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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Battleground Podcast.

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Speaker 2: You'll pass and exclusive interviews with some of your favorite wrestlers.

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Speaker 1: P stop seeing.

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Speaker 3: What's up you guys.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back into iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, the Battleground Podcast.

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Speaker 3: It is Battle from iHeartRadio and.

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Speaker 1: Ae W is taking over the Wolstein Center in Cleveland

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Speaker 1: this Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: Night for Fright Night.

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Speaker 1: And uh, this guy needs literally no introduction, especially after

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Speaker 1: what happened last week on Dynamite.

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Speaker 3: Maybe they might not recognize me.

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Speaker 1: Give it up for Kyle Fletcher. I mean, yeah, the

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Speaker 1: new haircut, the new look, the new you.

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Speaker 3: That's it.

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Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and just address the elephant in the room.

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Speaker 1: It's been a minute since we've last talked with you,

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Speaker 1: and uh, I got to talk about it and everybody

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Speaker 1: he's talking about it. You got a promo that has

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Speaker 1: been blowing up online. Some people are even calling it

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Speaker 1: life changing. You go in and you hit that exclamation

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Speaker 1: point at the end by shaving your head. Take us

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Speaker 1: through it. How did you decide to go that route?

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Speaker 1: I know you're wanting to get out of Osprey's shadow.

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Speaker 1: Was there more that you wanted to say inside that promo?

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Speaker 1: That happened on Wednesday Night Dynamite.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, of course I think it was. You gotta think

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Speaker 3: about it.

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Speaker 2: That was years possibly of pent up frustration coming out.

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Speaker 3: I think obviously. When that's the case.

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Speaker 2: I had a million things I probably wanted to say,

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Speaker 2: a million things that I probably forgot to say.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, that was you nailed that.

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Speaker 2: The reason behind it was I it was almost me

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Speaker 2: shedding the comparison, shedding the skin of will Ospray, shedding

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Speaker 2: that stink and coming into this new era of Kyle

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Speaker 2: Fletcher where I can stand on my own and be

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Speaker 2: my own man.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Of course you got some good company alongside with you,

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Speaker 1: with Don Kallis, which anything that Don Kallis is a

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Speaker 1: part of it always touches gold and it gets you

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Speaker 1: up higher in front of everybody. And you know, you

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Speaker 1: made that statement very clear that when you came into

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Speaker 1: aew you were in and I don't want to like

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Speaker 1: harp on this, but you were in Ospray shadow. You

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Speaker 1: were the next Osprey is what the IWC was going in.

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Speaker 3: And we would watch.

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Speaker 1: It and you're like, okay, we could see that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but then you start slowly.

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Speaker 1: Coming into who really Kyle Fletcher is not Ospray from

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Speaker 1: Timu over here, whatever you.

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Speaker 3: Want to call it. Yeah, so what what is it?

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Speaker 1: What was that final breaking point where you're like, I'm

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Speaker 1: not I'm Kyle Fletcher, I'm not Ospray two point zero right.

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Speaker 3: Uh So.

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Speaker 2: It's it's It was very hard because, like I said,

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Speaker 2: Ospray kind of laid out the trajectory for me looking

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Speaker 2: he was a man, and he was a man that

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Speaker 2: I looked up to for a very long time, and

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Speaker 2: looking at his trajectory, what he did with Okada, what

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Speaker 2: way to get out of someone's shadow, and I started

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Speaker 2: hearing it. I left New Japan because I wanted to

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Speaker 2: do my own thing. I wanted to stand on moment

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Speaker 2: in two feet. I didn't want those comparisons. And Osprey

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Speaker 2: followed me here. He as soon as he got here,

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Speaker 2: tried to put me back in his shadow. And there

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Speaker 2: was a long time where I was convinced there was

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Speaker 2: another way where I wanted to believe there was a

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Speaker 2: world where I could reach my fullest potential and still

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Speaker 2: have Osprey as my brother. But obviously a few different instances,

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Speaker 2: I think the final straw being the tact in title

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Speaker 2: match a Grand Slam. I was willing to do whatever

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Speaker 2: it took, and Osprey wasn't. And that's what changed with Ospro.

