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andgracetooThirty-something. Canadian. Professional ass-kicker for hire. Amateur bartender, also for hire. Pain-in-the-ass, free of charge.
She grew up outside of Toronto with her father and brother, having lost her mother at a young age. Her dad had played in the NHL, and while it was a struggle to find the time to devote to his two children, Neil Murphy never let his kids want for anything.
Always into athletics and competition, Sam played hockey as a girl, until she was kicked out of the girls’ league for being too rough. It was then that her father decided to get her into amateur wrestling, and she took to it like a duck to water.
From there the progression into professional wrestling was a natural one. She had always been a fan, staying up late to watch matches with her brother, reenacting some of their favorite moments in the backyard… so when she found the ad in the classifieds for a wrestling school, it was a given that she’d sign up.
Her skills were unrivaled, and for the most part the only things holding her back from breaking into the big leagues were her gender and her habit of getting into trouble. Still, she made a pretty big name for herself on the indie scene, traveling throughout Canada and the US, even down to Mexico to hone her skills. She would go on to travel England and Japan, staying to learn the local style wherever she went.
Japan turned out to be a bit of a niche for her, and Sam’s career was just beginning to blossom as she competed there. “Hardcore” wrestling had begun trending heavily in Japan; matches that consisted of brutally attacking one’s opponent with weapons, and though the endings were predetermined, the damage was real. It ended up being the end of her career. She was finally getting noticed by larger wrestling companies when she these hardcore matches began to take their toll on her.
Banged up and depressed, she turned to painkillers to get her through the day. Before long, she was hopelessly addicted. She wrestled where she could, found illegal street fights where she couldn’t, and scrounged up the money to survive in any way possible. But though she sold her body for violence, she never did so for sex.
During this time late in her career, when she was pulled deepest into her addiction. she ended up in a very toxic relationship with a man who abused her. She didn't see it as abuse for a long time, because she hurt him as much as he hurt her, albeit in her case it was almost always in self-defense. Things between them would escalate, with Sam trying to leave every so often until one night things went too far. From then on, he was out of her life.
By her twenty-sixth birthday, Sami was in rough shape. It took a family intervention, starting with her brother saving her life, to get her to start heading down the path to recovery. At twenty-nine, she was finally clean, and every year she celebrates one more year without the pills.
She grew up outside of Toronto with her father and brother, having lost her mother at a young age. Her dad had played in the NHL, and while it was a struggle to find the time to devote to his two children, Neil Murphy never let his kids want for anything.
Always into athletics and competition, Sam played hockey as a girl, until she was kicked out of the girls’ league for being too rough. It was then that her father decided to get her into amateur wrestling, and she took to it like a duck to water.
From there the progression into professional wrestling was a natural one. She had always been a fan, staying up late to watch matches with her brother, reenacting some of their favorite moments in the backyard… so when she found the ad in the classifieds for a wrestling school, it was a given that she’d sign up.
Her skills were unrivaled, and for the most part the only things holding her back from breaking into the big leagues were her gender and her habit of getting into trouble. Still, she made a pretty big name for herself on the indie scene, traveling throughout Canada and the US, even down to Mexico to hone her skills. She would go on to travel England and Japan, staying to learn the local style wherever she went.
Japan turned out to be a bit of a niche for her, and Sam’s career was just beginning to blossom as she competed there. “Hardcore” wrestling had begun trending heavily in Japan; matches that consisted of brutally attacking one’s opponent with weapons, and though the endings were predetermined, the damage was real. It ended up being the end of her career. She was finally getting noticed by larger wrestling companies when she these hardcore matches began to take their toll on her.
Banged up and depressed, she turned to painkillers to get her through the day. Before long, she was hopelessly addicted. She wrestled where she could, found illegal street fights where she couldn’t, and scrounged up the money to survive in any way possible. But though she sold her body for violence, she never did so for sex.
During this time late in her career, when she was pulled deepest into her addiction. she ended up in a very toxic relationship with a man who abused her. She didn't see it as abuse for a long time, because she hurt him as much as he hurt her, albeit in her case it was almost always in self-defense. Things between them would escalate, with Sam trying to leave every so often until one night things went too far. From then on, he was out of her life.
By her twenty-sixth birthday, Sami was in rough shape. It took a family intervention, starting with her brother saving her life, to get her to start heading down the path to recovery. At twenty-nine, she was finally clean, and every year she celebrates one more year without the pills.
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Date: 2025-07-01 11:46 pm (UTC)Jay has his own journal,