Macke;334231 wroteWhat has been the happiest day of your life? (Not including birth of children, or marriage or anything like that.)
Discounting the obvious answer of meeting my Alpha (I'm assuming that's including in the bracketed part), I'd probably go with Aug 25, 2012.
I've been involved with pro wrestling for the last 7.5 years. Mostly, it was training to be a wrestler, so when it came time for shows, I was setting up the ring and working security. This summer, that all changed.
No one had ran shows locally in two years. My best friend (also the guy that trained me) decided it was time to run shows again, as he wanted his students to have a place to work. He wanted Alpha and I to get a team together and run the show. Definitely a big step up!
We got a group of people together, all of whom had worked on shows for years with us but had never really gotten the chance to make an impact. We wanted to make this a different show, not just in the ring but outside of it.
We began organizing everything 3 months in advance. I don't mean just getting talent, but everything. Concessions, sound, video, ring crew, everything. We divided everything up, so everyone had a job they were responsible for. If they needed help with anything, they came to Alpha or myself. We got weekly updates from each person so we knew were everyone was at but never harassed them for anything.
My job was to find a venue and get sponsors. It was awesome! I was able to go out and interact with people, showing them our big vision. Our goal was to get small businesses, offer them a very big value for not a lot of money, so that everyone wins.
The show was Aug 24. Aug 25 was the happiest day because I was able to look back at everything we did and see how fantastic we did and that you could truly run things differently that the status quo. Looking at the massive success it was at all levels, it was just awesome.