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Brewsers #393- Eugenie · Brewsers

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Bruisers, a podcast about beer, coffee, booze, and Bruisers.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rody John, and today we talk to Eugenie.
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  Speaker 1: We talk about how she got into wrestling after becoming
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  Speaker 1: a scientist, the Australian wrestling scene, and so much more.
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  Speaker 1: She is doing absolutely amazing things in the Australian wrestling scene,
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  Speaker 1: and that scene is getting so much bigger. I love it.
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  Speaker 1: We need more wrestling all over the world, basically. So,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to hear from me, you want to
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  Speaker 1: hear from her. So, without further ado, here is Eugenie.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to welcome to the show, Eugenie. How
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  Speaker 1: are you doing today?
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  Speaker 2: Hi, I'm good.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. How are you? I'm doing well.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. That's awesome. Thanks so much for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, let's, uh, let's get right into it. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: for those listening, kind of paint us a word picture.
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  Speaker 1: Where are you at and what's going on around you?
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  Speaker 2: Um, hi, my name is Eugenie. I am the Golden Barty.
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  Speaker 2: I am a professional wrestler. I am based out of Brisbane, Australia.
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  Speaker 2: where there was a lot of awesome pro wrestling going
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  Speaker 2: on and an incredible scene.
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  Speaker 1: I love that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I've talked to some other people from Australia and New Zealand,
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  Speaker 1: and the scene that is happening there is absolutely phenomenal.
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  Speaker 1: And it sucks because you guys are so far away,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to see it so bad.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Gosh, it's so far. How long is the flight?
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  Speaker 1: They would say, I think, about 24 hours. It can't
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  Speaker 1: be that. Plus, I heard that there was a new
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  Speaker 1: plane that gets from, I think it's Australia to London faster,
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  Speaker 1: if I remember correctly. But also, that's if I was
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  Speaker 1: going from one to the other. So, yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: about 24 hours. But Australia is for sure on my
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  Speaker 1: list of places I need to see before I die.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome to hear. That's awesome to hear. Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 2: there's absolutely amazing wrestling going on here throughout the country,
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  Speaker 2: for sure. So, I hope one day you can go
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  Speaker 2: and see it in person.
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  Speaker 1: Same. Well, let's go all the way back in time.
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  Speaker 1: What is your earliest memory of wrestling?
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  Speaker 2: My earliest memory of wrestling was having my family here
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  Speaker 2: from overseas in Brisbane. They had come to spend Christmas
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  Speaker 2: and all my cousins and relatives, they loved watching wrestling
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  Speaker 2: back in Fiji. And so SmackDown, Raw, they would normally
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  Speaker 2: watch get around the TV and watch that. And so
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  Speaker 2: when they came here and I was only six, seven
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  Speaker 2: years old, they were watching wrestling and then I joined
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  Speaker 2: in and it was just an awesome, awesome first impression
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  Speaker 2: watching it. And then just, you know, how my cousins
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  Speaker 2: were like wrestling. And then, you know, as a kid,
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  Speaker 2: you get into it as well. And that's just pretty
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  Speaker 2: much where it all started.
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  Speaker 1: Where, so were you, were you born in Fiji?
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  Speaker 2: No, I was born in Auckland, New Zealand. But you
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  Speaker 2: are from Fiji.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Fiji is definitely on one of those places I
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  Speaker 1: want to be as well, because it's literally just this
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  Speaker 1: island in the middle of nowhere. It's like the closest island, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: is like Samoa and Tonga. But then, like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for Americans, it's Hawaii. But that's still not even that close.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so true. Hawaii is not close to the
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  Speaker 2: mainland whatsoever. Yeah. um it's actually more probably more closer
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  Speaker 2: to Fiji but yeah no that's exciting to hear Fiji
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  Speaker 2: is amazing it's a beautiful beautiful country with so many
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  Speaker 2: amazing lovely islands to visit so I hope you get
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  Speaker 2: to go there at least once in life yes I
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  Speaker 2: always tell everybody as well to go to Fiji at
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  Speaker 2: least once.
