ask yourself three questions,
1. are you willing to relocate to somewhere away from your family and friends?
2. are you willing to be flat broke financially for a long time? (unless of course you come from money)
3. are you willing to commit 10 years of your life to making this work?
if you legitimately answered yes to those three questions, then at least your mindset is in the right place. now,
there is absolutely nothing easy, lucrative, or healthy about being a professional wrestler for about 95% of those who try do to it. now obviously there are a very small handful of wrestlers who have made it these days and make a ton of money, but for 95%+ this is the routine,
- at the Indie level you don't make any money and you risk your health and family.
- at the "mid-level" aka TNA, ROH, Japan, etc. you make better money, but will be lucky just to break even after travel cost. again while risking your health and family.
- at the WWE level you will "break in" to the business with one of their classic, fukk the wrestler in the ass contracts that pays less than $500 per week regardless if you're only working house shows or if you're on live television every week. the ball is in their court and you are at their mercy, and they know it and will take full advantage of that fact. then if you're extremely lucky after that you will be given a three year contract that usually is set around the $100,000-$250,000 range with no possible bonus opportunity and can be cancelled at any given time with only the first year being guaranteed. oh and even though you have made it to the big leagues, you're still responsible for your travel cost that are going to cost you around $1,000 per week or more between flights, hotels, rental cars, etc. again, all the while risking your health and family.
it will only be after a good 3-5 years of "paying your dues" in the WWE that you will be given the opportunity to start making big money. is it a coincidence that the average career span of a wrestler in the WWE is less than 5 years? I think not. they will use you up, and spit you out as the machine keeps rolling with or without you. for every wrestler who has successfully "made it", there are 1,000 others who have failed. you just have to hope and pray that while attempting to do this you don't fukk your life up too much money wise, family wise, and health wise.
this shyt ain't what it used to be back in the 80's and 90's and it's only getting worse. now if you have read all of this and are still interested in being a professional wrestler, then props to you and good luck.
That's a lot to think about