Former TNA creative team member Dutch Mantel has posted his first blog. "I estimate that I've wrestled close to 6,000 matches over 30 years," I started out my career working over 300 LIVE shows a year. Later on, when Sunday shows started being more frequent due to promoters getting greedier, that number got pushed up to around 330 days per year. Out of 6,000 matches, I won 7 matches. But I cheated to do that. Always remember, if you don't cheat, you're not trying.

"Taking those numbers into account, I estimate that I've probably taken close to 20 thousand body slams, 2 thousand clothes lines, 50 thousand arm drags, turnbuckles, tackles, spears, suplexes, DDT's, power bombs etc. I've been hit with everything from chairs, spark plugs, rocks, bricks, 2 by 4's, bats, kendo sticks, suspended on scaffolds, doused with fire extinguishers, bullwhipped, beat with belts held by fans and bled like a stuck pig on more than one occasion.

"I've wrestled animals such as bears on chains and off chains. I remember after wrestling the bear, PETA wrote a letter to the promoter saying the animal had been abused. There was nothing in the letter about me, just the bear. Bastards." To read the full introductory blog, visit TheWorldAccordingToDutch.blogspot.com.

Powell's POV: I've received unanimously positive feedback regarding the Dot Net Members' exclusive audio interview that Dutch gave us recently, so I'm sure plenty of you will enjoy following Mantel's new blog. Don't forget that you can also follow him on twitter.com/DirtyDutchman1.

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