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Episode 144 - GLOW S2E7 - Nothing Shattered · My Third Place Pod

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Are you looking for a new podcast?
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Or maybe you just love celebrity interviews and can't get enough
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of them? On the Tis Yourself podcast, the
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Todd AKA Rob Mashio from Scrubs told me about his first time
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speaking to a group of surgeons. And I was just like, Listen,
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guys, when in doubt, the Todd's prescription for everything is
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less moaning, more boning. Or you want to find out more
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about how Joe Exotic had such a vendetta against Carol Bascom
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when she had this to say about him?
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Because I've never even spoken to Joe.
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Find out all of this and more on the Tis Yourself Podcast
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wherever you get your puppets. Last week I spoke about Susie.
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Spirit. And how she dislocated her elbow
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completely when she did a basic move such as a fun sunset flip.
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No, I'm not going to describe it again.
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It's a silly move, according to one Sid Justice, who tried doing
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the move once, and he is a big tall wrestler.
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That has been hurt in the ring, of course.
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Just ask anyone about a Sid Justice injury and they will
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squint. I remember one particular injury
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of his besides the whole scissor fight he had against R and
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Anderson. But Susie's spirit?
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She broke her elbow and that too was rough to watch back.
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Of course, I tried looking for others besides the one that I
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already did know about, but I couldn't find any outside of
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just WWE. So I went to the dark side of
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the Internet. One place where you can find
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just about anything, right? No, not really.
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I went to Reddit. Thank you to the redditors for
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coming up with these answers. They included videos.
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I'm not going to include the videos.
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I feel describing it on its own is just bad enough.
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So the first one is from Reddit. Handle ZZW under score V1.
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Rus 17 spelled virus So there's a video on YouTube from the
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channel Cyborg Punisher that was uploaded 14 years ago at a
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school gymnasium in front of a maybe a few local people.
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The company is IWA Mass, a wrestler by the name of Mickey
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Knuckles, acting like Tarzan, jumping from a few feet away and
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landing on Sarah Del Rey. Mickey lets out a loud scream
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and when the ref assessed the situation, got both of them out
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of the way for the camera to focus in on Mickey's broken leg.
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Yeah, it broke. The referee looks around and
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asked for a doctor. Fans took one look at the leg
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injury and squinted. Went away, ran off and Sarah
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Delray walked behind the camera after seeing the broken leg.
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It was disgusting. Nobody could took a look at it.
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Yeah, I'm gonna stay away from that story.
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I told this story back on April, April.
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I told this story back on episode 31.
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Vice TV had a show called The Wrestlers where this punk rock
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Canadian by the name of David Abraham from the band Fucked Up
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went around the world to take a deep dive into the world of
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professional wrestling. On February 19th, 2018, they
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aired Joshi Puto, Japan's finest wrestlers in the description for
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the episode of Reads. Damien visit Tokyo to learn why
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Japan boasts the finest women's wrestling in the world and meet
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the upcoming generation of female wrestlers.
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Damien went to talk to wrestlers in stardom and found a Co
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producer, a former All Japan woman, Rasi Yogawa, who told him
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a one particular match and story behind it.
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They didn't play it on live TV but they showed pictures.
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What they didn't think with Admin is for everyone to search
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on YouTube, and it became one of those viral shares, one
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wrestling to a fan to another. You got to see this.
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A story goes like this. On February 22, 2015, Yasukawa
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was scheduled to challenge Yoshiko for the World of Stardom
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Championship in the main event of Kurukunhao Show.
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However, the match resulted in the no contest when Yoshiko
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began to shoot on Yasukawa, legitimately assaulting her to
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the point that the match had to be stopped.
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Following the match, Yasukawa, with a bloody and badly swollen
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face, was rushed to Tokyo Hospital where she was diagnosed
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with her fractured cheek, nasal and orbital bones which would
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require surgery. The incident may received
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mainstream attention in Japan. It became known as Saisha Machi,
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A ghastly match on May 1st. Asukawa was forced to vacate the
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World Wonder of Stardom Championship due to facial
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fractures inflicting her earlier in the year.
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Jasukawa eventually returned to the ring on September 23, 2015.
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On December 1st, Jasukawa announced she would retire from
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professional wrestling on December 23rd.
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In her retirement match, Jasukawa and Kiyoko Kamura
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defeated Hauka Karo and Kylie Hojo.
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Afterwards, Jasukawa continued working for stardom as the
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manager of the Taya stable. There's an update on situation.
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She came out of retirement December 13th, 2021.
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Yasukawa team with Sado Ano against Natsuki and Natsumi
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Tamikawa at a actress Girl Lee event bringing back the ACT
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Yasukawa character in ring for the first time since her
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retirement at Year end Climax 2015 at actress Yasukawa Time
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performance mass persona named Wild Bunny first making an
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appearance. On February 13th, 2022 before
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performing as act. As actress entered its new era
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in 2022, ACT performer villas unit named Beat Rebellion
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alongside of Yano Illy and Rico Fakunaga.
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I'm reading these names right, right correctly.
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I love that August 14, 2023 ACT challenge Mikuano for AWG single
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championship. Her first time competing for
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title in years, however, was unsuccessful.
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All right, did I? Did I straight too far?
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How about an Because she asked for it, Not usually when it
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happened. It's a story of now woman
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wrestler Oscar. Another match that was by the
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way of YouTube and distributed online.
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The video was uploaded on September 30th, 2015, but the
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match happened on June 16th, 2014.
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Basically a year before she would come to the States and
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make her debut on NXT. The match in question?
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Kana, now known as Oscar and Michi Murdo.
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Fuji versus Michael Satamara and Manu Suzuki.
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If you haven't heard about Suzuki yet, he faced the mojo a
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few like a year ago. Basically, go to the episode 23
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of this show and skip over to an hour and 31 minutes and 40
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seconds and you'll get the gist of what Suzuki is all about.
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He doesn't care one bit. The match start kind of stepped
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up and wrestled. Michael for at least a minute
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and a half, kind of hits one of her deadly stiff kick to the
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back of Miko and then walks over to Suzuki to slap him across the
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face. Everyone already and everyone in
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the crowd already knew that she crossed the line about four
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minutes into the video. Everyone in the crowd already
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knew that she crossed the line. About four minutes into the
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video, Suzuki had tagged her and her partner and we see an inter
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gender match between Miko and Namuchi doing moves and rest
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holds. Namuchi finally tags in Khanas
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at about 7 minutes and 35 seconds to the video that we see
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the Zuki start to step, punch and kick Kana, and 9 minutes and
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25 seconds to the video is when Zuki starts working and shooting
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on Kana by wrenching the arm and having the appearance that he
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might break her, it's official. Everyone in the audience is
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possibly those watching the stream are aware that they are
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going hard on each other, but Suzuki was holding back, so they
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say, and it's not until you reached 1953 into the match that
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shit is about to go down. Kind of low blow.
