WEBVTT - ​Raw Meets World Part 2 (Raquel Rodriguez & Maxxine Dupri)

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<v Speaker 1>As promised, we have a second episode of a Podnet's

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<v Speaker 1>world side Quest. We have two more interviews from the

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<v Speaker 1>Into It Dome where w W E.

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<v Speaker 2>RAW was in Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>We had so much fun talking to Roquel Rodriguez. Will's

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<v Speaker 1>biting his lip. I'm not I'm not gonna just be

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<v Speaker 1>too obvious about it, but I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>Not saying anything. I enjoyed the interview.

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<v Speaker 1>I know there was a big smile on your face.

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<v Speaker 3>I enjoyed the interview.

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<v Speaker 2>I know she's super cool, she is something.

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<v Speaker 3>Just such a force.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it doesn't help that she is gous.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying that. I think she was. It was

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<v Speaker 3>a very fun interview.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you enjoyed it, maybe more than most.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have two episodes for you in this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>two interviews for you. In this episode, we have Raquel

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<v Speaker 1>Rodriguez and we are finishing it off with Maxine Dupree.

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<v Speaker 1>So stick around listen to both of those. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a great time. Thank you all for listening. Enjoy Podmeats World.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a member of the Illustrious Judgment Day faction, first

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<v Speaker 1>tired as the muscle to make sure live. Morgan's always

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<v Speaker 1>running mouth only got her in a little bit of trouble,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's since morphed into a personality that somehow.

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<v Speaker 2>Matches her size. A staple on raw.

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<v Speaker 1>She recently ran through a fatal four way with Bailey,

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<v Speaker 1>JC Jane and Keana James like it was an appetizer,

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<v Speaker 1>beat Sky in the semis and got within inches of

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<v Speaker 1>forcing soul Ruka to wipe out and hand over that

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<v Speaker 1>Women's Intercontinental title she deserves. She's a record setting six

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<v Speaker 1>time WWE Tag Team title holder and a former NXT

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<v Speaker 1>champ and the woman I want standing next to me

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<v Speaker 1>when someone steals my parking spot at Whole Foods. Her

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<v Speaker 1>future is so bright she has to wear shades.

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<v Speaker 4>Please.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Pod Meets World, Roquel Rodrigue.

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<v Speaker 5>What an introduction.

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<v Speaker 4>Gosh, how you're ripping through people and she's still at

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<v Speaker 4>Whole Foods.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, you know. Let me know when you're going

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<v Speaker 5>to Whole Foods. I'll be there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll wipe through anyone like an appetizer. Thank you, I

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<v Speaker 1>do appreciate that. Welcome to Pod Meets World. We are

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<v Speaker 1>thrilled to have you on the show. I am a

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<v Speaker 1>judgment day Stan your partner in crime Live Morgan is

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<v Speaker 1>the official Pod Meets World champ.

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<v Speaker 5>We gave heard that title.

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<v Speaker 3>She hasn't lost the belt yet.

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<v Speaker 1>She hasn't lost the belt yet, so we have high

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<v Speaker 1>expectations for you.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, this is great. I love this for us. We'll

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<v Speaker 6>keep it in the Judgment Day house.

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<v Speaker 5>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think one of the reasons fans gravitate to the

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<v Speaker 1>Judgment Day is that it genuinely seems like you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are close friends. What has it been like developing a

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<v Speaker 1>close bond with co workers because we are still working

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<v Speaker 1>on that.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's tough, but you know what I mean. I

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<v Speaker 6>think because we were all hands selected by Dominic by Live,

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<v Speaker 6>it was a very interesting group with our characteristics. We

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<v Speaker 6>just all just seemed to gell so well with each other,

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<v Speaker 6>And honestly, it's really hard to get work done when

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<v Speaker 6>we do have to be serious, because I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 6>sure as you guys know that once the jokes start,

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<v Speaker 6>the jokes don't stop.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, giggles will start.

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<v Speaker 6>I saw a meme and I reposted it not too

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<v Speaker 6>long ago, but it said these five parrots were separated

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<v Speaker 6>at a zoo because they were heckling people as they

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<v Speaker 6>were coming in, And I was like, Wow, that feels

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<v Speaker 6>like us. So we weren't at a Saturday night main

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<v Speaker 6>event where j d Russell, Dan Housen, Me and Roxanne

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<v Speaker 6>Worth there and I was like, I feel like I've

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<v Speaker 6>been separated from my birds zoo.

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<v Speaker 2>This is terrible, Like we cannot let them there together.

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<v Speaker 5>We know what will happen. It's gonna be too much trouble.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I think if Froxanna and I were there,

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<v Speaker 6>we could have definitely handled those mini dan Housens easily.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're right for sure about that. The mini

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<v Speaker 1>dan Housends needed soud.

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<v Speaker 4>You have handled Danielle Housen though, Oh the question, daniel

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<v Speaker 4>that's right you were there was Yeah, Danielle, that's a

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<v Speaker 4>good question.

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<v Speaker 6>I haven't had a chance to interact with her yet,

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<v Speaker 6>so we'll see what what's to unfold later.

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy You and Live especially seem like you're having fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to show you one instance here. This is

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<v Speaker 1>in Las Vegas. It's a WrestleMania after party and I

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<v Speaker 1>love it.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, thank you, Yeah us as tag champions to Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>we were invited to Club Live to be like hosts

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<v Speaker 6>that night. Mind you, we had like a whole day.

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<v Speaker 6>I think we were at SmackDown, so we got there

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<v Speaker 6>super super late. By the time we're ready, it was

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<v Speaker 6>like two am. Have to be up at six am.

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<v Speaker 6>But honestly, like when Live and I are together, we

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<v Speaker 6>just we make the most of every situation.

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<v Speaker 5>We have so much fun.

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<v Speaker 6>I honestly can't imagine doing anything without her in this

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<v Speaker 6>business ever. Again, truly, like my story with her started

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<v Speaker 6>off in a way.

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<v Speaker 5>That was like, we didn't think we'd be this tight.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, we're just like workers, and we worked together,

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<v Speaker 6>and then we just got so close, and we got

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<v Speaker 6>so close so fast that she's literally my sister.

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<v Speaker 5>Literally.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, so you have to protect your little sister, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>it's just the big sister, and.

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<v Speaker 5>We has to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>It does seem like the two of you are a

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<v Speaker 1>group of people I want to hang out with. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, can I.

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<v Speaker 5>Be the third here?

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<v Speaker 6>I just join our join our click. Okay, I'll go

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<v Speaker 6>to Whole Foods together. I don't want to mess with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Can imagine us at Whole food could you imagine?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>What about Trader Joe's. Talk about you know, fights in

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<v Speaker 2>the parking lot.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, they better watch out at Trader Joe's because

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<v Speaker 6>I don't play if you're going to steal my coconut water.

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<v Speaker 4>To ask, this conversation would be, I'm sorry, we'll find a.

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<v Speaker 5>Spot for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to take us back to April the

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<v Speaker 1>Head but from Oh yes, Live in the Rocks and

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<v Speaker 1>Perez accidentally collide, and I was very scared watching it

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<v Speaker 1>from home. Now everyone has seen Live's tennis ball size

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<v Speaker 1>bump on her forehead. You were there staring at it

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<v Speaker 1>in person. I'm sure she's asking does it look okay?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you see anything? Is there a mark?

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<v Speaker 5>Are you terrified? What are you telling her? In the moment?

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<v Speaker 6>In the moment, I you know, because she was okay,

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<v Speaker 6>and she was standing and everything seemed fine. I was

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<v Speaker 6>kind of laughing inside, just because a couple months before

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<v Speaker 6>I had a match with Stephanie and with Nikki Bella.

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<v Speaker 6>Nikki Bella pushed me into the steps and I also

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<v Speaker 6>hit my head and also got a little egg. And

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<v Speaker 6>that night she was laughing right, and we took a

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<v Speaker 6>picture with her pointing and laughing at it, and I

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<v Speaker 6>was like, oh, payback, right, I want to get a

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<v Speaker 6>picture with me pointing and laughing at her. But then

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<v Speaker 6>to see how serious it was, and how it still

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<v Speaker 6>hasn't gone away and all those things, Like in the moment,

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<v Speaker 6>I feel like I should have felt a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>More, but you were just so excited that it's so.

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<v Speaker 6>Excited that all three of us as the Judgment Day

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<v Speaker 6>girlies now had an egg, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, we're even now.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yes, I mean has it not fully gone away yet?

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<v Speaker 5>Uh No, not fully like she still has a little

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<v Speaker 5>tiny bit.

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<v Speaker 6>But they've been doing a lot of therapy and stuff,

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<v Speaker 6>so it is it's coming down, thankfully.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the therapy for that is it? Is it massage?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, like lymphatic or cuppying, I think is what they're

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<v Speaker 6>doing here. I think she talked about getting maybe like

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<v Speaker 6>a lighta kinge shot just to help it as well.

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<v Speaker 6>Hopefully she doesn't need surgery for something like that, but

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<v Speaker 6>I just hope he keeps going down.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's been since April. That's a long it's a

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<v Speaker 1>long time. And cupping leaves a nice little uh b.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're like, yeah, go ahead, yes, cup on my forehead.

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<v Speaker 6>And almost every night after all when she does do

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<v Speaker 6>her therapy, she always asked me for my bandana too.

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<v Speaker 6>That I just wrestled in because it puts the pressure

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<v Speaker 6>to keep it down as well.

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<v Speaker 5>And so I'm like, you need to wear it on

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<v Speaker 5>the plane, you need to wear it all the topact.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a compression sock for her head exactly. So she's

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<v Speaker 6>pulling Overul Rodriguez at night. In case anyone was wondering if.

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<v Speaker 1>You had to choose one other WWE superstar to join

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<v Speaker 1>Judgment Day, Oh, who are you picking?

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<v Speaker 3>This is tough?

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<v Speaker 5>This is tough. Is it a female? Is it another male?

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<v Speaker 3>Good? Question up to you.

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<v Speaker 2>You could pick one of each if you want. If

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<v Speaker 2>you want to say, like.

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<v Speaker 4>If if there were five birds at the zoo, five, yes,

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<v Speaker 4>so then who would you could make five?

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<v Speaker 3>Who's going to be?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 6>Man, I feel like the guys because we're such a

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<v Speaker 6>heavy we're big heavy women Judgment Day right now, I

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<v Speaker 6>think the guys need some muscle on their site. Not

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<v Speaker 6>the JD and Dominic aren't strong. They're very muscular men,

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<v Speaker 6>the most manliest men on the No one more manly.

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<v Speaker 5>No, No, I mean you see JD, that.

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<v Speaker 6>Guy walking around carrying that big oldhead of his that

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<v Speaker 6>takes a lot of muscles.

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<v Speaker 2>Love, Your JD traps are strong.

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<v Speaker 5>His traps are real strong.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh man, you know, I like almost almost just joined

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<v Speaker 6>Dominic on Triple A. I don't know if you guys

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<v Speaker 6>saw so, like he'd be a good heavy hitter for muscle.

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<v Speaker 6>We're going and for the women to hopefully take advantage of.

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<v Speaker 5>We're going to Triple A in September in Vegas. Are

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<v Speaker 5>you really Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Just wait, I'm not going.

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<v Speaker 5>No, No, they're taking We're taking our kids.

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<v Speaker 3>They're taking the kids. I don't get invited to the

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<v Speaker 3>fun stuff.

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<v Speaker 6>Well yeah, it's because you're not one of the kids, exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm treated like one of the kids.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, do you want to come?

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<v Speaker 7>No, he doesn't like Vegas. Veggas is Vegas is a

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<v Speaker 7>little rough for Vegas is a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Vegas is a lot.

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<v Speaker 5>Tell you.

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<v Speaker 6>The smartest thing we did this WrestleMania was not staying

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<v Speaker 6>in a casino, right, Not that I don't love the casinos.

