1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Brothers and sisters, we are kicking off this episode of the 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,880 Devon and the Duke Podcast with a exclusive conversation with 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,360 one of the brightest stars on the indie scene today. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,160 Check out my conversation with. Hey, this is Lady Bird, Monica 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,560 Monroe, the sweetest thing from Texas, and you're listening to 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Duke Loves Wrestling. We're locked in. 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 Look at. What we have here folks, to the 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,160 only show that matters, the. Queen of the Crop Duke loves 9 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:40,400 wrestling and there is no. One that does it better than 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,200 your house. I have come here to chew bubble 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,200 gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble. 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,760 Brothers and sisters, we have a very special guest here. 13 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,320 You could hear her giggling in the background because she is 14 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,960 full of life and positivity. But on top of that though, 15 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:07,840 she'll kick your butt if you step out of line, which you 16 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,400 know, you don't go messing with a Texas girl. 17 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,400 So without further ado, welcome to Duke Loves Wrestling. 18 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Legitimately one of the shining stars, the up and coming stars 19 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,160 on the independent wrestling scene today. 20 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,160 Lady Bird, Monica Monroe, how you doing there? 21 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:25,880 Hello. Hey, Duke. 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,720 Thanks for having me doing great. 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,280 It is a pleasure to have you and listen, I'm not going to play 24 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,960 games here, OK, because I'm talking to one of my Texas 25 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,680 cousins, Lady Bird and we got to start talking some some some 26 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,360 down South stuff. I want to start with BBQ because 27 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:47,160 I am a huge BBQ fan. I make my own sauces and rubs. 28 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,680 I'm all into it. So. 29 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:54,120 So talk to me about BBQ. When it comes to Texas BBQ, why 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,120 the Why is it the best barbecue around? 31 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,280 Oh my goodness, gosh. I think there's probably a lot 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,240 of heart in Texas BBQ because a lot of gatherings and family 33 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,160 events are, you know, surrounded around that as being the main 34 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,480 kind of meal. It kind of brings people 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,680 together. So I know as cheesy as it 36 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,000 sounds, I think it's a lot of love and heart and good energy 37 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,800 around it. Of course, we have many people 38 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,360 around Texas who, you know, study that craft and love it 39 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,040 for, you know, football games and just really anything. 40 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,040 But that's what I would say, as cheesy as it is. 41 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,760 I mean, my favorite barbecues are ones, you know, in my 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,480 backyard, so. That's cool. 43 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,480 Well, when it comes to the food itself, like think back to the 44 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,880 last time you had BBQ. What did you get and and and why 45 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,560 did you get it? Literally yesterday I had some 46 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,160 brisket and I had some sausage and, you know, brisket is just 47 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,760 juicy and tender and it takes a lot of time to get it that 48 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,080 tender, you know, And obviously the sauce, you gotta slap some 49 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,760 sauce on it, a little spicy sauce, just good. 50 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,920 And it's protein, you know, as being a wrestler, I love that 51 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:09,880 protein and anytime I can get it in. 52 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,000 So yeah, it's just delicious and easy to eat. 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,560 I love that. Are are you a a dry rub or are 54 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,800 you a sauce kind of person? I'm a sauce girl. 55 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,560 How about you, Duke? You know, I, I, I'm, I'm not, 56 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,000 I'm not a sauce girl, but I'm definitely a sauce guy. 57 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,200 I, I love my sauce. I don't know why, you know, some 58 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,960 people can eat meat and they just have, you know, seasoning 59 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,960 on it and that's the end of it. I don't know how they do it. 60 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,360 I, I think that these folks, we should contact United States 61 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,320 Space Force and have them picked up because they may be from 62 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,360 another planet and we got to deal with that. 63 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,120 Sauce your BBQ. OK, folks, sauce your BBQ. 64 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,840 I don't know what kind of nonsense is going on here, but 65 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,680 so you agree with me? I agree but I can see why people 66 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,920 sometimes, you know with they get offended why isn't their 67 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,000 meat good enough to eat on its own essentially So they say the 68 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,560 sauce is kind of overpowering the flavor so I understand both 69 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,360 sides. But regardless, I'm still on the 70 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,840 sauce side for sure. I'm I'm going to tell everybody 71 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:19,000 out there right now, the only way you are going to get mussels 72 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,040 like Lady Bird is to eat barbecue and sauce, OK? 73 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,680 That's just the way it has to be, All right? 74 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,520 I'm I'm, I'm putting that out. There right now. 75 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,360 No confusion. That's right. 76 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,720 Yes, if you want a six pack, add the sauce. 77 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Add the sauce. That's right, add the sauce. 78 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:41,200 So you're a very interesting person and I've been keeping an 79 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:46,040 eye on your career since the beginning because for someone 80 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,880 who's only been in the industry for a few years, you've managed 81 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,800 to be in some pretty big time spots. 82 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,160 And I commend you for that because it's not easy. 83 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,640 I mean, that's your, your career is very unusual compared to 84 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,320 literally 99.999% of wrestlers out there. 85 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,760 They're they're never. Going to make it to TV. 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,880 Seriously, that they're never going to make it to TV, they're 87 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,880 never going to get matches and big promotions or what have you. 88 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,920 And, and, and you've been checking those boxes off since 89 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,600 year one. What do you attribute your early 90 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,640 success to? Like how did how did you do 91 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,320 that? Yeah, that's really nice to 92 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:23,760 hear. Thank you, Duke, That that 93 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,040 really means a lot to just to hear you say that. 94 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,960 What do I contribute my success to early on training? 95 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,960 That's really what it comes down to and having, you know, wanting 96 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,200 it more than anything else, you know, you know, you know, I work 97 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,160 a nine to five outside. Well, I don't know if I really 98 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:48,320 should indulge in that. But, you know, I even with, you 99 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,840 know, my daily to do's, I have to go and train. 100 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,520 You know, my whole day is accounted for most days. 101 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:59,320 So I, I trained at this little gym with no AC called America's 102 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,040 Academy of Pro Wrestling. And that the trainer over there, 103 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,400 Papa Don has, you know, been in this business for 20 years. 104 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,920 And one thing I love about trainers is and wrestling, they 105 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,440 don't make a lot of money, right? 