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Suzuki slapped him stiff, kicked him in the head, butt to the
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head, even going as far as spitting him in the face at 20
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minutes and 17 seconds when you hear a loud thud when Suzuki
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head butts, kind of knocks her out, after which he just
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continues to slap, kick, punch and rag doll her across the
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ring. And even the referee got
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involved and tried to stop this match by jumping on Suzuki.
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What am I doing? I thought there was just basic
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moves. I apologize for that.
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Let's get let's get back to the basic move stuff that basically
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gets injured on someone. On September 24th edition of
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Midnight Raw in 2018, Liv Morgan suffered a nasty concussion when
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she got kicked in the face in the beginning tag in one corner,
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the Brie Bellas teamed up with Natalia Neidhart to face Riot
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squad members of Ruby Riot, Sarah Logan and Lib Morgan.
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Lib Morgan squared up against Bree and she was quickly
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succumbed to her knees. Bree did the guest kicks that
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her husband Brian Danielson is known for.
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Two kicks is all it took for Lib Morgan to lose her breath and
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put her head down which Bree accidentally kick Liv in the
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face and knocked her out. Bree checked in on her by
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covering Liv and kicked her. Kicked out for A2.
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Count. After Bree picked tried picking
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live up to take her to her corner, Tiger partners in fans
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went to Twitter and called Brie unprofessional.
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Bree fired back with a tweet of her own.
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Every match on RAW is an opportunity for us to entertain
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our fans. Our intentions are those
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superstars is to win the match, never injure our opponents.
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Thinking about Liv Morgan. And finally, how about an
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accidental punch that ultimately changed the card of a premium
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live event in just a matter of a?
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Week. On the November 12th episode of
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Raw, Becky Lynch led the Smackdown Women's Division and
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Invasion of Raw and applied the submission move on Rousey.
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During the melee, Lynch suffered a legit broken nose and
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concussion following a punch from NIA Jacks.
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Due to an injury, Lynch was pulled from the Survivor Says
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match and chose Flair as a replacement.
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The punch was just an accident but still gets talked about to
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this day. The epic shot of Becky Lynch
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subvering with the crowd and raising your hand while blood
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comes oozing down her nose will always be remembered.
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In the aftermath of the infamous punch, Nye Jack expressed her
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remorse for the incident. Speaking on Renee Paquette's
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podcast, she explained that the. Producer had instructed.
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Them to make the brawl appear real.
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But she never intended to inflict harm upon Becky.
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She admitted that she didn't even know she had hit in the
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midst of the chaos. NIA was gently scared and
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quickly apologized to Becky Lynch and even to Vince McMahon.
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She described the situation, the reality of the situation.
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I continued to get punched in the back of the freaking head
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and I was like, good Lord, I just turned around and I really
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just like go clear the the person, whatever angles I showed
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my face was enclosed. I didn't punch her, but it did
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connect. I didn't even realize I was
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Becky. I only thought it was Lana.
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Then I look around and I'm like, Oh my gosh, there's blood
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everywhere, she added. Then I look and I'm like, oh
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crap, Becky's down. Then we go to the segment,
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everything happens and I'm like, shit, that was me.
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Like, I was like, oh crap, get backstage.
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She got taken up to medical immediately and I'm worried
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about her, like, what's going on?
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Then I'm also freaking out about they're slowly replaying it.
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NIA then revealed both Vince and Becky's reactions.
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I went to Vince and I was like, I'm so sorry.
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He was laughing and he was just like, well, it's not valet.
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So then I walked away. I was like, leave it alone.
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Then I'm like, texting Becky, making sure she's OK and she's
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bugging that shit out of her. And of course she's like, oh,
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that's fine. Becky lynched in a separate
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interview with Ariel Helwani, revealed a physical toe of the
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punch, noting that it results in the broken nose and the
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concussion. She said.
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I got severe concussion. I broke my nose, so I was in the
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hospital that night after the event, so I completely blacked
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out after I got hit right, but I rolled up to the ropes and got
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back up again. I guess my autopilot kicked in
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and I smashed half a frog. Including Ronnie.
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Ronnie. So it turns out that my
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autopilot is a badass too. None.
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Welcome back to the show, My Cold Vibes family.
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I'm kidding. My father's behavior.
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Squad, rise up. I'm EVO and you are listening to
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episode 144 of The Most Important and Consistent Thing
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in my Life. Welcome to another awesome show
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where I bring you movies and TV show reviews while doing it from
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under the apron before I get to glow.
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I mentioned a TikTok that has gone viral a few weeks ago and I
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added my own twist to it about being a podcaster.
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You know, I happen to have gotten a lot of good reviews for
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that one. I'm telling you this because
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over the weekend I was sent another video.
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I will have the link in the comments to that video so you
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can go watch it. The video is called Quantum
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Reflection and the main creator of the video is talking to his
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younger self, reflecting on how how far he's come all the way.
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All the while his younger self is in awe of everything his
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older self has done. I do want to talk about the
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opening line of this video. The creator King Odd is talking
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on the phone with probably an editor for a film they are
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making, possibly about his life. He says if I cut that, the third
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act falls apart. The protagonist has to go
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through this journey, that's the whole point of the film.
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He's annoyed by cutting that, but he tells the person on the
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other end that he will note it and is a bit of sarcasm and says
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great talking to you. Obviously I'm going to do this
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video and I was waiting until I hit the 10K mark, which I'm
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closely there at the moment. I'm sitting at 9980.
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If anything, I'm going to celebrate this weekend and
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you'll know how I do celebrations.
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Back to this video. The opening line gave me a
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flashback. It triggers.
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Some memories. I was sitting there watching it
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over and over, thinking that this was going to affect me.
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The opening line made me think of when I started watching
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wrestling. If you don't know the story, go
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back to episode 11 where I talk about the origin of my story.
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Go back to me saying that I left in the middle of a fight between
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my mom and step dad and find a safe face with my next door
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neighbor whose son introduced me to my three favorite things.
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Comic books, horror movies, and wrestling.
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That's the story I can't cut because of that.
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I fell in love with wrestling because of my parents arguing
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and me just going next door. I was in love with this thing
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I'm talking to you about to this day.
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Because of that, I decided to talk to my friends about
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wrestling, watch shows about wrestling, become involved in
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wrestling. I even was about that backyard
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wrestling life until I wasn't. For those that don't know, I'm
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in the opening sequence of a cult classic movie about
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backyard wrestling called Backyard Dogs, starring as a
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Black Power Ranger himself, Walter Emanuel Jones and
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professional wrestler Craigie Kazarian.
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Look it up. Because of that one moment in my
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life, I met incredible friends that love wrestling.
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I met wrestlers one I had a dance battle against Grandmaster
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sexy Brian Christopher. One of them was my childhood
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favorite because people said I look like him X pop.
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One of them was the first wrestler I ever met face to face
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and he put me in a submission mood because I said I didn't
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have any money for an autograph. But I.
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Still wanted a picture? With him anyway.
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And he has recently just passed away.
