Post by Konrad Raab on Dec 16, 2013 2:31:46 GMT
Last day in the mental hospital. San Diego, California. Sunday 10th November.
Ever since the news broke out on WEW.com website on Stefan committing suicide, He was sent to a mental hospital by Alakai Burke and the TNT doctor because of having suicidal thoughts due to the amount of hate he was getting in World Elite Wrestling, feeling alone although Hannah Walters came to visit him asides from Alakai Burke, Jake Raab, Fizz and his son Matthias and even had a visit from a guy he wrestled in Action Packed Wrestling who didn't even get along at all known as President Jeff mainly to tell Stefan that the company closed down and checked if Stefan was alright. Jeff felt so bad that he apologised to Stefan and shook hands to bury their long rivalry they've had since last year and done some chatting in general.
He had been in this place a month and Stefan couldn't wait to get out because he really wanted to get back to training badly and he's fed up of hearing the screams, banging of the doors and walls with the other patients with mental disorders in the hospital that were in there for life. Jake had visited Stefan everyday to make sure he wasn't committing suicide. Both of them were waiting for the doctor to hear what they were hoping good news on Stefan's recovering progress in the tiny room where Stefan was sleeping for the last month. The doctor finally came in Stefan's room with written paper work as the Raab's and the doctor sat at the table as the doctor begins to speak.
Mental doctor: "I have really good news for you Stefan. You're progress of your suicidal thoughts recovery has been much quicker than I expected. When you came in here, you looked like a guy that was going to need a lot of help with the slashed wrists you had, cutting yourself open and even tried to hang yourself to commit suicide. Now you seem a lot happier because you had a lot of support from your cousin Jake, your wife Fizz and the other people who have come to visit you. You've overcome a lot of boundaries to end up how you are now and because of that, tomorrow you're going to be free from this mental hospital and going back to do wrestling."
Stefan had a huge smile on his face, almost in tears of happiness because he can get back to doing one thing he loves to do, wrestling for the WEW fans and he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Thank goodness as this has been hell for me to go through."
Jake Raab: "I'm proud of you of accepting Alakai's and the TNT doctor's advice of staying in here for a month and going through what the mental patients deal with everyday. You struggled, but managed it well."
Mental doctor: "Just remember what I said Stefan on if you get hate messages on twitter or by news posts in WEW any time, you ignore it and prove people wrong by going in the wrestling ring and do your best because one day, you will get respect because you overcome your problems which not many people would cope by being in here. You are spending your last night here and I'll sign your papers to discharge you from here tomorrow morning along with letting Alakai and the TNT doctor know you can wrestle again. Good luck for the future."
Stefan Raab: "Thank you very much."
That was all there was to say as mental doctor goes away to deal with other patient's that needed to see the doctor. Stefan's shocked that he was going to be realised out of the hospital so soon, going through the hell he had gone through as Stefan and Jake started talking about things in general for a long while until it was one in the morning where Jake left Stefan to sleep.
Few hours later. Monday 11th November.
Stefan woke up at nine in the morning, getting himself washed and dressed along with packing his stuff to leave his room and the hospital. At ten in the morning, the doctor signs the papers discharge Stefan from the hospital. Stefan's making sure he's got everything out of the room and the bathroom as the doctor begins to speak before Stefan leaves the hospital.
Mental doctor: "Make sure you go straight to the TNT doctor in San José, California so you can let him know you are able to wrestle again and he wants to do tests on you too."
Stefan Raab: "I will do. Thanks so much for helping me out with the problems I had. Bye."
As soon as the doctor left Stefan, Stefan went straight out of the hospital as a sigh of relief as he walks straight into the taxi, telling the driver where he wants to go and then the taxi driver drives Stefan back to his home in Anaheim, California before getting his gym stuff and goes straight to San José to check in with the TNT doctor along with joining in the training to do throughout the day.
Training and having a talk with Jake. San José, California. Tuesday 17th December.
Everyone from the TNT training facility went home except for Stefan as he was using the punching bags with his boxing gloves on because he wanted to push himself for the upcoming match he's got on Thursday night and there's nothing that was going to stop Stefan from training, even if it was late at night, he would continue to train until the day of the match. He wasn't one of those wrestlers that's willing to quit when the day was over, he wanted to be in the best shape he could be in for his match against Travis Harris especially when there was a championship tournament at sake for Stefan to win. Stefan screamed out in anger every time he hit on the punch bags because not only he'd missed wrestling and training for three months, but he received bad news from the test results he got from his doctor yesterday.
Suddenly, Jake came in the gym, knowing that Stefan would do nothing but train all day and night due from the lack of training and he sees Stefan screaming in anger, looking like he was about to cry and still continued to punch the bags because that's all he went to do was train and do a lot of gym work and Jake sees the tears down on Stefan's face as he speaks to Stefan.
Jake Raab: "Damn Stefan you need to calm down with your anger. Is there something bothering you?"
Stefan then realises that he had to stop because he was really depressed with himself as he took his gloves off and wiped his tears off his eyes, knowing he had to tell Jake the crushing news he got yesterday. Jake and Stefan went in the wrestling ring to sit in the middle of it as Stefan starts to talk as well as crying about the situation.
