1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Why from the Parts Unknown Studios into the Battle Crowd, 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: bat the Battle Round, the battle Ground. Welcome to the 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: Battleground Podcast, your place for all things pro wrestling. 4 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: The Battle Road, the Battle Round. 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 3: Now making their way to the microphones. 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: Give it up for your hosts. 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 3: Welcome to the Battle Crown. 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: What's up you guys. 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 4: Welcome into another episode of the Battleground Podcast. I got 10 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 4: my tag team partner Eli. We're actually in studio for once. 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 4: This is an exciting time because today is a special 12 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 4: monumental moment for the show. It is episode number two 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 4: zero zero. We are at number two hundred and well, 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 4: I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate episode 15 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 4: two hundred than bringing on the Virtuoso. 16 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 2: Deanna Pirazzo is in the building. 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 3: Thank you for being on the show, Togain, thanks for 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 3: having me guys, and. 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 4: Uh Man two hundred this is crazy and of course 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 4: uh the Virtuoso. 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: Is right impact Women's Champion. 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 4: I think it's perfect, It's the perfect way to do it, 23 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 4: and of course super excited to have you guys. Of 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 4: course you're going to be back in Nashville, going to 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 4: be doing some TV tapings August fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 4: at Skyway Studios, and of course you can actually be 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 4: with us at the taping on the sixteenth because we're 28 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 4: going to be in the Good Brother section because LG 29 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 4: gave us fifty tickets. We uh, you know, we're going 30 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 4: to be screaming for you there like we did it 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 4: slam Aversary. 32 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: And that's right. 33 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 2: Let's let's go back to Slammiversary. 34 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 4: What was the weekend like and the following tapings like 35 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 4: for you being back in front of a live audience. 36 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 5: I don't remember a time in my wrestling career that 37 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 5: I've been It's taken It took me so long to recover, 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 5: you know, because we come to Nashville, we do three 39 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 5: four days of tapings, and then I go home and 40 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 5: I don't worry about wrestling, and I was exhausted, and 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 5: I just think that adrenaline rush that you fans give us, 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 5: and like the screaming, it just adds a whole other element. 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: To what we do. 44 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 5: And we haven't felt that until Long Slam Versary was 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 5: the first time I've defended my championship in front of fans. 46 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 5: So I got that championship, the champion welcome that Muich 47 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 5: felt amazing. 48 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 3: So it was. 49 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 5: It was nerve wracking because I hadn't gotten to do 50 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 5: that before. I didn't know what the reaction would be. 51 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 5: And obviously you hope it's good, but you know, I'm 52 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 5: also like the. 53 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 3: Bad guy, so I kind of wanted to be bad. 54 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 5: It was everything I could have imagined it would have 55 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 5: been and more because we got you guys those next 56 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 5: two days too. 57 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: Man, And it was great because a slimmiversary. Me and 58 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 4: Eli were sitting there and we're like, okay, it's great. 59 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 4: All the surprises, and of course if you watch Slammivers, 60 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 4: we saw the appearance of hardcore country coming out confronting you, 61 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 4: wanting you to be at NWAM Power, which we'll kind 62 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: of talk about that here later in this episode. 63 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 6: So, speaking of your match at Slammerversary, what was your 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 6: initial reaction when you realized your secret opponent was gonna 65 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 6: be thunder Rosa. And on top of that, did you 66 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 6: have a guess as a as you who. 67 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: It might have who your opponent might have been. 68 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: I didn't have a guess. 69 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 5: That's why I like the whole two or three weeks 70 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 5: before I was like, tell me your thoughts, tell me 71 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 5: who it could be, because there was just so many possibilities, 72 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 5: and obviously, you know, we saw Chelsea Green come back 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 5: to Impact Wrestling, she re debuted. You know, Britt Baker 74 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 5: and I have teased on social media about maybe doing 75 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 5: a match down the road, So. 76 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: Those were kind of like, ooh, that would be really cool. 77 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 5: Are my best friends lying to me? But I think 78 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: thunder Rosa is at the top of her game right now. 79 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 5: She's she's kind of been a little bit of everywhere. 