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<v Speaker 6>I think they're great and everything, but like just to

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<v Speaker 6>escape the energy for a little bit, you know, just

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<v Speaker 6>to get away and have like a moment.

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<v Speaker 3>My first ever wrestling event was here.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, in La there was Netflix on Netflix, and it

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<v Speaker 7>was it was what a night.

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<v Speaker 3>It was phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 5>That was a crazy way. Yeah, it was great, amazing, incredible,

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<v Speaker 5>it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We've only taken him to good ones since then WrestleMania.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he only goes to the flashy.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's why you're here tonight, right of course, because

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<v Speaker 6>you're going to watch me become the new Intercontinental Women's champion.

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<v Speaker 5>We've heard it here.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a big hurting her first, right, Yeah, you picked

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<v Speaker 6>a good one. Yeah, she's going down, going down.

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<v Speaker 5>You got to hold the belt.

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<v Speaker 3>I just held the belt.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh you did so.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want you to know we gave it. Good

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<v Speaker 2>luck for you.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>I know you did because you're technically a Judgment Day

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<v Speaker 6>girly and you're on the line of.

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<v Speaker 3>Because judgment judge Judgment.

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<v Speaker 2>Day girly, a judgment girl.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, he's a judgment day girl.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to let you know any secrets. But

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<v Speaker 4>she's got like this, this serious ending move. It's the

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<v Speaker 4>soul snatcher. I think I felt it once, but she

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<v Speaker 4>said and again, not picking sides, she said, no one's

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<v Speaker 4>reversed it on her yet.

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<v Speaker 5>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, well it could be me. You know, she also

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<v Speaker 6>hasn't felt as my Tahana bombs, so huh. Let's just

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<v Speaker 6>see how quickly she can.

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<v Speaker 5>Get out of that one. Today.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to name a drink after that. I hope, right,

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<v Speaker 3>I hope.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, I was like that something with tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>Perfect name for a.

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<v Speaker 5>Drink, thank you, Almost like Hannah bomb?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it giving?

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<v Speaker 6>Like Irish car bomb but more of like have you

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<v Speaker 6>ever had a Mexican car bomb?

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<v Speaker 8>No?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, this was something new for me a couple of

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<v Speaker 6>years ago. So it's a Mexican beer maybe like a modello,

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<v Speaker 6>and then you get tequila, whatever tequila you want, and

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<v Speaker 6>for the cream part, because you know how the Irish

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<v Speaker 6>car bombs have like that Bailey's there's something called drum Chatta.

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<v Speaker 5>Have you had rumshotta and rum? It's so good?

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<v Speaker 3>And then you drop the shot in the man down the.

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<v Speaker 6>House so it tastes like cinnamon, like word chatta kind of,

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<v Speaker 6>and then you mix it with your hot chocolate during Christmas.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the best. It's the best. Don't get me started.

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<v Speaker 5>We're talking Christmas beverages. The Tanabam will be a year

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<v Speaker 5>round for everyone to enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 4>To figure out exactly what that is, because that's a

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<v Speaker 4>great idea for a drink.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll make it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, you are a second generation wrestler. Your dad performed

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<v Speaker 1>locally in Texas. What are your earliest memories around the ring?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh man, A lot of my earliest memories have been

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<v Speaker 6>in the ring with it and him just picking us

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<v Speaker 6>up for like lifts and stuff, running the ropes.

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<v Speaker 5>My favorite memories are.

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<v Speaker 6>Though, when we get to the shows and he always

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<v Speaker 6>tells us, you know, when we're outside watching the show,

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<v Speaker 6>He's like, you don't call me dad. Don't call me

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<v Speaker 6>dad when you're out there, especially if he's the bad guy,

0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:14.839
<v Speaker 6>and don't cheer for me. He'll tell us, don't cher

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<v Speaker 6>for me. But my sister and I being us. I

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<v Speaker 6>remember us standing up in the back watching him make

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<v Speaker 6>his entrance the night of the show on a table,

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<v Speaker 6>just like ten or eleven years old, probably standing on

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<v Speaker 6>a table, let's go down. I just remember looking over

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<v Speaker 6>and him being like, now does he not.

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<v Speaker 5>Want you to call him dad?

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<v Speaker 1>Because automatically a man with kids in the audience, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a hard time thinking of him as a heel.

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<v Speaker 6>I think so yes, And I think it was also

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<v Speaker 6>still they had that cafe back then, you know what

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, And so like back then too. When my

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<v Speaker 6>dad wrestled, nobody would. The heels and the baby faces

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<v Speaker 6>were separated the entire time. They never talked, never touch you.

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<v Speaker 6>Not allowed, yeah yeah, not allowed to friends, not allowed

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<v Speaker 6>to mingle or anything like that. So it was very,

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<v Speaker 6>very different then. So the shows that we would watch

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<v Speaker 6>were just always so entertaining because the characters were over

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<v Speaker 6>the top. I remember we had a guy I called

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<v Speaker 6>the English Bulldog I think, but he came out with

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<v Speaker 6>like a leash and his dog biscuits. He gave me

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<v Speaker 6>a dog biscuit one time and I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 6>this can't be real dog food.

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<v Speaker 5>Been into it. It was real dog.

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<v Speaker 6>My sister, she was always in love with the hottest

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<v Speaker 6>wrestlers too. She would always be like Shotgun and that

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<v Speaker 6>one's mine, Shotgun, that one's when I'm like, I don't

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<v Speaker 6>even get a chance, she'd be calling them out, but

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<v Speaker 6>before I even get a chance to decide if I

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<v Speaker 6>think they're cute or not. So we had so many

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<v Speaker 6>fun memories just traveling with him and doing that.

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<v Speaker 3>So then, other than your dad, who was your favorite

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<v Speaker 3>wrestler growing up?

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<v Speaker 6>I think because I was watching the Attitude Air at

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<v Speaker 6>that time, I loved China. I loved Beth Phoenix because

0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.199
<v Speaker 6>they were like bigger girls like me, so it made

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<v Speaker 6>me feel a lot more comfortable with being my size

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<v Speaker 6>at my age. I loved watching Stone Cold just because

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<v Speaker 6>he was so much fun driving in Yeah, yeah, he

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<v Speaker 6>was so much fun. Randy Orton too, just because I

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<v Speaker 6>thought he was the best looking man in WWF at

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<v Speaker 6>the moment.

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<v Speaker 5>Respect respect Randy, and I.

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<v Speaker 6>Loved John ConA too. I remember I had his inflatable hand.

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<v Speaker 6>The first time I went to a WWE show. I

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<v Speaker 6>was in high school and they came down to where

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<v Speaker 6>I'm from the border of Texas, and you know, we

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<v Speaker 6>don't go down there that often because it's such a

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<v Speaker 6>rural part of the states, and so when they came

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<v Speaker 6>down when I was in high school, it's like, oh

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<v Speaker 6>my god, my first WWE.

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<v Speaker 5>Show bought the hand.

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<v Speaker 6>Went to Waterburger after just to hear that Johnsena stopped

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<v Speaker 6>at water Burger.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, this is insane.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's so funny.

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<v Speaker 6>So getting to like work with him at Survivor Series

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<v Speaker 6>for me too, I was like, Wow, this is like

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<v Speaker 6>a full three sixty surreal moment for me as well,

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<v Speaker 6>Like I was just really crazy but I'm so grateful

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<v Speaker 6>that I get those kinds of opportunities and it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 6>happen without my family and judgment Day.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, since you've hit the heights, have you been able

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<v Speaker 4>to go back to your hometown and kind of wrestle

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<v Speaker 4>in that area? I have?

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<v Speaker 5>We have live events.

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<v Speaker 6>So I'm down where I graduated from is called Tilago, Texas,

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<v Speaker 6>and it's right on the border and they literally built

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<v Speaker 6>an arena there when I was in high school to

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<v Speaker 6>have more events to have like B team, NBA teams

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<v Speaker 6>come down and play, to have WWE come concerts and

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<v Speaker 6>all that stuff. So we extence have been able to

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<v Speaker 6>go for live events and it's been so amazing and

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<v Speaker 6>just heartwarming to like take my my friends from work, Oh,

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<v Speaker 6>let's go have tacos here and there. They make the

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<v Speaker 6>best breakfast tacos. You guys got to get breakfast tacos.

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<v Speaker 3>Did people that you grow up with come and watch

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<v Speaker 3>you wrestle?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>I had people from high school hit me up and

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<v Speaker 6>message me and like go and meet them and see

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<v Speaker 6>their kids, you know, because so many of them have

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<v Speaker 6>kids and families now that it's it's so different going

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<v Speaker 6>it's such a big difference going back home. But it's

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<v Speaker 6>amazing every time I get that opportunity.

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<v Speaker 5>It's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, wow, I started this. I started your intro wearing sunglasses.

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<v Speaker 1>Where did they come from? Because they feel like they've

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<v Speaker 1>become a bit of a calling card for your character.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, they have. And you know what, it was lives Idea.

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<v Speaker 5>Really it was lives idea. Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>So when we were tagging before she got injured, before

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<v Speaker 6>I kind of went through my medical illness year, she

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<v Speaker 6>was like, you should try wearing sunglasses here and there,

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<v Speaker 6>and we were still baby faces at the time, so

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<v Speaker 6>I did. There's like a picture of me in my

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<v Speaker 6>ar matching yellow tag team outfits and I have like

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<v Speaker 6>these silver shades, just trying to be cool.

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<v Speaker 5>But then when I came back, I was like, no,

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<v Speaker 5>we're gonna try again. We're gonna try again.

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<v Speaker 6>We're gonna make them a moment. And so just despite

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<v Speaker 6>what other people were telling me, I was like, no,

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<v Speaker 6>they're going to be a moment. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 6>a thing. And it's just become a thing now. So

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<v Speaker 6>I'm so happy that. And then I found the rape

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<v Speaker 6>and the metas and I was like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 6>who knew that these videos that I've been taking in

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<v Speaker 6>the ring were going to have such a moment too

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<v Speaker 6>great idea.

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<v Speaker 5>It was insane to me.

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<v Speaker 6>That the one from Elimination Chamber when Tiffany hit the

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<v Speaker 6>glass I just laught, went so viral, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 6>I've been doing these on the live events. I get

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<v Speaker 6>such great, great content of the guys laughing and talking

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<v Speaker 6>and just like having our moments that like the audience

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<v Speaker 6>doesn't get to see. But I didn't realize that was

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<v Speaker 6>going to be just something too that would be a

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<v Speaker 6>fun little staple of my social media.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, yeah, that's so great. Were you ever scared for

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<v Speaker 1>your dad? Like watching when I was on Dancing with

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<v Speaker 1>the Stars, which, by the way, can I say you

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<v Speaker 1>were robbed?

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<v Speaker 6>How dare they? How dare they? My sister and I

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<v Speaker 6>were very angry, all right. We stopped watching after you

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<v Speaker 6>I know, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Did a podcast every week just talking about how she

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<v Speaker 4>kept getting.

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<v Speaker 5>So sweet.

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<v Speaker 1>It was such a great season. We it was incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, every single thing about it was the best.

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<v Speaker 1>But when we did it was Halloween week and we

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<v Speaker 1>did a dance where Pasha was going to turn around

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<v Speaker 1>and I had, you know, I revealed blood, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was as if he was he ran at me and

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<v Speaker 1>like he was attacking me. And I had to warn

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<v Speaker 1>my children who were in the audience. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to look like Pasha is attacking me. He

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<v Speaker 1>would never hurt me, he would never attack me. It's

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<v Speaker 1>part of the dance. It's part of the show. And

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<v Speaker 1>they totally understood it. But I did, like give them

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of prep. When you were a kid watching

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<v Speaker 1>your dad wrestle, you said you were like god Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>But did you ever get scared watching some of the stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>Not that I can recall in the moment.

