Latest / The Winning Culture Podcast / Ashley D'Amboise On Trusting Yourself And Never Holding Back | The Winning Culture Podcast Ep. 5
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- speaker-0: Nels, all I ever knew was how to win. speaker-1: Gonna lose, I'm gonna win. speaker-0: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Today I have a guest that I've been looking so forward to having on the Women Culture podcast, y'all. I have multiple time women's champion. Championships follow everywhere she goes. We got La Creme Bella Ashley Dam. Wash in the building. speaker-1: Well said. I'm impressed. You did. You did work on that last name pronunciation, didn't you? speaker-0: Yes. I told you. ⁓ yeah. speaker-1: It's very very rare that people say it right. speaker-0: Hey, look, I mean you to me you're one of one, so I had to make sure I got it right. You're one of one in my book. How you doing? How's everything going? speaker-1: Everything's going great. Just ⁓ wrapped up my competition last night in Tampa against Kristen Blaze. Now I'm ⁓ recouping, planning, getting set for what I have to do next week. And speaker-0: Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. How are you doing? Yes. I'm doing good. I am doing good, you know. ⁓ I just doing me some traveling on my end, ⁓ working on film productions and ⁓ a few other things. But hey, everything's been great. Yeah. speaker-1: Yeah. That's awesome, man. Yeah. speaker-0: Thank you, thank you. So I I have to ask you. You know, you obviously I mean, like I said, championships follow you everywhere you go. But I do wanna know, ⁓ what motivated you to start wrestling? I mean, how did this all start? speaker-1: So how it started wasn't actually a motivation as much as it was a friend of mine like pushing me towards it, which is cool because sometimes you need your people around you to see and believe in you before you see what could be and believe in yourself first. So I was a professional dancer living in New York City, trying to make it happen there, personal trainer, competitive bodybuilder. And I lived in an artist's house in Brooklyn in Bay Ridge. And one of my roommates there, Joel Ruder, shout out. He just posted a this was us six years ago poster of when I first stepped in the ring. So yesterday, six years ago was my first day in a wrestling ring. ⁓ which is cool. But he was the first person to say, You look like a wrestler now when I started competing in bodybuilding. It's like you can dance, you got good footwork, rhythm, you're you're built now, like What do you you should try this? I was like, I don't have time for that. I had like that's not a real job. I need to make money, I need to survive, I need to follow, like I need to chase. You know, I was living in New York, nonstop, nonstop, go, go, go. Like, gotta make money, gotta do things. ⁓ and then the pandemic happened, shut the world down, and then he's like, Hey, yo, hey Ashley, ⁓ you can't work anymore because all the gyms are closed. So you want to try wrestling now? And I I did, I hopped in the ring and then. Literally the rest is history. What motivated me to keep going was every little bit that I learned, I was addicted to. And I kept getting more addicted to it. And it just any little thing that I learned, any little thing that I was like, ⁓ you did that. ⁓ that was natural for you. ⁓ keep this, get rid of that, it became more of a motivation in itself. Wrestling motivates you in itself. Yeah. speaker-0: That that's amazing. That's amazing. I mean, ⁓ look Ashley, ⁓ I've I've obviously ⁓ been watching, you know, a lot of your matches. ⁓ and whew, I mean man, talk about athleticism. ⁓ man, you ⁓ yeah, I I love watching your matches. Absolutely. speaker-1: Appreciate that. Thank you. speaker-0: No problem. No problem. ⁓ yeah. ⁓ so I mean you've obviously been doing traveling yourself over the years, you know, ⁓ wrestling. So I I just want to know, ⁓ what was it like training at the Nightmare Factory that is with Cody Low? Yeah, what was that like? I mean, I'm wow, but I'm just like, wow, so amazing. What was it like? speaker-1: That was that was such a blessing being able to go. I was training in New Jersey with Damian Adams, his team up there. And then when I started working at AEW, I got in the mix there and was invited to move to Atlanta to train full time at the Nightmare Factory. And that was the best decision that I could have ever made in my life. It is what is it like to train there? It is full 110%. We were training every single day, we were wrestling every single weekend. Wow. ⁓ there's the gym inside of the ring. So I love, love, love. Not only the like motivation and encouragement to do so, but then the provision to have a gym right there, like, yes, you're a wrestler, you should train. Yes, you should do this. But also at the Nightmare Factory, it's like you have no frinking excuse because the gym is right there. Y you have to walk through