80 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 5: So it was really cool that Impact was able to 81 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 5: bring her in and it was such a high profile 82 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 5: match that, you know, to defeat someone like her just 83 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 5: did wonders for everything I've been able to do thus 84 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 5: far at Impact Wrestling, So it was a little bit. 85 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: Of a shock. It was a it was a tough match. 86 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 5: I didn't win by any easy means, but you know what, 87 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 5: I had to pull it out. 88 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 3: I had to retain my championship. 89 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, it was definitely an exclamation point in your title 90 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 6: reign so far. I mean, she's I don't know where 91 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 6: she was ranked with pw I, but she's Yeah, she's 92 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 6: just incredible right now. 93 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: So we were shocked. 94 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 6: And then it was arguably match of the night, And yeah, 95 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 6: it was so very good. 96 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 7: Thank you. 97 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 4: And you know, speaking of the Impact women's division, of course, 98 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 4: thunder Rosa was your surprise because you've kind of pretty 99 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 4: much ran the women's division over the past year. Do 100 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 4: you see who is that next person you see stepping 101 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 4: up to challenge for the title? 102 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 5: Oh? Gosh, well, I mean, obviously there's a part of 103 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 5: me that hopes it's Chelsea. 104 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 105 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 5: She is a former Knockouts champion, so there's a lot Yeah, 106 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 5: and because she was a former Knockouts champion, we kind 107 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 5: of traveled the similar path over those last. 108 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: Two or three years. She's got a lot to prove. 109 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 5: And she's got a lot in her and she's kind 110 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 5: of in those growing steps that I had to go 111 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 5: through when I first came to Impact of just getting 112 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 5: my confidence back and knowing who I am and what 113 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 5: I bring to the table and believing in that, and 114 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 5: whether she's coming for the championship or not, which she's 115 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 5: actually made clear she is. 116 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 3: So I'm interested to see how that develops. 117 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 5: But I'm excited for her just to find Chelsea Green, 118 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 5: find that hot mess, and be comfortable and confident in who. 119 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 3: She is again. 120 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 5: Other than that, gosh, I've lapped the that the edition, 121 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 5: so I'm not quite sure. H Tasha Steeles is someone 122 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 5: I helped train, someone who's who's been in my corner 123 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 5: since the very beginning. So I would love to see 124 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 5: her get the opportunity, and it would kind of be 125 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 5: a little bit of teacher versus student, so that is interesting. 126 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 5: But you know, I'm just gonna there's a few girls 127 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 5: I haven't wrestled yet and I plan to, you know, 128 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 5: break their arm or break their necks one way or another. 129 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 4: You know, the one that I see some people on 130 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 4: social media and eventually she's gonna be a free agent 131 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 4: soon and she's going to be able to wrestle as Ruby. 132 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: Soho. 133 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, and everyone thought she was maybe my opponent at 134 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 5: Simmiversary and I don't think her ninety days was up yet, 135 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 5: but I think she's phenomenal. I've only gotten to wrestle 136 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 5: her once in like a weird four way years and 137 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 5: years ago, and it's you know, her journey is just amazing. 138 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 5: I'm so excited to see what she's gonna do once 139 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 5: those ninety days are up, and I'd love to have 140 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 5: her an impact, love love love to have her. 141 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: Okay, so recently there's just a lot. 142 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 4: We're just sitting here thinking about this match, just hopefully 143 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 4: that we will be there for that event, unless maybe 144 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 4: we have to fly to Vegas Rebound for Glory. 145 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 1: But you know who knows who knows? Small press? Thanks 146 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: all right? 