WEBVTT - Shark Boy

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get going right here, right now. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Eyes up Here. You're doing all right over there,

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<v Speaker 1>distracting me. I'm trying to do an intro shirt and

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<v Speaker 1>you're listening to all new Eyes up Here exclusively on

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<v Speaker 1>our background channel as well as on the Creative Control

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<v Speaker 1>podcast network. If you didn't know by now, my name

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<v Speaker 1>is Chad. In every single week, I'm still distracted. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do an intro here. I'm joined by the

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<v Speaker 1>Queen of extreme Francine. Who are you? Okay? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>need a second peak out? That's how it is, but

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<v Speaker 1>one boop is peaking out more than the other, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to shimmy. That does not work. It there

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<v Speaker 1>are supposed to be like this, Okay, there you go,

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<v Speaker 1>but one boob was like, hey, how are you? An

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<v Speaker 1>other group was like I'm not here. It's funny. I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna wear the same thing earlier, but I decided

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<v Speaker 1>against it. I'm so glad you did. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I had one or the other, let's go with this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you wore it. So what's going on? I

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<v Speaker 1>came off a really good weekend. Yeah, yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 1>the Square Circle Expo tons of people were there. I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't sure, you know, what was going to happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>I believe I was the only ECW representative that was booked. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you were. I think I was original. I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, yes, there's a lot of ae W people there.

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<v Speaker 1>There were a lot of xwwf WWE people there, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was the lone ECW original representative. But it was good.

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<v Speaker 1>It was It was weird because people were actually arguing

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<v Speaker 1>over COVID and the vaccine amongst the crowds, and you

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<v Speaker 1>I heard, yeah, I heard people are arguing, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was just like, really, are we doing that here? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>come on. You know, before going in, I was told

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<v Speaker 1>regulations said you have to wear your mask, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to social distance and all this stuff. So I left

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<v Speaker 1>my mask on like the whole time. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>I was one of the only talents that did that

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<v Speaker 1>because I look at these pictures and nobody's wearing their mask,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, oh, okay, we we thought we

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<v Speaker 1>were supposed to wear a mask. But you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you got the people saying, well, I'm vaccinated, take

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<v Speaker 1>off your mask, and well I'm not vaccinated, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to leave my mask on, and it was just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I can't wait till this freaking pandemic's

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<v Speaker 1>over because people are going insane. That's all I have

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<v Speaker 1>to say about that. But everybody was very nice, gracious,

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<v Speaker 1>and we were busy the whole time. I had traffic

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<v Speaker 1>the whole time, and it was good and a funny story.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy Chad another Chad An. There's so many Chads

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<v Speaker 1>in my life. The man that I had met at

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<v Speaker 1>Disney a couple of years ago, that he had the

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<v Speaker 1>booth across from me. He's a character do you say

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<v Speaker 1>that character? Caricature character character artists. He draws cartoons and

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<v Speaker 1>people look silly. That's what he draws. He was across

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<v Speaker 1>from me and I popped. I was like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>it's Chad Cha Yes, yes, so shout out to Chad. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He does great work. He did a drawing of me

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought he was giving it to me, but no,

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<v Speaker 1>he made me sign it and he took it away.

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<v Speaker 1>But that was fun to see him, and yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>was It was a good time. I had a good time.

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<v Speaker 1>I hung out, I got to hang out with some

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<v Speaker 1>of our friends. Jimmy Wyne Yang was there, hung out

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<v Speaker 1>with him, hung out with Medusa, hung out with sharp Boy.

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<v Speaker 1>It was. It was nice, It was, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>nice time. You definitely were the only mask person that

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<v Speaker 1>I saw in the coverage of all the pictures and

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<v Speaker 1>stuff people were sharing. You the only one, but you

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<v Speaker 1>had your fashionable queen mask off. Yeah. Well, the first

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<v Speaker 1>day I wore just the basic black dress, and I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is flashy, it's my bling. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the second day I wore this very sparkly silver dress

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<v Speaker 1>and that mask would have been atrocious with it. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just donned the regular, regular black one. But I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I was told I needed to wear one, so

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<v Speaker 1>I wore it. I don't know, rule follower, I did.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody else I guess was a rebel, but not You're

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<v Speaker 1>the only one, and you were in the rebel I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I don't want to get in trouble, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And I honestly, I don't know. But it was a

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<v Speaker 1>good weekend nonetheless, and you know, I had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of fun. How was the getting off the plane and

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<v Speaker 1>running right to the to the venue. It's probably been

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<v Speaker 1>a while to do something like that. So here's the

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<v Speaker 1>funny part. My plane landed early. It landed out landed

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<v Speaker 1>about thirty five to forty minutes early, and Chad didn't

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<v Speaker 1>realize that it did. So he had just landed and

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<v Speaker 1>he I guess he had to take an uber and

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<v Speaker 1>he had just gotten to the hotel and I'm like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I just landed, and he's like, I just got to

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel. So he would have waited for me. So

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<v Speaker 1>he had to come back and he found a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who would drive him instead of doing the uber because

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<v Speaker 1>the uber was sixty dollars both ways. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>do that a couple of times. It's expensive, that's very

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, okay, I'll wait and I was waiting

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<v Speaker 1>not a baggage, but I was waiting on ground transportation,

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<v Speaker 1>which was I guess the second level. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>he gets back and gets Dan, he goes to baggage

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like where are you. I'm like, I told you,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a ground transportation. They couldn't find me, so finally

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<v Speaker 1>I had to walk back down stairs. So I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>picked up until after five o'clock. Oh wow, But I

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<v Speaker 1>had landed at like four thirteen or four to ten

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that, so you would have made it

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<v Speaker 1>just in time or on time it start four or five. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you would have been right there. Yeah, there you go,

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<v Speaker 1>you made it. Yeah. It was quite the interesting weekend

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<v Speaker 1>to watch, excuse me, a lot, I mean just and

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<v Speaker 1>a good thing. It was overwhelming to see the response

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<v Speaker 1>from the fans that were posting, because I was very

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<v Speaker 1>happy to see from a convention point of view, people

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<v Speaker 1>responded and people showed up and it looked like everybody

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<v Speaker 1>was relatively busy. It was very busy. It was very big.

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<v Speaker 1>There were a lot a lot of fans showed up,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and some had masks on and some said,

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<v Speaker 1>do you mind if I take my mask off? And

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, it was it was like a

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<v Speaker 1>normal convention, only people had mask on, right pretty much.

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<v Speaker 1>But we were busy, you know, the whole time we

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<v Speaker 1>were there. And then I did a virtual on top

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<v Speaker 1>of the two days signing and that went well. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I said, if every weekend could be this good,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't mind being on the road. Right, Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>get duds in there, but this one was very, very profitable,

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<v Speaker 1>So it was good. It was a good time. Any

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<v Speaker 1>good delicacy in the Indiana area that you enjoyed. It

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<v Speaker 1>was funny. The first night we go in, they had

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<v Speaker 1>a restaurant in the hotel. It was an Italian restaurant.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm using my quotes because the men you had like burgers,

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<v Speaker 1>fried fish, like at the weirdest. It wasn't just Italian food.

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<v Speaker 1>So we said we'll just eat there, and they were

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<v Speaker 1>They weren't serving food after six point thirty and we

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<v Speaker 1>had no clue and it was like nine o'clock. So

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<v Speaker 1>we got drinks and we ordered pizza hut, and we figured,

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<v Speaker 1>well we'll sit in here, yeah, because that was all

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<v Speaker 1>that we could find was pizza. And I never I

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<v Speaker 1>mean at home, I eat at five o'clock. We're early

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<v Speaker 1>birds in the sause. We eat at five o'clock, done

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<v Speaker 1>by five thirty, dishes are done by six, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>all hanging out. I'm eating pizza at nine thirty ten

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock at night. My stomach is getting ripped open. But

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<v Speaker 1>I said, well, we'll have a cocktail. So my cocktail

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<v Speaker 1>of Chorist is always fireball and cherry coke or coke

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<v Speaker 1>with grenadine. And I told the waitress, you know, can

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<v Speaker 1>you do no problem? She puts it in front of me,

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<v Speaker 1>it is straight whiskey and it's not fireball. Jesus, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>what is this? So after that first and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a glass. It wasn't like a shot of whiskey. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a whole glass. And like Chad ordered a mott

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<v Speaker 1>I think he ordered a Moscow mule or something and

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<v Speaker 1>he got a mojito. It was so randomly off, and

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<v Speaker 1>so she came around for seconds and she's like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you want another word? I was like, I do, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to drink that I ordered, and she ended

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<v Speaker 1>up making it for me and she did it perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>But the bartender was screwing up everybody's drinks. So I

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<v Speaker 1>was a little tipsy because of I tall whiskey. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, this is like I hated it, but

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<v Speaker 1>I drank it because I didn't want to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>waste waste the drink. But so that was the first night.

