WEBVTT - John Cena’s Shocking Retirement Announcement

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<v Speaker 1>All of a sudden, the door just swings open, no knock, nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>and Sina walks in, grabs a folding chair, puts it

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<v Speaker 1>in between Bray and just sits there and like is

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<v Speaker 1>staring straight at me, like he like, what what are

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<v Speaker 1>you gonna do about this? And I'm looking at this

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<v Speaker 1>guy who's like two hundreds of eighty pounds. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't look pissed. He just looks like he's got

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<v Speaker 1>a smirk on his face, like do something.

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<v Speaker 2>Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?

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<v Speaker 1>Shut up?

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<v Speaker 2>Bouts that hit the fan.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to on Section Thursdays are Wrestling with Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>What's Up?

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody? Welcome to Wrestling with Freddy's other show, unsanction And

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<v Speaker 1>Today's episode, we're going to talk about the announcement John

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<v Speaker 1>Cena made that he is retiring from professional wrestling. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>get into some of the history of John Cena, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>get into some of my personal history with John Cena,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>Some other shit as well.

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<v Speaker 1>First things first, I have a movie coming out you

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<v Speaker 1>guys July twenty sixth. It's called The Girl in the Pool.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a sexy thriller independent film that we found

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<v Speaker 1>distribution for. It's such a hard thing just to get

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<v Speaker 1>a movie made, let alone complete it. But to get

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<v Speaker 1>distribution is the ultimate and final goal, and it's so

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<v Speaker 1>hard to do, and we accomplished this with an indie movie.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really proud of the work. And this the movie's

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<v Speaker 1>really cool. It starts me Monica Potter, this Crol, Gabrielle

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<v Speaker 1>Hope Hof. Sorry, I have a friend who's last name

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<v Speaker 1>is ho Kevin Pollock, who I love a stand up

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<v Speaker 1>comic from She's All That. And Monica, who I did

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<v Speaker 1>another movie with I remember the name of im. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's awesome. And it comes out July twenty sixth

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<v Speaker 1>in limited theaters. We got some theaters, but it's also

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<v Speaker 1>on Paramount Plus and on Showtime And I think it

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<v Speaker 1>really dig it If you're into like sexy thrillers, who

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<v Speaker 1>did it?

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, yo, that chick's hot.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're into dudes, you know, I'm old now,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's a hot dude in His name's Tyler Gray.

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<v Speaker 1>The youngsters are like him, all right, So let's talk

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<v Speaker 1>about John Cena speaking of Hollywood. John Cena is mister

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood now, and he announced that he's retiring from WWE,

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<v Speaker 1>which is always kind of sad, but it gives you

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to reflect on their contribution to whatever art

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<v Speaker 1>form they were in, whether it's acting or music. All

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<v Speaker 1>these retirement tours and now he'll have his his wrestling one,

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<v Speaker 1>and unlike Barbara Streiss, end I believe his will be

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<v Speaker 1>the actual final retirement tour. So let's talk a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about history ww championships. He's got thirteen of them. Thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>so not the greatest of all time, but pretty fucking great.

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<v Speaker 1>World Heavyweight Champion three times. Now, that is the championship

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<v Speaker 1>that Vince didn't have as much respect for as his championship,

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<v Speaker 1>so that was the less important one to him, so

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<v Speaker 1>that one doesn't really matter as as much. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>people didn't always give the big goal belt the love,

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<v Speaker 1>because they were like, well, it's not Vince's belt and

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't care, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Why should we?

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<v Speaker 1>Because the dudes who weren't made the belt belt didn't

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<v Speaker 1>make the dudes a five time United States Champion, five

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<v Speaker 1>time United States Championship mid cart but prestigious just the same,

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<v Speaker 1>not the Intercontinental though the Intercontinental one is usually reserved

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<v Speaker 1>for the workhorse, and John Cena when I was there,

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<v Speaker 1>was the workhorse. So I don't know why he never

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<v Speaker 1>won the Icy Belt. Maybe he just got rocket shipped

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<v Speaker 1>after after he got over and there was no time

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<v Speaker 1>for the Icy title. It was it was straight to

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<v Speaker 1>the WW Championship. He was a WW Tag Team Champion

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<v Speaker 1>two times, once with the Miz and David O'tanga. And

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<v Speaker 1>he was a World Tag Team Championship two times, once

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<v Speaker 1>with Batista and once with Seawn Michaels. I was there

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<v Speaker 1>for the Batista one and we'll get into the story

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<v Speaker 1>behind that because I remember the back.

