Sportskeeda's own Kevin Sullivan talks about his odd injuries, writing about wrestling, WWE, battling mental health issues and more (Exclusive)

Kevin talks about writing for Sportskeeda, visiting WWE shows and more

Kevin and his partner, Anna; Kevin at an open mic

AB: You’ve been writing for Sportskeeda for 2 years now. How would you say the experience has been?

KS: Not blowing smoke or anything, but it has really been one of the best experiences of my life. Not only is it steady employment, but it’s also the first time that I have written steadily and exclusively for anybody, where I have a camaraderie with the other writers. I don’t feel like I have to hesitate to reach out to any of you guys if I have a question.

Another thing, in between those two years I had a really bad nervous breakdown. It was right before my bipolar diagnosis. I didn’t write anything for almost a year. Sportskeeda stuck by me. They didn’t cut ties with me and you guys would message me to make sure I was okay. When I came back, everyone was like "Cool! Welcome back!" Because of that, now that I’m back I’m more involved with the site and I get to write about games again.

Not only do I get to write about wrestling, but gaming, which is my favorite hobby, it’s given me a lot of opportunities. Also, hanging out with you guys. You guys are so complementary, it’s done wonders for my ego (laughs). You all are just the nicest guys.

AB: You’ve recently started doing Live Cards. What has that experience been like?

KS: It was a lot more difficult than I expected. Not in a bad way. When I first started talking about doing it, I thought of live blogging it like on Twitter. You can’t just be funny, but have to be descriptive so that people can understand even if they are not watching it. You can’t just be like "That was weird!" You have to explain what was weird and why so. It’s still a lot of fun!

AB: You talked about meeting Paul London. Would you talk about that?

KS: I was writing for a website called Austin.com. It’s about the city, so we wrote about everything in the city. There was a music festival called FunFunFun Fest! Danzig played there! There was also a local group called Anarchy Championship Wrestling who set up a ring there.

I popped over there and asked to hang out with them, and they agreed.

Paul London was there, and he was in a good mood after having a few beverages like people do in music festivals. I got to hang out and talk to him. I didn’t get to talk about his WWE days. At one point he gave me a hug and said, “This is such a great show!” He was super nice!

AB: Being in the US, have you been to any WWE shows?

KS: The last one I went to was a SmackDown Live show. Shinsuke was a face at the time. I went to a live show of RAW, where Jerry Lawler and John Cena were ripping on Vicky Guerrero back and forth. The crowd was booing Vicky so loudly no one could hear her. She was so great at her job.

The tickets were a gift from my wife. We were dating at the time. When we got there, my seat did not exist. I had a ticket with a seat number, but there was no seat there. They got out a folding chair and I got free cheese fries.

Before that, I’ve gone to RAW is War when I was in high school. I went to the SummerSlam which had Undertaker vs Undertaker with my friend Rob. I got to see Bret vs Owen in a Steel Cage and saw Tatanka turn heel.

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