Curt Hawkins “begged” to lose match he was supposed to win

Curt Hawkins “begged” to lose match he was supposed to win

Forget the Undertaker. Curt Hawkins has the most impressive streak in professional wrestling and there’s no-one who can change my wind on the subject.

His losing streak is currently at 219, which is a true act of sporting heroism. He cares so much about the careers of others that he is willing to be thrown through tables, out of the ring and over the commentary table, simply to help others. What a man.

In fact, he’s so committed to the streak that when he was told he would be winning a match, he begged with WWE officials to let him lose. Speaking on the Sam Roberts podcast, Hawkins explained his mindset.

“My main priority has always to do the best that I can, or whatever situation that I have been placed in I have always tried to do my best, or whatever match I am in I try to steal the show in regards to what I am allowed to be doing so I was just doing my thing. What really sparked it all was that there was some online article that said that Curt Hawkins just lost his 100th match in a row. I think that, I’m not taking shots at anyone else, but most of my colleagues would be upset at that sort of thing.

“There’s been times since that article where I was having matches; in particular I had a match on Main Event against Heath Slater that I was supposed to win, but I thought, wait, hold it, no, please, no. This could be something. There’s no sense of ending this story on Main Event. Who begs to lose matches? I literally did that though where I said that I can’t win matches, and they were cool about it in the first place where they were telling me that I did a good job and that I am going to win a match. But I was like, no, you don’t understand.”

Just because he’s not the best at winning, it doesn’t mean he can’t be the best at losing. Everyone is the best at something, you just have to find your niche.

But how does he keep track of all his losses?

“It’s tough at times because I am doing the live events. I am doing this thing that say I lose to someone at a live event, I would then say that I wasn’t ready. It was BS and I’m not going anywhere until I have another opponent. And then Braun Strowman comes out, so I end up losing like six times a weekend before I get to TV. It’s got to the point rather quickly that I have to put [the streak number] on my Instagram and Twitter profile after every match otherwise I will forget because I don’t remember where it’s at.

“Another thing that sparks it that I have to end up doing is that when fans meet me now and want my autograph, more times than not they ask me to write where I am at like, how many losses in a row I have had. It’s like 4:30 in the morning and my brain isn’t fully working at the moment, so I have to check on Twitter or Instagram, so it really helps to have that information. I have been racking them up at certain points.”

Inevitably, the streak will come to an end, and I for one am hoping they hype the match for what it’s worth. Furthermore, it needs to be against someone huge like Braun Strowman, and then perhaps we’ll see a 200+ winning streak.

Quote transcription from www.wrestlinginc.com

6 years ago by Andy Datson

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