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<v Speaker 2>Was got pissed at it. He also had two time

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<v Speaker 2>two wins in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Royal Rumble My Favorite pay per view now known as

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<v Speaker 1>a Premium Live event and eight twenty thirteen and he

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<v Speaker 1>won money in the bank, very dangerous match. I'm surprised

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<v Speaker 1>they even put him in it. He won that one

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<v Speaker 1>time in twenty twelve. So anyway, the end is near

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<v Speaker 1>or nigh for John Cena, and he's going to retire

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of twenty twenty five. He will start

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<v Speaker 1>the new era of WWA on Netflix. So Netflix will

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<v Speaker 1>get to see John Cena uncensored on a microphone. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if he I don't know if he goes

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere outside of the words damn?

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<v Speaker 2>Would he even say goddamn?

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what he would try to get away with

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<v Speaker 1>or would he just sticked to the PG John Cena

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<v Speaker 1>that got over to all the kids. I wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>he would do on Netflix? What curse words would he say?

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<v Speaker 1>Hit us up on our social media? What curse words

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<v Speaker 1>do you think John's going to say on Netflix? Or

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<v Speaker 1>am I the only one who gives a shit about

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff? He said he'd be about a part of

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty dates, including including premium live events starting with

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<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble. He made it a point to say

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<v Speaker 1>that this WrestleMania in Las Vegas, where my Raiders play,

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<v Speaker 1>will be his last.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't make fun of my team. I know this suck well.

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<v Speaker 1>We beat the Chiefs, though we always beat the Chiefs.

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<v Speaker 1>We find a way to get there. It's just usually

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<v Speaker 1>the only one we have. He's going to retire the

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<v Speaker 1>jorts and he's going to the gene. Shorts were the

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<v Speaker 1>only like mistake that I thought John Cen ever made.

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<v Speaker 1>I hated the gene shorts. It's always like mah, like

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety four, like everyone stopped wearing them, but you

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<v Speaker 1>the shorts were brutal. So he's going to find he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to leave the company. Not leave the company, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to leave the ring, the squared circle, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's one of the best to ever do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. John didn't like me when I was there. I

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<v Speaker 2>like John.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't think he was the nicest guy, but I

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't say liked because he wasn't. We didn't like each other,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, but I liked him before I got there,

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<v Speaker 1>but I always respected him. I knew what he meant

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<v Speaker 1>to wrestling. I knew what he was there for. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why his promos were earlier because that's when kids were watching,

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<v Speaker 1>because it was the earlier hour of the show. But

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<v Speaker 1>he took that on like that could have been triple

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<v Speaker 1>h it could have been true, it could have been anybody,

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<v Speaker 1>but nobody else wanted to be a PG champion. John

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<v Speaker 1>Cena took that on his shoulders and he made it

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<v Speaker 1>work and held the company on his shoulder for years.

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<v Speaker 1>On one shoulder. He didn't even need both that's how

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<v Speaker 1>wide that son of a Bitch is, and I mean

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<v Speaker 1>that as a compliment.

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<v Speaker 2>Son of a bitch.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the WWE for his era as and was

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<v Speaker 1>as relevant for his era and who his target was

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<v Speaker 1>as any other major champion they've had at the top, top,

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<v Speaker 1>top level, from Hogan to Rains. I'm not saying he

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<v Speaker 1>was Hogan, but for his generation, that's what he represented.

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<v Speaker 1>He was each your vitamin, say your prayers, listen to

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<v Speaker 1>your parents, do your I mean he was that. He

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<v Speaker 1>represented that once he did the Marine movie and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of found that Gi Joe type character. He should have

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<v Speaker 1>been at Gi Joe. By the way, he would have

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<v Speaker 1>been sick of this duke as friggin do I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was Channing Tatum the Planet. He did

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<v Speaker 1>a good job, but imagine John Cena's duke, come on, come on. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>when I got there, he did not want me there

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<v Speaker 1>at all. And I remember the first time I met him,

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<v Speaker 1>I was super polite, put my hand out to shake

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<v Speaker 1>his hand. He walked right past and didn't even like

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge me, and I think somebody said something because a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes later he came up and he goes he goes, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John, and he put his hand out and I

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<v Speaker 1>shook his hand. I go hey, I'm Freddy. Nice to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you, and he goes, oh, I guess I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>let anybody work here words to that effect. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>quoting the man, And I was like, all right, cool man,

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<v Speaker 1>and I basically said, I'll rack that up to he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't want Hollywood in the business, and I represent Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't know how much I like wrestling.

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<v Speaker 1>And so as my job there evolved as ones does,

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<v Speaker 1>I started running what was called promo Class, which is

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<v Speaker 1>basically an acting class for professional wrestlers. I thought I

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<v Speaker 1>could do a better job teaching acting than Vince could

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<v Speaker 1>because of the way I could deliver information versus the

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<v Speaker 1>way he would deliver information. He would use terminology that

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<v Speaker 1>they just didn't understand. I legit saw him say you

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<v Speaker 1>got to give me some razzle dazzle with your promos,

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<v Speaker 1>and people were looking at each other like, yo, what

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<v Speaker 1>what dald does rassele dazzled like they didn't even know.

