Red Harvest
Orange Belt
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- Jul 21, 2010
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No. This has not cost me girls or money in any way. I have cauli, and I still have a good job, girls and pretty good money. It has in no way detracted from my life. It is a 'badge of honor', to a lot of us, and it's something that other wrestlers/grapplers immediately recognize. I have never gotten weird looks, occasionally someone (usually while I'm working in Europe) might ask about it, but I just tell them I wrestled in high school/college. They usually just want to know if it's from rugby, they call it 'rugby ear' over here a lot.
It's easy for outsiders to try and belittle it and call it disgusting, but where I'm from (Iowa) it's a culture thing, and we're proud of it. I've had it since I was 14, and I've never noticed any negatives.
I came up wrestling with Billy Martin as my coach (wrestlers know who he is) and cauliflower ear was never considered a badge of honor. It was just what happened when you didn't wear headgear like you're supposed to. Either way, some people want it.....others don't. Your body......your temple. I happen to like my temple with tons of tattoos........others like their temple with cauliflower on it. Either way, train away.