147 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 6: So we recently on the Women's Wrestling Talk podcast, Mickey 148 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 6: James was their guest and you got brought up and 149 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 6: Mickey talked about how she'd love to face you. Is 150 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 6: Mickey someone that's on your bucket list? 151 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: You know what? Yeah? 152 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 5: I think there's no way she couldn't be after what's 153 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 5: gone down. I mean, how many times is she going 154 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 5: to interrupt try to stay on my spotlight? Like I'm 155 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 5: the knockouts champion. Mickey has been a knockout champion multiple times. 156 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 5: She's she's done it all, and she's someone that I 157 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 5: looked up to growing up, someone that like forged the 158 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 5: path for women's wrestlers to be actual wrestlers, and. 159 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: I appreciate her for that. But it's not our time anymore. 160 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 5: It's my time, and I don't take kindly to people 161 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 5: interrupting my time. So if that's what Mickey wants, then 162 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 5: there's no doubt that I'm gonna say absolutely whenever you're ready, 163 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 5: because I need to to shut her down for good. Well, 164 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 5: if I didn't think anything of it, I was interrupting 165 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 5: by by beauty shot. My moment I should be celebrating. 166 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 5: There should be champagne and strawberries and everything that the 167 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 5: virtuosa needs, and here comes hardcore country. Like it was 168 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,119 Speaker 5: a cool moment, I guess, But once I was able 169 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 5: to get over, like, oh, the initial shock, it was 170 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: like this Theedward my time, what is happening right now? 171 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 6: Well, there's a time and place to address the champion exactly. 172 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 5: And you know, once I had a mystery opponent, I 173 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 5: defeated that mystery opponent, not the time and place, And 174 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 5: I think that the only way to respond properly would 175 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 5: to be to have a match and break your arm. 176 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: Man, this is gonna be some fun stuff right now, 177 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: but do it. 178 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're just gonna sorry, Mickey, You're just gonna have 179 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 4: to be in a sling for a little bit, you know. 180 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: And speaking of Mickey, she she you know, invaded your 181 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 4: moment at Slammiversary, and for weeks she's kind of been 182 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 4: trying to get you to come to NWA in power 183 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: and finally it was revealed your opponents at NWA in 184 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 4: Power is Molina. Yes, how do you feel knowing that 185 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 4: that's your opponent, A veteran, somebody that's been around. 186 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 3: For a while. 187 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know what, I've kind of been on this 188 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 5: path at Impact of defeating you know, women like odb. 189 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 3: I and did jazz career at Impact wrestling. 190 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 5: This is just something I've kind of been able to 191 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 5: build my name on his defeating legends. And Molina is 192 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 5: again a legend in her own right. Again someone I 193 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 5: watched growing up who was a true woman's wrestler, you know, 194 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 5: in error where that wasn't really accepted or wanted or 195 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 5: looked for. So all of these women kind of helped 196 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 5: shape who the virtuosa is today. And you know, it's 197 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 5: my honor to give back, Like I said about Jazz, 198 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 5: give back the only way I know how, and that's 199 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 5: to defeat them. That was to retire Jazz, and uh 200 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 5: it's going to be again to break Molina's arm. 201 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I guess if you have to retire 202 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 6: another legend, then you. 203 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 5: Know what I think I was hashtaging career killer. There 204 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 5: you go, that's that's who the Verrsuosa is. 205 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 2: Sure right now, I'll buy it. 206 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: There you go. 207 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 6: So twenty twenty was obviously rough for everyone. What would 208 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,599 Speaker 6: you say What would you say was your highlight of 209 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 6: twenty twenty? 210 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: Was it winning the title for the first time or yeah, yeah. 211 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 5: I think it was. I think it was the Slammiversary 212 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 5: last year. Defeating Jordan Grace is not an easy task. 213 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 5: It's not something a lot of women that came before 214 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 5: me at Impact were able to do. And just to 215 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: kind of get thrust into that spotlight right from the 216 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 5: get was more than I could have asked for. And 217 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 5: I came from, you know, like I said about Chelsea earlier, 218 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: like a place it was. 219 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 3: Like I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know 220 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 3: who I am anymore. 