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Verdugo: Wrestling Career Highlights, Training Insights, and Dream Matches · Scene Projects Sports Network

• 0:42
  What's up, everyone?
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  Welcome to a very exciting episode of Beyond the Bell.
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  Today, I have a very exciting guest for you guys.
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  Very one of a kind person.
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  I'd like to introduce each and every one of you to the executioner, Verdugo.
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  If this software likes me enough, he'll be on stage.
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  There we go.
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  Oh, what's going on there?
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  I hit add.
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  Oh, can you hear me now?
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  After some tech technical difficulties, here he is.
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  What up?
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  What up?
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  What up?
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  How are you doing today?
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  I'm good.
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  How about yourself?
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  I'm doing great.
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  Fighting this app on my phone because my computer doesn't wanna run it currently.
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  So, I guess, where are you from?
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  You know, what was it kinda like growing up for Verdugo?
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  I'm from San Diego, California.
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  Growing up, dealt with a lot of a lot of ups and downs, more downs, I would say.
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  Just dealing with, like, foster care, like social workers, dealing with stuff like that,
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  always having to get taken out of school.
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  Pretty much just the struggle coming up.
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  It's pretty much how I was trying to overcome the struggle.
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  Yeah.
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  That's that sucks.
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  I don't understand it to that extent, but I understand a little bit of the struggle.
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  So, I guess, were you always a wrestling fan, or what really kind of pulled you into that?
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  So
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  You know?
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  Like, before being a wrestler.
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  When I was when I was growing up, we didn't have cable, so I didn't really know about
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  wrestling like that.
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  And then one of my friends in my apartments, he brought me over to his he brought me over to
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  his house, and he had smacked down on my bad.
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  There's a paramedic going by.
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  I don't know if you could hear that.
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  But so he had brought me over to his house.
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  He had smacked down on, and then he introduced me to Raymond's cereal.
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  And he was like, oh, this this this San Diego like us.
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  I had nine.
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  And I was like, goddamn.
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  That's pretty cool.
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  And then I think from what I remember, he was going against Yeah.
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  And the was pretty cool.
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  So when I went back home, I was like pretty cool.
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  Wrestling, can we watch wrestling?
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  Oh, like, we don't have the channel.
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  And then I remember I had a little Fox TV, very small.
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  I had a.
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  And then I was able to to get it working on Friday.
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  I didn't even know about get it working on Friday.
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  So then I started watching It was, like, on routine a few years.
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  And then I kinda got out of it and turned out for me.
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  And I didn't ever back then to triple h getting into it again and just getting up with And then
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  I found a flyer, and that's for.
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  And when I looked it up, I was but I kept up with it on it.
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  And ended up finding a shrimp I don't have anything here in San Antonio San Antonio.
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  But well, ever since then, I've keeping up.
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  My bad.
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  I know that was a lot probably.
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  No.
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  It's all good, man.
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  I get it.
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  I mean, like, it is a lot, but it's, like, it's a great insight into how you really, like, got
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  into it.
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  So who trained you then?
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  Who was who's the guy that, like, taught you what you know?
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  Know?
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  Rodney McMahon.
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  Guys.
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  Rodney McMahon and Jazz both have a school here in San Antonio on the dog pound dojo.
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  And they they hold seminars at different shows.
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  Actually just had Mark Henry Okay.
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  One of our seminars on of September.
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  That sounds great.
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  So dog pound.
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  I mean, I've heard about them already.
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  And great school from what I can tell are great people training.
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  We're also a we're in charge we're in the we also get to we have NWA and now we get to a
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  little
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  that is awesome.
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  So how long have you been, like, actively in the ring, you know, for your career outside of
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  training now?
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  Now it is about a year and a half.
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  I I I first match last match last three.
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  I don't but I know that's your and then I had two in Laredo, one in February, one in and then
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  with dog pound, I had my first at April, and I've just been Yeah.
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  I never ever since then.
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  I never ever since then.
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  You know, that's great that, you know, like, you I guess, like, it seems like you just fell
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  in love with it, And, like, from that first match.
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  So you've been doing it only a year actively doing it.
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  How did you decide to be the executioner?
