Hello everybody! My name is Richie Jewell. I am 30 years old and I have autism since being diagnosed at 2 and a half years old. I want to share my love for professional wrestling. By doing so, I'm going to share this story to all of you to be inspired. Hope you will enjoy it.
Just like everyone else in the world. I went through some stuff that has been very difficult, challenging and emotional for me to endure life difficulties while living with autism. I have endured teasing, depression, complications from the disability such as lack of social skills, bad speech and improper eye contact, suffer from seizures time to time. It's very difficult to live through these quirks. However, despite all of that, the one thing that has keep thriving life was watching and following wrestling.
I love professional wrestling. In 1997, at age 5 years old, I witnessed a moment on TV where Bret Hart was wrestling Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Submission match from WWF Wrestlemania 13 and it instantly converted me into watching the great sport every week, which is wrestling. Although wrestling had it's up and downs over the years, It was helping me to cope through all the hardship I have endured. From WWE, ROH, IMPACT Wrestling (formerly known as TNA Wrestling), Lucha Underground, PWG, All Japan Pro Wrestling , Stardom, New Japan Pro Wrestling and GCW. I am very thankful for the sport that has helped to cope through and gave me wonderful moments to witness from my own eyes. I go to wrestling events, meet and greets or fanfests to live in the moment, its totally amazing. If it wasn't for the sport, I wouldn't know where I would be today. My love for pro wrestling has lead me to some beautiful accomplishments. One of them is doing Brazilian Jujitsu training where i’m currently a blue belt so Im learning all kinds of submissions, grappling, even more pro wrestling history and background of certain wrestlers.
If I could snap my fingers and be non-autistic, I would not because then, it wouldn't be me. Autism is part of who I am and what made me so unique. This who I am and whom I always will be. I am Richie Jewell.