1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Are you ready, She's about to hit 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: the fan. 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to on sanctioned Thursday's in wrestling with. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 3: Fready, what's up? 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: Everybody? 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 3: Welcome to the show that you guys asked. 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: For because the other one is too short and I 8 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: can't give you longer episodes, so you get two a 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: week and it's unsanctioned Thursday. We're very very lucky when 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,639 Speaker 1: we get guests, and we're credibly lucky today because this 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: guest is someone that I know, I respect, and I 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: have a lot of love for. Please welcome Sorea, Welcome 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: to the show. How are you, my dear. 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: I'm so wonderful. How are you? 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm very very good. I just want to give a 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: little catch up for people who may not be super 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: super familiar with your career, although all the hardcore fans 18 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: are going to be like, fast forward this part. But 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: in twenty eleven she was signed by the WWE. She 20 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: used the name page. Somehow the name page got over. 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: I still don't know how the name page got over 22 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: as well as it did, except you did a great 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: job with it. NXT Women's Champion at twenty one years old, 24 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: the youngest DVS champion ever awesome ww career went also 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: to AEW and sold out all in in London and 26 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: got to win the championship in front of over eighty 27 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: thousand fucking people, which is insane. So just so you 28 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: guys know the level that she's at and we're very, 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: very lucky to have her on the show. We'll talk about, 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: you know, what she thinks it takes to get there, 31 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 1: and life in general, and anything else that she wants 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: to talk about. Welcome to the show. 33 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: Oh thank you, well, oh God to hug me up. 34 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: Make me sound cooler than what I am. 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 3: You are cool. 36 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: A lot of people call you a teen prodigy in 37 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: the wrestling world, that you really got the business at 38 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: a young age, at a level that a lot of 39 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: people don't. I've heard it be like I would compare 40 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: it like to young actors when you see like Dakota 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: Fanning at a young age and you're like, oh my god, 42 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: she's like an old soul and can do this, and 43 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: they're no like learning crew for her, Like she just 44 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: gets it and at a very young age. A lot 45 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: of people speak about you in the same way that 46 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: my business speaks about you know, young actors and actresses 47 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: in my side of this business of show business, which 48 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: we're all in. What is that like, having that much 49 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: pressure on you at that young of an age. 50 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: You know, at first I thought I could handle it, 51 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: you know, And because I've been in the business my 52 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: whole life. I mean, my mom was pregnant with me 53 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 2: and didn't realize and was taking bumps around the ring, 54 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 2: you know. So I literally been wrestling since I was 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: a feust, you know. So I've been around the block 56 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 2: and staff, I've been around, and people also think I'm 57 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: a lot older than what I am because of how 58 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: long I've been visits. I thought maybe like, oh, this 59 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: will be fine, this will be easy. But people don't 60 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: understand the pressure that you get when you're on TV 61 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: and then you give get a championship on the first 62 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: day that you know you're on the main roster, You're 63 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 2: the first ever NXT Women's champion, are doing all these 64 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: wonderful things, and you know, I'm still very young, and 65 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: people forget that I was so young. I was twenty 66 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: one years old when I won the Diva's Championship, you know, 67 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: and I didn't really have a life before that, Like 68 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: I was just always wrestling because I wanted to be 69 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: a diva. And then, you know, fast forward, and I 70 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: started making friends that want too good for me, you know, 71 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: and I have all this briggan you know, eyes on 72 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: me and stuff like that, and I was like, I 73 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: kind of made some wrong decisions in that, and so 74 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: there was a lot of pressure. Would I change it? No, 75 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: because it made me who I am today, you know, so, 76 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: but I do feel very grateful for that. But yeah, 77 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: the pressure was rough. It was very rough. 