106 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,520 These businesses don't make lots of money when you're on the 107 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,640 indie scene. So you, these trainers have to 108 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,000 have a lot of passion. And my trainer Papadon 109 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,680 definitely had that. And so I was just so inspired by 110 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,280 that love of wrestling from him and by everyone who was training 111 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,840 there that, you know, I just showed up every day to train and 112 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:28,680 I wanted to be the best at this business. 113 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,600 I have, you know, an athletic background. 114 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,880 I have a cheerleading, gymnastics, soccer. 115 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,240 I've been doing, you know, sports since I was four years 116 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,640 old, right? So I think that really helped in 117 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,040 the beginning of me wrestling and my wrestling career. 118 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,080 Talk to me about that viral clip that you had where you were in 119 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,120 this battle to the bell. In reality, you're wrestling and 120 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,080 you are holding a ladder. You put it down, you did some 121 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,360 kind of like upside down handstand thing, you wrapped 122 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,320 your legs around the ladder and then you were able. 123 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,640 To. Ascend the ladder because of 124 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,520 that. Talk to me about this thing. 125 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,000 Here because this is pretty cool you're. 126 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,920 A pretty agile person, right? Yeah, I try to be, you know, in 127 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,440 wrestling, moments are really important, having specific 128 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,320 moments. You know what I learned from OVW 129 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,240 with Al over there was moves don't, well, moves don't sell 130 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,160 seats. It's characters, it's moments. 131 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,520 And that was really kind of a character moment for me, who 132 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,360 Lady Bird is, is I'm super athletic, agile, I'll do 133 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,280 basically anything to get the the win, any kind of creative 134 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,080 way. So that was just a, a really 135 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,200 nice moment for me to have in the ring. 136 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,120 And I actually have to give credit to the people at Roe 137 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,280 because that was actually something that someone came to 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,280 me about and they said, hey, I think this would be great if you 139 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,760 could do this. I think you have the athletic 140 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,160 ability to do it. And so I practiced it literally 141 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,480 probably, I don't know, 20 minutes before my match. 142 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,400 And then, yeah, then I'm, we put it in there. 143 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,520 Well, it definitely was a big hit and again, I commend you for 144 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,880 it because that is not easy to do. 145 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,560 In fact, one of these days, we're going to see you in the 146 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,560 the Royal Rumble and you're going to be doing some amazing 147 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,120 things. I'm putting that out there right 148 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,520 now to the universe, Lady Bird, Monica Monroe is going to be in 149 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,120 the Royal Rumble. She's going to be in ladder 150 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,480 matches. She's going to be in these 151 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,480 matches where she's able to show off these these amazing agility 152 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,200 skills. And fans are going to go nuts 153 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,960 for it just like they did when in reality or wrestling. 154 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,600 I mean, really, really cool stuff there. 155 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:40,120 So again, kudos to you. Now I know that you are Texas. 156 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,120 You are Texas through and through you and your family. 157 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,240 So we're talking cowboy hats and cowboy boots and and all that 158 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,040 good stuff there. So. 159 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,120 Talk to me about country music. Like who who? 160 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,680 Who are your favorite country music artists? 161 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,840 And really, what songs do you listen to to get yourself pumped 162 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,240 up before matches? Oh, that's a good question. 163 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,240 That's a good question. Country. 164 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,600 I normally like more sad country songs, unless it's like early 165 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,840 2000s country with like Keith Urban and Tim McGraw, Miranda 166 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,520 Lambert, you know, all those, those folks. 167 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,120 But you know, Beyoncé's a country girl and she just put 168 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,320 out a country album. So if I really do want to get 169 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:29,440 pumped up, I mean my Houston, TX girl, that's, you know, that's 170 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,000 something to get me pumped up with. 171 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,120 What's another good one that I really like? 172 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,720 Oh, Family traditions. That's a really good song, a 173 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,040 little honky tonk kind of song. So stuff like that. 174 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,200 And I hear the little birdie told me, a little birdie told me 175 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,520 about lady Bird that you are A2 stepper and, and in fact you've 176 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,320 even taken 2 step lessons and all that good stuff there. 177 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,720 So let's talk about it. What is 2 step? 178 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,360 And you know, how skilled are you at that? 179 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,280 I'd say I'm pretty good. I started learning back when I 180 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,480 was in high school. I think I was in Spanish class 181 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,200 and we had a substitute or something and a little country 182 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,840 boy, because I'm from a small town. 183 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,160 I grew up, you know, went to school in a small town. 184 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,040 A little country boy friend of mine just taught me how to two 185 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,080 step. It's really just kind of take 186 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,920 two steps forward, one step back. 187 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,880 But if you wanna have a little more fun, we do a half step. 188 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,520 You take a half step forward and A and a step back and you just, 189 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,120 you know, spin around and twirl on the floor. 190 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,280 I did that most of my, you know, when I was in my teens, you 191 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,480 know, I would go to clubs and two step for, you know, this is 192 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,960 my favorite activity to do. I would do that every weekend. 193 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,800 I just love being twirled around and dipped and it's just a it's 194 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,720 a good time. Yeah, it's it's awesome. 195 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:55,120 Have you ever 2 step Duke? I actually have, you know, I I 196 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,440 grew up on boot scootin boogie. OK, so I I mean I'm a real. 197 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,840 Country music. Fan from way back. 198 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,080 So yes, I've I've 2 stepped, I've I've done swing dancing, 199 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,920 waltz, all kinds of different. Types I I think. 200 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,280 Dance lessons through the years, yeah. 201 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:17,680 But I love country music and and I go back to early Garth and and 202 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:22,120 and Travis Tritt, Randy Travis and and Reba McEntire. 203 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:27,040 Like that real golden age of country in the 80s and 90s where 204 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,520 the music videos were starting to influence what people 205 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,600 actually went to the record stores and buy. 206 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:39,200 So it was really interesting to see the mix of the two and and 207 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,640 just how you know, everyone has YouTube today, but back then you 208 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,200 had to watch CMT channel country music television. 209 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,000 Which was the country? Version of MTV in order to 210 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,320 figure out what the next big song was going to be And and and 211 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,360 some of those songs they would show you how to dance. 