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She joins us on the show today. As 30 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: most of you know, she has Chasing Glory with Lily 31 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: and Garcia, which was announced that it is gonna be 32 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 2: every Monday on the WWE Network, which you can watch 33 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: for free. Is on the free ww Network, but you 34 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: can also listen to Chasing Glory with Lily and Garcia 35 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcast from. But today we do 36 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: talk to Lillian about being part of the WWE network. Now, 37 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: those legendary moments from her career in WWE. 38 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: Who was the person that got her to singing WWE. Well, 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: it's a very interesting. 40 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: Story she talks about that, we talk about a whole 41 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: lot more and man, it's a great show. So without 42 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: further ado, we're gonna hit that theme song and we're 43 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: gonna bring Lily and Garcia on the show. So sit back, relax, 44 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: and enjoy this episode of the Battleground Podcast. 45 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: You into the Double Battle Crown live from the Parts 46 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: Unknown Studios. 47 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: This is the Battleground Podcast. 48 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: Crowd the Battle Cround. 49 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 3: The Battle your place for all things pro wrestling from 50 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 3: the independent scene to w W E A, E w 51 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 3: R O H n w A and Impact Wrestlings hot topics, 52 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: as well as interviews with some of the biggest. 53 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 4: Names in the game. 54 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: The Battle Round. 55 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 4: The Battle Round the Battleground Podcast starts now carry your hosts, 56 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 4: Battle and Eli. 57 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: Welcome to another episode of the Battleground Podcast. I have 58 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: got my tag team partner Eli with me. Eli, what's 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 2: up dude? 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 5: Hello, Hello, Hello, And we have the Bell of the 61 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 5: Brawl Lena with us tonight. Hello everyone, and we have 62 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 5: a special guest, which is an exciting moment for us 63 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 5: because she just dropped her podcast today on the WWE Network. 64 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 5: The legend that we love to call Lily and Garcia 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 5: joins us. 66 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 6: Lilian, thank you so much and so sweet of you. 67 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 7: Thanks we always it's actually nice to have a professional 68 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 7: on with us. 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: I know the professional podcaster and the amazing vocal ability 70 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 2: talent that is Lily and Garcia joins us tonight, so 71 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: let's let's kind of talk about it. Today was the 72 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: big day, uh, you know, Chasing Glory with Lily and 73 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: Garcia debut on the WWE network. Everybody give it up 74 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: for Lillian one. 75 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 6: Thank you so so good. 76 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: Kind of walk us through that because you've been doing 77 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: the podcast since twenty sixteen. How did it come about 78 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: of getting on the network? 79 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, so I have been doing it since the twenty 80 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 6: sixteen and you know what's beautiful thing is that WWE 81 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 6: always allowed me to interview their current roster, which was 82 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 6: great because not everybody was granted that, and I think 83 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 6: that they saw the type of interviews that I was doing. 84 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 6: Obviously I left in very good standings. I just have 85 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 6: a great relationship with them, and so I really want 86 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 6: to thank them for doing that because they set me 87 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 6: up for success from the very beginning. And the thing 88 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 6: they really noticed, you know that I really wanted to 89 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 6: make an impact with the show and get those human 90 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 6: interest stories and God, the labor of love that I 91 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 6: was putting in this and just really loving the feedback 92 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 6: from the fans over seven million downloads because of what 93 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 6: they were getting out of the show and how it 94 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 6: was changing their lives. And for me, that was the 95 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 6: thing that just propelled me to keep going, you know, 96 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 6: even through the hard times. And so at the beginning 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 6: of this year, around May, I took off. It was 98 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 6: the first time that I'd really taken a whole summer off, 99 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 6: So I decided to take a break I needed for 100 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 6: my own mental health, just to take a break and 101 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 6: reevaluate a lot of things that were going on in 102 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 6: this whole pandemic and you know, the protests and so 103 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 6: much turmoil. So it was actually the best thing that 104 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 6: happened because we were ready to come back for the 105 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 6: new season in the fall when the WWE reached out 106 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 6: and asked if I wanted to put it on the 107 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 6: ww network, And I didn't even have to think twice, 108 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 6: especially when they said the free version, because I've always 109 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 6: made Chasing Glory free to access, because I think that 110 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 6: the stories and what's shared is so important for the 111 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 6: world that it just made sense and I said, yes, 112 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 6: and here we are. 113 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: And the rest is history right there. 114 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 7: Well, you got it, nailed it. 115 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 8: I mean, like with this year, especially I mean, I 116 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 8: think everyone needs a little you know, hope and optimism, 117 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 8: and you know, I think this show really fills in 118 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 8: the blank. 119 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 7: There that a lot of shows that don't have. 120 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 6: So yes, that was my purpose of it from the 121 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 6: very beginning, especially entering something like you know, the wrestling 122 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 6: world with the podcast. There's a lot of wrestling podcasts, 123 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 6: and that's why I never wanted to say, hey, here's 124 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 6: another wrestling podcast. I just happened to interview wrestlers, but 125 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 6: I also interview other athletes or entertainers, wellness coaches, entrepreneurs. 