221 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 5: I've been torn down and worn down so much that 222 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 5: I needed someone and a company to just like believe 223 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 5: in me and build me back up. And that's part 224 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 5: of the reason, like I hold everything I've done in 225 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 5: Impact so closely to my heart, because not only as 226 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: it was just about the wrestling, it was about to 227 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 5: gianta prass with a human being who needed like love 228 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 5: and to be nurtured and to be believed in. So 229 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: to get that opportunity and then to just kind of, 230 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 5: you know, not be a one time not Out champion, 231 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 5: but a two time Knockouts champion and get the opportune 232 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 5: needed to do something like a first ever Knockout's Iron 233 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 5: Man match, and to have that trust again from you know, 234 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 5: a company standpoint, but then also within myself, really built 235 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 5: me back up and made me love wrestling again. 236 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 4: And that's that's always a good thing, is like when 237 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 4: you get, when you refine that love of wrestling, Because 238 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 4: for the longest time, I would not watch wrestling, and 239 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 4: I believe like once Impact starts and their stuff on 240 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 4: Twitch and then AW came along and all this other 241 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,599 Speaker 4: stuff that kind of brought me back into wrestling. Like 242 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 4: I was a casual fan, I'd watch it from time 243 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: to time, but it's like right now, especially during the pandemic, 244 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 4: was one of those ones that I found myself weekly 245 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 4: watching wrestling, and like I would text Eli every time, 246 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 4: did you see this? 247 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: Did you see this? 248 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 4: We'd pass tweets back and forth of what's going on. 249 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 4: And I think, you know, last year kind of solidified 250 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 4: wrestling as being a not like it used to be 251 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 4: where you had to you know, you were scared to 252 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 4: say you are a wrestling fan. 253 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think like that was more so when I 254 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 5: was a kid. It was like I was one of 255 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 5: the only wrestling fans and I was like crazy obsessive 256 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 5: about wrestling, and it was like, you know, I was 257 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 5: actually just saying the other day, like Sons of Anarchy, 258 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 5: which is one of my absolute favorite TV shows now, 259 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 5: was running when I was in high school, and everyone was. 260 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 3: Like, you should watch SUNS, you should watch SUNS, and I. 261 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 5: Was like, I watch wrestling like I didn't have time 262 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 5: for anything else. 263 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 3: I didn't go out. 264 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 5: On Friday nights when SmackDown was on Fridays, because wrestling 265 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 5: was my life exactly, and all I ever wanted to 266 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 5: be was I'm going to grow up and be a 267 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 5: professional wrestler. And then I got to be a professional wrestler, 268 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 5: and I got to you know what at the time 269 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 5: my dream was, which was WWE, and it wasn't what 270 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 5: I thought it would be. It wasn't my dream anymore. 271 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 5: I wasn't being treated the way I wanted to be treated. 272 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 5: I wasn't being believed in the way I thought I 273 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 5: could deliver, and it became a. 274 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 3: Point of like do I even want to be a 275 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 3: wrestler anymore. Is this is this for me? 276 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 5: If this is what I've worked my entire life for 277 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 5: and this is how I feel about it, then maybe 278 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 5: it's time to find something else to love. 279 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, ultimately. 280 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 5: Being released was a blessing in disguise for me because 281 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 5: I found impact and we were able to you know, 282 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 5: reignite that love and find that passion for you know, 283 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 5: pro wrestling, which is what the Virtuosa does best. 284 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: So I am totally I. 285 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 5: Am synonymous with that feeling of like the pandemic was. 286 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 5: Was definitely that like rebirth period of like Deanna Prazzo 287 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 5: the wrestler who the Virtuosa is and being able to 288 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 5: show the world exactly what I can do. 289 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,599 Speaker 1: Man, just taking. 290 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 4: Us to church this morning, so I guess we don't 291 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: have to go this weekend. But so at homecoming there 292 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 4: was a big shock drama. 293 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: King was your partner? Yes, How did that come about? 