212 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,400 You know what I mean? So those were some fun years in 213 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,840 country music what happened? But yes, I definitely know how 214 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,320 to two step. I I can't do it like you, but I 215 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,320 can sure so try OK. I'd love to see it. 216 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,480 Now what about the singing? Because you do everything else. 217 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:18,080 Can you sing as well? Oh gosh, in the shower or at a 218 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,400 concert when I'm tuned out by everyone else? 219 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,800 No, I mean, my sisters sing and they're phenomenal at it. 220 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,240 I kind of grew up. I did choir and all that fun 221 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,840 stuff. But it's definitely not 222 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,200 something I'm trained in in any way, you know? 223 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,760 But I admire the people who do May. 224 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,680 Maybe one day, maybe one day, I can start singing again. 225 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,680 You know, folks, we're talking here to Lady Bird, Monica Monroe 226 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,320 and and I'm telling you right now, you can hear it from her. 227 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,960 She is a person that is so she's infectious, you know what I 228 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,680 mean? Just a positive person doing 229 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,480 some great things out there. So many wonderful experiences. 230 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:02,720 She is the the American dream. So when it comes to a a star 231 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,960 that's out there, a new star who's on the hunt, on the 232 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,440 ascent, all the big companies out there are going to be making 233 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,240 big offers to her in the not too distant future. 234 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,320 This is somebody to get behind. You know what I mean? 235 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,680 She can 2 step. She can she can tell you about 236 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:21,600 the best barbecue and if she has to, she'll get a ladder and 237 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,320 she'll do a little flip something or other and and get 238 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,000 up on top of that thing and she might actually jump off of it on 239 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,080 you. So you got to watch yourself. 240 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,680 But this is really a special person that we really, you know, 241 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,000 here at Duke loves wrestling. We really want to highlight and 242 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,240 put our stamp on and say, hey, she's next. 243 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,760 OK. So for all of you challengers 244 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,520 out there, if you're looking for a great opponent, go up to your 245 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,640 promoter and let them know right now, Lady Bird Monica Monroe is 246 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,800 open for business. So let's get it on. 247 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,400 I'm gonna tell you that right now. 248 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:55,880 What do you think about that Lady Bird? 249 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:56,880 Am I? Am I saying it right? 250 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,400 Darn right. Yes, yes, absolutely. 251 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,960 Thank you for that, Duke. It really means a lot. 252 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,960 What What can folks expect when they come out and they see Lady 253 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,400 Bird Monica Monroe wrestle? What, what? 254 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,880 What can they expect to see from you? 255 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:15,840 Oh, that's a great question. Well, the first thing you're 256 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,200 gonna see is I dress well for you. 257 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:24,200 I like to look good when I'm out there, so I'm a a good sight for 258 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,240 your eyes and I don't need to Bose myself up. 259 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,600 But we do it for the fans, we do it for you guys. 260 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,200 And then you're gonna see some fun stuff. 261 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,240 You're gonna see me doing some flips and tricks. 262 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,760 And not only that, you're gonna see me kicking ass, beating up 263 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,320 my opponents. It's a good time. 264 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,760 I think I'm trying to always be unique, be a little different 265 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,800 with what I deliver in the ring. So you'll hopefully see 266 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,120 something special and unique when I'm when I'm out there 267 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,960 wrestling. Talk to me about tag team 268 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,360 wrestling 'cause that's also something that you've become 269 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,040 pretty experienced at as well, right? 270 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,880 Yeah, yeah, I actually learned that at OVW with the Doug 271 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,840 Basham. He was like, you know, he was in 272 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,600 A tag team back in his WWE days, the Basham Brothers. 273 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,960 So I kind of got to learn from someone who was, you know, 274 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,400 signed with a, a major company. I, you know, So yeah, I did, I 275 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,120 did that for a while at OVW for about 5 months. 276 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,120 And then I've come back to, to, to Texas and then started doing 277 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,040 it at reality of wrestling with my, my main B, my girl Gigi Ray, 278 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,880 me and her actually met. We were both newbies in the 279 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,160 business. We started writing together and 280 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,440 then we became best friends. So she's the perfect person to 281 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,320 tag with. She's, we have similar styles. 282 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,200 She's just a bad ass. She's delivering these big 283 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,960 moves. We're both studying, you know, 284 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,320 matches. So yeah, I, I love tag team 285 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,880 wrestling. It's definitely, it's definitely 286 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,720 different from singles, but I I really love being able to rely 287 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,160 on a a partner in a match. Awesome, awesome stuff. 288 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,600 So once again, folks, she is very versatile. 289 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,600 She'll give you tag matches, she'll win gauntlet matches, 290 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,680 everything in between. I'm telling you right now, Lady 291 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,960 Bird, Monica Monroe, do not forget that name. 292 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,360 You will be seeing her all over your TV screens, no question 293 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,680 about it. In fact, Lady Bird, for anyone 294 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,560 out there, especially promoters, if they want to reach out to you 295 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,840 and do some business, what's the best way they can do that? 296 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,400 Yeah, that'd be great. You can message me. 297 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,560 You can e-mail me at russellladybird@gmail.com or 298 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,360 find me on X or Instagram. Send me Adm. 299 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,800 I'd love to work all around the US. 300 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,200 Yeah, just message me and we can start a conversation. 301 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,080 Awesome stuff. Awesome, awesome. 302 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,320 Before I let you go, I got to ask this last question because 303 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,360 it's very important, OK? This is the biggest question 304 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,400 that you've ever been asked in your career. 305 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,040 So let's see where we're going to go with this year, OK? 306 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,120 You're you're you're Texas now and you're talking to a Yankee 307 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,040 here. I'm Boston. 308 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,200 All right, so. You know, we, we, we're cousins, 309 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:03,520 but very different in a lot of ways here, here in Boston, we 310 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:08,319 call it soda, OK? That's what we call it. 311 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,599 It's soda, the little fizzy drink. 312 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:13,440 We call it soda. We don't call it anything else. 313 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,240 We might call it by it's brand name, but it's soda, all right? 314 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,800 And we stand hard and firm on this. 315 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:25,119 This is the way we roll. So Lady Bird, Monica Monroe, you 316 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,960 got the entire state of Texas on your shoulders right now. 317 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,400 All right, we need to know the answer to this. 318 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,280 What do you call fizzy drinks down there? 