126 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 6: I like to sprinkle in a lot of that diversity. 127 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 6: But more than anything, I felt it important to just 128 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 6: really humanize people and get to know their stories. And 129 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 6: that came to me in two thousand and four when 130 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 6: I was with these amazing women in the locker room 131 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 6: and hearing their stories, and I was in such awe 132 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 6: that I was like, Man, if anybody knew the struggle 133 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 6: that you'd been through to be here, I think there'd 134 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 6: be a whole different relationship with you, even with your character. 135 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 6: And I asked them if they minded if I approach 136 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 6: WWE about the idea of me interviewing them. They loved it. 137 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 6: I went to WWE, but it was too early. They 138 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 6: didn't really have the platform for it. So you know, 139 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 6: now it's perfect. Now they have the network, it's great exactly. 140 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: And you know, they launched their podcast network and then 141 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 2: you know, you talk about being on the FREEWW network, 142 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: and that's pretty cool because we all subscribe to the 143 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 2: WW network, the paid version, but there's some people that can't, 144 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 2: you know, get the other version of the WW network, 145 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: and having the free version of the WW network is 146 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: a great move on WW. And you're getting so much 147 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: newer content, especially with your show, and Sam Roberts has 148 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: something on there, and you get and Corey Graves's show 149 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: on there. 150 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: So it's a cool thing that WW is doing this. 151 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 6: Yes, I agree, and like I said, especially when they 152 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 6: told me it was going to be on the free version, 153 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,239 Speaker 6: I was very excited about it because since day one, 154 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 6: Chasing Glory has been free and I really wanted it 155 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 6: that way so that everybody can access it because the 156 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 6: stories that are insured on here are helping people with 157 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 6: their own struggles. Even people have written us saying I 158 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 6: was wanting contemplating committing suicide, and because I heard this 159 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 6: story from my favorite superstar. I now know that I 160 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 6: can get through my hard times, and that is so 161 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 6: powerful when you hear that. And so it just is 162 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 6: a show that I feel like everybody should hear it. 163 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 6: Not because of me, I'm just the vehicle to bring 164 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 6: these stories to you, but because of the superstars being 165 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 6: so vulnerable, so real, all the guests on here that 166 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 6: are sharing their whole lives, They're opening up everything in 167 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 6: order to help. 168 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 9: Well, let's start from the beginning. How you got into 169 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 9: all this stuff, this amazing career of yours the years 170 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 9: nineteen ninety nine. How did you initially get hired by 171 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,959 Speaker 9: the WWE, but was known as WWF back then. 172 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 6: Well you said it WWF. My aging to me and said, hey, 173 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 6: there's an audition for the WWF, And at first I'm 174 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 6: like the World Widlife Fund and he's like, no, no, no, 175 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 6: lesson federation. I went wrestling. What I was like. I 176 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 6: used to watch it as a kid with my dad, 177 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 6: so I love wrestling. But I was like, but I'm 178 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 6: not a wrestler. What is this all about. He goes, 179 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 6: I know it's not for a wrestler, but I don't 180 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 6: really know what it's for. But I think that you 181 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 6: should do the audition anyway. So I was like, okay, 182 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 6: and I think that's the best advice that I took, 183 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 6: and I will spread that to everybody else. You never know, 184 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 6: you never know, you never know, And where it took 185 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 6: me is what a ride. And the fact though that 186 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 6: I started that August twenty third of nineteen ninety nine day, 187 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 6: I will never forget my very first day on the 188 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 6: job and just being you know, shown all backstage and 189 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 6: I still didn't know what I was doing. I thought 190 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 6: it was just an orientation And it wasn't until three 191 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 6: point thirty that afternoon that they told me I was 192 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 6: going to be re announcing that very night, taking Howard 193 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 6: Finkel's position, which he's such a legend, and I'm like, wait, 194 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 6: but how do you do this job? And it was 195 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 6: because of Howard Finkel and Tony Chimmel that set me 196 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 6: up for success. And then finding out twenty minutes before 197 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 6: going live, hey, you can't even use que cards like guys, 198 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 6: I'm not kidding when I said I almost. 199 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 9: Ran, Oh my gosh, I'm so nervous. 200 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 6: Oh nervous doesn't even cut it. Like I literally almost 201 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 6: threw up in my mouth. I was I was like 202 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 6: looking at that exit sign, going okay, you can just bowl, 203 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 6: you can just bolt, nobody knows you. It's fine. Yeah, 204 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 6: And thank god I stayed in my seat and I 205 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 6: just like, okay, just chunk it out match by match. 206 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 6: Just I have a photographic memory, Thank goodness. I think 207 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 6: that definitely helps. And I've been also in situations where 208 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 6: I've been thrown into. I was thrown into the swimming 209 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 6: pool when I was nine years old, into the swim 210 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 6: team without knowing how to swim, and I figured out 211 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 6: how to swim. And I was thrown into radio for 212 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 6: many years but without even knowing what does that mean? 213 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 6: And I was thrown into the morning show, So I 214 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 6: figured it out before. And I think that that's the 215 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 6: thing that we don't give ourselves enough credit, that things 216 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 6: in the past that we've been thrown into, and it 217 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 6: doesn't matter whether it was at five or ten or 218 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 6: nine years old. You can use those lessons from early 219 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 6: on to then help you in moments like that. And 220 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 6: that's the flashbacks that I had before stepping into the 221 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 6: ring and just you know, one by one, just doing 222 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 6: the match, and they're always fifteen years later. 