294 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 4: Like were you texting him and saying, hey, I think 295 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 4: this is the best thing we should do this or 296 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 4: was it kind of like he reached out and said, hey, 297 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 4: I think this would work together. 298 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it was. 299 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 5: It was a bit of a mutual thing, right, Like obviously, 300 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 5: like I've known who Matt ray Wall is for the 301 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 5: longest time, and he didn't really get the opportunity to 302 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 5: be the drama King and. 303 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 3: Serted to put his best foot forward, and he is 304 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 3: absolutely nominal. 305 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 5: So it was like, if I'm going to have a 306 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 5: partner I have to be in Homecoming, then I want 307 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 5: to pick the partner who is who is going to 308 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 5: show the best sides of me and vice versa. And 309 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 5: I think that Matt and I just compliment each other 310 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 5: and bring out the best in each other. And and 311 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 5: you know, we had never even met before before we 312 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 5: were tag teaming, and I think we were just. 313 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 3: Able to like gel really well. 314 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 5: And I'm so excited to see like what he does 315 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 5: on his own impact, but also what we can do 316 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 5: together an impact. 317 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 4: Cause I gotta say, when we were sitting there at 318 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 4: Slammiversary and the I think it is Slammiversary and the 319 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 4: promo happened, I was like, the Hell's drama King, Like 320 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 4: it's like is this Like I was like the only 321 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 4: one I could think of. 322 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 6: I don't I don't think that's gonna be him. 323 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 4: Exactly, And so that and that's what we were sitting there, 324 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 4: I was like, Okay, racking my brains like drama king, 325 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 4: who's it gonna be? 326 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 2: Is it gonna be somebody new? 327 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 4: And I was like going through all the people that 328 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 4: had just became free agents. And then when we're sitting 329 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: there at the TV tapings and all of a sudden. 330 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: He shows up, I was like, Oh, got it. 331 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, We're about to see the whole side that we 332 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 4: really wanted to see. 333 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think, like again, that is what's so 334 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 5: exciting about Impact is, especially around this time slamiiversaries, our 335 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 5: world is changing, and not just you know, from a 336 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 5: TV standpoint, but talents world is changing and we get 337 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 5: to show ourselves. And I think Impact always tries to 338 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: do debuts properly and correctly and have those shock factor moments, 339 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 5: whether it was with me, whether it's at Slammiversary. And 340 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 5: I think that those little vignettes teased it a little bit, 341 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 5: but having him come out and his music and the 342 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 5: promo and it's just his presentation just brought it all together. Sure. 343 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 5: And like I said, I just think that we really 344 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 5: compliment each other, so I think it was the perfect partner. 345 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 5: There is not another person besides Steve Macklin that I 346 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 5: would have picked, but I don't know that we would 347 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 5: have gelled as well. 348 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I think the Draymon King pairs very 349 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 6: well with your character, you know, kind of the flair 350 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 6: for the dramatic, you know. 351 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: I mean I think it. I think it goes well. 352 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 6: And I think another thing you've kind of hit on, 353 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 6: and we won't dig into it too much. We're not 354 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 6: really dirt sheets or anything, but I think a lot 355 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 6: of wrestlers are kind of seeing the cracks in the 356 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 6: foundation at the place up north. 357 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: You know. 358 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 6: I think that's a lot of people's destination, like I'm 359 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 6: gonna go there, and they go there like this isn't 360 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 6: what I thought. I mean, you know, when you have 361 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 6: someone like you, Chelsea Green, and I mean like you 362 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 6: have a million dollars, like what are you doing? 363 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: You know? 364 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 6: So I think a lot of people do that and 365 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 6: then realize, Wow, I have much as much, if not 366 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 6: more fulfillment all these other places, and you know impact 367 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 6: to me. I think really about twenty seventeen's when they 368 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 6: really kind of turn the corner and it's just it's 369 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 6: like nothing else on TV right now. I mean, you 370 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 6: have the technical stuff, you have some high flying, you 371 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 6: have the behind the scenes stuff. 