319 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:43,760 Oh my goodness, we, I don't want to disappoint anyone from Texas, 320 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,560 but I, you know, I'm going to speak for the Texans. 321 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,840 I'd say we call it pop. How do you feel about that? 322 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:55,840 Does that enrage you? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I 323 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,120 take back everything positive I've ever said about this lady. 324 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,760 She has completely turned heel on me. 325 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,960 OK, so we're putting a bounty on the head of Lady Bird, Monica 326 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,480 Monroe. If there is any wrestler on the 327 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,120 planet who wants to straighten her out for having the audacity 328 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:17,800 to call fizzy drinks pop, I will get the Harley Race briefcase 329 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,880 full of money. Take the money. 330 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,960 I want you to straighten out Lady Bird Monica Monroe, because 331 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,000 clearly she's gone the opposite way during this conversation. 332 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,240 I can't believe she just turned on us folks. 333 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,640 OK, I can't believe you, Lady Bird. 334 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,840 I had to, I had to defend a whole state. 335 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:43,040 Strictly for the Culture brothers and sisters, you have 336 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:48,320 seen the T-shirts, the hats, the hoodies, the mugs in the hands 337 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:53,240 of some of your favorite pro wrestling stars, podcasters and 338 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,960 influencers out there and now it's time. 339 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,840 Visit strictlyfortheculture.ca and you too can be part of the 340 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,080 movement. 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Duke loves wrestling. 351 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,400 And of course, the Hall of Famer himself. 352 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,880 The man that went viral once again, especially with his, with 353 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,440 his dance moves and his preaching. 354 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:03,320 We're talking about the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Devon 355 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,640 Dudley. How you doing there Devon? 356 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,320 I'm doing good man, not bad at all. 357 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,320 Just one day at a time, doing what I got to do. 358 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,440 So so we got to jump right into this man. 359 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:18,360 You went viral with this music video that she had with Trick 360 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,960 Williams and and the return of Reverend Devon. 361 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,000 OK, what? What was going on up there with 362 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,880 this video, brother? Well, Trick asked me to come and 363 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:31,280 do the video. I really don't watch the product 364 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,760 as much as I should because I, you know, I have kids and 365 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,680 businesses outside of the business, so it's very hard for 366 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,440 me to keep up with everything that's going on. 367 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:47,160 And so I basically got a phone call from Trick asking me to be 368 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,800 in the video and to do the Reverend Yvonne. 369 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,680 And I said, yeah, I said sure. So I'd love to do it because, 370 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,040 you know, Trick and I, when I was in NXT, you know, we became 371 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,720 friends and you know, we clicked on every cylinder and you know, 372 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,600 anything that he want for me, he's got it and vice versa. 373 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,080 So it was one of those things where when he called me, I was 374 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,800 very happy to be a part of it and, you know, just couldn't 375 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,640 wait to sit down and collaborate with him. 376 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,960 How talented is this trick Williams man? 377 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,720 I mean what, what a what a special young man he is and the 378 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,560 fact that he's already a two time NXT champion is just 379 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,040 fantastic. What are your thoughts on him as 380 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,600 as a as a Hall of Famer? Checking out his work, 381 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,520 interacting with him behind the scenes? 382 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,120 What are your thoughts on trick? I think trick has come a long 383 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,800 way. I think, you know, when he came 384 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:45,080 in and he became a part of Carmelo's stable, so to speak, 385 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,480 he was kind of like a side piece, you know, on the side 386 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,960 and, and basically, you know, he was developing his own 387 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,680 character. He was developing his own style 388 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,040 in the process of it. So becoming second to somebody 389 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,560 is not necessarily a bad thing. If you take advantage of it, it 390 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,600 can work out great for you. And I think this worked out 391 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,320 great for Trick. And This is why he's in the 392 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,600 position that he's in, because even though Carmelo really got a 393 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:17,080 lot of the press, he basically learned and was always asking 394 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,920 questions and he basically, you know, studied. 395 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,360 And now look at him now. Two time NXT champion and he's 396 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,800 on top of the world now. So very proud and happy for 397 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,080 Trick and now the Sky's the limit. 398 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,400 Sky's the limit. Absolutely. 399 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,120 And folks, don't forget we're talking November 6th, OK? 400 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:44,240 They're going to be at the the ECW Arena with some folks call 401 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:49,440 the 2300 arena in Philadelphia, PA, NXT on CW. 402 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,040 So this is going to be a big event. 403 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,240 There's going to be a lot of familiar faces who are going to 404 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,040 be showing up. You never know what kind of 405 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,080 surprises to expect there. So you definitely want to tune 406 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,000 in if you have an opportunity to be there live, make sure you 407 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,320 take your pictures, use the hashtag WWENXT, the whole 9 408 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,920 yards. Be part of some history there 409 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,040 for sure. So there was a little 410 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,400 controversy that happens Devon and and you know, I definitely 411 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,240 want to make sure that I talk about this on air because I know 412 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,480 folks are are waiting to hear, you know, the final word on 413 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,560 this. So I you know, I'm going to take 414 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,200 a minute here and just go over it. 415 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:34,560 First and foremost, shout out to Chris Bay from TNA and also 416 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,600 baking go, you know the the Mexican wrestler who also has 417 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,360 been doing some shots in the United States. 418 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,600 Both of those guys in the past few days have been injured in 419 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,080 the ring. Unfortunately. 420 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,720 Not really sure the extent of the Kingo's injury. 421 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,560 I know it was a leg injury and we definitely wish him a speedy 422 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,560 recovery. In the case of Chris Bay, 423 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,800 there's been some information that's come out that he had to 424 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:04,480 have emergency neck surgery and the surgery was successful. 425 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:09,520 So he's on the mend and who knows the next time he's going 426 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,280 to be back in the ring. And that's not really as 427 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,520 important as making sure that his health and safety are OK. 428 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,120 So definitely, you know, shout out to Chris BAE and the Kingo, 429 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,360 and we wish you both a speedy recovery. 