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<v Speaker 1>The second night, we went back in time and I

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<v Speaker 1>had a delicious chicken chicken stuffed chicken with mushroom risotto,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was so good that it looked like I

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<v Speaker 1>licked my plate because there was nothing left. Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't eat all day either. We had no food all

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<v Speaker 1>day long. So that was the first meal I had,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, I made it count because I ate the

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing. And you said it was hot in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the Oh my god, I said, am I going

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<v Speaker 1>through menopause? Or is it warm in here? Because it

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<v Speaker 1>was so hot, I was like perspiring. That's how bad

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<v Speaker 1>it was. It didn't feel like they had the air on.

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<v Speaker 1>So the next day I tweeted them and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>can you please crank the air up today because it

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<v Speaker 1>was awful. You know, you got a bunch of wrestling

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<v Speaker 1>fans packed like sardines and then you're you're standing there

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just freaking hot. You know, it's not fun.

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of guests too. I mean, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of talent on the on the shows. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the e W guys were there. I met

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<v Speaker 1>Nyla Roche because I know Vicky Guerrero and Vicky and

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<v Speaker 1>I met her. She was very sweet. I saw Britt

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<v Speaker 1>Baker walk by. They had their own I think they

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<v Speaker 1>their own room, like I guess was the aw So

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't go in the room. But when I was

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<v Speaker 1>getting off the elevator, Vicky and Nila were coming on,

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<v Speaker 1>so I got to talk to them. It's not like

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<v Speaker 1>you said anything complimentary about Britt Baker in the past

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<v Speaker 1>like month or two, you know, where people might want

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<v Speaker 1>to show a little bit of respect to those who

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<v Speaker 1>came before them. But yeah, she just kind of walked

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<v Speaker 1>by me like maybe you know what the younger generation

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<v Speaker 1>they might not know. And that's okay. I don't take

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<v Speaker 1>offense to it. I do, I do, but I just

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<v Speaker 1>but here's what I can tell you though. It is

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<v Speaker 1>not just wrestling, right, we just think like, you know, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the old fans or whatever. I say something, my

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<v Speaker 1>brother sends me the giff of old man yelling at

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<v Speaker 1>the cloud. Right, That's what every time I complain about something.

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<v Speaker 1>It's baseball. The older baseball players. They hate how they're

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<v Speaker 1>getting ignored by today's current regime in the cross and

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<v Speaker 1>it's fascinating to not like it doesn't just stick to

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<v Speaker 1>one genre. It's it's cyclical, you know. It connects all

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<v Speaker 1>different realms of entertainment and sports. Like everybody kind of

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<v Speaker 1>feels the same way. I think. You gotta hello, that's hello,

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<v Speaker 1>Lit'll shake little dead hand shake. There you go. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't like I was I think I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I was standing in the hall and she walked by

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<v Speaker 1>or something. It wasn't like I was at my table

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<v Speaker 1>and she looked at me and ignored me. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>agree with I don't agree with that. Uh. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody says, well, you have to study who came before you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to be respectful, and you have to

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<v Speaker 1>do for me. It's like if you didn't watch ECW,

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<v Speaker 1>it's fine. You know, maybe that wasn't your cup of tea,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe you were too young to experience it. And

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<v Speaker 1>now you might be into today's wrestling and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>watch the old stuff. I get it. You know. The

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<v Speaker 1>only way I would be offended is if I will

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<v Speaker 1>if I went up to her and I said hello, Francine,

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<v Speaker 1>and then she looked at me, and then I might

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<v Speaker 1>have said ECW and maybe she blew me off after that,

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<v Speaker 1>then I would have been like, okay, bitch. But it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like that. And everybody, for the most part,

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<v Speaker 1>is respectful and nice. And you know, Nilo was just like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>so nice to meet you, blah blah blah, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I admire your work, thank you so much. She's very

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<v Speaker 1>soft spoken and very sweet and that's really the only

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<v Speaker 1>aw person that I came in contact with, because, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, they had their own room and we were

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<v Speaker 1>in another room. I saw Kevin, which was very nice

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<v Speaker 1>jacket with his flashy jacket on his big you a f.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember his jacket he had was like this big, crazy,

0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.040
<v Speaker 1>flashy sports coast was it? I don't really remember, but

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<v Speaker 1>I do, uh I do? I want to say that

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<v Speaker 1>I was on Twitch. I was live on Twitch both

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<v Speaker 1>days from the convention, and the Pope walked by and

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<v Speaker 1>it was hysterical because he didn't see me. He just

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<v Speaker 1>kept walking and he has professed his love to me

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<v Speaker 1>in the past, so he just kept walking. He ignored me,

0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.800
<v Speaker 1>and I was like, oh that's okay. I said, you

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<v Speaker 1>could put me over on on you know, the the internet,

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<v Speaker 1>but then you ignore me in real life. And he

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<v Speaker 1>freaked out and he came running over and he took

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<v Speaker 1>over my Twitch. My husband hilarious. It was great. But

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<v Speaker 1>he looks great and he's doing great in the n

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<v Speaker 1>w A. I'm very happy for, you know. And then

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<v Speaker 1>we have to mention this new jack got the news

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<v Speaker 1>when I was on twitch on Friday. Oh that's how

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<v Speaker 1>you got the news, Yeah, I didn't hear, and I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>let me try to go live, you know, because right,

0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.560
<v Speaker 1>and the chat's going and then one guy in the

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<v Speaker 1>chat says, oh, did you hear new Jack died? Yea,

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like what yeah, And so I looked

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<v Speaker 1>to my left and I said to Chad, he's saying

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<v Speaker 1>nu Jack died. So Chad like was like what and

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<v Speaker 1>he looks and then boom it just hit. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it blew up. Now do you want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it as an extra the whole? I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about him as an extra, but talk about now what

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<v Speaker 1>you want to. I mean, we're doing that. We'll just

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<v Speaker 1>finish your story about I just that's not the way

0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.160
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to find out, because then I had to

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<v Speaker 1>stop the stream, like I was just like, well, I

0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.720
<v Speaker 1>don't feel like talking anymore. Yeah, I'm sad, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean. But I found out they're a fan,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I feel bad for his wife and

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<v Speaker 1>his children, and uh, just I'm so sick of people

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<v Speaker 1>from our locker room dying. Like it's it's just too much.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, we'll talk, like I said, we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it as an extra. And not wanting to tease it,

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<v Speaker 1>not saying stay tuned, but I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the full thing. I have a couple of points I

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring up, but that I mean it literally

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<v Speaker 1>it dropped and I texted you, But I guess the

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<v Speaker 1>second I texted you, you must have just found out.

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<v Speaker 1>I texted Shane. Shane had known, I don't think by

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<v Speaker 1>that point. Then he said I just got the call

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<v Speaker 1>from you, and he yeah, we'll talk about it on

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<v Speaker 1>the extra though it was quite quite the Friday for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>and since even now people still talking about him, so

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<v Speaker 1>we'll catch up on that. Yeah. I definitely brought the

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<v Speaker 1>room down, and I just had this sick feeling in

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<v Speaker 1>my stomach and I was like I have to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, and everybody we understand, you know. And then

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<v Speaker 1>fans coming over to the table, did you hear? And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yes, if it was one person, it was

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred people. Did you here? And it's like it's

0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.840
<v Speaker 1>somebody said, of course she heard them, like oh did

0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.160
<v Speaker 1>you know him? Well, of course she did. She worked

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<v Speaker 1>with us, Like you know, everybody wants to be the

0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.440
<v Speaker 1>first to tell you. I guess so, but it was just,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when people were telling me stories and giving

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<v Speaker 1>me the X side and I was just sitting there

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<v Speaker 1>like I can't deal with this right now, like please stops,

0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:26.280
<v Speaker 1>it's too much. So yeah, anyway, a crazy, crazy week.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to think there was another thing I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you about, but oh did you see and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just a funny side thing. As we wait for

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<v Speaker 1>our guests to pop on, did you see the WWE

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<v Speaker 1>zombie thing? No? I saw a picture. It was miss

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<v Speaker 1>surrounded by four zombies excuse me, and everybody just telling

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<v Speaker 1>me how stupid it was. And I said, well, what's

0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.720
<v Speaker 1>the tie in? And they said Batista is doing a

0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.680
<v Speaker 1>zombie movie? And I said, well, was Batista there? And

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<v Speaker 1>they said no, where's the tie in? But then they

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<v Speaker 1>just mention it and zombies appeared, so they it was

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<v Speaker 1>a lumberjack match, and I guess they were unnamed lumberjacks

0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:07.160
<v Speaker 1>and to tie in the movie, the zombies were the lumberjacks. Now,

0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.040
<v Speaker 1>one guy I listened to said, here's the funny part.