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<v Speaker 6>I do remember him coming home from shows sometimes with

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<v Speaker 6>like he came home one time with two black guys

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<v Speaker 6>and a broken nose. And I remember we like woke

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<v Speaker 6>up when he got home. It was like three am.

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<v Speaker 6>I think he just drove in from Corpus Christie and

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<v Speaker 6>we were just like He's like, it's okay. You know,

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<v Speaker 6>it was an accident.

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<v Speaker 5>I got caught by the chair. No big deal.

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<v Speaker 6>But my grandma, she she is very passionate. She has

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<v Speaker 6>one of those passionate watchers that when she would watch

0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.320
<v Speaker 6>my dad get wrestle wrestle, and he was you know,

0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.440
<v Speaker 6>getting beat up or whatever. She had a moment where

0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.520
<v Speaker 6>she was sitting ringside. She got up, picked up her

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<v Speaker 6>chair and was ready to hit the guy. Security had

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<v Speaker 6>to take the chair and grab her and they were

0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:24.040
<v Speaker 6>about to escort her out.

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<v Speaker 5>My Dad's like, that's my mom, and so now when

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<v Speaker 5>I call her.

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<v Speaker 6>And I had a picture recently where I started bleeding

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<v Speaker 6>from the nose, and I guess she saw it somehow,

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<v Speaker 6>maybe my cousin showed it to her, and she was

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<v Speaker 6>crying and I was like, Grandma, what's wrong?

0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:36.280
<v Speaker 5>She goes, I, Nika, I.

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<v Speaker 6>Just can't watch you getting hit like that or see blood.

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<v Speaker 6>And I'm like, but Grandma, you've been around this for

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<v Speaker 6>so long, I think you would like you know by

0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:46.359
<v Speaker 6>now was an accident. And she's like, no, absolutely not.

0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:48.639
<v Speaker 6>I don't like it. I can't watch when you're getting

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<v Speaker 6>beat up like that. I just I just can't.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's the grandmother's remember.

0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.960
<v Speaker 4>Leon White, who played who was Vader, told us a

0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.040
<v Speaker 4>story about he was in a wrestling match and he

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<v Speaker 4>said he was beating the guy and then the guy

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<v Speaker 4>had to push me against the ropes and he said

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<v Speaker 4>he felt a pain in his back and he turned

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<v Speaker 4>around and there was a little old woman who had

0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:07.040
<v Speaker 4>just stabbed him to do it, and it literally stabbed

0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.439
<v Speaker 4>him through the ring. Oh my goodness, it was this

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<v Speaker 4>tiny little like the guy's.

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<v Speaker 3>Grandmother or something just came up and stabbed me. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>I get scared about inviting my grandma to some shows,

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<v Speaker 6>like like when we were in the Valley for those

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<v Speaker 6>Life shows. I kept her backstage because I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 6>if I get her out.

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<v Speaker 5>She knows she's gonna do something. She has no control,

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<v Speaker 5>no control.

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<v Speaker 4>That sound's great though, the passion of the fans come

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<v Speaker 4>on the family members and the fans.

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<v Speaker 6>But that's where I think I get my anger problems from.

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<v Speaker 6>I said another way, Yeah, I get my passion from her.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Grandma for this passion. It's gotten me.

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<v Speaker 5>Far, got me wrong far.

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<v Speaker 2>Did your dad encourage you to follow in his footsteps?

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<v Speaker 4>Well?

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<v Speaker 5>How did he feel when you wanted to do this?

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<v Speaker 6>Not at first, because I actually I told him when

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<v Speaker 6>I was very very young, when I mean my dad

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<v Speaker 6>was out wrestling the day I was born, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>so like I grew a love and a passion for

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<v Speaker 6>it just from watching him and being around him all

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<v Speaker 6>the time. And I told him when I was very

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<v Speaker 6>young I wanted to do and he was like, no,

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<v Speaker 6>absolutely not. It was brawls and panties back then, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>like the women's evolution really hadn't happen. And he's also

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<v Speaker 6>someone in the business that was like, you know, I've

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<v Speaker 6>seen what it can be like for women, and I

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<v Speaker 6>don't want that for you. So he's like, you'll go

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<v Speaker 6>to college and you'll graduate and then maybe we'll revisit this.

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<v Speaker 5>So I did that.

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<v Speaker 6>I played basketball and I got a scholarship, went to college,

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<v Speaker 6>and the day I graduated, I was like, Dad, I

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<v Speaker 6>want to try. Yes, it's different now, the women's evolution

0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:28.239
<v Speaker 6>has happened at this point, like I would love to

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<v Speaker 6>just give it a go. And he was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 6>you have two years, but you're only going to go

0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.000
<v Speaker 6>and train with people I know. So for like the

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<v Speaker 6>first year, I would have to drive and meet him

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<v Speaker 6>from my college town and him from the valley to

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<v Speaker 6>train whenever we could, maybe once a month, twice a month.

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<v Speaker 6>And then I saw WWE was having an open tryout

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<v Speaker 6>at the Arnold Classic. I said that might be my shot,

0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:49.040
<v Speaker 6>bought a ticket, went to the Arnold Classic, showed up

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<v Speaker 6>in front of the recruiter and they had their people picked,

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<v Speaker 6>but he was like, go ahead and email me, and

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<v Speaker 6>then got an email back and they were like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>we'd like to invite you for a tryout.

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<v Speaker 5>And the rest is history.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So I have to ask where did you play

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<v Speaker 3>college ball?

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<v Speaker 5>Sam Houston State Inville.

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<v Speaker 6>I played two years at Texas A and in Kingsville,

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<v Speaker 6>and then I transferred to sam Houston State.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, my mom was the one who taught us how

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<v Speaker 4>to play basketball. So the Yukon women that's all we watch.

0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.840
<v Speaker 6>I got iconic, iconic Yukon and Tennessee. That was the dream,

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<v Speaker 6>right dad, be a volunteer or.

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<v Speaker 3>Be awarewol of it. Yeah, that was it. That's always

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<v Speaker 3>that's that was my life.

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<v Speaker 6>So I love too that women's basketball is having a

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<v Speaker 6>moment right now, is having such a huge moment. Those

0:21:24.280 --> 0:21:26.639
<v Speaker 6>women are getting so many like they're just fighting for

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<v Speaker 6>what they deserve and it's so cool to see.

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<v Speaker 5>I fully supported.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm so happy for them, Like, what a big step

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<v Speaker 6>in women's sports for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, speaking of which, I would love to get your

0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:39.520
<v Speaker 1>opinion surrounding Caitlin Clark. There's a lot of opinions a

0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:42.320
<v Speaker 1>lot of people think she's targeted for flagrant fouls. Some

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<v Speaker 1>say the officiating is inconsistent, but this type of exposure

0:21:47.200 --> 0:21:51.520
<v Speaker 1>around the w NBA is actually more than WWE. It's

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<v Speaker 1>more WWE than ever. Yeah, so what are your feelings

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<v Speaker 1>on Kaitlin.

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<v Speaker 6>I feel like we need a reality show on Kaitlyn Clark. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>it's really good.

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<v Speaker 3>I love I love her.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, she's you know, she's been such a respectable player

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<v Speaker 6>all throughout her college years, even that first year in

0:22:08.400 --> 0:22:11.280
<v Speaker 6>the WNBA. She's tried to represent and be held to

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<v Speaker 6>the pedestal that she's been placed on. But like I mean,

0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:15.000
<v Speaker 6>you know, we got to say what it is the

0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:16.960
<v Speaker 6>other players, and sometimes some of those fowls are not

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<v Speaker 6>what they should be. Yeah, and they it's called one way.

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<v Speaker 6>Sometimes you can say it's one way. We all know

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<v Speaker 6>if we played basketball. I'm sure you understand. Sometimes the

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<v Speaker 6>referees do call it one way, and it is what

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<v Speaker 6>it is.

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<v Speaker 4>It seems more flagrant than ever because there's I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>some of the some of the women that came before

0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:34.160
<v Speaker 4>the Diana's, Rossi's and the Sue Birds, these are phenomenal players,

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<v Speaker 4>but it seems like with the spotlight on her. It

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<v Speaker 4>is becoming more and more flagrant. And at first, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't blame any of the other teams. I blamed

0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:43.600
<v Speaker 4>her teammates for not standing up in like, how is

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<v Speaker 4>it not a fight every week?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And now that's started to happen more and more

0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:47.919
<v Speaker 4>with they're like, yeah, you're not going to touch her,

0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:49.280
<v Speaker 4>and that's when I'm kind of like, all right, here

0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:50.080
<v Speaker 4>we go, there we go.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, I'm all for supporting her and her team.

0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:54.159
<v Speaker 6>I think like what they're doing is they're standing up

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<v Speaker 6>for themselves. I think they've taken enough heat for everything

0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:58.680
<v Speaker 6>that's been going on, but I'm all for it too,

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<v Speaker 6>And I think they should get a reality show somewhere.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it's all good for the wa it's all good

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<v Speaker 4>for the WAA.

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<v Speaker 6>More exposure on how these women like what they do,

0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:09.040
<v Speaker 6>if they have other jobs outside of the WNBA, Like,

0:23:09.040 --> 0:23:11.000
<v Speaker 6>it just be really good stuff for like even younger

0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.040
<v Speaker 6>girls to watch who are aspiring to be like these

0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:15.679
<v Speaker 6>professional athletes. There's so many out of them out there,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think if more women knew that those were

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<v Speaker 6>opportunities that they could get, they'd be even more inspired

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<v Speaker 6>to do it. In school, and to do it outside

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<v Speaker 6>of school and all those things too.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, how much do you feel like you're doing that

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<v Speaker 4>for a whole new generation of female wrestlers.

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<v Speaker 6>I hope I'm doing that a lot, you know. I'd

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<v Speaker 6>like to think that especially the kids from back home,

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<v Speaker 6>from where I'm from, know that you know, they're not

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<v Speaker 6>going to be stuck in this box that we've been

0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:38.800
<v Speaker 6>placed in because you know, back home too, we can

0:23:38.840 --> 0:23:41.800
<v Speaker 6>say kids usually you know, sometimes they have kids already

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<v Speaker 6>in high school, or they get married right out of

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<v Speaker 6>high school and start.

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<v Speaker 5>Their families immediately.

0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.040
<v Speaker 6>I want them to know there's more opportunities and there's

0:23:47.080 --> 0:23:49.280
<v Speaker 6>more things that you can do if you just give

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<v Speaker 6>yourself the time and the patients and also put yourself

0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:53.959
<v Speaker 6>in the right spots when you can, you know, and

0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:57.200
<v Speaker 6>just being open to every opportunity that comes your way.

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<v Speaker 5>So I hope I'm doing that for them. Ey girls

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<v Speaker 5>in the Valley, Where was that You.

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<v Speaker 1>Arrived in the WWE universe as part of the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen inaugural May Young Classic, an event that, now looking back,

0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:15.439
<v Speaker 1>was filled with a lot of future superstars making their debut.

0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:19.680
<v Speaker 1>Kyrie Sane, Ria Ripley, Dakota Kai, Candice Larray, Bianca bell Air.

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<v Speaker 1>The list goes on and on. What do you remember

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<v Speaker 1>from those two days in Florida.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, I had just started with NXT two, so that

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<v Speaker 6>was like fairly new, the first big thing I was

0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:34.760
<v Speaker 6>doing with WWE. With NXT, it was an amazing, amazing weekend.

0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:36.520
<v Speaker 6>I will not like like you to have so many

0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:40.200
<v Speaker 6>women from so many backgrounds, so many cultures and all

0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:43.560
<v Speaker 6>there just representing women in sports and women's wrestling. It

0:24:43.640 --> 0:24:46.240
<v Speaker 6>was beautiful to have Beth Phoenix there, to have Mickey

0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:49.240
<v Speaker 6>James there as like our people to go to to

0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:51.679
<v Speaker 6>talk to. It was just so inspiring. And honestly, it

0:24:51.720 --> 0:24:53.720
<v Speaker 6>was that year and the following year when we did

0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:56.200
<v Speaker 6>it again, that just kept me going and kept me motivated.

