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NATHEN BLADE talks Emporium, Burridge, Cena, Project SE, UKPW, Will Opsreay, Sha Samuels & more · What Do You Call It? Podcast!

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  Hello and welcome to another episode of What Do You Call It
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  Podcast. I'm your host GP.
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  And I'm Nathan Blade, and thanks for having me on.
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  Looking forward. To our next conversation and
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  over here learn figure 2 or maybe despise me in another.
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  Light but. That accordingly inspires you,
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  unless they do attend the shows and see you wrestle live.
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  I've seen you wrestle a few Times Now and I don't inspire
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  you, but I will finish the instruction.
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  Well. You are the leader of Projects
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  SC. We've got to talk about them.
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  We're going to talk about you and your career.
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  I'll go back to what I said quickly as well about senior
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  life. So recently, Important pro
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  wrestling. They made their debut shows at
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  Bethel Green Genesis Cinema. Fantastic shows.
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  You have been featured quite well, I have to say.
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  So you was in the tag team match team with time money.
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  You did lose, but you did make a statement.
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  You did get a little bit of a damage.
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  Jackson Yeah, she made. Sure to leave a mark.
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  She made. Sure to lost the memories.
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  But I'm glad filled up. By the way bro, I'm glad filled.
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  Yeah, no, it went on pretty quick, but it didn't leave pain.
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  It would have been better if we got the championships but
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  unfortunately we didn't. Unfortunately.
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  We've got an opportunity though, but tell me about the shows that
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  important Pro wrestling, you know, we're Carnage's fight
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  design company as well. Yeah, I've.
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  Been a great boy for a few years.
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  I was trained elsewhere before I started training under Borridge
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  and and without him, I don't think that Nathan Blazer, the
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  character or the presence that you see in Ring and out there on
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  shows would have come out. I felt like I would probably
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  would have been a bit more closeted.
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  I would not have found myself, Greg, not just on, not just on
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  trainings I've had in my career. Sure sounds is another one that
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  I've had. I haven't been there recently
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  due to work and I was sidelined early this year due to a knee
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  injury. So that kind of put a backtrack
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  in, in the steps of not development, but been able to
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  try organise stuff. And then obviously being still
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  being quite young, I'm still figuring out not just who I am,
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  but figuring out the priorities of life.
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  But backtrack this all show coming together from everyone
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  from training, see all these new guys and P it's been around a
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  while. All the experienced pros like
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  Elianosto who don't know if you would like me saying this, but
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  who plays the the lizards who's always there, always giving me
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  some, some feedback, advice from about 3:00.
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  Years. Ago wouldn't come out of COVID.
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  I want to say like about. 2021. 2122.
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  Yeah. He's the one of the pros, him,
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  him, Murdoch, another pro who's no longer wrestling.
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  He's helped play men. The people that you've seen come
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  out of Boris school in recent times, they've also helped Greg
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  help help us learn how to us grow and giving us the feedback
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  and the advice. And without them I don't think
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  I'll be able to be as far. And then I learnt quite a lot
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  from training that London School of Wrestling with Shark Samuels.
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  I did tenders, I did tend everyone's session, but Shark
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  Samuels was the one that I mainly attend.
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  And how was shark? How was not a?
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  Yeast. Yeast ah.
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  Shark Samuels, I think it's. Probably someone I would.
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  Recommend highly if you had occasional Tuesday and you're
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  season pro, stood up crime pro, you're on that foot.
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  If you can shoot the message, definitely attend this class
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  because he will drill with you match intense rin psychology.
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  He will help you guide not just the ring cardio aspect but get
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  you in the motions of doing stuff with a reason, the 10 and
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  he. On top of that you also come out
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  with wide knowledge of stuff that you might not.
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  Even thought about but. Cosy has 20 plus year experience
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  along with Greg. Definitely.
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  You'll see their visions and you'll see the old school
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  mentality side of things and how their philosophies.
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  Yeah, I think that's the yeah, philosophies and just a lot of
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  stuff. Like, there's a lot of stuff.
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  That I'll think about and a lot of advice from just having a
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  conversation with Char where I've reflected and it's just
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  about taking opportunity. Not not just char, but.
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  Also great but taking opportunities and makes keeping
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  the foot on the door and I'm trying to fit the right words.
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  I'm never good. I've never good words.
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  I usually just bark in hot soph at lands as you've probably seen
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  it a few times, but. Yeah, just short it's.
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  Helped me a lot, especially when taking it to another level and
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  even some of the drills that I still try and do when I do get
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  occasion, it's amazing. And what what else can you
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  offer? He's also wrestled for NHT UK,
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  Current Red pro, world heavyweight champion, British
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  heavyweight champion, I think that's what they call it.