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  So I I just go by my.
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  Mean, when I was younger, man, I don't I have a weird look.
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  No one else had it.
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  So when I was in high school when I was in high school, one of my friends told me Right?
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  No.
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  Don't No.
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  I don't.
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  People back in the day in Mexico, they're they would change their their names to their names
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  to So I come kind of executioners back when back when.
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  So I just I was like, I've never I've never run I've never run executioner gimmicks, so let me
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  just go Let me just go about it.
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  Just go through it.
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  I mean, it works.
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  It definitely works.
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  So I guess, where are you at for on, like, you know, titles and things you've held?
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  What do we have for accolades here in your career?
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  Have you held any titles yet?
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  To before to March or April 23 or April 20 I wanna say of 2025.
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  Was 2025.
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  Okay.
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  So it was a good run too.
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  I mean, it wasn't like your quick short two week run, and they take it away from you right
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  away.
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  You had that title in your hands for a good few months.
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  Yeah.
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  I've I've I I defended it.
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  Nice.
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  So what promotions have you worked with so far?
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  I I've other than dog I mean, I've gone to Laredo Wrestling Alliance.
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  And Laredo.
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  Done nation of wrestling.
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  That's and or.
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  That's in Amarillo.
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  That championship wrestling that is in And wanna say that it's all of them so far.
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  All of them so It's all of them
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  so far.
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  Far.
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  Alright.
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  I mean, a lot of good ones.
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  I've heard a few of them before for sure.
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  So you are definitely making good choices, I can tell.
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  Who's, like I guess, who's been your biggest match you've had so far?
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  So far, I'll probably say So far.
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  It went to Brian Idol.
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  He was my my second.
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  That's I mean, those are some good ones.
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  So I should I should definitely check those out after this, I feel like.
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  Well, that won't be broken up.
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  Like I said, that was my second batch.
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  So I'm still very and then never very polished.
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  I still I still
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, that's just how it goes sometimes.
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  So is there anybody who you really want to face that you haven't yet, like independent, big
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  name, anything?
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  Independent.
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  Cardona.
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  I guess.
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  Wrestling world.
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  I think that would be a good one too, honestly.
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  I've met him before.
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  He he's he's very cool.
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  He's too.
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  Too.
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  Hopefully, everyone says that's met him.
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  Maybe one day he'll be on here.
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  If it's a, like, big name NWA, I would I would Tom Latimer.
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  Tom Leggles on NWA.
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  And if we're talking about going face to face with just in general, I'd probably say dominant
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  material.
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  It's terrible.
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  Like, same like the same city, school district school district.
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  Yeah.
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  So what's your big goal with this?
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  Like, is there a specific promotion you want to go to, or are you just, like, the kinda, like,
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  I wanna get signed?
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  Or
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  My main goal with this contract work contract work.
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  Like, my main main goal In terms of how far I could go, what it wants to offer me is get to
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  the point where I can get, say, good person.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, that's that's all got that's a great goal.
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  So, I mean, what was it like, I guess, you know, what's it like training down in Texas?
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  I always forget to ask this question.
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  They teach us how to be area.
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  It's part of a part of a con Oh.
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  You know, you come home I'll be right back.
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  I'll be right back.
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  Okay.
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  Okay?
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  Sorry, dude.
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  Sounds like I'm off now.
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  Sorry about that.
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  Oh, no.
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  You're good.
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  Bye.
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  I had
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  to make sure everything was okay.
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  So, yeah, I don't even remember what the last thing I said was.
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  Train them.
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  Oh,
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  yeah.
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  So, I mean, I guess, like, you know, they I mean, they obviously do a lot of great training
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  there.
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  I've seen, you know, the scene has a lot of people.
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  I guess, is there anyone that you like facing, Like, that you wanna face off with again or
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  anything that you have before?
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  I'll probably say Brian and I or Tyler Frank.
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  They're both UA talent.
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  When I went up both of them, I was very out of breath.
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  So now that I'm
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  kinda wanna run it back in better shape.
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  What was that?
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  Sorry.
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  I didn't mean to cut you off.
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  I said you'd like to just kinda run those back in better shape?
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  Yeah.