0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:58.439
<v Speaker 6>I was like, this is what it's about, bringing women

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<v Speaker 6>to the front, to the front page. And I remember

0:25:01.400 --> 0:25:04.040
<v Speaker 6>watching the Cruiserweight Tournament right before I started in NXT,

0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:05.920
<v Speaker 6>and I just thought, Wow, these guys are so athletic.

0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:08.920
<v Speaker 6>Everything they're doing, they're bringing like a new vibe to wrestling,

0:25:09.160 --> 0:25:11.400
<v Speaker 6>a new class to wrestling. That's what I hope this

0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:13.600
<v Speaker 6>does for women, and I think it did. It really

0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:15.520
<v Speaker 6>opened the doors for so many women across the world

0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:17.080
<v Speaker 6>and to see how many women like we have a

0:25:17.080 --> 0:25:19.919
<v Speaker 6>wrestler from Malaysia, you know who's coming out more and

0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:23.120
<v Speaker 6>she's a part of the NXT, the new program. It's

0:25:23.160 --> 0:25:24.920
<v Speaker 6>just really really cool to see people like her getting

0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:26.000
<v Speaker 6>an opportunity to shine.

0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 5>Truly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, now the rock Hew we saw back then is

0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:33.240
<v Speaker 1>much different than the one we see on TV today.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think is the biggest difference.

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<v Speaker 6>Definitely confidence, Definitely confidence. I feel like it took me

0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:41.760
<v Speaker 6>a while to really get used to seeing myself on TV,

0:25:42.359 --> 0:25:44.600
<v Speaker 6>to being put in a position with all these beautiful

0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:47.400
<v Speaker 6>women who have great figures, great like beautiful just from

0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:50.480
<v Speaker 6>top to bottom, beautiful and so talented too, and to

0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:52.119
<v Speaker 6>know that I belong in that position, you know what,

0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:53.119
<v Speaker 6>I need to know that I'm.

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<v Speaker 5>Part of that group.

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<v Speaker 6>It's so crazy to kind of get your mindset into

0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:57.680
<v Speaker 6>that space.

0:25:58.480 --> 0:25:59.720
<v Speaker 5>But that's what I really took from it.

0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:01.320
<v Speaker 6>I was like, I just I feel like I gained

0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:03.720
<v Speaker 6>so much confidence and I could tell there was a

0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:05.320
<v Speaker 6>point where I was trying to like hide it a

0:26:05.359 --> 0:26:07.600
<v Speaker 6>little bit with the half mask while still trying to

0:26:07.600 --> 0:26:11.639
<v Speaker 6>represent my culture and find what was gonna work best

0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:14.000
<v Speaker 6>for me with like the Western style because I'm coming

0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:16.879
<v Speaker 6>from Texas, so it was all just playing with you know,

0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:19.760
<v Speaker 6>we're just playing with different elements. But it definitely shows

0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:23.159
<v Speaker 6>how I've changed and grown throughout the years. And to

0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:25.879
<v Speaker 6>know that next year that'll be ten years since that's happened,

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<v Speaker 6>that's insane.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it goes it goes by.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll take it from two people who are looking at

0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:35.919
<v Speaker 1>thirty three years, you know, yeaeah, it goes by fast.

0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:39.600
<v Speaker 4>And if you if you had one piece of advice

0:26:39.640 --> 0:26:42.200
<v Speaker 4>you could give to the new freshman class of wrestlers

0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:43.320
<v Speaker 4>coming in, what would you tell them.

0:26:43.640 --> 0:26:45.600
<v Speaker 6>I would tell them that it's it's a hard road.

0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.280
<v Speaker 6>It definitely is, and to never feel discouraged. Whatever kind

0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:51.479
<v Speaker 6>of feedback they get, whatever situation they've been put in,

0:26:51.520 --> 0:26:53.000
<v Speaker 6>whether they were in a match that they weren't too

0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:54.840
<v Speaker 6>happy with or whatever the outcome is, they have to

0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:57.560
<v Speaker 6>keep persevering. I think perseverance is the biggest word I

0:26:57.560 --> 0:27:01.160
<v Speaker 6>can use to describe the one characters any wrestler would

0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.440
<v Speaker 6>need in this business because you get so many no's,

0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:06.240
<v Speaker 6>you get so many negatives, you get so many opportunities

0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:08.119
<v Speaker 6>that you think are for you, but it ends up

0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:10.600
<v Speaker 6>going for someone else. And I think the more you

0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:12.280
<v Speaker 6>can come back in with a good attitude, the more

0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:15.000
<v Speaker 6>you can come back in with that urge to persevere,

0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:17.320
<v Speaker 6>the better it'll just keep being for you in your journey.

0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:19.119
<v Speaker 6>Everyone's journeys on this is different.

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:19.439
<v Speaker 5>You know.

0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:22.480
<v Speaker 6>Some of them take longer to get to a certain spot.

0:27:22.480 --> 0:27:25.000
<v Speaker 6>Some of them happen so fast. I think the most

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.600
<v Speaker 6>joy you can find is within the journey itself and

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:29.760
<v Speaker 6>within the people that you get to meet. And I

0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 6>look back on those ten years and think about the

0:27:31.600 --> 0:27:33.280
<v Speaker 6>people that I worked with in the first may Young

0:27:33.320 --> 0:27:36.280
<v Speaker 6>Classic and the second Mayn Classic, How I still follow them,

0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:38.159
<v Speaker 6>How I'm still interested in what they're doing, and they

0:27:38.200 --> 0:27:40.280
<v Speaker 6>still catch up with me. It's just really cool to

0:27:40.280 --> 0:27:42.080
<v Speaker 6>know that we went through something together and we are

0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:43.040
<v Speaker 6>still connected through that.

0:27:44.040 --> 0:27:45.879
<v Speaker 1>I know there are still so many great things on

0:27:45.920 --> 0:27:48.240
<v Speaker 1>the horizon for twenty twenty six, but I am dying

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:51.120
<v Speaker 1>to know what are your big goals for twenty twenty seven?

0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:54.240
<v Speaker 6>Oh, you know, my big goals are obviously to get

0:27:54.240 --> 0:27:56.880
<v Speaker 6>a singles title and to keep it and to keep

0:27:56.880 --> 0:28:00.720
<v Speaker 6>it and to hopefully main event WrestleMania. Ellie, That's always

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:02.679
<v Speaker 6>going to be on my goal Chary is to main

0:28:02.720 --> 0:28:05.520
<v Speaker 6>event WrestleMania, to have a singles title match at WrestleMania.

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<v Speaker 6>That's the big one for sure for anyone, I think

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<v Speaker 6>in this career.

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<v Speaker 5>So that's what I'm really focusing on. Yeah, it's going

0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:12.280
<v Speaker 5>to be in.

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<v Speaker 2>So are you ready to go to Saudi Arabia.

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<v Speaker 4>It's probably an easier trip than Vegas. That flight to

0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:19.560
<v Speaker 4>Vegas is like this the whole way.

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<v Speaker 9>I mean, man, you could probably lie flat on the

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<v Speaker 9>way to Arabia.

0:28:25.240 --> 0:28:28.520
<v Speaker 6>And they serve great food in the air Saudi Airlines. Wow,

0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:32.600
<v Speaker 6>it's amazing. Yeah, delicious teas, great fresh juice. You don't

0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:34.520
<v Speaker 6>even feel like you're in an airplane. You know, there's

0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:35.520
<v Speaker 6>no airplane food up there.

0:28:36.119 --> 0:28:38.000
<v Speaker 4>Those the planes that have like the apartment in the front,

0:28:38.040 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 4>like with the I haven't seen that stuff. Yeah, that

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:45.200
<v Speaker 4>would be nice. Will knows a lot about planes. I do,

0:28:46.400 --> 0:28:47.360
<v Speaker 4>taking lots of trips.

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<v Speaker 1>Rockel, thank you so much for being here. Cannot wait

0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:52.480
<v Speaker 1>for your match tonight. I'm going to be in the

0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:55.920
<v Speaker 1>audience with my kids. We will be cheering very loud

0:28:55.960 --> 0:28:56.240
<v Speaker 1>for you.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you guys, thanks for having me and my sister

0:28:58.160 --> 0:28:59.720
<v Speaker 6>and my brother in law. Going to be so jealous

0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:01.800
<v Speaker 6>that I'm to be here talking with you guy. We

0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:04.840
<v Speaker 6>talked about mister f All, and I didn't tell them

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:06.720
<v Speaker 6>I was doing this podcast because I want them to

0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:07.400
<v Speaker 6>be surprised.

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 2>So we want to take a picture too, so you'll

0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:10.800
<v Speaker 2>have a picture to send.

0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:23.360
<v Speaker 5>So thank you. You're jealous, Mattie.

0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:31.920
<v Speaker 2>Our next guest went from yelling defense.

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<v Speaker 1>At basketball games to assembling an offense that has wreaked

0:29:35.680 --> 0:29:41.120
<v Speaker 1>havoc on an entire WWE women's division. She's been a model,

0:29:41.320 --> 0:29:44.720
<v Speaker 1>a cheerleader, a gymnast, and a dancer, but it looks

0:29:44.760 --> 0:29:47.520
<v Speaker 1>like she's finally found her calling as one of the

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:53.160
<v Speaker 1>most improved WWE superstars of this era. She recently shocked

0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:57.600
<v Speaker 1>the WWE universe by ditching her goofy fitness students the

0:29:57.720 --> 0:30:02.040
<v Speaker 1>Alpha Academy to saddle up with the Vision and get

0:30:02.080 --> 0:30:07.479
<v Speaker 1>a little more serious and sensual with stable MVP Austin Theory.

0:30:08.040 --> 0:30:11.360
<v Speaker 1>And all this after she walked into Madison Square Garden

0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:17.000
<v Speaker 1>and beat Becky Lynch for the Women's Intercontinental Championship.

0:30:16.560 --> 0:30:19.400
<v Speaker 5>In the type of biggest stage performance.

0:30:18.920 --> 0:30:22.760
<v Speaker 1>Usually reserved for guys with the last name Brunson. It

0:30:22.800 --> 0:30:25.760
<v Speaker 1>would be difficult to predict the future of the WWE

0:30:25.880 --> 0:30:27.240
<v Speaker 1>without including her name.

0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:30.280
<v Speaker 5>She went from all smiles to all.

0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:33.479
<v Speaker 1>Vile, but we are so happy to have her on

0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:34.440
<v Speaker 1>Podmeats World.

0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:37.800
<v Speaker 5>Let's give it up for Maxine Dupree. Thank you. I

0:30:37.840 --> 0:30:40.480
<v Speaker 5>love that intro. Oh I think that is my ring tone.

0:30:41.440 --> 0:30:42.040
<v Speaker 5>I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for joining us.

0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:47.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm so excited to get into your journey because it

0:30:47.480 --> 0:30:48.920
<v Speaker 1>is super inspiring.

0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:49.440
<v Speaker 5>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, we have one thing in common other than

0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 1>both being very young and cool. Yes, we are both

0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:01.880
<v Speaker 1>competitive dancers. The difference is I started at forty five

0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:03.680
<v Speaker 1>years old. When did you start?

0:31:04.000 --> 0:31:09.360
<v Speaker 5>I started at three? Okay, so yes, I started dancing

0:31:09.400 --> 0:31:09.960
<v Speaker 5>it was three.

0:31:10.160 --> 0:31:13.360
<v Speaker 8>I didn't start competing very seriously until I was ten,

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:16.400
<v Speaker 8>and then from like ten onward, it was like six

0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 8>days a week, competitions, NonStop, flying to la a lot

0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:22.600
<v Speaker 8>and just really like chasing dance.

