1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club Morning. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: Everybody is the DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne, thea God. 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: We are to Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarius's on maternity leave, 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: so we have Laura La Roza filling in and we 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: got a special guest in the building. Ladies and gentlemen, 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: the c Eat Old Mercedes Monette. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: Welcome Champ. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 3: Thanks guys, thanks for having men. How you feeling I'm 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 3: feeling good on this beautiful New York morning. 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: There you go. 11 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 3: It was in a long, long traffic this morning, but 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 3: it's good. I'm happy to be here. Yeah that's right, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: I want to start from the beginning for people that 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: don't know who you are. You are a huge wrestler, 15 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: and how did you get into the wrestling game? What 16 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: made you say I want to do that? 17 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 3: Is when I was ten years old, I started watching 18 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 3: wrestling on TV and there was like nothing on TV. 19 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 3: Scrolling through the channels and then w W is on. 20 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 3: I was like, WHOA, what is this? This is interesting. 21 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 3: My mom came in the room, She's like, turn this off. 22 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: Rustling's the devil wrestling so bad. I went to my 23 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 3: brother's room. The next year is the devil. It was 24 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 3: so bad. She's very religious. And then I went to 25 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: my brother's room, finished watching wrestling, and just instantly a 26 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 3: light just came into muscle. Is like, this is going 27 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: to be your sole calling, This is gonna be your 28 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 3: sole purpose. And since I was ten years old, so 29 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 3: now here I am at thirty two. Every single day 30 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 3: was just dreaming about wrestling and being a professional wrestler, 31 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 3: and now here I am the greatest women's wrestler of 32 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 3: all time. 33 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 2: Did your brother used to practice his moves on you? No? 34 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 3: No, no. My brother has special needs, so you couldn't 35 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 3: have done that. 36 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: Now, okay, okay, okay, okay. 37 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: You originally were born in California. Yeah, and then you 38 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: moved to Boston. Now why did y'all move to Boston? 39 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: Was it for your brother? 40 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 3: It was for my brother. My brother has special needs, 41 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 3: and we moved around a lot just to find and 42 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: write doctors and the right schools for him. And finally 43 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 3: my mom got a job out in Boston. 44 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: So here's the Boston accident. 45 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 3: We moved out there. I started training an MMA when 46 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 3: I was sixteen years old, because there's no professional wrestling 47 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: school that would train me. At the time he had 48 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 3: I was trying to train for real, to get me 49 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 3: ready for wrestling. Trained out in Massachusetts, t us and 50 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: then I turned eighteen during a for wrestling school, and 51 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: then two years later I got signed by w B. 52 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 4: How did your mom feel when you started the training? 53 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 3: My mom was like, oh God, why now? But once 54 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 3: I got signed, she became my biggest fan. She drove 55 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 3: me to all my wrestling shows and to wrestling training, 56 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: so you know, deep down she supported me. She she 57 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: loved it. She loved that I had this dream of 58 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 3: legit since I was ten. Like this, I told my mom, 59 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: this is what I was going to do. This is 60 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: my goal, this is my dream, and I gotta go 61 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: do it. But once I really made it, that's when 62 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: she's like my biggest fan. 63 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: Pardon my ignorance, I didn't know it was pro wrestling schools. 64 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: It's like with rick fla university or something, university. 65 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 3: All over the world, all everywhere for actual flight for 66 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 3: this type of rest, to be the best, you gotta 67 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 3: train with the best. I traveled all over the world 68 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 3: to be the best. 69 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 4: Is it like you get belts there, you get degrees? 70 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 4: Like what do you know. 71 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 3: You don't you get belts in the big leagues. I'm 72 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 3: with aw, I'm a two time champion. No, you just 73 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: begin training. You learn how to bump, how to hit 74 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 3: the ropes, how to be a performer, how to cut promos. 75 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: There's like I said, there's wrestling schools all over the world. 76 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 3: They're in New York, They're in Boston, They're in England, 77 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 3: they're in Australia. Wrestling is global. 78 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 2: Do these organizations go to these schools to find town? 79 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: They do? They got them out. They either scot them 80 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: out or us as wrestlers, we have to book ourselves. 