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And something else you're the boss of is the Al Snow Wrestling Academy where people like yourself, Jazzy Gabert and Doug Williams are putting aspiring wrestlers through their paces...
I do have the academies - several throughout the UK. The Midlands, London, Sussex, Cheshire with Andy Baker. I've got two in Chile, one in Portugal, Greece, Denmark, Hungary, Romania - and Dubai as well. We tie all of those into OVW here in the States.
And you've written your own book, which was released this year, called Self Help.
The book really just talks about my career, but I tried to make it more entertaining and fun. I think everybody is always so resentful and bitter, and always has an axe to grind, and quite honestly, I've been blessed to do what I love to do for 37 years, so why should I be bitter?!
I'm pretty happy. I've got to fake-fight men in my underwear for 37 years! I've never had to work a regular job in my life, so I'm pretty happy.
If you could offer one piece of advice to young wrestlers trying to make it in the business, what would it be?
My advice to young wrestlers everywhere is the same to every single one, and that is quite simply two pieces of advice.
If you truly want to do this, one, never fool yourself. You can lie to anyone - we all do, we all lie every day - but do not ever lie to yourself. If you truly want something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse. When you are making more excuses than you are finding ways, you clearly don't want to do it.
Second piece of advice - invest time, money and effort in yourself. You're asking a promoter to invest time, money and effort in you, and you're certainly asking wrestling fans to invest time, money and effort when they're paying to see you.
What have YOU done to make yourself worthy of either of those investments? If the answer to that is, "Nothing," stay home. Do not ever treat this sport, do not ever treat this business, do not ever treat this art as a joke or a hobby. Either have a passion for what you want to do and treat this for what it is as a profession, or stay out of it. Do yourself a favour and buy a ticket.
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