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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Kyle O'Reilly NXT Superstar and you're listening

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Speaker 3: But without further ado, let's get into this interview. With

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Speaker 3: NXT superstar Kyle O'Reilly. What's up you guys, Welcome back

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Speaker 3: to another episode of the Battleground Podcast. Go go ahead

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Speaker 3: and bring in my tag team partner Eli for this one. Eli,

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Speaker 3: you're ready to get into it. I'm ready, I mean

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Speaker 3: coming up. You've got NXT Great American Bash, possibly one

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Speaker 3: of our favorite pay per views that they have created.

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Speaker 3: And I love that NXT is bringing back the old

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Speaker 3: school pay per views. So the guy that we're gonna

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Speaker 3: he's as cool as a cucumber and I think he's

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Speaker 3: got probably the greatest hair in the wrestling game. Right now,

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Speaker 3: let's bring on Kyle o'reiley. Kyle Man, thanks for being

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Speaker 3: on the show with us today.

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Speaker 2: Oh s, I mean, come look at the hair.

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Speaker 3: I mean, what do we call it? Is it like

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Speaker 3: a mullet mohawk? Is it a mohawk?

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Speaker 1: I make sure my barber puts on a blindfold before

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Speaker 4: Ad her, That's how I got this hairdoo it worked. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: well all right, let's just go with it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I used to have hair and then I just realized

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Speaker 3: So I'm just gonna go ahead and keep what I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we at least want to acknowledge one of the

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Speaker 4: Peter Dune, that was just perfection, and our little group

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Speaker 4: We would just be like Peter Dune, and you know, yeah,

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Speaker 3: So you got a big match ahead of you coming

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Speaker 3: up at NXT Great American Bash, and of course you

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling good, man, I'm looking forward to this. I'm

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Speaker 3: And you know, like you said, there's a lot of

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Speaker 3: shocking things that have happened was the rise of Undisputed era.

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Speaker 3: Has to be the fall of Undisputed Era. What has

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Speaker 1: It's been a huge adjustment in terms of growth and

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Speaker 1: changing and evolving who I am. I came in to

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Speaker 1: good friends, and we're coming into a new environment and

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Speaker 1: we have each other to support and deal with the

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Speaker 1: anxieties of being in a new place together. And now

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Speaker 1: I don't have that. I don't have the guys that

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Speaker 1: me up and you know, help me out. So it's different, man.

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Speaker 5: It's that's what's so cool about this sport though, Like

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Speaker 5: invigorating now to know that, Okay, this is all me

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Speaker 1: I just need to be my genuine self and just

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Speaker 3: Right. And here's the thing, Like you said, you don't

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Speaker 3: have the guys to have your back, Well you've got

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Speaker 3: me and Eli, we've got your back. And our video

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Speaker 3: producer Brian is down there near you guys at at

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Speaker 3: course NXT Great American Bash is happening Tuesday, July six.

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Speaker 2: You can watch it eight pm Eastern on USA Network.

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Speaker 3: And do we just go ahead and say that Kyle's

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Speaker 3: and finally put that in the past.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm not a betting guy, but I'll take

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Speaker 2: I mean, everybody that's been on the show has always

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Speaker 4: So where where does your relationship with stand right now?

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Speaker 4: I mean, is it non existent? Is it just a

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Speaker 3: Is it?

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Speaker 4: I mean, where do y'all stand right now?

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that's been a part of

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Speaker 1: my career, for better or for worse, since two thousand

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Speaker 1: and nine. We've been up and down the roads together.

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Speaker 1: We've teamed with each other, We've team fought against each

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Speaker 1: and in front of fifteen people. We've kind of done

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Speaker 1: it all. When you share those experiences with someone, you're

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Speaker 1: that bond will ever truly change. But you know, he

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Speaker 1: he made a decision a number of months ago when

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Speaker 1: he kicked my teeth down my throat. He ended the

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Speaker 1: undisputed era. He refuses to believe that I can be

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Speaker 1: successful on my own, And you know, I don't like

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Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to step on him or tarnish

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Speaker 1: Bash and prove him wrong.

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Speaker 2: Man. It's gonna be exciting.

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Speaker 3: Course, you can watch that on USA Network Tuesday, July sixth,

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Speaker 3: eight pm Eastern if you're in the Nashville area, seven o'clock.

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Speaker 3: But you know Triple Agent, of course, we've talked about

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Speaker 2: Is there anybody that you would like to have a

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Speaker 1: There's a number of guys coming up in NXT that

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Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to having an opportunity to wrestle,

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Speaker 1: one being Ridge Holland. I think he is a guy

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Speaker 4: Jumping off that a little bit, what do you think

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Speaker 4: your rivalry with Finn Valor? What do you think that

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Speaker 4: did that? You know, was that kind of like an

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Speaker 4: exclamation point for your NXT career? Was that definitely kind

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Speaker 4: you in a new direction, Like what do you what

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Speaker 1: and getting to go out there with Finn Balor, who

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Speaker 1: it was it was a huge opportunity, and I'm really

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Speaker 1: And Finn Balor certainly brought out the best in me,

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Speaker 2: Nice for sure. So the thing we kind of talked

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Speaker 3: I have brought this up numerous time that NXT is

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Speaker 3: under the banner, War Games, Halloween, Havoc, and of course

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Speaker 3: the Great American Bash which is coming up.

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Speaker 2: Did you have a favorite pay per view growing up?

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Speaker 1: Oh, it's such a hard.

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Speaker 2: Question, and just like asking which is your favorite kid?

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Speaker 1: Kyle, you and me both, dude. You know, I had

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Speaker 2: Well, Kyle, thanks for being on our show today.

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Speaker 3: Of course, make sure you tune in on Tuesday because

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Speaker 3: Bash July six, eight o'clock on USA Network. Kyle, thanks, man,

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Speaker 3: Is there anything else you want to tell everybody before

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Speaker 1: Just thanks so much for having me on guys, and

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Speaker 1: make sure you tune in this Tuesday, Great American Bash

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Speaker 1: on USA. And if you're not watching the Great American Bash,

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Speaker 1: then you better be listening to the Battleground Podcast.

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Speaker 2: Boo, there it is Kyle again.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for being on the show and we're looking

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Speaker 3: forward to kick you guys.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate insightful questions.

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Speaker 3: Guys.

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Speaker 2: Thanks man later.

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