81 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 3: We have to go out and make a name for 82 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: ourselves and be seen. I remember riding to w every 83 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 3: single week anytime they were in town for Boston. I like, 84 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 3: can I be Can I please be an extra? Can 85 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 3: I be an extra work? Can I get a look 86 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 3: at Then they looked at me, and then they sent 87 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: me down to Florida for a week tryout, and then 88 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: that's when I got signed full time. 89 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: Congrats what was your break? 90 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: What was your big break? Oh? Actually got you into wrestling. 91 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: I feel like my biggest break was in twenty fifteen, 92 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: myself in this wrestler named Bailey. We had the greatest 93 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: women's match of all time, Sports illustrators, we had the 94 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 3: greatest one's match of all time, and that's really changed 95 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: the landscape of women's wrestling. After that match, I felt 96 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 3: like a lot of people started taking it seriously and 97 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: really letting people know that women can do it just 98 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: like the men and more. And because me and Bailey 99 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: had that match and the standing ovation and the crowd 100 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 3: reaction the next pay per view, me and her got 101 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 3: to main event that pay per view special because we 102 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 3: did so good. 103 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 4: Wow. 104 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: And how many injuries did you receive, you know, throughout 105 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: this whole process? And how not too many? 106 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: I've had about five broken noses, my ribs broken, Jesus 107 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 3: just located pelvis. 108 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: Said, not too many, not too many. 109 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: And last year I broke my heel which took me 110 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 3: out for a whole year. 111 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. How long did you think before you feel like 112 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: you made it in wrestling? 113 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 3: Mm hmmm, I don't know. Maybe maybe No, I feel 114 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 3: like I made it. Like I said, twenty fifteen was 115 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 3: like that start of that buzz for women's wrestling, and 116 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: then really twenty twenty one where I main invented WrestleMania. 117 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: Being the first everal black women to main event a WrestleMania. 118 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: That's when I really felt like I did something. I 119 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: made it. I want to sp off that match. That's 120 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 3: another match where fans come to me and be like, 121 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: because of that match, my little girl wants to be 122 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: a wrestler, or I can bring my my kids to wrestling, 123 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: or I enjoy all of this because of your matches. 124 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 3: You make me feel a certain type of way, so 125 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 3: I feel like maybe really in twenty twenty, twenty twenty 126 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: one is when I really felt like I made it, 127 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: or like I submitted my legacy and wrestling. 128 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: You take wrestling with your spouse to a whole another level, 129 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: Like you now you wrestle with your girl, or you 130 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: have fun. You take that to now. You can't play 131 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: with you. 132 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 3: Don't play with me. Don't play with me. I'll slam 133 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: you down. I will put you in a bank statement. 134 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 3: I'll make you tap out if you mess with me. 135 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: Could you're playing with your girl and all of a 136 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: sudden she got you in the Legit like, all right, 137 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: tap out? 138 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 3: I had to do that in real life, for real, 139 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 3: to one of your guys, not to any of my 140 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: guys a couple of fans when they want to come 141 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 3: a little too close. Yeah, you got security. 142 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: I do have security. 143 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 3: I just got security, so yes. 144 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and you don't need security, you know, 145 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: to protect you from people, more so in some cases 146 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 2: to protect people from you. 147 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, that exactly that. 148 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 4: Do guys like approach you like wanting you to do 149 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 4: wrestle moves. 150 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: Today because they just want to be really close and snug. 151 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: But you gotta give them me a space. 152 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: You gotta be like. 153 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 3: Push back, hould the championship. I won't stand a little 154 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 3: a little far apart for our picture. 155 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: What do you think would have been your plan B 156 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 2: if you didn't make it as a wrestler. 157 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: That's hard. I never really had a plan B. Before 158 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: I was a wrestler, I was an order taker at 159 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 3: a restaurant. I was a shoes associate. So I feel 160 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 3: like maybe just a manager at a hotel, Like I 161 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: just only saw wrestling for me. That was my A, B, C, D, E, 162 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: F G, my only goal, my only desire. So I 163 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: think I would only be a professional wrestler in some 164 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 3: type of way, you know, or in the wrestling industry. 165 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,559 Speaker 2: Did you ever feel like giving up. Did you always 166 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: have like the fools part of your family. Was there 167 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: anybody saying, hey, won't you go learn a trade? 