Asset or Liability? The determining factor when it comes to employment as a Professional Wrestler

Take a look in the mirror, a hard look and ask yourself “what do I bring to the table?”

If you are trying to succeed, get a push, sell more merchandise, get noticed, and gain a positive reputation in the business of professional wrestling then you need to find a way to make yourself an “asset” to the company. It is a two way street and this is often forgotten by the average “wrestler”.

The cold hard fact is 80% of any given companies roster of wrestlers and entertainers are nothing more than expendable. Sure you might be thinking that the show can’t go on without you, but in truth it can and will. 

There will come a day when the promoter sits in front of a spreadsheet with all the names before him, or her in the case of Right Coast Pro Wrestling, and ask 
“What does he/she do for me?” 
“How many seats does he sell?” 
“Is he worth what I am paying?” 

 How do you survive the next roster shuffle or evaluation? Make yourself an asset. It is not hard, requires little talent, and is basic common sense and a business practice that should be extended to all parts of your life.
1.    Promote: Spread the word, pass out a few flyers, post on social media.
2.    Participate: Show up for Community Events that your company is participating in. The more people that show up, the better it reflects upon the company and yourself.

3.    Show up early, help with the needs of a show whether that be setting up chairs or helping train young wrestlers.
4.    Stay Late: Plan to stay an extra half an hour to help breakdown and clean.
5.    SELL SEATS! Make an effort to bring someone with you to watch the show. If no one is coming to see you then why would you continued to be put on a show? If you are bringing at least 5 paying customers to every show, then there is no way a promoter is going to let you go.
6.    Drama: Drop the attitude, be positive and don’t be a cancer to the locker room. It is not about you.
7.    Make others shine. It is not necessarily how good you are, but how good you make others look.

8.    Follow Directions.

The bottom line is make yourself an asset to your company through honest means.
If you are negative, don’t volunteer for events, over charge, a drama queen, selfish, and fail to follow directions or simply “exist” then you are a liability and your time is borrowed.

-JJ Johnston
Owner of +DMC Delaware & +Right Coast Pro Wrestling
Sr. Renegade Training Instructor as well as Sergeant at Arms for Renegade Training International, DMC Professional and Kettlebell Specialist and friend of +Mascot Coastee . Visit: www.RightCoastPro.com for more. 

DMC Delaware and Right Coast Pro urges you to say no to the greed of Professional Sports and yes to education and life.

The reason there is a +Right Coast Pro Wrestling and +DMC Delaware is simple, to make a difference. As the years have gone by, we as a society, have shifted our values and ways of thinking. Gone is the passion, gone is the honor, gone is courage, mental strength, useful knowledge, loyalty, skill, faith, intelligence, dedication, and of course just plain common sense.  This is clearly transmitted by our so called "role-models" of today.

You can make a difference, though it is of course an uphill battle which will likely get a lot worse before it gets better. A start would be supporting those sports and teams at the grass route level and not “buying” in to the filth and greed that has overtaken sports.

Here is a great note/quote I came across from one of the leaders in the exercise industry, Coach John Davies of +Renegade Training™ International.

"I warrant the events surrounding a certain sports team owner are quite controversial but the root of the ‘revelation’, albeit he has a long history of unsavory habits, the response by athletes and the decision by regulatory bodies screams hypocrisy and slippery slope.

Though I have been stating professional sports is a putrid mess for over ten years in the media, I basically ‘walked away’ from many sectors in 1996 and have refused to return. The reason is simple, as I refuse to involve my life with such putrid messes and effectively ‘put the rubbish out’.

I have ‘seen it all’ and although I will not provide the foul details, allow me to say that the professional sporting world is a foul cauldron in many directions and beyond the worst imagination. The reason for this is ultimately, as you may have guessed, is ‘simple’

We collectively support this pus.

We take food off our tables to buy products with sports team logos.

We desecrate the blessing of the family dinner table to watch a children’s game played by men.

We ignore libraries to watch men who never knew the interior of a library to play a child’s game.

We complain for failing economies yet allow academic institutions to lower standards to field a ‘better team’, hence creating a generation with misguided values and questionable degrees.

We compensate and give athletes greater respect than educators.

We compensate and give athletes greater respect than educators.

We compensate and give athletes greater respect than educators.

Repeat the above as often as you so choose and until you understand the idiocy.

Approaching twenty years ago I was running sprints with an athlete in a stadium as a modest crowd of eager onlookers watched our every move. He is very well known, many of you would be ‘gushing’ like school boys if I mentioned his name, but as so often the case he was in need o a morsel of ‘reality’ from me and being the type of SOB that I am, I welcomed the opportunity to provide such. I introduced him to the onlookers, asked each of their profession knowing most were in the medical profession. I then made him aware that every doctor, nurse, pediatrician and cardiologist present accomplish more for humanity each hour of each day than the entire career of an athlete, hence your ‘reality check’.

