Final Print | Hi there, I am Renzo Gamboa, by Draco de la Puente

Probably not, my actual title is Draco de la Puente. I’m a journalist. My life is like anybody else’s, there’s nothing particular about it. I research, work, do some freelance work occasionally and I dedicate the weekend to associates. I’ve good days, unhealthy days, principally routine ones. After I realized I needed to go to remedy, I made a decision to not. As a substitute, I made a decision to do wrestling.

At this level in my life I’ve fought in three international locations: Peru, Spain and Romania. The cachascán is my escape. After I began combating in Gladiators in Peru, a spark of adrenaline made my pores and skin crawl. Many say that wrestling is fake and it’s as a result of the bulk has not tasted it. A wrestling present is without doubt one of the most actual experiences that exist for the straightforward incontrovertible fact that it’s an exaggerated illustration of life.

After I met Renzo Gamboa I met a personality. We have been so completely different, but in addition related. I used to be combed again carrying a white shirt, cream pants and footwear. Alternatively, Renzo had messy hair, a jean jacket, shorts, sandals and a cigarette.

Renzo’s story isn’t widespread in kind, however it’s common in essence. They’ve at all times appeared down on him. When he debuted on the nationwide wrestling scene he was massacred by three of essentially the most iconic names of the Peruvian elite: Reptil, Mansilla and, his greatest buddy, Dangerous Boy JR. When he confronted The Scourge together with his greatest buddy, the flying Xtasis, he had his first victory. All because of the teachings of his idol: Tito Victoria Kano (TVK).

When Renzo confronted the teammate who at all times despised him, Franco Azurin, he gained one other victory but in addition a damaged coronary heart. After the combat, TVK would break her neck with a bat after which announce the alliance together with his rival.

Renzo fled to Spain to bear neck surgical procedure that will have a restoration time of three months. Nonetheless, he commented that he can be out for a 12 months for the straightforward reality of not eager to face the truth of it. Gamboa is a coward, one who’s conscious of being one.

Renzo now competes in Lucha Libre Barcelona the place Iker Navarro and Jorge Morillas despise him much more. He’s associates with the charismatic Lacayo Sureño and the Andorran Martí Ubach. He finds himself combating in Europe to beat his fears, as a result of typically all we want is time.

Is Gamboa actually a hero? Renzo is an individual with fears and insecurities who runs away from his issues and his previous. He’s simply one other human being, due to this fact, he’s actual.

Draco de la Puente and Renzo Gamboa are the identical particular person, they’re a duality. Wrestling is the artwork of telling a narrative brazenly over time. It is simply one other life on the planet, what’s false about that? The characters and folks evolve, endure and overcome.

For now, Gamboa’s plot is weaving itself and I proceed with the identical spark to stay it. The world wants wrestling, for the straightforward incontrovertible fact that it wants to inform tales.

(Draco de la Puente).

* Journalist and exponent of Peruvian wrestling.