168 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: There's only been maybe twice in my career. I'm like, 169 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 3: I don't think I can do this anymore. Just the pressure, 170 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 3: the politics, let alone, just the politics and being a 171 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 3: woman in the sport. It's it's a male dominated sport 172 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 3: and a woman of color. Nonetheless, there was a couple 173 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 3: times where I had to look deep down inside and 174 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: be like, do I really want to do this? Do 175 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 3: I really want to go through this pain every single day? 176 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: It's not just mental pain, it's physical pain that we're 177 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 3: putting our body through every single week with the travel 178 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: and then the bumping getting on the cars driving to 179 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 3: the next towns. But then I just look back into 180 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: my so and being like, what is your sole purpose? 181 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: What makes you smile? What makes your heart you know, flutter, 182 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 3: what makes you go chase your goals? And it's always 183 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 3: been professional wrestling. 184 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 4: What you said you worked at a shoe store. 185 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 3: I did what story? Did you work with Baker's Fake 186 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: Bakers shoe store? 187 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? 188 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 5: So I see like your photos and your photo shoots, 189 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 5: the stuff that you do for monameg. It's like very 190 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 5: like fashion artsy. It so incorporating your fashion sense and 191 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 5: then like what you like about art and all that 192 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 5: stuff into your brain. 193 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 4: When did that become a thing? When did you know 194 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 4: you needed to do. 195 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 3: That right away? I mean, watching wrestling is larger than life. 196 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 3: You had to watch like the macho man. You had 197 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 3: the bright colors, the glasses, the hair. I knew when 198 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: I was going to be a professional wrestler, I wanted 199 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 3: to be larger than life because I was such a 200 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: shy girl growing up. And then when I got signed, 201 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: I dyed my hair, I got the nails, I got 202 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 3: the necklace, I got the glasses, and then really I 203 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 3: started to tap into myself and being like, Okay, it's 204 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 3: okay to be beautiful and feel that way and tap 205 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 3: into your femininity. And I love fashion and art and 206 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 3: getting to design your own wrestling gears and but wear 207 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: that out every lake. It's the funnest part of wrestling. 208 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 3: I love being a girl, and I love coming up 209 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 3: with my costumes, and I feel like I have the 210 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: best costumes in the game. 211 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: Is it true that Snoop is a relative of yos He's. 212 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: My first cousin yes, Snoop is your first cousin. 213 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: When did you find ou out? Did you always know 214 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: growing up? 215 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 3: I didn't find out until I was maybe like ten 216 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 3: years old, and my Dad's like, Snoops com into Iowa, 217 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: where I lived at the time. He was like, so 218 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 3: let's go see him. Saw him, and I told everybody 219 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: at school like, Snoop, Dog's my cousin, and everyone's like, no, 220 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: he's not, No, he's not. Went to the concert and 221 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 3: Snoop gave me like a whole box of shirts to 222 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: give to everybody at the school the next day, and 223 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: I felt like the coolest kid in class. And then 224 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 3: when I was sixteen, he was hosting WrestleMania and I 225 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 3: messaged my dad. I'm like, can you please ask Snoop 226 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 3: to bring me to WrestleMania, please please please? You brought 227 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 3: me to wrestle Mania, And I feel like just from 228 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: that end, our bond came from wrestling. Like we just 229 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: talked about wrestling. We love wrestling, and still to this 230 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: day is one of my biggest fans and supporters. 231 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: First cousin, I mean, one of your parents is my dad. 232 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 3: Is his uncle? Yes? Oh wow uncle Ria wow wow. Yes. 233 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: Of course, after a match. I'm hoping that before. 234 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 3: After a match. Yes, it's for my inflammation and inspiration medicinal. 235 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 236 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. Your name used to be Sasha Banks. Yes, and 237 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: do you change it? The mastades which is your real name? 238 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: Why do the name change that? Sasha Banks was such a 239 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 2: big entity, big brand. 