1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? Shots about to hit 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: the fan? 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to on sanctioned Thursdays, are wrestling with fready? 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Welcome to the show that you guys asked. 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 3: For because there are other shows not long enough, but 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 3: you still have to wait a day in between them 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 3: in order to get it. 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: And we're going to bring you just as many commercials. 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: So congratulations, you asked for it, you got it. 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: With me as always is jeffde I'm Freddy and welcome. 11 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: To unsanctioned Thursdays. 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 3: Let's start the show, all right. We're going to get 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 3: right into it. We got to do this last year 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: with a few wrestlers. And I really love getting to 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: talk to young artists, whether they're actors or writers or 16 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 3: sculptors or professional wrestlers or whatever their their art is, 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: young stand up comedians, whoever it is. 18 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: But I really like herrying their journey. 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 3: I like carrying what makes them, what made them want 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 3: to do it, and more importantly, what keeps them going 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 3: and not quitting, because I think that kind of stuff 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: was important for people to hear as well with us. 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 3: Today is the final girl. We talked about her yesterday Welcome, Joya. 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: How are you, Joya? What's going on? Welcome to the show, 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: Joya Blake. 26 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me. Happy to be here. 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 3: So let's just get right into it. Every artist wants 28 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 3: to express themselves. Why was wrestling the way you want 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: to express yourself? 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 4: It was very accidental. 31 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 5: I didn't really know what wrestling was until one fateful 32 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 5: day in my twenties, so late compared to everybody else, 33 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 5: and it just it kind of crept up on me. 34 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: It wasn't something that like just one day I was like, yes, 35 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 5: this is what I want to do. It was over 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 5: the course of years of training and it just being 37 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 5: a hobby and something that like I did on the 38 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 5: weekends until quite literally taking over every waking moment of 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 5: my life being something that brings me joy and also 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 5: you know, anger and stress and all of that fun stuff. 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 5: But it's been it's been a wild, wild time. 42 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: You know. 43 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 3: When I when I got started, I didn't necessarily love acting. 44 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: I just knew it was what I was supposed to do, right. 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: I got kind of pushed into it because it was 46 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 3: family business. But over time I learned quickly. I met 47 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: an actress named Parker posey, and she kind of showed 48 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 3: me what love my first business looks like. Really she's 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 3: an amazing person, me too, by the way, boy, but 50 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 3: she loved the business and what you could do with 51 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: it so much that it rubbed off on me, and 52 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 3: I was like, I want to feel like that every 53 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 3: day when I go to work. And it took me 54 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 3: a little bit of time, but I eventually kind of 55 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: found myself. So I can understand what you say when 56 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: you came to it late, because I didn't. I wasn't 57 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 3: a child actor. I'd started when I was eighteen, So 58 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 3: I came to the family business late and didn't know 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 3: if it was going to be the right thing at first. 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: It took a little time and then I was like, Okay, 61 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 3: I have to do this, and like you said, it 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 3: consumed my life. So that said, what's the hardest thing 63 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: about pro wrestling? What's made you want to go? Holy shit? 64 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 3: Am I going to keep doing this? Or am I 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: going to give up? Because the way to make it 66 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 3: is to not give up. Now, not every ten people quit, 67 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 3: it's the one that doesn't quit that usually makes it. 68 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: So what is it that keeps you going? And what 69 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 3: was the hardest thing I. 70 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 5: Mean, the hardest thing is the time and the effort 71 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 5: and the energy. But I think you can say that 72 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 5: about anything that Yeah, it's just it's it's so much 73 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 5: time and it's so so much work. And I think 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 5: that's a double edged sword. It's what makes it the 75 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 5: most difficult thing, but it also is what makes it 76 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 5: the most rewarding thing, Like to see all of the 77 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 5: effort and all the time that I'm putting in then 78 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 5: actually becoming something. 79 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 4: It's it's it's hard, but then it's the. 80 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 5: Flip side of that is because it's hard, it makes 81 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 5: it feel better once you achieve some thing with it. 82 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it makes it special. Easy stuff isn't special. Hard 83 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 3: stuff is, Jeff, Go ahead, jump in there. 84 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know how much you know about Freddie, 85 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: Prince Junior or this creep reasonably sexist Jeff Die. Here's 86 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: the thing. We're big old horror fans love horror. Yeah, 87 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: and so you know, I'd like to talk to you 88 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: about that. The final girl. Are you a huge horror 89 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: fan or was this written for you or was it 90 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: an ex boyfriend who said try this. 91 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 5: It was actually a group decision and a car ride 92 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 5: one day. As many wrestling stories start out, we were 93 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 5: driving to a show and trying to talk and figure 94 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 5: out something that I could do that would give me 95 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 5: a little bit more direction other than just being the 96 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 5: chick with tattoos and cool hair. And I don't I 97 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 5: don't like scary, scary movies, but I do like, you know, 98 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 5: slashery movies where there's the comical element of it and 99 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 5: that takes away from like the actual true fear of 100 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 5: the thing. And I've always liked the more supernaturally based shows. 101 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 5: So trying to find something where I can sort of 102 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 5: pull in that spookiness and also the trauma and just 103 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 5: give it something that has like a little bit more depth. 