6 Confidence Building Lessons from Pro Wrestling
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
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I used to get my lunch stolen every day.
I was fat, weak, and socially awkward.
Then in 1982, professional wrestling changed my life.
Here are 6 lessons I picked up from professional wrestling. And how you can use them to build unf*ckwithable confidence...
- Using the power of visualization to become unrecognizable. [2:18]
- How to set the tone in any room without saying a word. [5:51]
- ... And when you do speak, this is what matters. [7:54]
- Say goodnight to the bad guy! [15:14]
- The evidence of your greatness is there... Even when you're down and out. [19:14]
- Are you the 99% or the 1%? [22:30]
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the J. Faruja show, the podcast that helps high achieving men get |
| 0:10.6 | lean and jacked, build an unbreakable mindset, and become the man you're meant to be. |
| 0:19.3 | What's up, guys? welcome back to the show. |
| 0:21.6 | Thanks for tuning in. |
| 0:22.6 | Today I have for you life lessons from professional wrestling and how you can build unfuck |
| 0:29.3 | with a confidence. |
| 0:30.1 | So I started watching professional wrestling in 1982, and I was absolutely blown away |
| 0:34.4 | at what I saw on the screen. |
| 0:35.7 | This was after, literally a week after, |
| 0:39.5 | in 1982, I used to go to school every day and get my lunch stolen by these two kids. |
| 0:44.3 | I mentioned their names on stage. I'm not going to mention it because they're a way bigger audience here on the podcast. |
| 0:48.1 | But they used to grab my lunch, throw it on the ground, step on it, beat the shit out of me. |
| 0:53.8 | And then eventually I got invited to the cool kids birthday party one time for the first time. |
| 0:58.3 | I could not believe it. |
| 0:59.7 | We were on Johnson Drive and watch on New Jersey. |
| 1:03.3 | And I walked into the backyard and I thought it finally made it in life. |
| 1:06.2 | I was no longer the dorky little unathletic fat kid. |
| 1:10.2 | But lo and behold, I would be in for a surprise, much like what happens in pro wrestling |
| 1:15.8 | many times. |
| 1:16.5 | I was ambushed. |
| 1:17.6 | I walked into the backyard. |
| 1:19.0 | The kid circled around me. |
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