0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:23.520
<v Speaker 5>Like dance was my.

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:27.400
<v Speaker 10>Favorite passion little baby I ever had.

0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:28.280
<v Speaker 5>I was in love with it.

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:30.720
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Did you have a style that you studied?

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:31.040
<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

0:31:31.120 --> 0:31:31.920
<v Speaker 5>I did everything.

0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:35.840
<v Speaker 8>We competed in lyrical, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop, point,

0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 8>but contemporary and jazz were my favorite, my bread and butter.

0:31:40.200 --> 0:31:43.200
<v Speaker 9>Did you ever do ballroom? Or Latin No, and I

0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 9>would love to.

0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:45.120
<v Speaker 5>I would love to.

0:31:45.440 --> 0:31:47.800
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, we didn't have that at our studio growing up,

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:48.960
<v Speaker 8>but that's something I would.

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:49.400
<v Speaker 5>Have loved to do.

0:31:50.040 --> 0:31:51.840
<v Speaker 3>So was Dancing with the Star Is something that you'd

0:31:51.840 --> 0:31:52.440
<v Speaker 3>be interested in?

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.720
<v Speaker 5>Oh my god, Yeah, of course I would die to

0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:56.480
<v Speaker 5>be on that show. It would be so fun.

0:31:56.480 --> 0:31:58.200
<v Speaker 8>It would be such a challenge because I don't think

0:31:58.240 --> 0:32:01.240
<v Speaker 8>I've exercised that part of my in five years, Like

0:32:01.280 --> 0:32:03.760
<v Speaker 8>when I stopped dancing, I quit cold Turkey and jumped

0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:06.160
<v Speaker 8>into this. So it would be such a challenge and

0:32:06.200 --> 0:32:07.920
<v Speaker 8>it's just so much control and ballroom.

0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 5>Yes, it would be crazy, but I would love it.

0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Okay, good to know.

0:32:12.320 --> 0:32:14.560
<v Speaker 1>Was wrestling in your life at all as a kid,

0:32:14.680 --> 0:32:17.120
<v Speaker 1>or did you ever dance to the DX theme or

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:17.840
<v Speaker 1>something similar?

0:32:17.880 --> 0:32:19.680
<v Speaker 8>You know what's crazy is I had never seen Monday

0:32:19.720 --> 0:32:21.320
<v Speaker 8>Night Raw, I had never seen SmackDown.

0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:22.240
<v Speaker 5>I had no idea.

0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:25.280
<v Speaker 8>My grandpa, my dad's dad, was a die hard Monday

0:32:25.320 --> 0:32:27.840
<v Speaker 8>night wrestling fan, but I didn't even know, Like, I

0:32:27.840 --> 0:32:30.000
<v Speaker 8>had no idea. And then in high school I fell

0:32:30.000 --> 0:32:33.040
<v Speaker 8>in love with Total Divas. Still never watched wrestling there,

0:32:33.040 --> 0:32:35.320
<v Speaker 8>Like I was just like, these women are it? They

0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 8>are stunning, they're bad ass, they have all these businesses.

0:32:39.440 --> 0:32:43.000
<v Speaker 8>I was just really infatuated with them. But I had

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:44.920
<v Speaker 8>no idea that what I was watching was what my

0:32:44.920 --> 0:32:47.520
<v Speaker 8>grandpa was watching. And then it became this like fun

0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:49.960
<v Speaker 8>little banter. We had a like holidays between me and

0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:51.960
<v Speaker 8>my dad and my grandpa and I would be talking

0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:54.400
<v Speaker 8>about the girls, and you know, he would be like, Oh,

0:32:54.480 --> 0:32:56.520
<v Speaker 8>that's so and so's husband and so and So's boyfriend,

0:32:56.560 --> 0:33:00.120
<v Speaker 8>and like we'd be comparing all the things. Yeah, it's

0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:01.800
<v Speaker 8>kind of like a joke for me to like go

0:33:01.920 --> 0:33:03.880
<v Speaker 8>into it. Like it was like my grandpa told me.

0:33:04.360 --> 0:33:06.400
<v Speaker 8>He was like, well, you can't be in the WW

0:33:06.600 --> 0:33:08.320
<v Speaker 8>unless you can do a kip up. And I was like,

0:33:08.480 --> 0:33:11.239
<v Speaker 8>say less, Papa went outside of Thanksgiving and showed him.

0:33:11.240 --> 0:33:12.680
<v Speaker 5>I was like, I can do that. I can do that.

0:33:14.560 --> 0:33:16.760
<v Speaker 8>What's a kipp It's when you lay on your back

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:17.880
<v Speaker 8>and you spring up to your feet.

0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:20.480
<v Speaker 3>Oh okay, yes, okay, like the old school martial arts move.

0:33:20.560 --> 0:33:20.720
<v Speaker 5>Yes.

0:33:20.760 --> 0:33:22.160
<v Speaker 8>And I don't know why he felt like that was

0:33:22.200 --> 0:33:24.600
<v Speaker 8>the move. You have to have to be here, that

0:33:24.760 --> 0:33:25.280
<v Speaker 8>was the one.

0:33:25.360 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 2>He was like, you have to be at the bottom

0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:27.400
<v Speaker 2>of a mat and.

0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:28.960
<v Speaker 5>You have to be able to hop up like that.

0:33:29.080 --> 0:33:30.239
<v Speaker 5>He was very passionate about that.

0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:31.120
<v Speaker 3>Okay, and then he's like.

0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:32.000
<v Speaker 5>All right, maybe you could do it.

0:33:32.600 --> 0:33:33.080
<v Speaker 3>That's cool.

0:33:33.160 --> 0:33:34.160
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I know.

0:33:34.200 --> 0:33:37.880
<v Speaker 1>You bounced around between dance and gymnastics, eventually landing as

0:33:37.880 --> 0:33:41.320
<v Speaker 1>a cheerleader for the Rams, Yes, who lost in the

0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:41.960
<v Speaker 1>super Bowl.

0:33:42.080 --> 0:33:43.240
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it was pretty horrific.

0:33:43.320 --> 0:33:46.680
<v Speaker 1>And then you pivoted to the Phoenix Suns Yes, who

0:33:46.760 --> 0:33:48.520
<v Speaker 1>also lost lost in the finals.

0:33:49.120 --> 0:33:52.400
<v Speaker 5>Now until you won here. Yeah, were you ever nervous?

0:33:52.480 --> 0:33:53.040
<v Speaker 5>You were bad?

0:33:53.240 --> 0:33:53.400
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:33:56.600 --> 0:33:58.200
<v Speaker 8>No, I think the problem was is that a bunch

0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:00.000
<v Speaker 8>of men were in charge of our destiny.

0:34:00.320 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 5>Okay, thank you in charge, and we'll get it done.

0:34:03.280 --> 0:34:05.840
<v Speaker 5>That's exactly right. I know.

0:34:05.880 --> 0:34:09.080
<v Speaker 1>With cheering and synchronized group dance, part of the skill

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:13.279
<v Speaker 1>is blending in becoming one unit. And now you are

0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:16.560
<v Speaker 1>in a business that really rewards standing out as a

0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:20.480
<v Speaker 1>larger than life individual, which is more comfortable for you.

0:34:21.080 --> 0:34:23.760
<v Speaker 8>It's funny because growing up competing in dance in high school,

0:34:23.760 --> 0:34:25.640
<v Speaker 8>we would compete as a team, and then we'd also

0:34:25.680 --> 0:34:28.680
<v Speaker 8>do like solos, duets, trios. I always did best in

0:34:28.680 --> 0:34:31.400
<v Speaker 8>a solo. I was always a much better solo performer.

0:34:31.440 --> 0:34:33.279
<v Speaker 8>I always had a really hard time, and our group

0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:36.400
<v Speaker 8>routines a blending especial because I'm so like lengthy, So

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:38.720
<v Speaker 8>that was like my biggest challenge. So when I started

0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:42.360
<v Speaker 8>doing NFL and NBA dance, it's so sharp and precise

0:34:42.719 --> 0:34:45.719
<v Speaker 8>and I learned that really quickly, but that wasn't what

0:34:45.760 --> 0:34:48.279
<v Speaker 8>my bread and butter was. So I feel like this

0:34:48.480 --> 0:34:50.640
<v Speaker 8>is actually so much easier for me because I don't

0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:52.359
<v Speaker 8>have to look the same as anyone else. In fact,

0:34:52.400 --> 0:34:54.000
<v Speaker 8>it's so much better when you look like no one

0:34:54.040 --> 0:34:57.080
<v Speaker 8>else and you do moods differently. So I feel like

0:34:57.120 --> 0:34:59.439
<v Speaker 8>it's actually been a blessing that, like, yeah, I don't

0:34:59.440 --> 0:35:00.680
<v Speaker 8>have to blend.

0:35:00.719 --> 0:35:02.320
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's a good strength to have.

0:35:02.560 --> 0:35:06.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, to be like I can shine on my own, yes,

0:35:07.000 --> 0:35:10.280
<v Speaker 1>especially here. Okay, And then I want to know, how

0:35:10.680 --> 0:35:14.520
<v Speaker 1>did you, at twenty two years old decide to create

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:16.440
<v Speaker 1>your own clothing line.

0:35:16.560 --> 0:35:18.799
<v Speaker 5>I don't know. I don't know why I did.

0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:19.320
<v Speaker 3>Just bored.

0:35:19.680 --> 0:35:20.319
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think so.

0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:24.200
<v Speaker 8>Both My parents are entrepreneurs, and so I always had

0:35:24.200 --> 0:35:25.960
<v Speaker 8>this instilled in me. Like growing up, I'd be like, oh,

0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:28.120
<v Speaker 8>I want to be a dance teacher, and they'd be like, no,

0:35:28.239 --> 0:35:29.480
<v Speaker 8>you need to own a dance studio.

0:35:30.160 --> 0:35:32.440
<v Speaker 5>You want to like make money right while you're be

0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:33.399
<v Speaker 5>the owner for the creed.

0:35:33.480 --> 0:35:35.960
<v Speaker 8>So that was always in my mind. And when you

0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:38.680
<v Speaker 8>cheer for the NFL or NBA, it's very part time.

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:41.080
<v Speaker 8>You have to have other jobs. You're making like just

0:35:41.080 --> 0:35:42.879
<v Speaker 8>a a minimum wage. You're getting paid by the hour,

0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:45.520
<v Speaker 8>you have no benefits. So I had a bunch of

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:49.200
<v Speaker 8>other jobs like teaching fitness classes and that kind of stuff.

0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:52.200
<v Speaker 8>But I just like knew I wanted more than that,

0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:54.360
<v Speaker 8>so I just I didn't go to college, So I

0:35:54.400 --> 0:35:58.120
<v Speaker 8>just like went on YouTube and taught myself everything like

0:35:58.560 --> 0:36:01.800
<v Speaker 8>legally set up and trademarked and all the stuff.

0:36:02.120 --> 0:36:03.799
<v Speaker 5>And I really enjoyed it. It was so much fun.

0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:06.200
<v Speaker 8>And when I moved to Phoenix, I opened a storefront

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:08.040
<v Speaker 8>and had my first brick and mortar and.

0:36:07.920 --> 0:36:08.640
<v Speaker 5>It's called Jaunt.

0:36:08.840 --> 0:36:10.799
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and that was your first Ye had a brick

0:36:10.840 --> 0:36:13.640
<v Speaker 2>and mortar store in Arizona and you were twenty four

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:14.200
<v Speaker 2>years old.

0:36:14.280 --> 0:36:15.920
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, it was so fun. I don't know what I

0:36:15.960 --> 0:36:17.839
<v Speaker 8>was doing. I like hired my best friend. We would

0:36:18.200 --> 0:36:21.640
<v Speaker 8>like we would just be hanging out, like running the store,

0:36:21.680 --> 0:36:22.279
<v Speaker 8>and then we'd be.