Playing a sport well doesn’t make you a better person and it is time for the public to look in the mirror.

To find the guilty party in this entire situation all you need to do is look in the mirror. We did it.

Turn the television off, stop the 'worship' of professional sports and embrace your community .

We can be a better people."

Have a great weekend everyone, turn off the television, pick up a ball and go play.

+JJ Johnston 
owner DMC Delaware, Right Coast Pro Wrestling, Sr. Renegegade Trainer, DMC Professional, and friend of +Mascot Coastee who is one fun loving monkey.

DMC Delaware Mascot Coaste designs Right Coast Pro Wrestling Activity Book

We are so excited! +Mascot Coastee just got his new coloring/activity books that he helped design! Come see Coastee May 3 at +Right Coast Pro Wrestling and DMC Delaware’s Community Event at the Life Community Church in Newark Delaware (750 Otts Chapel Road) for an entertaining, fully family friendly night of great action and entertainment. 
Also come let Coastee, Delaware's Fun Loving Mascot, help you learn how to eat right, exercise and be healthy too! http://www.RightCoastPro.com

-Coastee.

Dynamic Hurdle Mobility Drills for Pre Workout Injury Prevention at DMC Delaware

Quick Renegade Training International tip: Start your workouts with Dynamic Mobility Drills. 

Here Delaware’s Mascot Coastee of +Right Coast Pro Wrestling joins DMC Delaware for some hurdle drills which thoroughly warm up the pelvic region to aid in injury prevention. Hurdle Mobility work is a perfect to way to start any exercise or sporting venture.
The hurdles pictured are made and supplied from Victory Fitness Equipment, the owner Matt Slaymaker is a good friend of Sr. Renegade Trainer and owner of DMC Delaware J. Johnston and takes pride in his American made products.

And don’t forget it is garden time. We hope you are tilling your soil, just as +Mascot Coastee has been so you can start planting in a few weeks.
And be sure to come see Coastee and J. Johnston at Right Coast Pro Wrestling’s next Community Event on May 3rd in Newark Delaware. http://www.RightCoastPro.com for details.

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Delaware DMC Fitness, wellness and heath, partner with Right Coast Pro Wrestling

I am proud to announce that DMC Delaware is now partnered with +Right Coast Pro Wrestling and their Developmental Program. 

DMC Delaware is a health and wellness company that specializes in Dynamic Mobility and Pelvic Stabilization as taught through an extensive series of courses provided by John Davies Consulting of Renegade Training International. 

Both Delaware DMC and Right Coast Pro Wrestling pride themselves on mentoring the youths of today into becoming leaders for tomorrow, as well as providing an entertainment platform to showcase their talents whether it be wrestling, soccer, film editing, refereeing, or behind the scenes.

DMC Delaware Head Trainer, J. Johnston serves as Sergeant at Arms for Renegade Training. DMC Delaware is headquartered in Bear Delaware and can be contacted through JJ (@) RightCoastPro.com

Instructional Pro Wrestling Match between Former WWE Superstar Matt Striker and Billy Bax at Right Coast Pro Wrestling Delaware

 

 

Here is an absolutely brilliant match between former WWE superstar Matt Striker and Billy Bax that took place on January 18, 2014 at +Right Coast Pro’s RCP-X Event in Newark Delaware. Why is this match so brilliant? 

First, it was a risky match to pull off at a show where the fans have never seen a true wrestling match and are more attuned to the WWE style of wrestling with punches, kicks, top rope moves, flying, etc. 

Second, The match itself was placed in the Finale of the show (number 8 of 8), and with a product that typically has an audience base of 40% kids 14 and under, to keep them this engaged at this time of night, with this type of match is simply remarkable.

Third, Matt Striker earlier that day conducted a four hour performance seminar for both the public, staff, and wrestlers of RightCoastPro.

Fourth, Striker as noted in the video, recently had surgery and was sporting stitches.

Fifth, Brian Soscia (of the Soscia Network) and Jason the Ace have graciously added their color commentary to this superb match.
Sit back and enjoy this soon to be classic, which should serve as an instructional tool to those thinking of getting into pro wrestling and those already working in pro wrestling. 

Renegade Training International Trainer and RCP Director of Operations, J.Johnston aka JJ the Crew Guy, has deemed this video is required viewing for all RCP Developmental Students.
 Hope you enjoy and feel free to share your thoughts. 

Visit http://www.RightCoastPro.com for more great content and live show dates.