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Speaker 1: What is up you guys. Welcome to episode number ninety eight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, two away from one hundred, and we've got a

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Speaker 2: very big guest for you for the one hundredth episode.

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Speaker 2: But today on episode ninety eight, Crimson and Anthony Lucazio

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Speaker 2: from Tried and True stops by. We talk about their

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Speaker 2: upcoming show next week. How did Crimson get involved with NWA,

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Speaker 2: Will Tried and True announce a new belt anytime soon?

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Speaker 2: And what's in store for the Tried and True Academy.

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Speaker 2: We talk all about that on the episode today. Also,

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Speaker 2: Lena from Bells of the Brawl she joins us and

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Speaker 2: she gives her thoughts on this past week of wrestling,

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Speaker 2: including that very odd thing that happened with Becky Lynch

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Speaker 2: and Shane at Basler. So in the meantime, Here it

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Speaker 2: is episode ninety eight of the Battleground podcast. Enjoy By

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Speaker 2: So do that, leave us a nice review. Okay, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna shout up. Now here's the episode, ladies.

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Speaker 3: And gentlemen, Welcome to the bat Ground Podcast. This is

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Speaker 3: a podcast all about professional wrestling. Joined Battle and Eli

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Speaker 3: as a breakdown what's going on in the world of

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Speaker 3: professional wrestling with special guests including some of your favorite

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Speaker 3: wrestling superstars. You never know who's gonna stop by now

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Speaker 3: making their way to the microphone. Give it up for

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Speaker 3: the greatest podcast team in the world.

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Speaker 1: Battle and Eli. All right, here we go.

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Speaker 2: It's another episode of the Battleground Podcast. We got some

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Speaker 2: special guests in the building. You've seen them on TV,

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Speaker 2: you've seen them in Clarksville. We've got Crimson, we got

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Speaker 2: Anthony in the building.

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Speaker 1: What's up, guys? What's going on?

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Speaker 4: Man? Good to be back here.

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Speaker 1: That wasn't even a proper How do you want me

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Speaker 1: to do this then? Because these computer monitors let me

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Speaker 1: move you just.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you just said Anthony, like that could be my

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Speaker 5: Anthony the pizza guy, and I did just get a

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Speaker 5: piece of pizza at two Boots.

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Speaker 2: But I also don't want to butcher your last name

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Speaker 2: and then look like an idiot on the show.

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Speaker 6: So that's that's too late for you.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, it's.

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Speaker 1: Andy.

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Speaker 2: You've seen him with there it is. You've seen him

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Speaker 2: with Tried and True. You've seen him all over the place.

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Speaker 1: And the world, all over the world.

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Speaker 2: The last time I saw you, you were with my

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Speaker 2: buddy Rommy, who came out and Jack's kind of busted

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Speaker 2: him open as he was eating pizza, and Rommy then

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Speaker 2: was Rommy was like, my tooth got chipped during that match.

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Speaker 6: That wasn't him, that was Frankie P.

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Speaker 1: Frankie P.

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Speaker 6: Frankie Pi.

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Speaker 4: Pizzarelli, aka one of our top students at the Tried

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Speaker 4: and True Academy.

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Speaker 6: I showed him everything.

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Speaker 1: You know, really, I.

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Speaker 4: Don't quite know about that. Well, you have some sort

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Speaker 4: of influence based on his recent attitude, of course, but

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Speaker 4: Rommy has been he was one that really caught on

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Speaker 4: quickly and just had that natural ability and for a

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Speaker 4: adapt to what it takes to be, you know, in

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Speaker 4: pro wrestling. So I'm proud to see him get more

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Speaker 6: That's because he listened to me.

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Speaker 2: Is that is that It's that's it right there. And

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Speaker 2: we'll kind of talk about the Academy later on in

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Speaker 2: the show. But one thing I want to talk about

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Speaker 2: with you, Krims. The last time you were here with us,

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Speaker 2: you let us know you're going in for surgery. How's

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Speaker 1: And you know the timetable for a return.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. So August tenth was our last event in Clarksville, Tennessee,

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Speaker 4: From the first time I got imaging done on my shoulder,

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Speaker 4: I needed the surgery. There was no getting around it.

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Speaker 4: There was no working through it at that point anymore.

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Speaker 4: I could barely lift my arm that night, but you know,

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Speaker 4: It was two days because the show was Saturday. I

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Speaker 4: So he did a pretty strong repair on both of those.

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Speaker 4: I had to repair that twice. I had my niece

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Speaker 2: So now I know, we've had some conversations between me

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Speaker 2: in too much of the drama, but was there some

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Speaker 2: you know, issues that arose. There was some stuff that

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Speaker 4: Well, I had a list of potential venues I wanted

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Speaker 4: they're limited on venue options in Clarksville. The Wilma Ruoff

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Speaker 4: it's run by the City of Clarksville, so there's a

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Speaker 4: lot of levels you need to go through to not

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Speaker 4: So, once I realized, okay, well I got to sort

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Speaker 4: So I had a list of venues in Valor Hall

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Speaker 4: Tourism Commission. So when you think about that, their whole

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Speaker 4: they're excited, they're really excited. And I've had a couple

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Speaker 4: something completely opposite of what I was dealing with in

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Speaker 4: the other venue in Parksville. So it's gonna be great.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be amazing, and these guys have been really,

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Speaker 4: really excited to work with us. So it's you know,

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Speaker 4: we've already got beyond Saturday February twenty second, our first

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Speaker 4: as well that we'll announce pretty soon.

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Speaker 2: Nice, and that's what you're speaking speaking of exciting, just

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Speaker 2: looking at this card that you've already announced, and did

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Speaker 2: I see that there's still possibly a few more than

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Speaker 6: I didn't know talent, but didn't tell anybody in production.

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Speaker 5: The Kings are the best ones to have the straps

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Speaker 6: They were the strongest team to have it at the time.