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  I was out of by, like, a friend both of those matches the best cardio and then a lot more.
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  My my moves are So so that way I could do a better match.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean yeah.
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  And I mean, doing a better match is obviously very like, it's an important thing, you know,
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  because, like, you know, you don't wanna be the guy people look at as having a bad match all
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  the time.
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  You wanna be able to put on a good show because you're in shape.
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  Yeah.
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  And it goes back to Yeah.
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  Like, It's a lot of con bruise.
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  So it helps it helps actually I like to I like to I like to eat a lot of the the hits so that
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  way I could tell So, you know, a lot of these, you know, in the I like to make make my matches
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  a little better.
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  Them saying That's right.
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  You know?
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  You know?
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  I take a I can have better matches.
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  Yeah.
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  No.
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  I mean, that that makes sense and everything.
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  I keep losing my train of thought after things.
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  Sorry.
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  No.
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  It's it's it's I come home.
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  I have a headache.
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  You know, I'm just like, goddamn.
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  Have you ever been injured while doing a match?
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  I actually actually that I had the changing changing.
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  Kinda working my shoulder.
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  Kinda hurt me.
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  I had to go So, yeah, when I was just kinda bothered kinda bothered.
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  Well,
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  hopefully, that's not too much of an issue in the future.
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  Right?
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  Hopefully, it just goes away.
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  Yeah.
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  But sometimes you Exactly.
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  I mean, what else can we really do?
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  So have you ever had anyone do a shoot on you?
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  You know, like, go off and, like, try and, like, actually hit you and things, like, harder
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  than they're supposed to and things?
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  Or
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  you know?
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  Yeah.
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  I've I've yeah.
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  I don't think they're trying to.
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  I just I've eaten a couple potatoes
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  Okay.
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  I mean, that's not That's alright.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, that makes sense.
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  I'm glad, like, nothing real too bad's ever happened, I guess, there you know?
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  Yeah.
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  No.
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  I'm I'm I'm a Yeah.
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  I'm I'm work the same way that the other person But if Like, if I get hit, I know that it's not
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  intentional.
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  I know it's not intentional.
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  I slam them harder than than.
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  I'm not sure actually actually getting a receipt.
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  I'm not
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  saying intentionally trying Yeah.
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  If you're not gonna try to hurt someone, but you're gonna at least check them.
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  Give them what they need.
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  Give them, like, stomach or something.
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  Stomach or something.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, you do what you have to do.
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  Do what it takes.
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  Right?
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  So Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  What's, like, your dream stipulation for a match?
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  You know?
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  What's one that you that you really wanna do that you haven't done yet?
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  I've seen I've seen this move by by a parka on the A A A.
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  It was a Yes.
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  Not the last one that they had.
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  I see grab someone in the fireman's in the first put them up for, like, a for a suplex.
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  But Suplex.
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  And then just, like, kinda spin with it and slam them down.
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  I know how to really explain.
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  But
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  mean, it sounds awful.
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  So what's like that match stipulation that you'd like to be in, though?
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  What do you mean?
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  Like, what do mean?
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  LNSL or Russian?
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  I mean, they have, like you know, the there's, like, the hardcore or, like, you know, death
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  there's death matches.
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  There's infernals.
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  There's cages.
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  There's cells.
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  There's Okay.
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  You know?
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  There's everything.
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  Okay.
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  Probably not hardcore because I feel like it's over the.
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  Kind of just Right.
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  Burns out.
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  I'll probably say, like, or And I feel
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  like it would match one Executioner with anyone is just a great option.
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  Yeah.
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  I I feel like you don't wanna bring it.
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  What?
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  I said I I feel like So what was that?
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  You
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  keep cutting out.
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  Oh, I said I felt casket match.
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  Mean, that one would definitely go over for you, I feel like.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  So who's, like, your top four?
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  You know, your Mount Rushmore of, you know, professional wrestling, whether it's the
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  independents all the way up to the big leagues, you
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  know,
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  foreign countries, anything.
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  Who's, like, your top four in the whole world?
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  Well, for me, was pretty pretty.
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  I feel like he one of the best all around professional wrestlers professional wrestlers.
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  Orton.
