Down Time With D-Jack II

[David Jackson]

*The camera fades in and we see Jim Black and David Jackson sitting down at OCW Studios. This time, they are ready for the camera.*

 

Black: (Calm and looking at the camera) Welcome to the second segment of Down Time With D-Jack. As always, I am OCW Interviewer, Jim Black, and my guest is free agent David Jackson. (Turns toward David) Once again, I thank you for letting me interview you during the course of this week. On Saturday will be the last segment of this interview, but I decided to shake things up a bit on that day. Starting today until Saturday, I will be accepting questions from OCW fans and personnel and Jackson will answer anything and everything. Now, for this segment, we will be dealing with you growing up. Now, where did you get your start in education?

 

D-Jack: (Thinks for a second) Well, I got started in Gwinnett Elementary School. I was a unusual kid when I was little. Sometimes I was wild, crazy, and funny. Other times I was quiet, reclusive, and stale. No matter what mood I was in, I was almost always in trouble. I was sent to the principal's office numerous times a week. I wasn't a bad kid, I just pulled alot of pranks and I had a big mouth. My principal had my parent's house on speed dial. My dad was always working, so she would get my mother. It would go something like (Imitates a phone ring) "Hello, Mr. Jackson? This is David's principal and...oh, I'm sorry Mrs. Jackson, you sounded like your husband. Anyway, your son is in the office to embarrassing the teacher and dropkicking her in the stomach. Could you come pick her up? Yes, he's locked in a room by himself so nothing can be broken."

 

Black: (Surprised) Dropkicking teachers? Did that happen often?

 

D-Jack: (Smirks) No, that only happened once. When my dad got home that day, he dealt out his own brand of justice and I never did that again.

 

Black: It's good to see that you learned your lesson. Did you ever get in fights with any of your follow students?

 

D-Jack: Too many to list in my younger days, but one that stands out in my mind was when I was 9 yrs. old and in 3rd grade. I got into argument with my best friend over who was the better power ranger. I said the Green Ranger, he said the Red Ranger. So, we started punching and kicking each other. Then, he started to hit me with some sticks. So, I decided to do some wrestling moves. After awhile, we both decided to stop before we really got injured. We went to the nurse's office where we got our cuts and bruises treated. The nurse didn't report this, so we both told our parents we tripped down the stairs. My dad knew better. He told me "I know you got into a fight. Don't make a habit out it or I'll make a habit out of beating your butt." I immediately decided no more fight as long as I lived in Georgia.

 

Black: (Faint Smile) So, did you stay in Georgia the rest of your life?

 

D-Jack: (Frowns) No, I did not. Two weeks after that fight, my dad was told by his boss that he was being transferred to Hoover, Alabama. My dad didn't like the thought of taking me away from my friends in Georgia, but he was the only one working at the time. Reluctantly, we went to Hoover. I was upset and whined the whole way there, but what could i do? Our new house was nice and my room was bigger, but for a long time, it wasn't home. To me, home is where the heart is.

 

Black: So, is Hoover where you had your remaining school years and reside today?

 

D-Jack: Yes, I stayed there for the remaining of my school years. My location on my page on www.ocwfed.net says Hoover, Alabama. You didn't do your homework there Jim.

 

Black: (Disappointed at himself) My apologies David. I have no idea why I asked such a stupid question.

 

D-Jack: (Smiles) We all ask stupid questions and statements from time to time. Just relax and continue your job.

 

Black: (Relieved) Thank you for understanding. Now, I'm just going to do more broader questions. How would you describe yourself at your later school years?

 

D-Jack: At Simmons Middle School, I started to grow up a little bit. I started to notice girls and develop a good sense of humor. I became more out going and my trips to the principal's office were shorten down to once or twice a year. I was in band and the chess team, so I was considered geek by many. Also, I collected comic books, stamps, Star Trek, and Star Wars merchandise. My parent's divorced by my 7th grade year so I had to deal with that loss as well as deal with parents who would take verbal shots at each other. Today, they talk somewhat, but they would rather have the other as far away as possible.

 

Black: How much more did you get into wrestling?

 

D-Jack: Every time a WWE/WCW/ECW show was on, I was watching it. I didn't care what I was doing or where I was. As soon as one of those shows came on, I was home. I started looking for a professional wrestling school close to my house where I could train, but I had no luck. The closest one was over two hours from my house. Then, I just decide to practice everything I saw on TV on a old sack about 6 feet in length. I filled it with different objects to make it weight different amounts. (Sarcastic) Some people started in a school, I started with a sack and not my balls mind you.

 

Black: You told us how you changed in middle school. How about High School?

 

D-Jack: Hoover High School was where my biggest changes started. I started acting a little more mature, but I could still turn into a kid at the drop of a hat. I took driver's ed and my 1st car was a 1993 Blue Mini-Van. The car was falling apart, but I loved it. It got me from point A to point B, the radio worked, and so did the A/C and heater. I was in the marching band for 4 years, so for the 1st time in my life I did something to get me in some type of shape. I was captain of the chess team for the last two high school years and we won most of the tournaments that year. My intelligence really shined my last year of high school. My ACT was the highest in the school: 33. I got so many offers from so many different colleges, but I didn't want to go out of state. I would tell you about graduation night, but I didn't go.

 

Black: (Shocked) You didn't go to your own graduation? Why?

 

D-Jack: I had failed the 2nd semester on purpose for the sole purpose of not going. I had found out that rehearsal would have taken over 12 hours. So, I settled for summer school and graduated there. After high school was out of the way, I started to focus on become a pro wrestler.

 

Black: That is something we will save for our third segment David. Until next time, this is Jim Black with David Jackson saying good night.

[Versus]

It would go something like (Imitates a phone ring) "Hello, Mr. Jackson? This is David's principal and...oh, I'm sorry Mrs. Jackson, you sounded like your husband.

 

 

I laughed inside, and out.

[Seth Morrison]

It would only be fitting if your teacher, whom you dropkicked in the stomach, was 9 months pregnant. I would have marked.