0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:23.759
<v Speaker 5>Like should we close and go to happy hour?

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:26.120
<v Speaker 1>I know, I mean it does it feels really it

0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:28.799
<v Speaker 1>feels equally as scary to just be like I'm going

0:36:28.880 --> 0:36:30.120
<v Speaker 1>to just start wrestling.

0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:31.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:36:31.120 --> 0:36:34.040
<v Speaker 8>Really, the crazy part was that when I opened the storefront,

0:36:34.280 --> 0:36:36.279
<v Speaker 8>four months later, I got signed and I had to

0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:39.279
<v Speaker 8>move to Orlando. So then I was like trying to

0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 8>manage employees from AFAR, which was like really a challenge.

0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:43.880
<v Speaker 8>So that's when I ended up getting out of my

0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:47.040
<v Speaker 8>lease there going back all online okay, which has been

0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.480
<v Speaker 8>awesome and I love it. But I think it's one

0:36:49.520 --> 0:36:52.080
<v Speaker 8>of those things where like, obviously this is my current passion,

0:36:52.120 --> 0:36:54.200
<v Speaker 8>and I feel like in order to thrive here, you

0:36:54.239 --> 0:36:56.480
<v Speaker 8>have to be one hundred and ten percent in. So

0:36:56.560 --> 0:36:59.200
<v Speaker 8>it's something that I think later down the line in

0:36:59.239 --> 0:37:00.800
<v Speaker 8>life off like folks on more and it's something I

0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:02.960
<v Speaker 8>always want to have. But I think it's one of

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:05.480
<v Speaker 8>those things where it's like, if you spread yourself too thin,

0:37:05.520 --> 0:37:06.839
<v Speaker 8>you can't be amazing at any of it.

0:37:07.120 --> 0:37:07.359
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:37:07.400 --> 0:37:11.200
<v Speaker 4>Interesting, So now when you were i mean performing growing up,

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:13.960
<v Speaker 4>is it one of those things where that has one

0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:16.120
<v Speaker 4>of the things I'm learning, So I'm learning about the

0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:19.479
<v Speaker 4>wrestling world. Daniel's bringing me in and so I'm really

0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.960
<v Speaker 4>seeing it's the balance between the athleticism, but it's also

0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.120
<v Speaker 4>your character and it's really coming out with a persona.

0:37:26.280 --> 0:37:29.280
<v Speaker 4>Was growing up as a cheerleader and as a dancer

0:37:29.320 --> 0:37:31.200
<v Speaker 4>and everything. Did that help you more with the persona

0:37:31.239 --> 0:37:33.239
<v Speaker 4>side as well as the athletics, Yes, Like.

0:37:33.200 --> 0:37:35.200
<v Speaker 8>I've always loved acting, like since I was little, Like

0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:36.840
<v Speaker 8>you remember when Disney Channel used to do the like

0:37:36.920 --> 0:37:38.719
<v Speaker 8>you can do this to submit here, I'm like, mom,

0:37:38.760 --> 0:37:42.760
<v Speaker 8>submit me, Like I always just wanted to be on camera,

0:37:42.960 --> 0:37:45.520
<v Speaker 8>on screen, and my parents were very like I was

0:37:45.520 --> 0:37:48.040
<v Speaker 8>not allowed to do anything in that world in Los

0:37:48.080 --> 0:37:50.360
<v Speaker 8>Angeles until I was eighteen, okay, And then when I

0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:53.000
<v Speaker 8>was sixteen, I think they were like, Okay, she's has

0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:54.080
<v Speaker 8>her head screwed.

0:37:53.719 --> 0:37:54.960
<v Speaker 5>On enough that like it'll be fine.

0:37:55.000 --> 0:37:56.640
<v Speaker 8>So they let me get an agent when I was sixteen,

0:37:57.080 --> 0:37:58.920
<v Speaker 8>and then I started flying to LA more to do

0:37:59.160 --> 0:38:02.240
<v Speaker 8>more like commercial acting and modeling. But I always wanted

0:38:02.239 --> 0:38:04.360
<v Speaker 8>to be in TV and film, and I think.

0:38:04.239 --> 0:38:05.839
<v Speaker 3>It was Disney Channel the goal growing up.

0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:07.279
<v Speaker 8>I think when I was little, Yeah, like I was

0:38:07.280 --> 0:38:09.640
<v Speaker 8>watching Hannah Montana, like why am I not Miley Cyrus

0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:10.399
<v Speaker 8>right right?

0:38:10.480 --> 0:38:11.960
<v Speaker 5>And now I feel like I am. I'm living the

0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:12.720
<v Speaker 5>best of both worlds.

0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:13.680
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, where you go.

0:38:14.200 --> 0:38:16.279
<v Speaker 8>But yeah, I always wanted to be on screen, so

0:38:16.400 --> 0:38:19.040
<v Speaker 8>that side of it is so easy and fun for me.

0:38:19.239 --> 0:38:22.080
<v Speaker 8>Like I love performing, I love playing a character. I

0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:25.360
<v Speaker 8>love acting learning a new craft, and like trying to

0:38:25.440 --> 0:38:29.960
<v Speaker 8>make this art look real and vicious and also stay

0:38:29.960 --> 0:38:31.799
<v Speaker 8>safe and keep your opponents safe. That's the part that

0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 8>has always been the biggest.

0:38:32.840 --> 0:38:33.400
<v Speaker 5>Challenge for me.

0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:38.479
<v Speaker 4>How does your dance background and the gymnastics background lend

0:38:38.520 --> 0:38:41.400
<v Speaker 4>itself to learning the moves to be a professional wrestler.

0:38:41.440 --> 0:38:43.279
<v Speaker 5>I think it's having body control like I have.

0:38:43.520 --> 0:38:45.520
<v Speaker 8>I think I have very good like muscle mind connection

0:38:45.640 --> 0:38:47.480
<v Speaker 8>from doing it from such a young age. And I

0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:50.399
<v Speaker 8>competed in gymnastics when I was like seven, eight and nine,

0:38:50.800 --> 0:38:51.640
<v Speaker 8>and then I stopped.

0:38:51.640 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 5>But I think during that time.

0:38:53.400 --> 0:38:55.000
<v Speaker 8>I like hated it because they were like making me

0:38:55.040 --> 0:38:56.680
<v Speaker 8>do pull ups and have five hour practices.

0:38:56.719 --> 0:38:58.400
<v Speaker 5>When I was eight, I was like, I was like,

0:38:58.440 --> 0:39:00.000
<v Speaker 5>can we go? Can we go to a dancer?

0:39:00.760 --> 0:39:01.040
<v Speaker 3>Remember?

0:39:02.160 --> 0:39:05.319
<v Speaker 8>But I think that discipline like really instilled something in me,

0:39:05.360 --> 0:39:08.160
<v Speaker 8>and just the ability to like have control over your body.

0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:11.080
<v Speaker 8>I think that has been the biggest benefit for me.

0:39:11.680 --> 0:39:13.920
<v Speaker 1>You mentioned after you opened the storefront in Arizona, you

0:39:13.920 --> 0:39:16.480
<v Speaker 1>were twenty four years old. Just four months later you

0:39:16.560 --> 0:39:20.440
<v Speaker 1>were signed. How did you end up at WWE tryouts?

0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:24.040
<v Speaker 8>So we were it was either Thanksgiving her Father's Day.

0:39:24.040 --> 0:39:25.839
<v Speaker 8>I always forget, but it was like one of those

0:39:25.840 --> 0:39:28.360
<v Speaker 8>things where my papa was joking around, and I emailed

0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:32.960
<v Speaker 8>my modeling agent and said, like, this is so random,

0:39:32.960 --> 0:39:34.680
<v Speaker 8>but like, if you know anyone, I would love a

0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:37.799
<v Speaker 8>tryout for the WWE. And then around the same time,

0:39:37.800 --> 0:39:39.640
<v Speaker 8>I had submitted online a bunch, but this was right

0:39:39.680 --> 0:39:41.399
<v Speaker 8>after COVID, so I don't think they had I think

0:39:41.400 --> 0:39:44.239
<v Speaker 8>I was the first tryout after COVID. Okay, and like

0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:47.000
<v Speaker 8>my modeling agent never responded. But then two weeks later

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.080
<v Speaker 8>I got an email saying that I was invited.

0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:51.319
<v Speaker 5>To Las Vegas for the tryout. I was like, okay, I.

0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:53.040
<v Speaker 8>Don't know if they saw my submission online. I don't

0:39:53.080 --> 0:39:55.960
<v Speaker 8>know if she forwarded to someone. I don't know what happened,

0:39:56.160 --> 0:39:58.800
<v Speaker 8>but I got a tryout. I went in Las Vegas

0:39:58.840 --> 0:40:01.920
<v Speaker 8>at Summer Slam that the last day of the tryout

0:40:01.960 --> 0:40:02.880
<v Speaker 8>was a three day tryout.

0:40:02.960 --> 0:40:03.359
<v Speaker 5>They pulled.

0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:05.319
<v Speaker 8>I want to say, there was fourteen of us and

0:40:05.360 --> 0:40:07.640
<v Speaker 8>they offered us contracts and staid you're moving to Orlando

0:40:07.680 --> 0:40:10.680
<v Speaker 8>in thirty days and that was that was.

0:40:10.640 --> 0:40:11.680
<v Speaker 3>That can you do me?

0:40:11.800 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 4>Because I keep hearing like I'm getting I gotta try out,

0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:14.960
<v Speaker 4>I gotta try out.

0:40:15.000 --> 0:40:16.440
<v Speaker 3>What what does that entail?

0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:18.640
<v Speaker 4>I mean if you've never wrestled before, do they just

0:40:18.640 --> 0:40:20.640
<v Speaker 4>throw you in a ring and say go You're like fight?

0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:22.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

0:40:23.000 --> 0:40:23.319
<v Speaker 10>What is it?

0:40:23.360 --> 0:40:23.520
<v Speaker 4>I mean?

0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:25.080
<v Speaker 3>Are they showing you moves and seeing if you can

0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:26.600
<v Speaker 3>mimic them? Like? What what is a trial?

0:40:26.920 --> 0:40:29.600
<v Speaker 8>Okay, So the first day you're getting in the ring,

0:40:29.680 --> 0:40:31.200
<v Speaker 8>it's a lot of like cardio. I think it's a

0:40:31.200 --> 0:40:32.560
<v Speaker 8>lot to say who you are as a person, like

0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:34.600
<v Speaker 8>are you going to quit? Or are you going to

0:40:34.880 --> 0:40:36.759
<v Speaker 8>enjoy this? And like do you want to be here?

0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:39.320
<v Speaker 8>So they're trying to get you to be like so exhausted.

0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:41.560
<v Speaker 8>So you're riding the ropes, you're doing grape squishers.

0:40:41.600 --> 0:40:42.520
<v Speaker 5>You're doing like.

0:40:42.600 --> 0:40:45.400
<v Speaker 8>Ford rolls, backward rolls, handstand rolls, just to see like

0:40:45.480 --> 0:40:46.719
<v Speaker 8>your footwork and athleticism.

0:40:46.800 --> 0:40:47.680
<v Speaker 3>What's a grape squish?

0:40:48.200 --> 0:40:49.920
<v Speaker 8>You're sitting in the corner doing high knees and then

0:40:49.920 --> 0:40:51.440
<v Speaker 8>they'll say down and you dropped down into.

0:40:51.280 --> 0:40:52.520
<v Speaker 5>A burbie, jump back up?

0:40:52.640 --> 0:40:53.560
<v Speaker 3>Yes, okay?

0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:56.640
<v Speaker 5>Actually horrific yeah, not a great time.

0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:01.000
<v Speaker 8>And then you do a one minute promo in front

0:41:01.000 --> 0:41:02.280
<v Speaker 8>of everyone on camera.