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<v Speaker 1>The lumberjacks followed the rules of the lumberjack match and

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<v Speaker 1>threw the guys back into the ring. Would have thought

0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.000
<v Speaker 1>zombies could have followed rules like that if they were

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<v Speaker 1>true zombies, wouldn't they be biting them? Well, if they

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<v Speaker 1>bit them and then the guys transformed into a zombie.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the clever part about wrestling. Right when it

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<v Speaker 1>all works out, MS gets devoured, I guess by the

0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.800
<v Speaker 1>zombies are surrounded by them. And he's now out for

0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.680
<v Speaker 1>six months with like a knee injury, so he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>to join the program. Yes, I have not seen him

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<v Speaker 1>in forever. I think I saw him, I think in

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<v Speaker 1>New York at the last Wrestle con and I saw

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<v Speaker 1>him this past weekend at Squat Circle Expo, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, please come on the show, and it's Sharp Boy. Welcome,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome the Eyes of here, Sharp Boy. Okay, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>just starting from the beginning. Just start from the beginning. Well, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I am thrilled that I saw you this past

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<v Speaker 1>weekend at the Square Circle Expo. Now, I know, COVID

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<v Speaker 1>has hit everybody really, really hard. This is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the first conventions back for me since January of twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been out and about like before COVID, were

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<v Speaker 1>you actively working or are you just like here and there? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kind of here and there, you know, And

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<v Speaker 1>then COVID pretty much brought everything to a complete halt.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was it was really nice to get out

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<v Speaker 1>and do this thing in Indianapolis. You know, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>been such a long time. It was great to see everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>great to connect with the fans again, it felt like

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<v Speaker 1>things were kind of starting to get back to normal finally, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And you had mentioned that you did you worked a

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<v Speaker 1>tag Saturday night at the Square Circle Expo. When was

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<v Speaker 1>the last match before this that you had? I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, I know I did something else in Indianapolis

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<v Speaker 1>in the fall, and I might have had one other thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. I would say no. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>October was probably the last time I was in the ring,

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<v Speaker 1>so just rust was just falling off me in the

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<v Speaker 1>Stag team match. How did you feel? How's your body feeling?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm getting older now. Everything hurts more. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's not as much fun anymore. I mean, the you know,

0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.800
<v Speaker 1>the entertaining part is still very fun, but then the

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<v Speaker 1>way I feel after the match is over, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's you know, it's the older you get, the herder

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<v Speaker 1>this it's a young man's game, that's for sure. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I find h I love conventions because even though I

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<v Speaker 1>have trouble sometimes getting up and down out of my chair, right,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, it's less toll on the body, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like, you know, at this stage in

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<v Speaker 1>the game, we've all earned the right to not bump

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<v Speaker 1>anymore and just sign you know. I agree. So I

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<v Speaker 1>love those. I love doing them. I want to land

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<v Speaker 1>more of those. I because I've only done a handful. Really,

0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:00.959
<v Speaker 1>Russell Con was a big one. I think maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about that a little bit. Was I saw you

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<v Speaker 1>in New York City a couple of years ago at restaurant.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the biggest one I've done. But I've done

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<v Speaker 1>a handful of them, but not enough. I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>do more of those. It's like you said, when the

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<v Speaker 1>when the biggest of you know, uh, physical thing you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing is getting up, you know, up and down out

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<v Speaker 1>of a chair. That's that's what you want at this

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<v Speaker 1>stage in your career, right exactly? Well, I will if

0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:24.320
<v Speaker 1>you want to do them. I will definitely keep an

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<v Speaker 1>ear open, yeah, and try to help you as much

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<v Speaker 1>as I can. You know, I think you should be

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<v Speaker 1>on Cameo, yeah, because I'm so technologically great here. But

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<v Speaker 1>the gear that you're wearing, the sharp Boy mask, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is a niche. I think you have that

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<v Speaker 1>certain something and I think Cameo would be a great

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<v Speaker 1>fit for you. But we can talk about that later, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I can get you involved in that if you'd like,

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<v Speaker 1>what a recruiter? Yeah, yeah, what a recruiter. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>I do. Uh. But we were talking before you started

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<v Speaker 1>at the power plant in ninety nine. Yes, and tell

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<v Speaker 1>us again who was in that group of guys that

0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:13.600
<v Speaker 1>you started with. Well, right when I came in, Jimmy

0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:17.280
<v Speaker 1>Yang had just started. Jamie Nobles also in my group,

0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:20.639
<v Speaker 1>and then there were some guys that had already been

0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:23.639
<v Speaker 1>there for a little while. I don't know where to start,

0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:31.840
<v Speaker 1>Chuck Colombo, Mike Sanders, Alan Funk, crow Bar, a whole

0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:34.520
<v Speaker 1>lot of people. You know, it was a pretty good

0:23:34.520 --> 0:23:36.399
<v Speaker 1>sized class when I first got there, and then of

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<v Speaker 1>course things started to go downhill for the company, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the cuts started to come, and it seemed like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, every mighty have been thirty or forty

0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:45.400
<v Speaker 1>guys when I started, and by the end it got

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<v Speaker 1>down to about a dozen or whatever, and so kind

0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:50.119
<v Speaker 1>of the you know, the way what the joke was,

0:23:50.160 --> 0:23:52.320
<v Speaker 1>if you saw the FedEx man come and you know,

0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:55.960
<v Speaker 1>get the hell out of there, you know, cutting him off,

0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:58.680
<v Speaker 1>jumping before he can deliver the uh, you know, the

0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:02.000
<v Speaker 1>paperwork that says you've been and cut. You know. The

0:24:02.080 --> 0:24:05.320
<v Speaker 1>next man was the Big Heel. Yeah, when when you

0:24:05.320 --> 0:24:08.840
<v Speaker 1>were training, were you thinking about like the cruiser weight division.

0:24:10.200 --> 0:24:12.760
<v Speaker 1>You know, when they signed me, there was actually this

0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:17.560
<v Speaker 1>project apparently that Eric Bischoff was doing that was, uh,

0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:19.400
<v Speaker 1>it was going to be sort of like the way

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<v Speaker 1>it was described to me, they were going to do

0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:24.040
<v Speaker 1>like a Power Rangers pro wrestling, kind of like a

0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:28.000
<v Speaker 1>separate project. And I was actually signed to be a

0:24:28.000 --> 0:24:29.920
<v Speaker 1>part of that, and so was Jamie Noble. I think

0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:33.040
<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Yang as well, and so we were brought in

0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:36.239
<v Speaker 1>for the separate project that never wound up materializing. So

0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.720
<v Speaker 1>some of us, Yeah, so some of us sort of

0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:43.000
<v Speaker 1>got worked into the main roster as a result of

0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:46.280
<v Speaker 1>that project getting scrapped. I think that's really interesting. I've

0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:50.320
<v Speaker 1>never heard about that one. Yeah, it was some kind

0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:52.400
<v Speaker 1>of separate project they were doing. I don't I don't

0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:54.159
<v Speaker 1>really know that. The way it was describing me was

0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:55.760
<v Speaker 1>sort of like Power Rangers. I think it was going

0:24:55.800 --> 0:25:00.520
<v Speaker 1>to be like a kid oriented kind of show. Interesting.

