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Rangers and Mets combined.
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I want to get a background.
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- I know.
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- Very good.
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really sell the back.
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I could care less who loses.
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to move the merchandise.
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of the top-two-selling licenses.
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in performance and characters,
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- Make yourself comfortable though.
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The day I was there,
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Darren Drozdov was an unlikely candidate.
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- Oh, that's okay.
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- Darren.
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And it shouldn't be just plain Puke.
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I think that...
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- No, that's right.
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I'm ready to roll with it. Definitely.
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- You want a little coffee or what? Huh?
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- You need some water?
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- Can you do that? Huh? You gonna get sick?
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- Huh?
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He's gonna...
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- Oh, man.
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You go to school.
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Gym Wars and APW Boot Camp,
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training camp in the country.
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in Hayward, California.
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are run by wrestlers.
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Roland Alexander.
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except an education in pro wrestling
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person out of them,
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- You gotta get way up there.
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- I'm looking for a Roland Alexander.
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- How you doing? I'm Ben Segal.
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anywhere from 25 bucks
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hundred and a quarter.
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of the proper way of eating is like...
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- Stay away from the Jack in the Boxes and...
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in the next couple of weeks?
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- Hey, how you doin'?
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for not paying someone.
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this business right now.
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in the middle of his pelvis.
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Welcome APW's Gym Wars!
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Sometimes too close.
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- He spit in my face, man.
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- Are looser.
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Modest is pretty solid.
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- You know.
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- Tony's got a big frame.
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- That's pretty spectacular.
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- Appreciate it very much.
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- You're gonna be... Then you get in the hunt.
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- Did you hear me say, "Go home"?
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403. And they say, "Boy, that's a long career."
You know?
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404. Maybe I wasn't smart enough to do
anything else and make a living at it.
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405. I don't know. You know?
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406. On your good knee, your left knee,
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degenerative arthritis.
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409. You have some narrowing of the space,
arthritic spicules, in there,
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410. and it's not gonna function very well.
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412. the rest of your life
just hurting all the time.
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414. On your bad knee, on the right knee,
you have no joint space.
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You have worn that knee out.
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- Let me ask you one thing.
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- If... If I don't have an operation,
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423. You shouldn't be able
to get around comfortably now.
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424. This ought to give you pain chronically.
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426. And that is a problem.
There's not a whole lot
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427. we can do when we get to that point.
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428. And chronic pain for
the next 30 or 40 years
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429. isn't a real fun thing to think about.
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430. Terry wasn't happy
with his doctor's prognosis.
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431. He told me he wasn't about to retire.
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432. In fact, he had agreed
to fight in Philadelphia
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434. a renegade company that Terry
had pledged to get off the ground.
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435. They got a few ships over there.
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436. Neither his doctor
nor his family were thrilled
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438. - Are you gonna wear these or pack those up?
But Terry kept his promise.
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439. Yeah, I'm gonna pack those.
Show starts at, uh...
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my husband's fearless.
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441. And that's the truth.
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442. He would... I just don't think
he's afraid of anything.
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443. Okay, don't forget the branding iron
is in the trunk. Right?
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444. - Yeah. I love you.
I wanted him to stop wrestling
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445. since probably 1990.
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447. and it's up to him when he's gonna quit.
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448. - Go get 'em, Terry.
Okay. How you guys doin'?
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449. - Did you get enough sleep last night, chief?
- Oh, I did.
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451. - Good, good.
- I'll walk up this way.
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Terry!
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is more violent than ECW,
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456. Fuck WWF! Fuck WCW!
Blood, guts and glory!
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457. - Fuck 'em all!
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458. You're lookin' at hard-core,
chair-swingin' freaks!
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459. And we're too damn ugly
to be in any cartoon!
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460. ECW!
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violent product?
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462. It's produced out of this peaceful house
in a New York suburb.
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Extreme Championship Wrestling!
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464. Wrestlepalooza '98!
Tickets on sale at Ticket... Fuck!
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of truth or consequences.
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owner, Paul Heyman.
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469. - Pass me that?
Everybody pitches in.
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470. And we would have
to find new opponents...
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471. Promos are done
downstairs while Mom irons.
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473. Everybody wants the other guy to get better
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someone else to work with.
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475. ECW is the
Ellis Island of wrestling
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is watching people
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480. who never dreamt that they could,
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didn't really believe it.
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483. it's better than anything in the world
that you can have
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484. because it's... It's like watching
your children make it. You know?
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485. It's just... It's there.
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487. You lean back,
you hold him for all you're worth!
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488. This wasn't an ordinary show
for Paul and Terry.
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489. It was ECW's first pay-per-view.
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490. If it didn't succeed, neither would ECW.
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491. Pay-per-view! Pay-per-view!
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492. - Pay-per-view! Pay-per-view!
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493. Seven minutes till show time.
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494. There's 17 million homes that
have availability for this show tonight.
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495. They will pay $20, hopefully,
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496. for the privilege to see you guys do
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497. what you have done
for three and a half years.
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for all he's done for this company,
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499. for help putting us on the map,
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500. for being unselfish in selfish times,
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501. for taking the young guys
and showing them a better way.
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"Yeah, you're right.
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504. "We're too out of control.
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505. "We're too full of our own shit."
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506. Or we have a chance to say,
"Hey, fuck you. You're wrong.
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507. "Fuck you, we're right."
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509. 'Cause believe me, this is the dance!
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510. Start the show!
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511. You're gonna be fine.
I promise you, you're gonna be fine.
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512. - You earned this. You earned this.
- You'll make me cry!
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Amarillo, Texas,
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516. - wrestling's living legend...
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517. ladies and gentlemen,
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518. Terry Funk!
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519. He has knee injuries
and back injuries.
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520. And I have confidence
that he knows what he's doing.
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521. But, uh, it's still hard
after all these years.
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522. Just him getting hurt, mainly.
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524. It's pretty scary.
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525. Go to Stevey
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526. and tell him that I said
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527. to get word to them
they need to go home in 30 seconds.
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528. They know this is it, this is it.
They're going now.
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529. They need to go home
within 30 seconds. We need them out.
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532. Not good.
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533. With a full head of steam!
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Two count only!
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537. Do you believe in miracles?
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540. We did it!
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541. - We did it!
Hey, Terry!
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542. Hey, kids, we did it!
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543. We did it, honey! We did it, baby.
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544. Fifty-three years old,
and he's still kicking ass!
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545. Think you have
any blood in your lungs?
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546. Any stethoscope at all, Terry?
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547. You feel like you have
anything in your lungs?
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548. - Are you coughing up anything?
- I think it just went down.
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549. - The blood went down.
- Okay.
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551. Let me get this. I need a stethoscope.
I want to listen to his lungs.
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552. How'd it go for me?
I'm just glad it's over.
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553. If they liked it, I liked it. I...
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554. If the crew liked it, I liked it.
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555. How'd it go? I'm just happy it's over.
I don't know.
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556. I'm proud of my guys.
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557. What a life, huh, Tommy?
- Well, we did it.
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558. I'd never trade it for anything.
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559. You don't have to clean my face.
Just the nose.
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560. There's a man out there, Terry Funk,
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561. who's done more in this sport
than I'll ever do,
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562. who's more of a role
model than I'll ever be.
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563. And I've got a match April 15,
and I've got serious doubts!
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564. He burned me, Mommy. He burned me bad.
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565. And then he pile-drove your little boy
on a flaming branding iron.
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566. I could never get over the fact
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567. that guys could beat the crap
out of each other in the ring
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568. and be friendly outside of it.
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569. Some of Terry's most famous matches
were against a man 20 years his junior,
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570. Mick Foley.
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571. Over the years, Mick and Terry
have traveled the world,
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572. - setting each other on fire...
Oh, my God!
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573. Tossing each other
into barbed wire...
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574. Yet outside the ring they were truly
at peace with one another.
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575. You know what's so stupid about it
is that the worse you hurt each other,
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576. the better... The more money you make,
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577. and the more money you make,
the better friends you are.
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578. Wrestling under
the name Mankind,
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579. Mick is one of the
biggest stars in the WWF,
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580. earning in the high six figures.
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581. He even has his own ravioli commercial.
