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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Battleground Podcast.

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Speaker 2: You all these provely and.

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Speaker 3: Exclusive interviews with some of your favorite wrestlersund stop being.

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Speaker 4: Welcome to a special episode of the Battleground Podcast. My

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Speaker 4: name is Josh from My Heart Radio, filing it for

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Speaker 4: Battle with Me is Always is my tag team partner Eli.

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Speaker 4: We are excited to have one of the most exciting

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Speaker 4: and decorated athletes in the world. He is currently and

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Speaker 4: two time Ring of Honor World Champion, a former r

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Speaker 4: o H six man champ, and one half of the

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Speaker 4: current ae W World Tag Team Champions. Ladies and Gentlemen

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Speaker 4: band Detail. Welcome to the.

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Speaker 3: Good to have you here. How are you doing.

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Speaker 5: I'm very excited for today and thank you for this

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Speaker 5: is space with you.

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Speaker 3: Amus, You're very welcome. Listen, we'll get right into it.

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Speaker 4: You've had one of the wildest months in recent wrestling

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Speaker 4: history and in memory.

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Speaker 3: What's going through.

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Speaker 4: Your mind during that five and three quarter star match

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Speaker 4: at a Supercart of Honor.

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Speaker 5: You know that was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: That this couple last months has been like crazy crazy

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Speaker 1: because I had an injury, you know, my risk was

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Speaker 1: broken and I was out of the ring like almost

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Speaker 1: two years. Yeah, and my mind is only thinking like

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Speaker 1: probably I'm not gonna go back to the ring. So

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Speaker 1: after getting to the ring, this has happened, and it's

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Speaker 1: fantastic for me.

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Speaker 2: Now, yeah, you know, I didn't know if you knew this,

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Speaker 2: but that ratings from Dave Melcher. Of course, that is

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Speaker 2: his highest rated US match of the year so far.

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Speaker 2: How do you personally measure success in the ring compared to, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, what critics say and what the fans say

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Speaker 2: online and stuff like that.

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Speaker 5: Well, I really don't know. I don't know how big

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Speaker 5: is that evaluation, you know, I just the people. And

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Speaker 5: when the fans start to tell.

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Speaker 1: Me, hey, you gotta five on the three four almost

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Speaker 1: sixty stars, that's fantastic for you. Congratulation and I say, oh,

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Speaker 1: thank you very much for that, and thank you mister

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Speaker 1: Day because I really like that.

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Speaker 5: Mister Dave likes my work, right, Yeah, yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 4: Let's talk about that moment at Forbidden Door, Tony Kahn,

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Speaker 4: he handed you a signed Raul kimenes Fulham jersey. Literally

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Speaker 4: the next day's match, you broke down in tears right

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Speaker 4: in front of the cameras. I gotta know what was

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Speaker 4: her with your mind in that moment. How did you

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Speaker 4: feel both as an a Mexican athlete and as a

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Speaker 4: human when that happened.

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, that was fantastic. That was amazing, if

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Speaker 5: for for me because ral is the best football player

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Speaker 5: Mexican football player, so that was.

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Speaker 1: I really enjoy and and I said, thank you, Rol

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Speaker 1: because you are an inspiration. Uh he's uh his comeback

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Speaker 1: was very similar than me, so I uh inspired.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was such a cool moment, you know after

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Speaker 2: you know, speaking speaking of Forbidden Door, you know, obviously

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Speaker 2: congrats you and Brody King became the new a W

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Speaker 2: World Tech Team champions stellar three way match against FTR

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Speaker 2: and the Hurts.

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Speaker 5: In the kIPS.

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Speaker 2: You know, what did capture in the tag Belts mean

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Speaker 2: to you on such a huge international stage.

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Speaker 3: H m hm.

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Speaker 5: Now it means like, hmm, I need to take care

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Speaker 5: of Brody. I really need to take care of me.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: The tack team division looks us So that's amazing and

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited for the for.

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Speaker 5: The next months ahead.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't really want to do tac team

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Speaker 1: matches with every tack team here in a W.

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Speaker 2: Oh and it was really nice too to see you

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Speaker 2: match in with his Brody King signature Adidas that night too.

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Speaker 4: That was a nice touch, so definitely was Listen, you're

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Speaker 4: you're holding the r o H World title and the

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Speaker 4: aw tag titles at the same time. It's so cool

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Speaker 4: when you get to hold, you know, more than one

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Speaker 4: belt on your shoulder. You know, how do you balance

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Speaker 4: being the face of r o H while also helping

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Speaker 5: Sorry, what what's say again? Please?

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Speaker 3: It's fine.

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Speaker 4: How do you balance being the face of r o

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Speaker 4: H and also elevating ae WS tag team division?

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Speaker 5: Guys? Thank you very much. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Like I said before, I got like two years with

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Speaker 1: no luta, with no wrestling, So now I just enjoyed.

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Speaker 1: I just enjoy my world what I'm doing. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter if it's Ring of Honor, a W, collige On

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Speaker 1: Dynamite or Tack Team. I really love to be in

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Speaker 1: the ring and do my stuff and people loves it.