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  Such like big attraction online as well for people that weren't
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  there in attendance, Yeah. Like I, I, I.
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  Got worked. I generally thought he was going
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  to retire and I saw that I was. I was celebrating.
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  I think I was. I think it was.
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  What did I find? I think I was at.
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  Work. And I was literally like, the
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  sign of relief was like, yeah. What have I missed out on?
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  You know what? I mean, they're like.
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  Bare play, you know. It's like crying then east.
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  Yes, yeah, but. Definitely something on
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  hindsight recommend. I would always vouch for Shaw.
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  Man Shaw. Nice man.
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  One person I did see that has appeared in Burrage's fight
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  design and I think it was a guest coach, Will Osprey, and I
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  saw your post and it was quite an inspirational post.
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  Tell me about that moment and tell me about being sort of
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  coached by Osprey. By Osprey won the best in the
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  world. What can I say?
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  For me, I can't speak on behalf of everyone at the training set
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  that did attend that seminar, but it was amazing world class
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  stuff that I learnt. But I if I can.
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  Take a back step for a second. The reason why I meant so much
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  from me to being have that opportunity is because my uncle
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  is the wrestle who asked when he's a backyarder.
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  Not. Really.
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  Yeah, years and years ago. And so that's how I.
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  Kind of got in the foot, but I knew I.
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  Was a little kid and it felt like a full circle.
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  Meant being able to train under him.
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  Yeah. I want that dream match though,
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  that dream match I've got a lot of.
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  Work to get there, but hopefully one day it will happen.
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  I don't see why not in a few years mate.
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  Honestly. Hopefully.
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  Hopefully. Hopefully man, I might have.
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  To learn a couple couple. Flips I might have.
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  To pull out a handstand or two, you know you know what I mean.
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  But he is absolutely the same with what he does in the.
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  Range. But I like as well if he wants
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  to play against you, the stars will be opposite and I think it
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  will mesh quite well in that way.
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  I think. It will mesh quite well, but I
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  also think I'd be gassed I'd be there.
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  To stop for like a like a dog on the.
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  Summer's Eve just. Trying to get some water of it.
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  Oh, wait, wait, no. But yeah, to go back to to
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  finally get that experience and to learn under a tree and his
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  his experiences or his experiences and how far it's
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  taken him to get to where it was like image what being being
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  there from his jungle, the backyard backyard days.
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  You've told us he was absolutely amazing.
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  Like the stuff that you see now just takes it to another level,
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  another level. Now he's up there more people's
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  got eyes on it. And then being out.
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  The reason I went to AW in the first time round was because of
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  Osprey like. Is that when you best for
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  Jericho? That's the first one was
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  Jericho, but the second one's MJF and then the third one but
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  not was for Fidden Door. That's when I.
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  Went the main event. The main event It was a steel
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  case match. Yeah, like, yeah, that was the
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  half the Chesters end this match.
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  Yeah. Did you end up?
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  Did you end up? Going to that one or oh.
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  I didn't go to that one, mate. No, no, no, no.
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  Yeah. See, the first one I was I was
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  with my mate and I was like, so water's probably got announced
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  because I don't really keep up with AW.
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  I've seen the odd highlights here and I was like, God, that's
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  Osprey. Yes, I was celebrating like the
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  video is there of me losing my voice and I get the game, a
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  couple of fans there because it's like the way you just go
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  crazy for Osprey the session. Just get everyone.
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  Going I. Was mad I was fine until that
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  point but the voice was gone. But.
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  To backtrack to the seminar, sorry, let me go back to the
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  main main question. The amount of vice I know I I
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  gained from that session alone was amazing.
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  The networking opportunity as well, which is another major
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  factor, because if I remember correctly in that seminar we
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  have people come from Italy, Germany, Britain, up north,
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  further up South. And.
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  We have to have. Them.
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  Yeah, I have a lot of people. That I've not worked before and
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  might be a potential language barrier while also learn from
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  Osprey hearing the reason why he might do stuff or going through
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  these little sequences and even attempting the middle of
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  crossbody, which at the time and I thought I want to get that one
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  perfect nailed down at some point.
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  But yeah, it was amazing. It was, it was a nice, it was a
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  nice little full circle moment. And it's something that I always
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  treasure because it was just after my birthday. 2 weeks when
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  we've done that. That's not kind of get a better
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  birthday gift than that mate seminar Osprey bit full circle
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  as well with your. It's a bit.
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  Sorry, Osprey. For it, you know.
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  Is there any things by the way, of your uncle?
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  Doing the back. Stuff with Osprey, they're like
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  the harder boys. They filmed all that stuff.
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  They're back. Yeah, yeah.
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  There is, because I know Osprey, he used to get a group of
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  friends together. They used to run out hall and
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  they used to just do matches and they used to post them on
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  YouTube. There's definitely some some.