Stefan Raab: "You know yesterday that I had to see the doctor to get tested for diabetes due to my problems of urinating often and being thirsty and tired all the time?"
Jake Raab: "Oh no, don't tell me you have diabetes."
Stefan Raab: "I do and the test showed that I got type one diabetes."
Stefan wanted to do nothing but be angry and cry about it because he had to live with this problem for the rest of his life and using insulin injections three times a day to keep himself alive. Jake hugged his cousin and stroked his back as he says this.
Jake Raab: "I'm so sorry to hear that. There's nothing you could do to prevent yourself from getting diabetes. It could have happened to anybody. You just have to take care of yourself a lot better now."
Stefan took a moment to calm down from crying about having diabetes and he knows that Jake came down to talk to Stefan about something different as he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Yeah but it's life and I have to live with it now. There's something else you wanted to talk to me about isn't there?"
Jake Raab: "Yes let's talk about your refusal to stand up for yourself and saying bad words to wrestlers in World Elite Wrestling. I know the doctor said to you to ignore the hate you get, but sometimes you need to hit back with the comments from other wrestlers. I mean they've said they hope your baby dies in cot death. Seriously Stefan you got to not let people talk crap to you like that."
Stefan Raab: "I've changed though that's the thing. I don't want to go back to my old roots of being nasty to everyone because I love the company too much and if I'm nasty to them, I would lose respect for myself and for the company too."
Jake Raab: "The only way you can gain respect from other wrestlers is not let the crap get to you and to stand up for yourself along with wrestling to your full potential. You need to build up your confidence as well because you can't succeed in the wrestling business if you aren't always confident in your matches."
Stefan Raab: "How can I be confident when I'm facing a guy that's won all of his matches so far in his TNT career? I don't deserve to be in a main event or be in a tournament match to win a title at all."
Jake shook his head as he couldn't believe what Stefan was saying about being undeserving of not only being in the main event but being in the tournament to win a title. Jake knew there was nobody in the company that deserved to be champion more than Stefan does due to the hard work he puts in every time he trains and wrestles in the ring.
Jake Raab: Actually, that's where you are wrong Stefan because now most of the new guys in the tournament except Jeffrey haven't wrestled in one match in TNT, but you have and you got a win behind your back as well. Just imagine the confidence you'd get if you defeat Travis on Thursday night? Nobody has defeated him but due to the experience you have in wrestling, I think you havea chance of defeating him and that's why Zharya booked you in this match because she knows how much of a competition you will be to Travis, giving you confidence to go towards winning this match and go through the tournament to win the TNT Championship."
Stefan stands up in the ring and has to acknowledge what Jake was saying as he had a smile on his face with Jake cheering him up as he starts to feel pretty confident with himself and he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Yeah you're right that I have a chance to beat him and give him a good fight along with going through to the tournament to win the TNT title. Let me train tonight please Jake as I need to work on a few things like my stamina and getting strong again before the match tomorrow night but first I got to check my blood glucose levels before doing anything."
Jake Raab: "I understand and of course I will let you train as it seems to help you with your confidence. I'll leave you to it and remember to stick up for yourself if anybody says bad things about you."
Jake leaves Stefan alone as he left the gym to go back home while Stefan had to go to the toilet to check on his glucose levels which was normal and he then goes to work on his stamina and his muscles to be strong throughout the night and day making sure to eat and drink in between to keep himself going with training and gym work he has to do before his match against Travis Harris on Thursday night.
Playing golf as a snowman. San Francisco, California. Wednesday 18th December.
It was a cold and raining day in San Francisco and Stefan was wearing a snowman costume to play golf wearing a WEW top on. It's a day where a professional golfer was playing with a celebrity and Stefan's been selected to do it because the one thing he hasn't really done since he started wrestling in TNT and that was interacting with the fans purely because apart from meeting them before the Beach Brawl PPV, Stefan knows to prove people wrong that he needed to surround himself with lots of fans with them supporting Stefan.
Stefan's looking forward on playing golf with a famous golfer, James Furyk because he hadn't really tried golf before and it was something to help WEW promote the TNT brand and the snowman costume was something for fun for the kids to get excited every time they see Stefan play golf. On the other hand, he knew he had to speak about his opponent for his first match since four months ago, Travis Harris. He had a lot to say to his fans, the WEW company and to Travis especially with Stefan explaining why he almost committed suicide. Stefan smiles inside of his snowman costume as he begins to speak towards live cameras on TV.
Stefan Raab: Wow, How it's good for me to be out here in the middle of the golf course I'm at. The reason why I'm here is because I was invited by James Furyk to play golf with him and to surround myself with the fans and kids supporting me again since I've been away from everyone for almost four months that I spent in a normal and in a mental hospital recovering from committing suicide and having suicidal thoughts. San Francisco is about forty-five minutes from San José where I will be wrestling against a man who's been unstoppable in TNT and is on a huge winning streak on the brand, Travis Harris with both of us main eventing this week and in the tournament to go to win the TNT title. Before I talk about Travis Harris and what the match means to me, I need to explain reasons why I nearly committed suicide."