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Virgil and the other legend who I met at a meet and greet in
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2008 and was the best time of my life because I dressed up as him
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on Halloween in 1998. Ten years.
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He recently retired this past week.
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Sting. So yes, that opening 9 right
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there in that video gave me flashbacks of of all the awesome
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things I ever did with friends that involved wrestling.
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The rest of the video is the creator talking to his younger
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self, young him, asking old him if he gets to tell stories,
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their stories and the older him is about to cry and say yes.
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And. He also has a story that younger
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him wrote and that older him is using at the moment.
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A couple months ago I was cleaning out stuff and I found
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printing out stories that I used for wrestling E fed side quest
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time. I know it's a story that could
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be used for another episode but I wanted to tell you this.
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Since 1998 I used to write if you haven't heard the bonus
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episode where I talk about my Co host where I talk with my Co
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host Babel about music. You should go now.
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In one of those I talk about an English.
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Teacher who told me I have a gift.
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Because I changed two song lyrics to talk about a subject
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that he had asked us to do as a project, and that was peace, he
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told me. I'm a good at writing and to
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keep doing it because one day I was going to do something with
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my life. Years later, the Internet.
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I'm in a wrestling chat and this guy is asking if I ever heard of
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an event or whatever that was. I say no.
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He explained to me what that is, what it entails, the rules, the
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role plays, what I have to do. And that you get a championship
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belt if I'm good because it gets competitive.
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So you mean fantasy football? Yes, fantasy football.
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But for wrestling, you mean fantasy wrestling?
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Yes. I guess that's what you can call
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it. We call it.
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Efed this is early 2. Thousands.
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I didn't know any better. I didn't know about fantasy
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football until later. Also, I ended up doing it.
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It's about wrestling. Why not?
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I make it about wrestling. I create my own character.
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I'm in love with this. This is what I want to do for
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the rest of my life or so I think.
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I do this for at least another 15 years.
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Same character progression, growth throughout the years.
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I mix comic book into it. I create my own stories outside
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of wrestling stuff. I print some of this out and
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just leave it behind in a. Drawer to forget about.
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Size quest over. I found it a few months back.
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It was short but it was to the point.
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I will have to do a separate episode on it because it is
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something that you all would love to hear.
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Right back to the video the younger version says this is so
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cool he gets to be him. Older version says sometimes he
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wishes he could be more like his younger self.
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I felt that. I still feel like my younger
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self. I cry, I laugh, I yell, and I
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feel something when stuff happens in pro wrestling, even
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those that call it fake. Yes, I get mad.
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But over years I have chosen not to.
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Not to get to me, not to let it get to me.
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Let them, let them say it. I'm enjoying it.
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My younger self is enjoying it. Who cares?
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Younger creator asked. If they're going to be OK?
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An older version, without hesitation says yes they are.
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We are OK. I'm OK.
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We are no longer living in pain because I know my younger self
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would still be living at home wondering if you did something
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wrong, just because I like. Wrestling a little bit too much,
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I guess. Yes, we are going to be OK.
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Because I'm not there anymore. I escaped that, My mom escaped
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that. And the best part about it is
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that my mom supports the podcast.
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Her son's talking about the thing that he loves.
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Why not? His younger self says everything
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counts and he disappears back to his era.
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His old self is reflecting. The screen slowly turns to black
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and he adds into words. You're the future your younger
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self hoped for. Those words weren't true.
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I was a kid doing wrestling in the front porch and not caring
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if I got hurt by a doorknob to the face which busted my lip.
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Yeah, I was already living in pain at home.
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Why not? Might as well, right?
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Go for it. As the kids now, these days say,
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yellow. I didn't care.
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I was a kid at school saying how much I wanted to be a wrestler.
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I was a kid at school saying that my dream was to be in a
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ring. I was that kid whose best friend
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showed him a videotape of him backyard wrestling with his
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other friends, and I excitedly said yes.
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I want to do this pain. I was that kid who, on April
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29th, 2001, experienced his birthday by being in a real ring
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and wrestling with his best friend.
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I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday.
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This is over the epic enough. I wanted to enjoy this moment.
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I was that kid who was an adult, got a podcast and want to talk
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about things that he loved wrestling.
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And last year I was that kid who was an adult pointed at the sky
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like there was a WrestleMania poster and said that I was going
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to be there one day and be picked to ask the question to
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the wrestlers at the post interview.
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I'm still shooting for that shot because I'm still that kid.
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Hi everyone. I'm Lisa.
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And I'm Dawn. And if you've ever watched a TV
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show and thought to yourself, Oh my God, that season finale plot
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to us was absolutely bonkers. Or seen a movie and thought,
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wow, I need to talk to somebody about this train wreck
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immediately. Then we think you'll fit right
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in with our podcast. I hate it.
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Let's watch it. We watch TV shows like Riverdale
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and Emily in Paris and movies like Deep Water Killer Sofa
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they deserve. It's basically group therapy for
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For those that are new. This is a recap and review
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episode of TV series GLOW on Netflix, a show about the
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Gorgeous ladies of Wrestling that was set in the 80s.
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During the episode I will have bits of trivia here and there
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with additional interviews from the creators, directors or stars
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of the show throughout the years.
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You know how I do it? Oh no, it makes for an awesome
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episode. If you haven't yet watched GLOW,
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I suggest you do so and follow along as I recap and tell you
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what I saw of the episode. And if you haven't yet, check
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out episode 123 where I talk about the first season and pilot
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episode of GLOW. If you want to go back and
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listen, this is season 2 episode seven of GLOW on Netflix titled
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Nothing Shattered, directed by Sean Hitter who directed season
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one. Episode 8 Maybe it's all disco,
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Sheila's birthday and Ruth getting an abortion.
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Written by Sasha Rothschild. Season one Episode 4 The Dusty
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Spur where we meet Carmen's wrestling family, her father,
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her father I can't, her father and two brothers.
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They all move into the hotel and Ruth continues to have problems
25:39
with her character. And she also wrote Season 2
25:42
Episode 3 Concerned Women of America, The one where they do
25:45
APSA with Justine. Ruth and Russell try to go on a
25:49
date with, but it's Sabotage by Debbie.
25:54
Synopsis After an injury on set, Sam and the wrestlers rush to
25:58
the hospital and wait anxiously for news.
26:00
A long, simmering feud finally boils over.
26:05
It's the same night as the last episode.
26:07
It could have been an hour episode, but they went with 30
26:09
minutes for a total of 10 episodes every season.
26:12
The whole episode takes place overnight, about after the
26:15
wrestling show has ended. The code opens starts off with
26:20
no music, as the last episode ended with no music during the
26:23
credits either, but he immediately goes into Ruth,
26:26
writing in pain and holding onto her ankle.
26:28
Everyone's in shock. The last episode ends with Ruth
26:32
yelling out, calling out Liberty Bell's real name, Debbie.
26:39
Debbie realized what she's done and goes to check in on Ruth,
26:42
but he stops her and he checks in on her instead.
