Young Bucks by Matt Jackson

Author:Matt Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Published: 2020-10-09T00:00:00+00:00

Handshake Gate

MATT

Leaving Orlando felt like breaking up with a long-term girlfriend. We didn’t even have a plan—we just knew we had to change our current situation before it was too late. Our value in wrestling had dropped quite a bit after our lackluster story lines and absence from television. On top of that, I was now in a worse financial situation than I was before joining TNA. I had maxed out all my credit cards and stopped making payments on them completely. Thankfully, Dana had found a job as a leasing consultant in the office at the apartment complex in which we were living, which meant discounted rent. I am proud to say that Dana was the official bread winner during that time, all while being six months pregnant and suffering nausea so bad that she was put on medication. “I support you no matter what you do,” she lovingly responded to me after I told her I was going to quit TNA. That was typical Dana: optimistic and comforting even when everything in life told her not to be.

While switching planes in Atlanta, both of us hungry, we ducked into a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen located in the terminal. Always frugal, I ordered only a chicken sandwich, which was just a couple of bucks. I handed the cashier my debit card, and he slid it. Seconds later, he was making a face as he handed me back my card. “Want to try another one?” he asked. I didn’t have another one. As a long line was forming behind me, I yelled for Nick, who had already ordered and was waiting for his food with his receipt in his hand. “Can you help me?” I said, completely defeated, looking down on the ground. Nick ran over and bailed me out. I felt ashamed and embarrassed. I thought, What am I doing? Is it time to grow up and go get a real job? We flew the rest of the way home, and I was in a really dark place that entire flight. I was about to bring a new baby girl into this world—how was I going to provide for her if I couldn’t even provide for myself?

I weighed all my options. My dad still barely had any work coming in, and Dana’s dad told me his company, Metal Rubber, was closing. It felt like my back was up against a wall. I applied for a couple of jobs. One to be a UPS driver. Another to work as a box boy in a distribution center. I told Nick it might be time to consider becoming singles acts because I needed a job with a little more stability, and I was about to be responsible for another person. He urged me not to quit. “Matt, we’ve been doing this for so long,” he said. “It can’t end just like this. You’ve got to have faith. Something bigger is going to come out of all of this.” I agreed to hold on a little longer.

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