the gym to get to the ring. So if there's anything you're like, ⁓ my Conditioned in this. ⁓ I wish I could lift you up harder. Like it's like, okay, well, go lift, go lift, and then that will translate, and you'll look better in the ring and you'll feel better in life in general. So, ⁓ just the commitment to developing the whole wrestler from how you speak, how you present yourself, how you show up in everything to ⁓ the the locker room, show up to training, show up to meet with a producer, promoter, coach. ⁓ how you speak to one another, like with promo classes and you know, like it's just really cool. They develop you through and through. And I couldn't be more grateful for that experience. Plus the mixture of being able to work with already signed talent. You were already like plugged in. It was very cool to like be put up to like the advanced level of this industry so soon. speaker-0: So amazing. So amazing. And I actually I did see in one of your previous interviews you spoke about working with Jade Cargill there. Yes. Yeah, what was that like? I mean, ⁓ my goodness. I'm I'm a fan of her. speaker-1: Me too. Jade Cargill, ⁓ my goodness. So she I I had the honor of like being her training buddy in a lot of situations with Billy Gunn as well. ⁓ with that, the she is the sweetest human being. I got to have a one on one match with her for our showcase, one of the Nightmare Factory showcases. Yeah. And if there's if there's anything like outside of like her just pure dominance in the ring and ⁓ like a assertiveness and just confidence, right? There's this side that's like that just gives a fuck so much. I'm sorry for me. speaker-0: It's all good. It's all good. speaker-1: The one thing that I'll never forget about Jade wrestling her, anytime I shared the ring with her, before we went out there and we competed, she grabbed my hand and she said, We're saying a prayer. speaker-0: Really? speaker-1: I just got chills saying that. Yeah. I don't know if I'm allowed to out that. Sorry, Jade. ⁓ but that's something that just has stuck with me forever. And I say a prayer for myself every time before I go out there and put my body at risk, you know? But like the fact that she goes to her opponent and she's like, Look, come here. You know, like we train together, we're gonna work together, we're gonna make each other better, we're gonna make each other stronger. But like at the end of the day, it's still just stay out of her way. But speaker-0: For sure, for sure. That that's look, that's so amazing. ⁓ I mean, you know, ⁓ like I said, I had been checking you out for a while now and ⁓ I was impressed with everything, you know, ⁓ just everything that you give to the wrestling business. So, you know, ⁓ this this means a lot to me, even having you on the Win and Culture Podcast. ⁓ yeah, to to be real honest with you. ⁓ so yeah, ⁓ that also brings me I'm what's that? speaker-1: No, I just said thank you for having me. It's an honor to be invited onto your show. speaker-0: ⁓ you're welcome. You're very welcome. ⁓ no problem at all. I mean, in the future, we may do an in-person one later down the road, you know. But ⁓ Let's go. speaker-1: Next time I'm in Chicago or wherever you end up, let's go. speaker-0: Yeah, yeah, sounds great. Sounds great. Yeah, I'd love that. ⁓ I did want to also ask, ⁓ was there anything that you know you probably ⁓ learned from Cody Rhodes that you took with you ⁓ going forward in any way? speaker-1: ⁓ yeah. ⁓ so many, so many things. Yeah. yes. The biggest thing that will never leave my my like knowledge or like recognition is like Cody did the promo section a lot. ⁓ that was like his big focus is like, yeah, anyone can do moves, but are you captivating? Are you a character? Can you pull someone in? Like who who who are you and are you able to You myth that in the ring, right? Like when he's out there, you know who the hell he is. ⁓ yeah. He's not just some generic ⁓ person that's doing moves. Right. There's so much substance behind it. There's so much intentionality behind it. ⁓ but I some of the things that I learned from him have just been through sitting through watching him watch other people do their promos, getting critiqued by him on my own promos, and then the stories that he would tell while you're sitting around. waiting for the next promo to start or right after that promo finished. And it's like stories of his experience, stories like in Paris with John Cena. And it's it's so freaking cool. So like those types of things. And it's like there's so many cool little stories that it'll I forget that I remember them until something pops up in regular life. And then I'm like, ⁓ that's like that one time Cody was talking about this. And then then that memory like pops up. But it's more along the lines of like a a deeper development. That creates substance versus just like how to do a drop toe hold, you know. speaker-0: Great, great, great, great. Wonderful, wonderful. Wow, man. I