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582. It's the perfect ravioli for all mankind.
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583. Known for battering
and brutalizing his body
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585. Mick's behavior could be explained
if he were crazy.
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586. But of any wrestler I ever met,
Mick was the most normal.
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587. And in a strange way, the one I had
the most in common with.
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588. Mick grew up in a small Long Island town
about 20 miles from where I did.
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589. Like me, he loved wrestling
and making movies.
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591. Whoa! Unbelievable!
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592. - Dropping the big elbow.
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593. Dad?
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he was with his kids,
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595. visiting his father.
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596. Hold on.
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597. Yes?
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598. - Can I wrestle with the kids downstairs?
What?
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599. - Can I wrestle with the kids downstairs?
- For what?
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600. - It's for the camera. Yeah.
- ... down anything?
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taping this now, are they?
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602. Well, yeah.
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603. It doesn't matter if our basement's
messed up, does it?
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606. You can't get in through the garage.
You can't get in through my office.
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607. No way. No.
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608. All right, we won't do
it if you don't want to.
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609. - This is not on camera, I hope.
- No.
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611. uh, sincere person.
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613. I'm just talking as I see him as a person.
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614. And, uh, really, what
you see is what you get.
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615. He's always been very, very polite.
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616. He's been like that
since, uh, grade school.
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617. I want to be referred to as
the world's most polite wrestler.
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618. Give me a big drop kick.
Cover him, cover him or something.
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619. You know how most kids have
no idea what they want to do when you...
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620. You know, eighth graders, 14 years old.
What do you know?
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621. One! Two!
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622. Did Mick know he wanted
to be a wrestler from the time
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623. he was 14 when I met him? Yes.
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624. He feels terribly, terribly bad
if he doesn't put his body on the line
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625. in some serious fashion
at least half a dozen times in a match.
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626. If he doesn't, he thinks he's cheated
the fan out of the price of admission.
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627. They come to see Mick Foley
or Cactus Jack or Dude Love or Mankind
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628. put his body at risk.
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629. I don't... I don't think that Mick Foley
has a death wish at all.
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630. I think that he has a very clear idea
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631. of what he wants to be
and how he wants to be remembered.
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632. Several times a year
I look at something,
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633. and I say this is going to be dangerous
and it could turn out real bad.
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634. But it's got to be done
for the sake of history.
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635. I don't know if Mick enjoys the pain,
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637. Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
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638. Once I'm done with, with wrestling,
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639. I'm certainly not gonna miss the pain.
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640. I'll miss the reaction to the pain.
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641. I don't have a whole lot of room
in my life for pain.
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642. It just so happens that I can absorb
more than most people,
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643. and that has made me marketable.
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644. Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
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645. I can tell them you know, um,
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646. till the cows come home
that Daddy is just playing,
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647. but sometimes they don't buy it.
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648. But then I tell the kids, you know,
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649. "Daddy rehearsed that four or five times.
You know, Daddy was fine."
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650. I just want to set their little
hearts at ease. You know?
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651. Think there's nothing wrong.
They'll grow up quick enough, you know.
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652. Let them believe their dad's all right.
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653. You wish he'd stop wrestling?
No.
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654. - And it's going to be?
- Great nipples.
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655. - Every child needs a favorite word, right?
- Nipple.
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656. What's a funny joke
your dad tells?
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658. I don't think it's the fans
that demand too much.
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659. I think it would probably be
I demand a lot more of myself.
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660. I don't want to be remembered as the guy
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661. who pulled the sock out of his tights.
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662. We got trouble. Mr. Socko is out!
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663. "His mother called him wild thing..."
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664. I'm very sensitive.
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665. I've seen deterioration of my wit
and my speaking skills.
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666. I want to die an old man, you know,
with all my mental...
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667. My mental faculties.
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668. You know, people feel like
I have a death wish
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669. or that I'm a masochist.
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670. But really, I feel like
I'm taking my risks now,
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671. that I'll have the ability
to retire at 35 or 36
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672. and spend more time with my kids.
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673. It's not like I'm gonna sit at home and
miss being hit in the head with chairs.
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674. It's just something I
feel like I do very well.
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675. Insane. I've never seen it.
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676. Every time I turned the TV on,
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677. Mick was taking more and more risks.
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678. He assured me he knew what he was doing.
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679. Then I got this call.
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680. Hello, Barry. This is, uh,
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681. Cactus Jack, calling from
the emergency room.
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682. I just, uh...
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683. For the first time,
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684. Mick was incoherent and rambling.
I was worried.
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685. saw the spectacle.
Wondered if you saw it.
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686. If you didn't, they tell me it was good.
I don't remember that much about it.
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687. Look out!
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688. - God Almighty, they've killed him.
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689. There was two big, big falls
during the match.
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691. I guess, uh, unanimously praised
the first one,
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694. But it's the wrestlers
who appreciate the second one,
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695. because they've been body-slammed
and back-dropped on our WWF mat,
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696. which doesn't have a
whole lot of give to it.
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698. - Oh!
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699. Good God! Good God!
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700. That's it. He's dead.
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701. Will somebody stop
the damn match?
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702. When the cage started to break,
I mean, you could...
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703. You could see it breaking.
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704. And when the Undertaker
choke-slammed Mick,
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705. I knew for sure the cage was gonna break.
There was no way...
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706. There was no way out without getting hurt.
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707. I thought he was dead.
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708. Usually after a physical match,
I'll call home and tell the kids,
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710. And in this case, I was paged.
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711. Uh, one of the agents had to tell me,
"Call home. Your wife's really upset."
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713. And screaming at me saying,
"You can't do this to us anymore."
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714. And I guess it was very
traumatic for the kids.
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715. Um, since that point,
my daughter does feel like
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718. I worry... Yeah, I worry about it a lot.
I have a lot of guilt about it.
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719. And that's one
of the reasons we thought maybe...
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722. What would be that something else?
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726. It was a scary moment.
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727. It was... It was one of the worst
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728. you know, worst moments of my life,
certainly.
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729. It's just a really horrible feeling,
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730. and I know there's more to come,
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731. which is the scary part.
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732. While visiting Mick,
I got the call I was waiting for.
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733. I was finally able to
locate the whereabouts
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734. of the one wrestler I
always wanted to meet,
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735. Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
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736. I'm going to make you beg!
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737. You are going to get down
on your hands and knees.
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738. You will be the one
that grovels for the money.
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739. And how appropriate...
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740. that the money you grovel for
is your very own,
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741. wallowing in the muck of avarice.
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742. Longfellow couldn't have said it better.
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743. Ladies and gentlemen,
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745. There he goes...
Look at that...
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746. At one time one of the biggest
wrestling stars in the world,
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747. Jake had dropped out of sight
in the early '90s.
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748. with Damien
and Alice Cooper!
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749. But his legend lived on.
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750. Jake Roberts is one
of the most phenomenal performers
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751. this industry has ever seen.
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752. Now, there's a guy with "it."
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753. There's a guy that has that intangible.
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754. There's a guy that truly
comes through the camera
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756. Jake Roberts had a, uh...
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757. Had great gifts and great skills
in our business
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758. 'cause he had a tremendous,
tremendous aptitude
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760. of this business.
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761. He never had a good body.
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763. But he had... His gift was his brain.
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764. He's probably one of also,
when it comes to the actual,
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765. um, the actual psychology
of how to control the audience,
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the industry has ever seen.
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767. I don't know that you can separate
Jake Roberts the performer
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769. because, quite frankly, I never knew
which one I was talking to.
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770. I don't know that they're not the same.
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he has had a lot of encounters
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772. with demons over his lifetime
that have been very destructive.
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773. He called us about two days
before the show.
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774. And, of course, you know, he wanted
his retainer. We sent him his retainer.
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775. And then he called us up,
and Jake told us straight up,
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776. if we didn't get him some crack,
then he wasn't gonna come to our show.
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777. If Jake Roberts
could control the demons,
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778. Jake Roberts could be
one of the most influential
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780. That's how talented he is.
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781. But for some reason it just, uh...
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782. It doesn't seem
like it's meant to be at this time.
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783. Sometimes I, uh, realize...
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784. The person that I hate most in this life
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785. is the person I'm looking at in the mirror.
