take me to constantly. When Jerry Lawler was THE KING, and Jeff Jarrett was opening doors.

In ’95-’96, ECW began to peak my interest once again. And I, like many do, wasted precious time screwing around with my friends in a yard imitating what we saw. Until, a friend of mine took me to Sam DeCero’s Windy City Pro Wrestling, and I saw a possible way into ECW. Though, it was alittle over a year later before I began actively searching out a school in my price range. I found Powerhouse Championship Wrestling in Spring Valley, IL. which was nearly 3 hours away from where I lived, Danville, IL. Luckily, they had a pair of brothers/students who had been training a couple months that happened to live nearby, and would let me ride with them to training. Those guys became The Phoenix Twins. I became Wyldechylde.

Taking Wyldechylde to Five States, 20+ organizations, having the fortune to work in front of numerous fans, on TV in 3 major cities, and to meet some of the people I idolized growing up. There were times I would work 3 times in one weekend, but that and being able to hangout with guys like Bundy, Funk, Snuka, Hawk and Animal, Iron Sheik, Jerry Lynn… was a dream come true.

The time came when I needed to step away to concentrate on… well life, love, and the other stuff. I became a bouncer at a nightclub just outside of St. Louis (Wild Country), I was then a special events Master of Ceremonies (and bouncer). I’ve promoted my own non-wrestling entertainment events to mixed success, and have managed a local band for over two years. All of which allowed me a fun lifestyle, good times, and great memories.

BUT THEY DIDN’T TOUCH WRESTLING…

There is absolutely NOTHING on this PLANET that can even come CLOSE to the adrenaline rush you get from performing on a professional wrestling show. I can’t fight the fact that I am a junkie, and wrestling… is my fix.

That said, I have been slowly training for an in-ring return for the last few months, and the time for that return has come. March 27th in Waterloo, IL. for IHW’s “Wrestling for a Cure” event where all proceeds from this event will be donated to St. Judes Children’s Hospital in the name of Dax Locke a two year old boy from Washington, IL suffering from leukemia. I hope that everyone will come out to witness my return after over 2 1/2 years in support of this great cause.