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  Speaker 1: Well so I heard you went into being a scientist
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  Speaker 1: before you did any combat sports whatsoever how did how
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  Speaker 1: did that all happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. I'll correct. By education, I am a
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  Speaker 2: scientific researcher. I really enjoyed studying during school. And one
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  Speaker 2: of the two options I had for myself growing up
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  Speaker 2: was either going into science or going into law. So
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  Speaker 2: I decided to pursue law, pursue science, excuse me, And
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  Speaker 2: then from there, I decided, because I really enjoyed being
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  Speaker 2: outdoors and nature, so I explored environmental science. And then
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  Speaker 2: that's where I went to university. Like, that's what I
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  Speaker 2: studied at university and built a career around before coming
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  Speaker 2: to pro wrestling and combat sports.
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  Speaker 1: So where, I mean, during this time, you know, going
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  Speaker 1: through school, because it's not exactly the being professional, a
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  Speaker 1: scientist is not the shortest of careers when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to being in university. What were you kind of doing
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  Speaker 1: to fill your time outside of, is that when you
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  Speaker 1: got into boxing and Thai boxing?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. Yeah. I would always do some sort of
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  Speaker 2: recreational activity, but on top of all alongside studying. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't, even if it wasn't, Combat sports, it would
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  Speaker 2: have been like touch football, football or soccer, which is
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  Speaker 2: what we call it in Australia. Yeah, I just always
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed staying active.
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  Speaker 1: Did you ever play rugby?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I did.
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  Speaker 1: That's definitely more of a national sport over there than
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  Speaker 1: unfortunately over here. It's becoming more popular over here, but
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  Speaker 1: I know for a fact that it is way more
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  Speaker 1: popular over there. Yeah, correct.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, definitely a very popular sport here and very
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  Speaker 2: well established.
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  Speaker 1: Well, how did you get introduced to boxing in general?
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  Speaker 2: I think I just, I actually went and signed up
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  Speaker 2: for a class by myself. I think at the university
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  Speaker 2: where I was staying, it was, they used to have,
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  Speaker 2: they started off with free lessons. And then, yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: I started those. And then I went and somewhere along
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  Speaker 2: the line, also some group of friends also enjoyed boxing.
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  Speaker 2: So I'd go with them. to their club and then
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  Speaker 2: I just kept going by myself.
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  Speaker 1: Well so when did you finally decide okay I've done
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  Speaker 1: what I want to do outside of obviously wrestling but
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  Speaker 1: now I now I really do want to continue and
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  Speaker 1: try to see if I can do this.
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  Speaker 2: I think as time went on with uh being on
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  Speaker 2: shows I understood more and more also just in general,
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  Speaker 2: anything around wrestling, I always just really found lit a
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  Speaker 2: fire inside of me and was something that I really enjoyed.
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  Speaker 2: So from the moment I actually went and watched my
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  Speaker 2: first pro wrestling training session, I was like, yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to give this a really good go and see
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  Speaker 2: what happens.
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  Speaker 1: Where did you, so, okay. So you started training in what, 2017, 2018?
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  Speaker 1: Is that what I read?
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  Speaker 2: No, I started training in 2020.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's a fun time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, COVID. That was my first time starting pro wrestling.
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  Speaker 1: How did... So did you start training before the pandemic
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  Speaker 1: happened or during the pandemic?
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  Speaker 2: I think we had one or two training sessions and
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  Speaker 2: then the pandemic hit. How?
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  Speaker 1: Because obviously New Zealand, you know, was basically... No one in,
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  Speaker 1: no one out. Australia, I think it was roughly the
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  Speaker 1: same situation, right? Like how was the, how was that
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  Speaker 1: whole ordeal being, trying to train and then also, you know,
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  Speaker 1: living through the pandemic?
