A suburban gym.

A heavy bag hangs from a support beam near some dead weights and kettle bells. A boxing ring takes up most of the room by the far wall. Gym equipment, stationary bikes, rowing machines are scattered neatly around most of the remaining space.  A couple men are milling about. But one man is stationed in the middle of a mat in the middle of the gym. He is sweaty, most likely just finishing a work out. He has a towel draped over his shoulders and his head his down. With a slow brush through his short messy brown hair, the man looks up. This is Tucker G. Alston.

Tucker G. Alston: So here we are. My debut in the ring is finally here. All the work, all the sweat, all the training is about to pay off. The moment we all find out if I have what it takes to compete against some of the best in the business.

I have worked my ass off for the last five years for this moment. A moment I didn’t even know would be available. A moment that when I started training, never even considered. But here I am, on the verge of my debut on one of the largest events DEFIANCE has ever held. A moment that is so large, it is actually two. Two defining moments in my life, mere minutes apart from each other.

All I wanted to do was try it out. I just wanted to test myself, to see if I had what it takes to compete in this sport. And here I am, facing, not one, but two matches in my first night. Two moments to test myself. Two moments that will dramatically change the course of my life.

My debut and my shot at immortality.

This is not something I take for granted. Nothing in my life has ever been taken for granted. Not anymore. I know that in a moment’s notice, a life can go from being perfect, without a care in the world, to being completely destroyed, dismantled, devastated. It happened to me five years ago. And since that moment, I have been building myself back up. Back up to this moment. The moment everything changes once again.

Two matches. One against Sam Turner Jr. and the other a battle royal for the Southern Heritage championship. One match I deserve, and the other I have no place being in. But my mindset is the same for both.  My game plan is the same for both. To go out and do my best. If I do that, everything will fall into place.

That’s all I can do with this moment. It’s all I’ve ever done in life. To go out and do my best. Up until that fateful moment in 2008, it worked. It gave me everything I ever wanted in life. A great wife, an adorable daughter, a house, couple of cars, a great job. Life was perfect, all because I did my best day in and day out.

And nothing has changed in the five years since. Every day I would come to this gym. Every day I would work out, push myself, test myself, and strive. Every day I made progress. Every day I got closer to my goals, even when I had no idea what they were. Every day this gym became my home, my sanctuary, my life. Everything I’ve done here over the last five years had led me to this moment right now, my professional wrestling debut.

Now, I can’t say that I’m going to enter than arena, that ring and dominate. I can’t say that I’m going to win either match. I certainly can’t say that I will become a champion. I have no right. I myself don’t even know how good I’ll be in that ring. I don’t blame anyone that doubts my ability, that will certainly pick against me in articles, radio shows and message boards.

But there is one thing I can say.

At Retaliation and at Untouchable, I will go out there and I will give everything I have into those matches. I will go out and give my best. If it’s enough, then the last five years of my life will not have been wasted, that the last five years have been worth it. That I can hang with the best in the world. If it isn’t enough? Well, I don’t focus on what I can’t accomplish. I don’t let the negatives that are in this world interfere in my life. Failure is a word I don’t speak of. It is not something that I do. Not something that I embody. Failure is not an option.

To Sam Turner, and everyone in the battle royal, I do heed a warning. Do not take me lightly. I am not here to fulfill a bucket list. I am not here to try out a new hobby. I am not here to make you look good. I am here to do what I do best. Give everything I’ve got, and to succeed.

They say the most dangerous man is one that has nothing to lose. I disagree. I’ve been there. I’ve been at a point in my life where I had nothing. I had no wife, no daughter, no job, no home. I literally had nothing to lose. It’s a very scary point to be in, in this world. But it’s not the most dangerous. Not when it comes to competition. A person with nothing to lose doesn’t think straight. They take risks, they are vulnerable. They are beatable.

No, the most dangerous man is one that has everything to gain. That man is motivated. That man is prepared. That man is determined. He takes a calculated approach and strikes when is smart. He is a man that has already been to the bottom and is working his hardest to get up off his back and regain control of his life. A man with everything to gain, knows what his goals are, sees what he can accomplish. He’s a man that has a plan to get everything he wants, and he goes out and gets it.

I’ve made this turn. I’m ready. I’m prepared. I’ve reached this moment because of all the hard work that I’ve put into it. This is the culmination of five years of the hardest work I’ve done. Five years of working the hardest I’ve ever had to.

This is my moment. This is my time. Sam Turner and everyone else in the battle royal, I will not let you ruin my moment. I will not let you get the best of me. But, I will give you my all. I will give you everything I’ve got. Be prepared. Be ready. This moment has been building for five years and that’s exactly what I’m going to give you. Five years of hard work.

We are only days away from Retaliation and Untouchable. We are only days away from my debut. I’m prepared to give it my all. It will be a moment I will not squander.

Tucker G. Alston gets up off his folding chair and takes off his towel. He walks over to the dead weights, tosses his towel to the side and bends over, picking up a kettle bell and goes back to work.

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