Last ride and like you, there were certain things that started to get, like, you would amplify certain things like the tombstone was amplified, the walking on the ropes kind of became a thing.

You're amplifying. Are you seeing what works or what your body can do on the ropes kind of became a thing you're

amplifying are you seeing what works or what your body can do and then getting rid of certain

things well at the at the end yeah it was like you know I was piecemealing what can what I can

physically do like my mind's eye could see and my heart could see, but my body was just ravage.

There was just like no way that I could, and I was trying to give everything that I had.

I didn't want to mail anything in, but I had to figure out what I could do and do well.

And you're right, like there's just certain things that I had to cut out just because I didn't do it well

enough.

It's like young guys who put up these crazy finishes.

It's like, are you going to be able to do that finisher in 10 years?

Yeah.

No, exactly.

That isn't a little like a 30-year career. I will tell you, when I was in WCW, Jody Hamilton, he was, you know, he kind of, he ran the, what we call the guerrilla position right there, right before we go out.

And that's back when I would walk down the ropes, I would tightrope, and then I'd jump off. I'd jump off and drop

the, like the savage elbow off of the rope. And I remember coming back once and already kind

of limping. And I remember my 20s at this point. And I'm limping. And Jody, I never remember,

I never forget coming back through the curtain. He's got his glasses sitting on the tip of his nose.

And he says, that finish is taking years off your career, kid.

And I was like, I'm sorry, Mr. Hamilton.

I'll be able to do this forever.

And I walked with a prominent limp by the time I got to, in 1990, when I got to WWF, I was already limping because I dropped in, I mean, just, you know, it's just wasn't the smartest thing to do.

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