223 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. 224 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 9: I love I love hearing that because you know your 225 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 9: story is important too, and it's so inspiring, like it 226 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 9: makes me want to just do the things I want 227 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 9: to do and not be afraid. 228 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 6: Let God, you gotta do it, all right. But fear 229 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 6: his fake energy always robbing. 230 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: I love that good. 231 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 6: But you can turn it around and you can make 232 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 6: it mean whatever you want it to mean. And for me, 233 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 6: fea R means fierce every day, always ready, And even 234 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 6: if I don't believe it, I will say it to myself, right, 235 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 6: take it t you make it, And so turn those 236 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 6: fear words into something that's going to empower you and 237 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 6: help you and move you along. This fake energy. Fear 238 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 6: is fake, it really is, unless you're running for your life, 239 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 6: you know. But most of the time we're in fear 240 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 6: things that don't even exist. So just move past that. 241 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 6: And what I say is more fearful is not living 242 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 6: the life that you fully could have been living. That 243 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 6: to me is more fearful. 244 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: All right. 245 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 8: And you got to think how many people every day 246 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 8: you know, don't take that chance or or even like 247 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 8: in your example, you know you didn't have every detail 248 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 8: about the audition, you. 249 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 7: Know it was you know it was just WWF go 250 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 7: do it. 251 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 8: You know, so many people that kind of create their 252 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 8: own mental roadblocks. 253 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 6: You know. Yeah, there's a whole when I when I 254 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 6: speak whenever we are in front of crowds. Again, although 255 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 6: I've been doing some things, tomorrow I'll be doing, for example, 256 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 6: a virtual speech with the podcast movement and talking about podcasting, 257 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 6: how I got into it, but my own take on it, 258 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 6: and helping other people that want to become podcasters. And 259 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 6: I say this though, in one of my speeches is 260 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 6: it was titled you don't have to be ready this 261 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 6: season opportunity, and I think people think that they have 262 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 6: to be one hundred percent ready. No, you just have 263 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 6: to have passion. You have to have determination, open mind, 264 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 6: be willing to just mess up. It's okay. I messed 265 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 6: up many times on live TV. And trust me, the 266 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 6: people that are haters would go, a ha ha, she 267 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 6: messed up. You know, but hey, guess what, They're still 268 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 6: on their couch, you know, doing nothing, and I'm out 269 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 6: there just trying to break down those doors every day. 270 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 6: And that's what you got to do. 271 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 7: Yeah. 272 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 8: Absolutely, Well, kind of going back, you know what you're 273 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 8: talking about. It was cool that WWE's kind of let 274 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 8: you you know, talk to the active roster and all 275 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 8: that kind of stuff. 276 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 7: They also are. 277 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 8: Really cool, you know, and the fact that they incorporated 278 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 8: your singing background into job. Obviously one of the big 279 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 8: moments was the post nine to eleven uh song you 280 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 8: were able to perform and all that, and your history 281 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 8: with WrestleMania and all that. Was it always part of 282 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 8: the plan to kind of incorporate that, like once they 283 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 8: found out your musical background or was it a happy accident? 284 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 8: And you know, I'm sure the nine to eleven was 285 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 8: very important, But what were some of the other kind 286 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 8: of the you know, big standout moment moments from your 287 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 8: being able to sing in the ww ring. 288 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 6: Well, it's while that you bring up this question, because 289 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 6: that's why I almost didn't do the audition, because I 290 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 6: was signing with an agent and a manager for music, 291 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 6: and my whole life I was like music, there's going 292 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 6: to be all music. And when this audition came around, 293 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 6: I looked at my agent and I was like, no, 294 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 6: I'm not going to that because it's not music related. 295 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 6: And he goes, you know, when I told you the story, 296 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 6: He's like, you never know, just go. So I went. 297 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 6: And then I always say this I'm like, God, if 298 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 6: it's meant to be, make it obvious. If it's not 299 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 6: meant to be, make it obvious. And so for me, 300 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 6: when they called me and they said, hey, we'd like 301 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 6: to try you out for two to three months and 302 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 6: you could quit at any time, I was like, oh, 303 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 6: well that's pretty obvious. I've got nothing to lose, so 304 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 6: I'm going to go ahead and try it out. So 305 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 6: when I went there, I just remember looking around when 306 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 6: I was getting the orientation and looking in the arena, 307 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 6: and I was like, well, I know somehow I'm going 308 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 6: to be able to sing. I don't know how because 309 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 6: this is wrestling, but I just feel it in my 310 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 6: soul that somehow I'm going to be able to sing here. 311 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 6: And it was because of the rock we you know, 312 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 6: became friends us doing all the backstage interviews together. And 313 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 6: when he found out that I sang and I was 314 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 6: doing a one weekend, was doing