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  Speaker 2: It was, um, I think it was one of those
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  Speaker 2: times where I understood a lot of things were out
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  Speaker 2: of everybody's control. So you just had to roll with
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  Speaker 2: the punches. Um, but it was quite challenging. because obviously
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  Speaker 2: you get a bit of momentum going you find something
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  Speaker 2: you really enjoy and then it's like well hold on
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  Speaker 2: guys we're gonna have to hold off on training until
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  Speaker 2: we figure out the new rules and regulations.
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  Speaker 1: Right well what did the what the gym end up
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  Speaker 1: doing with that.
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  Speaker 2: So the In Brisbane, where I'm based, we had proximity
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  Speaker 2: laws of like, okay, you can go to the gym
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  Speaker 2: or you can go do this or that sport, but
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  Speaker 2: it has to be within this distance from your house,
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  Speaker 2: no further, to prevent spreading the virus to different sections.
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  Speaker 2: So fortunately, the school was actually within that proximity. So
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  Speaker 2: they actually did hold training sessions at that time and
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  Speaker 2: we just worked around the regulations. Um, and rules. And then,
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  Speaker 2: so I actually still managed to get training in, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, there'll be times where they say, okay, complete lockdown.
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  Speaker 2: And then everybody would not be able to train. But
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  Speaker 2: at that point, like I was still managing to get
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  Speaker 2: at least, you know, a few sessions in. and keep going.
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  Speaker 1: So I read, I don't, I believe this was your
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  Speaker 1: debut match. You tore your ACL, MCL and meniscus.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. So not at my debut match, but At training,
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  Speaker 2: so I had just had my first debut. Yeah, yes.
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  Speaker 2: I just had the debut singles match and then the
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  Speaker 2: week after I had torn the MCL. And then I
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  Speaker 2: rehabbed it, got cleared, went back to training and that
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  Speaker 2: same night doing an up and over in motion on
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  Speaker 2: the way up, I re-tore the same MCL alongside with
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  Speaker 2: the ACL. pcl a minor yeah and meniscus.
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  Speaker 1: Well i mean how long did that take you out for.
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  Speaker 2: Took me out for it was uh two two and
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  Speaker 2: a few two years and a few months.
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  Speaker 1: Yikes where were you at mentally because i know that's
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  Speaker 1: you know even if somebody the veteran is going through
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  Speaker 1: that situation they're you know because of course you get
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  Speaker 1: the momentum going and you were just had your debut
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  Speaker 1: match and you were still trying to get that momentum.
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  Speaker 1: What was that like mentally for you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, so challenging. It was absolutely a new experience for me.
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  Speaker 2: It was the first time I've gotten injured in all
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  Speaker 2: of like my athletic years. And so, yeah, it was
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  Speaker 2: a very difficult time, especially, you know, just leading into
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  Speaker 2: the surgery and then trying to find the right free
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  Speaker 2: have been physios to, help work towards the goal of
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  Speaker 2: getting back into pro wrestling. I think I, but I'm generally,
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  Speaker 2: and I say this, um, knowing that it's very hard,
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  Speaker 2: but I have a very resilient mentality, um, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: able to enjoy through hard times. So I think ultimately
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  Speaker 2: it was just reminding myself at the time. And even
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  Speaker 2: the physio said, oh, look, you're, you've had a great surgeon.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to get back into pro wrestling. You just
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  Speaker 2: need to give it time and make sure you do
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  Speaker 2: all the, hit all the right markers and get the
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  Speaker 2: right help along the way.
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  Speaker 1: How did you, I mean, obviously your workouts are going
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  Speaker 1: to be completely different because you either can't or you
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  Speaker 1: got to work on other things or obviously the physical therapy,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of occupied your time while you were, you know,
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  Speaker 1: rehabbing and doing all this? I, uh.
