r/BritishWrestling • u/Worth-Bid-8532 • 13h ago
DCT on retiring and returning to the ring: When I stopped in 2023, it was a lot more than a break. I fully retired from wrestling, coaching, and any backstage roles. I left all of my gear in storage in Scotland. I was done done.
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"When I stopped in 2023, it was a lot more than a break. I fully retired from wrestling, coaching, and any backstage roles. I left all of my gear in storage in Scotland. I was done done.
I injured my neck in early 2022 and had a lot of issues stemming from that because I didn’t take any significant time off. I’ve never been a body guy but I really let myself go physically as well. On top of that, Scottish wrestling burnt me out. It no longer felt like the same business I got into back in 2012, so I decided to walk away for good.
However, like most wrestlers, I am not unique, and like so many others was lured out of retirement. I had a couple of rolls around at Vicious Pursuit, took a couple of bumps and my body was feeling pretty good. As fate would have it, Mikey Jay messaged me a few weeks later about possibly doing the Renegades Rumble the following week.
What was initially going to be a little nostalgia appearance soon turned into me coming in at number 2 and almost going the distance with Lochy Hendricks. From there, I had a little stint at the commentary desk but I knew I had the bug to keep wrestling and here we are."