just couldn't even imagine that that is such a great experience, you know. I mean, I I honestly I see why you've won so many championships. You know. Honestly, honestly, yes, that's awesome. And in fact, that brings me to ⁓ the triple threat match. That you had for the MEW Women's Championship with Felicia and Lufisto. look, I I watched that match. Look, that was a hell of a match. Y'all was going at it inside the ring, outside of the ring. I was like, ⁓ my goodness. Look, I'm telling you, that would have been one I would have paid good money to go see in person. Man, that would. speaker-1: I cannot wait to get back to MEW. I'm already talking to Nick and George. ⁓ my goodness. So that was first of all, that's like one of my favorite, if not my favorite, promotion to work at. It's in Montreal. That's who I represent whenever I get into the ring. They everyone in the entire place can say my name well. They can say La Cran de la Cam without doing La Creme de la Cram. I'm just it's just like not to all the fans say my name properly. It's really cool to come home to that. And half my family all lives in Quebec still. So it's it's very cool to like have to be received like that when I go to Montreal and to have the opportunity to get in the ring with two other women for that triple threat. speaker-0: Amen. speaker-1: be able to ha even have a chance at winning an inaugural championship. speaker-0: You were a first with that championship. speaker-1: And I'm s I'm so mad because it I didn't even fully I didn't get to defend any of those three belts that I had. But ⁓ you know what? The story continu the story is continuing. So Absolutely ⁓ what was it like? I will say Lufiso is the first and only person as of now to have taken Le Grand Bas on a wooden platform. speaker-0: I saw and I was like, man, it's like I felt it was my back, you know? I'm like, ow. ⁓ speaker-1: Woo Sorry not sorry, I wanted that boat. I wanted that championship title. speaker-0: ⁓ that was I'm telling you, I was like, Golly, they inside the ring, the outside of the ring. That was ⁓ man, that was one heck of a match. speaker-1: There's something about that energy there that just fires me up. Like when I when I smashed into them both in the suplex, I was able to spear them out. That was the I'm like, where did I watched it, that clip circulated again somehow and I was like, ⁓ shit, I did that. That was crack great. speaker-0: Yeah, yeah. And I mean, obviously, I mean y'all y'all was, you know, had to go through other matches to get to that match. It was a tournament that y'all had to go through to get there. So I was like, Good gracious, man. It was a lot put into that. You know? ⁓ and I mean I I saw it at the end. ⁓ you you had so much emotion. It was so much emotion, you know. And ⁓ I you almost made me cry, to be honest, ⁓ once I saw it. It just was so much emotion that you had. So what was that feeling like at that time for you? speaker-1: ⁓ my goodness. That meant to me more than just a a title because of the location and the people that were there. Yeah. Like it was a tournament. And every time I went, you never know how you're gonna be received. But it's like they already knew me and the children knew me. And they were every time I went, there was more like little ones. My favorite picture ever is where there's just like a row of these little girls in the front while as I'm walking down the ramp. And they're like, I give I see phone photo. And I was like, Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. So like I get in there and like I I'm holding the belt up. It's like this cutest little picture with like these three girls like smiling and like so it just it felt like ⁓ it just felt so right and aligned and like I was fighting for the right thing. Like at the end of it to have my family there, to have people that I felt like I've built into a family there. It I can't even put into words, Vernon. I just like it was an incredible experience and feeling and I was very emotional after that. speaker-0: Yeah, I I saw that right. I was like, ⁓ man, ⁓ that meant a lot to her, you know. ⁓ yeah, then you say that was the hometown crowd, right? speaker-1: Ha ha speaker-0: ⁓ man, yeah, that that was that was just such an amazing moment, you know. ⁓ and I I mean when I saw that motion, I was like, ⁓ yeah, she deserves this. She definitely deserves it. You know, ⁓ and that brings me to, you know, like we said, you know, I mean everywhere you go, championships follow, right? So you know you had three belts, three belts at one time. speaker-1: So yeah. speaker-0: Some people look, they don't even get one. Some only have one at a time. You had three. The NGCW Women's Championship. Yes. The Revolution Women's Championship. And obviously the MEW Women's Championship. How did you pull that off? Wow. Please wanna hear it. speaker-1: You know, in that part of my career, I was going a hundred miles an hour everywhere. Like