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Hitman talks to Raquel Rodriguez WWE Womens Intercontinental Champion · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? It is Hitman with you, and
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  Speaker 1: I feel like a proud dad. I am so honored
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  Speaker 1: to have on the phone, and I dare to say this,
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  Speaker 1: and hopefully I'm saying this right, La Reina del Valle. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: that's who I'm saying she is. Raquel Rodriguez, how are you,
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  Speaker 1: my love?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing even better now that I have that title
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  Speaker 2: officially from the Hitman.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I love that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's so funny because my dad, when I
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  Speaker 2: was first starting off with wrestling, we were watching La
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  Speaker 2: Reina del Sur and we were getting into the show.
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  Speaker 2: And for you to call me that, it just feels
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  Speaker 2: like a little bit of a going back moment, you know,
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  Speaker 2: almost a full circle moment of wrestling. Just putting those
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  Speaker 2: two together.
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  Speaker 3: So, so sweet.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That's so creative.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, you're originally from, you're from South Texas.
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  Speaker 1: I know every time you go out to the ring,
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  Speaker 1: you say you're from the real grand Valley, which in
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  Speaker 1: my heart, every time I hear that, it just, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I love it. And, and, uh, I want to know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: do you still have family still down in South Texas?
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  Speaker 1: I do. I do.
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  Speaker 2: I do have some uncles, some cousins down there. So
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  Speaker 2: I do have a lot of family down in Mercedes
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  Speaker 2: and West Lago and Harlingen, just all over the place.
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  Speaker 3: And that's why I say.
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  Speaker 2: I'm from the Rio Grande Valley. You know, I lived
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  Speaker 2: in Lyford for a little bit. My dad's from Lyford.
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  Speaker 2: I lived in Harlingen. I lived in La Feria and
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  Speaker 2: I went to school in La Feria. And then I
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  Speaker 2: graduated from Hidalgo when we moved to Hidalgo. So I
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  Speaker 2: feel like the whole valley is my home. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And then and then you went and you became a
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  Speaker 1: javelina over Texas A & M over in Kingsville. So
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  Speaker 1: that was that was really cool. So I love the
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  Speaker 1: South Texas flair. And of course, I know that Raw
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  Speaker 1: and the Judgment Day is going to be in San
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  Speaker 1: Antonio at the Frostbank Center. Are you going to be
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  Speaker 1: here on Friday for for SmackDown also here in Corpus Christi?
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  Speaker 2: As of right now, I don't know if Judgment Day
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  Speaker 2: will be making that trip to the beautiful island. I'm
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  Speaker 2: a little jealous that everyone else from SmackDown gets to
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  Speaker 2: go over there and visit Selena and Selena's museum and
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  Speaker 2: get all the good, you know, raspas and mangonadas that
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  Speaker 2: Corpus Christi has to offer.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's one thing that.
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  Speaker 2: It's not like anywhere else. I will tell you, the
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  Speaker 2: last time I was in Corpus, I took all of
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  Speaker 2: Judgment Day to go get manguanadas, and I swear I
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  Speaker 2: changed their life. Oh, wow. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, well, then, while you're in San Antonio, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if you even know this. In San Antonio, you
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  Speaker 1: could have a taste of the valley in San Antonio because...
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  Speaker 1: There is in San Antonio now Delia's tamales. Really?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: They're in San Antonio. If you want some Delia's tamales,
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  Speaker 1: they are in San Antonio. So since you're going to,
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  Speaker 1: you might want to look in that and take the
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  Speaker 1: judgment day. I think Dominique would really love some tamales
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  Speaker 1: from Delia's tamales.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the last time we had a live
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  Speaker 2: event in Edinburgh, I got everyone Delia's tamales, and they
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  Speaker 2: loved it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 2: I think I might have to. I didn't know Delia's
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  Speaker 2: was stepping it up like that. Oh, yeah. Big time now,
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  Speaker 2: isn't she? She's up in San Antonio.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, girl.
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  Speaker 2: You make those tamales.
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  Speaker 1: You want to take it one step further. Delia's now,
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  Speaker 1: you can order them online, and they'll ship them to
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  Speaker 1: wherever you are at.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, don't tell me that. I can't. Oh, no. I've
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  Speaker 2: been doing so good on my diet, Hitman. And I
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  Speaker 2: know it's tamales season, but we've got to push it
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  Speaker 2: back a little, at least until December.
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  Speaker 3: We've got to hold off.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Now, of course, you are the WWE Women's
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  Speaker 1: Intercontinental Championship. Congratulations, by the way. Thank you. There's two
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  Speaker 1: people from the Valley that have won. the Intercontinental Championship.
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  Speaker 1: Besides you, Tito Santana is originally from Mission, Texas. So
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  Speaker 1: Tito Santana and you are both Intercontinental South Texas champions,
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  Speaker 1: which I love. And then you were also WWE Women's
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  Speaker 1: Tag Team Championship six times, You were the NXT Women's Championship.
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  Speaker 1: You were part of the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic,
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  Speaker 1: which just got announced. It's coming back to NXT, which
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  Speaker 1: I'm so happy about also.
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  Speaker 2: That's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, I mean, in San Antonio, who are you
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  Speaker 1: going against in San Antonio at Raw?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, we have a lot of problems on
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  Speaker 3: Raw at the moment. Obviously, you know, we have a
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  Speaker 3: little problem called Stephanie Vakur, who just decided to take
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  Speaker 3: the title off of my hermanita, La Guerrita Liv Morgan.