26:45
Bash continues to announce, not knowing if the situation is real
26:48
or not, saying the referee is checking now it's Zoya pulling
26:51
all our legs. Or maybe it's time to call a
26:53
pair of professional paramedics. Keith leans into the rope and
26:58
tells Bash that this is real. Shut up.
27:00
She's really hurt. Keith asked Sam if they're
27:03
stopping this match, not knowing what to do.
27:04
Russell puts his camera down to record, but Sam continues
27:08
recording. Having that, the show must go
27:10
on. Mentality.
27:12
That you see in all of his directors and or wrestling
27:15
promoters. Russell gets in the ring bash
27:19
again, not knowing if he should stop announcing.
27:21
Announce to the crowd that here. Comes the camera guy.
27:25
Russell checks in on Ruth and Keith continues panicking,
27:29
saying if they should stop the match or call the paramedic.
27:32
Russell picks up Ruth, telling her that he got her.
27:34
He tries to go to the Ruth, but doesn't know how to get out of
27:36
the ring while holding Ruth, so he gently places Ruth down.
27:41
Let her get out. And then he gets out to carry
27:43
her out of the ring and out of the arena.
27:45
All the meanwhile, it's Sam that's still recording and
27:47
catching the whole scene. Bash continues to yell, saying
27:51
that this is ugly stuff. Zoya may never be able to goose
27:54
step her way through Red Square ever again.
27:59
The fans look confused, not knowing this part of the show or
28:02
not. Debbie's in the ring, worried
28:04
that she may have messed up. Bash tells the fans not to
28:08
worry, to sit down. The crowd clap their hands
28:10
outside, though. Russell looks like he's going to
28:14
his car to take her to the hospital.
28:17
But he stopped by the rest of the girls and Melrose, who calls
28:20
him officer and a gentleman that he can put a root in the back of
28:23
her limo. Russell says.
28:26
He can drive her, Jenny says. That's sweet, but they're her
28:28
friends. They got it from here.
28:32
They try to place Root in the limo without hurting her, but
28:34
she's still in pain. Sam comes out to the parking lot
28:38
and asks what the plan is. Cherry says Valley generals on
28:41
San Fernando. Melrose says no, she's a Jew and
28:45
she's driving, so they're going to Cedars.
28:49
Cherry yells. That be in traffic for hours.
28:52
Carmen asks Ruth, where does she want to go?
28:54
Ruth cries that she don't care. She's in pain, Sam says.
28:57
All right, all right, let's just go.
28:59
To close one, He turns to roots and tells her to look.
29:02
Hey, you're going to be fine. It's probably nothing.
29:04
Sam tells him to get in the car. But be careful.
29:09
Russell tells him they'd be right behind him.
29:11
Sam and Russell both watches the demo, drives off.
29:13
Sam turns to Russell and tells him he could have carried her
29:16
too, you know, but someone had to.
29:18
Shoot the show right. Sam walks his car, annoyed by
29:23
what the Cam his cameraman just did, which was the right thing.
29:28
Russell looks upset and the Globe logo finally appears on
29:30
the screen, making this the longest cold open on the.
29:34
Show Ruth and the rest of the GLOW girls finally arrived, the
29:40
hospital sterile in their wrestling uniforms, being stared
29:44
at by staff and other people. Ruth is being brought in on
29:48
Carmen's back already goes to get a wheelchair.
29:50
Cherry says she's going to check them in.
29:53
Ruth sits down in the waiting room and she'll ask if she can
29:55
lick her wound. She says saliva helps blood
29:58
clotting. Meryl says she's not even
30:01
bleeding. Sheila says that she might be
30:03
bleeding internally. Jenny tells Sheila that she's
30:07
freaking Ruth out. Melrose goes into her purse and
30:12
gives Ruth a Valium. Ari brings the wheelchair to
30:16
them. Ruth has finally stopped crying,
30:18
looks up at all the girls that stare back at her.
30:20
They are all there for her. In solidarity, Ruth asks where's
30:23
Debbie? Where is Debbie?
30:26
Debbie is taking a shower to gym.
30:31
She stands there taking all the hot water in bash walks right in
30:34
with Liberty Bell's American flag costume.
30:36
Enjoy his long Russian stable fur coat.
30:39
He realizes Debbie's naked and taking a shower and says he
30:41
thought the place was empty. He looks the other way, but not
30:45
really. He keeps staring at her and
30:48
tells her they look took Ruth to the hospital.
30:51
Stand with them and each day behind to clear the audience.
30:53
He tells her he will leave, but she says it's fine.
30:56
He can stay. As she walks over to grab her
30:59
towel, he still continues to try not to stare, but stares no
31:06
emotion on her face whatsoever, though.
31:10
Bass starts to tell her story about convincing his mom to fly
31:15
him to New York so he can watch Bruno Sammartino fight Stan
31:17
Hanson. It was at Madden Square Garden
31:20
halfway through the match. Hanson did his body slam.
31:23
But you know Sammartino didn't lamb, right?
31:28
And he says he remembers in the papers.
31:30
The next day there were these photos of him with a neck brace
31:33
and crushed vertebrae, batch sizes, that this is his fault.
31:36
He shouldn't have pushed the wrestling so hard.
31:40
Devi tells him that they all knew what they were signing up
31:42
for, even rude batch size. Maybe it's just his brain.
31:46
Devi tells him that she didn't hurt a pop.
31:50
Devi tells him that she heard a pop.
31:53
I can't tell if that was a smart or oh shit, what have I done?
31:56
Look, but she stands there with no emotion.
31:59
All right, so wrestling fact of the episode the accident between
32:05
Sammartino and Hanson happened on April 16th, 1976 at MSG
32:10
Madison Square Garden. Matt Pender, Pro Wrestling
32:13
Stories wrote an article in a complete with quotes from both
32:16
legendary wrestlers on January 10th, 2023 retelling the story
32:21
of what happened that night. Stan Hanson says.
32:26
I was really excited that the first night I walked into
32:29
Madison Square Garden my thoughts immediately went back
32:32
to the gym when my dad and I watched the Friday Night Boxing
32:35
matches from the Garden on television.
32:37
I've always had bad visions and I remember thinking the building
32:39
was so big that I couldn't see the fans top of the grand
32:42
stands. The show itself didn't sell out,
32:44
but it drew 17,493 fans, which was still a respectable number.
32:51
Little did I know that my first match with Bruno would end
32:53
disaster. 8 minutes into the match, I hit him with my Lariat
32:57
move and put him on the mat, after which I brought him up
33:00
into position for a body slam. When I was in the Dallas
33:05
territory, I had several matches with high chief Peter Mayabea.
33:09
I did a move where I caught Peter coming off the ropes and
33:13
scoop slammed him. In the variation of that move, I
33:16
would sometimes reach past the middle of his legs to do to the
33:20
outside when I picked him up for the slam.
33:23
Since my shoulders were stiff and Peter was really stocky, I
33:26
would do it that way so Peter could slide down my back.