Stefan realises that it was his turn to golf as he gets a large club that most golfers start to swing the ball with and he lines the club up and then swings the club with the ball flying all the way to the rough part of the green, quite far away from the hole where him and James had to put the ball in and the crowd clapped for Stefan while there were kids cheering for him as they got their autograph books out and Stefan kindly signs the autographs and then he begins to speak again towards the cameras.
Stefan Raab: "The reasons for that was because I got a lot of hate from wrestlers in World Elite Wrestling and I felt lonely without anybody to talk to on the TNT or the WEW roster. I was so stressed out that I tried many way to kill myself, but Jake was there to help me stop from committing suicide. I thought I was ready to come back in the ring in October, but the TNT doctor said I wasn't so he and Alakai sent me to a mental hospital for a month to recover from my suicidal thoughts I was still having but after that month, I was realised from the hospital in a month because I recovered very quickly.
Now I'm going to talk about Travis Harris. This kid has been on fire since TNT started with the amount of talent he has is amazing for a guy that's not a big wrestler at all. All I've heard about when I returned to training in the TNT facility is Travis Harris, dominating every obstacle standing in his way and that's something I'm quite jealous about. I'm looking at a man who could have another win on his wrestling record if I overlook him because he can pull anything out of the bag as it's been proven time and time again that no matter how small the guy is, he has the mentality of wanting to win the TNT title more than anybody I've known in the business. He's a huge threat to everybody in the tournament and is a clear favourite to win. I respect you a lot Travis unlike some people you've faced in the past because you are serious about the wrestling business and most of all serious about winning the TNT title.
I also can't overlook his family's history in wrestling, especially the amount of titles they've won in wrestling and they are damn serious wrestlers despite of what I've said in the past and honestly, I feel really bad about it, more after seeing Travis break through the ranks of being the guy everyone wants to defeat in TNT and if Calvin or Michael Harris ever unblocked me on twitter, I would man up and apologize. I was stupid and inexperienced at the time I took the piss out of them and I'm willing to undo the mistake I made and never again will I ever disrespect and spit on your family's legacy due to the respect I have for you Travis."
While he was walking to where the ball landed, Stefan had to laugh at himself because he was the worst golf player on the field right now but James thought it was due to the fact that it was his inexperience of playing golf rather than the costume he was wearing and he begins to ask Stefan a question.
James Furyk: "Why are you wearing a snowman costume?"
Stefan Raab: "For the kids since it's almost Christmas after all. I mean who actually plays golf in a Christmas costume? It's to get kids watching golf and for me to promote World Elite Wrestling Top Notch Training brand I'm on hence why I have the WEW shirt on too."
James Furyk: "Good plan. Now go and whack that ball near to the hole."
James move out of Stefan's way as he then gets in position to swing the ball and the ball landed on the green where the the hole was, but it was far away as Stefan continued to speak again.
Stefan Raab: "There's so many good things to say about you Travis that you don't really have any flaws to what I can say bad about you because you've done nothing wrong at all whatsoever that I can put you down with and for that you have my respect and you've earned every bit of it at least from me and that already makes you a dangerous competitor in TNT and you've already made people fear you are as a wrestler."
Stefan then had to putt the ball into the hole as he gets the smaller club and he taps the ball but it didn't go farther enough and it took five attempts to put the ball into the hole and he takes it out of the hole to walk to the second green with the kids again stopping Stefan from walking to the green as he signed a few autographs again and even had pictures taken with the fans as well. They have to wait a while because other golfers were far behind with the first green they were still playing on as he continued to speak.
Stefan Raab: "There's one thing I found out recently I didn't like at all and that's the time where you didn't show up to one of your training sessions because you wanted a day off. I was really offended since there's nothing more I'd do than to train and do gym work every day and night. I bust my ass twenty four seven in that TNT facility because I want to be one of the best wrestlers to come out of TNT brand and move to Adrenaline. That's a sin of mine you should never do when you have a training session to take a day off from it.
I've even trained when you and the rest of the Elitists and Starlets went home because I never quit when it comes to training for my upcoming matches. Hell I've been told by a lot of TNT trainers recently that I should take a day off to myself and do you know what I said Travis? I said no because I can't afford to miss any more training sessions than I have in the last four months due to being in hospitals to recover from the suicidal thoughts I had and attempting to kill myself. I continued because it's the hard work it takes to be a great wrestler and in the long run, it pays off if you're willing to push yourself to the limits to get to the top.
I would even wrestle if I was injured or tired just like I already do in the facility because taking a day off from wrestling and training now isn't an option for me because every night I was in the mental hospital, I was crying because I wanted to wrestle in the ring so badly and also to train too. Trust me Travis, your going to regret having time off which I already do just for attempting to commit suicide and for me, it's going to take me extreme amount of hard work to get back to where I was when I started wrestling in TNT, training hours, days, weeks and months to catch up of what I've missed since I've been in hospital."