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786. That's a scary thought.
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787. But, uh...
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788. Diary of a madman, huh?
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789. I was told that on February 3rd,
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790. Jake would be wrestling
in North Platte, Nebraska,
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791. home of Buffalo Bob's Trading Post.
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792. Howdy. My name is Cody.
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793. Welcome to North Platte, Nebraska.
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795. - I like his snakes. His style.
- Do ya?
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797. I like him. I like what he does.
And one day, I wouldn't mind meeting him.
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798. You wouldn't mind meeting him.
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800. - I would faint, most likely.
Really?
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801. And how about you?
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802. I just want to hold the snakes.
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805. The only guy that hasn't heard
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806. about Jake "The Snake" Roberts
is probably Santa Claus.
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807. God Almighty.
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808. These people
been watching you for years.
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809. You wonder what connected them with you
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810. or why they want to see you
or why they wanna be a part of it.
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811. I'm a lucky man.
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812. Backstage, there were
wrestlers I'd never heard of
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813. and wrestlers I hadn't seen in years.
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814. For a guy who once wrestled before 80,000
people in the Pontiac Silverdome...
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815. Filmed me pissin', huh? Excellent.
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816. this was about as far down
as you could go in wrestling
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817. without starting over.
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818. Hello, sound man!
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819. I think somebody pulled your plug, buddy.
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820. It was depressing seeing Jake
in such bad shape.
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821. But when it came time to perform...
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822. Ladies and gentlemen,
Jake "The Snake" Roberts!
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823. He could still turn it on.
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824. My match starts when I come
through that curtain.
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825. The character is there.
The coldness is there.
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826. The walk is there. Everything that I do
helps create that character.
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827. My breathing, the way I get into the ring,
the way I get out of the ring.
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828. The way I look at people.
The way I use my hair.
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829. The way I use my hands. Everything.
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830. The ring psychology is something
that's so beautiful, man,
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831. such a joy to be a part of.
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832. But by having ring psychology, you gotta
be able to look at people in the eye
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833. and convince them that
you believe what you're doing.
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834. You look at one person and just literally
melt them into that seat.
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835. Make 'em cry.
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836. Make 'em smile.
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837. And it's like a ripple effect.
It goes right through the whole crowd.
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838. Put me on the card.
Let me bring some asses to the seats.
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839. Pay me. I don't care if I'm the champ.
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840. I don't care if I'm the water boy.
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841. Just let me be a part of the show,
and I'll do my share.
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842. She was just
such a kind little thing. You know?
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843. Right there probably, you know,
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844. she's gonna live here the rest
of her life, probably,
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845. and have seven kids and seven husbands
and whatever,
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846. and wind up bein' a male... A lady truck
driver that cross-dresses or something.
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847. But she'll always remember
tonight, man. You know?
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848. That's why I enjoy the small towns, because
they really dig it, they really appreciate it.
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849. You come to a place like this, my God,
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850. I could be mayor here
next week if I wanted to be.
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851. They'd execute the one they've got
and just put me in power.
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852. I'd be like a dictator mayor.
You know? And they'd love it.
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853. That's what really scares ya.
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854. Jake, can we get your
autograph real quick?
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855. - I gotta go. Right now.
Hey, Jake. Good to see ya.
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856. In the arena, nothing hurts.
Everybody's glad to see ya.
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857. You come back to all the glamour
of a Ramada Limited.
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858. And this is the real world.
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859. Just take your shower and get dressed
and go on to the next one, I guess.
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860. The next day, I spent
eight hours in a van with Jake.
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861. Look at those ducks.
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862. Things would just come out of my head, man,
I don't know where they come from.
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863. The more we traveled,
the more he confided in me.
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864. And I still don't think...
My mother was 13 years old when I was born.
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865. Why? Because my dad raped a little girl
that was in a room asleep.
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866. My dad was going out
with my mother's mother.
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867. There you go. There's some bones
for Jake the Snake.
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868. Jake's father was also
a wrestler, Grizzly Smith.
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869. Though he was well-known,
he never reached the heights his son did.
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870. My dad was never there for me.
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871. I never lived with my father.
For a very short time.
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872. In the hour they spent together,
the two could barely look at each other.
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873. I would do anything
to gain my father's love.
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874. And I reached a point...
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875. I came out of high school,
I was gonna go to college.
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876. And I said, "Dad, I'm gonna go to college."
He said, "Good luck."
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877. Gee, Dad, thanks. You know?
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878. And right then something
inside me said, you know,
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879. "If you're ever gonna get him to love you,
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880. "you're gonna have to be better than he is
at what he does."
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881. So I went out to the ring and I jumped in
there and got the crap beat out of me.
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882. And when I walked back into that
locker room, he looked at me and said,
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883. "I'm ashamed of you.
You'll never amount to anything."
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884. And walked away.
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885. And that's when I gave up my dreams
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886. and said, "Okay, by God,
if it's the last thing I do,
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887. "I'm gonna shove this
business up his rear."
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888. And guess what. I did it.
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889. And guess what. It didn't matter.
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890. Well, he's got, uh,
he's got a lot of good qualities.
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891. And, uh...
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892. It's, uh...
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893. He was born out of
love, and I still love him.
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894. My stepmother was very, uh, jealous
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895. of the time that my dad
spent with me and my sister.
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896. And, uh, he drove my sister to the point
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897. that she wound up marrying
a 50-year-old man
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898. and then a year later being kidnapped
and murdered by his ex-wife.
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899. And we've never got her body.
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900. We know that she was dead,
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901. 'cause there was enough blood in the car
to know that she was dead.
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902. The woman went to prison
for kidnapping. Ten years.
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903. Got out, and I said,
"Please tell us where the body is."
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904. "Fuck you guys. We're
not telling you shit."
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905. You know?
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906. And it's always seemed like, all my life,
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907. it's like there's one
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908. gruesome, horrible thing
happen after another.
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909. So, my stepdad, who I felt very close to,
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910. he winds up getting electrocuted
in the attic of our house.
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911. My mother goes up and finds him.
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912. The road really screwed up
my sex life at home, man.
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913. You go on the road, you get
some type of fame or whatever,
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914. and all of a sudden you
can have it every day.
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915. But then all of a sudden
you want to get selective and...
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916. Then all of a sudden
one a day's not enough.
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917. Then you do two a day. Then three a day.
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918. Then two at a time.
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919. Then two at a time with toys.
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920. Then two at a time... "I'll just watch."
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921. And it just gets more bizarre
and more bizarre.
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922. And it finally gets to a point
that when you go home
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923. and try to make love to your wife,
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924. ain't no way.
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925. Ain't no way.
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926. Because the mental
stimulation is not there.
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927. That's bad.
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928. That's bad.
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929. It's like a joke I seen in a book one time.
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930. A guy... Man and woman
are laying next to each other.
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931. He says, "What's wrong?
You can't think of anybody else either?"
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932. Traveling around the country,
I met all kinds of wrestlers.
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933. The Ninth
Wonder of the World...
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934. Appearances can be deceiving,
especially hanging around wrestlers.
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935. For example, Chyna.
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936. Looking at her in the ring,
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937. I would never have guessed
she was a UN scholar
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938. and had served in the Peace Corps.
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939. But then again,
everything about Chyna surprised me.
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940. Well, Kathy, we have
an item up for sale here today.
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941. That would be item J-24073.
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942. - J-24073. Oh, do we have a caller?
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943. My mother was all buttons
and bows and teatime.
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944. And she always tried
to dress me up in long skirts,
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945. and I always wanted to show my body.
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946. And when I started lifting weights, she...
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947. I really think that she
thought I was a lesbian.
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948. I remember her saying
to my dad, listening to the conversation,
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949. saying, "Joey, I... I think
she's a lesbian or something.
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950. "Girls don't lift weights like that."
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951. Not that anything's wrong with that,
let me interject...
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952. For all you lesbians out there.
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953. To me, I'm just as feminine
as any other woman.
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954. Uh, maybe even more so
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955. in my attitude, because I have, um,
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956. a certain confidence about myself
that most other women don't have.
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957. I just happen to be a very feminine woman
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958. with an incredibly fit, muscular body.
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959. One year later,
Chyna got her jaw restructured,
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960. in order to enhance her femininity.