430 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,520 Now, the interesting thing happened as soon as BAE had that 431 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:31,720 injury in it and it made its rounds online, someone, a very 432 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,000 close personal friend of his, set up a GoFundMe and I believe 433 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 the original goal was like $50,000. 434 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,320 They've they've since changed it to $100,000 because so much 435 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,320 money is poured in in support of Chris Bay. 436 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:53,160 So I had tweeted out a message, you know, he didn't he get 437 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,200 injured in the ring. Why are we soliciting funds from 438 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,280 fans? Shouldn't the promotion be 439 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,360 paying for this? This is ridiculous. 440 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,720 So I put that out there and you folks know me. 441 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,200 I, I'm not one to hold my tongue. 442 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,640 I share my opinion just like everybody else. 443 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,360 I don't swear. I don't cuss anybody out or 444 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,720 anything like that. You guys know that I'm, you 445 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,160 know, I, I don't work blue, so to speak. 446 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,760 I'm more of a Sinbad, if you know the, the comedian Sinbad. 447 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,400 I, I, I talk about life and ironic things and I'm very 448 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,800 specific about what I'm saying. But I, I make sure that I'm 449 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,160 being professional at the same time as I say it. 450 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,240 To my surprise, so many people jumped all over me on this. 451 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,160 There are definitely people who agree, but so many people, oh, 452 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,320 how dare you. And this is about supporting 453 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,120 Chris. And you can't be so negative and 454 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:46,800 all. So then I said, wait a second. 455 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:52,280 It is unsustainable to treat fans as if there's some kind of 456 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,720 unlimited ATM. And unfortunately, we've seen 457 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,240 this happen throughout the years where folks keep hitting fans up 458 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,720 for money. And it's not a transaction. 459 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,000 It's not like buy my merchandise, come out to a show 460 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,760 or whatever. No, this is literally give me 461 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:11,360 money to pay my bills. And hey, this is a bad economy 462 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:14,640 for everybody. The average person is working 463 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,040 more than one job just to make ends meet. 464 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,840 We're coming off of terrible hurricanes that just happened. 465 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,720 We're coming with, you know, we're in the midst of a possible 466 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,000 World War Three happening out there. 467 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,960 We got the holiday season coming up. 468 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,800 Financially, most people are pretty strapped. 469 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,320 And as a fan, I'm not a wrestler. 470 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,640 I'm not in the wrestling industry. 471 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,040 I do this show to highlight all the legends and and the folks 472 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,040 breaking into the business, everybody in between. 473 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,320 That's what I do. But I'm not a wrestler and I 474 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,160 never pretend to be. But as a fan, I'm pointing out a 475 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,320 reality here. Hey, it's time to stop hitting 476 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,400 us up for these, these, these funds. 477 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,200 You know, we're all human beings here. 478 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,200 And, and if I fall on hard times, I can't go to you and ask 479 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,240 you for money. So stop asking me. 480 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,760 Just a general point, whether you agree or disagree, just a 481 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,640 general point. But on top of that, I said, hey, 482 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,320 This is why wrestlers need to unionize so they can have these 483 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,040 protections in place. If I get injured at work, 484 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,640 there's workman's comp, right? I, if I have lost wages, that 485 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,520 gets covered. I got medical bills that gets 486 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,160 covered. Independent contractors in the 487 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,600 pro wrestling industry don't have those protections. 488 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,320 And I think there's something wrong with that. 489 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,560 I think you deserve it, all of you wrestlers out there. 490 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,720 So that was the point I was making. 491 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,040 Unfortunately, a lot of people took issue with that, including 492 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,760 former WWE referee Jimmy Corderas, which, you know, 493 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,880 Jimmy, you said a lot of disparaging things about me and 494 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,000 I'm just going to tell you right now, you don't know me. 495 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,320 I don't know you. If you disagree with me, that's 496 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:51,800 OK. But there was no reason for you 497 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:56,480 to to call me a douche nozzle and an idiot and cuss me and all 498 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,520 this other stuff. Jimmy Corderas, you, you know, 499 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,000 you, you Jelly back humanoid bastard. 500 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,000 There was no reason for you to speak to me like that. 501 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,360 Because if you're benefiting from the fact that the wrestling 502 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:12,320 industry is not unionized and good for you, that's not going 503 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,840 to stop me from saying that the wrestlers deserve it, Jimmy. 504 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,960 And the last time I checked, referees were employees in the 505 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,360 WWE. So you had benefits that the 506 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,760 people who are out there risking their lives every day in that 507 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,480 ring didn't have. I'm advocating for them. 508 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,480 Mr. Slapped the mat. You were completely covered. 509 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:33,200 So you, you, you take that song and dance somewhere else, Sir. 510 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,120 That's that's all I say to that. Listen, folks, you know me. 511 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,520 I'm not here to be liked about what I said. 512 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:40,960 I'm not here to be disagreed with. 513 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,240 I just point out the fact and I push conversation and I'm pretty 514 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,680 effective at it. For some reason, people can't 515 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,320 stop responding when I do these things because they know what 516 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,880 I'm saying is true. And if that forces the 517 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,640 conversation to come back into the forefront and so be it. 518 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,600 There was a point where a wrestling union almost happened 519 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,320 a few years ago, but unfortunately the guy who was 520 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,920 leading it, David Starr, he got caught up in the Me Too stuff. 521 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,000 And if any of that stuff was true, what was said about him, 522 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,480 that's unfortunate, you know, because the whole wrestling 523 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,400 union thing died with that moment. 524 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,880 And that sucks because again, the wrestlers do deserve it. 525 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,560 There are parts of this industry that are making money hand over 526 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,720 fist right now and it is wonderful. 527 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,320 The spoils are happening, but for the most part, people are 528 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,320 struggling. And if Chris Bay needs a 529 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,920 GoFundMe to pay his bills after getting hurt in a wrestling ring 530 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,160 when he is literally on TV, not only United States but also in 531 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,200 Japan, he got that New Japan deal as well. 532 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,480 Something is wrong with that in my opinion. 533 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:48,480 Have the conversation, figure it out, but the fans can't keep 534 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,480 supporting that. That's just my opinion. 