33:29
He could then avoid being slammed by rolling me up with a
33:31
pitting move. I went around behind him, pulled
33:36
him up to a sitting position and got a headlock on him.
33:38
Concerned, I held it for a few seconds before whispering.
33:42
Are you all right? He didn't say anything right
33:45
away. He just sat in place.
33:47
He finally said, give me a few seconds.
33:51
When it happened, I knew I'd hurt him.
33:52
But we all got we all get hurt and we all continue on lots of
33:56
times. Bruno was in great shape, very
33:59
muscular in his neck and shoulders.
34:01
All the years of weight training probably saved his life.
34:04
Thank God I was rayed up and quit.
34:07
I felt bad because he was the one that gave me the thumbs up
34:11
to come in and he was a champion, a legitimate superstar
34:15
before the media made people and he gave young guys a chance.
34:18
You know, a lot of people accuse me of taking advantage of it
34:23
after, of course, I got automatic heat with Vince
34:27
senior, 'cause I hurt the champion.
34:29
I mean, really hurt him. Had heat with Ivan Koloff and
34:33
Billy Graham and everybody else too, because they missed out on
34:36
opportunities to work matches with him.
34:38
I was a green guy, you know, But it's one of those pivotal
34:40
moments in my career and according to Summertino, it was
34:46
his worst injury and most dangerous injury, he says.
34:49
One thing I would tell you is that it was not that nonsense
34:52
they wrote about in the Lariat Editor's Note Match promoters in
34:57
the Hanson himself would claim that Bruno's injury, his
35:00
trademark Lariat maneuver that had nothing to do with anything.
35:05
What happened was he, he, we had been doing.
35:09
What happened was we had been going for 15 minutes somewhere
35:12
around there, pretty good action stuff.
35:16
The thing that I did that wasn't smart of me was not realizing
35:19
that a lot of guys were intimidated by Madison Square
35:20
Garden. I had wrestled in Madison Square
35:24
Garden every single month and headlined there 211 times and it
35:27
sold out 187 times. And this Stan Hanson was a young
35:32
guy, you know, he was a big guy, 310 lbs in all.
35:36
We were going at a pretty good pace.
35:39
I think that nerve, because Stan became good in the ring.
35:42
I think he was nervous what have you.
35:44
He was tired and I was really think nervous can do that to
35:47
you. I think that when I was coming
35:50
off the rope shooting tackles, he went to try to scoop slam me.
35:54
I think that when I was coming off the ropes shooting tackles,
35:56
he went to try to scoop slam me and he couldn't quite do it.
36:00
He dropped me on my neck and broke my neck.
36:03
Everything is a blank after. It's a good thing there wasn't
36:07
too much inside the head. My doctors told me that I came
36:11
within a millimeter being paralyzed from the neck down.
36:14
That was by far the worst injury I ever had.
36:18
When I came back and wrestled Stan Hansen only two months
36:21
later for the return match after the broken neck, the police had
36:24
to escort him from the dressing room to the ring and wait for
36:26
him to take him back to the dressing room and then to his
36:28
car. After the match, doctors
36:32
initially refused to leave release Sammartino.
36:35
They were afraid any movement this neck would cause paralysis.
36:39
Doctor Bernard Spiegel from Pittsburgh, however, got him out
36:42
of the hospital in the end when this injury occurred.
36:46
Sammartino's parents were around 80 years old and he was afraid
36:49
that news of his injury would lead him to have a heart attack.
36:54
His brother and sister had to help break the news to them,
36:56
which left both parents Barry could serve for their son and
36:59
they encouraged him to retire. Bruno's wife, Carol, was more
37:04
understanding A short two months after suffering A fractured 6th
37:08
vertebrae, Bruno was back in action where he would have a
37:11
rematch against Dan Hansen. Sammartino would go on to win
37:15
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cracked up with total conundrum. Back at the hospital, Melrose
40:23
says that it's time for Klonopin.
40:26
Argue doesn't think it's a good idea since she already gave her
40:28
a Valium. Melrose has half a clonopin.
40:30
Then Cloppin, also known as clonazepam, is used to treat
40:35
seizures, panic disorders, or anxiety.
40:38
Melrose breaks the clonopin in half and gives it to Ruth, who
40:40
takes it. Sheila yells why it is taking so
40:43
long. Her friends in pain.
40:45
Do you hear her, Her friends in pain?
40:49
Ruth tells Sheila that she's her Shirley Maclane.
40:52
Melrose says that the first pill just kicked in, a little nod to
40:56
legendary actress Angel's words in the movie Terms of
40:58
Endearment, which came out in 1983.
41:01
And you bet I have a clip, ma'am.
41:04
It's not my patience. It's time for her shot.
41:06
You wanted to stay and do something.
41:07
All she had to do is hold on until 10, and it's past 10.
41:10
She's my daughter, is in pain. Get her the shot, you.
41:16
Understand. We're going to be here.
41:17
I got her the shot. Thank you very much.
41:28
And Nurse finally shows up to tell him the good news, that
41:30
they will have a bed ready for her soon so she will take care
41:34
of her back and the rest of the Gold Squad can leave.
41:38
Carmen says not a chance. Sam and Justine finally arrived,
41:41
asking why Ruth is still waiting.
41:43
Jenny explains because not a gunshot wound.
41:45
Sheila says she's being taken now.
41:49
Justine's wardrobe punk man always never matches with the
41:52
year, but this episode does. She's wearing a gems, A Germs.
41:56
She's wearing a Germs T-shirt. Originally active from 1976 to
42:00
1980, the band's classic lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash,
42:05
guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorena Doom, and drummer Don
42:08
Bowles. Pat Smear, who we all know,
42:12
announced the front man guitar for the Foo Fighters.
42:15
Russell finally arrives and pushes past Sam to stare roots
42:18
in her face, telling her hi. How you doing?
42:21
Ruth's still high off. The pill says hey, thanks for
42:25
well, you know. The nurse says that they are
42:28
ready to take her in. Sam pushes past Russell, saying
42:30
he got her. He wheels her away, giving
42:33
Russell an evil stare and tell him his show.
42:37
Capisce. Hercules.
42:39
Russell stares annoyed while everyone smirks knowing what
42:42
Russell's about to say out loud. What a fucking asshole.
42:46
Everyone stares at him. He looks around the room and
42:48
admits her and admits he likes Ruth.
42:51
He says he was just trying to help.
42:53
Justine says he helped. They all saw it.
42:55
Sam was just stressed out. Melrose agrees with Russell
42:58
saying he is a very big asshole. She offers him half a cling op
43:02
and to take the edge off. He says no thanks, but can
43:04
someone at least call him to let him know how she's doing?
43:07
They all say yes and he walks away, Don tells Stacy.
43:13
That was so scary. Could have been.
43:14
Happened to her. Stacy says.
43:16
Or her. They both say.
43:18
Or both of us, Jenny says. It's like that movie Ice Castle,
43:22
where the small town girl with big talent is cleared into the
43:24
world of skating competitions. And then she goes blind.