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  There's some out there. I'll send it to you after.
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  There is. There is crap for you.
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  Paul Robertson's another one. Yeah, he's good.
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  Yeah. Paul Robertson, someone else
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  that's also helped me out in my first ever battle role when I
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  wrapped up with black shorts and a tight Under Armour and white
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  trainers. I'm going to come back to your
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  baby and the battle royal and the training as well.
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  But what we'll do is rewind the box a little bit because we
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  talked about your uncle and the backyard wrestling, but let's
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  talk about you, Nathan, how you became a wrestling fan to begin
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  with. He.
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  Says you want a batch. Of uncle quite obvious because
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  of my uncle's while I've been to.
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  Wrestling when I was younger, I used to just watch with him.
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  He used to what he watched. He watched a lot of WWE staff on
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  the VHS tapes as well. And then me and my mum kept
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  moving about him and my brother gave me VHS tapes to watch.
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  So I sit there and watch and I was like, this is this is
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  amazing. And then you're.
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  Just seeing me, by the way, because you're quite young
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  still, and the fact that you got dressed in because of VHS types,
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  that's fucking awesome. By the way, it's it's a unique
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  experience. Right, like I haven't been
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  saying that. So whenever here everyone like
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  whatever, it's not about VHS tapes.
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  VHS tapes, they're like, how about on those of you?
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  Yeah, I mean, and everyone's got Netflix.
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  And YouTube. And.
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  Oh, yeah, no. So just moving about.
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  And then before even the actor wrestling in part used to sit
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  there and watch it. And then I used to go recreate
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  it, embarrassingly, in my name's living room to feed myself back
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  on the carpet, sometimes in the in the back garden, on the
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  concrete, pretend that I was wrestling.
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  If everyone asked, I had. A Wrestling in the event with
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  John Cena that's. Who won?
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  Who won? I think we might be tied.
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  I think it might be tied for the for the teddy bear there
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  somewhere. In the triple threat match love
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  it I remember the new one lived. I won her years ago.
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  I flipped myself off her bed at the bottom of the Was it the
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  football and. The headboard off and do like a
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  swan top bomb and now you won't even see me except to go to the
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  top roof and do it. It's not like the adrenaline
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  when you're young, it's like you.
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  Just you're not doing fun with them.
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  Yeah, just like you're a. Vegetable, but how many?
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  Crips, did you have to A and? AI don't know after after Oscar.
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  Actually I think the only one is when I think I threw a chair or
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  I hit myself on a little like doge.
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  Not little Dole, but like a a small chair.
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  I remember that one up the last one because of the nose.
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  But I don't know about any of the others.
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  I can find out there's that number if you want, but it's.
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  Probably, yeah, there's actually a sack number and there's a
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  diary of it as well, every injury in detail as well and the
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  minutes when it happens the. Dog.
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  The dog is just. Going this kid definitely get
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  abused. Mate you can use it for your
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  book. I'm sure you can get Abby
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  Cartwright to help you with the book as well.
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  Right. Yeah, Abby Cartwright.
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  Will she? It won't be the Chronicles of.
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  Nathan Blade or. Beatrice, Abby.
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  Cartwright, John Cena and. Then.
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  Love it, mate, love it. So you would be resting in the
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  garden causing chaos, resting John Cena God knows how many
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  times. When did you realize Nathan?
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  OK, I actually want to give this a go.
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  I want to step inside of an actual ring and I want to try
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  and make a go of this. From young.
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  From actual young. It'll probably be I want.
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  To say around the age of three, but let's put three to maybe 5
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  or maybe 7. Around that time age.
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  Master sat in the the living room one day at Manana's.
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  I just couldn't turn around and went, yeah, I want to wrestle
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  when I'm older. I want to do what Uncle Brad
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  does. And Fast forward to 10. 15 years
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  later, I'm here. So.
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  Thank you. Yeah, got it.
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  But yeah, that, yeah, I want to say 83, but the true realisation
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  is when I just first started training, I took my first couple
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  of bumps and I literally turned around to train that town.
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  I said, yeah, this is what I want to do.
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  I'm going to be here for the. Yeah, that's probably.
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  Going to scare you. They didn't scare.
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  You. No, they did it.
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  No, they didn't. They didn't.
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  And then I'll go to school afterwards.
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  And then in drama, we react to stuff and people pull chairs.
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  Like I'll play practice people before, like I actually hit
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  myself. And then people just go fuck,
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  like, what are you doing? And then generally for us, I was
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  like. Oh, I'm good.
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  I'm sorry. I'm kids.
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  It's this. Great.
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  It's just great. Across the floor like.
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  What did your drama teacher say about you becoming a wrestler,
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  by the way? She was very supportive.
