We were lucky to catch up with Richard Purnell recently and have shared our conversation below.

Richard, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

The pro wrestling business is all about taking risks. taking risks on yourself, in matches, and in big career changing moves. in June I’ll be leaving the country for the first time in my life. I’ll be traveling to Europe for a whole month to wrestle with some of the biggest companies over there. To say this is the biggest risk I’ve ever taken would be an understatement, but i know it will be nothing but good for me. I’ll return to the US a better and more seasoned wrestler.

Richard, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

It all started when I was a kid, I grew up watching wrestling and dreamed of one day being in that ring myself. Like most kids though as you grow up your tastes change and your childhood dreams fade. Fast-forward to 2015 and I’m back to watching wrestling and dreaming of being in that ring. At 15 I was too young for the schools in my area so I joined the wrestling team. Then a year later I stared my in ring training, debuting 6 months later on November 17th 2017. Over these last 5 years I’ve had the privilege of being in the ring with some of the best in both the past and present. I’ve worked with guys like AEW’s Brian Cage and Wardlow, or the legendary tag team in “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express”. Most recently I have found success as ‘The Adonis”, this egotistical Greek and Egyptian inspired character with a huge god complex. Its allowed me to travel all across the US, working for companies like AEW and ROH, and now soon companies in Europe.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

You never know what life or wrestling will throw at you. Sometimes you have to completely change plans and the course of your career in order for things to workout. From my first ever match I was a tag team wrestler with someone who I consider a brother in “Jay Sky” we shortly stared a faction called “The Rapture”. We ran with that for almost 4 years, but everything runs its coarse, and things change. About a year ago I went off on my own and began my singles career.

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Sharing what you love instead of spreading the things you hate. There is too much negativity in spaces that should be filled with creativity and inspiration. Social media is the biggest contributor of this stream of negativity. We need to support each other in our creative endeavors.   

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