0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:02.679
<v Speaker 1>Did you hear about that, Chad, I've heard about it

0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:06.480
<v Speaker 1>in the past. Yes, huh. Okay, So it would have

0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.960
<v Speaker 1>been a different show than Thunder or Nitro. You guys

0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:13.320
<v Speaker 1>would have been the stars of this showing towards children,

0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:16.879
<v Speaker 1>maybe like a Saturday Morning kind of you know, action

0:25:17.320 --> 0:25:20.840
<v Speaker 1>adventure kind of wrestling themed thing for kids was kind

0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:23.560
<v Speaker 1>of what I was picturing, but they wound up scrapping

0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:26.160
<v Speaker 1>the project before it really you know, went anywhere at all.

0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:29.280
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, So how did you enjoy your time at

0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:33.359
<v Speaker 1>w CW. Did you find it, you know, pleasing, because

0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:36.560
<v Speaker 1>I know, like going to coming from ECW, which I loved,

0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:39.159
<v Speaker 1>and then going to a place like WWE, it just

0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:42.200
<v Speaker 1>wasn't my cup of tea. But here you are, You're green,

0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:45.000
<v Speaker 1>and you're you're switching over and you're you're getting on

0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:48.480
<v Speaker 1>television quickly. That's what happened to me. Were you comfortable

0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:50.360
<v Speaker 1>with the role that they gave you? Did you come

0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:53.800
<v Speaker 1>up with the Shark Boy gimmick? Yeah, I'd been I'd

0:25:53.840 --> 0:25:56.679
<v Speaker 1>been being I started doing Shark Boy in May of

0:25:56.800 --> 0:26:00.440
<v Speaker 1>ninety seven, so it was a couple of years on

0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:04.160
<v Speaker 1>the indies that I was doing. Yeah, I did. I'll

0:26:04.160 --> 0:26:06.680
<v Speaker 1>tell you where I first kind of got recognized was

0:26:06.840 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 1>I did the first Brian Pillman memorial show in nineteen

0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:15.000
<v Speaker 1>ninety eight, and I know Chris Canyon was there, and

0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 1>I think he's one of the you know, he's sort

0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:21.520
<v Speaker 1>of scouting and saw me and came up and talked

0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:23.040
<v Speaker 1>to me, which you know, blew me away as I

0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:24.879
<v Speaker 1>was a Mortis fan, so it was kind of you know,

0:26:24.880 --> 0:26:27.639
<v Speaker 1>it was amazing to me. He came over and said,

0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:29.479
<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm gonna keep an eye on you. You You

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:31.720
<v Speaker 1>got some talent and that sort of thing. Wow, Holy

0:26:31.840 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, holy cow. You couldn't ask for anything more

0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:37.080
<v Speaker 1>than that. So then in ninety nine, I think I

0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:39.159
<v Speaker 1>remember Terry Taylor was at that one, So it was

0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:41.720
<v Speaker 1>kind of like w CW was sending people to sort

0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:45.000
<v Speaker 1>of scout talent maybe at certain events, and the Pilman

0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Shows was one of them. So ninety nine was really

0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:51.040
<v Speaker 1>my big break. They I did a cruiserweight tournament. They

0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.760
<v Speaker 1>put me over three times in one night. A big

0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:57.560
<v Speaker 1>surprise happened at the end. Mick Foley and Al Snow

0:26:57.600 --> 0:27:00.120
<v Speaker 1>and d Loo Brown ran out and lifted me up

0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:02.800
<v Speaker 1>on their shoulders and carried me around the ring. And

0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:05.680
<v Speaker 1>so this story of course made it back to WCW

0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:07.639
<v Speaker 1>and I got signed right after that, so that was

0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:09.960
<v Speaker 1>kind of, yeah, that's kind of the way it happened.

0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 1>You never know, who's watching you? Right, Well, it was

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:16.880
<v Speaker 1>a high profile thing the filming shows because all three

0:27:16.880 --> 0:27:21.879
<v Speaker 1>of the major companies sent representatives WWEWCW, and ECW on

0:27:21.960 --> 0:27:24.800
<v Speaker 1>every show was represented, and that was something that wasn't

0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 1>happening in the business at all at that time. So yeah, yeah,

0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.760
<v Speaker 1>I think you would have done well in ECW. Yeah,

0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:35.439
<v Speaker 1>and everybody thinks I was there for some reason. I

0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 1>remember seeing you in ECW. I'm like, no, you don't,

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:42.399
<v Speaker 1>I was so Yeah, it seems like the gimmick, the

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:44.359
<v Speaker 1>gimmick would have fit right, It would have fit right

0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.280
<v Speaker 1>in though. Yeah, I mean we you know, a lot

0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.199
<v Speaker 1>of our wrestlers didn't really have gimmicks, so to speak.

0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:52.440
<v Speaker 1>But I think yours, I think yours would have been

0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:56.600
<v Speaker 1>a good fit for some some crazy reason, I don't know.

0:27:56.960 --> 0:27:59.680
<v Speaker 1>I just feel like it would have worked, right, I

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:02.760
<v Speaker 1>think so too. That's a shame. I mean, there's so

0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:07.480
<v Speaker 1>many people, there are so many people that wanted to

0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:09.840
<v Speaker 1>work for EASW that never did work for ECW that

0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:12.440
<v Speaker 1>I feel like if we had them, it just would

0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:13.679
<v Speaker 1>have worked. And I think you would have been one

0:28:13.720 --> 0:28:17.080
<v Speaker 1>of them. But thank you. Yeah, yeah, but I know

0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:19.800
<v Speaker 1>there there was a gimmick for a little bit with

0:28:19.960 --> 0:28:27.000
<v Speaker 1>you and Daphney. You were Shark where she was Sharp Girl.

0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:29.960
<v Speaker 1>I feel like she came up with that. But what

0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:34.360
<v Speaker 1>was the story behind that pairing. Yeah, she just kind

0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:36.560
<v Speaker 1>of came to me and said, I really want to

0:28:36.560 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 1>be Sharp Girl, and yeah, yeah, okay, I believe so yeah, okay,

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:46.280
<v Speaker 1>she had said that to me, and she was really

0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, she's like, I got I got somebody working

0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:51.719
<v Speaker 1>on a mask. I know what I wanted to look like.

0:28:51.880 --> 0:28:54.600
<v Speaker 1>And she was just very excited about the idea. And

0:28:54.640 --> 0:28:57.480
<v Speaker 1>I was flattered because I was a fan of her work,

0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:00.480
<v Speaker 1>you know in w CW. So I was like, yeah,

0:29:00.560 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 1>let's do that. If anybody's gonna be Shark Girl, and

0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:05.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's got to be you obviously. So we

0:29:05.320 --> 0:29:07.280
<v Speaker 1>uh so, yeah she did that and then we we

0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:11.240
<v Speaker 1>did it I think maybe once or twice on TNA maybe,

0:29:11.600 --> 0:29:15.120
<v Speaker 1>uh And then we did it on the indies, you know,

0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:18.040
<v Speaker 1>and and that was really all we got to do

0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:21.239
<v Speaker 1>with it. But always great working with her, and you know,

0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:26.719
<v Speaker 1>she's an aw the sweetheart. There you go, there we are. Yeah,

0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:30.320
<v Speaker 1>So the office in TNA didn't like the pairing. I'm

0:29:30.360 --> 0:29:35.080
<v Speaker 1>not sure exactly what I know you know when when

0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:37.520
<v Speaker 1>when I first it was kind of like I'd just

0:29:37.680 --> 0:29:39.840
<v Speaker 1>gotten a TNA and they came to me with the idea,

0:29:39.880 --> 0:29:42.600
<v Speaker 1>and I remember my first reaction was, well, they don't

0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:45.080
<v Speaker 1>really know who I am yet, so it might be

0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:47.480
<v Speaker 1>kind of soon to throw a second character, you know

0:29:47.480 --> 0:29:49.880
<v Speaker 1>what I mean. So I know I was I wasn't

0:29:49.920 --> 0:29:52.280
<v Speaker 1>Initially I was a little bit resistant to doing it

0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:54.800
<v Speaker 1>on TNA. I would rather establish Sharkboy for a few

0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:58.080
<v Speaker 1>months and then oh, look and there's this sharp girl too.

0:29:58.280 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, I thought that, you know what I mean,

0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:02.360
<v Speaker 1>I thought that would have been the way to do it.