all the live events 315 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 6: and they usually play the national anthem as an instrumental 316 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 6: to start it, he asked me, Hey, you've ever sang 317 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 6: the National anthem? And I was like, yeah, I sang 318 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 6: it for my graduation. So he's like, well, let me 319 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 6: go talk to the producers and see about you doing it, 320 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 6: And I did it that night. I did it next 321 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 6: night and the next night, and then by monday, Vince 322 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 6: McMahon had heard about it and he's like, that's it. 323 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 6: We want you to do it starting tonight, and I did, 324 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 6: and he put me doing it every event. I ended 325 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 6: up doing WrestleMania that year. Like you said, nine to eleven, 326 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 6: I feel like that was one of the big things 327 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 6: that I was put on this earth to also get 328 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 6: ready for that moment. The fact that I've been able 329 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 6: to do the national anthem various times before nine to 330 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 6: eleven helped me get through that night, because man, did 331 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 6: I feel the weight of the shoulder of the world 332 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 6: on my shoulders. But Paul Hayman helped me through that night, 333 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 6: Vince himself and I knew that I was just the vehicle. 334 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 6: It was nothing, It had nothing to do with me. 335 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 6: I was literally just the vehicle used to try to 336 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 6: unite the world. So that was very special. And then 337 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 6: you asked me about other events. I mean, fast forward 338 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 6: to actually doing it in Iraq with all the soldiers around. 339 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 6: I mean that's and the fact that they came up 340 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 6: to me afterwards in tears and saying we never hear 341 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 6: the national anthem out here we're fighting, and thank you 342 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 6: for reminding us while we're fighting. And I was like, whoa, Yeah, 343 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 6: of course you wouldn't hear the national anthem. Why they're 344 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 6: not gonna be blasting it. It's not mash, you know, 345 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 6: they're not blasting it through the speakers. So that was 346 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 6: very powerful. And that's why I say, is I go 347 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 6: back to that agent where I'm like, so glad I 348 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 6: listened to his words. 349 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 7: Well, if this was a video chat, you would see 350 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 7: that I just had goosebumps with him, with the soldiers 351 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 7: and stuff. I was like, yeah, I think we. 352 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: All have goosebumps after hearing that. 353 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 6: I mean, well that's the way I you know, when 354 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 6: I sang it, and we were in Saddam's palace, Saddam 355 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 6: Hussein's palace, and I went back and it was just 356 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 6: so crazy. They had the whole arena or the rings 357 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 6: set up in front of the palace and we were 358 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 6: staying in there. And I went back and I sobbed 359 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 6: like a little girl, and I just knew that I 360 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 6: gave those soldiers such a special moment. And my dad 361 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 6: was a lieutenant colonel for over twenty years, and so 362 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 6: I'm an army brad. It is in me. So for 363 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 6: me being surrounded by soldiers, I was like surrounded by family. 364 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 6: I mean, I grew up on military bases. That's every day. 365 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 6: They were marching in front of my house, you know, 366 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 6: or in front of the barracks. So I was like, 367 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 6: holy cow, Like, who would have thought that this little 368 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 6: girl who was an army brad who grew up on 369 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 6: the military base, you know, in Spain, in Madrid, would 370 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,719 Speaker 6: fast forward be surrounded in Iraq with all these soldiers 371 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 6: crying and thanking her, and one soldier himself giving me 372 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 6: his dog tags and I laid he saw him years later, 373 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 6: I saw him in at autograph signing. He's like, hey, 374 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 6: remember me, I gave you my dog tags. I gave 375 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 6: him the biggest hug because I was just so happy 376 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 6: to see that he came back safe, geez. And that's 377 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 6: the things that you can't you know that it's amazing 378 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 6: the things that happened in your life. But it's those 379 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 6: moments that I just take and I'm like, wow, I'm 380 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 6: just so grateful. 381 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, that's such a full circle kind of deal there. 382 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: Wh Man it's kind of hard to kind of follow 383 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: up after that one. 384 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 8: Hard to just talk about the wrestling stuff when there's 385 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 8: so much, you know, important stuff going on, and you know, 386 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 8: with with your story and all that. 387 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: And which, by the way, Chasing Glory with Lilly and 388 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 2: Garcia is every Monday on the ww Network. You could 389 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 2: check that out. You know, you were involved in some 390 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 2: inering angles from time to time over the years. Were 391 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 2: you a fan of these non announcing angles and if so, 392 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 2: do you wish you had done more of them? Or 393 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 2: were you okay with the few that you did? 394 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: I love them? 395 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 6: Oh my god, there was so much fun. First of all, 396 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 6: I love acting, so you know, I've I've been in plays. 397 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 6: I wasn't a lot of things and took acting drama 398 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 6: as they call it, middle school, high school, all of that, 399 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 6: and so I loved it anytime that they were like, hey, 400 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 6: would you be okay to do this? My first angle 401 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 6: was with Jeff Jarrett getting in the Figure four and 402 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 6: I think it was literally about two to three weeks 403 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 6: after I got there initiation They're done? 404 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: Was he fighting? Did he fight a female? 