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961. Matt Hyson had an intriguing
early career change.
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962. Four years ago,
you were teaching third grade.
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963. - Yeah.
- Now you're mutilating yourself every night.
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964. How do you explain that?
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965. It's what I love to do.
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966. What do you love about it, Matt?
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967. Um, I love the drama,
I love the physical...
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968. I love takin' bumps.
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969. I love poppin' a crowd.
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970. I love makin' a crowd go, "Oh! Ooh!"
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971. - What did you study in college?
- English.
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972. - English literature. Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare?
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973. - Yes.
- What was your favorite work of Shakespeare?
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974. Henry IV, Part 2.
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975. Can you quote anything from that?
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976. Uh... What? I'm sorry? Wipe it?
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977. I'm sorry. Uh... Oh, I can't think of that.
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978. I would have to explain
the whole situation.
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979. Do you have any
Shakespearean quotes?
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980. "I shall, I do."
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981. Falstaff, the drunk.
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982. I'm gonna just have to be
just a normal person.
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983. I'm gonna have to take my wig off,
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984. take the feathers off of Frankie.
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985. Take him and let him go on his own.
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986. Say, "Frankie,
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987. "God bless you."
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988. Some wrestlers have trouble
leaving the spotlight,
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989. always trying to
recapture their glory days.
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990. Koko B. Ware and Frankie!
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991. Like Koko B. Ware,
who was once a headliner.
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992. Other guys? Well, they do
a little better job of adjusting.
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993. And the American dream
lives on in Minnesota,
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994. - 'cause we shocked the world!
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995. I really didn't know
what to do with myself,
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996. but I knew that I would
do something with myself.
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997. Uh, you know, my career didn't come
to as an abrupt an end
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998. because I quit while I was on top.
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999. I just knew it was over,
and it was time to move on.
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1000. Politics is way more cutthroat,
I think, than wrestling is.
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1001. - Deep down, I'm a softy inside.
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1002. I put on an outer appearance
of being very hard and calloused,
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1003. but deep down inside, I think
that I have a big heart and that I...
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1004. That I'm a sucker for a good sob story.
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1005. You know, that I can
be vulnerable that way.
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1006. You know, with... Let me categorize that,
"With certain people."
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1007. Other people could tell me
any story they wanted
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1008. and I wouldn't be vulnerable to them.
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1009. I didn't think wrestling
could surprise me anymore.
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1010. And now, introducing...
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1011. That is, until Vince McMahon
became a performer in the ring.
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1012. Look at him! Look at that!
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1013. With a shortage of "heels,"
that's wrestling jargon for bad guys,
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1014. Vince decided, "Who was more hateable
than Vince McMahon?"
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1015. As usual, Vince guessed right.
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1016. After all, who wouldn't
want to punch out their boss?
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1017. You know, it's real easy
to be Mr. McMahon the performer.
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1018. Um, that's a hoot.
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1019. Um, that's not really who I am,
although I guess maybe that...
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1020. That I'm a part of that character.
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1021. What other head of
a billion-dollar company
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1022. does this for a living?
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1023. I think everything
has its own little life, you know.
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1024. I don't know what this one is.
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1025. It's... It's all about giving
the audience what they want,
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1026. whatever it is.
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1027. - I got crutches, this guitar. I got...
And then there was New Jack.
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1028. - What did you do before this?
- A bounty hunter. And I was good.
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1029. - A toaster.
A toaster?
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1030. That was four justifiable homicides.
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1031. Four. You know? I wasn't proud of it,
but it happened.
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1032. It was either me or
them, so I'm still here.
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1033. Jerome Young created New Jack.
You know what I'm saying?
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1034. I get paid for what I'm doing.
It's like any entertainer.
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1035. You know what I'm saying?
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1036. You come up with a gimmick or
a character that's marketable.
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1037. You know what I mean?
So I created New Jack.
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1038. And that's what I get paid to do.
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1039. I'm not like these other guys you see that
might be kind of iffy or questionable.
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1040. I'm a very violent person, and
I'll hurt you, and it's no secret.
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1041. I talk shit and back it up. I ain't like
a rapper. You know what I mean?
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1042. I don't go in the studio and talk all
that violent shit and ain't never lived it.
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1043. I done lived it.
I get a kick from gettin' pain, man.
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1044. See my knuckles?
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1045. You don't, 'cause there ain't none.
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1046. See these two?
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1047. That's from hittin' a bitch in the eye.
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1048. I'm violent by nature, man.
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1049. And I don't care.
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1050. I ain't... I ain't a 40-hour motherfucker,
man. Never have, never will be.
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1051. I like my shit quick.
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1052. Hey, Barry.
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1053. This is your favorite
Negro. Give me a call.
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1054. Of all the wrestlers I met,
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1055. the last one I expected
to bond with was New Jack.
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1056. New Jack was coming to LA to visit.
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1057. Truth be told, I was happy to see him.
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1058. None of my friends had any
justifiable homicides, let alone four.
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1059. - I hope not.
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1060. We were quickly
becoming chums.
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1061. He wanted to see
if he could make it as an actor.
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1062. I've been captured by three white people!
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1063. So I got New Jack
an appointment with a casting agent.
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1064. Rolling.
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1065. Looks like your man did pretty good.
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1066. Here you go. Your share.
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1067. $219.
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1068. You telling me there was
only one person in each car?
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1069. That's right.
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1070. And cut. That's good.
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1071. Okay. The audition's over.
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1072. - It's goodbye.
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1073. Good to meet you. Good work.
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1074. Should I go out the
window or take the stairs?
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1075. - You got an extra-long audition.
- Uh, stairs. Stairs.
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1076. - Thank you.
- Thanks so much.
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1077. I could see real possibilities with him.
I think he could be a leading man.
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1078. You do? Really?
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
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1079. I think he's got a great face.
I think he's got sexuality, charm.
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1080. I think there's a lot of potential there.
I really do.
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1081. But, I mean, as far as the leading
man thing... It's just that this is...
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1082. - He's a little character-y.
I think he'll be the best friend.
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1083. I think he'll be Denzel's pal.
I don't think he'll be Denzel.
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1084. I think they were pretty impressed.
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1085. While New Jack was auditioning,
I got a call from Terry Funk.
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1086. Maybe I'll be the next Denzel.
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1087. No, I do. I love my family very much,
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1088. and that's what's gonna bring me
to this next announcement.
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1089. The next announcement
is that 1997 is my last year.
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1090. I will not be wrestling anymore
after the end of this year.
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1091. - It's over. After 32 years. That's it.
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1092. No, I'm serious.
And I've loved every minute of it.
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1093. But it's time to go home.
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1094. - It's time to say goodbye.
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1095. Thank you!
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1096. Terry! Terry! Terry!
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1097. We come back now on KGNC.
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1098. And let us go now to Terry Funk
as he prepares now for...
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1099. - Is James here?
He is.
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1100. the final matches of his career,
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1101. including one Thursday night
here in Amarillo.
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1102. James, Terry's back to see you.
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1103. We got about 30 or 40 seconds here.
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1104. Tell the audience again the when
and where of the big event Thursday night.
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1105. Well, it's gonna be
at the Tri-State Fairgrounds.
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1106. And it's gonna be at
the Tri-State Fairgrounds, Maxor Coliseum.
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1107. And it's gonna be a great card
you're gonna have from the WWF.
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1108. Bret Hart, the world's heavyweight
champion. I'll be going up against him.
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1109. It'll be a non-title match.
Mankind will also be here.
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1110. Where'd you guys come from?
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1111. - Come over from England, in Britain.
- Yeah.
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1112. About a 5,000-mile
trip just to see this show.
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1113. Terry wasn't the only wrestler
who lived in Amarillo.
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1114. The other one was unfortunately
not as successful.
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1115. Dennis Stamp had over 800 matches,
none of them main events.
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1116. Now an exterminator,
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1117. he was the self-proclaimed
"King of the Cockroaches."
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1118. Are you coming to
the show Thursday night?
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1119. - Uh, no. No, I won't be.
- Why not?
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1120. I'm not booked, for one thing.
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1121. And what really...
What really bothers me is Dory Funk Jr.