0:30:02.440 --> 0:30:05.280
<v Speaker 1>So I know, initially I may have drugged my feet

0:30:05.320 --> 0:30:07.959
<v Speaker 1>a little bit on the idea, but you know, I

0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 1>was never opposed to it. I wanted to do it.

0:30:09.840 --> 0:30:12.000
<v Speaker 1>It's just I thought it would have been smarter to

0:30:12.080 --> 0:30:14.840
<v Speaker 1>establish shark Boy first, got you know, That's how I

0:30:14.880 --> 0:30:20.280
<v Speaker 1>thought about it. Then. So you you've been working before

0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:23.280
<v Speaker 1>the power plant. You said you were a couple of

0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:26.200
<v Speaker 1>years in the indies, and then you get your big break.

0:30:26.200 --> 0:30:29.760
<v Speaker 1>You work for WCW doesn't really work out because the

0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:33.160
<v Speaker 1>company goes under, a year goes by, and then TNA

0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:36.360
<v Speaker 1>comes around. Now, for that year, like, do you go

0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:39.760
<v Speaker 1>back to the Indies? Are you heartbroken? Did you think

0:30:39.800 --> 0:30:44.120
<v Speaker 1>your career was over? Like where's your mind at once?

0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:49.640
<v Speaker 1>WCW folds. Yeah, I mean I never thought my career

0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:51.520
<v Speaker 1>was over. Not at that point. I was. I was

0:30:51.560 --> 0:30:53.520
<v Speaker 1>still pretty young, you know, I was in my early

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:55.560
<v Speaker 1>to mid twenties there, So I mean I still I

0:30:55.640 --> 0:30:57.360
<v Speaker 1>figured I had plenty of time to you know, I

0:30:57.440 --> 0:30:59.760
<v Speaker 1>just was gonna have to find another way back up,

0:30:59.880 --> 0:31:03.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, back up there, you know. And the other

0:31:03.200 --> 0:31:05.000
<v Speaker 1>thing was what's going to happen? Is it just going

0:31:05.040 --> 0:31:07.920
<v Speaker 1>to be WWE and that's it, you know, not going

0:31:07.960 --> 0:31:10.040
<v Speaker 1>to be another you know. So I was really excited

0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:14.400
<v Speaker 1>to find out that Jarrett's were starting TNA, and I

0:31:14.400 --> 0:31:17.160
<v Speaker 1>saw that as a big opportunity. I knew Jeff already

0:31:17.720 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 1>and Jeremy Borash was very instrumental in helping me get

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:23.640
<v Speaker 1>a try out there as well. So between Jeff and Jeremy,

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:25.800
<v Speaker 1>I knew I would have at least have an opportunity

0:31:25.800 --> 0:31:28.880
<v Speaker 1>with TNA. And I never left the inn DS, to

0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:31.600
<v Speaker 1>be honest with you, I mean I was still kind

0:31:31.600 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 1>of you know, even when I was with WCW. If

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:36.040
<v Speaker 1>an opportunity popped up, I thought I could go do

0:31:36.120 --> 0:31:39.160
<v Speaker 1>another show. I would, And even when I was with TNA,

0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:41.200
<v Speaker 1>I worked then D's pretty much the whole time. So

0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:45.760
<v Speaker 1>you know, I never never I never really left the

0:31:45.800 --> 0:31:48.200
<v Speaker 1>inn D's and I never gave up, especially at that

0:31:48.240 --> 0:31:50.560
<v Speaker 1>point in time. I really thought that I still would

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:53.360
<v Speaker 1>get another opportunity, and thankfully I did so. So when

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:58.040
<v Speaker 1>you worked for WCW, you were allowed to work other shots.

0:31:58.320 --> 0:32:03.040
<v Speaker 1>Even though you didn't say that, we figured out ways

0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:06.040
<v Speaker 1>to do it, you know what I mean. Yeah, even

0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:08.120
<v Speaker 1>when we were at the power Plant that you know,

0:32:08.200 --> 0:32:10.440
<v Speaker 1>that was kind of the thing. We would, uh, you know,

0:32:10.520 --> 0:32:12.440
<v Speaker 1>three or four of us would go do an Indian

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:15.400
<v Speaker 1>mum's the word hush hush, and you know they kind

0:32:15.400 --> 0:32:17.560
<v Speaker 1>of look the other way. The big rule was don't

0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:19.800
<v Speaker 1>get hurt. You know, as long as you didn't get

0:32:19.880 --> 0:32:21.680
<v Speaker 1>hurt on the indie or there wasn't going to be

0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:23.520
<v Speaker 1>a problem. But you know a lot of guys did that.

0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:25.960
<v Speaker 1>I think not so much for the money. The money

0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:28.440
<v Speaker 1>was just as terrible as it always is on the indies,

0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:30.880
<v Speaker 1>but it was more the experience. A lot of us

0:32:30.920 --> 0:32:33.600
<v Speaker 1>weren't working in front of crowds very often, just working

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:36.840
<v Speaker 1>out and the power plant was not quite the same thing. Now,

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 1>did your opportunities have to go through the office or

0:32:40.440 --> 0:32:42.959
<v Speaker 1>were you just booking yourself? Yeah, we were pretty much

0:32:43.000 --> 0:32:50.520
<v Speaker 1>just booking ourselves. Yeah, it's pretty good. Well, the guys

0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:52.600
<v Speaker 1>that are, the guys that were down there knew the

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:55.280
<v Speaker 1>places in Atlanta, around Atlanta where you could go and

0:32:55.320 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 1>work an independent show, you know what I mean. So

0:32:57.960 --> 0:33:00.520
<v Speaker 1>we would there were certain places that, like I said,

0:33:00.520 --> 0:33:03.480
<v Speaker 1>the office just kind of looked the other way. You

0:33:03.520 --> 0:33:05.240
<v Speaker 1>were in trouble if you got hurt though, and I

0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:08.760
<v Speaker 1>found that out firsthand. So cause you got hurt on

0:33:08.760 --> 0:33:11.120
<v Speaker 1>one of the shows. Yeah, Jimmy Yang kicked me in

0:33:11.160 --> 0:33:15.280
<v Speaker 1>the ear and split my ear open. Yeah he was,

0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:21.240
<v Speaker 1>he was, he was green as grass back then. But yeah,

0:33:21.440 --> 0:33:24.240
<v Speaker 1>he it bled through the mask, that's how bad it was.

0:33:25.200 --> 0:33:28.480
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, so I had to I had to go

0:33:28.520 --> 0:33:30.680
<v Speaker 1>to the doctor. I had to go to the emergency

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:33.960
<v Speaker 1>room that night, and they they glued it shut, you know,

0:33:34.120 --> 0:33:36.680
<v Speaker 1>my ear right, and they said it should be fine.

0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:38.840
<v Speaker 1>You know, he'll he'll, he'll back up everything to find

0:33:38.880 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 1>just be very careful. So I had to go in

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:43.440
<v Speaker 1>the power plant the next morning, pretend like nothing was

0:33:43.440 --> 0:33:46.640
<v Speaker 1>wrong with my ear. So I go to lock up

0:33:46.680 --> 0:33:49.080
<v Speaker 1>with one of the other guys and on the lock

0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:54.600
<v Speaker 1>up boom, blood everywhere. I'd busted it back open. So

0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:58.040
<v Speaker 1>now I'm now w CW is sending me to the

0:33:58.040 --> 0:34:00.640
<v Speaker 1>emergency room under the you know guy that I had

0:34:00.680 --> 0:34:04.080
<v Speaker 1>been hurt at one of their practices. Okay, So I

0:34:04.120 --> 0:34:06.680
<v Speaker 1>get there and the doctor's like, what is all over

0:34:06.720 --> 0:34:09.120
<v Speaker 1>your This is glue? Did you just have this? You know?

