Brett Barnes

1. What made you ever decide to get involved in professional wrestling?

I grew up watching the sport and fell in love with it. In high school I was a strong competitor in sports such as football, powerlifting, and amateur wrestling, but in the back of my mind I knew professional wrestling is something I’ve always wanted to do. When I graduated I had the opportunity to either play college ball or train to be a professional wrestler and I’m happy that I chose the latter.

2. What was your training regimen like? Who trained you? How did you go about finding them?

I was broken into the business by a group of wrestlers that had a school about 3 miles from my home in Crandall, TX. The majority of these guys had little knowledge of how to work and actual match, but me being the new green kid, how was I to know. Luckily for me I was blessed with a decent look and some athletic ability that allowed me to get noticed by other promotions that had some guys that I could train with a learn a lot from. Now, I continue to train a few days a week with Manny Fernandez who definitely knows his way around a wrestling ring. As far as my weight room training goes, I’m lifting 4 to 5 days out of the week usually with myself or with my father who was my powerlifting coach in high school.

3. What do you think of the current state of professional wrestling?

Well, I hear stories from Manny about the days of the territories and how they used to have to turn thousands of people away at packed shows and bring in a very nice chunk of change at every show they worked. Now, there are not too many independent guys that can make a living off of this business and I don’t know of too many promotions out there turning their fans away at the doors. I haven’t been in the business long enough to be able to place blame on anything for this so all I can to is just bust my butt and hope for the best.

4. Who have been your favorite people to step into the ring with or against? Why?

Anytime I get in the ring with Manny we have a good match that gets the crowds up on there feet. Other guys that I like working from Texas would be Eddie Craven, Mike Foxx, and BJ Turner. All those guys are great athletes and have the ability to make each other look better. I also have worked guys like Matt Stryker who is a great pure wrestler and Matt Sydel who can fly around with the best of them.

5. What is the best thing about being a pro wrestler? What is the worst?

The best thing would have to be the rush that you get when you step through the curtain knowing you’re about to display your athletic abilities for people who love watching the sport. It’s the only feeling that can replace the feeling of playing under the Friday night lights. The worst thing would have to be all the driving on the road especially the way the gas prices are right now.

6. What wrestlers do you enjoy watching?

I enjoy watching guys like Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, and Paul London.

7. What do you enjoy doing when you are not wrestling?

I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend, Natalie. I also enjoy other sports like softball, paintball, golf and flag football, but most of the time I just like to relax and hang out with my best friends.

8. What has been the highlight of your career thus far?

The major highlights of my career have yet to take place. But some of the highlights thus far would consist of beating Action Jackson for the heavy weight belt at the promotion in Denton, TX, XCW. Also, I am currently feuding with Eddie Craven and any of our matches would have to be highlights along with any of my matches with Manny Fernandez.

9. If you had to do it all over again is there anything you would change?

As of right now, no, there is nothing I would change. But I’ve still been in the business a short time compared to many others and that answer may change in a few years, but I hope not.

10. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

In 5 years I see myself making a good living off of this business and if that means WWE, great, and if it means another promotion then that’s great too.

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