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1122. You know, I have nothing against
the man he's wrestling,
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1123. but I could swear to you...
I could guarantee to you
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1124. that nobody, no one could have
a better match with Dory than I would have.
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1125. So that part hurts. So...
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1126. But I really wanted to be on as a referee,
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1127. but, um, the people who make the decision,
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1128. whoever that would be, didn't...
Didn't offer me any position.
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1129. So, I'm not booked, I won't be here.
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1130. My biggest fear is that
he's gonna be disappointed.
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1131. If he doesn't make any money,
that's not the big deal.
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1132. - If he's disappointed...
I don't think I will be.
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1133. I hope not. I mean, it's up to me.
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1134. It's not a downhill side of my career.
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1135. I've tried to pick out a time where I can go
out and still be somebody, that's important.
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1136. Look at it. I mean,
you have WWF people here,
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1137. ECW people, people from other places.
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1138. I mean, it's... Terry has been able to do
what the promoters couldn't.
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1139. I don't do any tricks. But I just jump.
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1140. I stay fit, I watch what I eat
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1141. because I never know
when my next match is gonna be.
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1142. You know, I had my last match,
I think it was 1991.
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1143. So it gets to be a lot
longer between matches.
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1144. But, uh, I never know when I'm gonna
have my next match.
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1145. So I've gotta stay in shape for that.
I've gotta be ready.
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1146. You know, I'm only 50 now, and the phone
could ring at any time, you know.
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1147. How's everything going?
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1148. - I'm not gonna be here, but...
- Why aren't you?
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1149. Because I'm not booked.
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1150. You're not gonna be here.
Why aren't you gonna be here?
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1151. - Please be here.
- I'm not gonna be here, Terry,
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1152. 'cause I'm not booked.
That's an old rule...
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1153. - That's an old rule I've had for a long time.
- But I want you here.
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1154. Because I'm not involved.
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1155. I want you to come, please.
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1156. - I'm asking you, please come.
- Well, I... I...
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1157. I already have
other arrangements.
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1158. And don't take it personally,
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1159. because I used to be in the dressing room,
and I used to see the old guys.
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1160. And that's where I am now. I used to see
the old guys that came in the dressing room
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1161. that come round,
and they'd look like old dogs
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1162. just hoping somebody would
recognize them. "Here, Spot!"
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1163. - Why don't you come and see us?
- I really have to be involved, and I'm not.
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1164. - I want you to be there.
- You know, and I did...
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1165. And I did ask you in April if I could
referee some matches on the card.
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1166. - You're refereeing tonight then.
- Which would have been...
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1167. - You're refereeing tonight.
- But I'm not on the card. I'm not booked.
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1168. You're refereeing. You wanna referee
me and Bret? Referee me and Bret.
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1169. - I... I already have arrangements made.
- I want you to referee us.
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1170. Terry.
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1171. I want you referee me and Bret.
I'm just telling you...
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1172. I guess... Okay. So what happened?
I guess you...
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1173. And I'm running 900 miles
an hour is what I'm doing.
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1174. I guess I was just so far down...
I guess you just didn't hear me
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1175. - or something when I asked you before.
- I don't...
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1176. - Didn't think...
- Dennis, I didn't even know about it.
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1177. - But I want you to. I want you to.
- I appreciate that.
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1178. - Okay. I want you to. Will you please do it?
- Okay.
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1179. - Appreciate that.
- And it's my last match. It's my last match.
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1180. - Call me if you can, 'cause I would love it.
- Okay.
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1181. I would love it.
I'd love to have you there as part of it.
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1182. - I appreciate that, Terry.
- I want you to be there.
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1183. I appreciate that.
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1184. I'll be seeing you
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1185. In all the old
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1186. Familiar places
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1187. That this heart of mine
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1188. Embraces
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1189. All day through
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1190. I've gotta head over to Coors right now.
I'll be right back.
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1191. - Were you serious?
- Yeah, I'm serious.
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1192. It's costing me $134 to change my ticket.
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1193. - Will I make that much?
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1194. - I was gonna pay you $50.
- Close. I'll get half of it back, right?
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1195. I was gonna pay you $50, Dennis. Thank you.
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1196. You mean you're gonna double pay me?
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1197. My wife says, "Do you really want to
do it?" I almost broke down and said,
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1198. "It's the main event. It's the main event.
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1199. "You think I'm not gonna be
in a main event?"
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1200. - Thank you, Dennis.
- I'd rather be in the main event than breathe.
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1201. This is it. This is it.
This is the final one.
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1202. This is the final one, so...
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1203. Vicki, uh, she'll be there
whenever it's all over with.
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1204. She always has been,
and I think she always will be.
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1205. I'll be seeing you...
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1206. There's supposed to be
10 chairs up there for them.
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1207. I don't know, but I want him sitting up here
because he's the head of the Chevy dealers.
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1208. - Okay.
- But I just want him taken care of.
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1209. And he's supposed to have those seats
in between the two, but he's not there.
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1210. - Okay, I'll find him. Just lay it on your lap.
- Okay. All right.
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1211. You'll probably get 180 over 110.
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1212. I'll find you
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1213. In the morning sun
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1214. And when the night is new
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1215. I'll be looking at the moon
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1216. Slow down.
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1217. But I'll be seeing
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1218. You
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1219. From the Double Cross Ranch
in Amarillo, Texas,
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1220. weighing in at 251 pounds,
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1221. wrestling's living legend,
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1222. ladies and gentlemen,
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1223. Terry Funk!
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1224. Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry!
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1225. Congrats, Terry!
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1226. I give to you
the lifetime heavyweight
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1227. champion of the world, his final match,
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1228. the living legend,
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1229. Terry Funk!
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1230. That night,
Bret beat up Terry for a while.
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1231. Then Terry beat up Bret for a while.
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1232. Terry told me he was going to lose.
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1233. He didn't think the fans would believe
an old man could beat the champ.
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1234. Plus, every wrestler knows,
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1235. it's always better going out on your back.
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1236. The winner of the match,
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1237. Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
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1238. Ladies and gentlemen,
let's hear it for Terry Funk.
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1239. No complaints about the match tonight.
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1240. No complaints
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1241. about the Funk family's life of wrestling.
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1242. It's been wonderful,
and it's been a great trip.
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1243. We love you, Terry!
- And... Hey, I love you guys too.
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1244. Ladies and gentlemen,
let's hear it for Terry Funk!
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1245. Ladies and gentlemen,
thanks for coming out tonight
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1246. and spending your night with us
and the Funk family.
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1247. Drive home carefully.
Thank you. Good night.
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1248. Thanks for having me here, Terry.
- I loved having you.
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1249. Thank you. Appreciate it.
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1250. But I'll be seeing
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1251. You
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1252. I hope I did a good job.
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1253. Very good.
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1254. When I caught up again
with Jake the Snake,
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1255. he was appearing in Kearney, Nebraska.
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1256. Ladies and gentlemen,
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1257. Jake "The Snake" Roberts!
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1258. Ahh!
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1259. So where are you going next?
My daughter's.
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1260. She's, uh, doing her
master's in psychology.
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1261. So she's a real freak.
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1262. So the next day
we traveled 300 miles
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1263. to see Jake's oldest daughter Brandy.
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1264. My first marriage was over
when she was, like,
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1265. seven, eight years old.
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1266. And I was on the road.
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1267. I'd see her a couple times a year.
Not much of a relationship with her.
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1268. It's not that I don't love my children.
I do love my children very much.
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1269. I don't know how to be close to them.
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1270. I don't know how to,
uh... How to have that...
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1271. That melting of together.
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1272. I really feel gypped, you know,
by the whole situation,
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1273. so I made this book. And, um,
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1274. this is kind of the screen
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1275. that my father hides behind.
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1276. And these are actual picture, uh,
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1277. letters that he wrote me,
that I tore up and I pasted in here.
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1278. And this one actually says,
"Love, Dad." I mean,
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1279. they were very few and far between,
but I saved all of 'em.
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1280. You know?
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1281. And this is a card.
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1282. Um... This was when he had gone straight.
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1283. And it says, "A daughter is a treasure."
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1284. This is me and my mom at my prom.