405 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 6: In the yeah? China. He had a whole angle with 406 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 6: China during that time. Yeah. 407 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 7: I think that was when she beat him for the 408 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 7: Intercontinent or that. 409 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 6: Yes, it was leading up to that. Yes. So when 410 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 6: they came in there and they're like, hey, would you 411 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 6: mind us doing this? And I was like sure, and 412 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 6: they're like, act like you're really in pain, I'm like okay, 413 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 6: and they're say, you can't ever do it, like just 414 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 6: go for it. So I for it. People were like, 415 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 6: oh my god, that must have killed you, but like, 416 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 6: uh no, no, not really. You really took good care 417 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 6: of me. But I'm glad you thought so. But I 418 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 6: even told the Dudley boys. I was like, hey, yeah, 419 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 6: need me to go through a table. I'll go through 420 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 6: a table for you. 421 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 3: Now. 422 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 6: That never happened. I can't remember they stopped putting females. 423 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 6: I think it was through the table. But yeah, I 424 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 6: always loved those moments. I look back and chuckle. 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And obviously that that obviously had some buzz. 494 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 6: So yeah, it was just fun to be able to 495 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 6: have them say to me, hey, we would love to 496 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 6: do this to help one of the wrestlers get over, 497 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 6: like create a storyline for them or something. And I'm like, yeah, 498 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 6: anything to help these guys. Like they they're putting their 499 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 6: lives literally on the line because you never know when 500 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 6: things can go wrong or worse. Yeah, I mean they're 501 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 6: they're beating up their bodies like crazy for a passion 502 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 6: that they have. I have so much respect for the superstars, 503 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 6: and so for me to be able to have an angle, 504 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 6: for example, with Vista and help him to create this 505 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 6: persona that he had that it turned into was just 506 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 6: a treat for me to be able to be a 507 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 6: part of that, and I'm I'm grateful to do the WWE 508 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 6: that they trusted me to even be in an angle 509 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 6: like that, But I think it also made it even 510 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 6: more special when all of a sudden the ring announcers involved, 511 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 6: like you don't expect that, Yeah, did. 512 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 9: You ever have to do any like training at all 513 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 9: just for some of those angles or just kind of 514 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 9: went They just were like, just go for it. 515 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 6: The only one that we did anything that we kind 516 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 6: of mapped it out was when I did something with 517 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 6: three minute warning, and that was pretty intense that at 518 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 6: the time it was Umagabed at the time he was 519 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 6: Jamal and there was Rosie and when he did and 520 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 6: forgive me, I just that's the one thing. I don't 521 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 6: know the names of the moves, even after all these years. 522 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 6: I just look at it as a spectator. But he 523 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 6: had I can't remember what it's called. But he put 524 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 6: me over his head and then he slammed me down. 525 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 6: Now we did it on the mat that afternoon, practicing it. 526 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 6: But and they were telling me, hey, when you land, 527 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,719 Speaker 6: make sure you blow out all your air, and I 528 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 6: was like, okay, okay, and then do this and do 529 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 6: that like they had little things. But guys, when it's 530 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 6: like in the moment and one thing is landing on 531 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 6: the mat, and then one thing is landing on that mat, 532 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 6: like when I talk about the mat, I'm talking about 533 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 6: the practice mat, but one thing is as the actual mat. A. 534 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 6: The distance was a whole lot longer further down. B 535 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 6: it's a whole lot harder. I thought there was nice 536 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 6: little cushions under there. Nope, No, the reason it sounds 537 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 6: like that is because there's boards under there. So and 538 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 6: I forgot to blow out. So then wind got knocked 539 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 6: out of me, and I felt like a Matt truck 540 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 6: had hit me. And I was like, wait, these guys 541 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 6: sign up for this night after night, A night's going on, 542 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 6: so I said, my respect level went through the roof. 543 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 9: I believe that that's crazy, but it made. 544 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 6: Through a great TV I've met. 545 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 9: I bet they got a real reaction out of your all. 546 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 6: You can still google it to this point and seat 547 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 6: on YouTube, and it's wild when you see all the 548 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: fans reaction. And I looked like a little rag doll 549 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 6: that had really been put through the ringer. 550 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 9: Yes, speaking of fans reaction, I did, you know, do 551 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 9: a little googling earlier on YouTube and watched your fair 552 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 9: farewell speech to the ww universe. What was the reason 553 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 9: behind that move? I believe it was. Was it two 554 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 9: thousand and nine or twenty ten? 555 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 6: So that was two thousand and nine, and that's when 556 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 6: Originally I was there for ten years and then I left, 557 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 6: but then I ended up leaving for only two years 558 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 6: and coming back for five years. Now. When I left, 559 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 6: I was getting married, and I actually thought that was it. 560 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 6: Like my husband and I were. We literally got married 561 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 6: the very next monday. It's so wild. Yeah, I in 562 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 6: my career on one Monday and got married the very 563 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 6: next Monday. And our plan was let's get pregnant, let's 564 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 6: have kids. And I was just going to get off 565 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 6: the road. I was really tired when I was on 566 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 6: the road because it's fifty two weeks a year. I 567 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 6: love being on the road, but it does be two 568 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 6: up after a while, and I was already beat up 569 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 6: without having to be in the ring. I don't even 570 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 6: know how the other superstars do it. So, like I said, 571 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 6: big props. But yeah, so that was the plan. But 572 