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<v Speaker 1>So I approached Vince and said, hey, this is what

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<v Speaker 1>I do. Like, let me take this class over and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll only communicate with you. That'll make the wrestlers feel safe. Ish,

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<v Speaker 1>I won't even tell them that. I report to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll let you know who I think is doing

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<v Speaker 1>a good job, and you know who's who's struggling and

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<v Speaker 1>needs more help, and he says yes, and that becomes

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<v Speaker 1>an addition to my job, without additional salary, just in

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<v Speaker 1>addition to So now I'm running this promo class and

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<v Speaker 1>at first it's all young wrestlers that go in there,

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<v Speaker 1>all the youngsters. This is when MS was young, and

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<v Speaker 1>uh yeah, your old ass deal with that. All of

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<v Speaker 1>them are young youngsters and all the people that are

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<v Speaker 1>veterans now they're They're all in there and we're doing

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<v Speaker 1>this class and it grows from like three people to

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<v Speaker 1>or not three. The first one was like probably nine people,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it grows to like, you know, twenty plus.

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<v Speaker 1>And right when we were around fifteen sixteen, I remember

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<v Speaker 1>Bray why it was Bray, it was Bray Wyatt and

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<v Speaker 1>it was mister Perfect's kid. But they were doing a

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<v Speaker 1>scene from Bad Boys with Martin Martin Lawrence and Will Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>I let them pick scenes from movies and I would

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<v Speaker 1>print up the scripts for him and we would break

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<v Speaker 1>down the scenes the same way you would in acting class.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're both in there doing their doing their thing. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember who played which part, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>speculate all you want. All of a sudden, the door

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<v Speaker 1>just swings open, no knock, nothing, and Sina walks in,

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<v Speaker 1>grabs a folding chair, puts it in between Bray and

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<v Speaker 1>just sits there and like is staring straight at me,

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<v Speaker 1>like he like, what what are you gonna do about this?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm looking at this guy who's like two hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of eighty pounds. He doesn't he doesn't look pissed. He

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<v Speaker 1>just looks like he's got a smirk on his face,

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<v Speaker 1>like do something. And so I'm not going to fight

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<v Speaker 1>a two hundred and eighty pound dude. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to fight John Cena. So I just go, hey, man,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to talk with me outside real quick? And

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<v Speaker 1>we go outside and I go, what the hell is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Man? What do you do it?

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<v Speaker 1>And he goes, well, maybe I'm in these are his words,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a quote. Well maybe I'm a Neanderthal. But

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<v Speaker 1>you can either do this or you can't. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see what the hell you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>This part's not a quote so I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>the hell you're doing here, or what the f you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing here, or something like that, and I go, I

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<v Speaker 1>completely agree with you one hundred percent, and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need my help, because you can do it.

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<v Speaker 1>But for the ones that you're you don't have time

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<v Speaker 1>to help, or the ones that you choose not to help.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here and they're coming to me. I'm not asking

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<v Speaker 1>them to come. They're coming to me asking for help,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm doing my job. So do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>let me do my job or do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Shit like this?

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<v Speaker 1>And he goes, oh, whatever, man, He just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like walks off, like a ah right, maybe he's just

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<v Speaker 1>given me a hard time. I go back in and

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<v Speaker 1>all the young wrestlers give me an ovation. They start clapping.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, dude, we thought you were gonna find I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>shut up, the I had this shit kicked out of me.

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<v Speaker 1>I had some looking guy who has two anvils for hands.

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<v Speaker 1>So everyone has a good laugh. The promo class became

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<v Speaker 1>what it was, which became a really good thing there,

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<v Speaker 1>and they've continued that tradition even after I left over

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<v Speaker 1>at NXT and.

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<v Speaker 2>Within WWE as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So kudos to all those wrestlers for keeping that up

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<v Speaker 1>even after I left and still wanting to improve and

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<v Speaker 1>work with each other and and find new and different

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<v Speaker 1>ways to get their shit over and to get their

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<v Speaker 1>ideas over. And we worked really hard at that. They

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<v Speaker 1>continued that discipline even after I was long gone, and

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<v Speaker 1>continue that shit to this day. So anyway, about six

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<v Speaker 1>months ago, and I had a wrestler cutting a promo

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<v Speaker 1>in the ring. I don't I don't remember who it was.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a long time ago. You guys, they're just

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<v Speaker 1>killing it. They're doing a great job, and they beat

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<v Speaker 1>the what chant. When they started, they were working very

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<v Speaker 1>moment to moment, like tonight on the you know, tonight's

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<v Speaker 1>the night what or I'm gonna settle this score what?