104 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: I'll give you some horror movies with comedy that are 105 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: super super good, some old school ones that you'll love, 106 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: and the comedy does kind. 107 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: Of release the pressure. You're right, I agree with that. 108 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: Horror has always played nicely into wrestling. It's got a 109 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 2: lot of fantastic history in wrestling. You're on the right path. Oh. 110 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 5: I was genuinely surprised that this wasn't something that someone's 111 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 5: really dove into before, because it felt like, you know, 112 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 5: it was right there when I thought about it, so 113 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 5: I was. 114 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't believe no one's come up with the 115 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 3: Final Girl before, Like that's such a great name and 116 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 3: nobody's thought of it. That's that's money. You definitely need 117 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 3: to hang on to that. Let me ask you this, 118 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 3: where is the final goal for the Final Girl so 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: to speak? 120 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: Like where is it? Where do you want to do? 121 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: You love? 122 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 3: And would it be whatever opportunity comes, because I've been 123 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: there as an artist too. Or is the dream ae W? 124 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: Is it? 125 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: Wwe? Is it? You want to experience both? You want 126 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: to go to Japan? 127 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: Like? 128 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: What is what is the final goal for you? 129 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 4: I mean Japan? 130 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 5: Just thinking about it gives me trills that that's definitely 131 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 5: something that I would like to do, But I don't 132 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 5: think that's the end goal. I was introduced into wrestling 133 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 5: with ae W, and so I think that that would 134 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 5: be my final circle moment to get a chance to 135 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 5: do something with them. But of course, like I think, 136 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 5: anyone would be stupid to say no to any opportunity. 137 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 4: Of course, signed wrestler with anybody. 138 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, you get an opportunity to show your art, you 139 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,119 Speaker 3: gotta you gotta do it. But AW has really grown 140 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 3: on me over the last few years, and it's it's 141 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 3: become the preferable product as far as like what I 142 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 3: enjoy watching now. 143 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: And maybe because they just got me. 144 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe they got me into blood because I used 145 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 3: to be squeamish about real blood. 146 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: I only like fake blood. But now I'm like, yeah, blood, 147 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: give me more blood. So I think they've just corrupted 148 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: my soul. But but yeah, I would love to see 149 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: you over there. I love their women's division. 150 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 3: Jeff, do you have any final questions or thoughts for 151 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 3: the final girl? 152 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: I was going to ask if you had a pet, 153 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: but we already saw. 154 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: What's your cat's name? By the way, that's me, So 155 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: see you do. Love Japan me so soon, meso soup. 156 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: That's amazing. Have you been to Japan? 157 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 4: No, it is, it is, Mike. 158 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: You gotta go, you gotta go. It's one of my 159 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 3: favorite places in the world. Jeff, have you been to Japan? 160 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: Yeah? We did that better late than ever. We did 161 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: the travel show there. I spent six months. 162 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: Oh that's right, that's right. You went all over the line. 163 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: Love, love Japan, love Kyoto. I love all of it is. 164 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: It's the best. But it's also the baseball is good there. 165 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: The Food's good there, ladies. It's all on the wrestlers. 166 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan Joya. 167 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: Tell the people where they can find you on social 168 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: media and all that good stuff. 169 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 4: Oh it's Joya Blake everywhere across the board. 170 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 2: And oh that's my next question. Sorry I did. I 171 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: forgot it for picking names, like, you know, because we're wrestling. 172 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: It's always some bullshit when it comes to the names. 173 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: They go, well, this was like Sorea is her real name? 174 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: And then Vance goes, how about Page you like, your 175 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: name is Soirea. It's like the perfect name. So is Joya, 176 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 2: which is a cool name. Is that your real name? 177 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 4: It is? It is name? 178 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 5: So I did cheat there. It felt odd to be 179 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 5: called something else. But my my first and middle name 180 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 5: is Joya Spirit and that felt a little too wrestling. 181 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: Oh, people would think it was fake. They go, it's fake, 182 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: and you're like, no, that's my real fucking name. Leave 183 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: me alone. 184 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: We threw a random last name on there so that 185 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 4: you know, little. 186 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 1: A little lyric. 187 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: It's an incredible name. Why how did your parents come 188 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: up with that? 189 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: Total hippie hippies. Yeah, that's hippies. 190 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 5: Fantastic, followed Grateful Dead, the whole, the whole lot. 191 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you have that in common with a lot 192 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: of wrestlers too. 193 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: Actually hippie parents. 194 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, like these kind of My parents were hippies. 195 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: They named me fucking Freddy. That name sucks, all. 196 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 2: Right, anything cool? They just said, Jeff, that's mine. Mind 197 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: checks out, Jeff. 198 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 3: You're all right, Jeff. We like your name, all right? 199 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 3: You guys, thank you for tuning in. Don't forget. You 200 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 3: can send us your questions for an up our upcoming 201 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 3: episode where we answer all your questions at speakpipe dot 202 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 3: com slash Wrestling with Freddy that speakpipe dot com slash 203 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: Wrestling with Freddy, or you guys can ask us on 204 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 3: our socials, which is wrestling with Freddy on Instagram and 205 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 3: all that other stuff. We're not as smart as Joya 206 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 3: Blake could just put her a normal name on everything. 207 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 3: We made it fancy and that's why it's harder to 208 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: find us. But we appreciate you, guys, Joya, thank you 209 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 3: for being a part of the show. Is there anything 210 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 3: you want to leave the people with or do you 211 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 3: just want to say goodbye with us? Oh? 212 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 4: I'll say bye with y'all. Thanks for having me. 213 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you for coming bye with everybody, Bye to 214 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 3: everybody on Behalf of JOYA jeff Our, producer, alex Is 215 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: Awesome and a former Marine Corps serviceman. I'm Freddie Prinz Junior. 216 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening. We'll see you guys next week and 217 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 3: every week.