nonstop. Talk about travel. I miss being on the road, man. I'm so excited to be back at it. But just like I was just, there was just all gas, no breaks, and constantly ⁓ communicating, talking to people, asking what's going on, looking at different opportunities, ⁓ saying yes to a lot of things that I was like, I don't know if I'm ready for that, but you're never gonna be ready. I've never felt ready for anything, and things just are thrown at you and you rise to the occasion or y or you just freaking don't and that's sad. So I just keep the continuing of like feeling not ready and rising, feeling not ready and rising, you know? Yeah. But God speaker-0: That was yeah, I mean, was it a time I mean, was it a time where you had to defend all of those and like on either on the same night or the same week? I mean, cause goodness gracious. speaker-1: So th w yes, for two of them because th the revolution and MEW are both in Canada. Okay. So I went I would fly into Montreal. I did defend the MEW titled belt. It's not I I just I never got I never ha lost it officially. It was back from my injury. But I would go into Montreal, defend the belt. speaker-0: Yeah. Okay. speaker-1: or wrestle to get the belt or the time that I won the belt. I forget exactly when it was, but I know right afterwards a couple of times I had to drive from Montreal to Toronto to defend the women's revolution belt and or sorry, to compete for it. And Silesia was there one of the times as well. She is one of my favorite Canadian opponents. speaker-0: Can tell y'all y'all had great chemistry in that triple threat match. ⁓ I'm like speaker-1: ⁓ yeah. She's a she's a challenge. She's it's f but I love a challenge, so anytime I have the chance to get in the ring with her, I'm like, fucking bring it. Let's go sleep. You are a Virgo speaker-0: I love the competition. ⁓ my goodness. I love it. ⁓ man. wow, wow, wow. I mean, but hey, look, ⁓ I feel she's a great competitor as well, but she's not la creme de la creme with three championships at one time. My goodness. My goodness. So so look, I mean, obviously during that time, I mean, you was at you was on an all-time high. I mean, it was a very high moment for you. ⁓ and then the injury happened, of course. So, you know, take take ⁓ me and just ⁓ everybody through what was that like? I mean, I know it w mentally, obviously physically, but what was that like to just you know, even think about coming back from all that. speaker-1: That was something I never you never think that that's gonna happen, but I kind of want to backtrack before the injury happened for f for other wrestlers that are coming up and that are getting really hot, that are on 24-7 like I was, that was like every weekend, going here, going there, getting getting opportunities, pushing your limits, getting Winning titles and like little things will start to happen in your body when you're nonstop. ⁓ my cat's stuck. Hold on, let me let her out. All right. So this is him. Come on here. speaker-0: ⁓ hello. Hello. Wonderful. Awesome. speaker-1: That's my baby. So the ⁓ the thing that 'cause once once something terrible happens, hindsight is twenty twenty. And along the way, ⁓ as as I'm sure l literally any athlete can attest to, your body will give you little signals, you'll feel little things, little then you'll feel the same little thing, and then that little thing is like a medium sized thing and then it's a extra medium sized thing, and then it's a big thing, and then it's a larger thing, and then it's a broken ankle. ⁓ my I ⁓ starts with sleep deprivation. You're constantly on the road, you're a little delirious, and then I'm extremely competitive and I don't know my limits. So I was like, in between wrestling in Montreal and in no, it was in between wrestling, it was in yeah, between Montreal and Chicago. I'm gonna go to a Spartan race right after that because I felt invincible. It's like You know, I've always wanted to do this. This is a great opportunity. It fits right in between. I don't have a booking on that day. And I was working at a lifetime fitness. So I had one of my partners that was like on a team of people that were like gonna do this. ⁓ then one person blew out his Achilles, another person dropped out, and then it was just me and this other guy. We're like, All right, let's let's freaking do this. And I was like, I'm not gonna be that guy to cancel on you because everyone else dropped out. So after my match, the promoter in Chicago graciously shipped me out early so that I can make it to Asheville, North Carolina for the sparn race. And I rolled my ankle. For I was I was delirious. It like match got over late, got back to the room really late, got like four hours of sleep actually. And then I did a Spartan race and you're going down these trails and it's such like a brisk, beautiful morning and beautiful views. And I was like jogging along the trail and I was like, this is so beautiful. And