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| FOR THE LOVE OF IT
Boston Bad Boy Living Boyhood Dream By John Browne for The Telegram, Newfoundland "Boston Bad Boy" Jason Rumble isn't really a bad boy, although he is from Boston. Ok, maybe "Rumble" isn't his last name, but does it really matter? The 38-year-old is playing the loud-mouth ugly American these days with MainStream Wrestling Entertainment, which is currently touring Newfoundland and Labrador. "This is an almost impossible business," said Rumble, sitting down to chat about an hour after losing his match Tuesday night at Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, "but I love it. "There's pain night in and night out, but it's the love of the business that brings you through it," said Rumble, looking relaxed in a Fenway Park T-shirt and Celtics jacket. Aside from a few bumps and bruises, Rumble has remained free of serious injury over his career, with the exception of a torn ACL. "That ring is totally non-forgiving," he said. "It's basically some steel with wood planks covered by a carpet. You can feel it, but the injuries go to the back burner." Then there's the current travel schedule that will see the athletes compete 26 days over a seven-week schedule covering all of the Atlantic Provinces, including a 14-community tour of this Province. Rumble, who played some semi-pro football in his younger years, grew up in Malden, Mass., about 13 miles northeast of Boston. He caught the professional wrestling bug very early in his life. In fact, he recalls getting hooked on wrestling watching TV when he was five-years-old. "From the time I was 10, I'd take the Orange Line six-stop subway ride once a month to Boston Garden to watch the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) shows," said Rumble. "The first champ I remember was Bruno Sammartino, and the first wrestler I recall following was Bob Backlund," noted Rumble. It was Backlund, a skilled university grappler before he turned pro, who made him want to become a wrestler. When Rumble, who runs a wrestling school back home, says he's involved for the love of it, you tend to believe him. "The cheers of the crowd, whether they are for you or against you, gets you going," said Rumble. "You feed off the energy of the crowd." Rumble, who has been a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Junior Heavyweight Champion and an NWA New England Heavyweight Title holder, concedes it's a tough occupation to make a good living. MORE |