0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:11.520
<v Speaker 1>And he was furious with me. He's like, I can't

0:34:11.560 --> 0:34:14.239
<v Speaker 1>believe you got in the ring today like this, you know,

0:34:14.640 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 1>he says. And they had to put this really painful

0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:19.920
<v Speaker 1>stitch or two in there that was really awful, And

0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:21.840
<v Speaker 1>he said, You're lucky I don't have to bring in

0:34:21.880 --> 0:34:24.480
<v Speaker 1>a cosmetic surgeon. You almost lost your ear. So that

0:34:24.600 --> 0:34:27.319
<v Speaker 1>was all that was all done under the guise of

0:34:27.360 --> 0:34:30.879
<v Speaker 1>not letting the office find out we were doing independent shows. Now, now,

0:34:30.920 --> 0:34:33.720
<v Speaker 1>can I make a suggestion, and this is probably twenty

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:37.120
<v Speaker 1>years too late, but why didn't you wear your mask

0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:40.719
<v Speaker 1>to the paraplant that day and just cushing up that

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:44.200
<v Speaker 1>ear with a bunch of gauze and have the mask

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 1>over you and nobody would have known about your ear maybe,

0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:48.319
<v Speaker 1>but I would have had to do that for like

0:34:48.360 --> 0:34:50.520
<v Speaker 1>two weeks or whatever, however long it takes for the

0:34:50.719 --> 0:34:53.400
<v Speaker 1>ear to heal, right, of course, but you're at the gimmick.

0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:55.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, give it twenty four seven. I'm just gonna

0:34:55.560 --> 0:34:57.719
<v Speaker 1>wear my mask all day. Well yeah, and that's the

0:34:57.719 --> 0:34:59.560
<v Speaker 1>other thing I would have stuck out. Nobody else will

0:34:59.640 --> 0:35:04.399
<v Speaker 1>to wear their gimmick to practice. You were getting into role.

0:35:05.000 --> 0:35:07.479
<v Speaker 1>I love it. I would in hindsight, I probably should

0:35:07.520 --> 0:35:11.520
<v Speaker 1>have done exactly what you're saying. They want to cover

0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:12.839
<v Speaker 1>it up your ear, for sure, and then you take

0:35:12.880 --> 0:35:14.239
<v Speaker 1>the mask if you go, oh, I don't know, my

0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:16.200
<v Speaker 1>ear got caught on something in the mask a little.

0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:22.440
<v Speaker 1>What happened to it? It's no exactly. Wow. Wow, that's

0:35:22.480 --> 0:35:25.080
<v Speaker 1>that's crazy. So now you're in TNA. You said you

0:35:25.080 --> 0:35:29.480
<v Speaker 1>were there for ten years, give or take. Yeah, my character,

0:35:30.640 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 1>I think I had a contract for maybe nine or

0:35:32.600 --> 0:35:35.239
<v Speaker 1>ten years. They would, you know, they'd put me on

0:35:35.280 --> 0:35:37.840
<v Speaker 1>the shelf sometimes and take me back off the shelf,

0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:39.799
<v Speaker 1>and so was it kind of felt very kind of

0:35:39.800 --> 0:35:42.040
<v Speaker 1>off and on. But I was under contract to them

0:35:42.080 --> 0:35:45.960
<v Speaker 1>for probably nine, maybe nine or ten years. Wow, that's

0:35:46.000 --> 0:35:51.920
<v Speaker 1>a long time. Yeah, yeah, why did you, I'll tell

0:35:51.960 --> 0:35:54.359
<v Speaker 1>you they. It got to a point where I had,

0:35:54.440 --> 0:35:56.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, a certain number of guaranteed dates, as you

0:35:56.920 --> 0:35:59.640
<v Speaker 1>get with a contract, and I got a call from

0:35:59.719 --> 0:36:01.239
<v Speaker 1>Terry Taylor and he said, we're not going to be

0:36:01.280 --> 0:36:04.160
<v Speaker 1>able to meet your dates. We're probably gonna wind up

0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:07.480
<v Speaker 1>exercising the out clause and maybe we'll talk about you know.

0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:10.279
<v Speaker 1>I said, well, I'm still under contract for another three,

0:36:10.360 --> 0:36:12.200
<v Speaker 1>three or four months or whatever, and you're telling me

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:14.200
<v Speaker 1>I won't be working in that time. He said, no,

0:36:14.320 --> 0:36:16.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't. We don't think we'll be able to match

0:36:16.160 --> 0:36:18.080
<v Speaker 1>what we told you, you you know. So at that point,

0:36:18.120 --> 0:36:19.400
<v Speaker 1>I said, well, you might as well just give me

0:36:19.520 --> 0:36:21.800
<v Speaker 1>my release. Then he's like, you're asking for your release

0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:23.880
<v Speaker 1>and I said, well, you're telling me you're going to

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:25.839
<v Speaker 1>keep me under contract for three or four months and

0:36:25.840 --> 0:36:28.160
<v Speaker 1>not use me, so yeah, i'd rather, you know. He said, well,

0:36:28.239 --> 0:36:30.719
<v Speaker 1>do you think you can find opportunities elsewhere? And I said, well,

0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:32.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I can or not, but I

0:36:32.600 --> 0:36:34.040
<v Speaker 1>know I don't want to stay in a contract with

0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:36.359
<v Speaker 1>someone who's not going to use me, so yeah, that's

0:36:36.400 --> 0:36:37.840
<v Speaker 1>I asked for my release. At that point, it just

0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:39.920
<v Speaker 1>felt like the right time. But would you have been

0:36:39.960 --> 0:36:43.040
<v Speaker 1>paid for that four months if you paid? Not the

0:36:43.080 --> 0:36:45.719
<v Speaker 1>way my No, it wasn't a guaranteed, you know, not

0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:47.959
<v Speaker 1>the way it was set up, I wouldn't have been paid.

0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:50.399
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I would have rode that to the very

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:52.200
<v Speaker 1>last minute. If I was going to get paid. Sure,

0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:56.000
<v Speaker 1>if I was getting a check every week, yeah, no problem.

0:36:56.080 --> 0:36:58.640
<v Speaker 1>But that's not that's not the way it was set up. Okay,

0:36:58.760 --> 0:37:02.080
<v Speaker 1>I got you. So when you when you were released,

0:37:02.120 --> 0:37:07.120
<v Speaker 1>what year was that? Oh gosh, I don't know. If

0:37:07.120 --> 0:37:10.120
<v Speaker 1>I had to guess, would would that have been twenty ten?

0:37:10.360 --> 0:37:14.040
<v Speaker 1>Right about then? Some something like that? Okay, so maybe

0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:18.399
<v Speaker 1>the last decade you're not working for a major fred

0:37:18.440 --> 0:37:22.160
<v Speaker 1>you're still doing indies here and there. Yeah, pretty much.

0:37:22.560 --> 0:37:25.400
<v Speaker 1>Are you loving life more that you can make your

0:37:25.400 --> 0:37:30.200
<v Speaker 1>own decisions? Oh that's a really good question. I'll tell you.

0:37:30.280 --> 0:37:33.440
<v Speaker 1>I've I've completely rebooted things. I've got a new I'm

0:37:33.480 --> 0:37:36.919
<v Speaker 1>on my second marriage, I've got a new kid. So yes,

0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:39.360
<v Speaker 1>I enjoy I enjoy all that, you know what I

0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:42.520
<v Speaker 1>mean as a new kid. I have a new kid.

0:37:42.640 --> 0:37:47.040
<v Speaker 1>When I bought a new kid, Yeah no, I so

0:37:47.160 --> 0:37:49.400
<v Speaker 1>I mean, yes, I'm enjoying life more now. I do

0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:53.120
<v Speaker 1>feel like I'm more in control. I'm definitely smarter about everything.

0:37:53.360 --> 0:37:56.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, the business and family and everything.

0:37:56.640 --> 0:38:00.279
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I see this, I see this is a

0:38:00.280 --> 0:38:02.760
<v Speaker 1>good It's definitely a good time in my life, for sure.

0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:06.040
<v Speaker 1>You know, do I miss being on national television? Yeah?

0:38:06.080 --> 0:38:08.319
<v Speaker 1>I mean that's what kind of you know, made all

0:38:08.360 --> 0:38:10.560
<v Speaker 1>of this possible, was getting to be on national TV

0:38:10.680 --> 0:38:12.799
<v Speaker 1>and they made an action figure out of me, they

0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:15.000
<v Speaker 1>put me in a video game. You know, of course

0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:16.560
<v Speaker 1>you missed that kind of thing when it goes away,

0:38:16.600 --> 0:38:20.040
<v Speaker 1>but you know, I'm still kind of reaping the benefits

0:38:20.040 --> 0:38:22.920
<v Speaker 1>of all of that now, so right. Yeah, And you

0:38:22.920 --> 0:38:25.080
<v Speaker 1>know what's crazy is that you look back and people

0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:27.480
<v Speaker 1>talk about, you know, the eighties and the early nineties,

0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:29.719
<v Speaker 1>these iconic names and the guys that will live on

0:38:29.760 --> 0:38:33.680
<v Speaker 1>forever on shows. But your character, your gimmick is one

0:38:33.719 --> 0:38:35.960
<v Speaker 1>of those modern day gimmicks that's going to be able

0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:38.520
<v Speaker 1>to live on forever because people, as they find you

0:38:39.000 --> 0:38:42.319
<v Speaker 1>and they see this shark mass, you become identifiable. And

0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:44.880
<v Speaker 1>to think, you know, when I first started watching you,

0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:47.239
<v Speaker 1>all the way back when you debuted in TNA, to now,

0:38:47.280 --> 0:38:51.040
<v Speaker 1>it's like, well, it's unbelievable how long the gimmick has lasted.