372 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: I know, for a while there was what was it, 373 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: the Impact House, Yeah, yeah, House Russell House, Yeah, and 374 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: that was just kind of weird. But then it was like, oh, 375 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: that's cool, and. 376 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 4: Then you had this out of the Bar and then 377 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: like Tommy Dreamer playing his thing, yeah, you know Jose 378 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 4: we didn't sign him. 379 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then like all. 380 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 6: The stuff at the Skyway, behind the scenes and stuff like, 381 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 6: it's just it almost reminds me a little bit of 382 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 6: Lucha Underground in a sense with like the vignettes and 383 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 6: how it kind of ties everything, but there's kind of 384 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 6: funny and then kind of off the wall and stuff. 385 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 6: So it's just it's been the last four years have 386 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 6: been really really good for wrestling fans and obviously wrestlers. 387 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: You have a lot of choices and stuff. 388 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 6: So going back to you and the Drama King, you 389 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 6: guys won the tournament and you were crowned King and 390 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 6: queen before Mickey interrupted, were you surprised how well you 391 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 6: guys did in the tournament and then one after you 392 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 6: just said that you'd not never even met before. 393 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 5: I'm pretty confident, I think in my abilities, and you know, 394 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 5: I was sure I was going to win before my 395 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 5: partner was revealed. Anyway, the minute I was asked to 396 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 5: be in a homecoming, it was like, well, I'm already 397 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 5: the uncrowned Queen of Impact Wrestling, so it's only fitting 398 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 5: that I get a crown too. And you know, I've 399 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 5: already beaten everyone female talent that's in this tournament, besides 400 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 5: you know Chelsea Green who had just debuted, so and 401 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 5: that's also my best friend, so I know all of 402 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 5: her strengths and all of her weaknesses. It was it 403 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 5: was easy, right and looking at it being like, Okay, 404 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 5: I can absolutely do this. But then when you know, 405 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 5: have a partner that there, it's obviously that like, oh 406 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 5: is this gonna work out? But just just seeing his 407 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 5: presentation and and that minute he debuted in the reaction, 408 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 5: I knew this was like this was money. 409 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 3: This is We're going to go all the way. 410 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 5: And then you know, just those little things of like 411 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 5: being able to be there for each other and and 412 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 5: you know what I mean, him knowing when I need 413 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 5: him to help me and things like that. Just we 414 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 5: really were able to click right away, and uh not 415 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 5: just in the ring with backstage two, so I'm not 416 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 5: surprised because I was already the queen. I am the virtuosa. 417 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,479 Speaker 5: I deserved a crown, and he's the drama king, so 418 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 5: by nature he deserves a crown, doesn't He sounds. 419 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 4: Very obvious, And it was going back to being at 420 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 4: the TV tapings. It was the greatest thing ever watching 421 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 4: the crowd interact with you guys and booing him and 422 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 4: getting so much heat, and then the roses came in 423 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 4: and it was the greatest thing in the world. And 424 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 4: you know now that there's this, I guess forbidden door open. 425 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 4: Is there anybody that you have not faced that you 426 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 4: want to put inside an impact ring with you? 427 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 3: Oh? Gosh, yes, Tons obviously. Like I said earlier, Britt Baker, you. 428 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 5: Know, I have wrestled or Tons in the past, but 429 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 5: it's been years and we're both completely different people, completely 430 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 5: different wrestlers now. And then you know, thunder Rosa was 431 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 5: always on that list, so we can cross that off. 432 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 5: But there's someone like Red Velvet or Leila Hirsh. You know, 433 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 5: those two, just off the top of my head are 434 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 5: doing phenomenal things on AW and I would be so 435 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: happy to mix it up in with them. Obviously, defeat them, 436 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 5: keep my knockout championship. But I just think the more crossover, 437 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 5: especially with women's wrestling, the better. You know, there's the 438 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 5: women from Triple A and I have Triple Mania coming 439 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 