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  I love that. She's very supportive.
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  There was one team that was supportive when I just started
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  trading. Name and change.
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  I will not name. I will not name the teacher.
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  But she did say and she said, oh, you shouldn't be doing that.
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  It's she used the F words. She used the F word not fuck.
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  But yeah, I don't know. And.
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  Yeah, and she's. Now it's cake.
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  It's cake still available. Yeah, you should be you should
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  be focused on some real ones should be decided productive.
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  You're like around that wrestling.
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  And at least she said, you can't you can't be saying that like
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  that's wrong to be saying you're meant to be teacher motivating
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  people's dreams. And I mean like and I was at the
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  class and then that was it. Don't blame you, don't blame you
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  and you've got the last laugh. I I get it like being a bit
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  realistic but also you should encourage people still.
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  But it's like. Yeah, don't commit fully.
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  Maybe have yourself as a backup, you know, like a job or career
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  or education. But you know, if you're going to
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  dedicate this as well, sort of, you know, be prepared for it
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  might not work out. That's fine, but not straight up
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  it's. It's yeah, don't do it.
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  And this is what I tell everyone.
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  I'd always go to, even sometimes my little cousin.
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  I always say like, just keep that like the opportunity there
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  or like at least do it. Don't tell someone to like not
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  do what they want to chase. Yeah, I get it.
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  We've got to pay bills and whatnot.
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  Cool. But don't give up on it because
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  someone says something. Like if that's what you really
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  want to do. Like always find a way, you know
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  what I mean? Like, you know, it took me a
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  while to find Greg. I trained at multiple schools,
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  still do train at some multiple schools when I get the
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  occasional opportunity, but I mainly do train with Greg.
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  But just having that foot door with my work as well because I
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  do work mad hours as you've seen me.
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  It's took us what, 3 weeks of trans?
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  Yeah, probably an end. A couple of reschedules in.
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  This, but it's kind of back and forth.
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  But you know, I'm so glad we've got this interview going so far.
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  Yeah, that's it. Took a while and like today I
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  just got back from work, changed the T-shirt on.
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  But being able to have all these different schools especially
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  open now, it's like you have that opportunity to go train and
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  learn and. But yeah, I always tell people
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  at work, like some people I work with are musicians, some do
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  acting, some do graphic design. And oh, I'm actually going to
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  speak to one of the guys at work that does graphic design and try
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  and recreate a new T-shirt design because I actually still
• 17:15
  want to get that going, but I just need to come up with a.
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  Proper idea, but just. Just all of that and these guys
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  are all coming in to help set up an event and using this
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  potentially as a network opportunity and getting to know
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  each other, but also still flash that job.
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  But they keep their footing out the door and they're still
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  chasing after it rather than giving up on that dream, even
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  though it's not been successful yet or might look successful.
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  And I've had a conversation with someone a couple a couple months
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  ago at work and one that out of town jobs while he's driving.
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  And it's like we said, would you rather be known as that when you
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  die? Would you rather be known as
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  that guy that chased your dreams or the guy that sat back and let
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  I let the wall just take over you and not at least attempt to
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  go? After it, you know.
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  What I mean like like if if you had your funeral.
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  Tomorrow, who would you rather be?
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  You. Know someone?
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  Get the stand up. Talk about good memories.
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  But yeah, this guy chased his dreams.
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  This guy went after it. This guy tried it.
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  He got his foot in the door, you know what I mean?
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  At least you know he was, you know?
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  Happy you know I. Absolutely agree because then 20
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  years later or maybe even longer, or it might even be too
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  late, you know, because of like an injury or something.
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  It'd be like shit, wish I did that.
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  I've realized it's too late now. I'm not saying like DVP age when
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  he got into wrestling, but it might get to the point where you
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  just physically cannot do it now.
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  And you've. Got to wish I did that, but at
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  least you've given it a try. I'm not saying you, but I'm just
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  in general like the conversation we're talking about now.
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  Yeah, because I think you're still young.
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  You're. I think you're doing really
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  well, to be fair, mate. Like I've reinvested your
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  performances live and then I've been keeping up to date with you
• 18:38
  in general. I think I shook your hands at
• 18:40
  the first show. Just.
• 18:41
  A couple of times, yeah, I've always tried all the others and
• 18:43
  then I was just like there and then and then I think you post
• 18:46
  this like with what was. It I think you post like with
• 18:47
  Greg. How are you there?
• 18:49
  I've got a special announcement for my next.
• 18:51
  Guest. I'm the Prince of Peckham, Tyler
• 18:55
  Walker. I'm now caring at what do you
• 18:57
  call podcast? Yeah Head.
• 19:06
  Yeah, No, I think it might be Tanner or Greg and you and I.
