WWF Star Eyes Retirement
Jeanne Wolf - Thursday, March 23, 2000
If all goes according to plan, 24-year-old World Wrestling
Federation star Test hopes to retire within 10 years.
"To be honest with you, I'll be glad when the time comes
when
nobody knows who I am and I can be just myself again," the
popular wrestler tells TV Guide Online. "I mean, sometimes
you
just want to be normal. You've got to have your own time and your
down time."
Test, one of the youngest superstars on the WWF roster, says
he expects
to retire his famous flying elbow drop well before age 40.
"At 34, I can
see myself sitting on the beach with a big margarita,
retired...It will
be hard to step out of the spotlight, but I mean, at the same
time, people
don't understand what we give up...I'm gone 310 days a year on
the road."
And it's not just the traveling that has taken its toll on the
former
Motley Crue bodyguard. "You can get hurt," he adds.
"The injuries are very
real. I've had a bad back, I had bad knees. I was just out for
three weeks with
three herniated discs, broken fingers."
Believe it or not, the 6-foot-6-inch, 282 pound Test also has
to deal with the
occasional smart aleck who will try to pick a fight with him in
public. but Test
say he doesn't take the bait. "Most of the time they're
doing it just because they
will turn around and sue you," he says. "I like my bank
account and I like my checks.
I don't want to be breaking the off to anyone else just because
they wanted to
start something with me."