43:27
Then she has to escape blind, and she does.
43:28
And there are all these roses, but she can't see them.
43:32
Jerry says Whatever. Fuck that movie hit happened to
43:35
Joe Theisman last Monday. One minute you're dropping
43:38
backwards to pass a ball, next your leg cracks back in nine
43:42
places, Melrose says. It's good that Sam was still
43:46
filming, which makes for great television, and it will probably
43:50
boost the ratings, Jenny says. Yeah, because maybe Debbie
43:54
almost murdering Ruth to save the show.
43:57
Rhonda looks like Jenny confused, and asks if she thinks
43:59
Debbie hurt her on a purpose. Everyone looks around the room
44:02
questing me as well. We got to go back to the Joe
44:07
Theismann situation and Cherry's saying last Monday, which
44:10
basically pinpoints the show to the second-half of November.
44:14
On November 18th, Monday Night Football game which witnessed
44:17
Joe Theismann's career ending injury.
44:19
After a sack by New York Giants outside linebacker Lawrence
44:22
Taylor or Lt. Big wrestling person Lt. the
44:26
tackle results in the series leg injury and Theismann never
44:30
played in the NFL again. Though the team failed to make
44:32
the playoff, they remained the contention for the entire
44:35
regular season. Next scene?
44:38
Roses in their own hospital bed, Nurse Marianas taking her
44:42
vitals, who is played by Jessica Gardner.
44:44
She voices Amy Madison on the podcast series Slayers, A
44:48
Buffyverse series. Amy Madison was the other witch
44:52
on the show along with Willow and was a mouse for at least a
44:55
few seasons. Now I want to go back and watch
44:57
Buffy and do an episode about it.
44:59
What about it? Let's do that.
45:02
Doctor Frayman, played by Jeremy Shieldis, who has played Doctor
45:06
Marty Peterson on 62 episodes of Chicago Med, walks in the room
45:10
and asks Ruth if she is with the circus.
45:15
Ruth tells him she's an actress on a show called GLOW.
45:18
He says he will have to watch it.
45:20
Doctor says they will have to cut the boot to look at the left
45:23
ankle. Ruth tells him they are
45:25
important to her. Sam says he got this and starts
45:27
on tying the boot. Each time he touches the boot,
45:30
Ruth winces in pain. Sam says he's going to go
45:32
slowly. He tells her he hasn't done
45:34
anything yet and she's crying. Stop crying.
45:36
He slowly takes off the boot, revealing a massive bruise on
45:39
the ankle. The doctor asks if she can feel
45:42
her toes or wiggle them. He places his hand on the ankle
45:45
and asks how it feels. She says it hurts.
45:48
He says they're going to take some X-rays and see what they
45:50
got. Marianne will get help get her
45:54
set up. Nurse Marianne places an ice
45:56
pack on top of her ankle. Ruth gives her the evil eye as
45:59
she walks away. Ruth yells at Sam to distract
46:03
her. Sam says he's not going to be
46:05
his regular chip herself. He hates hospitals.
46:09
Justine walks in with her hands crossed, carrying all the snacks
46:12
they could find and places on Ruth's lap.
46:14
Sam gives Justine some more money and thanks her for
46:16
bringing her stuff. Sheila comes in next and gives
46:19
Ruth another pillow and blanket, saying she stole it from the
46:22
patient next door, who's probably dead.
46:25
She says she got to run because the nurse might have seen her.
46:27
She kisses Ruth on the cheek and runs away.
46:31
I think it's time for another montage.
46:33
Let's do that. The show seems to think so.
46:35
One of the favorite songs, one of my favorite songs to sing.
46:39
Maybe because of 500 Days of Summer.
46:41
Y'all have seen that movie, right?
46:43
You make My Dreams Come True by Hall and Oates.
46:47
Ari sneaks into the room carrying two balloons.
46:49
Don and Stacy doing a ventriloquist act to entertain
46:52
her. Jenny playing with Ruth, showing
46:55
her swan origami. Sam says he made a frog.
46:58
As he shows it off, the Ruth and Jenny transitions over to
47:01
Yolanda, sneaking to the room and air humping the nurse from
47:04
behind. The nurse turns around and
47:07
Yolanda leaves. Up next is Tammy's reading a
47:10
verse from the Bible dramatically.
47:13
Deuteronomy 2511. Nineteen.
47:16
If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to
47:19
rescue her husband from her assailant, and she reaches out
47:22
and sees him by his private parts, what the fuck?
47:26
You should call off her hand or show her no pity.
47:29
What? OK, I'm totally taking that off,
47:35
Tammy says. It's like an action movie.
47:36
She should have read this sooner.
47:40
Up next is Rhonda doing a glow rap.
47:43
Ruth. Ruth.
47:44
That's her name. She got hurt and it was a shame.
47:49
But don't be sad. Don't be worried.
47:51
We're here to help. What rhymes with worry?
47:56
Transition over to Carmen pulling the other side of the
47:57
curtain, saying hello to my little friend.
48:02
She shows Ruth the teddy bear that she got from the store that
48:06
changes to Melrose sitting in the front of her with a
48:08
Cosmopolitan magazine, reading one of the quizzes.
48:11
You're about to Make Love with a man for the first time.
48:13
You A. Turn off the lights.
48:15
B. Turn on the lights.
48:16
C Ask what he prefers Ruth is about to answer about.
48:19
Melrose interrupts, saying. Definitely B.
48:23
If I didn't want to see them, why would I be making love to
48:25
him in the 1st place, right? Jerry's next doing a voodoo
48:29
spell on Keith and the Korean accent blood of Toad, the spirit
48:33
of darkness. Keith turns around looking like
48:35
he's having a seizure and says this sexy voodoo vixen put a
48:39
spell on me. Keith gets on his knees in an
48:42
erotic robotic voice. Says a love spell.
48:45
I'll do anything you say. Black magic Cherry says that
48:50
this is her new wrestling character.
48:52
That they what do they think? Ruth says she loved it, Sam
48:55
says. Yeah, it was scary sarcasm.
48:59
Of course. It's a shout out to the original
49:00
GLOW Girl Big Bad Mama, portrayed by Lynn Braxton, who
49:03
wrestled for GLOW at this character from 1988 until his
49:06
cancellation 1990. Like the fictional villain
49:09
Baron, somebody in the film Live and Let die.
49:13
The spirit, the split monochrome face paint is meant to show the
49:16
characters Voodoo links. The X-ray Technician, played by
49:22
Christopher Rivas, who was the voice of Matteo Hernandez on the
49:25
Call of Duty Vanguard video game, walks right in with a
49:28
wheelchair and takes her to the X-ray Room.
49:31
Back in the waiting room, Bash arrived with Debbie, who asked
49:34
how she's doing. Tammy says they don't know
49:36
anything yet. Sheila tells her they know is
49:38
that she's in horrible, horrible pain.
