A FORMER wrestler has described his journey from leaping off the highest rope to climbing a pulpit.
The Rev Steven Horne, 43, was ordained by the the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Dover at Canterbury Cathedral this yr.
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He spoke to the BBC about his distinctive swap, saying he turned to the game as “escapism” after a troublesome childhood.
Horne stated he obtained a “name” from God in 2022.
He informed BBC Radio Kent: “I’ve all the time had a powerful relationship with God, ever since I used to be a younger youngster.”
The deacon labored as a police officer earlier than taking a PhD in theology and linking up with South East Skilled Wrestling.
He took half in his first newbie occasion in 2016 a went on to compete tons of of instances.
He defined: “Life will be troublesome and generally unpredictable, however I relaxation comfortably figuring out that though life is filled with slams and suplexes, God has oversight of all of it and is aware of what the tip can be.”
Horne defined that he had been “ready for the inexperienced mild from God” to enter the church.
He added: “I had heard that specific name very distinctly on 30 December 2022 and the following day I popped an e-mail off and the method for discernment began two months later.”
Earlier this month, Jacob Henry proclaimed himself a “future famous person” of WWE after saying a deal to comply with on the earth’s strongest footsteps.
Dad Mark Henry is a WWE Corridor of Famer who received strongman crowns, a worldwide powerlifting title and USA nationwide weightlifting championships.
Son Jacob maybe has a wider sporting pedigree as a proficient gridiron participant and starlet of observe and discipline athletics.
For added drama, he selected to disclose the information at a Remix Rumble occasion in Cleveland, Ohio, the place his father was on stage because the DJ.
Jacob stated: “The group is out right here tonight, you appear fairly vigorous. I feel it is time, I feel it is time for individuals to know.
“I feel you guys needs to be the primary to know that I will be a future famous person and it has been placed on paper.
“I’ve formally signed a cope with the WWE.”
His phrases and sense of timing can have impressed the game’s chiefs – forward of Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam in the identical metropolis.
Jacob’s highly effective background consists of coming second within the 285-pound weight class of a state wrestling match in February.
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