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Speaker 1: In studio right now. Punishment Martinez, Ring of Honor t

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Speaker 1: V Champion, How you doing.

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Speaker 2: Doing good man? Thanks for having me, Thanks for being here.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about it. Ring of Honors at Minsuadatorum

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Speaker 1: this weekend. You're going to be putting the title up

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Speaker 1: on the line. Let's talk about your match.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll be facing Scorpio Sky tonight. And he's somebody who,

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Speaker 2: like myself, has been independently wrestling for a long time,

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Speaker 2: for years and hustling and you know, grinding it out,

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Speaker 2: and finally he's on a you know, national platform on

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Speaker 2: television and whatnot. So he's he's trying to showcase his

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Speaker 2: skills and talent and trying to move up the card,

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Speaker 2: and I'm trying to keep him down so I could

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Speaker 2: continue moving up as well. So to be a battle

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Speaker 2: of like fresh faces basically for Ring of Honor.

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Speaker 1: Perfect And that's awesome. Punishment Martinez. So you just claimed

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Speaker 1: the title not too long ago, defeating Styles Young. Let's

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Speaker 1: talk about that night. I know you had the big

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Speaker 1: battle royal kind of thing before and then you had

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Speaker 1: to turn around and wrestle again. How do you train

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Speaker 1: for something like that?

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, it was a six man match where anybody

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Speaker 2: wins the match, they get an instant title shot right

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Speaker 2: there against Silas. If Silas wins a match, then that

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Speaker 2: person that he pins can't get another title shot while

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Speaker 2: he's champion. So I was able to win that match

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Speaker 2: and then defeat him in a separate singles match right after.

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Speaker 2: To prepare for something like that, it's it's basically, you know,

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Speaker 2: stick and move. You know, there's really no preparation. It's

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Speaker 2: kind of just hit people hard as hard as you

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Speaker 2: can and just keep it moving, you know, and just

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Speaker 2: be careful because you know the people are gonna be

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Speaker 2: attacking you from all angles, so you never know what

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Speaker 2: you're gonna get hit with or you know whatever. So

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Speaker 2: there's really no preparation as far as you know. Training is.

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Speaker 2: You know, you watch matches and you try to pick

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Speaker 2: up little things here and there to you know, make

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Speaker 2: sure your performance is you know, top notch. But besides

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Speaker 2: that is, let's see what happens.

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Speaker 1: Man punishment. Martinez my guest right now, and I know

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Speaker 1: you've gone up the ranks and the independent now you've

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Speaker 1: got the title around your waist. I know, last time

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Speaker 1: you were here in Nashville, you were going after the

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Speaker 1: belt and finally got it. What was it like the

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Speaker 1: night that they said, okay, this is your night, we're

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Speaker 1: giving it to you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, it's one of those things that you know,

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Speaker 2: when I found out the news, of course, you know,

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Speaker 2: the kid inside me, the one that this was his dream,

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Speaker 2: of course, is ecstatic. But I try not to, you know,

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Speaker 2: get too confident and over celebrate and get ahead of myself.

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Speaker 2: So when they told me, hey, this is the business

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Speaker 2: we're doing, you know, for me, it was okay, let

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Speaker 2: me just focus. I'm going out there and putting on

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Speaker 2: the best performance possible because that's my job, you know,

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Speaker 2: to entertain and put on a performance. And then once

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Speaker 2: it was done, once business was done and the bell rang,

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Speaker 2: that's when it became surreal. You know, That's when the

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Speaker 2: moment was, you know, a moment for me in my

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Speaker 2: life and my career because plans can change at any moment.

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Speaker 2: I mean, in the ring, something could have went wrong

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Speaker 2: moment actually happens to really enjoy and celebrate. So at

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Speaker 2: that moment, for me, it was just you know, like

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Speaker 2: I said, it was surreal. Was loss of words, because

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Speaker 2: you know, you work so hard at things, and when

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Speaker 2: this position and I was just, you know, proud, and

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Speaker 2: hopefully I can make the company proud by representing it

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Speaker 2: as a champion.

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Speaker 1: My guest punishment Martinez is hanging out with us, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I followed your career, watch them your matches,

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Speaker 1: and you know, going up the ranks, and you don't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a reason why guys my size don't really

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Speaker 2: this business goes, you know, where they're saying something or

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Speaker 2: making a certain expression for me, you know, in ring

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Speaker 2: ability wise, Ring of Honor has always been known about

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Speaker 2: prides themselves in proving that that's what Ring of Honor is.

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Speaker 2: So when I first started with Ring of Honor, of course,

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Speaker 2: And for me, it was more about, well, let me

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Speaker 2: you know. So it was lucha libre and the high

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Speaker 2: It was from the MMA world because that's that's where

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Speaker 2: So I kind of just trained a little bit and

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Speaker 2: So for me, that's how I prepared and I got

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Speaker 2: of those maneuvers they speak about. You know, if a guy,

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Speaker 2: mine and my land there's a little rough, but.

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Speaker 1: But it connects though every time.

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Speaker 2: At least I'm big enough that some part of my

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Speaker 2: other part is just smacking the ground or something.

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Speaker 1: What's going to hit that concrete first?

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Speaker 2: Exactly. But yeah, that's like I said, and I'm not

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Speaker 2: much where that came from. As far as preparing, there

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Speaker 2: is no preparing. It's let's see what happens here.

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Speaker 1: Let's just make sure that I don't have the concrete

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and try not to look down. I'm not a heights,

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Speaker 2: you know, I'm not a really fan of heights. So

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Speaker 2: for me, it's funny when they're like you're not. You

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Speaker 2: do all this stuff off the top and you die

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Speaker 2: with like, yeah, but that's quick. I'm not paying attention

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Speaker 2: once I'm in the air. Always. Every time I'm in

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Speaker 2: and I regret it every single time.