49:41
Carmen as that she can't walk. Yolanda says that other than
49:44
that, she's peachy. Carmen hands bashed the
49:47
clipboard for him and tells him Ruth didn't have insurance.
49:53
Bash asked. How could she not have
49:56
insurance? She's a professional wrestler,
49:59
Cherry says. Yeah.
50:00
Employed by Bash Howard Productions, who doesn't provide
50:03
health care. Bash asked how many of them
50:07
don't have insurance. They all raise their hands
50:09
except for Mel, Ruth and Keith and Cherry.
50:12
Meryl says that her parents pay for hers.
50:15
Keith says him and Cherry do stunts and don't have a death
50:18
wish. Bash says this is his
50:20
responsibility. He will take care of it.
50:22
He walks away with the clipboard.
50:24
Debbie looks around the room and everyone's staring at her next
50:30
scene, Sam is getting coffee. Artie is next to him eating
50:34
another butter, which he offers Sam, he tells her hospital gives
50:36
him the creep. Artie says she failed out of Med
50:39
school, so this place brings out a lot of bad feelings.
50:42
When she wasn't wrestling, she was studying.
50:44
She asked if he didn't notice. She was always had books with
50:48
her. He says no, but he really
50:49
doesn't pay attention to any of them.
50:52
He asked her if she can take classes to get back in.
50:56
She says she doesn't want to get back in.
50:57
She only did it to make her parents happy.
50:59
She is so tired of trying to make everyone happy.
51:02
Sam tells her that he let his mother slowly deteriorate in a
51:04
place like this, instead of dying in a beach in Italy, like
51:08
she wanted to live your best life, Mama Sylvia, he says.
51:13
He just thought that he, the game was living as long as
51:16
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51:19
Big fucking mistake. He didn't ask for another
51:22
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continuing to fill out the form. Sam and Arty arrives at the
52:59
waiting room where everyone's waiting to hear good news.
53:01
Arty hands are snacks and Debbie telling her that Sam bought them
53:04
to share. Debbie asked for an update.
53:06
Sam explains Bruce is getting an X-ray.
53:08
They think this is just a spring.
53:11
He looks around the room and tells her when she's not dying.
53:14
It's after midnight. Everyone's tired so go back to
53:16
the motel. They did a great show, Carmen
53:19
says. They were amazing.
53:20
Rhonda ads in up until the ankle.
53:24
Jenny asks if they think they will get their old time slot
53:26
back. Sam says no.
53:28
He doesn't think so. They're going to die at 2:00 AM
53:32
already as that. They will die on their own
53:34
terms, Sam as in fuck yes they will.
53:39
Melrose picks up her purse and calls.
53:41
Everyone cry, baby. She would drive everybody but
53:43
get drunk while they ice their knees.
53:45
Sheila doesn't want to leave Ruth alone.
53:47
Sam says she's not alone. Don't worry, Sam and Bash will
53:51
bring her back. They all get up from their
53:53
chairs and leave. Justine is the last one to leave
53:58
and tells her that she'll see him at home.
54:03
Debbie stays. Sam looks at her and tells her
54:05
what Debbie stays. Sam looks at her and tells her
54:12
what room she's in. Seeing changes to Ruth taking
54:18
off the ice pack and looking at her swollen ankle.
54:21
Debbie walks in her room asking how she's feeling.
54:24
Ruth says she doesn't know Melrose gave her a Valium.
54:28
Debbie says that sounds good, and ask if she has another one.
54:32
Doctor Frayman walks in with good news, telling them it's a
54:35
clean fracture. Just snap right in two.
54:37
But there are no bone splinters, nothing shattered.
54:39
This is such a beautiful break of a plus.
54:43
So they'll get her going to the cast and then they'll she'll be
54:47
in on the crotches for 8 to 10 weeks at the most.
54:51
Somebody will come by to get that started.
54:54
The doctor leaves. Debbie says that's not that
54:57
long. Ruth looks up and says the rest
55:01
of the season she won't be on the show.
55:03
Debbie says they're getting canceled anyways and it's just a
55:05
job. Ruth says no it's not.
55:07
She worked 10 years to get a job that was more than just a crappy
55:10
one line role. It's never easy for her.
55:14
She points at Debbie and tells her that she's the one that
55:16
walks in and gets whatever job she wants.
55:19
Debbie says she didn't mean to break her ankle.
55:21
Ruth doesn't believe her. Debi says it was an accident,
55:24
looks around to see if anyone's around and yells.
55:26
Unlike the time Ruth accidentally slept with her
55:30
husband twice, Ruth says. How about the time Debi
55:36
accidentally made out with her Co star Was his face at her
55:39
stupid paradise Co wrap party and she didn't tell anyone?
55:44
Debbie yells. That's completely different and
55:46
she knows that Ruth cries and says she don't care anymore.
55:48
She has eaten shit for months. She has done everything she can
55:51
think of to make this right. Debbie says she can't make her
55:55
right. Ruth yells great, then she'll
55:57
stop trying and she's so tired of apologizing about Mark that
56:01
she even tried to love him enough to stay married to him.
56:04
Debbie yells she's not married to him because he cheated on her
56:06
with her. Ruth says she never loved Mark.
56:10
Debbie yells at Ruth. She doesn't have a right to say
56:13
a word about her marriage. Debbie asked if she has a right
56:16
to talk about Debbie's power complex or does she have to
56:18
schedule a meeting with all the producers?
56:20
Debbie says she earned her title.
56:22
Ruth says right. Her work ethic is legendary,
56:26
reminding her how she sabotaged her date with Russell even
56:29
though Debbie knew Ruth wanted to go on a date with someone in
56:31
years, Debbie says forgive her. She doesn't feel bad, bad about
56:36
that at all. Ruth yells some more, reminding
56:38
Debbie how she thought Ruth should let herself be raped to
56:41
save their show. The show doesn't give a she
56:44
doesn't Ruth, Ruth, Ruth. I hate saying her name now.
56:53
Ruth yells some more, reminding Debbie how she thought Ruth
56:55
should let herself be raped to save the show.
56:58
The show she doesn't give a shit about.
57:00
Debbie calls Ruth melodramatic, saying she cares about the show
57:02
just as much as her. Ruth says no, she doesn't.
57:05
She just needed a distraction. Big surprise.
57:07
She got what she wanted. Debbie could have slapped her
57:09
and walked away. Instead, she took one thing she
57:12
got, she continued. She doesn't have what Debbie has
57:15
and probably never will. Debbie interrupts her, saying
57:17
she misses this. Ruth never has anything.
57:20
Debbie, be careful, just downplay all your compliments.
57:25
Just pretend all the things that you are so fucking hard for
57:28
don't matter to you at all, because she's going to feel sad
57:30
and insecure about her life and suck all the joy out of every
57:33
moment that you have. Poor, poor Ruth, Ruth says.
57:37
Right, Right. Debbie's a success and she's
57:39
just a disaster. That's how it's always been.
