The back injury Marko Stunt sustained during his time on the indies bothers the former wrestler to this day, but he claims that this has simply become something he deals with. “They told me that my right hip was rotating forward and so was pulling my tailbone off to the side, which … caused a whole bunch of pain and is kind of pretty daily,” he explained. “They did advise me to go and hang up the boots and so I did – reluctantly – and kind of have just been going about life without wrestling.”

Stunt now focusses on his family instead, and specifically his infant daughter, whom he provides for. Despite having a new career in a whole other industry, Stunt claims a few fans have recognized him during his work day. Stunt’s love for wrestling is also still rooted in him, as the former wrestler revealed he still has wrestling action figures at his desk. “[Being recognized] happens all the time, more than I’d think it would, and it’s super cool to me!” he noted.

“It’s not something I’m ashamed of, at all, I just… I don’t know why, I didn’t think to use Twitter to my advantage,” he claimed after commenting on the retirement post he made and the advertisement of his career as a car salesman, noting that the viral nature of his post happened organically. “It’s been mostly positive, as well, which is rare – I feel like – with wrestling Twitter!”

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