Stefan got interrupted as James said it was Stefan's turn to play on the second green. He quickly gets a large club from the bag and gets in position to whack the ball, waiting for the crowd mainly kids to quieten down as Stefan then swings the club and suddenly the bird that was sitting where the ball landed by the water took the ball by it's beak and flew away with the ball. Stefan and the crowd laughed because it was funny.
Stefan Raab: "That silly bird flew away with my golf ball."
Stefan laughing about the bird flying away with his golf ball was the best thing for him in terms of his health rather than getting upset and angry because he was told to have some humour by his doctor while he was in the mental hospital and he got another ball from the organizers that were running the special event and now he was getting chants from the fans that he hadn't heard for a while with his nickname Killerplauze. Stefan encouraged the fans to scream and cheer while he whacks the ball with the club and it landed only just over the water which was a pretty good shot for Stefan and then he continues to speak.
Stefan Raab: "I think sometimes however as well not that it's a bad thing but ever since the beginning of TNT, you've been bragging about wanting to win the TNT title when at the time, Alakai didn't announce anything about any titles to be won on the brand until I wrestled in Las Vegas against Alex Black in a charity event back in August and that's another thing you got to know about me is that no matter where I wrestle, I represent World Elite Wrestling because this company is my life. I live and breathe this company alone and I go to the ring every time, wrestling for the fans, their support and for this company as well.
Until now, I've never even thought or spoke about the TNT title because I knew I hadn't done anything to earn the shot for it unlike you with your winning streak and that's something I got to take seriously right now. I'm not like that British punk that only wrestles to hurt people, I'm a guy that's in TNT to not only go to win matches, but to win a title as well. I think the reason why Zharya booked us in the match together is because she knows we would be in the finals against each other for the TNT Championship. Just because I've never talked about the title Travis, it doesn't mean I don't want to win it in fact I want to win the title just as much as you do. The thing is that I push myself harder in training and in the gym when it comes to having titles being on the line or being in the tournament to go through to win a title because that's how much these matches mean to me and my career in WEW and wrestling in general."
Stefan now has another go as it was his turn to whack the ball and it landed in the sand, but since it was the last game of the day due to heavy rain, the organizers let Stefan have another go as he gets in position to whack the ball and it landed right near the hole and Stefan's cheering all over the place with the fans clapping as he watched on the other golfers while continuing to speak to the cameras.
Stefan Raab: "But this match means a lot more than wrestling for the fans and winning to go through the tournament to win the TNT title. It's about building up my confidence to wrestle again and to beat the man that's at the top which is you Travis. We'll put in everything towards our match, showing the fans how much we want to be competitive against each other and how they want our match to be remembered as one of the best matches that TNT brand has seen since the brand started. I'm going to do everything it takes to take the heavy favourite off the top and giving you the best wrestling you've ever seen from me because you deserve it and I intend to push you to the limits like you've never gone before.
There's only one thing I'm coming into this match that I have an advantage of over you and that's experience. That's the main key you have to look at here is that I've been in lots of championship matches before and never have I been nervous about any title or tournament matches in my life while from what I've heard that this is your first tournament match you've been in although I've heard you've won the UAW Championship recently in Untouchable Academy of Wrestling but like my seven titles I've won in my year of wrestling as you've already said before is irrelevant to TNT and WEW company."
Stefan focuses on putting the ball in the hole as he takes his time lining the ball up and puts the ball in the hole as the golf game finishes up as he takes the snowman head off having his face close to the camera and says this to Travis.
Stefan Raab: "I need to win Travis because of what I've said earlier about my confidence and also becoming the first guy to not only hold the TNT title, but to give you your first loss in TNT because I have the determination to do everything it takes to win this match. I feel better and stronger both psychically and mentally than I was before the match I had against ‘Thiefin' Bart Napier. The fans here cheering for me have already given me confidence to wrestle to my full potential against you tomorrow night. Yes you care a lot about your family and that they've trained you in the academy to get where you are today, but that isn't going to stop me from winning this match because I have fire in my eyes wanting to go through the tournament and go to win the TNT Title badly.
Sure we'll fight for the fans and showing our support for the fans, but only one of us is going through to the next round to the tournament. We wrestle purely for respect. No hatred or bad mouthing towards each other, just wrestling for competition, for the fans and respect. You know just as well as I do that I'm a threat on stopping you to making it though the tournament because this snowman right here is going to give you everything he's got tomorrow night. I'm starting everything from scratch tomorrow night because this new Stefan isn't taking crap from nobody, doing actions more than words itself.
I only want to pin you in the match tomorrow night because I don't want to break your ankle at all since I would lose my respect for you and for myself. No hard feelings about me winning tomorrow night because it means I've done the impossible on beating you and as you said before that no one goes their entire careers undefeated. Tomorrow night Travis Harris, you will be prepared to be Raabinated by The Killerplauze when you get your first loss at the hands of me having my hand raised in the middle of the ring as the winner of the match."
Stefan spends time with the fans signing autographs, having pictures taken with them and answering quite a lot of questions for the fans before he shakes hands with James along with him wishing Stefan all the best for the match against Travis Harris as Stefan goes into his car full of confidence to drive to San Jose to enter in the TNT facility, continuing to do his training all day and night until a few hours before TNT show begins.