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Speaker 1: My guest Punishment Martinez is hanging out. Ring of Honor

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Speaker 1: is in town this weekend. He is the Ring of

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Speaker 1: Honor TV Champions. So let me ask you this. A

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Speaker 1: lot of champions have their own persona. What kind of

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Speaker 2: I pretty much I'm going to stay the same who

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Speaker 2: I've been who got me here, which is just a

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Speaker 2: ba dude that just comes out and punches people in

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Speaker 2: much pain as possible. So if that's what got me here,

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Speaker 2: I'm just going to continue doing it. I'm not going

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Speaker 2: to change anything. I'm not going to duck anybody. You know,

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Speaker 2: I haven't yet and I've been successful, So why would

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Speaker 2: I start that now while I'm champion. So no difference

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Speaker 2: in that situation, you know, I stay true to myself,

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Speaker 2: and just because what's real is that I love the

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Speaker 2: physicality of what we do, so that that's not going

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Speaker 2: to change smash mouth wrestling where I'm getting in the ring,

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Speaker 2: getting in somebody's face and hitting you as hard as

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Speaker 2: back because I love that. And so as far as

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Speaker 2: the technical term would be a fighting champion because I

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Speaker 2: like to fight. But yeah, it's just the same as

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Speaker 1: Man, I think of that would be terrified if I

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Speaker 1: take the three count So I knew you grew up

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Speaker 1: in New York going to the Garden and there was

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Speaker 1: all the talk about Ring of Honor getting the Garden thing,

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Speaker 1: and then a big corporation came in and squashed it.

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Speaker 1: But now looking to twenty nineteen, you're in the Garden.

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Speaker 1: What's that like growing up going to the Garden and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know, winning the title was surreal, right,

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Speaker 2: But now this this is almost like the dream I

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Speaker 2: didn't know I had, but I wanted. You know, as

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Speaker 2: a teenager, I went to every in the mid nineties,

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Speaker 2: every single event wrestling event that was held at the Garden,

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Speaker 2: you know, and I saw so many memorable matches and

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Speaker 2: it really solidified me as wanting to do that and

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Speaker 2: just being in the Garden feeling that aura and not

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Speaker 2: because I didn't think Ring of Honor was capable. I

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Speaker 2: just didn't think that that was even a possibility. It

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Speaker 2: just the thought never crossed my mind. I thought, you know,

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Speaker 2: working the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan Center, that was like

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Speaker 2: I thought that was the biggest deal as far as

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Speaker 2: that was my reaction. I was like, this can't be real.

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Speaker 2: This is not real life. And then you know, it

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Speaker 2: was disappointing when it got taken away for a minute,

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Speaker 2: you know, but I said it then too. I was like, well,

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Speaker 2: now it's it's no way, it's not going to happen.

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Speaker 2: And Ring of Honor has become undeniable, you know. And

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Speaker 2: like I said, with the whole aspect of Ring of

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Speaker 2: Honor wanted to be the rest of wrestling on the planet.

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Speaker 2: The talent takes that to heart. You know. We strive

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Speaker 2: not just depending where we are, where we are on

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Speaker 2: the card or you know what Creative is doing. No,

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Speaker 2: we take pride in what we do every time we

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Speaker 2: and it's the fans like they're like, no, this is

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that, I really do, and I appreciate that

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Speaker 1: And no problem. Last question, and this is this is

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Speaker 2: That's a good one. You know. I had a fan

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Speaker 2: One of the guys came up to me, he's like, hey,

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Speaker 2: hopefully soon, man I asked. All I could say about that,

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Speaker 1: Well cool, my guest Punishment Martinez is hanging out with us.

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Speaker 1: He's at Ring of Honor this weekend, putting the title

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Speaker 2: not just hey, we're going to entertain you however we can. No, No,

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Speaker 2: we're a professional wrestling company. So we're going to entertain

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Speaker 2: you with professional wrestling, and not one person male it

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Speaker 2: in at any point in time. So you're gonna see

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Speaker 2: an action packed show that's basically for the whole family,

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Speaker 2: and we strive to put on the best performance possible

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Speaker 2: every single night, no matter where we are on the card,

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Speaker 2: no matter what state or country we're in. So when

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Speaker 2: you see it, you're gonna see guys literally putting their

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Speaker 2: lives on the line for your entertainment. And not to

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Speaker 2: take anything away from any other company, but these guys

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Speaker 2: are just phenomenal. I look around the locker room sometimes

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Speaker 2: and I'm in all and I as a fan. I'm

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Speaker 2: still very much a fan. I sit backstage and watch

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Speaker 2: through the curtain to watch matches and be entertain myself.

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Speaker 2: So if if me being in the business, I can

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Speaker 2: still get entertained by my co workers, I fully expect

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Speaker 2: fans to feel that tenfold. So if you're new or

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Speaker 2: you haven't really seen anything yet, I would strongly suggest

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Speaker 2: checking it out and you won't be disappointed, especially showing

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Speaker 2: up live to an event. There's just nothing like going

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Speaker 2: to an event live. So if you're able to, especially

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Speaker 2: a Ring of Honor event, I would definitely invest your

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Speaker 2: money in it.

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Speaker 1: Once again, my guest Punishment Martinez is hanging out with us.

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Speaker 1: He's at Ring of Honor this weekend. It's at Mendipua

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Speaker 1: to tourm You still get tickets, uh, he's going to

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Speaker 1: be there with the belt and uh man, dude, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for stopping by

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Speaker 2: My pleasure, Thanks for having me