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1285. And it says, "All of my life,
I wanted Daddy's love,
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1286. "but now I'll hold on
to what is really important,
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1287. "unconditional love and support
from my mom."
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1288. And the back of it is by a really
wonderful poet named Sylvia Plath.
Copy !req
1289. And it says, "In the words of Sylvia Plath,
'Fuck you, Daddy.'"
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1290. And that's how I felt.
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1291. And that's still how I
feel a lot of the times.
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1292. We're at the lovely Ramada
in lovely Emporia.
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1293. At the Ramada?
- Yeah.
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1294. Okay, well, is it okay if I bring my
friends... Two of my friends with me?
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1295. - Absolutely.
- Okay.
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1296. 'Cause I would... I'm...
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1297. I would really like to bring them with me.
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1298. - Okay.
- I mean, I just feel kind of nervous.
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1299. - I mean... I don't know.
- About what?
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1300. It's just been a long time, Dad. You know?
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1301. - Oh, okay.
- I haven't seen you in a long time.
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1302. - I haven't... I haven't been around you.
- All right.
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1303. - I mean, I'm not scared of you. I know...
- Okay.
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1304. I don't want that to be
the way it's coming across at all.
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1305. That's all right.
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1306. - I feel very comfortable with you.
- Mmm-hmm.
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1307. And you and I have a pretty good
understanding together.
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1308. - Okay.
- You know. It's not that.
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1309. It's just I feel really...
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1310. I feel really, like, inspected or
something. You know what I'm saying?
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1311. - Like...
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1312. Okay. Well, just come on out.
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1313. I'll be in the, um... That restaurant.
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1314. Mmm.
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1315. That wasn't much fun.
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1316. I don't know, man.
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1317. I don't know. She's just acting real funky.
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1318. What the hell is this shit?
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1319. Is that chocolate or something off...
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1320. What's your biggest fear
when she walks in here?
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1321. Rejection.
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1322. Always rejection.
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1323. I'm not sure if he's ready
to be a father now.
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1324. - You okay?
- Hi.
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1325. - You look good.
- Thanks.
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1326. I don't know if now he's ready or not.
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1327. I can't say that, 'cause I've only...
I've only been around him a little bit.
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1328. Jake hadn't seen
his daughter in four years.
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1329. I was amazed.
Five minutes after meeting her,
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1330. he went to his room for the night.
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1331. He needs to step away from
the cameras and get the glitz out of it.
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1332. Wrestling,
you have a camera on you.
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1333. You know, all the things he's done
in his life, he's had a camera on him.
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1334. I wish he would step away
from that and he would say,
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1335. you know, "Hey, I wanna be with my family.
I wanna be real
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1336. "and I wanna be there without cameras
and try to work some of this stuff out."
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1337. - Hello.
Hello.
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1338. Maybe he really honestly
believes this is gonna help heal things.
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1339. - How are you this morning?
It would be wonderful
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1340. if I could know him on a level
that other kids know their fathers.
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1341. Me too. I wonder how she got that number.
Well, let me guess.
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1342. - Not from me.
- Really?
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1343. No. I did not give her the number at all.
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1344. He makes me nervous,
and I make him nervous
Copy !req
1345. 'cause we don't really know
how to act around each other.
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1346. Because he knows that I'm gonna be
very straightforward with him,
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1347. and he doesn't always like that.
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1348. A lot of people don't understand.
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1349. "Gosh, if you were making
that good of money,
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1350. "why didn't you just take three months off
and go stay with your kids?"
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1351. Well, because if I took three months off,
I'd have been fired.
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1352. - I know that, but you...
- When I was working for Vince McMahon,
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1353. I was obligated to wrestle every day.
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1354. I know that. But...
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1355. And... And it wasn't
fair, and it wasn't right.
Copy !req
1356. But I do know I love my children.
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1357. In whatever twisted...
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1358. Twisted way there is.
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1359. Then you need to learn a different way.
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1360. I quit learning.
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1361. That doesn't stop though.
You can start learning again.
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1362. Maybe. Maybe. If there's time.
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1363. Why wouldn't there be time?
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1364. I don't know.
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1365. I just don't wanna hurt no more.
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1366. I don't wanna hurt you no more.
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1367. That would hurt me.
That would be the ultimate hurt, Dad.
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1368. That would be the ultimate pain
that you could bestow on anyone.
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1369. - Sometimes I...
- I don't think that's fair.
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1370. I think that's selfish. I
think that's a cop-out.
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1371. I think that's bullshit.
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1372. - I don't know. Just tired.
- You cannot do that.
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1373. That is not fair to anybody.
That is just your way out.
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1374. You know, but sometimes
you don't understand. See, it's like...
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1375. When I was growing up, I swore up and down
I would never treat my kids
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1376. the way my father treated me.
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1377. And 24 years later, I look back and say,
Copy !req
1378. "My God, you've done
the exact stinkin' same thing."
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1379. But it's not the way I wanted it to go.
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1380. How did you want it to go?
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1381. I guess I wanted that
Walt Disney ending, you know.
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1382. - Not the Old Yeller one either.
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1383. Dad, we've never had a Walt Disney ending.
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1384. I know. I certainly haven't.
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1385. I'm sorry.
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1386. I don't know where to go.
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1387. Uh...
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1388. I'm just getting really, uh...
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1389. Really fucked-up inside.
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1390. I don't know.
I wish he could be real more often.
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1391. That would really help him,
and I think it would help us.
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1392. He, you know,
he stayed here and hurt, you know.
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1393. Before, he would have
just walked out and left.
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1394. It's part of an act, and part of it's real.
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1395. I mean, his hurt is very real, I think.
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1396. After seeing his daughter,
Jake was quiet for the first time.
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1397. After checking into a
hotel, he disappeared.
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1398. When I caught up with
him a few hours later,
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1399. he was doing crack.
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1400. I never use a needle.
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1401. Thank you, Lord.
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1402. But, um...
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1403. I used to tell myself,
"I'll never ever do drugs.
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1404. "Never. No way.
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1405. "It's for losers."
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1406. And we were wrestling 26, 27 days a month.
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1407. Twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday.
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1408. Catchin' eight, nine airplanes a week.
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1409. It was basically a
necessity just to continue.
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1410. And you took pills to go to sleep.
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1411. You took pills because of your pain.
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1412. You took cocaine to wake up,
so you could perform.
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1413. You drank... You go to sleep,
you took sleeping pills.
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1414. It's a trap, you know.
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1415. It's a trap. Cocaine.
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1416. It speeds me up so fast,
I can't think about my past.
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1417. It speeds me up so fast that...
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1418. I don't have to be responsible.
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1419. It is really tough for me
to sit here and tell you guys this.
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1420. You got no idea how tough it was
today with my daughter.
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1421. There is not an addict that's happy. Okay?
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1422. You ever met a drug addict
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1423. or a homeless person that said,
"When I was a child, this was my dream"?
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1424. No self-pity. No. Absolutely not.
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1425. I do not feel sorry for myself.
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1426. Okay? That's wrong.
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1427. Totally wrong.
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1428. And, you know, if that's what you're
getting on that camera, it's wrong.
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1429. I do not feel sorry for myself.
I asked for every damn thing I got, okay?
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1430. Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
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1431. It had been six months
since I last saw Mick
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1432. when he called me up and told me
they were giving him the championship belt.
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1433. But he was going to lose it
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1434. at one of the WWF's biggest
pay-per-view events of the year,
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1435. the Royal Rumble.
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1436. Come on, baby
Yes, this is it
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1437. This year, the Rumble
was taking place in Anaheim.
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1438. Mick told me he was gonna bring his family.
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1439. Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
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1440. Roll all night long
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1441. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Injury time-out.
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1442. You okay there, buddy? Let me see.
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1443. Mix it with your saliva so it looks
a lot worse than it really is, all right?
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1444. - Ah, there you go!
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1445. Oh, there you go. All right!
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1446. Twenty lashes.
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1447. - Are you scared?
No.
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1448. No? Are you sure?
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1449. I'm hoping when they get on that
plane in about 4 hours after the show
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1450. that I'll be fine.
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1451. There's a chance that
I won't be, and that's...
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1452. - Then we won't be on that plane.
- Yeah.