Ever since the news broke out on WEW.com website on Stefan committing suicide, He was sent to a mental hospital by Alakai Burke and the TNT doctor because of having suicidal thoughts due to the amount of hate he was getting in World Elite Wrestling, feeling alone although Hannah Walters came to visit him asides from Alakai Burke, Jake Raab, Fizz and his son Matthias and even had a visit from a guy he wrestled in Action Packed Wrestling who didn't even get along at all known as President Jeff mainly to tell Stefan that the company closed down and checked if Stefan was alright. Jeff felt so bad that he apologised to Stefan and shook hands to bury their long rivalry they've had since last year and done some chatting in general.
He had been in this place a month and Stefan couldn't wait to get out because he really wanted to get back to training badly and he's fed up of hearing the screams, banging of the doors and walls with the other patients with mental disorders in the hospital that were in there for life. Jake had visited Stefan everyday to make sure he wasn't committing suicide. Both of them were waiting for the doctor to hear what they were hoping good news on Stefan's recovering progress in the tiny room where Stefan was sleeping for the last month. The doctor finally came in Stefan's room with written paper work as the Raab's and the doctor sat at the table as the doctor begins to speak.
Mental doctor: "I have really good news for you Stefan. You're progress of your suicidal thoughts recovery has been much quicker than I expected. When you came in here, you looked like a guy that was going to need a lot of help with the slashed wrists you had, cutting yourself open and even tried to hang yourself to commit suicide. Now you seem a lot happier because you had a lot of support from your cousin Jake, your wife Fizz and the other people who have come to visit you. You've overcome a lot of boundaries to end up how you are now and because of that, tomorrow you're going to be free from this mental hospital and going back to do wrestling."
Stefan had a huge smile on his face, almost in tears of happiness because he can get back to doing one thing he loves to do, wrestling for the WEW fans and he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Thank goodness as this has been hell for me to go through."
Jake Raab: "I'm proud of you of accepting Alakai's and the TNT doctor's advice of staying in here for a month and going through what the mental patients deal with everyday. You struggled, but managed it well."
Mental doctor: "Just remember what I said Stefan on if you get hate messages on twitter or by news posts in WEW any time, you ignore it and prove people wrong by going in the wrestling ring and do your best because one day, you will get respect because you overcome your problems which not many people would cope by being in here. You are spending your last night here and I'll sign your papers to discharge you from here tomorrow morning along with letting Alakai and the TNT doctor know you can wrestle again. Good luck for the future."
Stefan Raab: "Thank you very much."
That was all there was to say as mental doctor goes away to deal with other patient's that needed to see the doctor. Stefan's shocked that he was going to be realised out of the hospital so soon, going through the hell he had gone through as Stefan and Jake started talking about things in general for a long while until it was one in the morning where Jake left Stefan to sleep.
Few hours later. Monday 11th November.
Stefan woke up at nine in the morning, getting himself washed and dressed along with packing his stuff to leave his room and the hospital. At ten in the morning, the doctor signs the papers discharge Stefan from the hospital. Stefan's making sure he's got everything out of the room and the bathroom as the doctor begins to speak before Stefan leaves the hospital.
Mental doctor: "Make sure you go straight to the TNT doctor in San José, California so you can let him know you are able to wrestle again and he wants to do tests on you too."
Stefan Raab: "I will do. Thanks so much for helping me out with the problems I had. Bye."
As soon as the doctor left Stefan, Stefan went straight out of the hospital as a sigh of relief as he walks straight into the taxi, telling the driver where he wants to go and then the taxi driver drives Stefan back to his home in Anaheim, California before getting his gym stuff and goes straight to San José to check in with the TNT doctor along with joining in the training to do throughout the day.
Training and having a talk with Jake. San José, California. Tuesday 17th December.
Everyone from the TNT training facility went home except for Stefan as he was using the punching bags with his boxing gloves on because he wanted to push himself for the upcoming match he's got on Thursday night and there's nothing that was going to stop Stefan from training, even if it was late at night, he would continue to train until the day of the match. He wasn't one of those wrestlers that's willing to quit when the day was over, he wanted to be in the best shape he could be in for his match against Travis Harris especially when there was a championship tournament at sake for Stefan to win. Stefan screamed out in anger every time he hit on the punch bags because not only he'd missed wrestling and training for three months, but he received bad news from the test results he got from his doctor yesterday.
Suddenly, Jake came in the gym, knowing that Stefan would do nothing but train all day and night due from the lack of training and he sees Stefan screaming in anger, looking like he was about to cry and still continued to punch the bags because that's all he went to do was train and do a lot of gym work and Jake sees the tears down on Stefan's face as he speaks to Stefan.
Jake Raab: "Damn Stefan you need to calm down with your anger. Is there something bothering you?"
Stefan then realises that he had to stop because he was really depressed with himself as he took his gloves off and wiped his tears off his eyes, knowing he had to tell Jake the crushing news he got yesterday. Jake and Stefan went in the wrestling ring to sit in the middle of it as Stefan starts to talk as well as crying about the situation.
