In a recent post on his Web site, Raven writes a lot about his wrestling school, how much fun he’s having back on the indie scene, as well as why he won’t ever go back to WWE.
An excerpt:
“I’m actually very excited that I’m moving onto the next phase of my life, not that I’m leaving wrestling behind by any stretch of the imagination, but as it stands, I don’t plan on going back to either WWE ever(and I do mean ever. I’m talking millions of dollars never) or TNA any time soon. Its actually a combination of exciting and terrifying to start over after 20 years. I guess what pisses me off more than anything is that theres no pension plan, theres no retirement, theres no health insurance, no roth, no 401k, no post job providings. It’s so unlike a normal job when you put your 20 years in, you have a regular check coming in and anything else you do is either for fun, or to accentuate your style of living. it isnt, . . . . . your living. I think about other guys in the business who are having to pay alimony and child support with monetary rates commensurate with what the business was making at its peak and now theyre working indies and hanging on just trying to make ends meet and required to pay more in alimony and child support than they even make in a month. People dont realize that it costs 75-100 grand a year to live comfortably 250 nights a year on the road. Think about it, the govt gives a per diem tax wise write off for food and hotel at like 150-200 dollars a day, depending on the city, and it might be higher now. Thats 40 grand a year minimum, not including rental cars, and the rest of your life. Look I ain’t complaining, I love what I do, and I did it for love of the game, but the boys deserve a little something post career. Especially the old timers. Especially the journey men. Especially the guys who never got the big runs. What really sux is if the economy wouldn’t have taken a flying dump, at least things would be better off. Thank you George Bush for f*cking up the economy, you stupid douchebag. and anybody who thinks he hasnt, or doesnt realize he’s unequivocally one of the worst presidents in history has never studied history. Republican lovers, don’t think I’m just bashing Bush, the Democrats are cunts for bending over backwards and taking it in the keyster, dry, I might add. we need a change.”
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