0:38:51.040 --> 0:38:54.600
<v Speaker 1>And that's a estimate to your work. Well, thank you. Yeah,

0:38:54.600 --> 0:38:57.360
<v Speaker 1>And you know, it's like you said. With you, I

0:38:57.400 --> 0:39:00.400
<v Speaker 1>always say kids love robots, insects and sharp you know,

0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:03.840
<v Speaker 1>and like kids are just kids are just always going

0:39:03.920 --> 0:39:05.839
<v Speaker 1>to be sort of drawing to this character. I saw

0:39:05.840 --> 0:39:08.879
<v Speaker 1>it at the convention Indianapolis. These kids will come over

0:39:08.920 --> 0:39:11.640
<v Speaker 1>and be, oh my, you know, and how do they

0:39:11.640 --> 0:39:13.200
<v Speaker 1>know who I am? They're too young to see me

0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:16.120
<v Speaker 1>on television there, you know, But it's because their parents

0:39:16.239 --> 0:39:18.160
<v Speaker 1>or somebody said, hey, look there's this guy who dressed

0:39:18.200 --> 0:39:21.000
<v Speaker 1>like a shark. And you know, thanks to YouTube, I'm

0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:23.880
<v Speaker 1>alive forever and you know. So, yeah, it is one

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:26.239
<v Speaker 1>of those things. It's just gets hung around, and I hope,

0:39:26.360 --> 0:39:28.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's like you said, it'll just it'll just

0:39:28.239 --> 0:39:30.960
<v Speaker 1>continue to stay around, you know. And I've been really

0:39:31.040 --> 0:39:33.839
<v Speaker 1>lucky in that regard. I think no, absolutely, I think

0:39:33.880 --> 0:39:38.000
<v Speaker 1>boobs have the same effects. They do different. Sometimes men

0:39:38.040 --> 0:39:41.320
<v Speaker 1>will say, I don't know who you are, but it

0:39:41.440 --> 0:39:44.920
<v Speaker 1>looks pretty good. Can I get sure? Hell that might

0:39:44.960 --> 0:39:49.960
<v Speaker 1>even be more true than what I just said. Oh gosh, well,

0:39:49.960 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 1>where can people find you if they want to know

0:39:52.239 --> 0:39:56.400
<v Speaker 1>more about the Shark Boy. I'm on Twitter and my

0:39:56.520 --> 0:40:01.239
<v Speaker 1>handle is a shark Boy twenty four underscore seven. Uh,

0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:04.560
<v Speaker 1>that's me on Twitter, and that's really the best place

0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:06.560
<v Speaker 1>because anything that happens I get on there and sort

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:09.759
<v Speaker 1>of talk about it, plug it or whatever. So that's

0:40:09.760 --> 0:40:11.920
<v Speaker 1>what I would say. Come come visit me at Twitter.

0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:16.359
<v Speaker 1>Follow me on Twitter. Okay, well, I would love to

0:40:17.040 --> 0:40:18.719
<v Speaker 1>talk to you a little more about getting you out

0:40:18.719 --> 0:40:22.920
<v Speaker 1>there because I feel I can lend a helping hands,

0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:26.240
<v Speaker 1>so to speak. Cool, awesome, that'd be great. Discuss stuff

0:40:26.280 --> 0:40:29.480
<v Speaker 1>further later. But I'm so happy I ran into I

0:40:29.520 --> 0:40:32.359
<v Speaker 1>love running into guys that I don't get to see

0:40:32.520 --> 0:40:35.400
<v Speaker 1>very often, so you know, and like I said, you

0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:38.160
<v Speaker 1>caught me after that first glass of whiskey, so I

0:40:38.200 --> 0:40:42.919
<v Speaker 1>was but it was, you know what, I just thought

0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:45.279
<v Speaker 1>of something else I could plug I have. I have

0:40:45.320 --> 0:40:48.799
<v Speaker 1>a pro wrestling tease. Oh yeah, I'm on there. I'm

0:40:48.800 --> 0:40:50.719
<v Speaker 1>on there. I got some T shirts on there. But

0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:53.200
<v Speaker 1>so you just look under shark Boy. Yeah, I'm the

0:40:53.239 --> 0:40:58.399
<v Speaker 1>only one there. You going, who else is dressed like this? Well?

0:40:58.440 --> 0:41:01.080
<v Speaker 1>I love the gimmick. I think it's and like you said, it.

0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:04.200
<v Speaker 1>You know, it draws. You're you're going to draw the

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:06.120
<v Speaker 1>kids because of the mask, but you're going to draw

0:41:06.160 --> 0:41:08.680
<v Speaker 1>the adults because of your talent. Well, thank you. I

0:41:08.760 --> 0:41:11.560
<v Speaker 1>appreciate that. I love running into you too, And I

0:41:11.560 --> 0:41:13.080
<v Speaker 1>don't do a whole lot of these things. I don't

0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:17.160
<v Speaker 1>know if you can tell that by by the problems

0:41:17.200 --> 0:41:20.320
<v Speaker 1>I had with the technology here, but uh, yeah, I

0:41:20.360 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 1>don't do all. You know, like when you asked me,

0:41:22.600 --> 0:41:25.920
<v Speaker 1>I said, I will do this for you. I appreciate that.

0:41:25.960 --> 0:41:29.680
<v Speaker 1>It's like I said, it's so nice. I just felt

0:41:29.680 --> 0:41:33.000
<v Speaker 1>like people should know what's going on with you. And

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:35.040
<v Speaker 1>if you do want to tip your toes in the water,

0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:37.680
<v Speaker 1>we got to get your face out there. So even

0:41:37.680 --> 0:41:39.640
<v Speaker 1>if it's under a mask, but this is how people

0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:43.120
<v Speaker 1>know who you are. So I'm thrilled to chat with

0:41:43.160 --> 0:41:46.400
<v Speaker 1>you and you know, keep in touch and if you

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.480
<v Speaker 1>need anything, let me know. All right, thank you so much,

0:41:49.560 --> 0:41:53.240
<v Speaker 1>Thank you both for having me. Thank you Francine, awesome,

0:41:53.280 --> 0:42:00.920
<v Speaker 1>Thanks my friend. Okay, take care, guys, sayah, all right,

0:42:01.000 --> 0:42:03.480
<v Speaker 1>let's finish up here on this end, so we don't

0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:08.200
<v Speaker 1>we don't have to go and record you know, ten

0:42:08.239 --> 0:42:11.600
<v Speaker 1>million times, but we'll go right into our patriots. So

0:42:11.960 --> 0:42:14.200
<v Speaker 1>for the magic of editing, nobody had to go through

0:42:14.239 --> 0:42:17.640
<v Speaker 1>what we had to get through getting Sharp Boy connected

0:42:17.680 --> 0:42:21.520
<v Speaker 1>on a few different potential multi mediums here. But we

0:42:21.560 --> 0:42:23.439
<v Speaker 1>got it done and that's the most important part. Now,

0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:26.160
<v Speaker 1>his picture was frozen, but we just went with it

0:42:27.080 --> 0:42:29.600
<v Speaker 1>right and that was fine because I heard him crystal clear,

0:42:29.760 --> 0:42:34.480
<v Speaker 1>so exactly. It's such a nice guy. Yes, and I

0:42:34.520 --> 0:42:36.920
<v Speaker 1>feel like he's again he's one of the ones that

0:42:36.920 --> 0:42:39.960
<v Speaker 1>are underrated, and people, you know, may not know he's

0:42:40.000 --> 0:42:42.480
<v Speaker 1>still out there, but he is. He's out and about

0:42:42.600 --> 0:42:45.600
<v Speaker 1>and he looks great and he's just a nice person.