535 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,280 That's what the what fans that I talk to all the time, they say 536 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,520 the same thing kind of hard up here. 537 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,600 They're the ones asking for money too, because they're in 538 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,840 financial turmoil. So come on, guys. 539 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,400 I think the the faucet is being shut off a little bit here. 540 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,560 But again, I wish a speedy recovery to everybody and, and I 541 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,840 don't wish bad on anyone. Don't want to see anyone get 542 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,920 injured out there. But you know, there's a right 543 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,440 way to do this long term and I think the industry needs needs 544 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,960 to take a look at it. Devon, any thoughts on that? 545 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,200 You know, the GoFundMe, you know, does help a lot of 546 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,960 wrestlers because, you know, we don't have a union. 547 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:30,200 I know Jesse Ventura talked about it in the documentary and 548 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,720 so many other documentaries that they did on pro wrestling where 549 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,680 he tried to form a union. And all of a sudden, I think it 550 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,600 was Hogan, I believe, that blew the whistle on him and went to 551 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,600 Vince and told him what they were trying to do. 552 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:54,480 It's very hard for a lot of these guys to really make, you 553 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,480 know, they people look at us as making millions and millions of 554 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,040 dollars and some, some of us are. 555 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,080 But then you have some guys and, you know, certain promotions 556 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,240 that aren't making that it's almost like it, it's like the 557 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,760 rap world in a sense. And what I mean by that is some 558 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,120 of these guys are portraying that they're, you know, got more 559 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,040 money than God and this and that. 560 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,600 But then you come to find out that they're not, they don't 561 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,600 have that money because the music industry, you know, robs 562 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,880 them blind. I think that has to do with the 563 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:31,680 case with some promotions. Some promotions do not pay the 564 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,080 talent what they're really entitled to pay. 565 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:39,680 But that's been for years, you know, across the board, you 566 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,240 know, for what we do in that ring, we should be getting paid 567 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,600 a lot more than what we get paid. 568 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:51,080 And, you know, that's the fight that's always been with 569 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,760 wrestlers for decades, well, long before I came in this 570 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,960 business. And it seems like the promoters 571 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,840 are the ones that are getting rich off our blood, sweat and 572 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,480 tears. So it's one of those things 573 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:08,000 where, you know, I kind of understand where it's coming 574 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,440 from because, again, the company should be paying for it, but 575 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,560 they don't. And a lot of the organization's 576 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,120 top organizations feel like you need to have your own insurance 577 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,560 just in case something like that happens. 578 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:29,080 So I'm not sure what that young man's deal is in terms of what 579 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,360 he's making in TNA or things like that. 580 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:39,280 I do know that when I was in TNA during the Dixie regime, a guy 581 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,920 named Jesse Swanton, I think it was his name, he was a student 582 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:48,120 of ours who basically made it to and made it to TNA at the time, 583 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,960 broke his neck in the ring. And, you know, Dixie swore that 584 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:57,920 she was going to take care of it and not to worry, told his mom, 585 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,520 you know, that, you know, you have nothing to worry because 586 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:05,240 the mother was sitting ringside when the accident happened, told 587 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,080 him that she was they were going to take care of it. 588 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,440 You don't have to worry about a thing. 589 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,440 You know, we got this. And come to find out that the 590 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,080 mother wound up selling, had to sell her restaurant, I believe, 591 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,680 or something like that to pay for the medical bills because 592 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:25,280 apparently the promise that was given to Jesse wasn't done. 593 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,800 The bills were not paid and he needed to pay the money, you 594 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,440 know, that they did for all the surgeries. 595 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,160 And if you know anything about broken necks and the stuff that 596 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,200 you have to go through, it's a lot of money. 597 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,920 It really, I mean, you could lose everything just to pay for 598 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,800 those bills. And then not to mention the 599 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:50,440 countless rehab that you have to go through just to get back to 600 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:55,480 even half the way you once was. So, you know, and that hurt me 601 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,320 when I heard that because, excuse me, you know, you, you 602 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,920 got to look at it as this man went in that ring and put his 603 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:07,080 life on the line to entertain. Yes, this is a love that he had 604 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,280 for the business and he knew the consequences. 605 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,360 I get that and understand that. But at the same token, when you 606 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,400 have top promoters telling you that they're going to take care 607 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,159 of you if something goes wrong, you know they're betting 9 out 608 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:20,960 of 10 times is not going to happen. 609 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,679 But it's always that one time that it does happen. 610 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,880 Then what? Then your ass out if they don't 611 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,960 keep their promise and take care of you during that time. 612 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:37,560 So it's really hard in a sense, to not understand where they're 613 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,040 coming from because, again, the bill for something like that can 614 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,000 be crazy. And I get it. 615 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,960 You know, the fans, you know, are tapped out to, we're all 616 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,880 living in an economy that it's rough right now and that we all 617 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:58,200 need that handout as well. But my thing is, if the fans are 618 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,840 willing to do it to help them out, then, you know, so be it. 619 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,160 You know, because again, we are putting our lives out there and 620 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,280 we are putting our bodies and things like that, taking time 621 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,040 away from our families and, and everything, you know, to do 622 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,880 this. You know, luckily when I had my 623 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:19,880 stroke and I had my back surgery, I was an employee of 624 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,560 the company and I was able, I had the benefits and all of that 625 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,920 to take care of that. You know, getting health 626 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,400 insurance on your own is very, very rough. 627 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,160 I think I was, I think I was paying almost something like 628 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:42,320 almost sixteen, $1800 a month for health insurance for me and 629 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,280 my family, you know, at one point. 630 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,560 And then all of a sudden I became an employee of the 631 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,480 company and you know, didn't have to worry about that in the 632 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,280 morning. I was paying like $100 for my 633 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,680 family at that point because it was employee. 634 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,400 But it's rough man. And again, I hope, I wish that 635 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,360 brother a very fast and speedy recovery. 636 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,720 May God with you, May God be with you. 637 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,800 But again, hopefully he gets back on his feet and he's able 638 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:11,520 to do what he truly loves. And you know, again, my my heart 639 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,720 and prayers go out to him and his family. 