We disagree with the way things are going in Venezuela that has brought thousands of refugees to Roraima.
The WWE machine is a lot stronger than it was when I was there. When you go to TV, it's unbelievable the production that's going on.
I was loving being the champion, and I wasn't listening to my body. I almost felt like I was untouchable in a way - that I could just keep going and everything would be OK.
I honestly thought I was going to win a major championship quicker than what I did, but it clearly took a little bit longer than expected.
I live for the pressure, I live for the moments when I'm deep in the match, out of breath, hurt and feel like throwing up. It's in those moments that I push through, I keep punching, I keep going forward, because no matter what, I will never stop.
I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.