I like rolled it and I was like, Ooh, that didn't speaker-0: so okay, so it it it didn't happen in a match, it happened outside the ring. speaker-1: No no no no, this is how it started. speaker-0: ⁓ that was the beginning stages of okay. speaker-1: It was just a little roll and then it got inflamed, and then that little roll turned into a ⁓ a little tear in my calf tendon. And then that little tear in my calf tendon, I kept I remember I was in Las Vegas and I went to jump up onto the ropes to like enter and like you know, when you're just doing your entrance and you hop up on the ropes and you're like, hey, I'm here, just grabbing the ropes and hop into the second rope. I felt it pull again and I was like, ⁓ Okay, so like I just ice it and then you keep going 'cause I got another match to do. You just wrap it up, you wear a brace, ⁓ you just do what you gotta do to get through it. And then ⁓ I had an opportunity to wrestle in Paris and I'm like, it's good enough, let's go. So I like it felt like I at that time I had like a little bit of rest, but then now your sleep is off again, you're in a different time zone. You're walking around because you want to see the place that you're at, and then you don't wear the right shoes because you want to look cute, and then you have a match. And so everything's weak. Your tendons are weak, your muscles are torn, you're strained, or what not torn, but like strained. ⁓ and I never like stopped to get it looked at. And the boots weren't supportive, they had zippers on it instead of like laced up. So now I'll never not wear a laced boot. And it just it was the perfect recipe. My my foot got caught in something at the ring on a suicide dive. I went to step out of the way. My foot stayed forward, but my leg turned sideways and it snapped. So that's how the injury happened. In the middle of the triple threat with a mal and selene. And just from there, there was just like a lot of complications healing. I didn't do the right thing. I didn't know what was happening. Everyone All the French in my brain left the building and I'm in the hospital speaking. They're all speaking at me and I'm like, ⁓ I just remember the doctor coming up to me after the x ray. He was like, Okay, so yes, it's broken, you have a fracture. Do you want surgery? And I was like Does anyone want surgery? Do I want what do you mean? Do I need surgery? And he was like, Do you want it? Some people want, some people don't want whatever you want. I'm like, speaker-0: ⁓ my goodness. speaker-1: Don't give you Ad Bill, they don't give you nothing. You're just sitting there with broken shit in the hospital waiting to be seen. So ⁓ that was that was crazy. So that I should have gone to surgery because then it would have been done with, but ⁓ I didn't. They booted it up, there was too much pressure. It was for two days, third day flew back to Georgia. It was so much pressure in the boot that I was crying on the way to the doctor to get it cut off. ⁓ they redid the x ray, some doctor x rayed my shoulder and my ankle and tried to charge me for shoulder surgery and ⁓ ankle surgery. I was like, nah, never mind. I don't trust you at all. ⁓ The process of like finding the right doctor, finding the right rehabilitation, using a bone growth stimulator, all all these things. And it still gave me issues for nine months. And then ⁓ just once you stop wrestling, everything catches up to you. speaker-0: Yeah. speaker-1: All the other injuries that you didn't know were there because the loudest ones gets all the attention. So it took a while and then ⁓ there's a lot of like mental healing, emotional healing, and then you and and confidence. Like you get the lowest of the low confident with your confidence, and then like that's why being received the way that I've been received. I just wanna thank everyone because it took a lot for me to be like, I don't speaker-0: Yeah. speaker-1: I don't care what anyone says, I don't care what anyone thinks. I don't care. I don't give a shit about anything. Like if this is my life, I have one to live. It's very short. I've already wasted so much time. I'm getting back in the ring. And if I break my neck again, or if I break my ankle again, if I tear this way, like, who gives a shit? We're just gonna fix it and keep going. And like like just what am I afraid of? I'm not trying to end up on my deathbed in one beautiful, graceful, untouched piece. Like We're gonna show up with two with w two legs and half an arm. I don't know. I don't care. I don't know. It's just like I tried to live life without wrestling and it's not worth it. speaker-0: Yeah, no, you wrestling needs you. I mean ⁓ yeah ⁓ speaker-1: need wrestling. Exactly. But I'm glad it needs me back. I like reciprocation. speaker-0: Yes, yes, absolutely, absolutely yes. Hey, look. So you never okay, so you never had the surgery, you just let it heal? speaker-1: Yeah, water. No, it's still broken. I'm just it's not I'm