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Speaker 5: It's consistent. Sometimes we've had plans for other people. Chelsea

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Speaker 4: with nice shiny, brand new custom tag team championship or

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00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,840
Speaker 4: any championship belt, that that's just kind of a piece

437
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,000
Speaker 4: that adds adds to the value.

438
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,399
Speaker 2: Right, And the fans get so excited because I get

439
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,400
Speaker 2: the hold that because I mean most most people don't

440
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,359
Speaker 2: get to hold an actual, like legitimate championship belt, and

441
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,280
Speaker 2: that just gives them even more satisfaction of not only

442
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,800
Speaker 2: did they get to meet you guys, but they get

443
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,879
Speaker 2: to hold those heavy belts.

444
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,679
Speaker 4: And and Tony had brought this up to in one

445
00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 4: of our meetings. It's like look, this is your hometown,

446
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,200
Speaker 4: Clarksville is where you've lived, and like you've really built

447
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,640
Speaker 4: this around the community, and they expecting you to win

448
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,400
Speaker 4: at some point.

449
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 7: You know.

450
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,320
Speaker 6: I mean, we get it, dude. You know, you know

451
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 6: you don't want to have the belt, all right, you know,

452
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 6: but yeah.

453
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I mean that's just you know, it was

454
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,719
Speaker 4: bittersweet though, you know when we came to that final,

455
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 4: like I was comfortable with saying, okay, let's go forward,

456
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,720
Speaker 4: right then it was like because we had laid that

457
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,760
Speaker 4: out months months and months before the actual last event,

458
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 4: when when.

459
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 5: There was actually a couple of things that happened too,

460
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:08,360
Speaker 5: Like the Pythons had won their first round I think

461
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 5: over the Lions or no, the Lions beat somebody else,

462
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:12,920
Speaker 5: and uh.

463
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,840
Speaker 6: We were supposed to work l A X at the

464
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Speaker 6: wrestle case.

465
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,479
Speaker 5: And then something happened lax Is. This is like two

466
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,199
Speaker 5: years ago, seventeen or whatever it was. No, lax Is,

467
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,679
Speaker 5: a vendor got sideways and so they didn't end up

468
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 5: being there. So we just short circuited all that. That's

469
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,359
Speaker 5: why you guys beat the Lions at the student show.

470
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 5: That's why we hotshoted that. And then it was gonna

471
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 5: be I forget la X and the Kings.

472
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 4: The backets got busted. I mean that just happens, you know.

473
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, so things changed around because la X was where

474
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,639
Speaker 5: you at the show where la X was at was

475
00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 5: that which was La X, Mario Falla and in War

476
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 5: Kings in a three way.

477
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Speaker 2: I think I wasn't at that one. I want to

478
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,640
Speaker 2: say Eli was probably at that one.

479
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, but uh it was. It was awesome. That's why

480
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 6: we gotta to bring him back, you know, even.

481
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,680
Speaker 5: Talked about putting the belts on them, changing it. There

482
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,480
Speaker 5: was some other stuff too where this brother was like determined.

483
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 5: It was like the belts were like, you know, made

484
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 5: a lava or something.

485
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 6: He's like, wait, we can win.

486
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,520
Speaker 5: And so comes out pat from why did you celebrate

487
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 5: one night with the damn thing?

488
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: And then you know, and.

489
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 5: Then rip it off you you know, Jesus. But it

490
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,880
Speaker 5: was decision was last second. It wasn't earlier in the day.

491
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,439
Speaker 4: No, yeah, the day of the event, I was it was.

492
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 4: I wasn't sure.

493
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 6: It was also so Kevin Martin wouldn't go to the

494
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Speaker 6: Stooge report with.

495
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 4: It right and stoo everyone. No. I had the production

496
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,560
Speaker 4: meeting and I put out, went over everything, the format

497
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,120
Speaker 4: of the show and everything, and we got to that

498
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,119
Speaker 4: match and the finals and I was like, here, here's

499
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,320
Speaker 4: some reality. I'm not sure where we want to go yet.

500
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 4: This is a couple of hours before the show, so

501
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 4: just be expecting anything because it's gonna be a last

502
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 4: second call and depending on how I feel about everything,

503
00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,640
Speaker 4: depending on my shoulder feels. After I were to get

504
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,199
Speaker 4: in the ring kind of stretch out and warm up

505
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 4: and things like that. You know, it was really weighed

506
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,479
Speaker 4: on me. I really don't want to be the focus

507
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 4: because I got a lot to do behind the scenes

508
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 4: that you know, a champion representation is the champion of

509
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 4: the promotion. Any champion of that matter needs to be

510
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 4: a face of the promotion.

511
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 5: You know, Team Tiger Beat. You know Alex in the

512
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:22,960
Speaker 5: lines you love that.

513
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know I do. But when it came down

514
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 4: to it, I felt good after I got in the

515
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,120
Speaker 4: ring and warmed up a little bit, and uh, I said,

516
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,639
Speaker 4: you know what, let's let's just proceed as planned and

517
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 4: we'll figure it out. You know, obviously I'll go in

518
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,000
Speaker 4: the surgery and I'll hope for the best and quickest

519
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 4: recovery possible. And then we'll get back at it.

520
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:46,360
Speaker 6: And now he's been milking it. That's what's happening. They're

521
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,119
Speaker 6: scared that.

522
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,920
Speaker 4: It was a bittersweet though, you know, holding those titles

523
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 4: up in Clarksville to that ovation.

524
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 2: I mean that place hopped super loud once that bell hit,

525
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 2: and they you know, knew that you guys won.

526
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 4: So yeah, it was awesome. It was awesome, and it

527
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 4: was and you know, walking back towards up the ramp

528
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 4: and uh my son meeting me on the ramp and

529
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 4: you know, I supposing him he had, We gave the

530
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 4: titles to him, put him on his shoulder and kind

531
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 4: of pose for a picture, and that was kind of

532
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,119
Speaker 4: you know, that was my last match for the foreseeable future.

