The next day, John started to pack for his weeklong tournament. It was taking place in Stamford Connecticut. The only person that was coming was his father. The tournament was on Monday so they made their way to Stamford on car starting Saturday night. They were planning on looking around until Monday since it was just a 4-hour trip.
"WOOOOOOO! ROAD TRIP" John yelled.
"Buckle your seat belt John. Don't want you breaking anything before you get to arena." John sr. joked.
John couldn't wait to get to the hotel and fool around, go shopping and have a good time. When it comes to the tournament he is no joke and all competition. He gets really fierce and competitive in the ring and is easily disappointed.
They arrived at the hotel and went down to the gym. John wanted to just hang out and play games but his father didn't want to waste a minute.
It was 9 p.m. when John went to sleep. He was so exhausted but couldn't wait for his first match tomorrow morning.
It was five in the morning and John and his father were getting ready to go to the arena. They reached there at 6 a.m. and began to practice, his match was in 10 minutes. John continued in a winning streak for 5 matches and reached the finals in his weight division.
The final match was with a young boy from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the name of Kurt Angle and he was the biggest thing John had ever seen. This was the first time John was afraid to wrestle, but he never backed down to anyone and wasn't planning on starting today.
John had lost. Even though Kurt was in the same division as John he was so built. John did his best but couldn't get the three count on him.
"Hey, you were really tough to beat. You gave up a good fight."Kurt said.
"Ye, you too."John replied.
John didn't know it but there was a scout there from Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and saw his talents in the ring.