57:41
Debbie says she made never made her feel like a disaster, Ruth
57:44
explains. Every time they saw each other,
57:46
Debbie would dry it out. Make Ruth give her all the
57:49
details on every shitty audition, the horrible dates
57:52
they can roll around, all her failures and mistakes.
57:54
And then Debbie could go home to her house and her family and her
57:57
life and feel comfortable with every choice she ever made, even
58:00
though she was miserable. Debbie, who is now crying, says
58:04
she was happy. Ruth calls bullshit.
58:06
Debbie cursed some more and walks out of the room.
58:08
Ruth cries some more, covering her face.
58:12
That was fucking unnerving. Fucking hell this.
58:17
This fight sucked, OK? Debbie walks out to the waiting
58:22
room. Sam asked about the prognosis
58:23
Debbie contains. walk-ins, yells.
58:25
It's broken. Bass says he never felt so
58:28
guilty about anything. Sam tells Bass he lived a
58:31
charmed life. Bass says he thought he was
58:34
going to have a wrestling show where no one was going to get
58:36
injured. He says he destroyed his little
58:38
family and turned Ruth into a GIMP.
58:41
Sam tells Bass not to be hard on himself.
58:43
Ruth is going to go on to live a full life.
58:48
Next scene, Debbie arrives at the motel, walks right into
58:51
Sheila and Ruth's room. She apologized to Sheila and
58:54
tells her she thought she was with the other girls getting
58:56
wasted. Sheila tells her she don't
58:58
drink. Debbie asks if she can bring
59:00
Ruth some of her clothes so she doesn't have to leave the
59:02
hospital in leotard. Sheila just stands there staring
59:05
at her. Debbie says she knows what this
59:06
looks like from the outside, but she's not trying to destroy
59:09
Ruth's life. She begins to cry and continue.
59:12
This is something elaborate revenge fantasy.
59:15
Sheila asked if she's OK. Debbie says she doesn't know she
59:17
had a fiber root and she's sorry.
59:19
Sheila explains that her parents fight.
59:21
They stockpile years of ammunition and then one day
59:24
unload it all. Debbie interrupts her, thinking.
59:27
It's weird to think of Sheila having parents.
59:29
What the fuck Debbie that's not. Sheila seems unbothered and
59:33
continues. She's waiting for them to get
59:35
divorced. They never do.
59:36
They always end up back together.
59:38
Sheila goes to the dresser, takes out a bunch of folded
59:40
clothes and handsome to Debbie, telling her that she should be
59:43
the one to bring the clothes. Debbie looks down at the clothes
59:49
that was given to her and asked if she has anything cuter.
59:53
Next scene at the hospital, Ruth's room.
59:55
She is wearing a white cast. Sam walks in with the crutches
59:59
and places them next to her roof, grabs both of her boots
1:00:02
and shows them to Sam, telling him she won't be needing them
1:00:04
anymore and should give them to Justine.
1:00:08
She would make a great replacement, Zoya.
1:00:11
Sam says. He's not giving her part away.
1:00:14
Ruth tells him that he has to keep the story moving forward.
1:00:18
Sam discusses that. Who cares?
1:00:20
This TV show. Ruth begins to cry again.
1:00:22
Explain that everyone keeps saying that not to her.
1:00:25
She has people now, people who come with her to the ER, people
1:00:30
who care that she's hurt. Sam says he knows it's just the
1:00:34
easiest thing to say. He then says he doesn't want to
1:00:38
make this show without her. He doesn't want to make this
1:00:42
show without her. He's not going to make this show
1:00:45
without her. Ruth figures they were all
1:00:47
replaceable. Sam says she's not.
1:00:50
Bash walks in with markers and the copy of the bill he just
1:00:52
paid. Ruth is grateful, but says he
1:00:55
didn't have to. Bash says yes he did, 'cause she
1:00:57
couldn't possibly afford it and he felt so guilty.
1:01:00
He grabs one of the markers and writes on her leg.
1:01:04
A bash. Howard Productions Sam grabbed
1:01:09
the marker and writes his initials s s.
1:01:12
Ruth asked him if he could clarify.
1:01:14
That's not the reference. Maybe draw a heart around it or
1:01:18
something, Sam says. Wow, you're sensitive, he writes
1:01:21
in that for Francis. Debbie walks in next and Ruth
1:01:25
looks at her, almost happy that she came back.
1:01:27
Debbie thought Ruth might want to leave the hospital with pants
1:01:30
on. She turns to Sam, and Bash says
1:01:34
you may have heard Ruth and her got into a really big fight.
1:01:37
Sam says everybody heard it, Bass says.
1:01:40
Yeah, yeah. The cashier at the gift shop
1:01:42
wouldn't stop talking about it. Debbie happily explained that
1:01:50
they thought they would give him a children's never, never got to
1:01:52
finish their match, Bass says. All right, look, prior to the
1:01:56
bone snapping, that rustling was unreal, but they got to tone it
1:01:59
down. He can't afford everyone getting
1:02:01
injured. He whispers into Sam's ear.
1:02:04
He can afford two more people getting injured.
1:02:07
Devi asked Sam. What's the plan?
1:02:09
Sam says they got four episodes left.
1:02:11
Fuck it, No one's watching. No one cares.
1:02:13
Ruth can't even walk, so he figures they all do whatever the
1:02:16
hell he wants to do and set the weirdo free and see what the
1:02:18
hell happens. Ruth's hopes they all have fun.
1:02:22
Sam tells her she's not getting out of it.
1:02:24
She's like a one woman ID machine and where they're going.
1:02:28
She don't need her legs. Bash smiles and tells Sam he did
1:02:32
see Back to the Future. Sam is annoyed and says yes he
1:02:35
did. Bash give Debbie to mark her
1:02:37
next. She writes down.
1:02:39
Sorry, I broke your ankle. Ruth asked Sam if they can hire
1:02:42
Reggie back. Sam asked who?
1:02:45
Everyone groans. Sam says he's kidding.
1:02:48
Yeah, who cares? Bring the Viking back to the
1:02:50
sinking ship. Destination Unknown by Missing
1:02:53
Persons places a montage of all four of them having an epic walk
1:02:56
while Wheeling Ruth out of the hospital, which now looks like.
1:02:59
Daytime, they've been there all night.
1:03:03
Perfect ending for the episode. It felt so meta, with Sam saying
1:03:06
there were four more episodes left and this being episode 6.
1:03:11
The fight. Oh shit.
1:03:13
The fight needed to happen. That fight needed to happen.
1:03:18
It took too much, but you know, it needed to be there.
1:03:20
Like took the entire episode of it.
1:03:23
I love how the creators took advantage of it being a binge
1:03:25
where you show because I immediately wanted to know what
1:03:27
happens next from the last episode here and I cracked in
1:03:29
this episode the fallout of the out ankle breaking.
1:03:35
What else? Everyone was in the show.
1:03:37
Everyone did a perfect job and it looked in.
1:03:41
The show was this episode was amazing.
1:03:43
I loved it. I really enjoyed it.
1:03:48
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