240 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 3: It was because I was with WWE and they own 241 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 3: that ip Sasha Banks, and it was time for me 242 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 3: to grow and to be more and to be more 243 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 3: like I legit. Wanted to find myself and it's so 244 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 3: hard to be a different identity and a different name 245 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 3: for ten years, having someone call you by a different 246 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 3: name and pretending for you to be this character that 247 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: they want you to be. So for me, I wanted 248 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: more for women's wrestling. I wanted more for myself. And 249 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 3: I said, where can I do that? How can I 250 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: do that? And that was jumping the ship and going 251 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 3: to aew. 252 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 2: Well, where did the Sasha Banks name come from? 253 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 3: It came from w BY. They tell everybody when you 254 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 3: get signed to give up like a list of names, 255 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: and I gave them Sasha with the different last names 256 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 3: and Banks are a different first name, and they were like, 257 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 3: do you know any name Sasha Banks? Here's your name. 258 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 5: Was it never an option for you to be like, 259 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 5: I want to own the IP of Sasha Banks or 260 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 5: that's just how it goes. 261 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 3: Never the option now with that company, no, no, no. 262 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 3: But with AW now I own my name and I 263 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 3: own my brand and that's the it's the best it's 264 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: ever been for myself in my career. It's the best. 265 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 2: You ever feel like you was losing yourself in the 266 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 2: characterture of Sasha. 267 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: Banks, absolutely, because you have to play her twenty four 268 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 3: to seven. Being a wrestler is a role playing online, 269 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: it's role playing offline. It's once you're off the flight, 270 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 3: you gotta be on. Because once I put on that wig, 271 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 3: I'm on, I'm Sasha Banks, and it's just like I'm 272 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: not I'm not I'm not her, I'm Mercedes, a Mercedes 273 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 3: money and I really felt like it was time to 274 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: be that and to own that brand. 275 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: So what's the difference between you think Mercedes Mornee and 276 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 2: Sasha Banks. 277 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 3: Well, Sasha was a legit boss and now Mercedes she 278 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: love it up. She is the CEO of her own life. 279 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 3: She is the CEO of the Woman's Division, and she 280 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 3: is the best of the game. She won't let anybody 281 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 3: tell her now, and with Sasha Banks, I was told 282 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 3: what to do, I was told what to say, I 283 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 3: was told where to be, And now really I get 284 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 3: to be the CEO of my own life and let 285 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 3: people know where I want to be. 286 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 2: You know why, I know that you're a person who's 287 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: willing to bet on theyself. You don't see people who 288 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: leave the WWE no to go to a company like AW, 289 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: so I would. I would think it's like the other 290 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: way around, like ww's like the top of the top. 291 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: Right, it's usually how it used to be, but now 292 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 3: it's not. The wrestlings become bigger than ever. And now 293 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 3: that there's a second brand like this like AW, who's 294 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 3: here to disrupt this industry, disrupt the business. It's been amazing. 295 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 3: Next week we're going to be celebrating five years of 296 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 3: ae W. We're beating out w CW and fans online 297 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 3: are getting mad about that every single day. But it's 298 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 3: the best it's ever been, and it's the most talked 299 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 3: about that professional wrestling has ever been talked about in 300 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 3: this industry of the world. So it's the best time 301 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 3: to be a fan and to be a professional wrestler. 302 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 3: In the sport I loved for many different reasons. A 303 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: lot of personal stuff happened with myself and the chairman 304 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 3: at the time, and I didn't like how he talked 305 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: to me and how I was, you know, just talked 306 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 3: down to and I was like, you know it, it's 307 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 3: time to legit, listen to your soul in your heart. 308 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: There was a light that came to me one day 309 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 3: and I just left WWE and my guys told me, 310 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 3: and I'm guided to being a two time champion at 311 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 3: aw So. 312 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 2: You see somebody like Vince McMahon, he's got the sexual 313 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 2: abuse suit. If I'm not. 314 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: Mistaken, I'm not the lawyer. I don't know someone like that. 315 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 3: He has to talk too crazy, Yeah, a little crazy. 316 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: That day he talk to me a little crazy, yeah. 317 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 2: And that was enough to be like, I'm up. 318 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 3: It was enough for my source of light to come 319 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 3: into my body and be like, you know what if 320 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: you stay that's not okay. This is for the rest 321 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 3: of your life. And what are you going to teach 322 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 3: your kids? What are you going to teach just people? 323 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 3: If you're feeling like this from words after being here 324 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 3: for ten years, you got to stand up for yourself. 325 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 3: And that's what I did. There's a light, the same 326 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: light that came to me when I was ten years old, 327 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 3: being like, this is your sole purpose, this is what 328 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 3: you're going to do. Another light came to me and 329 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 3: being like, you gotta walk away and do something better 330 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 3: for yourself. 