Stefan Raab: "You know yesterday that I had to see the doctor to get tested for diabetes due to my problems of urinating often and being thirsty and tired all the time?"
Jake Raab: "Oh no, don't tell me you have diabetes."
Stefan Raab: "I do and the test showed that I got type one diabetes."
Stefan wanted to do nothing but be angry and cry about it because he had to live with this problem for the rest of his life and using insulin injections three times a day to keep himself alive. Jake hugged his cousin and stroked his back as he says this.
Jake Raab: "I'm so sorry to hear that. There's nothing you could do to prevent yourself from getting diabetes. It could have happened to anybody. You just have to take care of yourself a lot better now."
Stefan took a moment to calm down from crying about having diabetes and he knows that Jake came down to talk to Stefan about something different as he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Yeah but it's life and I have to live with it now. There's something else you wanted to talk to me about isn't there?"
Jake Raab: "Yes let's talk about your refusal to stand up for yourself and saying bad words to wrestlers in World Elite Wrestling. I know the doctor said to you to ignore the hate you get, but sometimes you need to hit back with the comments from other wrestlers. I mean they've said they hope your baby dies in cot death. Seriously Stefan you got to not let people talk crap to you like that."
Stefan Raab: "I've changed though that's the thing. I don't want to go back to my old roots of being nasty to everyone because I love the company too much and if I'm nasty to them, I would lose respect for myself and for the company too."
Jake Raab: "The only way you can gain respect from other wrestlers is not let the crap get to you and to stand up for yourself along with wrestling to your full potential. You need to build up your confidence as well because you can't succeed in the wrestling business if you aren't always confident in your matches."
Stefan Raab: "How can I be confident when I'm facing a guy that's won all of his matches so far in his TNT career? I don't deserve to be in a main event or be in a tournament match to win a title at all."
Jake shook his head as he couldn't believe what Stefan was saying about being undeserving of not only being in the main event but being in the tournament to win a title. Jake knew there was nobody in the company that deserved to be champion more than Stefan does due to the hard work he puts in every time he trains and wrestles in the ring.
Jake Raab: Actually, that's where you are wrong Stefan because now most of the new guys in the tournament except Jeffrey haven't wrestled in one match in TNT, but you have and you got a win behind your back as well. Just imagine the confidence you'd get if you defeat Travis on Thursday night? Nobody has defeated him but due to the experience you have in wrestling, I think you havea chance of defeating him and that's why Zharya booked you in this match because she knows how much of a competition you will be to Travis, giving you confidence to go towards winning this match and go through the tournament to win the TNT Championship."
Stefan stands up in the ring and has to acknowledge what Jake was saying as he had a smile on his face with Jake cheering him up as he starts to feel pretty confident with himself and he begins to speak.
Stefan Raab: "Yeah you're right that I have a chance to beat him and give him a good fight along with going through to the tournament to win the TNT title. Let me train tonight please Jake as I need to work on a few things like my stamina and getting strong again before the match tomorrow night but first I got to check my blood glucose levels before doing anything."
Jake Raab: "I understand and of course I will let you train as it seems to help you with your confidence. I'll leave you to it and remember to stick up for yourself if anybody says bad things about you."
Jake leaves Stefan alone as he left the gym to go back home while Stefan had to go to the toilet to check on his glucose levels which was normal and he then goes to work on his stamina and his muscles to be strong throughout the night and day making sure to eat and drink in between to keep himself going with training and gym work he has to do before his match against Travis Harris on Thursday night.
Playing golf as a snowman. San Francisco, California. Wednesday 18th December.
It was a cold and raining day in San Francisco and Stefan was wearing a snowman costume to play golf wearing a WEW top on. It's a day where a professional golfer was playing with a celebrity and Stefan's been selected to do it because the one thing he hasn't really done since he started wrestling in TNT and that was interacting with the fans purely because apart from meeting them before the Beach Brawl PPV, Stefan knows to prove people wrong that he needed to surround himself with lots of fans with them supporting Stefan.
Stefan's looking forward on playing golf with a famous golfer, James Furyk because he hadn't really tried golf before and it was something to help WEW promote the TNT brand and the snowman costume was something for fun for the kids to get excited every time they see Stefan play golf. On the other hand, he knew he had to speak about his opponent for his first match since four months ago, Travis Harris. He had a lot to say to his fans, the WEW company and to Travis especially with Stefan explaining why he almost committed suicide. Stefan smiles inside of his snowman costume as he begins to speak towards live cameras on TV.
Stefan Raab: Wow, How it's good for me to be out here in the middle of the golf course I'm at. The reason why I'm here is because I was invited by James Furyk to play golf with him and to surround myself with the fans and kids supporting me again since I've been away from everyone for almost four months that I spent in a normal and in a mental hospital recovering from committing suicide and having suicidal thoughts. San Francisco is about forty-five minutes from San José where I will be wrestling against a man who's been unstoppable in TNT and is on a huge winning streak on the brand, Travis Harris with both of us main eventing this week and in the tournament to go to win the TNT title. Before I talk about Travis Harris and what the match means to me, I need to explain reasons why I nearly committed suicide."