533
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 4: You know, I didn't know how recovery was gonna go. Whatever.

534
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,479
Speaker 4: Here we are six months later. I feel great, man,

535
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 4: I'm ready to defend those titles like tomorrow if I

536
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,159
Speaker 4: could see, we'll see, Like I said, I got an

537
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 4: appointment coming up on the eighteenth. We kind of.

538
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 6: Feel back a little bit more for you, Alright.

539
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 5: Originally pi Zon's were gonna win, but once I found

540
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,439
Speaker 5: out we couldn't have Pyro, I said that I give

541
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,119
Speaker 5: them to the Kings to get those kids rubbed.

542
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 6: We don't need them.

543
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 1: If anybody can see the look that Crimsons given Anthony.

544
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 6: Right now, we're over everybody. Everybody's in the building because

545
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 6: you know.

546
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 2: We uh, I guess a few weeks back, I got

547
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 2: to check out the Academy show and it was a

548
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,479
Speaker 2: really good show, and that venue is like the perfect

549
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 2: venue for.

550
00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:58,880
Speaker 4: That kind of stuff.

551
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 2: What's what is plan for Tried and True in the

552
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 2: Academy for twenty twenty. I know you guys just started

553
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 2: up the new classes at the beginning of the month,

554
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 2: So what's uh, what's what's the plans for twenty twenty

555
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 2: in that.

556
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 4: Well, we just yeah, like you said, we just launched

557
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 4: a new beginners class early February. Actually Super Bowl Sunday

558
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,479
Speaker 4: was our first class of the new year, and you know,

559
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 4: we got some real interested and eager beginners in that class,

560
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 4: still coached by Jeremiah Plunkett, and then we still have

561
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 4: the intermediate classes and advanced classes coach by Thomas Latimer.

562
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,919
Speaker 4: And you know it's it's we're gonna every cycle we

563
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 4: go through because we it's not a continuu and continuous program.

564
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,879
Speaker 4: You know, we we run it by cycles basically sixteen

565
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 4: week cycles, and then we take a couple of weeks off,

566
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 4: few weeks off reset, and then start a new beginner's

567
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 4: class and move people up to advanced or or intermediate

568
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 4: classes and so forth. So every cycle we're changing things

569
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 4: and making the program better, seeing what worked, seeing what

570
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 4: quite didn't work, and moving forward. And to be honest,

571
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 4: I think that we're just now starting to see the

572
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 4: benefits of being in a program like the Try and

573
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 4: True Academy. And I can use one student for example,

574
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 4: as Matthew Mims, who's been with Tried and True Pro

575
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 4: since really early on when we started running shows in

576
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 4: twenty fifteen and then in twenty sixteen, he was on

577
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 4: ground as a promotional promotional guy and ring crew and

578
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 4: things like that, and always wanted to obviously train to wrestle,

579
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 4: and that was the intent. And as soon as we

580
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 4: opened up the Academy, first one through the doors, he's

581
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 4: been trained hard and now he's gotten opportunity with NWA

582
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 4: on screen, you know, as talent. So those people that

583
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 4: were in that first beginner's class like him with him,

584
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 4: are now getting to the point where they're ready. They've

585
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 4: gone through several several months over a year of training

586
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 4: and preparation and learning the business inside, they ring in outside,

587
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 4: and now they're starting to get these opportunities. And that's

588
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 4: the thing too, is like we're not trying to rush

589
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 4: anybody or hotch on anybody and or just train them

590
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 4: for a few weeks sixteen weeks and then push them

591
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 4: out the door. Good luck, kid. We're trying to set

592
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 4: these guys and girls up for success where we want

593
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 4: people that take this seriously and that really want to

594
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 4: make something of themselves in the wrestling industry. And that's

595
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,199
Speaker 4: what we're gonna set them up for. And you know

596
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 4: it's the program is always evolving, like I said, and

597
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 4: we'll continue to run those classes, and we'll continue to

598
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 4: provide some training, some advanced training opportunities like seminars and

599
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 4: people like Jerry Lynn coming in and conducting a seminar,

600
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 4: people like doctor Tom coming in and conducting seminars for

601
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 4: our students and things like that. We'll do some cross

602
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 4: promotional stuff, training stuff with OVW in the future as well,

603
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 4: So you know, there's a lot of things to come

604
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 4: for the Try and True Academy as we continue to

605
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 4: grow and expand We've done some remodeling in the gym too,

606
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,719
Speaker 4: so we were painting the walls, removing some stuff. We're

607
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 4: in the process of remodeling and things. So it's it's

608
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 4: it's just exciting. You know, it's an exciting time to

609
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 4: be in wrestling right now.

610
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: Almost definitely.

611
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 2: There's there's not a night that you can't go without

612
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 2: wrestling being on some form of TV, phone, internet, whatever.

613
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 6: Exact history. Wasn't just healthy when I was regular traveling,

614
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, it was.

615
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: It's literally seven days a week shows.

616
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 6: Nobody would believe shows.

617
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 5: Oh we's to do tons of shows back then, to

618
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 5: do five shows, make twenty dollars, yeah, thousand miles.

619
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 6: But some of that stuff awful.

620
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 4: It was It wasn't It wasn't like it is today.

621
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 4: And I'm not saying it's easy by any stretch to

622
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 4: getting a job more opportunity, but the opportunities right are

623
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 4: are greater and better take it seriously and you really

624
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 4: work hard, ship like you can. You can make it

625
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 4: the w n XT, you make it to a w

626
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 4: n w A. I mean, there's so many options, good

627
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 4: independence out there now that are doing things professionally. So

628
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 4: it's it's there's no better time than now to actually

629
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 4: start and get involved. If this is something that someone's

630
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 4: been wanting to do.