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 6: then it started becoming reality that we just could not 573 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 6: have children. So when that happened and we came to 574 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 6: terms with it, WW reached out about me coming back, 575 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,239 Speaker 6: and it just made sense. I was like, yeah, you 576 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 6: know what, I do need my family, and if I 577 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 6: can't create my own family, then I want to go 578 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 6: back to my family. So I went back. I felt 579 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 6: like my job was not done there and it couldn't 580 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 6: have been further from the truth as far as like 581 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 6: that was true. In other words, it was true, and 582 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 6: that I had more to give. And then I also 583 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 6: had to be there for the time that I was there, 584 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 6: because then when I left in twenty sixteen, it was 585 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 6: the natural transition to then start the podcast. And I 586 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 6: don't know whether that would have happened had I stayed gone. 587 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 6: In two thousand and. 588 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 9: Nine, Yeah, that's it's just crazy how fate works with 589 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 9: life and just how it just happens, like it just 590 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 9: seems like all this has happened kind of naturally for you, 591 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 9: you know very Oh no. 592 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 6: There's been struggles, honey, that's not sugarcoat it. Struggle is real. 593 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 10: So with Rual, oh my god, yes, and even with 594 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 10: Chasing Glory, I mean the amount of time, the amount 595 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 10: Like my husband came on board last year. 596 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,719 Speaker 6: We now worked together. He's the president of Chasing Glory. 597 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 6: And I asked him because he's got skills that I 598 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 6: just do not possess. Where I can work on camera 599 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 6: and do these interviews and all he can take care 600 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 6: of so many of the behind the scene things that 601 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 6: I just his talent for that is unbelievable. And I 602 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 6: just asked him. I was like, please, like, can you 603 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 6: come on board and help me with this monster because 604 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 6: it's growing and I love it, it's growing, but it's overwhelming. 605 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 6: And he looked at me, He's like, I love the mission. 606 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 6: I love what you're doing. Absolutely. He also saw how 607 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 6: burnt out I was getting and how I just couldn't 608 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 6: handle it all on my own. And then the amount 609 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 6: of money that We've also put into this like this 610 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 6: is a labor of love. And I tell people that 611 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 6: want to start podcast, if you don't see yourself doing 612 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 6: this a for three years and it could be three 613 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 6: years where you're just really putting in more money, more 614 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 6: time than you're getting out of it, then don't even 615 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 6: get in it. Because it is not an overnight success. 616 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 6: It does take time, it does take massaging and the 617 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 6: right team. We've been through a lot of team members 618 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 6: as well, and nothing against anybody, but sometimes it's just 619 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 6: not the right fit for both sides. So it's been 620 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 6: a big labor of love. But luckily now I've really 621 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 6: feel like it being on the network is the right 622 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 6: home for it, and being on video is the right 623 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 6: home for it. And I'm just really really excited for 624 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 6: what the fans are about to experience with all of 625 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 6: these stories that are being shared and how open and 626 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 6: vulnerable the superstars are getting in order to help them exactly. 627 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 2: And I mean, you can watch Chasing Glory on Mondays 628 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 2: with Lily and Garcia. It's on the WW network, and 629 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 2: you talk about telling stories and helping people out, and I. 630 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: Kind of want to kind of go back. 631 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 2: Twenty sixteen was obviously an impactful year for you, of course, 632 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 2: leaving WW and then your father passing away. What were 633 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 2: some of the biggest lessons twenty sixteen taught you? 634 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 6: You want to get me in tears, aren't you. 635 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: We can work with that if we don't want you 636 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: to cry at all. 637 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,719 Speaker 6: Oh no, I'm just kidding now. I'm the one, the 638 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 6: first one that likes to share stories and even share 639 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 6: my own journey and be open with you know, my 640 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 6: own listeners as well. Twenty sixteen was really difficult. I 641 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 6: mean to get the news. We got the news that 642 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 6: dad was sick in twenty fifteen in October of twenty fifteen, 643 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 6: and I was going to South Carolina a lot where 644 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 6: they lived while we were trying to help him through 645 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 6: chemotherapy and trying to get him through you of having 646 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 6: bladder cancer and get them well. And then it was 647 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 6: in March that I think it was in February actually, 648 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 6: the doctors in South Carolina had said, we are out 649 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 6: of choices and alternatives and we don't know how to 650 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 6: keep fighting this. And I reached out to a doctor 651 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 6: friend of mine that I had done some charity work 652 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 6: at his hospital in Akron, Cleveland or since yeah, in Cleveland. 653 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 6: So I reached out to him and I said, look, 654 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 6: I know that you deal a lot with cancer. My 655 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 6: dad has bladder cancer. What can you give me any 656 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 6: kind of insight what I can do? And he said, look, 657 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 6: you've got two of the biggest, greatest hospitals there in 658 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 6: California where you live, that maybe they can help them, 659 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 6: which was Cityview and also UCLA, And so I reached 660 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 6: out quickly. I got all these medical records and I 661 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 6: reached out to them, and he went to Cityview and 662 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 6: Cityview at the time had this medication that they were 663 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 6: going to try. It was a trial basis, And what 664 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 6: was wild was that the day we went to sign 665 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 6: the papers for him to be part of the trial 666 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 6: was the day that the doctor literally in front of 667 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 6: us was like, oh my god, like reading an email, 668 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 6: going oh my god, oh my god, it just got approved. 