For the past 16 years, WWE has been my home. It’s where I grew up, found myself, failed, learned, and got to live out things the younger version of me could only dream about.
When I first walked into FCW, I just wanted a chance to prove I belonged and to bring something different to professional wrestling. That chance became a life full of moments I’ll carry with me forever — WrestleMania, championships, King of the Ring, arenas around the world, and the gift of connecting with all of you by being myself.
The New Day gave me a bond with @TrueKofi and @WWEBigE that I’ll cherish for life. You believed in us, even when our ideas were wild, and because of that, we got to show people that being unapologetically yourself is a strength.
UpUpDownDown became another piece of that same mission: a place for joy, friendship, and humanity. I’m so thankful to everyone, past and present, who helped build it brick by brick.
To the locker room, producers, trainers, crew, camera teams, ring crew, everyone behind the scenes, and the props department - thank you. WWE has the most special and hardest working props department that youll ever find. Love you guys and none of this happens without you.
And to everyone who has been part of this ride: thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting me be Xavier Woods. Thank you for giving me the confidence… to walk away as Austin Creed.
I hope it’s not anytime soon, but before Christian Cage retires I hope he gets his flowers. The dude has been next level great basically for 20 years.
And then stuff like this. 😂
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BREAKING: A letter from Alex Pretti’s Final Nursing Student:
“I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal.
Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera.
It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well.
Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.
I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need.
Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity.
Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.”
Alex Pretti went to the University of Minnesota, graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology, society and the environment. He worked as a research scientist before returning to education to qualify as a registered nurse.
Alex accomplished more in his 37 years on Earth than Donald Trump has his whole life.
I’m SICK of hearing people in the UK claiming we live in a dictatorship, especially when we see what’s happening in America. Seriously get a grip. I’m so sorry to all the Americans out there who are in fear, when we have absolute idiots trying to say WE live in a dictatorship.
WORTH REPEATING:
Texas has 2.1M undocumented immigrants and Florida has 1.2M.
Minnesota has 130,000.
Don't let anyone tell you this is about immigration.
It never was.
Trump lost MN three times. That is what THIS is about, and it’s impeachable.
Guy: Shoots up a school killing 20 kids
Republicans: Guns are our God-given right
Guy: Videos ICE agents with legal gun in his possession, is killed
Republicans: He had a gun!
Alex Pretti’s college friend:
“Alex and I were friends freshman year of college, and lived in the same dorm. We drifted apart because life happens, but I had always sort of wondered how he ended up.
As it turns out, he was a helper up until the very end-he was the best of us. Today is shattering. Thinking of his family and those closest to him.”
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.