Stefan realises that it was his turn to golf as he gets a large club that most golfers start to swing the ball with and he lines the club up and then swings the club with the ball flying all the way to the rough part of the green, quite far away from the hole where him and James had to put the ball in and the crowd clapped for Stefan while there were kids cheering for him as they got their autograph books out and Stefan kindly signs the autographs and then he begins to speak again towards the cameras.
Stefan Raab: "The reasons for that was because I got a lot of hate from wrestlers in World Elite Wrestling and I felt lonely without anybody to talk to on the TNT or the WEW roster. I was so stressed out that I tried many way to kill myself, but Jake was there to help me stop from committing suicide. I thought I was ready to come back in the ring in October, but the TNT doctor said I wasn't so he and Alakai sent me to a mental hospital for a month to recover from my suicidal thoughts I was still having but after that month, I was realised from the hospital in a month because I recovered very quickly.
Now I'm going to talk about Travis Harris. This kid has been on fire since TNT started with the amount of talent he has is amazing for a guy that's not a big wrestler at all. All I've heard about when I returned to training in the TNT facility is Travis Harris, dominating every obstacle standing in his way and that's something I'm quite jealous about. I'm looking at a man who could have another win on his wrestling record if I overlook him because he can pull anything out of the bag as it's been proven time and time again that no matter how small the guy is, he has the mentality of wanting to win the TNT title more than anybody I've known in the business. He's a huge threat to everybody in the tournament and is a clear favourite to win. I respect you a lot Travis unlike some people you've faced in the past because you are serious about the wrestling business and most of all serious about winning the TNT title.
I also can't overlook his family's history in wrestling, especially the amount of titles they've won in wrestling and they are damn serious wrestlers despite of what I've said in the past and honestly, I feel really bad about it, more after seeing Travis break through the ranks of being the guy everyone wants to defeat in TNT and if Calvin or Michael Harris ever unblocked me on twitter, I would man up and apologize. I was stupid and inexperienced at the time I took the piss out of them and I'm willing to undo the mistake I made and never again will I ever disrespect and spit on your family's legacy due to the respect I have for you Travis."
While he was walking to where the ball landed, Stefan had to laugh at himself because he was the worst golf player on the field right now but James thought it was due to the fact that it was his inexperience of playing golf rather than the costume he was wearing and he begins to ask Stefan a question.
James Furyk: "Why are you wearing a snowman costume?"
Stefan Raab: "For the kids since it's almost Christmas after all. I mean who actually plays golf in a Christmas costume? It's to get kids watching golf and for me to promote World Elite Wrestling Top Notch Training brand I'm on hence why I have the WEW shirt on too."
James Furyk: "Good plan. Now go and whack that ball near to the hole."
James move out of Stefan's way as he then gets in position to swing the ball and the ball landed on the green where the the hole was, but it was far away as Stefan continued to speak again.
Stefan Raab: "There's so many good things to say about you Travis that you don't really have any flaws to what I can say bad about you because you've done nothing wrong at all whatsoever that I can put you down with and for that you have my respect and you've earned every bit of it at least from me and that already makes you a dangerous competitor in TNT and you've already made people fear you are as a wrestler."
Stefan then had to putt the ball into the hole as he gets the smaller club and he taps the ball but it didn't go farther enough and it took five attempts to put the ball into the hole and he takes it out of the hole to walk to the second green with the kids again stopping Stefan from walking to the green as he signed a few autographs again and even had pictures taken with the fans as well. They have to wait a while because other golfers were far behind with the first green they were still playing on as he continued to speak.
Stefan Raab: "There's one thing I found out recently I didn't like at all and that's the time where you didn't show up to one of your training sessions because you wanted a day off. I was really offended since there's nothing more I'd do than to train and do gym work every day and night. I bust my ass twenty four seven in that TNT facility because I want to be one of the best wrestlers to come out of TNT brand and move to Adrenaline. That's a sin of mine you should never do when you have a training session to take a day off from it.
I've even trained when you and the rest of the Elitists and Starlets went home because I never quit when it comes to training for my upcoming matches. Hell I've been told by a lot of TNT trainers recently that I should take a day off to myself and do you know what I said Travis? I said no because I can't afford to miss any more training sessions than I have in the last four months due to being in hospitals to recover from the suicidal thoughts I had and attempting to kill myself. I continued because it's the hard work it takes to be a great wrestler and in the long run, it pays off if you're willing to push yourself to the limits to get to the top.
I would even wrestle if I was injured or tired just like I already do in the facility because taking a day off from wrestling and training now isn't an option for me because every night I was in the mental hospital, I was crying because I wanted to wrestle in the ring so badly and also to train too. Trust me Travis, your going to regret having time off which I already do just for attempting to commit suicide and for me, it's going to take me extreme amount of hard work to get back to where I was when I started wrestling in TNT, training hours, days, weeks and months to catch up of what I've missed since I've been in hospital."