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Speaker 2: That's when I noticed, when I realized that he cared

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Speaker 2: more about what the people thought of him than me,

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Speaker 2: than his family and his own brother, than winning the

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Speaker 2: tag team championships with me. And then even still I

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Speaker 2: had those few weeks of conflict where I wasn't sure

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Speaker 3: I wasn't sure.

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Speaker 2: Whether to stand with the family or to stand with

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Speaker 2: my United Empire brother. But ultimately I realized what was

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Speaker 2: best for me, and that's the route I went down.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and obviously it seems like it's it's the great route.

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Speaker 1: I mean again, go back to it. The promo you

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Speaker 1: cut on Wednesday. Everybody's talking about it. It's like every

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Speaker 1: Facebook or Instagram or TikTok. So I'm gonna go ahead

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Speaker 1: and just do this for you now.

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Speaker 3: I'm giving you your power. I'll give you a bow.

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Speaker 1: Yes, And of course AW is taking over the land

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Speaker 1: this Wednesday night. It is fright night. You can still

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Speaker 1: grab your tickets all Elite Wrestling dot Com. Now that

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Speaker 1: you're on this singles run and I'm gonna go ahead

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Speaker 1: and just move past USC. We're gonna go ahead and

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Speaker 1: put him in the rear view. We're done with that.

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Speaker 1: You've already beat him, You're gonna beat him up. Whatever.

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Speaker 1: Of course, what's next on the radar, Like, what is

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Speaker 1: the next thing that Kyle Fletcher wants to achieve after

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Speaker 1: putting Ospray in the past.

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Speaker 2: So with my wrestling career, I have done my best.

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Speaker 2: I think it's an industry where opportunity meets preparation. You

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Speaker 2: never know when that opportunity's going to rise, so you

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Speaker 2: have to stay prepared for it. Right now, I'm consumed

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Speaker 2: with Osprey. I know that my end goal is best

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Speaker 2: of all time, multiple time world champion. I know that's

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Speaker 2: why I'm where I'm going to end up, But I

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Speaker 2: don't know what the path to get there looks like yet.

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Speaker 2: All I know is the next step, and the next

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Speaker 2: step to that end goal is putting Osprey in my

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely for sure. And we'll even see if Osprey

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Speaker 1: shows up this Wednesday night in Cleveland at the Wollstein Center.

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Speaker 1: I mean, who knows you called him out Wednesday, didn't

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Speaker 1: show up and you lay down the gauntlet. So it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting again. Grab your tickets all Elite Wrestling

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Speaker 1: dot com.

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Speaker 3: Now, when you think.

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Speaker 1: Of Kyle Fletcher, of course, you always got to think

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Speaker 1: of the Aussie Open, great tag team. I will say

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Speaker 1: that one of our favorites. And uh, you know everyone's

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Speaker 1: kind of wondering. I know Mark is out right now,

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Speaker 1: that up to him to talk about when he's ready

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Speaker 1: to come back and whatnot. But once Mark does come back,

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Speaker 1: being Kyle Fletcher on his own.

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Speaker 2: Look, I am more than content being Kyle Fletcher.

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Speaker 3: I have come into my own I feel like this

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Speaker 2: I'm more than focused and content on that. I think

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Speaker 2: is time and when Davis is healthy, when he's ready

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Speaker 2: to come back, I think he will need to make

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Speaker 3: Only need to make my own decisions.

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Speaker 2: And if that ends up with us being back together

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Speaker 2: in a tag team, perfect, If not we'll figure it out.

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Speaker 2: I'll do my own thing, he'll do his own thing.

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Speaker 2: We'll figure it out when the time comes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and once, like you said, time, we'll decide

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Speaker 1: all factors on that. We're currently enjoying Kyle Fletcher as

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Speaker 1: Kyle Fletcher. I am excited to see what's going to

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Speaker 1: going back to it the promo on Wednesday night. You

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Speaker 1: of the people in the crowd were chanting other things.