631
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 2: Right, something else I kind of want to ask about,

632
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 2: are there any plans to introduce any new belts, whether

633
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: it be for tried and true shows or maybe a

634
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 2: tried and true Academy belt.

635
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: Is there any plans for that?

636
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 6: I don't think for the main show.

637
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 4: I think, well, we've we put a teaser out on Twitter,

638
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 4: not Twitter.

639
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 6: Oh no, you know what there was almost oh yeah,

640
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 6: one gimmick.

641
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 4: Division of cruiserweight title.

642
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 6: That's what the four way on the last show supposed

643
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 6: to be.

644
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, it.

645
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 6: Just ended up being a four way zips app you.

646
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 5: Know, fright well boogie, which is good, you know, but.

647
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, we you know, maybe we we got we

648
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 4: put out a teaser on Instagram the other day. We

649
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 4: got a great guy, Ray Ray Ray's Championship Belts out

650
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 4: of Miami, Florida, who does our new titles, and he's

651
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 4: got something special in store for our next next Saturday,

652
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 4: February twenty second. And depending on when you're listening to this,

653
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 4: I guess he's got something special because we've we've run

654
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 4: with the original TNT the Tried and True Championship for

655
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 4: a while now, so we we I thought it was

656
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Speaker 4: about time for an upgrade. So, so are.

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Speaker 1: We gonna be seeing a new belt on the twenty second?

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Speaker 2: Is that?

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Speaker 1: What is that what we're saying?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that's I'll go ahead and say it now. Yeah,

661
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Speaker 4: you can expect to see a new Try and True

662
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Speaker 4: Championship unveiled.

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Speaker 1: You heard it here first on the show.

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Speaker 4: So, and he's been sending me pictures. I we haven't

665
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Speaker 4: made a public yet, but I mean this thing is sweet.

666
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Speaker 4: Oh boy, it is. It is awesome.

667
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Speaker 6: It's always he gonna do with the old one.

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm gonna give it to him actually, you know,

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Speaker 4: as as kind of a token.

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Speaker 6: Of appreciation if Sammy wants it.

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Speaker 4: Well, initially I wanted to keep it myself, but.

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Speaker 6: It was his child for you years.

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Speaker 1: Who's hanging up hanging up in the academy.

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Speaker 4: I thought about that, But you know what, they they're

675
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Speaker 4: making some replicas pretty out of India these days. I

676
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 4: can just get a couple of replicas made of it. Yeah,

677
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 4: you know, just like.

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Speaker 6: What if Stevie, what if Stevie's chewed on yes saying,

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Speaker 6: I mean he's he's you call him crazy for nothing, No,

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Speaker 6: not at all him all the time.

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Speaker 4: Uh, that's a good you bring up the trot and

682
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Speaker 4: True Academy. Maybe a belt there. I think that's that

683
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Speaker 4: provides some some incentive. I think for some of the students,

684
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Speaker 4: maybe it'll work a little harder and try a little

685
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Speaker 4: harder to detain something everything he knows.

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Speaker 2: By the way, because I was sitting there watching the

687
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Speaker 2: show and like it, you could tell.

688
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Speaker 1: That everybody put into work.

689
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 2: And then afterwards hanging around after when I was talking

690
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Speaker 2: watching all the guys and the students, the girls sitting

691
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: there tearing the ring down and putting it up, and

692
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 2: like fans coming up to him.

693
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Speaker 5: Like Taylor cheated on that show in the business beating Ashley.

694
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Speaker 4: Or talking about two of our premiere female athletes. They

695
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 4: did really well along with all the students that really cheated.

696
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Speaker 6: If that's what you called them, Well, it was an illegal.

697
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: She brought out the big guns for that match.

698
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Speaker 6: Up for review, and so we'll see what happens there.

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Speaker 5: I do the challenge flag at the time, but they

700
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Speaker 5: claimed I didn't have a timeout so I could.

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Speaker 1: Looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: Next Saturday is going down in Oat Grove, Kentucky trying

703
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Speaker 2: to putting on their big show, and of course we're

704
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Speaker 2: going to be there, and we're excited to be there.

705
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Speaker 2: And you know, one last thing for everybody that's listening,

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Speaker 2: tell them the reason why they need to be in

707
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Speaker 2: the building next Saturday.

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Speaker 1: We've already talked about who's going to be there.

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Speaker 6: Number.

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Speaker 1: We already know he's going to be there. So there's

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Speaker 1: another reason why to buy it.

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Speaker 4: Take it.

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Speaker 5: Like I said before, I'm pretty sure I told you

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Speaker 5: I have some new family members that will be there

715
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Speaker 5: because Mario was in Cleveland, Kazima is still stuck in

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Speaker 5: New Zealand, and you know, so I've got some new

717
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Speaker 5: cousins coming. Oh boy, well was on a mission in

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Speaker 5: New York, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, just shuffling around these green track suits. To anybody

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Speaker 4: that will will take.

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Speaker 6: The I got some heavas coming. Guys are lucky. Look, hey,

722
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Speaker 6: Bizzler broke his arm. He's just lucky.

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Speaker 4: It's our first show of the new year, the first

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Speaker 4: show of twenty twenty. I know we're already in February,

725
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Speaker 4: but still, you know, we didn't kick off the new

726
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Speaker 4: year in January with the New Event. But you know

727
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Speaker 4: what we've had the time to really prep for this

728
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Speaker 4: one and get ready for this first show of the

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Speaker 4: new year, and a new venue with some great promotional

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Speaker 4: partners and great partnering venue and some great sponsors. Try

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Speaker 4: to True Pro Survival brought to you by Metro by

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Speaker 4: T Mobile, and we've got a lot of that are

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Speaker 4: the great sponsors that are on board that help make

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Speaker 4: this event as big as it's going to be. We

735
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Speaker 4: got a lot of excitement buzzing around. We're gonna have

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Speaker 4: some obviously I ran down the car. We're gonna have

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Speaker 4: Psycho Sidbitious there for an appearance and meet and greet.