669 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 6: And so it was wild to see, like a drug 670 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 6: that they had been trying out and trying out and 671 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 6: trying out and try to make it for the masses 672 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 6: to be available to get approved right then when my 673 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 6: dad was going to be receiving the treatment. So he 674 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 6: started receiving the treatment. But the problem was at that time, 675 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 6: it was too late, and so it was in July 676 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 6: that we found out. They told us he had two 677 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 6: weeks to three months to live, which you never want 678 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 6: to hear. And my sister and I were the ones 679 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 6: that were told the news. We didn't want my mom 680 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 6: or my dad to know because we just didn't. That's 681 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 6: a lot. That's a lot to I didn't want him 682 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 6: to because he was he's a fighter, he's a lieutenant colonel, 683 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 6: like he thought he could just fight right through it. 684 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:31,720 Speaker 6: And so my sister and I, you know, we talked 685 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 6: about it and we said, I said, well, I can't 686 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 6: get on another plane. I have to be here to 687 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 6: definitely help him. And it was just even going to 688 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 6: work w W saw Like I remember having to go 689 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 6: to rehearsal one time at Ringside and I went out 690 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,320 Speaker 6: there and I saw Hunter and I went up to 691 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 6: Hunter and I started crying and I said, I'm sorry, 692 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,479 Speaker 6: I just can't handle being here in the rehearsal because 693 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 6: I couldn't get my dad out of my mind and 694 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 6: He's like, go go do what you gotta do. And 695 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 6: they couldn't have been like they really were amazing during 696 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 6: that time, helping me whatever I needed they gave me 697 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 6: a break off of TV for like two weeks. I 698 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 6: think we were going through some testing with him, so 699 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,320 Speaker 6: they were really amazing. But then it was just obvious 700 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 6: I needed to take care of dad, and so I 701 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 6: took care of dad. But then that's when you know, 702 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 6: I had a conversation with him and it was the 703 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 6: whole thing of what are you going to do next? 704 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 6: And it was like, Okay, you know this idea that 705 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 6: I had, how about I do this? And he loved 706 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 6: the concept. And I'm sorry if I I'm not sure 707 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 6: if I've already told you guys this story or not, 708 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 6: because I've been doing interviews all day, but he was 709 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 6: the one that said you can do this, and that's 710 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 6: when I started doing it and having him be able 711 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 6: to watch the show in November of that year when 712 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:56,439 Speaker 6: it launched two then he passed away Christmas Day of 713 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 6: that year. I'm just so grateful for that because it's 714 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 6: like he gave the stamp of approval on the show, 715 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 6: and I feel like his blessing and his hand has 716 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 6: been on this the whole time. And I think the 717 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,879 Speaker 6: biggest lesson is to know that it is true when 718 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 6: one door closes, another one can definitely open and to 719 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 6: also listen to your intuition as to what is next 720 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 6: and to go back. Is there any ideas that you 721 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 6: might have had in the past that you didn't you know, 722 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 6: they didn't come to fruish in the past. But maybe 723 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 6: the timing is better for him now. And that's that's 724 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 6: the thing. The timing of this was way just like 725 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 6: just the perfect timing at the end of twenty sixteen. 726 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 6: And here we are now, guys. 727 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 7: And yeah, well you made it through with no tears, 728 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 7: so that's good. 729 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 6: Oh well, I have like my eyes are all welled up. 730 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:48,799 Speaker 6: Don't don't worry. 731 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 9: One or two. 732 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, that's exactly why I had my mind 733 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 2: for during that time, just because I didn't want to 734 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 2: let people hear this thirty one year old man with 735 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 2: a beard and tat udding on the podcast. 736 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 6: So you know what's so beautiful though, If anything, if 737 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 6: you guys wear Broun's episode, I don't know if you've 738 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 6: had a chance to check it out yet because I 739 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 6: just came out, but he said it. He said, I 740 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:18,680 Speaker 6: want to let men specifically know it's okay to cry, 741 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 6: it's okay to show vulnerability, it's okay to show weakness. 742 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,879 Speaker 6: It's all right to be human. And I think that 743 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 6: that's the thing we're in a day and age right now, 744 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,319 Speaker 6: that it's a beautiful thing what's happening where a lot 745 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 6: of us are being able to be more open and 746 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 6: just be vulnerable and be like, you know what, I'm 747 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 6: having a freaking terrible day, and who can I reach 748 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 6: out to? And if we can just help each other out, 749 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,240 Speaker 6: this world will be a whole lot better. And that's 750 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 6: my mission with this show. 751 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, I totally agree. And something else I think that 752 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 9: would make the world better would be another Evolution pay. 753 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 1: Per view, which you announced in twenty eighteen. 