dramatic. I'm a dramatic person. It's not a a full bone. So it's cartilage or something. It's like a pseudo joint. So I still wrap it sometimes just speaker-0: ⁓ okay, okay. But you you good enough to keep keep rolling at this okay. speaker-1: Yeah, no, there's zero pain. No pain or nothing. It's just when they look at the X rays they're like, What's going on there? I'm like, Don't worry about it. It's fine. I'll do it, I'll do it. speaker-0: Got it, got it. Yeah, 'cause you know, you you're one of my favorite wrestlers, and I'm like, hey, ⁓ like, wait a minute, you know, I wanted to keep putting speaker-1: extra flexible now don't worry speaker-0: ⁓ okay, okay, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. So speaker-1: These these competitors better watch out, I got another joint they don't even know about. ⁓ speaker-0: ⁓ w hey, well ⁓ well they better watch yeah the Clem da da Clem, she's coming speaker-1: I'm AI, I'm not even real. ⁓ speaker-0: Yes. I love it. I love it. I love it. So so look, I wanna so whenever you was out you had to be out for injury, you had to relinquish the championships? Or all three? ⁓ man. You know what? speaker-1: in line. I was challenging for the C CW championship belt too, which is why I have a little nothing personal against Kristen Blaze, but like that title's been on my radar for a long time now. F longer than she's even been wrestling. speaker-0: ⁓ got it. You know what? I'ma tell you this, Ashley, because this is the Win and Culture Podcast, and you know what? We all about positivity here. You will win that championship. You will win it. You know, because for one, you know, I've been watching wrestling for a long time. Since I've been a kid. And you know, I I see wrestlers go through injuries and a lot of different things. And to be honest, Some of them they they either never return or they they're never the same. You know what I mean? You are it see you seem like you haven't lost a step, in my opinion. And you hit the ground running. So you're gonna win that championship. Mark my words, I promise. We claiming that. We claiming that. speaker-1: Gold. like that and and you're right, they never do come back the same, people who return from injury because you're not the same. That shit changes you, it makes you stronger mentally, it gives you a different outlook on it and a different appreciation, which makes you go even harder. speaker-0: Absolutely, absolutely. speaker-1: Every time I get in the ring, I have this little moment where I'm just like just frickin' grateful to be there. Like every Sunday when I go to training, I wanna cry because I'm like, I'm back. Like I can do this. speaker-0: Myself and everybody else, we're we are so glad you're back. We're glad you're back. speaker-1: It's really really good to be back. speaker-0: Absolutely, absolutely. So one last question for you on here on the Win and Culture Podcast. To any aspiring wrestlers, anybody that wants to be a wrestler, what advice can you give them to look forward to? speaker-1: Listen to your body when it's whispering to you because this is all you get, and it can either propel you or delay you from your goals, your dreams, your life purpose. So every single time you get in there, trust yourself, don't hold back. Know that you're never ever fully gonna be ready, but do it anyway. And listen to those little whispers because your body is just as intelligent as your mind when you have thoughts. When it starts to speak to you in little little twinches, little whatever don't ignore it. And know it'll go away. Because when I when you're young, that's all you do. You're like, ⁓ it'll be fine. And then over a year or two, it be it'll stack up. So j listen, respond, give your body appreciation. And yeah, that's ⁓ my ⁓ my wise words in the last six years of being a wrestler. Mm-hmm. speaker-0: Thank you, thank you so very much, Ashley. ⁓ man, ⁓ great words from you. ⁓ from multiple time women's champion. It means a lot that you're here on the women culture podcast. And ⁓ I just want to say, look, ladies and gentlemen, we have a legend here on the win and culture podcast. So glad to have her on here. I heard those great words from her. Yes, yes, indeed. Ashley, thank you so much for being on the win and culture podcast. Thank you. speaker-1: Thank you. Thank you so much for having me, Vernon. It was a pleasure having this conversation with you. First podcast back since my injury. Let's go. speaker-0: Wow. ⁓ that is now that is amazing right there. ⁓ I'm so so glad, so honored. Wow. Thank you. Thank you. And look, many more in the future. Many more. speaker-1: Let's do it. Let's do it. And next time I'll have a belt. speaker-0: Yeah, please, please, yes, yes. Bring that championship. We know you're gonna have it. We claiming it already. speaker-1: You got it. speaker-0: No. All I ever knew was how to win. speaker-1: Gon' lose, I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win.