Last month, we saw Wyatt Hendrickson pull off one of the biggest upsets in wrestling history. He dethroned ‘The’ Gable Steveson, giving wrestling fans a reality check they never thought they would get. But, there’s been so much backstory to the man. He always didn’t just have the moniker ‘Captain America.’ He earned but. Yet, there was still a phase when he felt giving it all up made more sense than pulling along. Had he done that, we would have been devoid of this historic moment forever. So what stopped him?
Well, speaking to Oklahoma State Athletics, Wyatt Hendricks confessed in a YouTube video aired on April 4, that, “There were sometimes in my wrestling career where I was getting a little bit tough you know maybe.” He continued, “I wasn’t doing so good and I wanted to give up and my dad just always motivated me to keep pushing through it and so you know it’s uh in the end it was it was all worth.” Yes, even the one named after a fictional superhero went through some real battles in life.
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