78 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, show business is wild, man. I kind of grew 79 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: up similar to you in the fact that I do 80 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: what my father did. He was an actor before me 81 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: and a stand up comedian, and he was very young 82 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: and considered, you know, like a teen prodigy, and he 83 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: hosted the Tonight Show at like nineteen years old when 84 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: Johnny Carson, he was like our main guy, took a 85 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: night off and he invited my dad up to speak. 86 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: And at twenty two years old, he couldn't handle the 87 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: pressure of this business with eyeballs on him, and he 88 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: got caught like cheating on my mom with Pam Green, 89 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: and so she was leaving him, and he was already 90 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: on drugs and just a real bad drug addict. And 91 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: the pressure was too much and he took his life. 92 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: And so to see someone not only survive the pressures 93 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: of show business but thrive after they've gone through it 94 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 1: is always a pleasure for me to get to speak 95 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: to somebody like you, because that's that's not the common story. 96 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: It's an uncommon story, and it takes a lot of discipline, 97 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: and it takes a lot of soul searching and a 98 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: lot of vulnerability to get to a place where where 99 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: you are now. I don't know if you can tell 100 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: me to shut the fuck up. I don't know if 101 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: you want to talk about this at all, but I've 102 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: seen you speak about it before, so I've just taken 103 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: a chance here. 104 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know I thought. I mean even when 105 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: I you know, I had that year and a half whur, 106 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 2: I was just an absolute mess when it comes to 107 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: drinking drugs. I was popping drug tests. I was like, 108 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: there was leaks happened to me. You know, all these 109 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: crazy thing happened, and I hit complete rock bottom. No 110 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: pun intended with the Rockbot, but like I was in 111 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 2: a really bad place and everyone did think I was 112 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: gonna die. I mean, I remember when I came back 113 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 2: on the first day, and like Vince gave me a hug, 114 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: Stephanie Hunna, and they were like, we thought we weren't 115 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: ever gonna see you again. We thought you were gonna die. 116 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: You know. It was just it was a very rough 117 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: patch that I went through. But again, I'm very grateful that. 118 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: You know, some people wouldn't say that they're grateful for 119 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: the for the bottom that they hit, but I'm very 120 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: grateful for it because I feel like, you know, I'm 121 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: the right person to take those things because I did 122 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 2: come out the other side and now I can help 123 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 2: so many other people with it. And I get so 124 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: many people talking to me about sobriety, and at my signings, 125 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: people will come up to me and be like, I 126 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 2: got sober because of you, you know, And I just 127 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 2: love that I'm inspiring people with, you know, the shit 128 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: that I put myself through, and I'm grateful for it now, 129 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: you know, I feel like I'm the perfect spokesperson. But yeah, no, 130 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: I'm just I'm grateful. And you know, I wrote a 131 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 2: book about it too, about everything. 132 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: And it was what's the name of what's the name 133 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: of the book. 134 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 2: Helen Boots, And it was called Hellan Boots because of 135 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: William Regal. Actually, and when I first got to FCW 136 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: at the time, it wasn't NXT. You know, I was 137 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: a little, you know, ask kicker. You know, I came in. 138 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 2: I was very rough compared to the girls back then, 139 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 2: and you know, I was wearing Doc Martins, I had 140 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 2: my black hair piercings. I was very pale and stuff. 141 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: And I used to wrestle like a guy, right, And 142 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 2: so William Regal used to say, you know, oh, she's 143 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 2: Helen Boots, you know, because she's so I loved that 144 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: so much that I was like, if I was to 145 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: ever write a book one day, that is what I 146 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: would be calling it. And it was just perfect. And 147 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: then there was like a like a little subtitle whatever 148 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: below and I put calling my boy through nine Lives 149 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: because I think I'm like a cat in a previous life. 150 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: You know, I always land on my feet somehow, and 151 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 2: I survived so many different things. So yeah, if you 152 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: want to read it, everybody listening watching, you can get 153 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 2: it everywhere anyway. You can get books, some audio. 