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  Speaker 2: Work behind the scenes at my own pro wrestling promotion
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  Speaker 2: so I was still able to be around the wrestling
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  Speaker 2: I just couldn't get in the ring and then once
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  Speaker 2: I was cleared I'd have to work more so on
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  Speaker 2: the grappling side of wrestling and then I was still
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  Speaker 2: going to the gym getting in my weights I was
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  Speaker 2: able to focus on running and then at the same
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  Speaker 2: time I was studying and working still so My plate
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  Speaker 2: was full enough.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad that you were mentally able to just
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  Speaker 1: kind of get through all that because again, it's, it
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  Speaker 1: can be very tough situation for people.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Definitely. And
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  Speaker 2: I thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: Me too. Well, so, I mean, tell us about being
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  Speaker 1: a proud, is it, is it Fijian? Is that the
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  Speaker 1: right term?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. That's correct. Yeah. Look, I am very fortunate
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  Speaker 2: and blessed to be Fijian, to represent my culture, to
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  Speaker 2: be able to implement it through the way that I
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  Speaker 2: professionally wrestle and in the way that I just carry
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  Speaker 2: and present myself. It was heavily implemented into me throughout
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  Speaker 2: my childhood and growing up. to this day still. So
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  Speaker 2: I think having the opportunity and stages to be able
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  Speaker 2: to showcase my culture to the world is a huge, um,
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  Speaker 2: it's a huge blessing for me because I also never
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  Speaker 2: grew up being able to see much of that, let
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  Speaker 2: alone as well, also a female of culture as well.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it's, it's, uh, very fortunate and blessed to
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  Speaker 2: do what I do with my, with my background.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. Well, tell us a couple of things
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  Speaker 1: about Fiji that people probably would never know.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Let's see. There is no sense of time in Fiji.
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  Speaker 1: I've heard that about a lot of Island countries as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah there's a thing called island time or more specifically
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  Speaker 2: Fiji time and you go there and it's just everybody
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  Speaker 2: is relaxed and although we're all running you know on
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  Speaker 2: schedule there's probably a little bit of flexibility to time
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  Speaker 2: and punctuality another thing with Fiji is that the people
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  Speaker 2: are incredibly happy and very beautiful and laid back and
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  Speaker 2: it's an energy that you instantly feel when you're there.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's just so happy. And, gosh, Fiji is made up
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  Speaker 2: of hundreds of islands, which I don't think a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people know.
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  Speaker 1: I definitely don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, there you go. So they've got two main
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  Speaker 2: islands and then they've got hundreds of other islands, which
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  Speaker 2: generally don't, you know, get seen or you can go to.
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  Speaker 2: But it's quite a unique place. unique country in that way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, over 330 islands and 110 of them are permanently inhabited. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: something like that. That's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. It truly is. But it's still accounted for
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  Speaker 2: under the Fijian government, which is crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. All fun facts. We get to learn something today. Now,
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  Speaker 1: obviously you were born and raised in Australia, but I
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  Speaker 1: have to ask, because everybody I've asked from that area,
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  Speaker 1: especially when they come over here, what they miss most,
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  Speaker 1: and it is meat pies. So tell us about meat
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  Speaker 1: pies for those who have not heard about them or
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  Speaker 1: have not had them yet here in America.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, gosh. Okay. Yeah, I understand. I think it's also
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  Speaker 2: a nostalgic thing. You know, you grow up in Australia,
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  Speaker 2: you go to the bakery, right? you know, and you
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  Speaker 2: go and get a good pie or a sausage roll
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  Speaker 2: and they're just delicious here. They're just delicious. I have
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  Speaker 2: fond memories as a kid with my dad picking me
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  Speaker 2: up or taking me to school and, you know, he'd
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  Speaker 2: stop by the bakery, he'd get his thing and I'd
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  Speaker 2: go get my sausage roll with an orange juice. And
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  Speaker 2: it's just something that is just normal. Yeah, and we
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  Speaker 2: do great pies and sausage rolls here as well.