640 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,560 I believe the guy's name is Jesse Sorensen. 641 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,800 And I, I remember that injury. Woof, that was a tough one. 642 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,640 He was out for a few years because of that. 643 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,880 He did eventually make his return to pro wrestling, but 644 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,600 obviously you have a major neck injury that takes a lot out of 645 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,960 you and you never quite the same after that. 646 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:36,760 So definitely shout out to Jesse and shame on Dixie Carter for 647 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,000 not falling through, you know, leading this young person 648 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,440 believe that the company would support them and ultimately they 649 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,120 did not. That's just piss poor management 650 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,840 in my opinion. There's no two ways about it. 651 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:55,640 I I wonder, Devon, when it comes to management, when it comes to 652 00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:01,400 the professionalism and the support that you've received 653 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,800 throughout your career, if you could pick one promotion that 654 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,680 you felt compared to everybody else, they got it done right, 655 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:13,600 especially in a particular time period in your career, when 656 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,920 would that be and what promotion would would you give the nod to 657 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,480 saying that? Yeah, out of all the ones I 658 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:24,480 dealt with, they were the best. Well, no doubt WWE, you know, 659 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,240 under the Vince regime, 'cause I don't know, the Hunter regime, 660 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,600 Vince always took care of you. He was never one of those guys 661 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,200 that made promises that he would do something when you got hurt 662 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,840 and didn't follow through with it. 663 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:45,800 If you got hurt 9, I would say 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10 times 664 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,560 you would you were taken care of, you know. 665 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,200 So I never really had a problem with that. 666 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:58,720 The organization, in terms of how an office should be run, was 667 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,000 top of the line. So when you went to these other 668 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:10,240 organizations that were under WWE, meaning not on the same 669 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:13,240 level, you kind of saw the writing on the wall with that. 670 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,440 And there was a couple of times when me and Bubba was like, man, 671 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,720 if this was WWE, it wouldn't be run like this because that's 672 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:28,600 just the way it was. You know, we basically realized 673 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,680 very early when we left in 2005 and went to other organizations 674 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:39,960 how businesses should not be run, especially from an office 675 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,440 standpoint. I think the only thing that was 676 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:47,600 close to being top notch when it came to business in an office 677 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:52,480 was the Japan organizations. They were on top of this stuff. 678 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:57,120 They had everything running like a world oil machine. 679 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,280 They were very, very good when it came to stuff like that. 680 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,680 I don't think Hunters in terms of taking care of business is 681 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,920 any is that much different than the way Vince did it. 682 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,400 You got to understand he was under Vince for many, many 683 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:14,040 years. And you know, you can't deny the 684 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:19,920 stuff that Vince did in terms of how he ran the company. 685 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,720 You might not have liked him outside of the company, but when 686 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:29,400 it came to how he did business, he was a genius. 687 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,720 And I will always stand by that and say that because look at 688 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:41,560 where he bought the WWE from his father's company to this billion 689 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,800 dollar, not million, but billion dollar entity. 690 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,880 You know, we always hear about Pat Patterson and his 691 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,480 contributions, especially to match finishes and things like 692 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,520 that. Other than the obvious with 693 00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:01,600 Vince and Pat, who else, who else would be next? 694 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,440 Who you would say had the most influence and their influence 695 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:10,160 had the most positive impact on things, especially when you were 696 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,440 in the WWE? Who? 697 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,840 Who was the other brain behind the scenes that helped make 698 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,520 things go around? Other than Patterson, I really 699 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,000 don't know. I mean, you had Bruce Pritchard, 700 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:28,120 you had Jr. Bruce had his hand and stuff. 701 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:32,520 But I never saw Bruce at work. I just knew that he was under 702 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,880 Vince and Vince liked him very much. 703 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:43,080 How much did Pritchard have in terms of having his input on 704 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,560 things at that? I don't know as and as well as 705 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,880 Jr. because again, I wasn't in the meetings to see that, nor 706 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,200 was it talked about. So I really don't know. 707 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,120 I just know that those two had their hands and a lot, but I 708 00:40:55,120 --> 00:41:00,200 didn't know how much. But you always knew about Pat 709 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,880 Patterson. You know how much of A genius he 710 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,360 was. Oh, and Michael Hayes. 711 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:12,920 Michael Hayes came in as a producer, not even supposed to 712 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,240 be permanent for my understanding, and his ideas was 713 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,680 just so good that Vince said, Nope, you're in. 714 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,960 You know, I'm brought him in. Michael is very, very good in 715 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,120 terms of putting storylines together. 716 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,040 His knowledge for the business is, is incredible. 717 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:34,600 I think next to Pat Patterson had to have been Michael Hayes. 718 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:38,560 His ideas were just superb. Little crazy sometimes, but 719 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,280 again, he knew his stuff. You know, it's interesting that 720 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:48,200 you bring up Michael Hayes. Here's a guy who was with the 721 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,160 WWE in the late 70s, early 80s for a drink of water basically. 722 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,880 And you know, he went on with the Free Birds. 723 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,240 They set the whole Texas territory on fire. 724 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:03,600 They were working for Watts and working for the N.W.A and, you 725 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,440 know, working for the Von Erichs all over the place and making a 726 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,480 name for themselves. And then it's not until what, 727 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:17,280 the early 90s that Hayes comes back as this this Doc Hendricks 728 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,480 character and then eventually just settles in as a creative 729 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,760 guy. What a career this this man has 730 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,080 had in pro wrestling and in so many different hats. 731 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:30,920 He's worn at such a high level. But the fact that his time in 732 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:37,800 WWE is where he spent the most time in his career is really, 733 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,800 really interesting. I think it says a lot about who 734 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,640 Michael Hayes is and and his ability to continue to remain 735 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,880 relevant enough to maintain a job on the highest level. 736 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:52,960 Yeah, I started in 1999 and he was there working. 737 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:57,400 So you know, and we're now in 2015. 738 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:01,720 I'm so good. Jesus, we're in 2024 and he's 739 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:05,080 still there. So he was there during the 740 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,680 beginning of the Attitude Era. So let's go back even more, say 741 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:14,520 1996, maybe 95. He was there, maybe even longer 742 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,520 than that, and he's been there ever since. 