• 19:10
  Literally did that. I think I was with Tyler at the
• 19:12
  time. Still hate Tyler by the way.
• 19:14
  So love, hate relationships. Everyone got love, hate
• 19:16
  relationship. What do you?
• 19:17
  Think about that. Attacked him, by the way I was.
• 19:19
  I watched when they met. Yeah, it took.
• 19:21
  It took me 4 months to come back to UK but not that members and
• 19:23
  that hair must have been very. Very sore, you know.
• 19:27
  My bad. Yeah, I like.
• 19:30
  I like. Oh, I knew I recognized it for
• 19:34
  somewhere, but I wasn't paying attention and I and I felt so
• 19:38
  guilty about it and they just laughed at me.
• 19:40
  I was like, I was like, what do you want to do, man?
• 19:43
  Like, you know. Terrible.
• 19:45
  I have terrible memory with everyone because you know.
• 19:47
  For me, I always see a. Lot of faces and I even do it
• 19:49
  with people at work and I will literally constantly keep
• 19:53
  reshaking my hand and going. Nice to meet you.
• 19:56
  Bro my name, my name. My name's.
• 19:59
  All right, mate, Blake, thanks. I like, look at me.
• 20:01
  I was like. Podcast.
• 20:03
  Oh, you're all right, Yeah. So.
• 20:07
  My apologies for that. I should I should have done my
• 20:08
  research. Now how about?
• 20:09
  You're blessed, mate, you're blessed.
• 20:10
  All good. We will.
• 20:11
  That will. We'll make a call of it next
• 20:13
  show. Emporium.
• 20:14
  Maybe another company I'm going to, we will get fired.
• 20:18
  No, no handshake. Invisible handshake.
• 20:22
  First handshake on the podcast. History, baby, History not.
• 20:27
  Cutting out but I won't reveal what we said, what we did cut
• 20:29
  out but there's a good advert there just a few more questions
• 20:33
  My bad. Oh God.
• 20:34
  Sniffing again that one is the man flu just Yeah that's what
• 20:38
  you do but yeah we'll. Be caught in the bed in a bit.
• 20:42
  Once I finish this interview after, I'm going to shut my eyes
• 20:46
  off. But what I'm going to say mate,
• 20:48
  is we've discussed earlier about the training, but you touched on
• 20:52
  the debut and I love asking British wrestlers especially
• 20:56
  about their in ring debut because you get all sorts of
• 20:59
  stories. And you mentioned about, was
• 21:01
  that about a royal? It was about.
• 21:03
  A royal, but I don't. Technically count that because
• 21:05
  looking back on it, no gear trainers.
• 21:09
  I. Wasn't ready and I know that so
• 21:13
  and I do apologise that about that.
• 21:15
  So I was in the run far fair, but if we don't talk about
• 21:17
  actual in Hall debut wrestling, Rumble Wrestling April 1st,
• 21:22
  2023. You know, the day that is I've.
• 21:27
  Covered. I've covered it April 1st.
• 21:29
  People know the maybe the month but never the date.
• 21:33
  But that's the proper official debut, yeah.
• 21:35
  And then I had the whole month of actually getting on shows and
• 21:39
  then sort that down. And then Project SE Teller,
• 21:42
  walking in his debut, picked up a bit.
• 21:45
  And it's kind of. Slowed down but that's cause
• 21:47
  injury and I'm prioritizing saving, getting a car and trying
• 21:52
  to sort myself out before get pushed pushed properly back out
• 21:56
  there. But yeah April first.
• 21:58
  I did 2 shows that day, my first ever.
• 22:00
  Double. And so.
• 22:03
  The morning was a rumble was a rumble for.
• 22:06
  Rumble, I thought. I couldn't wonder why I came.
• 22:09
  In I hit a couple moves. And for whatever.
• 22:11
  Reason in a small ring I said to and you can find this on YouTube
• 22:15
  by the way, and I snapped mare. I think I snapped the KM lane.
• 22:20
  I think it was KM lane. I want to say I'm sick shore.
• 22:23
  I sitting there in the middle in the middle of a patch rig and I
• 22:26
  walk away. I walk away from you and I don't
• 22:29
  and I, I look back on that and I'm like, like, you know that
• 22:32
  being like, do you ever? Look at sort of wonder what goes
• 22:34
  on inside their heads. Yeah, just like hello, is anyone
• 22:37
  there? Just why?
• 22:39
  And then and then, yeah, I think, I think that it was it.
• 22:46
  It wasn't him. I do apologize, but it was
• 22:47
  someone. And then later that evening I
• 22:52
  woke with the rest of the call, Shamu and I went to another show
• 22:56
  and I forgot to book someone and there was an opportunity and I
• 23:01
  got opportunity to make my debut and I worked.
