YOU CAN WATCH WCCO SUNDAY
MORNING WITH ESME MURPHY EVERY
SUNDAY AT 6:00 A.M.
AND
10:30 A.M.
THROUGHOUT THE
HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL
WRESTLING MINNESOTA HAS BEEN A
HOT BED FOR FAMOUS WRESTLERS AND
NOW THOSE WHO HAVE DREAMED ABOUT
GETTING INSIDE THE RING, TURNING
PRO AND TAKING HOME THE BELT
HAVE A CHANCE TO DO EXACTLY
THAT.
IN THIS WEEK'S FINDING MINNESOTA
WE TAKE YOU TO THE ACADEMY IN
BROOKLYN PARK.
WHERE THEY ARE ALWAYS READY TO
RUMBLE.
WHEN WRESTLING FANS WATCHED
THIS ON TV THEY DREAM OF WHAT IT
WOULD BE LIKE TO STEP INSIDE THE
RING.
HEAD UP RBIS STAND UP.
Reporter: NOW THEY CAN FIND
OUT.
IT WAS SOMETHING WE DECIDEDED
TO DO LIKE 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S NOTHING HERE IN
MINNESOTA.
Reporter: KEN ANDERSON ONCE
KNOWN AS MR. KENNEDY IN THE WWE.
THIS IS WHAT KENNEDY IS ALL
ABOUT.
Reporter: THESE DAYS HE'S
TEAMED UP WITH A ANOTHER WWE
ALUM.
THEY'VE OPENED THE ACADEMY OF
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING.
IT WAS A LOT OF TRIAL AND
WASTED ENERGY AND WE JUST
DECIDED WE WANT TO HAVE A SCHOOL
WHERE THEY CAN LEARN EVERYTHING
FROM THE GROUND UP.
HERE CORPORATE EXECUTIVES,
TEACHERS, AND STAY AT HOME DADS
LEARN BACK BREAKERS, HAMMER
LOCKS, AND BODY SLAMS.
THEY ALSO LEARN IT'S NOT THAT
EASY.
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING YOUR
BODY AND YOUR INSTINCTS ARE
TELLING YOU DON'T DO THIS.
YOU SEE WWE WRESTLERS MAKE IT
LOOK SO EASY, JUST THE LITTLE
THINGS WE'RE STARTING TO LEARN
NOW AND IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN
IT LOOKS.
NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN
MOLLY HOLLY.
BACK WHEN SHE WORKED WITH THE
MACHO MAN RANDY SA ADVANTAGE.
I WAS A SANDWICH ARTIST AT
SUBWAY AND SOMEBODY INVITED ME
TO A PRO WRESTLER TRAINING CAMP.
THAT'S HOW SHE CAUGHT HER
BREAK NOW SHE'S TRYING TO HELP
OTHERS CATCH THEIRS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NATURAL
ATHLETES, YOU CAN TELL THEM ONCE
OR TWICE AND THEY'VE GOT IT.
OTHER PEOPLE IT TAKES A WHILE
FOR THEM TO GET THE HANG OF IT.
BEFORE YOU BECOME THE NEXT
RICK FLAIR OR STONE COLD STEVE
AUSTIN YOU HAVE TO LEARN THESE
MOVES SAFELY.
BUT WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER,
LOOK OUT.
HE'S BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT
FOR 3 OR 4 WEEKS AND HE FINALLY
DID IT FOR HIS FIRST TIME.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
SPECIAL WHETHER IT'S WITH THEIR
FEET ON THE TOP ROPES OR THEIR
BACKS ON THE CANVAS.
THE WRESTLING WORLD HAS BECOME
THEIR OYSTER.
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
EVEN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL YOU HAVE
THESE CLIQUES CERTAIN GROUPS OF
PEOPLE.
WRESTLING JUST BRINGS EVERYBODY
TOGETHER.
THEY TRAIN MEN AND WOMEN 16
YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.