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1453. Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
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1454. Roll all night long
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1455. The WWF championship's
on the line.
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1456. An "I quit" match, Mankind versus The Rock.
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1457. I accept. You and I
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1458. at the Royal Rumble in an "I quit" match.
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1459. You stop me, drop me with something.
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1460. Then you start climbing like anything.
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1461. Get right the hell out of the...
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1462. - Out of the arena, okay?
- Uh-huh.
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1463. I will not say them
here nor there.
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1464. I will not say them anywhere!
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1465. I will not say those words, you twit.
I will not, will not say, "I quit!"
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1466. - Up on the ladder and whammo.
- Sure. Yeah. That's fine.
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1467. But if that's the case, we can get
out of that, we'll climb on up there.
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1468. - Okay.
- And have the announcer go
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1469. as soon as I'm up there.
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1470. - Yeah.
- And you don't see me. Do this.
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1471. - Come on. And you come up. Wham.
- Bam.
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1472. I think we might as well
hit the heavy stuff quick.
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1473. Mister... You know, Mr. Socko,
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1474. which leaves you down, but...
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1475. But not able to say it because you're out.
Copy !req
1476. Put Socko on right away?
First couple of minutes.
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1477. Which one would you like?
White, white or white?
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1478. Mick Foley we love
because he can take anything.
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1479. This guy could fall down,
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1480. slam himself from, like, a
two-story building and fall on spikes
Copy !req
1481. and get hit by a chair
and still stand right up and everything.
Copy !req
1482. This guy kicks ass.
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1483. The pain advantage.
It's all about Mankind.
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1484. Mankind don't hurt. You can throw him
off the top of the cage onto a table.
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1485. - That man know.
- What The Rock gonna do?
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1486. - Rock bottom, man.
- That man know.
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1487. When you go out there
and you improvise, you ad-lib,
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1488. we have an idea of what we're gonna do,
a couple of things, but the rest is just...
Copy !req
1489. We go out there and do our thing.
You know, a lot of it's on feel.
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1490. I'm banking on there'll be
a ton of heat on me tonight,
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1491. being the piece of shit
that The Rock is, so it should be fine.
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1492. You know The Rock is Daddy's friend, right?
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1493. He's not gonna do anything
to really hurt Daddy, right?
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1494. Okay. Peanut, you know that?
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1495. You do, right?
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1496. You're not gonna be scared, right?
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1497. Daddy's gonna be okay.
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1498. If you can go on Back to the Future,
you can do anything.
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1499. - Right?
- Yeah.
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1500. Can I have a hug for good luck, please?
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1501. Did you guys have
a good time at Disneyland?
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1502. - Yeah.
- Did you?
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1503. Yeah.
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1504. - What did you ride?
- Everything.
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1505. You went on everything?
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1506. - You look very pretty today.
- Oh, they had a great time.
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1507. - Did they?
- I hope I have energy left for the match.
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1508. Hey, gang. Hi, how are you?
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1509. - Hi, Steve. How are you?
- Nice to see you again.
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1510. - Dewey, you remember Stone Cold?
- Hi, Dewey. Nice to see you.
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1511. - How are you feeling, Steve? Ready to go?
- What?
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1512. - How are you feeling?
- I'm not feeling very good at all,
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1513. but I'll be ready to go.
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1514. - My little girl's out there.
- Oh, is she really?
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1515. - Yeah. Maybe we'll see you after the show.
- Okay. That'd be great.
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1516. - Good stuff.
- Nice to see you again.
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1517. Okay. See you, Steve.
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1518. Bye-bye. Oh, Daddy's gotta go, okay?
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1519. - Okay?
- Give me a hug, buddy.
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1520. I love you guys. Bye, hon.
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1521. I love you too. I gotta get ready.
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1522. Get ready? You're not ready?
- I'm not ready. I'm not mentally prepared.
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1523. I had never seen Mick
this nervous before.
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1524. - Have fun.
- You too.
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1525. He clearly was preoccupied
with what was going to happen that night.
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1526. You play it by ear out there.
Whatever feels right, do it.
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1527. But in other words,
if they got a real tight close-up,
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1528. and it's obvious that
his lips aren't moving,
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1529. then you can just say,
"I don't see him saying that."
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1530. "How do they do that?"
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1531. You're the one befuddled because
you've never seen anything like this.
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1532. - You might have an explanation.
- Okay.
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1533. A lot of dignitaries here
to see the action...
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1534. Where the hell's The Rock?
Hey, Bruce, when you gonna send The Rock?
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1535. He agreed with my analogy
Copy !req
1536. that the "I quit" match
will be the most physical...
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1537. - Befuddled.
- Befuddled?
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1538. - You're befuddled.
- The Rock wouldn't be befuddled about this.
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1539. All of a sudden The Rock
is just like some roody-poo candy-ass...
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1540. standing on the corner, and Mick Foley
is just gonna have his way with him?
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1541. No, no. Piss on that.
The Rock is the great one.
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1542. The Rock is the most electrifying man
in sports entertainment.
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1543. The Rock is the great one. And tonight,
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1544. after The Rock makes
that son of a bitch scream, "I quit,"
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1545. he's gonna be the best damn
WWF champ there ever was...
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1546. Once again.
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1547. - If you smell what The Rock is cookin'.
- There you go.
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1548. We're just afraid
we might miss the shot.
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1549. Make sure you're facing
the announcers on the last move.
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1550. All right. I'll count you
down. Thirty, 20, 15.
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1551. - All the way, all right?
Yeah.
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1552. Good.
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1553. And, Mick, please be careful.
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1554. Well, here we go, Rock. It is showtime.
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1555. The table is set,
and the big question is simply this,
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1556. will you be able to do
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1557. what no one has ever done
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1558. and make Mankind utter the words "I quit"?
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1559. I tell you what, Mankind. There's
something about this whole situation
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1560. that really befuddles The Rock.
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1561. Because, you see, The Rock
isn't just some roody-poo candy-ass
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1562. on the corner of Know Your
Role Boulevard and Jabroni Drive.
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1563. That you're just gonna
have your way with The Rock?
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1564. Well, uh-uh, because tonight, in front of
the thousands of Rock's fans here tonight,
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1565. all chanting his name, and the millions...
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1566. And millions of The Rock's fans
watching live,
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1567. The Rock guaran-damn-tees to prove to you
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1568. that The Rock is the most electrifying man
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1569. in sports entertainment today.
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1570. And after you utter the words, "I quit,"
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1571. The Rock will go down as being
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1572. the best damn WWF champ there ever was,
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1573. if you smell
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1574. what The Rock is cookin'.
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1575. Here we go, guys. It is showtime.
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1576. Over here. Mick, Mick, Mick.
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1577. Foley! Foley! Foley!
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1578. Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley!
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1579. This is gonna be the ultimate
slobber-knocker.
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1580. Mankind, perhaps the most unlikely
champion in the history of the WWF,
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1581. but perhaps... Well, no perhaps,
he is the most deserving champion ever.
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1582. And take a look at this! And here we go!
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1583. - And the "I quit" match is under way.
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1584. Folks, there are no pin falls,
there are no count-outs,
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1585. there are no disqualifications.
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1586. Yeah!
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1587. Oh! Mankind clotheslined Rock
out by the barricade.
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1588. - He's been thrown.
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1589. And The Rock's in trouble here.
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1590. Reversal!
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1591. The Rock!
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1592. We got trouble! Mr. Socko is out!
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1593. And the claw is on The Rock!
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1594. Oh, no.
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1595. I can't see a thing.
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1596. Rock up the ladder now and
into the crowd here at the Arrowhead Pond.
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1597. Mankind's after him.
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1598. - Excuse me.
Mom!
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1599. I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not going anywhere.
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1600. I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not going anywhere.
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1601. Rock is taunting Mick Foley.
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1602. A right hand! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
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1603. - Mick Foley!
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1604. We've lost the lights in the arena!
Mick Foley...
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1605. When the night has come
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1606. - And the land is dark
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1607. And the moon is the only
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1608. Light we'll see
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1609. No, I won't be afraid
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1610. No, I won't be afraid
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1611. Just as long
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1612. Oh, Jesus! He's a freaking nut!
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1613. Stand by me
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1614. Oh, come on.
