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Speaker 1: So you not only do you have this awkward situation

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know you send out Chili Willy to

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Speaker 1: Yes, April thirteen, two thousand, Indianapolis, Indiana. So not necessarily

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Speaker 2: And I haven't seen this since that night, so it's

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Speaker 3: This was a great surprise, right yeah, gone, We never

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Speaker 3: That's why I loved Healse shows. You never knew what

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Speaker 2: Right, okay, for the way that he left.

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Speaker 3: I liked Mike a lot.

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Speaker 3: He had his demons and I'll never forget Sean Stasy

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Speaker 1: Right, Uh, he was cousin of Hulk Hogan's nephew Michael Blea,

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Speaker 2: Thought he had children. Maybe I'm wrong, but married his

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a little bit, that's what they're doing right there.

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Speaker 3: All I know is, when you know, when I first

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Speaker 2: I'm not that person anymore.

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Speaker 3: Wow, you know, and I and I just said, oh,

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Speaker 3: And I said, well, it's good that you could admit

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Speaker 3: He basically said he lived a gimmick, you know, and

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Speaker 3: And but I I never had a problem with Taz,

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Speaker 2: And except for that one time when Shane and I

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Speaker 3: I was like six five and heels because don't stand neary.

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Speaker 2: I stood right behind him, and you can see, Like

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Speaker 1: He carried himself. Well, you would have thought he was

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Speaker 3: Listen, if you believe it, they'll believe it. I said

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Speaker 2: So I was a task fan and.

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Speaker 3: I didn't wear and if I wore orange, Oh, brother,

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Speaker 3: I would hear it.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I.

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Speaker 1: Love that. That's so cool. Is awesome, big big tak fans,

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Speaker 2: We're very happy for his success in a W, so

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Speaker 2: I hope it continues.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we will be coming to a W soon. Francine

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Speaker 1: and I. We're gonna be a hot mixed gender tag team.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's gonna be You're gonna yeah, it's gonna

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Speaker 2: Way, I thought I was the young help start.

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Speaker 1: No, no, you're gonna teach me everything. You know you

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Speaker 1: know all the dirty tricks.

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Speaker 2: Got you got you look for that soon people.

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Speaker 1: Well we're coming to come on Tony CON's and E

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