743 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,360 Yeah, again, it shout out to Michael Hayes. 744 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:26,640 Staying relevant, innovating, making yourself necessary as 745 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,480 time goes by that that's just, it's really smart. 746 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,560 It's a skill. Most people don't have that 747 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,920 skill, unfortunately. So that just shows his value. 748 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:43,640 Speaking of value, you had your cigar unveiling events last week 749 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,680 and I know fans were very excited about that. 750 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,640 You had a great turn out from what I understand. 751 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:52,000 But most importantly for everybody who was not able to 752 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,760 make it. Tell us about it there. 753 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,480 Devon, how was the cigar event? Phenomenal. 754 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:03,000 Great turn out, you know, really had a great time. 755 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,720 You know, been here for 33 years in this area and the turn out 756 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:10,480 was was great. And I say that because I've been 757 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,040 here for so long, you know, I've seen people left and right. 758 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:17,280 So I didn't think I was like, you know, people know me, so I 759 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:18,880 don't know how to turn out. It's going to be. 760 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,960 And it blew me away. Yeah, when I saw it. 761 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:26,560 So I was very happy about that. You know, I'm very excited about 762 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,160 the cigars. They taste great. 763 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,440 And, you know, I'm just enjoying every bit of it. 764 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:40,640 Thanks to, you know, Dave over there at NASDAQ is not sure. 765 00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:44,400 So thank you very much. And Dave Ortiz, big Poppy from 766 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,760 the Boston Red Sox, thank you so much for bringing me along. 767 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:52,360 And I can't wait for the ride, man, I'm enjoying this also. 768 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:56,440 I got to add in also as well as fairway cigars with Big Trey. 769 00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,480 Thank you very much for introducing me to these guys and 770 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,560 you know them eager to do business with me and wanting, 771 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,800 you know, these cigars to really go out there. 772 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,760 I'm excited about it. So I'm not going to say that I'm 773 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,800 going to step away from the wrestling business, not saying 774 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,680 that at all, but I am going to do a lot of mean focus on the 775 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:21,200 cigars now and try to really branch out with that and you 776 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,840 know, and then, you know, come back to wrestling when I can. 777 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,440 Wrestling will always be my first love. 778 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:32,920 I'm not leaving the business. It's just that, you know, I am 779 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,320 just trying to venture off into other things. 780 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,320 There'll be another unveiling of the cigars and things like that 781 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,200 and where you can get it. I will have that information for 782 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:45,360 you very soon. I'm just excited and pretty much 783 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,920 overwhelmed over everything that's been going on because it 784 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,240 all came at me at once. Never saw this coming at all. 785 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,840 So, you know, it's a great feeling to know that and you 786 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:59,000 know, it's something to secure my family, you know, money wise 787 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,280 and and all of that. So I'm really excited about 788 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,600 that, you know, so hopefully this turns into something where 789 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:10,200 I can have my own yacht and, you know, a big ass mansion on top 790 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,920 of the hill. We'll see what happens, man. 791 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:17,920 Yeah, you go get your yacht, big man, You've you've earned it for 792 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,560 sure. Shout out to Notorious Cigars. 793 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,400 Definitely. This is a great partnership and 794 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,720 I can't wait to see and to sample the new Devon Dudley 795 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:32,080 cigars in partnership with Natura Cigar Company. 796 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:36,040 There big man, I know you got to run to the Rhode Island Comic 797 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,640 Con Day 2. So you'll be hanging out with 798 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:41,640 all the wonderful fans out there. 799 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,600 And I know Bubba's also there DDP whole bunch of great people, 800 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:49,200 Francine ECW original. So you go right ahead, man. 801 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,520 I'll I'll finish up for us here folks, if you want to keep up 802 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,160 with Devon and find out where he's going to be next, 803 00:46:55,880 --> 00:47:02,040 definitely check out Instagram testify Devon DVON testify 804 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,960 Devon. You can follow him see his his 805 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,000 latest bookings coming up and what have you. 806 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:11,480 Some great stuff is also on X, but you know, Instagram is 807 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:13,520 really your best hookup, so to speak there. 808 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,400 Also, don't forget if you are somebody who is serious about 809 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:23,120 becoming a pro wrestler and you want to learn from one of the 810 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,760 absolute greatest of all time, the Hall of Famer himself, Mr. D 811 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:31,600 Von Dudley, then you definitely want to check out the D Von 812 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,080 Dudley Academy. OK, it's a pro wrestling 813 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,080 Academy. It's out there in Winter Park, 814 00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,480 FL. And of course, you can either go 815 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:45,960 to D vondudleyacademy.com For more information. 816 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,360 You can find them on Instagram as well. 817 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,120 But seriously, with the holidays coming up, that'd be a great 818 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:55,000 gift to give someone, you know, training for one of the greatest 819 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,360 of all time. Why not chase your dreams, 820 00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,840 achieve your dreams, do it with D von Academy. 821 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,000 That's right, of course, with me. 822 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:03,760 Duke close Rassen on Facebook, on 823 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:08,280 twitter.dukecloserassen@gmail.com. Let me know what you think. 824 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,000 It doesn't matter to me if you agree or if you want to call me 825 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:18,560 names like, you know, the former referee, Jimmy Corderas, former 826 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,720 WWE referee. That's OK. 827 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,960 I, you know, just know that I'm going to give it right back to 828 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:24,760 you. Got that right for sure. 829 00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:29,320 Thank you once again to Lady Bird Monica Monroe for joining 830 00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:32,120 us to kick off this episode. That was really nice. 831 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,120 And she's a fantastic indie wrestler that you folks got to 832 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,440 keep an eye on. We just got to get her stop 833 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,520 saying pop because we know it's soda. 834 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:41,720 It's soda. That's right. 835 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:47,080 Anyway, I am going to leave you with the word of the week. 836 00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,200 OK, Since Steve Vaughn's running to go meet all the wonderful 837 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,120 fans at the Rhode Island Comic Con, here is the word of the 838 00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:57,480 week. Be the change that you want to 839 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,440 see in others. It's as simple as that, folks. 840 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:05,640 Don't just expect everybody else to be one way if you're not 841 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:07,400 going to practice what you preach. 842 00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,840 Got that right? Anyway, As always, be kind to 843 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,680 yourselves, be kind to others. Take it away. 844 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:19,200 Tony Shibani. Mr. Tony Shibani. 845 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,880 And we're desperately out of time on Duke Love Wrestling.