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  Speaker 1: What is y'all's definition of a sausage roll? Because I
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  Speaker 1: think we have something similar, but I think they're just
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  Speaker 1: called something different everywhere else.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right, actually. A sausage roll here
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  Speaker 2: is like a slab of or roll of minced meat
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  Speaker 2: with maybe some sort of filling as well, like onions.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if there's garlic, but maybe. And then
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  Speaker 2: it's rolled and put inside a pastry sheet, which is
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  Speaker 2: then put into the oven. So it comes out very crispy,
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  Speaker 2: but then soft and joy on the inside. Is that
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  Speaker 2: what they have, what it's like in America? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So over here we have things called like pigs in
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  Speaker 1: a blanket, or if you are from Texas, we call
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  Speaker 1: them kolaches, which aren't the same. It's because I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: at pictures now of what you guys have. And it
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  Speaker 1: is definitely, it looks kind of similar, but not really
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  Speaker 1: because ours is more or less like a little, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's a hot dog, but for the most part, it's
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  Speaker 1: like a, like a breakfast sausage link, but it's wrapped
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  Speaker 1: in like a croissant or whatever it is. So yeah, Well,
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  Speaker 1: y'all's are different because you guys use.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that sounds interesting. I have to have a look
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  Speaker 2: at that.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, most people call them pigs in a blanket. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the kolache one is because there's a Czech history here
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  Speaker 1: in Texas. And so the kolache.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Or from that. And so I was like, you said
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  Speaker 1: sausage rolls. I was like, wait a minute. Is that
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  Speaker 1: the same thing? It's not. It's very similar, but very different.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is all McKinney.
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  Speaker 2: Brew. They sound all right. I actually have to look
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  Speaker 2: that up. Oh, yes, okay. It's like a smaller form
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  Speaker 2: of a sausage roll or pig in a blanket. They
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  Speaker 2: look very cute. They're good for like party appetizers. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, very much. Yeah, depending on the size. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for the most part, I can see that. Some people just, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's their breakfast in the mornings.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, I see. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of times I'll sell them, obviously, at
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  Speaker 1: donut places, and so you can get both of them
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  Speaker 1: at the same time. But yeah, I think some kolaches...
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  Speaker 1: could be similar. Oh, that's dangerous. Yeah. Well, the kolaches
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  Speaker 1: are real dangerous because you can either do it with
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  Speaker 1: meat or they have it also with like a fruit,
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  Speaker 1: like an apple or a peach or apricot, and then
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  Speaker 1: obviously with cream on top. Yeah, it's... Oh, they're dangerous. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow. Wow. Well, we sound also delicious as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Come to Texas and I'll show you around.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Thank you. I'll remember that.
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  Speaker 1: There we go.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Yeah. They, they look interesting too. Kolaches. I've never
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  Speaker 2: seen that before.
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  Speaker 1: We're all learning here today. That's beautiful. Well, so who
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: are some veterans that kind of helped you along the way,
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: especially considering Australia has a deep history of wrestling. It's
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  Speaker 1: just so we're seeing a bigger boom now, I think
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: with more wrestlers from Australia, because obviously it's so much
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: easier for us to find out who's over there. But,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: you know, back in the day, there wasn't as many
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: and it was harder for us to get, you know,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: video of people from there or whoever it was. So
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: who are some kind of veterans that have helped you
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: along the way?