0:42:45.760 --> 0:42:49.440
<v Speaker 1>So I really like Shark Boy. I don't think he's

0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:51.879
<v Speaker 1>perfectly rated because you know, I don't really I don't

0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:54.120
<v Speaker 1>know it. Yeah, I don't know how much of a

0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:56.279
<v Speaker 1>discussion there was. He's pretty good as being the guy

0:42:56.320 --> 0:42:58.880
<v Speaker 1>who's the shark, so he kind of in a class

0:42:58.920 --> 0:43:01.920
<v Speaker 1>by himself and staple of those TNA days for a

0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:03.959
<v Speaker 1>good ten years, you know, And I know I didn't

0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:06.719
<v Speaker 1>realize he was there for that long. Yeah, prossive. Yeah,

0:43:06.760 --> 0:43:09.560
<v Speaker 1>And it begs the question, why would you drop a

0:43:09.600 --> 0:43:11.719
<v Speaker 1>guy like that if you can market him the way

0:43:11.719 --> 0:43:15.080
<v Speaker 1>he was talking about but he's very smart about his business,

0:43:15.080 --> 0:43:17.879
<v Speaker 1>so that's probably why they couldn't do it the way

0:43:17.960 --> 0:43:20.320
<v Speaker 1>that they wanted to. All Right, And I've learned stuff

0:43:20.360 --> 0:43:23.160
<v Speaker 1>that I didn't know, so I enjoy these interviews when

0:43:23.239 --> 0:43:25.000
<v Speaker 1>when I could get popped like that because I had

0:43:25.040 --> 0:43:27.880
<v Speaker 1>no clue, that's great, very cool, very cool. All Right,

0:43:27.920 --> 0:43:30.880
<v Speaker 1>So I'm Patreon. I can't pop the little banners up

0:43:30.920 --> 0:43:33.319
<v Speaker 1>because we're recording up oh right as we speak, So

0:43:33.640 --> 0:43:36.279
<v Speaker 1>I'll have to just you'll have to take my word

0:43:36.360 --> 0:43:38.640
<v Speaker 1>for it. Okay, First and foremost, we're going to talk

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:41.239
<v Speaker 1>about New Jack, okay, and just talk about you know,

0:43:41.239 --> 0:43:43.080
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't have to be the you know, a long

0:43:43.120 --> 0:43:46.919
<v Speaker 1>epic episode. It's just you know, quick memories, you know again,

0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:49.920
<v Speaker 1>the reaction when you got the call, that kind of response,

0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:51.520
<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing. But we'll talk about New Jack

0:43:51.520 --> 0:43:53.839
<v Speaker 1>because it was. It was a very nice response from

0:43:53.880 --> 0:43:57.160
<v Speaker 1>the wrestling world. I thought all weekend and still to

0:43:57.200 --> 0:44:00.879
<v Speaker 1>this day. We are going to do any extreme? Remember

0:44:00.920 --> 0:44:02.759
<v Speaker 1>we were talking about last week put extreme in front

0:44:02.800 --> 0:44:06.279
<v Speaker 1>of everything and it sounds a little grittier. Well, we're

0:44:06.280 --> 0:44:11.760
<v Speaker 1>gonna do extreme, would you rather questions? Oh? How extreme

0:44:11.800 --> 0:44:15.600
<v Speaker 1>are we? So they're basically the same, you know, dirty style.

0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:17.880
<v Speaker 1>Would you rather questions? I just threw extreme on the

0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:24.719
<v Speaker 1>front of it, Okay, okay, and then this is gonna lie.

0:44:25.000 --> 0:44:30.840
<v Speaker 1>I swear I have never seen this. I vaguely remember

0:44:30.960 --> 0:44:34.400
<v Speaker 1>maybe hearing about it, but I've I've witnessed this for

0:44:34.440 --> 0:44:35.880
<v Speaker 1>the first time, and I have to bring it to

0:44:35.920 --> 0:44:40.040
<v Speaker 1>the air. Okay, we are going to watch the fm

0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:45.200
<v Speaker 1>W tenth Anniversary show with the we W Tag Team

0:44:45.320 --> 0:44:51.120
<v Speaker 1>Championship on the line between He's Takatsu Oya and tetsu

0:44:51.200 --> 0:44:57.560
<v Speaker 1>Hero Corota versus Raven and Tommy Dreamer with Francy. I've

0:44:57.600 --> 0:45:01.680
<v Speaker 1>never seen this before. Okay, No, no, no, the the

0:45:01.920 --> 0:45:06.040
<v Speaker 1>historyonics around it, or what I gotta talk to you about. Okay,

0:45:06.160 --> 0:45:08.799
<v Speaker 1>do you know what I'm talking about? I remember the

0:45:08.920 --> 0:45:11.360
<v Speaker 1>night I remember no no, no no, no no, Then you

0:45:11.360 --> 0:45:13.359
<v Speaker 1>don't remember any if you're just saying you remember the night.

0:45:13.600 --> 0:45:17.360
<v Speaker 1>We got to talk about the details, Okay. This is

0:45:17.440 --> 0:45:20.640
<v Speaker 1>everything of a Japanese wrestling show and a Japanese like

0:45:20.800 --> 0:45:24.040
<v Speaker 1>entertainment show all rolled into a wrestling event. Yeah, I

0:45:24.520 --> 0:45:27.040
<v Speaker 1>remember there was another woman in the ring with me,

0:45:27.400 --> 0:45:32.120
<v Speaker 1>yes all but yes, yes, yes, that's the Oh. The

0:45:32.160 --> 0:45:34.760
<v Speaker 1>match itself. I mean, I knew ECW work with VMW.

0:45:34.800 --> 0:45:37.560
<v Speaker 1>That's not what I'm talking about. What is going on

0:45:38.120 --> 0:45:40.960
<v Speaker 1>is like I don't know what's going on because it's

0:45:41.160 --> 0:45:46.719
<v Speaker 1>freaking Japanese and you could tell, you could tell, you

0:45:46.760 --> 0:45:49.840
<v Speaker 1>could tell. So we'll watch that from the first entrance

0:45:49.920 --> 0:45:51.799
<v Speaker 1>to the final exit. We're going to watch it. So

0:45:52.400 --> 0:45:55.560
<v Speaker 1>that's Patreon. Well let's go. If you want to follow me,

0:45:55.840 --> 0:45:58.560
<v Speaker 1>it's at Chad E and B on Twitter and Instagram.

0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:01.439
<v Speaker 1>Website is ib exclusive dot com. Check it all out.

0:46:01.640 --> 0:46:04.560
<v Speaker 1>A lot of cool things going on. The remaining perfectly

0:46:04.640 --> 0:46:07.600
<v Speaker 1>rated shirts are on there. Come check them out, Come

0:46:07.600 --> 0:46:10.040
<v Speaker 1>get them all right, please you want to follow me.

0:46:10.280 --> 0:46:12.799
<v Speaker 1>I am across the board on social media at ECWD

0:46:12.920 --> 0:46:16.280
<v Speaker 1>for Francine. I'm also on cameo, which you could book

0:46:16.560 --> 0:46:20.000
<v Speaker 1>through my Twitter. I don't know when you hear this,

0:46:20.120 --> 0:46:23.040
<v Speaker 1>but next Friday I will be live on Hannibal TV.

0:46:23.280 --> 0:46:24.719
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if this is going to get out

0:46:24.760 --> 0:46:27.360
<v Speaker 1>in time or not. This will be out in time, yes, okay,

0:46:27.440 --> 0:46:32.239
<v Speaker 1>So I'll be on live on Hannibal TV, which is

0:46:32.280 --> 0:46:39.000
<v Speaker 1>on YouTube and I'm not sure about hold on. I

0:46:39.000 --> 0:46:42.680
<v Speaker 1>think the time is two o'clock two o'clock Eastern time

0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:45.600
<v Speaker 1>two o'clock Eastern Standard time. I will be live on

0:46:45.640 --> 0:46:49.799
<v Speaker 1>YouTube being interviewed by Hannibal, So please come watch me

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<v Speaker 1>live over there and give it a listen if you would.

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<v Speaker 1>And as always, I hope you're staying safe, healthy and

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<v Speaker 1>extreme and uh with that, that's RUP