331 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: So there was no protection for you guys with wrestlers, 332 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: especially for female wrestlers, at all. 333 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 3: No, no, but we're changing that every day. I'm changing 334 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 3: that every day for a women's wrestling. Yeah. 335 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: So there's no way there was no human resources. 336 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 3: We went to everybody, and. 337 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 2: No where'd y'all go after ww You went to Japan. 338 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,599 Speaker 3: I went to Japan and I won IWGP Women's Championship. 339 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 3: Trinity went to a TNA and became the Knockout Champion, 340 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 3: and here I am as the new Japan Strong Women's Champion. 341 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 3: I've done a lot of things just leaving WDB, I 342 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 3: I walked the runways, I did a movie. I just 343 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 3: really just tapped in finding out who Mercedes really is 344 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 3: because I was Sasha for so long. 345 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 4: Are you gonna get to do whatever that collab was 346 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 4: supposed to be with Megda Sallion? 347 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 3: Not right now? Not unfortunately? 348 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 5: No, What was that supposed to be because I didn't. 349 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: Find either a tag team match or wrestling match some something. 350 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: She's wrestling with you. 351 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 3: I would like someone either wrestling with me or rustle 352 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: against me. But there were there was talks of doing 353 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: something fun with her. But now she's doing the opening 354 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 3: theme song for SmackDown, which is awesome. 355 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 5: But is it because like you can't because you were 356 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 5: with WWE before now you're not, or is it just 357 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 5: like right now brand wise, you just don't want to 358 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 5: be attached because she's attached. 359 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 3: Just brand wise. She did a song with wd B 360 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: and I'm with the aw so I just think we 361 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 3: can't do anything together. 362 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 4: But are y'all still home homegirls? Y'all still talking? 363 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 3: She's not my best friend or anything, but she wants 364 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 3: to me my homegirl. Absolutely a couple of times when 365 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: she's really awesome. 366 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: You just had your CEO had on when I read I. 367 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 3: Was trying to get her on the board. That's exactly right. 368 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: It didn't sexy red. 369 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 3: She does something with a not a w n XTX yeah, 370 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 3: which is part of w BOW. 371 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 4: Wrestling much different. 372 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, Jesus, who else would you want to who else 373 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: would you want to wrestle? In the celebrity world, because 374 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: I love when I seen Floyd do what. I love 375 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: when I see Shack do it. Who else was it 376 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: was at all? Did it too as well? That did 377 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: a great job. Who else would you want to wrestle? 378 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 3: If if possible, Russell, I would love my tag team 379 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 3: partner to be Nicki Minaj because I love her. And 380 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 3: who would I want to wrestle? Hmm, I'm gonna have 381 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: to wrestle like a Kim Kardashian or even just a 382 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 3: Beyonce to see if she can even throw it down. 383 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 4: Oh my god, you wrestle Beyonce. Girl. You can't wrestle Beyonce. 384 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 4: You take her down the wrong way. 385 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: I think your care you'd have to take a dive, 386 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 2: but you have to let her beat you up. 387 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 3: I would, I would let her do that. Yeah, yeah, 388 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 3: I would let her take the championship. 389 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: You know, the rest of it is not fake, but 390 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: it is predetermined, predetermined, So how do y'all figure out? 391 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: Like do you know if you're going to lose a 392 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: win the next match or do you just walk into 393 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: a room and they'd be like, you're losing today like. 394 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 3: Something like that. Usually when we get to the show, 395 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 3: we have a card and our agent or a coach 396 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 3: will be like, well, today this match is going to 397 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 3: be this, and Mercedes is over and this is how 398 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 3: we want her to win. Last year, when I was 399 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 3: supposed to win this this new Japan Strong Woman's Championship, 400 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 3: I got injured and I had to change the match 401 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: on the fly and make the other girl win. So 402 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 3: when I say it's predetermined, you really don't know what's 403 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 3: going to happen. We can get injured, we can get 404 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 3: concussed and maybe not kick out, Maybe my opponent won't 405 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 3: remember the move and it will be like what's next. 406 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's predetermined, but it's it's so real you 407 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: never know what's going to happen in that ring. 408 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: How often does do wrestler's go roll with like, you 409 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: know what, I'm not losing. 