• 23:03
  I worked a single and I worked a 10 match that night and I can't
• 23:07
  fake enough for that experience and playing the baby Facebook.
• 23:13
  I don't like people liking me. It's weird it's really got 2
• 23:17
  but. And I can tell you're having fun
• 23:19
  with it as well. It's fun just getting a
• 23:21
  difficult for you for like, you know?
• 23:22
  Like. What are they not the love I
• 23:25
  remember the first ever. The first ever theme song about
• 23:27
  counting it for singles, man debut singles was Making My Way
• 23:32
  to Amarillo. That's your theme song.
• 23:36
  That was the first news site ever used.
• 23:38
  I didn't get interest. Who did you piss off that day?
• 23:44
  Probably everyone and a. 1000 their grand, 1000 they're.
• 23:47
  They're ancestors probably, but that's the first ever few so
• 23:51
  that I got given I don't know, I kind.
• 23:54
  Of like it because it's just so just not wrestling, but it's so
• 24:00
  it. Worked, but it worked.
• 24:01
  It worked. I was.
• 24:02
  Going to say like it's because everyone knows the.
• 24:04
  Song and the crowd enjoyed it. But it took hard to.
• 24:06
  Get but I think, 'cause it's my debut as well and she felt weird
• 24:10
  for me and she wasn't like, which is like honest time.
• 24:13
  I'm new. But that.
• 24:15
  Will always be my favorite thing and I have an opportunity like
• 24:19
  always working Rumble was always fun time.
• 24:21
  I always enjoy working them working with them and same with
• 24:25
  U, KB, W and all the other companies.
• 24:27
  But Rumble is where I'm in my debut and it it was just a fun.
• 24:32
  It was just, it was just a fun experience because then I
• 24:33
  started growing into it and. Then my way back, I'm going
• 24:35
  after the world. I'm going thank you my way to
• 24:37
  have just having a blast. I'm.
• 24:40
  Not going to stick to the rest because of copyright.
• 24:44
  It's. Just that too good of a singer.
• 24:49
  You can YouTube it if you don't know the song, but I'm pretty
• 24:51
  sure you will. I can actually.
• 24:53
  You know, some Americans might be like, Oh my God, Like what?
• 24:55
  Oh my God, what's that? With a Starbucks coffee as well,
• 24:58
  you know. Is that Taylor Swift like?
• 25:00
  No, no. It's not Taylor Swift, man.
• 25:04
  Oh, who is it? Then I don't know that.
• 25:06
  Must come to my American audience.
• 25:08
  I do love you, I do love you, but I love the Congo more.
• 25:12
  I'm still charting very high there.
• 25:13
  They are great listeners still in the.
• 25:17
  Top. Top 10?
• 25:21
  Well, the UK. Yeah.
• 25:23
  We need some, we need some much more love from the UK listeners
• 25:25
  out there. Why Are you ready UK?
• 25:27
  UK man where got a show to the top.
• 25:29
  Dogs, man, let's. Let's push up there, push up the
• 25:31
  rankings. Come on, let's what do you call
• 25:35
  it podcast, Some love, some love.
• 25:37
  Nathan knows that is some self emotion.
• 25:38
  I love it. I love it.
• 25:41
  Nathan. I've got a few more questions to
• 25:42
  ask you and then I'll let you enjoy the rest of your day
• 25:44
  because they've been working as well and this man flu is slowly
• 25:47
  catch up with me. I'm going to ask you about your
• 25:49
  career highlights so far because you're very early in your
• 25:52
  career, but you've been around for a while and I think you've
• 25:55
  got your head screwed on and you seem to be having fun with what
• 25:58
  you do and you see it in the ring. 3 highlights, the first
• 26:03
  one will be British Wrestling Revolution PWR got to work there
• 26:09
  last year in November I want to say travelled up to Grimsby,
• 26:14
  which was fun yeah travelled up to Grimsby and it's their setup
• 26:20
  has such professional setup. They have the probably like LED,
• 26:26
  the lights, the barricades, the ring, the look of a high
• 26:30
  production value company to me. They are the Red Pro and
• 26:35
  progress. Of the north so if you don't
• 26:39
  watch. Any content?
• 26:39
  Before. If you don't watch the any
• 26:42
  content before, go check them out.
• 26:44
  They've got some great boys up there, great woman, always
• 26:48
  putting on good cards and I've got to be part of one of their
• 26:51
  biggest shows that they ever produced.
• 26:54
  They saw about 1000 tickets or it might have been 1000.
• 26:57
  I could be completely wrong. Grisby Auditorium and I've got
• 27:00
  to be a part of the pre show match with being a room with Kid
• 27:03
  Lycos, Rob Drake, Harman, Dan was in that ring.