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<v Speaker 1>This is not what I wrote. I'm just giving you

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<v Speaker 1>guys an example. And I'm sitting there like, come on, man,

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<v Speaker 1>just stop the pauses. You don't need the pauses. You

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<v Speaker 1>know this shit, we worked on it, and all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden he just gets in a flow and starts

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<v Speaker 1>doing this thing, and the whole crowd gets behind and

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<v Speaker 1>they're all young, and Sina was up next and he

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<v Speaker 1>was in the gorilla position. I was sitting next to

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<v Speaker 1>Vince with the headset on talking to the to the

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<v Speaker 1>director's truck to let them know when certain parts of

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<v Speaker 1>the promo that I wanted close ups and things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though they didn't always listen. They would just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of do their own thing because they had their way,

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<v Speaker 1>but I would still try to encourage them, like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>he's about to start screaming, so get in nice and

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<v Speaker 1>close little things like that, and Vince liked it when

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<v Speaker 1>I gave the truck shit, which I didn't know. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>Sina goes, he did a really good job. And I

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<v Speaker 1>had a choice in this moment to choose violence or

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<v Speaker 1>did you not violence? But you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>to be a dick or to be cool, and I

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<v Speaker 1>would just went, yeah, thanks man, whatever, and just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of gave him the same sort of energy that he

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<v Speaker 1>gave me. But I didn't want to be like super

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<v Speaker 1>pretive that he was finally being cool, because I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think he deserved that in the moment. Again, this is

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<v Speaker 1>like two thousand and nine.

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<v Speaker 2>I was younger. I'm forty eight now.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't care, but that was like my like my

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<v Speaker 1>one moment where I could be like, all right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>at least you acknowledged it. So anyway, that was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of my history with him, and that's why. And I

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<v Speaker 1>always said, you know, Evince even talked to me. Was like,

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<v Speaker 1>after the first time the John or the only time

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<v Speaker 1>that John interrupted the class, he goes, so, I heard

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<v Speaker 1>you had a little problem in promo class today, ha

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<v Speaker 1>ha ha. And I was like, nah, man, it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was fine. He's like, well, he's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>mess with you anymore. Don't worry about it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, all right, whatever, I go. It wasn't it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't that bad. But I told him, I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's a good actor. He'd be an actor.

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<v Speaker 2>One day. He's like, no, I'd never do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And now he's like one of the biggest well not

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<v Speaker 1>one of the biggest stars, but he's a big star

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<v Speaker 1>in Hollywood now and doing his thing. I think he

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<v Speaker 1>has his own production company and he's acting in all

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of movies, whether it's a rom com or an

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<v Speaker 1>action or a comedy. He's trying to, you know, show

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<v Speaker 1>his range and do things like that. Hopefully won't do

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<v Speaker 1>a Mark Kurt thing like the I'm just kidding. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it'd be good. Man, We'll see. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>the wigs throwing me off. Man, the wigs really thrown

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<v Speaker 1>me off. But anyway, you guys, John Cena, who do

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<v Speaker 1>you want his last match to be with? Who do

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<v Speaker 1>you see sending him off into the wrestling sunset? Obvious

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame first ballot, as if they even needed

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<v Speaker 1>a first ballot for John Cena, one of the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>to ever do it. Wasn't a big fan of mine,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was still a fan of his.

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<v Speaker 2>He was fine.

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<v Speaker 1>He just didn't want outsiders coming in, and I totally

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<v Speaker 1>get that. I don't like outsiders coming into some of

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<v Speaker 1>my shit either, so I get being protective over that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>You just watched Doggin, so you guys don't get mad

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<v Speaker 1>at him. I hope you enjoyed the episode. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you had fun listening to the stories and shout out

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<v Speaker 1>to John Cena. Thank you for everything you contributed to

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<v Speaker 1>the business. The blood, the sweat, the tears on the

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<v Speaker 1>actual canvas that's the center of that damn ring. You

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<v Speaker 1>deserve all the glory and the praise that you're gonna get,

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<v Speaker 1>and people will not be booing.

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<v Speaker 2>You, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>They will be cheering you in every single gal arena

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<v Speaker 1>you go to. So enjoy it and we'll see all

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<v Speaker 1>of you next week on Wrestling with Freddy and each

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday on unsanctioned Thursdays. Don't forget to give us those reviews,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's five stars or not. I'm not afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>a three star review. So you think I'm afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>a two. No, you think I'm afraid of a one.

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<v Speaker 1>Just be funny. If there's something funny in there when

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<v Speaker 1>you talk trash, I'll read it.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy peace.

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