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Speaker 4: We'll have MVP wrestling Ricky Starks.

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Speaker 6: Excited to see Ricky.

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Speaker 4: Can you tell this guy to quick cut me off?

741
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Speaker 6: I'm trying to help you out here.

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Speaker 1: Hell, we can push this off button real quick on

743
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Speaker 1: that mike if we need to.

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Speaker 4: MVP will be wrestling Ricky Starks, the NWA Television Champion.

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Speaker 4: We got Camille defending the Try and True Pro Women's Champion, which.

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Speaker 2: She scares me, by the way, even when she came

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Speaker 2: in like pulling the curtain back. Talking to her in

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Speaker 2: normal conversations still scares me.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, she's an intimating presence, and there's no doubt

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Speaker 4: she's gonna take on Rebel. Actually no longer rebels. She's

751
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Speaker 4: wrestling has Panda.

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Speaker 6: Down, a fan favorite that we haven't seen in a while.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, she's she's been gone for a while. She moved

754
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Speaker 4: to Florida, but you know we're bringing her back in.

755
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 4: Fan has been asking about her. Yeah, so we're bringing

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Speaker 4: her back and it's crazy. Steve defending the title against

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Speaker 4: Bram Thomas Latimer. I'm sorry, and you know you could

758
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Speaker 4: say that that last match they had in August was

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Speaker 4: quite controversial and may have been the spark that kind

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Speaker 4: of ignited the fire between myself and Clarksville Parks and

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Speaker 4: Rec Department, whom we were off event center.

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Speaker 1: But you know, yes, but man, they're they're crazy.

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Speaker 2: I saw in that girl when that door opened up

764
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Speaker 2: and everybody took off running outside. I was like, I'm

765
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Speaker 2: just gonna sit in my scene, just wait until everybody

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Speaker 2: comes back in.

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Speaker 1: There's no way I'm gonna take off running with all

768
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Speaker 1: those kids.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the woman moved off events that I couldn't contain.

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Speaker 4: It too intense, too intense for clarks We'll bring it

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Speaker 4: to broke in the rematch. Trying to championship and I

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Speaker 4: experience and then we've got to have listen, it's gonna

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Speaker 4: be amazing. Jackson is gonna be an action. You know,

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Speaker 4: I'll be there for an appearance, slated in his appearance

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Speaker 4: right right now. And we got some announcements still to come,

776
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 4: and we got some great meat and great experiences for

777
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Speaker 4: some of those guys, like sitting MVP for Shore and

778
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 4: by the time this runs, we should have already had

779
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Speaker 4: that in a while as it drops tonight. But there's

780
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Speaker 4: gonna be some it's gonna be an awesome experience all around,

781
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 4: all around awesome experience. You haven't been to one of

782
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 4: the Trying to Show pro live events, I strongly advise

783
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Speaker 4: you get out to this one because we're really gonna,

784
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Speaker 4: really gonna do it big at our new home, our

785
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Speaker 4: new venue, Oak Grove, Kentucky or Showden.

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Speaker 2: Begun there it is tried and first show of the

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Speaker 2: year next Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Crimson Anthony in the building. Guys, Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: and you know studio is always open for you.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate it bout.

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Speaker 7: Thanks yowie wowie, boys and girls, welcome to this episode

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Speaker 7: of Bells of the Brawl.

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Speaker 8: I am one of your hosts, Lena.

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Speaker 9: Harrington, I am solo today as my co host The

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Speaker 9: she Enam Kayla KB.

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Speaker 8: Could it be with me tonight?

797
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Speaker 9: She had some things to tend to, but she will

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Speaker 9: be back next week.

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Speaker 8: Don't fret, missy Kayla. But let's get into it.

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Speaker 9: Into the women's wrestling news this week, eighteen year old

801
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Speaker 9: Simone Johnson has signed her first WWE contract and has

802
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Speaker 9: already started training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

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Speaker 9: This is some exciting news, very exciting for daddy Duayne

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Speaker 9: the Rock Johnson if you did not know that as

805
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Speaker 9: her father. If she's successful, she will become the first

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Speaker 9: fourth generation superstar in w W history. This is so exciting.

807
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Speaker 9: She's so young, such a young talent. She comes from

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Speaker 9: a long line of very successful professional wrestlers, not to

809
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Speaker 9: mention all the family that is related to the Rock,

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Speaker 9: such as Roman Rains, I believe, Naya, Jack's Rakishi and

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Speaker 9: the Ussos. So she's a big old family tree of

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Speaker 9: just some talent there, y'all. So congrats to Simone. We

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Speaker 9: cannot wait to see what you're gonna do. I'm following

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Speaker 9: you on all the social networks, So keep going, girl,

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Speaker 9: and We've got you back awesome. Next, the WWE Performance

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Speaker 9: Center YouTube channel is really seeing a four part series

817
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Speaker 9: on WWE NXT superstar Tegan Knox this week, titled The Comeback.

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Speaker 9: This will lead up to her street fight with Dakota

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Speaker 9: Kai at this Sunday's Takeover Portland event. It includes pre

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Speaker 9: WWE footage and her road to getting on NXT. I

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Speaker 9: did watch the first episode. It's a little over six

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Speaker 9: minutes long and it is very interesting. So I'm excited

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Speaker 9: to learn about Teagan. She's a very talented individual. I

824
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Speaker 9: love how much she loves Kane because I also love Kane,

825
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Speaker 9: so Miss Kane I believe they call her. So I'll

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Speaker 9: be watching for the next installments of that series and

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Speaker 9: look forward to what the Performance Center YouTube is going

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Speaker 9: to offer us. So stay tuned for that and subscribe

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Speaker 9: to that channel to be the first to know what's coming.

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Speaker 9: All right, you Guyslet's get into this week's women's wrestling highlights.