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Speaker 5: It's very grateful for me, you know, oh for sure. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You know, when we talk about tag teams, there's this

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Speaker 2: concept of you know, thrown together tag teams, and you know,

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Speaker 2: I think you and Tony did a really good job

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Speaker 2: at the press conference after Forbidden Door, explaining, you know,

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Speaker 2: you and Brodie Lee have a big history together. You

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Speaker 2: signed with Ring of Honor together, so it's not really

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Speaker 2: a thrown together team, so to speak. But regardless, you know,

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Speaker 2: you guys ending hurt Syndicates run. A lot of people

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Speaker 2: saw that as kind of a passing of the torch

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Speaker 2: moment and really kind of you know, celebrating you two

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Speaker 2: as a new, brand new tag team and everything.

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Speaker 5: Did you feel the weight of the.

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Speaker 2: History in that match when you're at O t Rana,

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Speaker 2: when you're setting that attendance record at Forbid indoors?

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Speaker 1: That was amazing, That was fantastic, And in that moment

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Speaker 1: I was very happy, the same as Brodie. You know,

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Speaker 1: we we we didn't expect that moment and we live

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Speaker 1: together for our first time and that's fantastic for both.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a killer, just a killer then all around.

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Speaker 4: So I want to I want to talk about death

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Speaker 4: before Dishonor. You're going to defend that RH tonight at

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Speaker 4: the RH World Championship against Hi Seto, who already pinned

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Speaker 4: you in tag team actions. So what makes him such

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Speaker 4: a dangerous challenger, especially when he's got Dan Callis in

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Speaker 1: Now. Yeah, a lot of people saying that, hey, be

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Speaker 1: careful with Don Callis because Don Kali's family is never alone,

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Speaker 1: And I say, okay, okay, but let me tell you

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Speaker 1: something now, I'm not alone. I got something in my

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Speaker 1: land take. So that's fantastic for me. And I'm very

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Speaker 1: excited that Luta is gonna be the main event of

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Speaker 1: one of the fantastic shows here in the States. That

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Speaker 1: before the snor means for me a lot of a

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Speaker 1: lot lot because bring Honor before it was.

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Speaker 5: Great, greatest show.

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Speaker 1: So tonight's that's gonna be the the It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: the same. So I'm very excited for et Cicero and

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Speaker 1: let's let's do die, you know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And if we're not mistaken, this is the

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Speaker 2: first time matchup between you guys too, right, you guys

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Speaker 2: have never faced before.

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Speaker 5: One on one at least.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, How do you prepare for someone like when he's

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Speaker 2: known as the Alchemist of the ring and you are

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Speaker 2: you know, you're definitely known for your strength, but you're

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Speaker 2: also known for your high flying and stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: It seems like kind of a difference in styles, Like

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Speaker 2: how are you mentally preparing for him, who could, you know,

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Speaker 2: pull anything out of the air and anytime.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm preparing, just remembering all my submissions uh keys uh,

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Speaker 1: submissions that my teachers taught me.

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Speaker 5: You know, he's a very.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how do you say here in the state,

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Speaker 1: but he always did a lot of submission style. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we call it Mexico javes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, So I'm prepared.

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to record to remember all my my javes,

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Speaker 1: my submission moves to be ready for him.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, all right, A couple.

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Speaker 4: A couple more for you, bandido real quick. We heard

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Speaker 4: that some wrestlers, like like Jake Hagler shared some mixed

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Speaker 4: feelings about working under Tony Kahn with a W. You've

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Speaker 4: had incredible career moments with both R O h N

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Speaker 4: A W sin signing with them. From your perspective, though,

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Speaker 4: what's it like having Tony kNN as a boss and

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Speaker 4: someone who clearly believes in you.

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Speaker 1: I'm very grateful with him, you know, he always believe

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Speaker 1: in me since they won and I choose a different

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Speaker 1: company in the beginning, but Tony was very excited with

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Speaker 1: to be here now and the Tony believes in me.

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Speaker 1: I just want to say thank you to Tony, thank

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Speaker 1: you to all the company, and thank you to all

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Speaker 1: my partners here because it's such a great, lucky room

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Speaker 1: over here.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, we kind of like to wrap things up with

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Speaker 2: a fun one, you know, just something random. So with

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Speaker 2: this being tied to a music station, here's the fun

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Speaker 2: one we like to wrap up with.

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Speaker 5: If someone wants to go.

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Speaker 2: Through Bandido's playlist, like maybe for when you're working out

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Speaker 2: or something like that, what is the most random song

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Speaker 2: on your playlist?

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Speaker 4: Well, it's always the hardest question. That's always the hardest one.

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Speaker 5: Okay, the most random.

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Speaker 1: It can be like dancing with all my Mexican stuff,

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Speaker 1: and probably it can happen like Bob Marley with could

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Speaker 1: You Be Loved It's listening instead of you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean, and that's an incredible song too.

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Speaker 2: That's a good choice.

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Speaker 4: You're going to get a cover of Bandido doing that

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Speaker 4: maybe as a we'll show concert after tonight on that.

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Speaker 5: Probably.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for joining us today. We really do appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to all the people to see this, and

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Speaker 1: don't forget that, thank you