154 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, go get it. You'll sell more copies than my cookbook. 155 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: Did I promise you that. 156 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: I didn't really tet a cookbook. 157 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm kidding, you know, no one else realized either, don't worry, 158 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 1: not the only. 159 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 3: One I wish. 160 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: I wish Jeff was here, my podcast partner. Uh. You know, 161 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: you talked about rock bottom and he's very public and 162 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: open about it, and I don't want to speak for him, 163 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: but he spoke about hitting rock bottom as well and 164 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: what was necessary for him to get sober. But what 165 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: we haven't talked about is kind of like the path 166 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: that you that you walk to get to where you're 167 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: at now. And then I want to talk about the 168 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: future with you, you or whatever you're comfortable sharing as 169 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: far as what your future is. But how the hell 170 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: did you get to such a healthy place where you're 171 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: now helping other people instead of needing the amount of 172 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: help that you that you probably needed back then. 173 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: You know, for some people, like you can't tell an 174 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 2: addict they have a problem. They have to figure it 175 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: out themselves, you know, but you can't be there for them. 176 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 2: And one of the most important things that I had 177 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 2: is I got rid of all the toxic people in 178 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: my life and I've surrounded myself like That's why I 179 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 2: talked about in therapy. My therapist is communities the most 180 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: important thing that an addict needs, and also anyone going 181 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 2: through depression and all that kind of stuff too. So 182 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 2: you know, I have my core group of people. My 183 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: friends got sober with me, you know, and I felt 184 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 2: that was woow. Yeah. Yeah, they really helped me. My 185 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: friends Joey and Raquel who worked with me on the 186 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 2: podcast and stuff like that too. They let me move 187 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: in with them when I just I decided one day. 188 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: I was like, I can't do this. And it's because 189 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 2: I went into a grocery store one day and I 190 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: was actually going to get liquor and stuff, you know, 191 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 2: and I had this big matt and layhegs. I wasn't 192 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 2: taking care of myself. I was really skinny, the skinniest 193 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: I've ever been. And there was little girl who was 194 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 2: a fan of me in there, and she was just 195 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: happy to see me. I was like a superhero to her, 196 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 2: you know, and I thought, you know, being a role model, 197 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 2: I had to be perfect. But she has no idea 198 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: what I'm going through. She just thinks, oh man, this 199 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: is Paige. You know, she was the devas Champion kind 200 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 2: of thing. She's my you know, she's my hero, and 201 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: I'm making her day and something just clicked where I 202 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 2: was just like, man, I want to be better for 203 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: my friends, my family and my fans. Like something needs 204 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: to change. And so I remember giving and WW helped 205 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 2: me with this too. I gave him a call and 206 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: they instantly was like, Okay, let's get you a drugs 207 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: and alcohol counsel. Let's bring you back to Orlando. That's like, 208 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 2: you know, we want to help you and we'll get 209 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: you back into training. And I thank them every day 210 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 2: for that. Actually really helped save my life. You know. 211 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 2: They never gave up on me, and I just appreciate 212 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 2: that so much. And then I called my friends Joey 213 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 2: and Raquel and Orlando and they were like, come live 214 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: with us because they can keep an eye on me 215 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 2: and make sure I'm doing the right thing, you know. 216 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 2: And I went cold turkey with all of this too. 217 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: So it was really rough, and I would have recommended 218 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: to people to do cold turkey because it's not healthy. 219 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 2: I would like, you know, go get help, go to rehabit, 220 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: whatever you need to do. Sure, but I went back 221 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: to Orlando. I moved in with them straight away. They 222 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 2: were like, we're gonna get sober with you, and you know, 223 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: they're still sober to this day. And so it was 224 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: really important to surround yourself with people that want to 225 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: help you and then also realize that you have a problem, 226 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 2: you know, And so those are the things that clicked 227 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 2: one day. It was like a light switch. It was 228 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 2: such a weird feeling. I was just like, I don't 229 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: want to do this anymore, you know, I want to 230 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 2: be better. And so yeah, that helped change. And I 231 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: thanked WW and my friends for that wholeheartedly. 