1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: I had the pleasure of meeting your father. I even 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: had the pleasure of seeing him perform stand up comedy 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: at the Improv, which was a club my father opened. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: The very first comic to ever perform at the Melrose 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: Improv was my dad back in the nineteen even. Yeah, well, 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: he unfortunately passed away when I was very, very very young. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready spouts that hit the fan? 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to on sanction Thursdays arestling with fready, Ladies and gentlemen, 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to unsanctioned Thursdays. This week we have Teal Piper 10 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: and her entering partner and. 11 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Real life partner and yes it's official. 12 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: Demos are indie Talent Spotlight today. Welcome to the show. 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: How are both of you? And thank you for being 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: a part of the show. 15 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: Thanks for having us. 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: We're good, Thank you for having us. 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's just start at the very beginning, and before 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: I get into any kind of personal questions, I want 19 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: to talk wrestling with you first. What brought the two 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: of you together into this business? And how much fun 21 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: is it to be healthy and wrestling? Well, I guess 22 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: that answer is personal too, because oh well then good, Yeah, well, 23 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: we knew each other before wrestling. Her dad trained me. 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: When she tried to get into the business, I ended 25 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: up training her. Yeah, so I knew her dad. 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: Oh stop, heard of Piper. 27 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: That's right, man. I had the pleasure of meeting your father. 28 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: I even had the pleasure of seeing him perform stand 29 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: up comedy at the at the Improv, which was a 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: club my father opened. The very first comic to ever 31 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: perform at the Melrose Improv was my dad back in 32 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: the nineteen even. 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 34 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: Well, he unfortunately passed away when I was very, very 35 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: very young, so past my generation. Not many people know him, 36 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: but I remember both the good things and the bad 37 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: things that came with being a legacy kid, right and 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: following in the footsteps of one of the greatest to 39 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: do it. 40 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: And that's how my father was regarded. That's how your 41 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 2: father is regarded. 42 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: I wanted if we could and if anything's too personal, 43 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: just tell me shut up and I'll shut up. But 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: I was wondering if you could talk about the blessings 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: that come with it, but also the speed bumps and 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: the challenges that come with that as well, because I 47 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: know how difficult it was at times for me and 48 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: how easy it was at times for. 49 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: Me, absolutely, you know. 50 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 4: I always tell people that when you're a legacy, doors 51 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: will open quicker for you, but they'll also shut twice as. 52 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: Fast Jesus and true. 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 3: Right. 54 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 4: So, like, whereas a lot of people get a chance 55 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 4: to grow in a volve that as a talent before 56 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 4: anyone's really looking at them seriously or they're getting attention 57 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 4: from people wanting to watch their you know, work, whether 58 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 4: it be comedy or you know, movies or Matt wrestling 59 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 4: in this case, so you don't really get that opportunity 60 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 4: before you're kind of getting that spotlight on you. So 61 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 4: it feels like there's a much steeper curb and everyone's 62 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: always expecting you to follow in their footsteps in some way. 63 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 4: So finding that balance of developing myself, you know, while 64 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 4: wanting to fulfill my legacy and make my dad proud, 65 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 4: but knowing that I'm also my own person has been 66 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 4: an ongoing experience in life. 67 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 3: I think it's going really well. 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 4: I'm just trying to stay true to myself and learn 69 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 4: as much as I can about his work and everyone 70 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 4: else's and develop myself. 71 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: I have one more question, Jeff, and I'll let you 72 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: jump in there, are you guys? I love when real 73 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: life couples work together in the ring as well. I 74 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: loved when Cardona and Chelsea were doing it before Chelsea 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: went back went to WWE. I've obviously the greatest one 76 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: ever is Macho and Elizabeth, although I kind of like 77 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: Scary Sherry too. Are you have you guys been able 78 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: to work that into a story into what you guys 79 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: are doing yet? 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: Or is it still fairly separate? 81 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: Right now? We're doing everything together, so we're a stable 82 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 3: house of ethens and it kind of works really well. 83 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: I think that we compliment each other and our characters 84 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 4: and our strengths and weaknesses and everything just comes together 85 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 4: really well in the ring, and it's fun. You know, 86 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: there's nothing more fun than getting to look over and 87 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: see your partner and be like and tag them. 88 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: You know that's great? Good? Oh sorry, go ahead, Damiel's. 89 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, this business has a lot of bumps in the road, 90 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: and it's nice to have someone that you actually can 91 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: truly trust when you're out there. Yeah, yeah, I'm with them. 92 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: My wife and I have worked together as well, and 93 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: we haven't done it often, but it definitely when shit 94 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: goes bad, it's nice to have the one person you 95 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: trust most there for you. 96 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 5: Go ahead, Jeff Well, uh teal and Damos. I am 97 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 5: not married. I've never worked with a partner. I ain't 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 5: got nobody like that to identify with for these stories. 99 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 5: And my parents were losers, not famous. They didn't you know, 100 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 5: I can't identify with that either. However, your dad was 101 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 5: a great man and I got to meet him many times. 