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Speaker 9: Starting with SmackDown. So we saw a fatal four way

832
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Speaker 9: match to see who's gonna face Bailey next for the

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Speaker 9: SmackDown Women's Championship. It was a match between Dana Brook, Carmela,

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Speaker 9: Alexa Bliss and Naomi. It was a fun match. In

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Speaker 9: my opinion, I believe Naomi was the best performer. I

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Speaker 9: guess you could say she just makes it look just

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Speaker 9: so easy. All of her moves are just flawless. She

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Speaker 9: flies off those ropes, all her aerial moves are just awesome.

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Speaker 9: But Carmela came out on top, which I am a

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Speaker 9: fan of Carmela, so congratulations to her. She will be

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Speaker 9: facing Bailey, I believe.

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Speaker 8: To morrow, So y'all will.

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Speaker 9: See that tomorrow night, I suppose, and it will be

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Speaker 9: for the SmackDown Women's Championship.

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Speaker 8: We'll see where it goes.

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Speaker 9: Obviously, they are building up the road to WrestleMania, and

847
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Speaker 9: there's a lot of theories and speculations going on about

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Speaker 9: this pick. So some people are saying that Carmela won

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Speaker 9: because she's become a crowd favorite due to the twenty

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Speaker 9: four to seven belt, her run with Our Truth, which

851
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 9: that's you know, that is how I was drawn to

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00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 9: her because I love Our Truth and they were just

853
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 9: so funny with that belt hiding and running around and

854
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Speaker 9: dressing up in costumes. And also it's speculated and this

855
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Speaker 9: is just a rumor that if Bailey lost to Carmela,

856
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Speaker 9: and she gained the belt. That might open up a

857
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Speaker 9: avenue for Sasha Banks to come back.

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Speaker 8: And I don't know.

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00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 9: These are just things I'm seeing on the internets, so

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00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 9: we'll see. I'm hoping that Naomi will have a match

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Speaker 9: at WrestleMania. I think she deserves it, and everyone right

862
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 9: now is super pumped about her comeback. She is better

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00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 9: than ever, she looks better than ever, So let's give

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Speaker 9: her that chance. Why don't we already? Let's move on

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Speaker 9: to Raw. Raw This week was especially entertaining to me.

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Speaker 9: It was more entertaining to me because they're prepping for

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Speaker 9: Super Showdown, the Elimination Chamber, We're on the road to WrestleMania,

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Speaker 9: so it was especially like special Monday night. It felt

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Speaker 9: like to me, we saw Becky Lynch versus Oscar for

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Speaker 9: the Raw Women's Belt. We've been here before, you guys,

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00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 9: we've seen this match. But it's interesting because they're such

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Speaker 9: talented women.

873
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 8: They work well together, if that makes sense.

874
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 9: They know how each other work, they know each other's moves,

875
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 9: so it's like, what's gonna happen, Who's gonna come out

876
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:05,919
Speaker 9: on top? It ended up Becky coming out on top.

877
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 9: She did not lose her title, but once she did win,

878
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 9: she gets ambushed by none other than Shana Basler. Here

879
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 9: she comes, knocks her in the back of the head,

880
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 9: knocks her down. Definitely did not see this coming. Shana

881
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 9: knelt down and bit her on the back of the neck,

882
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,720
Speaker 9: and when she pulled back up, her face was all bloody.

883
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 9: I don't know if anyone's watching The Outsider out there,

884
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 9: but remind me of that first episode kind of the

885
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 9: same thing. Anyways, So Shane is covered in blood, Becky's

886
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 9: in pain. The refs are coming out to save her.

887
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 9: Becky doesn't want to help, any help, and nobody drives

888
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 9: Becky to the er in an ambulance. Only Becky drives

889
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 9: Becky to the hospital in an ambulance. So Becky of

890
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 9: course jumps in the ambulance and drives herself there, turns

891
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 9: on the sirens. It was very dramatic, but I love

892
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 9: I'm here for it.

893
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 8: It's so much fun.

894
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 9: I did read online that that storyline could have been

895
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 9: inspired by Paul Hamon's love of a wrestler from way

896
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:13,879
Speaker 9: back in the day.

897
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 8: His name's escaping me right now.

898
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 9: Shame on me, I know, but that was one of

899
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 9: his tactics was to bite his opponents. That's what he

900
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 9: was known for. Shana posted that wrestler, that same wrestler

901
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 9: in one of her stories on Instagram, so people are

902
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 9: thinking there's a correlation there. So Becky's calling herself the

903
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 9: vampire Slayer, which.

904
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,720
Speaker 8: I think is fun. I think it's cool.

905
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 9: You know, it was a little bit shocking at first, obviously,

906
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,280
Speaker 9: but I think it's appropriate. And this is why, because

907
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 9: you know Becky Lynch, she's at the top, She's at the.

908
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 8: Top of her game.

909
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 9: Osca and I would say the Queen are some of

910
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:04,800
Speaker 9: her biggest opponents. But I think this was an interesting

911
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 9: move to have Shana draw blood like this, to kind

912
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 9: of elevate Shana to another level of Becky. You have

913
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:21,359
Speaker 9: not met any opponent like this before, So I am

914
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 9: super stoked. I'm like shaking them in boots, excited to

915
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:30,799
Speaker 9: see them face off at WrestleMania because what is going

916
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 9: to happen?

917
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 8: Who knows? Who knows what's gonna happen between now and

918
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 8: then we shall see.

919
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 9: Also on Raw, we get Ria Ripley again, which is fabulous.

920
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 8: Love her, She's so awesome, And I'd like to say

921
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 8: about what I like about riha Is she is. Her

922
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 8: rhetoric is awesome.

923
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 9: She is a performer, she's you know, the way that

924
00:45:55,640 --> 00:46:00,040
Speaker 9: she talks, it just captivates me and the audience. I

925
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 9: would say, so, what a talented lady. Anyways, Ria Ripley

926
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 9: is doing an interview and here comes Sarah Logan asking

927
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 9: what are you?