410 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 3: All the time? I feel like, really, if it's not 411 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 3: if they're not mad about losing, they're mad about they're 412 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 3: not getting that many moves into the match, or they 413 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 3: want to look the best out of the match, they 414 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 3: want to do extra stuff. I wrestled people like that 415 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 3: who've done a little extra to me that we haven't 416 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 3: talked about them, Just like is. 417 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: There fines for that though, Like I'm supposed to win, 418 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: I get body slam three times, but I. 419 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 3: Wish there's more fines. But you just have to give 420 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 3: them a seat in the ring, not them back. 421 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: That's crazy. 422 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 2: Is ae w scream It's gonna be screaming on HBO X. 423 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. There's rumors of that. There's definitely rumors 424 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 3: of US joining U discovering HBO Max, which would be huge, 425 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 3: but I'm not sure if that deal is done yet, 426 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: but I hope so. 427 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: For for wrestling, how do you feel about that as 428 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 2: opposed to being on TBS and tn T, Because you know, 429 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 2: growing up, I grew up in South Carolina, so that's 430 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: all I used to watch is TVs and tn T. 431 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 3: Oh, It's still very much gonna be on TBS and 432 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 3: t n T every single week. I'm the TBS champion 433 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: for a reason, I'm the face of TBS. 434 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 2: It's all the same companies. 435 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 3: I'm still going to be on TBS, so it's not 436 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 3: going anywhere. Going to be on t n T and 437 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 3: TBS for a very long time. 438 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 2: What do you feel about row going from three hours 439 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 2: to two hours? 440 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 3: I think I think that sucks for the wrestlers. Just 441 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 3: if you lose a whole hour, that's a whole opportunity 442 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 3: of performing in front of a live audience and in 443 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 3: front of millions watching at home. But I think just 444 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: the move to Netflix is so huge for them that 445 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 3: they're going to gain so much more opportunities in so 446 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 3: many different other ways. 447 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 2: So just having that one less hour really make a 448 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 2: difference for ar wrestling. 449 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: Would you think adding an hour to your your show 450 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 3: would add or take away? 451 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 4: You'd be tired? 452 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, we did it during COVID. 453 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: I think for performers it's it's great, just like I said, 454 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 3: to give more opportunity, and especially for women as well, 455 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 3: Like we're only given five to eight minutes, so it's 456 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 3: like we need that extra hour, we need that time 457 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 3: tell a story. Yeah. 458 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 5: I read that you were the highest paid woman in 459 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 5: pro wrestling, correct. 460 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 3: I hope so, I think I would like to think. 461 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 2: So. 462 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 3: I don't know other people's bank accounts, but I like 463 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 3: that title. 464 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 5: Do you feel like your pay is based on you're 465 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 5: valuing the company or do you feel like you should 466 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 5: be making more money? Like you feel like there should 467 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 5: be more money allotted to you and just other women. 468 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 3: But I definitely want to make more money. 469 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I guess I'm asking you, do you think you're 470 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 5: getting what you deserve right now? 471 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 3: I am? I am, And it's so I don't even 472 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 3: want to say it's crazy. It's just it's beautifully deserved 473 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 3: and earned and it's something that I worked so hard 474 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 3: for for such a long time. Yeah, and it's something 475 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 3: that I want women to work for. It's like I 476 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 3: finally got something that as women were like, no, you 477 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: can't even se those numbers. You can't even talk about 478 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 3: those numbers. You can't even walk into the room and 479 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: even ask for a raise or to ask for a 480 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 3: bonus or anything. So to get what I feel like 481 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 3: I deserve. Plus, I feel like I deserve so much 482 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 3: more and I'm going to get that. It's so amazing. 483 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: I just give. I think that gives people a chance 484 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,959 Speaker 3: to dream more that they can make more too, if 485 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 3: they put in the hard work. 486 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 2: What do you think what are some ways that AW 487 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: can close the gap with WWE. I was looking at 488 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 2: Forbes and they had these five ways that A you 489 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 2: can close the gap with WWE. What do you think? 490 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know what it means to close the gap. 491 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 3: I feel like it's always going to be a weird competition. 492 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: But it's just aw's only been around for five years. 493 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: W has been around for thirty plus. I don't know 494 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 3: what kind of gap you can close with that such 495 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 3: a big gap of who's been around for so long. 496 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 3: I think just AW just has to keep on being 497 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 3: its own brand and being AW and being we're the 498 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 3: best wrestle. That's our slogan, and that's where, legit, the 499 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: greatest wrestlers are signed there. The best performers are signed there, 500 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 3: and you get to see that every week on TBS 501 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 3: and TNT. We have the greatest performers from all over 502 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 3: the world, and I think that's just what makes us different. 