Heavyweight dreams of James Goins
MATT FLOWERS
Issue date: 3/9/10 Section: Campus News
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outside and steals away a chair
from the one-legged man in the
front row. "Give me that you
bum!" Kastle screams, pushing
the bystander down. He
climbs back on to the apron
(the curtain that hand down
from the sides of the ring to the
floor), and slithers back in the
ring like the snake that he is.
Young's back is turned. Oh
No! Kastle illegally hits
Young on top of the head with
the stolen folding chair.
The noise Young's head made
when the metal slammed
against it sounded like a gun
going off. The crowd could not
believe the ending of the
match, as they booed Kastle
off stage. The bell rang. Kastle
had been disqualified.
For James Goins, 26, known
in the wrestling world as Corey
Kastle, wrestling in front of
crowds of 20,000 to 30,000
screaming fans, is only one
body slam away.Afar cry from
his typical crowds of 50 to 100
people.
The WWE (World wrestling
Entertainment), owned by
business icon, Vincent J.
McMahon, is one of the top
growing industries in the world
today. The top wrestling athletes
in the world today compete
to join McMahon's company
and spend over three hundred
days on the road each
year.
To get to the big league of
Professional wrestling, some
"workers" (known in the business
as wrestlers) spend years
on the Independent wrestling
scene, wrestling in front of
small crowds, in small, rundown
arenas. Some give up
because the work is too grueling,
but not James Goins.
With his 200-pound frame
and long dirty blonde hair,
Goins travels every weekend
to work at various independent
shows on the East Coast. He
wrestles for little to no money.
Showing up to an event a couple
hours before each match,
he meets up with his opponent
for the evening to go over
moves they want to use in the
match.
"The Blockbuster" is one of
the moves Goins uses to finish
off his opponent. "After I lay
out the punk in the center of
the ring, I climb to the top
rope, pose for the crowd, and
as he's about to get up, I drop
my leg onto his skull for the
finish."
This move can knock the air
out of the opponent, and cause
severe pain to his head and
neck, as the upper body slams
down on the hard mat, Goins
tells me. "Nobody said it doesn't
hurt."
Goins uses his good looks to
win over with the fans, especially