I was the eighth person out of probably 20. The advantage of being a recluse was that I knew everyone but they didn't know me. Right next to me was John Grady. Now he was the most muscular kid in middle school, with the build of a linebacker, all pure muscle. among guys who looked like Steve Urkle. He had not yet reached puberty. He weighed about 50 pounds more than me and I was dead petrified to get in that ring with him. But in that moment I knew it was no or never and I wasn't going to let my anxiety get the best of me. I had to believe in myself. When John got into the ring he was sure he was going to win, I was sure he wasn't. As soon as Enrico blew the whistle. my arms wrapped around his neck, tilting my hips I turned him. I don't know how I did it, but within seconds John was on his back with his legs outside the circle. There was dead silence in the room, for a minute then the kids started whispering, some of them were yelling "guys, have you seen that?", "Do these kids even go to school?", "Who is that, don't you?" did I see it?" him before" some kid in the back yelled "we could win state this year". I was just thrilled that I was able to beat someone. I outlasted 5 people before Ian Culley threw me out of the circle; he was one of those people who had fought all my life so I didn't really care. At the end of the training Enrico sits us all down “This team will be your family for the next 3 months. We need to help each other so that we can all compete , but I forgot. I want you to introduce yourself to your team.” One by one they took their headdresses and declared their names: “I'm Ian Culley, no introduction needed,” he said arrogantly. I'm Mack”, I'm Sunga and this is my brother Muganza“ “I'm Tyler Peter”.