503 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 3: I don't think there's any gap that we have to close. 504 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 3: I think we just have to keep on standing out 505 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 3: and being our own brand. 506 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: As a Fortune Force said, embrace being an underdog and 507 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 2: an alternative to WWE sign top talents who will make 508 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 2: a difference. There you go balanced the incredible in ring 509 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: action with quality storylines, dam utilize the talented a e 510 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 2: W roster to the fullest, and continue spotlighting the woman's division. 511 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 3: They're doing that. They're doing that every single day, So I. 512 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: Was a question. I know you are the highest paid 513 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: woman in for wrestling. Right if me and Lauren want 514 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: to give you just a couple of dollars uh to 515 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: h Charlemagne to knock him out? How much would you 516 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: charge us? 517 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: Oh? 518 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 4: You won't do the community write offs? 519 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 3: I don't can I just got a bag each? What 520 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 3: do you what do you want me to do him? 521 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 3: Tap him out? 522 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 4: I want him to feel it for like at least 523 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 4: a month. After a month, that's easy to talk. 524 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 3: Why do you guys not like him? What are you doing? 525 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 4: Fling in the storyline all the song? 526 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: You should you should recommend it to somebody in this room. 527 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say who. 528 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 3: It's not you. 529 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 4: And that's why he's angry. You know how men are 530 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 4: about letting their hair a couple of moves. 531 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 3: You don't have topen me for that. 532 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 4: Thank you because you felt it. You see what I'd 533 00:21:59,080 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: be going. 534 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 3: I feel that us. 535 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: Well, we appreciate you for joining us. Tonight eight pm 536 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: on TBS, Grand Slam Dynamite and then Grand Slam Collision 537 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: comes on Saturday eight pm on TNT. What's the difference 538 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: between Dynamite and collision? 539 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 3: Dynamite is every Wednesday on TBS and Collision is every 540 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 3: Saturday on TNT. 541 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: How often do you wrestle? Do you often you wrestle 542 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: every week? 543 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 3: I pretty much defend my championship every month. I don't 544 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 3: wrestle every week. I gotta look cute. It's different here 545 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 3: in AW. I gotta sit next to my chairman, my EVPs, 546 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 3: and I gotta look beautiful. I gotta defend these championships 547 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: at the pay per views. But I'm always looking good 548 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 3: on Dynamite every Wednesday because I am the face of TVs. 549 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 2: Would you ever go back to WW if they offered 550 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: you like the right bag and they said, hey, we're 551 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 2: gonna give you back your We're gonna let you have 552 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 2: your real name. We'll give you back the rights to 553 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 2: Sasha Banks. 554 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 3: After the way that AAW has been treating me, I 555 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 3: don't know. I don't think. So I feel like I 556 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 3: have the best relationship with AW right now, and it's legit. 557 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: I'm living my dreams and it's the best place ever 558 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 3: been mentally and physically, and to be able to have 559 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 3: new dreams after being in the industry for fourteen years, 560 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 3: it's the best feeling in the world. So AW is 561 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 3: my home right now? 562 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: And how how is dating life for you? How how 563 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: do do men approach you? Any nervous? Are scared? 564 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 3: Right now? I'm not dating because I'm so busy, and yeah, 565 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 3: I would assume so they're nervous and scared. 566 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 4: Yeah you like you wouldn't do dating apps? 567 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 3: No, no way? 568 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 4: How do you if you were to date? How do 569 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 4: you meet people? 570 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 2: Because I don't know. 571 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 4: I am not on Christian mingo. I'm asking you that because. 572 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 3: Guy, buddy, I don't know. I can't give you any. 573 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 5: Of guys be into like wrestling and stuff, so they 574 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 5: would know like instantly, like if. 575 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 3: I want you because you don't want to right, Yes, 576 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 3: she's not dating because. 577 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 4: She doesn't have after this long about a perfect okay right, okay, okay, 578 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 4: m scratch. 579 00:23:55,320 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: Him, Ladies and gentlemen, Mercedes morning, they thank you for 580 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: joining us, sumuch, it's the breakfast Club. 581 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: Good morning. 582 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. Breakfast Club. 583 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:10,479 Speaker 3: Mhm.