102 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 5: I'm a comedian, and so when he was trying to 103 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 5: start doing stand up comedy, there's so many wrestling fans 104 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 5: in comedy. Every one of us comics are big like 105 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 5: wrestling nerds like, so we'll use any little bit of 106 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 5: success we can to meet a wrestler leech our way 107 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: into these wrestling things. And comedy was perfect because he 108 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 5: wanted to learn the business and since we were already whatever, 109 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 5: long story short, I got to work with your dad 110 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 5: multiple times. 111 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 3: I was one of the hosts on Wrestler House. 112 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: He was the man. 113 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 5: He was so nice to everyone, and he did like 114 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 5: he would always like be like I want to put 115 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: on my Hall of Fame ring like he was so 116 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 5: you never even told me that, yeah, And he was 117 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 5: like he was the man. He like he would sign 118 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 5: a bunch of stuff and be like Jeff Dides teaching 119 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 5: me stand up comedy and like all this different stuff. 120 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 5: So I had very dear memories of your father. That 121 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 5: is not related to my question. I just felt like, uh, 122 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 5: you know, I let him live on. I'm sure you're 123 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 5: tired of. 124 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 3: All those type of stories. But he was the best. 125 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 5: And he was so cool and very funny in an 126 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 5: old guy way in my opinion, like he would very 127 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 5: be very I don't know how to say that any 128 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 5: different way. But he was like he didn't recognize me 129 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 5: right away, Like he didn't recognize me right away when 130 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 5: I did Wrestler House, even though we had had like 131 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 5: twenty interactions, and I was like in the in the past, 132 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: and then in the middle of shooting, he was like, 133 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 5: wait a minute, hey, Jeff right, And I was like yeah, 134 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 5: like like and he ruined the whole take. 135 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 3: He roomed the whole shoot and he and he stood 136 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,559 Speaker 3: up and he's like, this guy's a comedian. I worked 137 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: with that. Oh my gosh, this guy is. 138 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 5: And I was it was hilarious that he just did. 139 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 5: He had like no regard for any kind of like systems. 140 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 5: He was just a sweet man first, and I loved 141 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 5: that about but it sounds just like him. 142 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, he was the best. My question is that I read. 143 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 5: That you you were an actress, right, yeah, and you 144 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 5: were I was gonna I was gonna have it ready 145 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 5: to go all the things you were in. 146 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: But does this mean do you love horror films? Are 147 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 3: you a horror person? Of you guys into horror films? 148 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 4: Of course, I love horror films, and I you know, 149 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: I did some low budget ones back in the day 150 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 4: and kind of kept getting tyed casted into those. That 151 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: was before I went into wrestling, of course, but I 152 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 4: think that it gave me a nice bridge over into 153 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 4: into wrestling as far as a base to start with. 154 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: You know, I'm obsessed with horror movies. I do a 155 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: nice podcast that's just about horror movies. It's all we 156 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: freaking talk about. I love that you did ones like 157 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: Beverly Hills, Massacre, Sleepover. I mean, I look, I love 158 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: Roger Corman like a hero to me. So I love 159 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: like the low budget movies, and or does that better 160 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: than anyone. I love when things are great, I love 161 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: when they're bad, I love when they're in between. 162 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 2: I just love horror. 163 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 3: Movies all the It's fun to shoot, for sure. 164 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: I'm telling you I got to do one, and then 165 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: I never got to do another one ever again until 166 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: this November. I'll probably be doing another. I know what 167 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: you did last summer if the contracts they got closed. 168 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: But I did one in the nineties, and all I 169 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: wanted to do was another one, and instead I just 170 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: got to do little rom coms instead of doing scary movies. 171 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 5: It's the one genre too that like, if it is 172 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 5: low budget, it still could be really good. Absolutely every 173 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 5: other thing you like no budget turn it off or 174 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 5: so bad that yeah, there's no win across the board. 175 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: No, Like I don't know if you guys have seen 176 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: like a movie like Evil Dead, but like The First 177 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: People Dead. Sam Raimi made that for like five bucks 178 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: and a camera that he owned, and he's like running 179 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: with the camera and then you know, fooling with the 180 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: film to make that movie Legit was like fifty bucks. 181 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: And that's one of my favorite horror films and it 182 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: started a whole franchise just off this one tiny little idea. 183 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: And I always think horror and professional wrestling, for whatever reason, 184 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: are this like perfect weird mixture. And the fans seem 185 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: to always love one another as well. Have you come 186 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: across that. 187 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 3: Too, Definitely, definitely. 188 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 4: I can see it all both in like elements of 189 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 4: it in the story writing or how you sell as 190 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 4: well as you know, just the feel sometimes, yeah. 191 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 3: Whether you're on a horse that rostling, sometimes. 192 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: It feels the same. 193 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: Tell people where they can find you, guys, And if 194 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: you have any upcoming dates coming up that you want 195 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: to throw out as well, because this is literally going 196 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: to come out on Thursday, so it'll be good timing. 197 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: Okay. 198 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, I'm on Instagram at Teal Piper at O 199 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 4: Real Teal on Twitter, and we have the big event 200 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 4: New York coming up. Everyone tends to go to those. 201 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: It's a lot of fun, so we're looking forward to that. 202 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: And I'm official Underscore demos on Instagram and real Demos 203 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: on Twitter. You guys, thank you so much for being 204 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: a part of the show. 205 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 2: Thank you for having us. 206 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: It's not it's a pleasure to get to meet people 207 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: chasing dreams, people that are hungry at all levels of 208 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: this game. 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