• 27:09
  Ken Par, Who's? Tearing it up this year, by the
• 27:11
  way, I keep seeing everyone on my feet, which is amazing to
• 27:14
  see. And those are just four of the
• 27:18
  names that was in that match that by a royal match.
• 27:20
  And then just me. It was Nathan Blade, you know,
• 27:23
  top dog represent. London, not just like.
• 27:26
  I mean compared to kid Lycos and.
• 27:30
  And all the boys up there. But it was such a nice
• 27:33
  experience. I've got to learn from all of
• 27:35
  them, had a blast and I think they're a product you should be
• 27:39
  checking out, especially if you're up north.
• 27:42
  Go support them. I know you will know about the
• 27:44
  the north north wrestling. Is it OTT?
• 27:47
  No OTT's Island. I've only got vessel islands
• 27:53
  TNT. That's not one TNT.
• 27:56
  They have TNT North and at the main.
• 27:59
  Two you will hear about. Got you got British rest in the
• 28:01
  Revolution, like just just just check them out like they are
• 28:06
  you. You will not be disappointed.
• 28:08
  I remember sitting there, sitting there watching Robbie
• 28:10
  Knight Junior versus Robbie X and that was a good match.
• 28:17
  Even that still cave match that they had Woolcrush or Samuels.
• 28:22
  There's a couple of other people quite Raw was in that match over
• 28:27
  the violence party. I'm not going to make all the
• 28:30
  names. Can't offer a bit much, can't
• 28:33
  offer a bit more than that, so definitely go check them.
• 28:37
  Out to them. The other career highlight
• 28:40
  would. Be make management from a snake
• 28:43
  and this is crap monster like UKPWI.
• 28:45
  Hate snakes? I did too, but it was it.
• 28:50
  Was an experience. That you could tell I'm actually
• 28:51
  terrified. Like the picture looks like I'm
• 28:54
  terrified. Yeah, trying to think career
• 28:59
  high last. There will be loads for UKPW,
• 29:05
  but the main one I'll pick out from that.
• 29:07
  I don't want to try to pick loads from one place because I
• 29:10
  thought that would be a bit. I'm trying to make it spread and
• 29:12
  even just because I feel like that will bring more diversity
• 29:16
  and no favouritism, which I don't ever want to be seen for.
• 29:19
  But I do have loads of favorite memories for UKPW as well.
• 29:23
  But my favorite one would be the six man tag project SE Tyler
• 29:30
  Walker, David Blade and Ty Money versus Tommy Tanner.
• 29:35
  Rice Snyder and Craig Ryan. Just feel the fact.
• 29:39
  I think Craig spoke about this match.
• 29:41
  Yeah, it was. This is the.
• 29:44
  Reason why I host people. Are training on a regular basis.
• 29:47
  My second match was the second show of that day on a whole week
• 29:50
  half time tour. You've got this is awesome chant
• 29:53
  after Wrestle Maverick Mayhew for Rumble early in the morning
• 29:56
  and then on top of the ice. And the cake for that match for
• 30:00
  me was the fact that Greg was there watching it.
• 30:04
  Don't tell me I said that, but having Greg Boris sitting there
• 30:08
  at the back watching it repeatedly showing with again,
• 30:10
  this is awesome chant from the audience.
• 30:14
  I was on the outside when they started chanting that.
• 30:16
  I almost generally teared up because it's like a heartfelt
• 30:19
  moment, because you can't. It's something you can't write
• 30:22
  up. You can't write up that.
• 30:24
  Experience of having your coach so much time and effing you,
• 30:29
  helping you become who you are and just being there to
• 30:34
  experience it like that means, you know, not a once in a
• 30:38
  lifetime opportunity, but it's it was just so unexpected to
• 30:42
  walk. To that day, softy at the end of
• 30:45
  this conversation, I'm. Not soft, I'm not soft.
• 30:47
  I'm not soft. I'm not soft to the boys.
• 30:50
  Yeah, that would be enough here in Metro Man.
• 30:55
  And then the other is whenever I get to be on Tyler Walker,
• 31:01
  whenever I get. To beat him up, I'm.
• 31:03
  Not going to encourage his because Tyler Walker is a very
• 31:05
  good friend of the show, so you're he could be a very.
• 31:08
  Good friend, but he could be a bit annoying if you could be
• 31:10
  going to admit that, right? No, I mean we should always try
• 31:13
  to blame me and say I have permission to keep keep.
• 31:15
  Keep. You might be doing better now.
• 31:18
  Oh yeah, so am I, but I. Can't.
• 31:20
  I can't talk. Football moment.
• 31:21
  Man, I'm all about golf. Home about Tiger Woods.
• 31:23
  Oh God. That's that's my I've.
• 31:26
  Tried. To get into it.
• 31:28
  But it's just not my cup of tea mate.