0:41:02.640 --> 0:41:04.040
<v Speaker 5>I think that's probably like the.

0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:06.560
<v Speaker 8>Scary part because you're just like you also have to

0:41:06.600 --> 0:41:10.080
<v Speaker 8>have like manage that sixty seconds because they don't want

0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:11.960
<v Speaker 8>you to go over under and you want to perform well.

0:41:12.000 --> 0:41:15.600
<v Speaker 8>But you also have to like kind of know what

0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:17.839
<v Speaker 8>you're trying out for, so it's like we're on TV,

0:41:17.960 --> 0:41:20.200
<v Speaker 8>so don't be using cuss words and all those like

0:41:20.200 --> 0:41:22.440
<v Speaker 8>little nuances that you may not know unless you've kind

0:41:22.440 --> 0:41:23.000
<v Speaker 8>of studied it.

0:41:23.760 --> 0:41:24.879
<v Speaker 5>Then the next day is like.

0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:26.880
<v Speaker 8>Back to more cardio and like my the back of

0:41:26.880 --> 0:41:29.040
<v Speaker 8>my ribs were bruised from the ropes because I'd never

0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.040
<v Speaker 8>run the ropes really, you know, like for a long

0:41:31.040 --> 0:41:33.080
<v Speaker 8>time like that. And then the next say they do

0:41:33.120 --> 0:41:35.719
<v Speaker 8>more like promo things and groups and different activities and

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.600
<v Speaker 8>just kind of like see who has it interesting?

0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:39.960
<v Speaker 3>Okay?

0:41:40.440 --> 0:41:40.800
<v Speaker 5>Man.

0:41:41.160 --> 0:41:43.040
<v Speaker 4>That's a lot different than auditioning for like a Cheerios

0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:45.759
<v Speaker 4>commercial as a kid. It's a little different, you know

0:41:45.800 --> 0:41:47.200
<v Speaker 4>what I mean. Like if I walked in and they

0:41:47.200 --> 0:41:49.839
<v Speaker 4>were like, all right, burpies, I'd be like what yeah, no, no, no,

0:41:50.120 --> 0:41:50.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm not.

0:41:50.400 --> 0:41:50.880
<v Speaker 3>Going to do that.

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:53.560
<v Speaker 1>You're lighting your cigarette at eight Well yeah, yeah to

0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:54.760
<v Speaker 1>get yeah.

0:41:54.800 --> 0:41:56.760
<v Speaker 5>Exactly, a black coffee and a cigarette.

0:41:56.320 --> 0:41:58.759
<v Speaker 3>And I wasn't a heavy smoker until I was ten.

0:41:59.239 --> 0:42:01.200
<v Speaker 5>Sovallid to be fair.

0:42:01.280 --> 0:42:05.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So the first time anyone sees you in NXT,

0:42:05.800 --> 0:42:09.120
<v Speaker 1>you're a manager. You're a mouthpiece for a tag team,

0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:12.919
<v Speaker 1>which a lot of WWE superstars can stay in their

0:42:13.080 --> 0:42:17.320
<v Speaker 1>entire careers. But was your goal always to be a wrestler,

0:42:17.480 --> 0:42:18.640
<v Speaker 1>like the center of attention?

0:42:18.880 --> 0:42:21.160
<v Speaker 8>Yes, this was like a misconception that happened, And I

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:23.200
<v Speaker 8>think it was just that they wanted me on TV

0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:24.799
<v Speaker 8>and I had only been there for six months. I

0:42:24.840 --> 0:42:27.400
<v Speaker 8>didn't know how to truly wrestle yet, so they just

0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:30.239
<v Speaker 8>put me in this group. But I truly wasn't even

0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:32.880
<v Speaker 8>like the mouthpiece yet because we had mister Stone in

0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.880
<v Speaker 8>the group, Robert Stone, who's still at NXT. He's awesome,

0:42:36.640 --> 0:42:38.480
<v Speaker 8>and he was more the mouthpiece. So I was just

0:42:38.560 --> 0:42:41.520
<v Speaker 8>kind of like there, Okay. I was just there like

0:42:41.680 --> 0:42:43.799
<v Speaker 8>I would point and then von Wagner would beat someone

0:42:43.880 --> 0:42:46.359
<v Speaker 8>up and I was like, what's going on? I don't know,

0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:52.600
<v Speaker 8>And then I actually fractured my ankle and was out,

0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:55.000
<v Speaker 8>like couldn't put weight on. It was out in training,

0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:57.600
<v Speaker 8>and then like two weeks after that, I got called up.

0:42:58.480 --> 0:43:01.040
<v Speaker 8>It was like really crazy that I was not trained.

0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:03.920
<v Speaker 8>My name in NXT was Sophia Cromwell, so I like

0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:05.799
<v Speaker 8>they had given me a new name and they were like, okay,

0:43:05.800 --> 0:43:08.040
<v Speaker 8>you're going to be Maxine Dupre. I get called up.

0:43:08.080 --> 0:43:10.160
<v Speaker 8>I'm not cleared. I like can't walk. They wanted me

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:11.920
<v Speaker 8>to wear high heels, like my foot won't even been

0:43:12.000 --> 0:43:12.359
<v Speaker 8>that way.

0:43:12.680 --> 0:43:13.560
<v Speaker 5>It was so crazy.

0:43:13.640 --> 0:43:15.880
<v Speaker 8>It was a crazy time and I was like I

0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:17.879
<v Speaker 8>always say, like that day like.

0:43:18.239 --> 0:43:20.120
<v Speaker 5>Got intervened because I should not be here.

0:43:20.160 --> 0:43:22.360
<v Speaker 8>After that first day on the main roster, I was

0:43:22.360 --> 0:43:24.160
<v Speaker 8>supposed to have a five minute in ring promo.

0:43:24.280 --> 0:43:27.239
<v Speaker 5>I'd never done an enring promo. We're doing rehearsals.

0:43:27.400 --> 0:43:29.360
<v Speaker 8>I'm like, I was up all night trying to memorize

0:43:29.360 --> 0:43:30.080
<v Speaker 8>this promo, like and.

0:43:30.040 --> 0:43:31.440
<v Speaker 5>I'm so nervous. I don't know anyone.

0:43:31.480 --> 0:43:31.719
<v Speaker 10>It was.

0:43:31.800 --> 0:43:32.560
<v Speaker 5>It was crazy.

0:43:33.000 --> 0:43:36.319
<v Speaker 8>Thankfully it got changed to like this like two sentence backstage,

0:43:36.400 --> 0:43:38.359
<v Speaker 8>and I feel like if that didn't happen, I would not.

0:43:38.320 --> 0:43:39.200
<v Speaker 3>Be sitting here right right.

0:43:39.320 --> 0:43:39.680
<v Speaker 2>I would.

0:43:40.440 --> 0:43:43.480
<v Speaker 8>I know because of dance, Like if you forget something

0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:44.879
<v Speaker 8>on stage, you have to stay. You have to stay

0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:46.400
<v Speaker 8>out there and perform. So I would have.

0:43:46.280 --> 0:43:48.680
<v Speaker 5>Gotten through it, but it would have been horrific. Yeah,

0:43:48.680 --> 0:43:51.560
<v Speaker 5>but yeah, maybe it wouldn't have been. Give yourself some credit.

0:43:51.560 --> 0:43:53.080
<v Speaker 5>You would have kept it going. I mean, I kept

0:43:53.080 --> 0:43:53.359
<v Speaker 5>it going.

0:43:53.480 --> 0:43:55.719
<v Speaker 2>But but you're happy that the way it worked out,

0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:59.239
<v Speaker 2>Like you said, intervention on your behalf somewhere and it

0:43:59.280 --> 0:43:59.959
<v Speaker 2>all worked out.

0:44:00.120 --> 0:44:03.439
<v Speaker 8>Was worse the dialogue or the ankle, honestly both because

0:44:03.480 --> 0:44:05.040
<v Speaker 8>it was in ring and I was like, I can't

0:44:05.040 --> 0:44:06.560
<v Speaker 8>walk to the ring in these heels. And they're like,

0:44:06.560 --> 0:44:08.359
<v Speaker 8>we'll just bring you out in the dark, like it'll

0:44:08.400 --> 0:44:09.560
<v Speaker 8>be dark, no one will see you. I'm like, I'm

0:44:09.560 --> 0:44:12.320
<v Speaker 8>gonna be limping out here in this black dress and heels.

0:44:13.320 --> 0:44:16.040
<v Speaker 1>It was crazy, I mean, to be fair, she had

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:19.200
<v Speaker 1>no prior experience in wrestling.

0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:21.160
<v Speaker 5>She was a twenty four year old with a clothing

0:44:21.160 --> 0:44:21.560
<v Speaker 5>line and.

0:44:26.440 --> 0:44:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Here we go and actually the.

0:44:27.920 --> 0:44:29.759
<v Speaker 5>Story of my life there you go.

0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:31.680
<v Speaker 3>Wow, that's amazing.

0:44:32.440 --> 0:44:35.200
<v Speaker 4>So growing up you said that you weren't really a

0:44:35.239 --> 0:44:37.520
<v Speaker 4>wrestling fan, you didn't know anything about it. Now that

0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:40.400
<v Speaker 4>you're in, have you gone back and kind of studied

0:44:40.440 --> 0:44:41.719
<v Speaker 4>as much of it as you possibly get?

0:44:41.800 --> 0:44:44.719
<v Speaker 5>Yes? Yes, And I love watching things now.

0:44:44.760 --> 0:44:46.200
<v Speaker 8>It's funny. I was thinking about this the other day.

0:44:46.200 --> 0:44:47.719
<v Speaker 8>When I first got called up, I had so much

0:44:47.760 --> 0:44:50.879
<v Speaker 8>anxiety around this business, just because I felt so out

0:44:50.880 --> 0:44:53.040
<v Speaker 8>of place that I almost would like go home and

0:44:53.080 --> 0:44:54.560
<v Speaker 8>like not want to watch anything, Like I just wanted

0:44:54.600 --> 0:44:56.680
<v Speaker 8>to clock out because the thought of it was like

0:44:56.680 --> 0:44:59.520
<v Speaker 8>like I just was like so overwhelmed, and I feel

0:44:59.560 --> 0:45:02.400
<v Speaker 8>like I'm in this place now. Where When I started

0:45:02.760 --> 0:45:06.400
<v Speaker 8>training at a place called Flatbacks with Sean Spears and

0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:08.359
<v Speaker 8>Tyler Breeze and I had a couple of friends there,

0:45:08.480 --> 0:45:10.560
<v Speaker 8>John and Noel, and we would train and it was

0:45:10.600 --> 0:45:13.040
<v Speaker 8>like the first time I trained with no pressure and

0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:15.399
<v Speaker 8>we were just like selling moves funny and really having fun.

0:45:15.440 --> 0:45:18.279
<v Speaker 5>And I really started like fall in love with the

0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:18.920
<v Speaker 5>art form.

0:45:19.440 --> 0:45:21.040
<v Speaker 8>And then when we got like our little Monday Night

0:45:21.120 --> 0:45:22.920
<v Speaker 8>Raw friend group, and I spend a lot of time

0:45:23.040 --> 0:45:25.320
<v Speaker 8>with a lot of these girls and getting to see

0:45:25.360 --> 0:45:28.640
<v Speaker 8>like Lyra and Roxanne who grew up loving this and

0:45:28.719 --> 0:45:31.400
<v Speaker 8>seeing like their perspective on things, like I've really fallen

0:45:31.400 --> 0:45:32.879
<v Speaker 8>in love with it and now I just like love

0:45:32.920 --> 0:45:34.800
<v Speaker 8>watching and I love watching the stuff that they watched

0:45:34.800 --> 0:45:37.560
<v Speaker 8>as a kid, like that they have these like pure

0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:39.680
<v Speaker 8>memories of and I love getting to watch it now

0:45:39.719 --> 0:45:41.120
<v Speaker 8>and be like, wow, this is so cool.