232 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: That's great. Yeah, support group is great. You guys heard 233 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: the word therapy. That's not a dirty word, especially for men. 234 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: I really encourage all my brothers out there to find 235 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: somebody to talk to you. You'll live a lot longer. 236 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: Let's move forward, and let's talk about wrestling. Because the 237 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: Royal Humble came and went, and god damn it, you 238 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: weren't in it. I had this like vision, hear out 239 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: my vision real quick. I had this vision that you 240 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: were going to be the number one entrant and the 241 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: crowd was going to go crazy and you weren't going 242 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: to win it, but you were going to go all 243 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: the way to the end. You would be the one 244 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: that did, like the longest time in the Rumble this year, 245 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: So the story would be she almost got there on 246 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: Monday nightra and look out she was in there for 247 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: an hour and six minutes. Oh my god. And then 248 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: take you to elimination chamber. That's how you get to 249 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: Mania and then you have the match that didn't happen. 250 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: Why didn't it happen? Why aren't you in WWE? Why 251 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: aren't you in the Royal Rumble? What the hell's going on? 252 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: What do you want to do? Where do you want 253 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 1: to go? What do you want to do? 254 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: So, you know, a lot of people were mad that 255 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: I wasn't in the Rumble, and a lot of people 256 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 2: thought I was going to be number thirty two. And 257 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: the amount I've never had, well, I've had that much 258 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: support for but I thought I had lost all that 259 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: support because of like, oh my controversy, you know. But 260 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: it was just absolutely bonkers. There was thousands of videos, 261 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: there's like across all platforms. On just a couple of 262 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: training videos, it was that thirteen million a couple of 263 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 2: days ago, and I was like, is that eighteen million views? Now? 264 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: Like it is just absolutely insane. And I cried one 265 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 2: day because because I'm just like I can't believe people 266 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: still love me, you know, like this is crazy, and yeah, 267 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: you know, I wish I could be in the rumble. 268 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 2: And there was a viral video circulating if the first 269 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 2: ever women's roal Rumble, and it was the same year 270 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 2: I got told that I cann't wrestle again, and no 271 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: one knew it at the time. And then fast forward, 272 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 2: I do my retirement speech day after WrestleMania, but no 273 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: one knew at the time, so I wasn't part of it. 274 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: And I was backstage in Gorilla and you know, I'm 275 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 2: really emotional, and I was, you know, they have images 276 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: of me backstage just crying, just being like, this is 277 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 2: what I've always dreamed of. This is why I want 278 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: to be a part of. I hope, you know, one 279 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: day I can be a part of again. And so 280 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: that video was it was viral as well, and everyone's 281 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 2: just like hoping that I was going to be in 282 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 2: this rumble, that I get to be a part of 283 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 2: that that I've always dreamed of being a part. So yeah, 284 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: it was. It was incredible. I wish I was part 285 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,119 Speaker 2: of it. But there's more to it. I mean, WWE 286 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 2: has to make that decision, you know, not me. So 287 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 2: it's like, if you know, one day everyone obviously wants 288 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: me to go back. I'm taking wrestling so seriously, I 289 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 2: lost my passion for it for a second. I kind 290 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 2: of fell out of love with it, and it was 291 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: kind of making me miserable at one point. You know, 292 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 2: I feel like the company I was in, I loved 293 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 2: being aw I had so much fun, but you know, 294 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 2: the character I was doing I wasn't too happy with. 295 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 2: And I wish I could have done certain matches and 296 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 2: certain things and it didn't come to be. And it's fine, 297 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: absolutely fine, that's what was supposed to happen. But yeah, 298 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 2: I just kind of fell out lovely the and so 299 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: now I'm just like, I need to start training again. 