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  Speaker 2: So that's kind of a problem.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm currently, sadly.
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  Speaker 2: After this weekend, I should say sadly, I am the
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  Speaker 2: only title holder in Judgment Day, which... I'm happy I
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  Speaker 2: still have my title, but that doesn't sit right with
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  Speaker 2: me and my family. You know what I mean? So
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  Speaker 2: we've got a lot of problems to deal with on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say recently you were in
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  Speaker 1: a Money to Bank qualifier match, and you lost to
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  Speaker 1: Lola Weiss, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think you need to take care of that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think it would be a great match
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  Speaker 1: between you and Lola Weiss. And by the way, here's
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  Speaker 1: another thing I'm kind of proud of. Your finisher, the
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  Speaker 1: Tejano Bomb, because I know you love Tejano music and
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  Speaker 1: you call it the Tejano Bomb. I love that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just keeping it close to my roots, right? But
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  Speaker 2: you're right.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I will go after Lola.
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  Speaker 2: How dare she get in a quick one like that
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  Speaker 2: on me and sneaking up behind me. But no, I
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  Speaker 2: totally agree. I definitely will keep an eye open for
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  Speaker 2: Lola because maybe now she feels like she has some
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  Speaker 2: kind of shot at the Intercontinental title. We'll see. We'll
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  Speaker 2: see how that plays out.
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  Speaker 1: We have on the phone right now Raquel Rodriguez. I
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  Speaker 1: always like to roll my R's when I say your
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  Speaker 1: name from the WWE. She's going to be over at
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  Speaker 1: Raw in San Antonio at the Frost Bank Center. I
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  Speaker 1: think we need to start an online thing saying that
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  Speaker 1: we need to call you La Reina del Valle. That's
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  Speaker 1: what I want to call you from now on. And
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  Speaker 1: pass that on to everybody. And here's another thing I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about. You and Liv Morgan have
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  Speaker 1: been compared to Shawn Michaels and Big Sexy. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think about that?
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  Speaker 2: I love that. I love that. I think Shawn Michaels
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  Speaker 2: and Big Sexy, Kevin Nash, they really have something good going.
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  Speaker 2: Like Liv and I, we bring that. We bring an aura.
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  Speaker 3: And I feel like Liz and I, too, are two
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  Speaker 3: of the only females who have really been, you know,
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  Speaker 3: not just tag teams, but partners and friends and having
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  Speaker 3: each other's backs the longest, probably in WWE history, in
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  Speaker 3: my opinion, on televised television. So we have some kind of...
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  Speaker 3: connection that.
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of people can can relate to
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  Speaker 2: you know they see big sexy and they see la
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  Speaker 2: huerita um and they just like whoa what a duo
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  Speaker 2: so I I mean I I love her I love
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  Speaker 2: her so much and I'll always have her back and
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  Speaker 2: I know she always has mine and so I just
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  Speaker 2: think it's great that we get compared to.
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  Speaker 3: Two icons from the attitude era.
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  Speaker 2: Two guys with attitudes two girls with attitudes.
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  Speaker 1: You know I know, I know. I got one last
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  Speaker 1: question for you. I know Roxanne is now the number
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  Speaker 1: one contender for the Women's Championship in AAA. Am I
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  Speaker 1: saying it right?
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  Speaker 2: AAA.
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  Speaker 1: I won't say AAA, but with you, I want to
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  Speaker 1: say AAA. I swear to God. And I know Roxanne's
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  Speaker 1: doing great there. When are we going to see you
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  Speaker 1: in AAA?
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  Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I would love to go back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I tell them this all the time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I was just there this weekend too when we
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  Speaker 2: were in Mexico City and I saw La Catalina win
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  Speaker 2: the Reina de Reinas championship. And of course, Roxanne is
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  Speaker 2: the number one contender, but I went ahead and I
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  Speaker 2: let Catalina know that I got my eyes set on
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  Speaker 2: the Reina de Reinas championship. That would be a great
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  Speaker 2: addition to the Reina del Valle, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, La Reina del Valle.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I was a little jealous, too,
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  Speaker 2: because AAA got to go down. They were down in
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  Speaker 2: South Texas putting on a show.
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  Speaker 3: And I wasn't there to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 2: And I love going down to Edinburgh and just to
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  Speaker 2: the Valley and Corpus in general because we have such
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  Speaker 2: great crowds, such great audiences. And I know Corpus Christi
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  Speaker 2: is going to show out for Friday.
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  Speaker 3: For SmackDown for their new women's champion, Chelsea Green, there.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, you know, I know I've
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  Speaker 1: taken way too much of your time now, but I
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  Speaker 1: want to I want to I personally tell you that
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  Speaker 1: I love you. I am so proud of you.
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  Speaker 2: You you are.
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  Speaker 1: I am one of your root. Whenever you come in,
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  Speaker 1: I'm one of the ones that's screaming the loudest in
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  Speaker 1: the crowd for you to welcome you home down to
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  Speaker 1: South Texas. And I hope that you come back very,
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  Speaker 1: very soon. and personally take you to either get some
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  Speaker 1: Delia's Tamales or Whataburger or anything. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: you even remember El Pato. Of course I remember El Pato. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: got to get you some El Pato and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Got to bring you home and love you to death
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  Speaker 1: and give you the biggest hug I ever see, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you'll ever see whenever you come to town.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, thank you, Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I appreciate all the love.