0:45:41.960 --> 0:45:43.600
<v Speaker 4>So then if you've gone back and watched them of

0:45:43.640 --> 0:45:46.359
<v Speaker 4>the older stuff, is there a favorite era you have

0:45:46.480 --> 0:45:48.560
<v Speaker 4>of the Oh, Nikki Bella's biggest fan.

0:45:49.560 --> 0:45:52.799
<v Speaker 5>Okay, so like anything Nikki's do anything the divas are doing.

0:45:52.960 --> 0:45:53.120
<v Speaker 4>You know.

0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:54.680
<v Speaker 5>I love Stacey Keebler.

0:45:55.080 --> 0:45:55.200
<v Speaker 4>Oh.

0:45:55.480 --> 0:45:57.799
<v Speaker 5>I love watching aj Lee. I love it all.

0:45:57.800 --> 0:46:00.560
<v Speaker 8>But then I also love watching and He when it

0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:04.560
<v Speaker 8>was Becky Lynch, Bailey, Charlotte, when they're all coming up

0:46:04.760 --> 0:46:08.200
<v Speaker 8>those matches Mercedes, Oh my gosh, it's crazy.

0:46:08.400 --> 0:46:10.160
<v Speaker 2>Those are incredible matches.

0:46:10.280 --> 0:46:11.360
<v Speaker 5>Yes, I know.

0:46:11.480 --> 0:46:14.880
<v Speaker 1>The WWE universe has seen the entire journey from your

0:46:15.080 --> 0:46:17.960
<v Speaker 1>very green days where everyone was so critical to now

0:46:18.160 --> 0:46:20.680
<v Speaker 1>where you are out there shining with some of the

0:46:20.840 --> 0:46:24.160
<v Speaker 1>all time greats winning a title in Madison Square Garden.

0:46:24.760 --> 0:46:26.919
<v Speaker 5>When do you think it all started to just click

0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:27.239
<v Speaker 5>for you?

0:46:28.080 --> 0:46:30.879
<v Speaker 8>Honestly, when I started working with Becky, I think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>I think that like really changed my life. Don't tell

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<v Speaker 8>her I said that, but yeah, that really like changed

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<v Speaker 8>things around for me. I think when you get to

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<v Speaker 8>work with someone who's just has so much more experience

0:46:42.200 --> 0:46:45.319
<v Speaker 8>than you and has so much knowledge and is willing

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<v Speaker 8>to share that with you.

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<v Speaker 5>It changes the game. Those are my favorite matches.

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<v Speaker 9>I still like look at them and I'm like, wait,

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<v Speaker 9>I can't believe it that that I'm still good there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, what's going on there? I loved all of

0:46:55.440 --> 0:46:57.880
<v Speaker 1>the stuff you did with Natty too. Yes, I have

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<v Speaker 1>to imagine working with her was a huge help.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, my total divas queen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, to pick a better mentor so.

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, and training with her and TJ at the Dungeon

0:47:08.280 --> 0:47:11.640
<v Speaker 8>was nuts. That like as another pivotal moment in my

0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:14.960
<v Speaker 8>career where I learned so much, so much about aggression

0:47:15.080 --> 0:47:17.400
<v Speaker 8>and I think, you know, dealing with her in the

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<v Speaker 8>ring and her beating me up NonStop, but also getting

0:47:21.080 --> 0:47:22.640
<v Speaker 8>to train with her, I think has really played into

0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:25.040
<v Speaker 8>where I am now and getting to just unleash on everyone.

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<v Speaker 3>I always love the names of these places.

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<v Speaker 4>It's always the Dungeon and yeah, it's never like we're

0:47:28.960 --> 0:47:33.759
<v Speaker 4>going to happy House, exactly, like.

0:47:33.840 --> 0:47:36.680
<v Speaker 5>You're going to help right exactly Ellen Is.

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<v Speaker 4>I've found that for the most part that people have

0:47:40.400 --> 0:47:43.640
<v Speaker 4>have made it easier for you to join, and they're

0:47:43.719 --> 0:47:45.400
<v Speaker 4>accepting and they want to give you that knowledge and

0:47:45.640 --> 0:47:47.360
<v Speaker 4>they want to make sure that the next generation is

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<v Speaker 4>prepared to take over eight thousand percent.

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<v Speaker 8>I think when you come into this locker room and

0:47:51.360 --> 0:47:53.879
<v Speaker 8>you're eager to learn, and you show that every single

0:47:53.920 --> 0:47:55.800
<v Speaker 8>one of us will give you every ounce of information.

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<v Speaker 8>I think what's really cool is like we all feel

0:47:58.120 --> 0:48:00.880
<v Speaker 8>the same way about you know, like lifting each other up.

0:48:00.880 --> 0:48:01.880
<v Speaker 5>We're all rising together.

0:48:01.960 --> 0:48:04.240
<v Speaker 8>It doesn't benefit any of us if someone's not thriving,

0:48:04.760 --> 0:48:06.839
<v Speaker 8>being in the ring with someone that's not doing well,

0:48:06.920 --> 0:48:09.080
<v Speaker 8>or something's not going right, like it's it's a it

0:48:09.239 --> 0:48:11.239
<v Speaker 8>takes two to tango. It's not going to help you

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<v Speaker 8>to that to hurt anyone else in the process.

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<v Speaker 1>You know totally that probably that mentality is probably there

0:48:17.040 --> 0:48:19.360
<v Speaker 1>for you from dance too. You know, like the group

0:48:19.520 --> 0:48:21.719
<v Speaker 1>needs to thrive in order for me to look as

0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:22.799
<v Speaker 1>good as I possibly can.

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<v Speaker 8>And I think it's similar where it's like there it

0:48:25.080 --> 0:48:26.399
<v Speaker 8>is an individual sport, but it's.

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<v Speaker 5>Also a team sport exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, that's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, now you've joined the Vision. You are just a

0:48:32.640 --> 0:48:33.960
<v Speaker 1>despicable humor.

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<v Speaker 5>I am so ashamed. I think, so I didn't do

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<v Speaker 5>anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 9>How has it felt being booed? It's amazing I don't

0:48:42.560 --> 0:48:45.360
<v Speaker 9>care about these people. I love hearing them upset, like

0:48:45.600 --> 0:48:47.120
<v Speaker 9>y'all made me upset for years.

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<v Speaker 5>Take that, enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 3>I do not care.

0:48:50.000 --> 0:48:50.480
<v Speaker 5>I love it.

0:48:50.719 --> 0:48:51.120
<v Speaker 6>Is it fun?

0:48:51.280 --> 0:48:52.600
<v Speaker 3>Is it really fun to play the best?

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, I would be pissed too if if they

0:48:55.520 --> 0:48:57.600
<v Speaker 8>were looking at me hanging all over Austin theory and it.

0:48:57.719 --> 0:49:00.960
<v Speaker 5>Sucks for them, they would ring for us in theory. Worse,

0:49:02.000 --> 0:49:02.440
<v Speaker 5>look at that.

0:49:02.920 --> 0:49:03.120
<v Speaker 4>I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I am very excited for an eventual Austin and Maxine

0:49:07.960 --> 0:49:08.759
<v Speaker 1>versus Dom and.

0:49:08.880 --> 0:49:09.960
<v Speaker 2>Live matt Y.

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<v Speaker 5>See, that's what everyone wants.

0:49:11.680 --> 0:49:15.320
<v Speaker 1>I feel like that's got WrestleMania written allah over it.

0:49:16.120 --> 0:49:17.960
<v Speaker 1>Who else is in your sights?

0:49:18.760 --> 0:49:18.960
<v Speaker 8>Soul?

0:49:19.040 --> 0:49:21.520
<v Speaker 5>Ruka? Who's walking around with my title acting like it's.

0:49:22.320 --> 0:49:23.000
<v Speaker 3>It was really great?

0:49:23.000 --> 0:49:26.040
<v Speaker 4>It's kind of a nice heavy belt, it seemed kind

0:49:26.080 --> 0:49:28.400
<v Speaker 4>of it seemed it seemed like it looked kind of

0:49:28.480 --> 0:49:29.400
<v Speaker 4>at home on her shoulder.

0:49:29.440 --> 0:49:32.080
<v Speaker 8>I'll be honest with you, Well, yeah, she is a

0:49:32.120 --> 0:49:36.000
<v Speaker 8>little too comfortable, so I don't disagree. She probably does

0:49:36.120 --> 0:49:38.040
<v Speaker 8>think that it's sitting right at home, but it won't.

0:49:37.840 --> 0:49:38.279
<v Speaker 1>Be for long.

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<v Speaker 5>It won't be for long. Yeah, I think I would

0:49:42.320 --> 0:49:42.799
<v Speaker 5>love to.

0:49:42.840 --> 0:49:46.240
<v Speaker 8>Get my hands on Soul Ruca. We have a crazy division,

0:49:46.520 --> 0:49:49.640
<v Speaker 8>you know. I know Lyra has really taken out Bailey,

0:49:49.680 --> 0:49:51.200
<v Speaker 8>which is super nice. So if she wants to like

0:49:51.360 --> 0:49:54.040
<v Speaker 8>leave you know, her sloppy seconds, I'd hop on that too.

0:49:54.120 --> 0:49:54.400
<v Speaker 5>Okay.

0:49:54.680 --> 0:49:58.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, wow, got some matches to look forward to.

0:49:58.640 --> 0:50:01.640
<v Speaker 4>Its just kind of the joy and happiness and then

0:50:01.719 --> 0:50:04.240
<v Speaker 4>this underlying hatred where it's.

0:50:05.239 --> 0:50:07.960
<v Speaker 10>Get that they did that to me like I was

0:50:08.000 --> 0:50:12.719
<v Speaker 10>a joyful child. The w universe caused this. Yeah, so

0:50:12.880 --> 0:50:14.440
<v Speaker 10>I don't feel bad, so you have we have to

0:50:14.480 --> 0:50:15.440
<v Speaker 10>deal with it now exactly.

0:50:15.880 --> 0:50:18.520
<v Speaker 1>Is there anyone in NXT right now that you know

0:50:19.160 --> 0:50:21.640
<v Speaker 1>is going to dominate on one of the flagship shows?

0:50:21.920 --> 0:50:26.200
<v Speaker 8>Oh my gosh, yes, there's several nxt is stacked. Jada

0:50:26.280 --> 0:50:29.359
<v Speaker 8>Parker Okay, I love I love watching her. She has

0:50:29.480 --> 0:50:33.280
<v Speaker 8>it like she has she has it. Lola Ice hmmm,

0:50:33.840 --> 0:50:38.959
<v Speaker 8>Klawnie Kendall Gray, great, there's a ton like that. Whole

0:50:39.040 --> 0:50:44.080
<v Speaker 8>division is Kelly Armstrong. Yeah, love her. Okay, Yeah, you've

0:50:44.080 --> 0:50:44.520
<v Speaker 8>heard it here.

0:50:45.280 --> 0:50:47.040
<v Speaker 3>It's amazing. Yeah, very excited.

0:50:47.360 --> 0:50:50.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, Maxine, thank you so much, thank you for

0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:53.719
<v Speaker 1>having me. This was really great. I can't wait to

0:50:53.840 --> 0:50:56.000
<v Speaker 1>see where this all goes for you. I feel like

0:50:56.080 --> 0:50:59.040
<v Speaker 1>you're really your claws are sunk in and now it's

0:50:59.040 --> 0:51:02.680
<v Speaker 1>getting very exciting. Thank you well, stay tuned, guys, we

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<v Speaker 1>will thank you, Thank you, Thank you all for listening

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<v Speaker 5>What yeah, well, I call on you what march Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>I was trying to do the thing where you think

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<v Speaker 3>you're out but you yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I'll count again. Yeah one, two, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 5>there we go perfect.

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