PCO Opens Up About This Personal Boom Period Late In His Career

PCO is a highly-touted new signing for Ring of Honor but he’s certainly not new to wrestling. The former Quebecer, now in his fifties, spoke to Sporting News about his recent boom with the PCO character and how long he can reasonably continue to wrestle. Below are some quotes.

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PCO on his character change:

With age comes experience and I’m now at a point in my life where I’m wise enough to realize what I need to do to achieve success, and more importantly, to be happy. I listen to people more these days when there was a time when I would only listen to myself. I’ve been wrestling since I was 16 years old so I’ve been around this crazy world long enough to make my own mistakes and see the mistakes made by others. Back in the day, I would react a lot more different to how I’d handle things now, but to do that takes time and I think that’s a big reason why I’m enjoying wrestling today. I’ve listened so much more in the last 18 months than what I have in the 30 years before. When I made the decision to go all the way with the PCO character, I had to put everything into it. I started to eat right, live right, look after my body so I could give myself the best possible chance of realizing my dream of becoming a world champion in one of the big companies. I enrolled in gymnastics class to get as flexible as possible and now I’m doing moonsaults and backflips easier than I could ever manage. If this is going to be my last run then I had to give it everything from the start.

PCO on how long he can continue to wrestle:

I get asked this question quite a lot. I’m not a wrestler who has abused his body and in the last couple of years, I’ve tried to look after myself as much as possible because this is all I want to do now. If we’re being realistic then I think seven years is probably the most I can go on for but I don’t want to look that far ahead. At this very moment, working with Ring of Honor, everything is perfect for me and I just want to take each day as it comes and enjoy every single moment. My goal was to always be the world champion and if that can happen here in Ring of Honor then what a story that would be for me. The response I’ve had so far since coming to this great company has been really special and I hope that I can give them the best version of PCO for a long time.

To read the full interview, click here.