754 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 9: She actually went to and just said it was one 755 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 9: of the most the coolest, best experiences she's ever been to. 756 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 9: Do you think that we'll see another installment? And what 757 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:12,879 Speaker 9: did the event mean to you? 758 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 6: It's wild because right now on the wall in my studio, 759 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 6: I have the photo of Evolution and all the women 760 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 6: up there. We were all in the bleachers taking this 761 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 6: massive photo and it's wow. I look at that, I'm like, 762 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 6: that's a lot of women. And to think that some 763 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 6: pay per views, I was the only woman out there, 764 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 6: Like there was no female you know, wrestlers on the card, 765 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 6: and so I was the only female the entire time 766 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 6: to walk out through those curtains and to think of 767 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 6: where it's gone now is so amazing and it is 768 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 6: a testament to all the work that the females have 769 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 6: put into it and the determination. But it definitely started 770 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 6: with so many of the women before, you know, from 771 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 6: the Trish and the Leader, from the China's, from Ivory, 772 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 6: from Jacqueline, from May and Mulah, and you know, it 773 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 6: just starts with all of them that are just putting 774 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 6: their passions out there and just saying, hey, we belong 775 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 6: here too, we can offer something, and that's what I love. 776 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 6: And I think that that's the other reason why there 777 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 6: hasn't been another all female pay per view, because I 778 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 6: definitely do not want to see an all male pay 779 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,320 Speaker 6: per view again. I want to see that there's a mix. 780 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 6: I want to see variety, and I think that that's 781 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,839 Speaker 6: the thing's variety and diversity is the spice of life. 782 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 6: And so to do an all women pay per view, 783 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,040 Speaker 6: it's almost separates again, and I think that there's been 784 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,359 Speaker 6: enough separation and we can just keep doing what we're 785 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 6: doing right now and just having a place where we 786 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 6: can both be at the table. 787 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:55,759 Speaker 8: Yes, exactly, and where we're at today in society, there's 788 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 8: a big enough table for everybody, you know. Yeah, I mean, 789 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 8: and obviously from the success of that pay per view, 790 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 8: there's obviously demand for I mean, honestly that that might 791 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 8: have been my favorite pay per view from twenty eighteen. 792 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,240 Speaker 6: You know, Wow, that's really cool. 793 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,520 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's not just it's not. 794 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 8: Just the females that are wanting another event like this. 795 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 8: I think a lot of a lot of males or 796 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 8: fans as well, so. 797 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 6: And hey, it could be one of those things. If 798 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 6: the males are like really wanting it, then you know, 799 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,359 Speaker 6: give them a pay per view and be like, this 800 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 6: was you know, requested by the men out there that 801 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 6: really want to see the women kick some. 802 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 2: Ass, right, Yeah, so you could check out our Chasing 803 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,720 Speaker 2: Glory with Lillian Garcia's every Monday on the WWE network. 804 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,640 Speaker 1: Been doing this since twenty sixteen. 805 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 2: Holy crap, I mean we've already been doing this for 806 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 2: about what maybe a year two years to take. 807 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,760 Speaker 7: Yeah, it was like ten. But it does. 808 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 2: Lilian made a perfect example. It does take time and 809 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 2: money and energy to put into this thing to you know, 810 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,280 Speaker 2: to try to reap what you're say and to wrestling 811 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 2: podcasts because there's a dime a dozen. But Mondays is 812 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,400 Speaker 2: where it's at on the ww Network with Chasing Glory 813 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 2: with lilyan Garcia. So real quick, I know you've got 814 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 2: some time that you got to get to do some 815 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 2: other stuff. Where's the best place people can keep up 816 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 2: with you online? 817 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 6: Well, definitely at Lillgarcia with Lilian Is with one on 818 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,440 Speaker 6: in the middle. That's on Instagram and Twitter, Leangarcia official 819 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 6: fan page on Facebook and for everything Lily Garcia, it's 820 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,120 Speaker 6: Lelangarcia dot com. Also, want to let you know about 821 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 6: the YouTube channel and that's simple as well. It's YouTube 822 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,479 Speaker 6: dot com slash Lane Garcia and what's really fun there 823 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:39,240 Speaker 6: On Thursdays we'll be dropping what we call the Chasing 824 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 6: Glory speed not speed round. They're hot seat questions for 825 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,840 Speaker 6: our guests. They're a lot of fun. We put animation 826 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 6: to them, so check that out for sure on the 827 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:52,160 Speaker 6: YouTube on Thursdays. But then on the Chasing Glory side, 828 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 6: it's at Chasing GLORI on Instagram, Chasingglory dot com. And 829 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 6: those are the places that you get everything Chasing Glory, 830 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:04,800 Speaker 6: including the free version of the WWE network, which really 831 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 6: excites me that you guys, anybody out there can get 832 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,680 Speaker 6: it for free. And I just welcome the new listeners 833 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:14,640 Speaker 6: and definitely the ones that have been with me. We 834 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,440 Speaker 6: were close to one hundred and fifty episodes, and so 835 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,920 Speaker 6: now that it's made the transition to the network, I 836 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 6: think that people that haven't even known that it's out 837 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,320 Speaker 6: there are in for a treat. 838 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 2: Very exciting stuff and we cannot wait for every Monday. 839 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,000 Speaker 2: Like she said, Chasing Gloria with Lily and Garcia is 840 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 2: on the ww network. 841 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: It has been an honor to talk to a legend 842 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: such as yourself on the phone. 843 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 6: Oh it's so sweet. So you guys are amazing. 844 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you for and have a good evening. 845 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 6: Thank you you too. Take care, guys. 846 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 9: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 847 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 6: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 848 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 6: To stay up to date with the show 849 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:59,960 Speaker 9: Follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.