928
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 8: Who do you think you are? Why are you on

929
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 8: our turf? And then challenges Ria.

930
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 9: So we see Sarah Logan versus Ria Ripley in the ring.

931
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 9: Boom boom boom lasted maybe a minute. I didn't time it,

932
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 9: but didn't last very long. And Ria just put Sarah

933
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 9: down real quick. Sorry Sarah, I hope you're okay, but

934
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 9: this is what happens when you challenge the nightmare. Anyways,

935
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 9: she wins.

936
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 8: In the meantime, the.

937
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 9: Queen is out there watching Ria wrestle, and I loved

938
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 9: how Rio was wrestling but also watching the Queen, like

939
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:55,879
Speaker 9: check this out, watch me, but also watching her back

940
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 9: at the same time.

941
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 8: She's not dumb.

942
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 9: Then is asking for an answer. She's like, I came

943
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 9: to raw, no answer, you came to XT no answer.

944
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 9: I want an answer. You're a royal pain in my

945
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 9: blank and the Queen says, that's just how the Queen operates.

946
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 8: And how does Ria know she'll have the title after.

947
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 9: This Sunday at NXT Portland, Great Points Charlotte. We'll see

948
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 9: how that match goes. I'm super excited about that match

949
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:32,879
Speaker 9: between Ria and Bianca bell Air.

950
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 8: I do. I would rather see.

951
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 9: Ria in the queen face off, So I'm rooting for

952
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 9: Ria on Sunday. But Bianca, girl, you know I love you,

953
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 9: So we'll see how that how that goes. Moving on

954
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 9: to ae W. First thing I want to bring up

955
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:55,760
Speaker 9: about ae W Britt Baker. You know, I love Britt Baker.

956
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 9: I think she is I love her her story. She's

957
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 9: a dentist and she's beautiful and she can wrestle.

958
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 8: But they're trying to push this heel point of view

959
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 8: on her.

960
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:13,760
Speaker 9: And I'm not really buying it, you know, talking about

961
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 9: Rhea like you know, in a nutshell, I'm buying what

962
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:19,840
Speaker 9: she's selling.

963
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 8: Britt Baker not so much. It's kind of like to me,

964
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 8: it's kind of like.

965
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 9: Bailey, like they're the how can I put this like

966
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 9: America sweetheart, and you're trying to make them be the

967
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 9: bad guy and they're not doing that great.

968
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 8: I don't know.

969
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 9: I'm interested to see what direction they're pushing Britt Baker,

970
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 9: so only time will tell. It's just interesting to me,

971
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 9: so we'll see what they do with her, hopefully, you know,

972
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,839
Speaker 9: in the future it's leading up to to something important.

973
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 9: I don't know, brit you do you girl. But the

974
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 9: main thing that we saw aw this week was the

975
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:08,320
Speaker 9: Native Beast Nylo Rose versus Rijo for the women's aw title.

976
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 8: Wow. What a great match, you guys.

977
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 9: I was on the edge of my seat the whole time,

978
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,880
Speaker 9: mainly because I think both of these wrestlers are awesome.

979
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 9: Of course, you know, I'm going for Riho because she's

980
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 9: just sweet five to one ninety eight pounds, and you know,

981
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:31,360
Speaker 9: she's she's very talented. Apparently she's been wrestling since she

982
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,719
Speaker 9: was nine, and that is wild to me. She's twenty

983
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 9: two now. But Nyla kind of threw her around like

984
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,280
Speaker 9: a rag doll, which I hated to see. But Riho

985
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,879
Speaker 9: she's got the speed and the stamina, and she did

986
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 9: lift up Nyla Rose at one point, which I was like, Wow,

987
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 9: that girl is strong. So it was a very interesting match.

988
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 9: I really thought Riho was gonna maintain the title, but

989
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,239
Speaker 9: she did not. Nyla Rose came out on top, so

990
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,240
Speaker 9: I think this is cool. This is gonna add another

991
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 9: element to aew kind of the heel being the reigning champion.

992
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:13,800
Speaker 9: We'll see how long she holds the title and then

993
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 9: maybe there'll be a really cool match at Revolution, which

994
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 9: is February twenty ninth, so we'll see what that's setting

995
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 9: everything up for. But anyways, let's get to NXT. We're

996
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 9: building up to take Over Portland, which is this Sunday.

997
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 9: We saw Candace Lay versus Dakota Kai. If you remember

998
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 9: from last week, Teagan knocks and Dakota we're going at

999
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 9: it and it's I don't know if it was the

1000
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 9: end of the match or right before the end of

1001
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:44,359
Speaker 9: the match.

1002
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 8: Candace came out.

1003
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 9: To help Teagan, so that's where this match came from.

1004
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 9: Dakota she did kick Candace in the face pretty hard

1005
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,320
Speaker 9: to cause a nosebleed, so we had a little blood,

1006
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 9: but Candace kept on strong, strong girl, both of them

1007
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 9: Tigan or not Tigan Dakota won overall, and then Teagan

1008
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 9: comes out and the two got into it, of course,

1009
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 9: and officials had to tear them apart. But Dakota needed

1010
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 9: to win this match. I believe to build the traction

1011
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 9: leading up to Sunday, which is a street fight which

1012
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 9: I'm very excited about, and that is pinfalls count anywhere,

1013
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 9: no just qualifications. Uh so that's gonna be pretty exciting.

1014
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 9: So I'm looking forward to that. These girls just this.

1015
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 9: They've got a lot of history between the two of them,

1016
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 9: so it'll be an interesting match. And then we had

1017
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 9: Bianca bell Air My Girl versus Santana Garrett. Oh, Santana,

1018
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 9: I feel for your girl. You did not have a

1019
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 9: chance with Bianca. Bianca, she had the upper hand the

1020
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:02,520
Speaker 9: entire time and won this match in record timing. It

1021
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 9: had to be definitely less than a minute, maybe even

1022
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 9: less than forty five seconds, I don't know.