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Speaker 1: We're not worried about them. That's they're the IWC. We're

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Speaker 1: doing this, I was like, and I'm gonna say this

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Speaker 1: because my show, I was like, oh shit, and I

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Speaker 1: is this is next level stuff right here. And again,

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Speaker 1: kudos to you for the promo, giving you your flowers

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Speaker 1: while I'm talking to you, man, not doing it on

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Speaker 1: social media. But you know, the one thing a lot

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Speaker 3: You've seen a lot of crossovers.

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Speaker 1: AW is willing to work with a lot of people,

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Speaker 1: big collaborations and whatnot. There's always that question, is there

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Speaker 1: somebody outside of AAW that Kyle Fletcher would want to

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Speaker 1: take on, Like maybe a specific wrestler or maybe a

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Speaker 1: of Austrey, outside of AW?

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Speaker 3: Sure?

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: I think one of the big things that I would

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Speaker 2: had a great run there. I feel like there's definitely

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Speaker 2: want to step back in with. I want to put

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Speaker 2: of people shout out to the velocities making their debut

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Speaker 2: in super junior tag leagues. I still hate you, but

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Speaker 2: otherwise I would love to go back to the UK.

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Speaker 2: I love to go back to Rev Pro. Luke Jacobs

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Speaker 2: is the undisputed British heavyweight champion now I'd love to

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Speaker 2: get in there with him. I want to go back

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Speaker 2: to CML I in the Grand Prix. The last time

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Speaker 2: I was there, I pinned Mystico, the greatest lutator of

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Speaker 1: Man, absolutely definitely going to be exciting to see for sure.

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned somebody you want to step in the

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Speaker 1: ring with. Somebody who's very vocal about a lot of

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Speaker 1: people on that a roster of course is Gabe Kid.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he does not hold anything back in interviews

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Speaker 1: that I've seen stuff on social media. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: give you the opportunity because you kind of said you

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Speaker 1: wanted to tangle it up with Gab, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: give you the opportunity right now. Is there anything you

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Speaker 3: This, Gabe, Yeah, absolutely. I think he's in this bubble

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Speaker 3: where he thinks he's untouchable.

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Speaker 2: He's sitting behind a camera backstage in New Japan. He

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Speaker 2: these people that he's calling out, and I think he

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Speaker 3: Me, I will put him in his place.

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Speaker 2: One of my United Empire brothers, Hanare in that that

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Speaker 3: I think he needs it. I think he needs a

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Speaker 1: Those are some Those are some strong words from Kyle

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Speaker 1: He had some very high praises when we talked about

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Speaker 4: I have a guy a couple of months ago how

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Speaker 3: So man keep an eye on Fletcher for sure.

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Speaker 1: So when you see somebody like Mark Briscoe saying that

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Speaker 3: How does that make you feel?

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Speaker 2: I've said it many times that I think the coolest

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Speaker 3: And Yeah, to hear him say things like.

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Speaker 2: And that's a nice pat in the back for sure.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. And we we actually had Mark on Tuesday, the

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Speaker 1: It comes back to this promo. Every time I was like,

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Speaker 3: Last question.

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Speaker 1: We know that wrestling can be very intense most physically

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Speaker 2: So as crazy as it sounds, because it almost sounds

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, What is the what's the one surprising song

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Speaker 1: Kyle's really listening to this song, dude.

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Speaker 3: I love working out to some Kesher that is.

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Speaker 2: I bought the heck out of that, bro, I love it.

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Speaker 1: Kesh is a solid choice to to rock out in

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Speaker 1: it's always great to catch up with you. I know

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Speaker 1: a lot of things has changed this last time we talked.

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Speaker 1: Good things are happening for Kyle Fletcher, even though he's

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Speaker 1: with Don Tallas. Some people are kind of like, eh,

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a good fit. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're styling and profiling over there, and you know you're

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Speaker 1: not only gonna have gold on your sunglasses there, but

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Speaker 1: eventually you're gonna have gold around your waist very very soon.

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Speaker 1: And it's great catching up with you, man. I'll look

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Speaker 1: forward to seeing you in Cleveland this week.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate you, bro, Thank you very much for having me