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: I'm a, So that's a great question. Especially so in
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: my home company, Impact Pro Wrestling, the veterans that helped
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: me and have still to this day helped me are
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Josh Ivies, who is the owner of the company, and
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: I think a wrestler called Scorn.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: And another one called Kiwi. Kiwi doesn't wrestle anymore, but
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: when he was, he was very entertaining and very fun
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: to watch. So I think those were like the main
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: vets that used to help me back then. And then
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: when I was able to step outside of Queensland, I
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: was able to learn from somebody who I find, who
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: I think.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Is the GOAT or greatest of all time, and that's
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Madison Eagles. when I went to Sydney to train at PWA, um,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: you know, and then in there and out of that company,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: there's so many amazing, you know, talent that's also been
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: signed to WWE or AEW. So, um, there was at
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: one point I also got a train under Robbie Eagles. Um,
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: and yeah. And then like, yeah, you've got a lot of, um,
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: other trainers as well that I've had the opportunity to
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: wrestle with and even just wrestlers nowadays that have Still
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: wrestling and active, but I guess also they are somewhat
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: vets as well, from like Jesse Love to Zeke and
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Dino at the time, Luxvid. And there's one more other
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: that I was going to mention. It's gone over my head.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: No, it's fine. Well, again, let's go over some who
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: are some people that other than yourself, obviously, that are
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: in the Australia scene that you think people really need
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: to be paying more attention to? Because, again, I don't
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: think people realize how big Australia is. It's not like
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: the West Coast and the East Coast are not that
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: close to each other. So like you working a show
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: on one side and then, you know, trying to work
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: a show on the other side, maybe the next day,
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: it's going to take you a bit. So like obviously
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: the country is so massive. what, again, who are some
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: people that we can kind of look, uh, look out for?
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Oh gosh. Um, yes, you're right. Australia is a very large,
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: it takes up a very large area and yeah, to
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: get from one side to the other is, is like
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: a five hour flight. Um, it's quicker to go overseas
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: than it is to stay, to fly within the country.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: Funnily enough. Um, The people to watch in this country,
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: there is so much amazing talent coming through the system
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: and just debuting and on shows. I think, oh gosh,
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: let me have a think. Off the top of my hat,
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: I think watching Axe Massacre. I'm such a huge fan
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: of hers. She is amazing. to watch and she's really
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: just continually finding her own and making a unique amazing
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: presence of herself I am enjoying watching Ari Nicole who's
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: come back from injury I think she's going to take
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: the country by storm in due time or if not
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: already and continually enjoy watching Shay Cassidy who was a star. Um,
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Nikki Van Blair is a sister of mine through wrestling and, um, also,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: also amazing. Um, it's just so hard. And I think
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Frankie B is about to make her comeback and it's
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: going to be amazing. Um, and then here in Queensland,
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: you've got, you know, amazing wrestlers from like Sina Cade,
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: who is making her way and, And yeah, and then
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: there's a lot of amazing established wrestlers who are also
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: on the up as well. I think like, you know,
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: thanks to so many other companies and digital stuff that
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: is helping propel everybody along the way.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I really think obviously like, you know, different people
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: can come under radar depending on what your algorithm is
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: for wrestling and everything. And so like, obviously with Instagram,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: like I get like so many people in my feed
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: and I'm like, where are this person even from? And
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: it's obviously not even from America. It's like, like you
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: popped up and like people from England. And then, you know,
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: you're seeing random stuff from like Vietnam and even China.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: And I'm like, I love this because there, we have
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: so much more talent. And again, it is so worldwide
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: and we are so connected when it comes to social media,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: that it is so much easier for people to consume
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: so much wrestling that they obviously can't get any other way.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: And they probably wouldn't have, unless you just popped up
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: randomly on their feet.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. Hey, the digital age has completely helped connect
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: everything to and connect everybody to one another, which has
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: made a very big difference in being able to get everything,
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: to see things from outside of just our local scene. Yeah. Actually,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: can I add one more name to the list who
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: I also love watching? She's been there for a while.
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: She's been there already, but I just continually think she
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: is incredibly talented. And that's Rita Stone. Love that.
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: Thank you. So show days can be long days. What
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: are some standards that you normally have in your bag?
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes. So I'm definitely a girly of routine. I...
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: um start the day slow generally so that helps because
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: it's such a big social evening um so was it
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: what i have in my bag or in the back
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: as in the day sorry just to double check.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Oh you're fine uh yeah your bag oh in my
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: bag okay which also keep in their back so i
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: mean it seems like.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Sorry i've misheard that bit but in my bag you
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: have oh look it's usually the same it's a mixture
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: of my gear my tape to make sure the wrists
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: are secured, merchandise, makeup and hair care and lots of
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: snacks and foods and a bag of lollies to share generally.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Very nice. I like that you also share those.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Yeah, everybody seems to be happy when they
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: see some sugar before they go out.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I heard that some people will eat it so
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: that their veins pop, which I didn't realize that that
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: was a thing.
