RhodyRaybo's blog

Yesterday, I had scheduled a match with a buddy who is not on MF, but has a weird work schedule. I took the afternoon off and planned to go see him after I left work. But alas, it wasn't meant to be. His work called him up and asked him to come in. So I had nothing planned for my afternoon off. But then I remembered a guy that I had been wanting to go see. He's retired but in decent shape, but not a terribly skilled wrestler. But I've wrestled him in the past when he had a different profile, then took it down. I remembered you could do some light rolling around with him and do some "long holds", which I do enjoy at times with the right guys. In previous texting conversations with him he told me I was welcome anytime, and I told him I was a bit limited because he lived an hour away and driving at night now is a bit of a challenge because of my vision, and I try to limit my night driving to familiar territory. But seeing it was afternoon, there wouldn't be a problem. So I texted this guy, and he said he was around and I was welcome to come over. So I headed up into his direction as soon as I got off work.

When I pulled into his driveway, I got to the door, and he looked at me and seemed a bit confused. For some reason he wasn't expecting me but someone else, a certain someone that I've wrestled with many times in the past, though not in the last 3 years. It turned out, he had my number under the other guy's name/handle. We laughed about the mixup and went on for an hour with our "wrestling". When I left, he told me that he was glad I came over and that I was welcome anytime. When we had wrestled previously, it had been at my location. This was my first time at his house. I completely enjoyed the visit and am looking forward to meeting him again soon.

Now the story doesn't end there. I messaged the other guy, the guy he THOUGHT was on his way over, and told him this story. This other guy and I are trying to set up something soon, but apparently he has had a very demanding work schedule and getting away hasn't been easy, but he's working on it. When I told him what happened, he responded "This is funny. Lucky him. You are an upgrade". Although I appreciate the kind words, especially from someone who's butt I have kicked so many times, I'm not sure I'm an "upgrade", but at least the guy I saw yesterday was happy to see me. I will admit however, this was a very first time in 14 years of wrestling that I show up to someone's house after extensive dialogue and find out they were expecting someone else. If anything, it's the thing sitcoms are made of. But next time I text someone about getting together that I don't normally text, I'll make sure to clearly identify myself. RhodyRaybo!!!!

Peace out, Wrestlers!