• 31:30
  Everyone that eats tomorrow. My uncle's obsessed with it and
• 31:32
  I've tried to get into it. I've even done like a well how
• 31:34
  would I fucking watch Happy Guildmore too and I had 1/2 day.
• 31:38
  That's on Netflix, right? The new one.
• 31:40
  Yeah. New one that's on Netflix, Yeah.
• 31:41
  And. I've got I had 1/2 day right and
• 31:42
  I was supposed to do something the afternoon I got my plans
• 31:44
  were cancelled. I went down to a fucking goal
• 31:46
  frame tomorrow and I was really fucking bored and I was like no
• 31:48
  fuck off, done with this. Barely.
• 31:53
  I've just revealed this to the fucking podcast, but here's what
• 31:55
  it is. I mean, I've been trying.
• 31:57
  Did you not hear at all? I, I did, I would hit it but
• 32:02
  barely, but really badly. And I'll try and do the fucking
• 32:05
  swing as well and I'll try and be like trying to keep with it
• 32:07
  as well. And I was like, how do they get
• 32:10
  the technique right? And there is just so much more
• 32:12
  to it as opposed to just swinging and hitting it.
• 32:14
  But that's every, that's every sport.
• 32:16
  You know, like if from my time, watch your record.
• 32:18
  I'm like, these catches get older.
• 32:19
  He talks. About oh, wait, no, it's
• 32:20
  actually you got to remember. Oh, OK, that makes sense.
• 32:24
  And I like you. Look at it.
• 32:25
  Oh, you. Look at it a whole different
• 32:26
  like like you know what I mean? You got that appreciation.
• 32:28
  Like this film lied to me? They saw me.
• 32:32
  It was easy, man. Exactly, I want a refund of my
• 32:35
  monthly Netflix subscription. Fuck you out of sale man.
• 32:38
  Why are we doing American accents?
• 32:41
  Awesome, awesome. I will stop this conversation up
• 32:44
  Nathan. It's been a pleasure speaking to
• 32:45
  you. I'm sure I have your back on and
• 32:48
  there'll be more career hard lucks for you to brag about, but
• 32:50
  is there anything you want to say anything you want to share
• 32:54
  at the end? Let's.
• 32:57
  See one thing I like to share, you're not touching much about
• 33:01
  as project. I see.
• 33:02
  Like I said, we're going to do at the beginning, I just want to
• 33:05
  see. I love the boys.
• 33:07
  And we're coming over to take COVID 2025 the rest of the year
• 33:13
  and 2026. And hi, Lawrence.
• 33:18
  Or Jackson, you got sort of boss that we want.
• 33:20
  We'll see you hopefully sometime soon if you don't lose to the
• 33:22
  cross industries. For those Lucha Takti
• 33:25
  championships, we're coming for every.
• 33:27
  Takti Championships in the entire.
• 33:28
  UK All right, talk dogs out. Love it, love it.
• 33:34
  Where can the listeners find you on social media so they can you
• 33:37
  up to date with what going to be doing for the rest of the year
• 33:39
  and where you'll be appearing? Oh, oh, yeah.
• 33:42
  I always post on there. Every week there's a little
• 33:45
  story highlight, but the only social media that I do have is
• 33:48
  at at Nathan Blade, NATHEN Blade, BLADE.
• 33:55
  You can always find me on YouTube at only Zack and those
• 33:58
  are the two channels that you can find me on.
• 34:01
  Also have a YouTube channel for Nathan Blade if you didn't watch
• 34:03
  any highlights. Should be hopefully maybe some
• 34:05
  vlog at some point some point over the next future, but it's
• 34:10
  decided when I've got time to do that and work on it and invest
• 34:15
  in some equipment before I roll that out.
• 34:17
  Awesome mate, good luck with the vlog.
• 34:19
  I look forward to seeing it and as I've been funny for a while
• 34:22
  I'm glad that we was able to do this.
• 34:23
  Next show we will get a photo and you will remember that.
• 34:28
  I don't think I can't if I can't.
• 34:29
  Remember you off this conversation?
• 34:31
  Exactly. Is it me or is?
• 34:35
  It. Him but thanks for coming on
• 34:38
  mate. I know obviously with work as
• 34:40
  well, so it doesn't mean a lot. I'm going to provide some TLC to
• 34:45
  myself because I. Make sure make sure you we
• 34:47
  haven't. Absolutely mate, absolutely, but
• 34:51
  if you can all like this video, subscribe to the channel, give
• 34:54
  Nathan a follow, give me a follow my social media handles
• 34:56
  to have the description below. But for now, everyone have a
• 34:59
  great weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and
• 35:15
  girls, children of all ages, it's time for What Do You Call
• 35:21
  It podcast.