5: up next week. To get them or us to go 440 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 5: back to Mexico like we were the pre pandemic would 441 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 5: be phenomenal. There's so much to do with women's wrestling 442 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 5: and these crossovers that I'm happy we were able to 443 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 5: have Thunderosa and get a little taste of it. 444 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 3: But now it's time to step it up. 445 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, see what really happens. This is kind of a 446 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 6: bonus question. We don't have it on the list. I 447 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 6: thought of it. 448 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 2: I've also got a question as well, took Rapid Fire Go. 449 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 6: There was a certain former employee who made headlines last 450 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 6: year when she won the Impact World Champion, not the 451 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 6: women's the Impact World Champion. 452 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. Do you think that's ever something you would try 453 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: to go for? 454 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 6: Because you've mentioned before you've lapped the women's division, you're 455 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,719 Speaker 6: kind of running out of opponents. I mean, is something 456 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 6: like that next on your I mean, do you ever 457 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 6: see yourself competing for. 458 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 3: God? 459 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 5: So, I guess never say never, right, I don't want 460 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 5: to say no and make it a hard no, because 461 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 5: if the opportunity was right, if the story was right, 462 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 5: I think that I could. 463 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: I could could could bring the house. I mean, take 464 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: that paper. 465 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 6: It's something I would initially think of, but now that 466 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 6: I'm thinking about like that actually could be pretty cool. 467 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 3: So I think I could. 468 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 5: I could make it make sense in my head, and 469 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 5: I could definitely agree. You got to have the story, yes, 470 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 5: and I think it needs to make sense. I think 471 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 5: intergender wrestling when it's done right and realistically is great. 472 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 5: And I'm definitely not one of those people that's like 473 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 5: no inter gender wrestling. I had so much fun during 474 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 5: this homecoming tournament being able to do just a little 475 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 5: bit of that. 476 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, So I. 477 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 5: Think I would be open to the possibility if it 478 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 5: was right and it made sense. But I love our 479 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 5: Knockouts Division. I love being like the ring bear of 480 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 5: our division. I love taking the Snockouts Championship all over 481 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 5: the world right now, and I want that to be 482 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: greater than are like men's World Championship. I want the 483 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 5: Knockouts Division to be the premier championship of Impact wrestling. 484 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 5: So right now, I don't see that in my future 485 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 5: because I want to make the Knockouts Championship everything I 486 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 5: can while it's mine. 487 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 3: But yeah, I never say never. 488 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 6: I mean, I guess it'd be hard to turn down 489 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 6: a program with Kiney Omega. 490 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 3: Right, that would just be absolutely silly, you know. 491 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 5: And there's there's a few people like if I want 492 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 5: to be the face of Impact wrestling, and I mean 493 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 5: I already am, but if I want to keep my 494 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 5: position there to wrestle someone like Eddie Edwards, to wrestle 495 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 5: someone like Moose, like those are guys who are ingrained 496 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 5: in Impact wrestling. Those are like Impact wrestling household names. 497 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 5: They made Impact what it is today. So I don't 498 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 5: think I could say no, knowing how much that would 499 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 5: mean to pushing you know, the virtuosa further, and everything 500 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 5: you know I've done in the last year and a 501 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 5: half has been to add things to the resume, to 502 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 5: gain accolades. I want to be the greatest in the world. 503 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 5: So a lot of those wrestlers are men. Uh So, yeah, 504 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 5: I don't know, never say never, not something I see 505 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 5: myself doing. 506 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like you're backing down. 507 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: No, that's a career career killer. 508 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: It's kind of like, see you guys. 509 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 4: I know you're the guys from Impact, but it's my 510 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 4: turn now, so I'm. 511 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: Gonna put you in the retire It's about time, you know. 512 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 4: Speaking of face to the company, our friends over at 513 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 4: the Turnbuckle Tavern want to know, as face of a company, 514 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 4: what's one thing you've learned or one area you've improved 515 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 4: in at Impact that you feel you couldn't have learned 516 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 4: anywhere else. 517 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 5: I think just being able to talk and being able 518 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 5: to convey myself and promos. 