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Smartest guy in history, the business, I got lucky and then things started happening, I mean the king of the ring and all that, so don't paint me as a visionary that was a smart guy, I'm not that guy, yeah , but still. I beg to disagree because you had your finger on the pulse of what people wanted, you had your finger in that pie and you directed it when you had the chance, that's not, that's not something I would do, I mean, I wouldn't. am. I'm not trying to criticize myself or be funny. I don't have that kind of vision.

I'm the guy that goes out and works hard every night to play the best game he can. That's who I'm talking about as the best match. I want to talk real quick about Floyd Mayweather because, man, you all took an angle, all of a sudden that guy starts lighting you up, right, yeah, that was a shoot, yeah, you know, it's funny, he's a great businessman, the people don't. I don't understand that the child is amazing. He understands the promotion of art. Understand the art of curing baby's face. And we're doing that angle because originally it was supposed to be me and him against Batista and Ray, of course, Batista got hurt.

Ray got hurt, but the hits, man. I'm telling you, I'm trying to break my nose, I mean, he's one of the greatest, you told him to break your nose, he's one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, if he didn't break my nose and draw blood , we would be dead. in the angle the red turns green but I thought that makes green but I thought you were madder than a hornet when it was like that I told him to run because he could hey but I thought you're crazy about a shoe I was mad you broke my nose but I heard that you had to be held down by you, they're trying to kill them, shane had to calm me down if she hadn't been there i would have ripped out her damn spine, this is all work here, it's all good, work. work work work work this is okay this is where I put on my mom jeans and I hate that they were so big and baggy but anyway I've lost a lot of weight so I just didn't do it oh boom right now I'm coming for this wall this is a shoe on no no no no no no yes that's a real shot when they break your nose you know the little medulla oblongata flips over and you know no I don't like it like that that's not that's not good working boy, what was fun to work on? with a boy?

Ah, the moment of the match was incredible, apart from the fact that her grandmother was quite angry with me for cutting her baby, so her baby came to the company here and now he is sitting with me, how was his relationship? changed or developed with the boss in charge of vince mcmahon because everyone here, if someone is listening but watching someone there in Florida who is in training camp, you have to establish a relationship with vince mcmahon and sometimes it is a very difficult thing to do , Yeah. You have to earn it. What was that process like you?

They gave me five minutes. It was very difficult at first. He had many experts. I did not meet the expectations of myself. That's something Vince always says. I give people chances so it's up to you if you make it or not but keep going because you made it I mean I got a second chance because of you and brock lesnar because brock was asked we want a worker so brock He wanted to work with me, so when I started doing Brock's angles he put me back on the map. By then my attitude was different, my cardio was different, the way I took care of myself, oh, the deals with the man himself as far as reaching out so I could take you seriously and Say, hey, there's a guy I can trust , a boy who will come.

The same thing you told me when I was going through all that effort. What was the only thing you told me? Because I would have a good game here, then a bad game and then a good game and you told me that every time you have a good game try to have another one and build consistency and that is your heart, that is the hardest thing you have to work on, Be consistent and that's the difference. I remember you gave me that talk and I became consistent and then I had time to go through events and Vince learned that I am not what other people said, but he got to know me as an individual and since 2003 he and I have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan all the years at Christmas. to visit the troops, so to me he has been like a father that I lost in many ways, which makes me angry as a father.

Does he challenge me like a father would? You know, and he takes care of me. Go home here   uh, you've been in a couple of movies, idiot, you have a couple of them, Santa Flex, hilarious   uh, and you try to do it maybe in two years once you leave this place if you decide to leave at that time   um going to an audition, I mean, how competitive is that, because on one side you're like, hey man, that would be cool because I'm a seven-foot, 450-pound guy, but on the other side it's not like everyone needs a seven. feet. guy who weighs 450 pounds, well, they can write you in the script.

This is easy to remove right now. You have to be able to deliver the lines and the most important thing is to try to impress the casting directors in a short period of time. With a cold, read that hey, I did this part this way for you and Cole Reed, but I take instructions very well. If you tell me what you want, I can give it to you. Did you find this when you walk into a room where people are? so intimidated, intimidated by you, that's like, dude, I don't say anything to this guy because yeah, again today, I guess he could buy my head, yeah, please help me and I always tell you, please help me with any criticism because you may not understand this part. but whatever you're helping me with can help me get another one and I'm doing a lot of cold readings now basically for that experience of how do you want to be remembered once you decide to walk into the sunset in the wwe yeah. as someone who loved the business, who loved the guys that I worked with and appreciated everything that I did, I'm just grateful, I mean, I don't care about the high praise or the hall of fame or any of that free stuff, I just want respect for the guys I worked with, respect for my boss and I know what I've been able to do in my heart and I'm very happy that this business was everything you hoped it would be or It hadn't been ten times more than that, It is so overwhelmingly more than anything you can imagine.

I never knew what I was getting into when I got into this business and after doing it I can't imagine what my life would have been like or even meaningful if I hadn't been in this business, the friends I have, the experiences I have, I mean I'm a I was a kid from a small town in South Carolina and I've had my hands on the great pyramids of Egypt, I mean the great walls of China, London, Japan. Australia, South Africa, I've traveled all over the world and got paid to do fantastic work that I love. I mean, it's a dream come true.

What is your greatest achievement in your mind and in your career? My greatest achievement here within the company, respecting my My colleagues really respect my colleagues. Now I have the respect of the guys who used to come here and who used to ride my ass really hard like JBL and guys like that who had a boner with me and they should have because I didn't have my together until now they respect me, they shake my hand, they You can see in their eyes, they respect my work and the ability to have the respect of the younger ones and help them, that means a lot to me because I have been on both sides of the coin.

I've been the guy who had it all. I've been from the attic to the outhouse. beans, so to execute the full spectrum of my career and be able to turn it around and make it positive and come out of here from a place of respect, I'm fantastic, so a quick tip for anyone who's out there in the future trying to get into the business and learn the ins and outs no pun intended uh quick tip stay versatile stay hungry stay alert and your future is not yet defined stay open to new things i think that's the only thing a lot of people don't understand here is it's not your trick nor how you walk to the ring or how you pose, you must have your skills inside the ring, you must have your fundamentals and you must have adaptability to change, shape, grow and advance. man, it gives you the opportunity, make the most of it because sometimes they don't come twice and give me this camera, always keep your things.

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