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  Randy Orton.
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  I just gotta get those two out of the the And the other two the other two, probably Bret Hart
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  and trying to think of the last.
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  I guess I guess I guess Those are, like, my top four.
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  Was the last one?
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  Stone Cold.
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  Stone Cold.
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  Okay.
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  That's what I thought.
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  I didn't hear very well.
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  All all absolutely great wrestlers and absolute legends in each of their own ways.
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  So is there anything any upcoming things you're excited about for your career so far?
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  This Not well.
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  Not well.
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  I have I have CSW Texas.
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  I don't know what date.
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  And then I have natural daddy's on on for for eighteenth or nineteenth or nineteenth.
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  Let's say eighteenth.
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  Let's say eighteenth.
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  That's in Amarillo.
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  And then I have dog pounds dog pounds and paradox on the nineteenth nineteenth.
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  So this this is gonna be pretty busy for it.
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  And then next month on the on November 9.
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  So I'm just excited.
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  You just got a lot coming up, and, I mean, we all know there's gonna be more added to the
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  list before the year's over.
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  Yeah.
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  That's the that's the goal.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm sorry.
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  That's the goal.
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  That's a lot more places.
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  Enjoy being a part of matches and hate.
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  So I guess, like, size wise, no longer, like, name wise, who's the biggest person you've had
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  to face?
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  That would be that would be Merovic on the freaking machine.
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  He's when I he was a he was a outbound championship championship.
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  I wanna say he's, like, six three.
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  I know he's over pounds.
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  I know he's so probably the biggest guy so far.
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  Oh, wow.
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  And how was that?
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  Because I know, I mean, you're you're not a small guy, but you're not that big compared to,
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  like, you know, a guy that size.
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  I'm I'm I'm, like, three inch.
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  I wanna say, like, a 100 pounds or a little over a pound.
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  I got thrown around a lot.
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  I had to I had to take out that thing.
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  I didn't see a workout.
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  You
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  got thrown around a bit?
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  Yeah.
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  Just just the beginning.
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  Yeah.
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  I got thrown around.
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  I figured So
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  I guess my next what's your favorite move to do in the ring?
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  Probably probably where I where I I have to get people in I have to get people in shoot them
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  into the corner.
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  Show them corner.
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  Corner.
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  I do a I do a so far so far.
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  Oh, I like that.
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  Yeah.
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  Just being able to lift someone up run with them.
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  In my head as a in my head.
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  I could run with my shoulder.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, great move.
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  So I guess what is your least favorite spot to take?
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  Chops.
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  Chops.
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  Chops.
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  Chops.
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  Kinda lame.
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  Not that interesting.
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  Not fun for you.
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  Yeah.
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  I just and so when someone saw me a good I just wanna, like, travel why they need that.
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  So Yeah.
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  Because the bumping is so big.
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  I Chops.
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  Chops.
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  Just don't like chops?
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, mean, I'll take I won't be I won't.
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  But
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, that's fair.
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  I mean, that's a lot of, like, old school before wrestling really became the high flyers
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  and what we have options for today.
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  So, we're kinda getting close to running out of time here.
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  Do you have any, like, anything you wanna tell everyone before you go?
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  No.
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  Just check on my matches.
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  We're in the San Antonio San Antonio, Texas.
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  What what coming up supporting independent.
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  And follow me on Instagram at it's period at it's it's period.
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  And that's also my TikTok also.
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  And that's just my TikTok.
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  Yes.
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  You guys need to check him out.
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  Follow him.
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  He does great things.
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  I'm very glad I got to interview you, and I'm sorry that because I feel like I'm cutting it
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  short.
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  But, hopefully, I can have you back on, and we can hear some more of your stories from the
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  ring as your career advances.
• 30:11
  I will be keeping an eye on it for sure.
• 30:14
  Oh, hell yeah.
• 30:15
  Oh, hell yeah.
• 30:16
  I appreciate you for asking me.
• 30:18
  Of
• 30:20
  course.
• 30:21
  Have a great day, and thank you for giving me the chance to interview you.
• 30:25
  Yep.
• 30:26
  You have a great day too.
• 30:31
  There we are.
• 30:35
  And I am