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1615. No! No!
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1616. Oh, no!
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1617. No, no, no!
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1618. Not the chair.
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1619. Close your eyes.
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1620. What is he... Oh, come on!
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1621. Don't do it!
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1622. He can't do that. Electrify!
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1623. Oh!
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1624. - He may have shattered Mick Foley's skull!
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1625. He's really busted open now.
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1626. And he's really
busted open now!
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1627. Oh, no. Not this.
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1628. - It's gonna break!
- Come on. Stop this damn thing!
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1629. - Turn around!
Don't!
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1630. No!
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1631. - No!
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1632. Back off!
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1633. Wanna go upstairs? You wanna go upstairs?
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1634. - Come on.
- No, no, no!
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1635. I want Daddy!
- I know, I know. Excuse me.
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1636. - Oh! Oh, my!
Please, do something!
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1637. The new
World Wrestling Federation champion,
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1638. The Rock!
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1639. - He's okay. He's okay.
- I'm all right.
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1640. - Just some boo-boos.
It's no big deal.
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1641. - Just a boo-boo.
He's okay.
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1642. This is not a boo-boo.
It's water. It's a lot of water.
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1643. Daddy's okay.
He's okay.
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1644. Where's Dewey?
- He's in the bathroom.
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1645. It's okay.
He's right... He's right there.
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1646. Daddy's gonna be okay.
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1647. Don't you worry about Daddy, all right?
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1648. They said they got a plastic surgeon here.
This thing is probably a mess.
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1649. Get in there, big guy.
Get with your dad.
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1650. Are you guys okay? Daddy's all right, okay?
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1651. - Were you worried about Dadas?
Yeah.
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1652. Okay. Well, don't worry no more, okay?
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1653. They can't hurt Dadas.
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1654. - Daddy, you have blood.
- I know. I have a little boo-boo.
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1655. - It's a big boo-boo.
- It's a big boo-boo.
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1656. Oh, God.
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1657. - Oh.
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1658. It's okay.
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1659. I hope everyone feels like they got their
money's worth out there.
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1660. But, you know, it's okay.
It's fake, so...
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1661. Here, drink some water.
Oh, you have some here. Some fresh water.
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1662. Peanut, you okay?
- What are you doing?
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1663. He's okay. It's just some...
- They're sewing up his boo-boo.
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1664. They're putting Daddy's head...
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1665. It's a big boo-boo, you know, when
you fall down. Just a boo-boo like this.
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1666. You know how you fell down Disney
a couple years ago, right on your nose?
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1667. - Kind of like that.
- I fell on my knees a couple of times.
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1668. And your knee
bled a little bit, right?
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1669. Mick, what time's our flight?
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1670. - 12:00.
- 12:00 what?
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1671. 12:05.
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1672. You want a charter flight?
- No, I was testing his mind.
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1673. Oh, okay.
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1674. Mick, that was unbelievable, brother.
Thank you, guys.
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1675. Good shit. It looked un... Brother.
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1676. You are the fuckin' man.
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1677. Half of you is saying,
"Why the hell am I doing this?"
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1678. And the other half is saying,
"This is exactly why I do it," you know.
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1679. Just that these... You can't have
these matches very often or you'd be dead.
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1680. You know, when you have someone
as good as Rocky, you trust his judgment.
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1681. If I saw him now, I'd probably strangle
him, he hit me so damn many times.
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1682. But it was probably, in retrospect,
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1683. you look at that tape
and say that's what made it,
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1684. it was those last couple of extra ones.
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1685. Mick, I don't know if I can take much
more of this. I'm gonna let you know that.
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1686. We reached a lot of people.
We can't reach everybody.
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1687. You can't even reach a
majority. But, I mean...
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1688. I know, but you have to stop trying.
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1689. Can you hold... Yeah.
- We are entertainers, but I think it...
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1690. - Don't move.
- I'll hold him. Okay?
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1691. I think we reached...
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1692. I think we touched a lot of people,
if you don't mind me saying.
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1693. I might touch you later,
if you know what I mean.
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1694. - Ow, have mercy.
- Dad looks cute.
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1695. - He is cute.
Thank you. I am cute.
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1696. In a rugged type of way.
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1697. Daddy.
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1698. You okay?
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1699. Yeah. Are you sure?
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1700. Well, I feel pretty bad.
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1701. It wasn't too gratuitously bloody, was it?
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1702. My thing tonight?
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1703. It was fabulous.
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1704. - I'll let you know when I get the feedback.
- Hold on.
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1705. - Thanks, Vince.
- Thank you very, very much.
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1706. - Do you feel okay?
- I feel all right.
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1707. I'll take care of you tomorrow maybe.
- Okay, I'm hoping...
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1708. I mean, if someone was offended by
that, I think it was a hell of a contest.
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1709. I think, you know, for every one person who
was offended and thought it was too violent,
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1710. there's probably 10 or 20 who
thought that it was a dramatic...
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1711. That character just won't...
Won't die, you know.
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1712. And then when they get the story
about how you were screwed...
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1713. You know? I mean, I just think that,
you know, that's show business.
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1714. - Did you have fun?
Oh, yes, we had so much fun.
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1715. Are you kidding?
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1716. I was glad to see
Mick was okay,
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1717. and was happy that he could walk out
of the arena with his family that night.
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1718. But the sight of Noelle and Dewey
watching their father being beaten up
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1719. haunted me for weeks.
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1720. I decided to go to Florida
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1721. to show Mick the footage.
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1722. - Oh.
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1723. That right there
is where that picture was taken.
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1724. That was even before things got...
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1725. Oh.
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1726. Oh, God. I...
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1727. - No!
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1728. - Aw.
- I don't feel like such a good dad anymore.
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1729. I felt very guilty all of a sudden,
like a real...
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1730. Really like my, uh, you know,
my priorities were out of order.
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1731. I can't... I mean, I feel like a bad dad,
and I've never felt like that ever before.
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1732. Right then I just felt like...
Like I was a bad person.
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1733. I don't... I don't ever want to see
my children like that again.
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1734. I'll... Maybe I will be the guy
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1735. who pulls a sock out of his tights
for the next couple of years.
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1736. - That's, uh...
- Reading. E, E, E, E.
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1737. For the, uh...
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1738. Yeah, nothing's worth that. Nothing.
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1739. I don't... I will never do that again.
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1740. I don't... I don't want my children, um,
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1741. involved in something like that.
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1742. You know, I want our family
to have the last laugh.
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1743. That's very good, Dew.
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1744. - I'm very proud of you.
That came in the mail.
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1745. Tony Jones and Michael Modest
never heard from the WWF.
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1746. Tony still works at Visa.
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1747. Michael left his job at the funeral home
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1748. and now delivers furniture for a living.
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1749. They both still hope
to make it as wrestlers.
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1750. As far as Roland,
his wrestling school is still open.
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1751. However, his monthly Gym Wars shows
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1752. were closed down
because of building code violations.
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1753. Terry Funk's retirement
lasted all of three months.
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1754. He continued wrestling on a regular basis
until finally retiring on June 7, 1999.
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1755. That is, until the next offer comes along.
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1756. Since I last saw Jake,
he has spent considerable time in jail
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1757. for nonpayment of child support.
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1758. He has not spoken to or seen his daughter
since I filmed their reunion.
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1759. The Droz never made it as Puke.
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1760. He did go on to become
a regular in the WWF.
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1761. Paul Heyman and ECW,
they're still hanging in there,
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1762. recently signing a deal
with The Nashville Network
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1763. to produce a weekly wrestling show.
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1764. Vince and the WWF,
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1765. they're stronger than ever.
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1766. They just issued an
IPO on the stock market.
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1767. The family business
has finally gone public.
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1768. Oh, you mean the golden showers? Yes, yes!
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1769. As far as me,
after three years on the road,
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1770. I still feel the same way about wrestling
that I did when I was eight years old.
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1771. What kind of person does this for a living?
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1772. They're showmen. They're carnies.
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1773. They're fathers.
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1774. They're sons.
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1775. They're artists.
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1776. They're toys.
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1777. They're people with families,
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1778. with the same concerns
and fears we all share.
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1779. They're just like you and me.
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1780. Except they're really different.
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