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: I am learning this for the first time. I didn't
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: know it was a thing myself. Yeah, I think.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: It was, I think it was either Gargano or Champa
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: when they were doing one of their vlogs. And I
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: think I happened to watch one of them and they,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: that's why they say that they'll eat candy before they
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: go out so that their veins will pop. And I
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: was like, what? That's crazy. I've never, I mean, I've
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: never looked into the science of it, but I guess
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: they have. And so that's why they do it. Yeah, right.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's interesting. If there is indeed a mechanism for it,
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: then I am intrigued. Right?
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: You're like, I'm going to stop pumping before I go out.
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, just eat sugar. Just eat sugar. What do you
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: mean bring a resistant band?
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: Why would I do any push-ups if I could just
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: eat some candy? That's not a problem.
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so much more simpler. Yes.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: Obviously, you do the hard work ahead of time, and
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: then you just eat candy bread before.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: You go out. I wish it was that simple. I
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: have to watch their routine and listen to the podcast. Yeah.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: I'm going to also do some research on it, because
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: now that I've said it out loud, I'm like, wait
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: a minute.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: Does that science science?
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: That makes no sense to me.
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: Science, science, or wrestler maths?
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I haven't heard Steiner say anything about it. He's
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: the last one I will take anything when it comes
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: to mathematics.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: That's fair. Yeah, I agree with that.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: We kind of touched on it earlier about your mental fortitude,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: but obviously this is a physical sport, but it's also
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: very much a mental one. what are some kind of
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: mental and you said you're a routine person. So what
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: are some mental workouts that you kind of do either
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: before a match or after a match, you know, cause
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: you got to come down from the high of being
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: out there and the adrenaline come down. How does, where
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: does your mental game kind.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Of go? I usually to me, yeah, I guess to
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: steer or navigate myself mentally through the shows and matches
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: I I pray before my match. And so, you know,
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: there's that practice that helps me centre myself so that
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: I can be focused when I go out there, before
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: I go out there, and then also just breath work.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: And I have a favourite playlist that I like to
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: listen to that helps me get in the zone before
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: going out there and being a savage powerhouse to everybody.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: um and which is funny because it's very calm music
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: before i go out there.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: I was gonna ask what's on this playlist too but
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: if you want to keep it secret you can keep
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: it a.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: Secret it's um it's a mixture of reggae um afro
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: vibes and fijian music and then a bit of rap
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: if i really need to get into if i really
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: need the help and boost to get in the zone
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: Those are, yeah, the main genres that I listen to
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: and maybe R & B more so than rap. But, yeah,
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: and after the highs, honestly, I'm probably the first person
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: to come or in my mind I'm generally my first
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: thing to do is take a breath and then evaluate
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: the match and evaluate my work and then, you know,
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: drink some water, to ground myself and, um, and then, yeah,
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: go from there, which is very, yeah, it's not very crazy,
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: but it's, um, it works.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, whatever works for you, that's all that matters.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Yeah.
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: Well, I have a segment on the show. I call
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: it the five counts. It's five random questions.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: Oh, okay. I like that.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Uh, number one, are you a salty or sweet person?
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Oh, salty. I like this. I don't have too much
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: of a sweet tooth.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Number two, if you owned a liquor company, brewery, winery,
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: coffee shop, or dispensary, which one would you own and
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: what would the name be?
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: Oh. Oh, that's fun. Oh, gosh. I'm tossing between probably
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: a tequila brewery if that's even a thing, or distillery
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: probably is a better word. And I would call it,
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe Laowin time or island time. I'm
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: not sure. I'd have to find something Fijian to call it.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: I like island time. That's a good one.