300 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: I need to get my ass back into shape. I 301 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: need to be the page that I wasn't NXT. But 302 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: better you know I can do it at thirty three still, 303 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: you know, I still got it. So I started training 304 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: in January, and I told people I was going to 305 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: stop doing that months ago, and everyone fought I was 306 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: just posting it for the rumball. I was like, no, 307 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: I've been telling you guys. I'm training in January. 308 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 3: I'm telling this. 309 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, Hell, yeah, I saw that video. 310 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so like I do want to come back 311 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: to wrestling, I do want to stop getting in the 312 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 2: swing of things again. And if I was to come back, 313 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 2: I'll be better than you've ever seen me. I can 314 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 2: promise you that I believe you. Know. 315 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: I believe it because I tried to. 316 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: Work with you. 317 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 3: Believe it had I had. 318 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: A failed TV show where I wanted you to come 319 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: and be a part of it, and not many people 320 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: read the script except you in a handful of executives. 321 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: But that didn't go. So I believe in you. I 322 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: want you to come back. I can't wait for you 323 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: to come back. I'm so happy with where you're at 324 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: in your life right now. It's really impressive. It's cool 325 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: to say thank you for sharing so so much. I 326 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: think it's really important for a lot of listeners out 327 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: there who are going through it, or have people who 328 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: went through it, or are currently going through it, and 329 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: it really does help. I love that you mentioned there. 330 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: I think that's super important. Is there anything Is there 331 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: anything else that you want the people to know out 332 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: there before I let you go? 333 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I just want obviously, I have my own 334 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 2: podcast here, which Fredy you have to come on. I 335 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: passed you before. 336 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 3: It's my pleasure. I'm happy to you. 337 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would love that. But yeah, it's called Raw 338 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: Breakers with Soraya and we just took a break from 339 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: season one right now we're going to go into season 340 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 2: two and it's just doing so well and I'm so 341 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 2: proud of you know, me and my team for doing 342 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: such a wonderful job with this. It's really great. The 343 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: guests have been great. But yeah, I have a lot 344 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 2: I'm actually in the middle of doing something right now 345 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: and it's a secret wrestling related and like you know, 346 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 2: but it actually in a couple of weeks is going 347 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: to be announced and people are going to see it. 348 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: But it's really exciting. It's really fun. This year, I'm 349 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: going to be doing some more wrestling and then you know, 350 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 2: i'll have to Gills on this call with you, so 351 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 2: I can't say too much. That's my man. Yeah, there's 352 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 2: some exciting stuff coming up. There's a lot of signings 353 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 2: coming up, you guys, like nearly every weekend of this year, 354 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: so I'll see everyone there. 355 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: Excellent. Well, thank you so much for being a part 356 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: of the show. You're my favorite guest. You talked such 357 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: real shit, and I really really appreciate it. She's a 358 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: real one, you guys, Sarah, make sure you check out 359 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: her book, Helen Boots. Make sure you check out her 360 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: dates for where you can meet her for meet and 361 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: greets and signings and things like that. I've done a 362 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: few of those. Two man, fans are cool. Fans are cool. 363 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: I saw a couple faint at they were meetings. I 364 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: can't remember who they were meeting, but they loved them 365 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: so much they fainted, and I was like, man, I'm 366 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: not getting any faints. What's going on? I get criers, yeah, 367 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: but not. I was like, I want a fainter man. 368 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: What's up? I would have come to your signing spread? 369 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 3: Oh? Thank you? 370 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 2: I still am. But I absolutely loved you the nineties. King. 371 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: Well, I'll come on your show and then we can 372 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: talk about the nineties and how much I missed them 373 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: because nothing in my body hurt back then. 374 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 3: Yes. 375 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: Absolutely, all right. 376 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much. You guys. Tune into this episode, 377 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: share it with your friends, and we'll see you guys 378 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: next week on a brand new Week of Wrestling with 379 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: Freddy Peace.