519 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: That's a shock. It's something as simple as the wrestler talking, right. 520 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 5: It was definitely, and I can say this and not 521 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,959 Speaker 5: have a problem with it, definitely my weakest point. I 522 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 5: think my training was heavily focused on wrestling. It was 523 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 5: just the wrestling and being able to be the best 524 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 5: wrestler on a show and on a card and be 525 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 5: able to wrestle anyone and have a great match. 526 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: But we didn't have promo classes. 527 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 5: We didn't do promos really, So you know, when I 528 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 5: had a promo class finally and it was in front 529 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 5: of all the peers and coaches and things like that, 530 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 5: I naturally just have a shaky voice, so people are 531 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 5: like she always sounds like she wants to cry. 532 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 2: Just my voice. 533 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 3: But I was scared. 534 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 5: I was scared, and I did shake, and some promos 535 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 5: I did cry, like that was just not something I 536 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 5: was trained in. 537 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not a natural thing people. 538 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 6: I mean, the more you do it, the better you get, 539 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 6: exactly and especially your on TV. 540 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,239 Speaker 5: I mean, the more I've gotten to do it, the 541 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: more I've been more confident at it, and that you know, 542 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: when once you're putting those high pressure positions, which I 543 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 5: feel I do better in. I work better in chaos 544 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 5: and just go out there and pressure. I've been able 545 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 5: to grow, I think tremendously, even from when I started 546 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 5: an Impact until now with my promo and talking backstage 547 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 5: and being in the ring before I had my. 548 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 3: Black tie affair last year, after I became the iron 549 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 3: Woman of Impact Wrestling first ever. Only that was. 550 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 5: That was my first ever like real in ring segment 551 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 5: where I got to and obviously there was no crowd, 552 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 5: but I got to talk in front of my peers 553 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 5: and be on a live mic. So this whole, you know, 554 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 5: last year and a half has been such a growing process, 555 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 5: and I definitely have felt the growing pains, but I 556 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 5: think that I've been able to come out on top 557 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 5: of those and really fix all the holes that were 558 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 5: in my game. 559 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 6: Prior well being at Homecoming and then those TV tapings. 560 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 6: I mean, I would never guess that talking was your 561 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 6: weak spot, you. 562 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: Know what I mean? 563 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 6: So you must be a quick learner in that area too, 564 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 6: because it very very good. Where can people keep up 565 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 6: with you online? Do you have a preferred social or 566 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 6: all of them? 567 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 5: I think that most interactive probably on Twitter with fans. 568 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 5: Everyone could follow me at Diana Parrazzo. You know, I 569 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: do have Instagram and things like that, but I feel 570 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 5: like I don't interact as much as I do on Twitter. Yeah, yeah, 571 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 5: so Twitter's always my go to at Tiana Prazzo. 572 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 1: There it is. 573 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 4: Well, Deanna, thank you for celebrating our two hundredth episode 574 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 4: with us a better person to do it with. And 575 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 4: of course, uh gonna be at the Impact tapings August fifteenth, sixteenth, 576 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 4: and seventeenth Skyway Studios. By the way, you can still 577 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 4: grab tickets to those tapings. All you gotta go is 578 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 4: Impact Wrestling dot com. And is there anything else you 579 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 4: would like to say to everybody before we let you go. 580 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: I'm gonna encourage everyone to go get tickets and give 581 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 5: me the champions welcome I deserve. 582 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:39,959 Speaker 2: Okay, there it is. 583 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 7: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 584 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 7: Make sure you give it five stars then a nice review. 585 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 2: To stay up to date with the 586 00:26:49,520 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 7: Show, follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.