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: It's a good time.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: It's obviously a good indicator of what the tequila would
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: taste like after you've had it. Yes.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: Number three, what is your morning routine?
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's get up, pray, make my bed, have a snack,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: go to the gym, come back, journal, and then start
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: my day. Or go for a walk. So go for
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: a walk and then start my day after that.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've always heard that the... Routine of making your
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: bed in the morning is I think very good for
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: people's brains. And then it's just, you know, obviously you're
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: just getting the day started on a good foot.
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I've heard too. And a lot of
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: research around it shows that. So it's exactly why I
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: do that as well. It's just the, it also helps
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: prevent the temptation of wanting to go back into bed.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah. That bed's unmade. If I come back home,
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: I'm like, well, how much time do I have? Maybe
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: I could crawl a little bit.
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: Exactly you want to have enough that's you know i'll
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: lie down and i'll just chill out for 10 minutes yeah.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: 10 minutes turns into an hour and depending on what
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: you got going on.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah exactly.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: Number four who or what inspires you.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: Oh um um my parents inspire me hugely and um
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: Sounds really funny, but Beyonce Knowles inspires me.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Nothing funny about that. That woman is a powerhouse.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Agreed. Absolutely agreed. And then Michael Jordan and Stephanie McMahon.
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: Her podcast, I don't listen to, and I know I
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: need to, but I just don't make the time.
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: Oh, there's too many podcasts. And yeah, I understand.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: Although I do want to listen to the CM Punk one,
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: but just because I, I imagine there's some stories that are,
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: I think they both need clarification on. So I'm very
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: curious about that one.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah. She seems to get the inside scoop straight from
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: the source there.
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: She doesn't, she does like, she has nothing to do
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: with the WWE anymore, which I find to be interesting
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: as well, except for just doing the podcast. So I don't,
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm always, I would love to talk
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: to her. Obviously it would be an honor. It'd be
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: try not to talk about her dad, obviously, but yeah, Yeah, exactly.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: Exactly that. Yeah. Oh, I feel like I'd still have
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: a huge, you know, a big conversation and give her
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: an earful of just, yeah, how much I think she's amazing. Yes.
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: And number five, what would you tell your 17 year
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: old self?
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: Oh, I love this. I love this question. Life gets better. Don't,
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: don't let the now, dictate your lens on life keep
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: going it's gonna get more fun.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: That's beautiful yeah you can tell yourself that at any
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: age too.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: That's true that's it that's it life is what you
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: make out of it yeah um you know and time
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: and yeah the good times and bad times they all
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: flow they all keep going so just gotta hang in.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: There exactly yeah good times aren't that good if you
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: don't have bad times Exactly.
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: The good times are great because of the bad times.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: The bad times don't always last forever. Exactly.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: Well, if people want to find out more about you,
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: see you live, obviously follow you online, buy your merch,
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: help support you in any way, how can they do so?
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: That's a great question. Please find me on Instagram at e.ugnie.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: You can also find me on X, which is Eugenie Pro.
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: And then you can also find me on TikTok at
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: Eugenie Pro. And I also have a merchandise website that
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: I updated last night with some new prints, and that's
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: called eugenieshop.bigcartel.com.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: I love it. Yeah, your merch is great. And yeah,
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: people definitely need to obviously support any and all independent
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: wrestlers because they need the help. And obviously we need
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: to just keep supporting wrestling in general, no matter what
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: it is. So thank you so much for your time.
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: I've loved this. And again, if you ever find your
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: way over here, we'll get you some kolaches. When I
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: make my way over there, we'll get some meat pies
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: and we'll make this all work.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that. And yes,
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: absolutely would look forward to that one day. So thank
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: you very much. You're welcome.
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much to Eugenie for being on the
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: show again, definitely make sure to follow her on social media.
• 38:33
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• 38:35
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• 38:38
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• 38:41
  Speaker 1: See where she is going to be wrestling. She is
• 38:43
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• 38:46
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• 38:47
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• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Three, two, one.