Stefan got interrupted as James said it was Stefan's turn to play on the second green. He quickly gets a large club from the bag and gets in position to whack the ball, waiting for the crowd mainly kids to quieten down as Stefan then swings the club and suddenly the bird that was sitting where the ball landed by the water took the ball by it's beak and flew away with the ball. Stefan and the crowd laughed because it was funny.
Stefan Raab: "That silly bird flew away with my golf ball."
Stefan laughing about the bird flying away with his golf ball was the best thing for him in terms of his health rather than getting upset and angry because he was told to have some humour by his doctor while he was in the mental hospital and he got another ball from the organizers that were running the special event and now he was getting chants from the fans that he hadn't heard for a while with his nickname Killerplauze. Stefan encouraged the fans to scream and cheer while he whacks the ball with the club and it landed only just over the water which was a pretty good shot for Stefan and then he continues to speak.
Stefan Raab: "I think sometimes however as well not that it's a bad thing but ever since the beginning of TNT, you've been bragging about wanting to win the TNT title when at the time, Alakai didn't announce anything about any titles to be won on the brand until I wrestled in Las Vegas against Alex Black in a charity event back in August and that's another thing you got to know about me is that no matter where I wrestle, I represent World Elite Wrestling because this company is my life. I live and breathe this company alone and I go to the ring every time, wrestling for the fans, their support and for this company as well.
Until now, I've never even thought or spoke about the TNT title because I knew I hadn't done anything to earn the shot for it unlike you with your winning streak and that's something I got to take seriously right now. I'm not like that British punk that only wrestles to hurt people, I'm a guy that's in TNT to not only go to win matches, but to win a title as well. I think the reason why Zharya booked us in the match together is because she knows we would be in the finals against each other for the TNT Championship. Just because I've never talked about the title Travis, it doesn't mean I don't want to win it in fact I want to win the title just as much as you do. The thing is that I push myself harder in training and in the gym when it comes to having titles being on the line or being in the tournament to go through to win a title because that's how much these matches mean to me and my career in WEW and wrestling in general."
Stefan now has another go as it was his turn to whack the ball and it landed in the sand, but since it was the last game of the day due to heavy rain, the organizers let Stefan have another go as he gets in position to whack the ball and it landed right near the hole and Stefan's cheering all over the place with the fans clapping as he watched on the other golfers while continuing to speak to the cameras.
Stefan Raab: "But this match means a lot more than wrestling for the fans and winning to go through the tournament to win the TNT title. It's about building up my confidence to wrestle again and to beat the man that's at the top which is you Travis. We'll put in everything towards our match, showing the fans how much we want to be competitive against each other and how they want our match to be remembered as one of the best matches that TNT brand has seen since the brand started. I'm going to do everything it takes to take the heavy favourite off the top and giving you the best wrestling you've ever seen from me because you deserve it and I intend to push you to the limits like you've never gone before.
There's only one thing I'm coming into this match that I have an advantage of over you and that's experience. That's the main key you have to look at here is that I've been in lots of championship matches before and never have I been nervous about any title or tournament matches in my life while from what I've heard that this is your first tournament match you've been in although I've heard you've won the UAW Championship recently in Untouchable Academy of Wrestling but like my seven titles I've won in my year of wrestling as you've already said before is irrelevant to TNT and WEW company."
Stefan focuses on putting the ball in the hole as he takes his time lining the ball up and puts the ball in the hole as the golf game finishes up as he takes the snowman head off having his face close to the camera and says this to Travis.
Stefan Raab: "I need to win Travis because of what I've said earlier about my confidence and also becoming the first guy to not only hold the TNT title, but to give you your first loss in TNT because I have the determination to do everything it takes to win this match. I feel better and stronger both psychically and mentally than I was before the match I had against ‘Thiefin' Bart Napier. The fans here cheering for me have already given me confidence to wrestle to my full potential against you tomorrow night. Yes you care a lot about your family and that they've trained you in the academy to get where you are today, but that isn't going to stop me from winning this match because I have fire in my eyes wanting to go through the tournament and go to win the TNT Title badly.
Sure we'll fight for the fans and showing our support for the fans, but only one of us is going through to the next round to the tournament. We wrestle purely for respect. No hatred or bad mouthing towards each other, just wrestling for competition, for the fans and respect. You know just as well as I do that I'm a threat on stopping you to making it though the tournament because this snowman right here is going to give you everything he's got tomorrow night. I'm starting everything from scratch tomorrow night because this new Stefan isn't taking crap from nobody, doing actions more than words itself.
I only want to pin you in the match tomorrow night because I don't want to break your ankle at all since I would lose my respect for you and for myself. No hard feelings about me winning tomorrow night because it means I've done the impossible on beating you and as you said before that no one goes their entire careers undefeated. Tomorrow night Travis Harris, you will be prepared to be Raabinated by The Killerplauze when you get your first loss at the hands of me having my hand raised in the middle of the ring as the winner of the match."
Stefan spends time with the fans signing autographs, having pictures taken with them and answering quite a lot of questions for the fans before he shakes hands with James along with him wishing Stefan all the best for the match against Travis Harris as Stefan goes into his car full of confidence to drive to San Jose to enter in the TNT facility, continuing to do his training all day and night until a few hours before TNT show begins.