1023
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 8: She whipped her.

1024
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 9: And then Bianca got on the mic and called out Riha.

1025
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 9: Ria comes out and Bianca kay o deed her?

1026
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 8: Oh yeah she did.

1027
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 9: She laid her out, which is very interesting to do

1028
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 9: because now it's kind of making it look like she

1029
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,320
Speaker 9: may have a chance of gaining the championship.

1030
00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:34,839
Speaker 8: You know, so.

1031
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 9: The only time will tell, you know. Like I said,

1032
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 9: I'm still rooting for my girl Ria, and that I

1033
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 9: think that is who is going to be facing Charlotte,

1034
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:47,919
Speaker 9: because I think that's what the crowd wants. But even

1035
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,240
Speaker 9: if we did get Bianca, I would I would also

1036
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 9: be very happy because Beyonca, she's she's on a path

1037
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 9: for stardom. She's so strong, her moves in the ring

1038
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:05,480
Speaker 9: are top notch. Just a all around great girl. So

1039
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:10,040
Speaker 9: those are the highlights of the week. I always like

1040
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:13,080
Speaker 9: to end on some rumors. I have just a couple

1041
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 9: of rumors for you guys, the rumor Mail, of course.

1042
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 9: First thing up is wrestle Votes reports that the Bella

1043
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,920
Speaker 9: Twins are in line to be inducted into the twenty

1044
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:29,400
Speaker 9: twenty WWE Hall of Fame this year. It has not

1045
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 9: been made official as far as I know. Now, I

1046
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 9: know a lot of people are excited for this. One

1047
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 9: of the people I saw is Mick Foley, which I

1048
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 9: respect all of his opinions, but a lot of people.

1049
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 8: Are not so happy. Why, I guess because there's a

1050
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 8: lot more wrestlers.

1051
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 9: Who have been around for a longer time who are

1052
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 9: more like legends, and I totally get that. But at

1053
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:06,959
Speaker 9: the same time, if they are to be inducted, then

1054
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,359
Speaker 9: just be happy for them. So how I think about it,

1055
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,240
Speaker 9: The Beli Twins have done a lot for the women's

1056
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:18,280
Speaker 9: division and for the divas, and you know, they really

1057
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:24,879
Speaker 9: brought reality TV like mainstream for the WWE. Total bell

1058
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 9: is being on the I think it was on E

1059
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 9: which I very much enjoyed.

1060
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 8: And they've just they've.

1061
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:34,840
Speaker 9: Done a lot for the for the for the company.

1062
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:39,200
Speaker 9: Plus they're both pregnant right now. I mean, they're just

1063
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 9: like at the top of their top of their game.

1064
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 9: They are quote unquote retired from wrestling. But uh, if

1065
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 9: it's true, congrats to them, and I hope it is true.

1066
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 9: So we'll see about that.

1067
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:59,720
Speaker 8: And the other thing I read online is speculations about

1068
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:02,080
Speaker 8: the Charlotte.

1069
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 9: Flair storyline right now is to build viewership for NXT.

1070
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:10,800
Speaker 9: Possibly that's possibly true.

1071
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 8: I could see that.

1072
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:16,680
Speaker 9: I know me, for example, when I got back into wrestling,

1073
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 9: I guess a couple of years ago, I was watching

1074
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:26,439
Speaker 9: WWE We'll smack Down, I should say, but my mom

1075
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:29,279
Speaker 9: told me how awesome NXT was and I was like,

1076
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 9: I don't know, And finally I watched an episode NXT

1077
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:34,800
Speaker 9: and I've been hooked ever since.

1078
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 8: So maybe that is what they're doing.

1079
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 9: If so, that's definitely a good move because right now,

1080
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:47,319
Speaker 9: the talent in NXT is ridiculous. They are just killing it.

1081
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 9: So much talent coming through there, so it's very exciting.

1082
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:57,719
Speaker 9: I actually went to an NXT event in December, and

1083
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:04,280
Speaker 9: when you're in full it's a relatively small, very small venue,

1084
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 9: but it's very cool. It makes it that much more

1085
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:09,320
Speaker 9: fun because you're a little bit closer than you normally

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Speaker 9: would at probably a big WW event, and I mean

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Speaker 9: it's a lot cooler than what you see on TV.

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Speaker 9: And also, if we had time, we would have done this.

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Speaker 9: There's a restaurant kind of in the parking lot that

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Speaker 9: some of the wrestlers were gonna go hang out at afterwards.

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Speaker 9: I wish we could have done that, but we had

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Speaker 9: taken like a little taxi, so we didn't have time.

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Speaker 9: But anyways, that's super cool. Also, they're saying Charlotte will

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Speaker 9: appear at NXT Takeover.

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Speaker 8: Portland this Sunday. I bet she will. I bet she will.

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Speaker 8: They keep going back and forth. I bet she'll be

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Speaker 8: there to.

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Speaker 9: Watch Bianca and Rio's match, and maybe we'll get our answer,

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Speaker 9: I hope. So well, that's all for me, guys and gals.

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Speaker 8: Thanks for listening again.

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Speaker 9: If you have any topics you want us to talk about,

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Speaker 9: any suggestions, you just want to say hey, or tell

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Speaker 9: us we suck.

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Speaker 8: I don't know.

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Speaker 9: You can find us on Instagram at Battleground Podcast or

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Speaker 9: at the dot Shenam that is KB, or at Lena

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Speaker 9: del Beer yours truly that's me.

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Speaker 8: But thanks for listening again. And next week.

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Speaker 9: I'll have KB back with me and we will catch

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Speaker 9: it then. And this is Lena signing off.

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Speaker 8: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast.

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Speaker 8: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review.

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Speaker 8: To stay up to date with the.

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