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Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Aron Stevens “aka Damien Sandow” Talks About His WrestleMania Moment, The Miz & MIZdow, NWA, Billy Corgan, & His WWE Release

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” Lilian sits down with former WWE Superstar and current NWA National Champion, Aron Stevens also known as Damien Sandow. In a RARE IN-DEPTH interview with NEVER BEFORE HEARD stories, Aron discusses his WWE release in 2016 as well as the reaction from both himself and his fans. He talks about why his Wrestlemania 31 moment was so special to him and why that experience was just as important as winning a World Championship for him. Aron takes a behind the scenes look at the last year of his WWE career including his feelings on working with The Miz and Curtis Axel. He gives an EXCLUSIVE recount on what Vince McMahon’s reaction was after his first time performing the Damien MIZdow character and how that character organically got popular. He explains why he left the wrestling business entirely and his pursuit into an on-camera career in the Hollywood Entertainment World. Aron mentions why it’s important for him to start at the ground up in Hollywood and the guidance he’s had so far. Aron also talks about what has brought him BACK into the wrestling business, performing for Billy Corgan and the NWA. Find out what Aron has to say if he would return to the WWE. All this and so much more!! So, get fired up as it’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Aron Stevens.

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0:00.0

Stand by.

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Three, two, one.

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The following program comes from executive producer,

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Lily and Garcia.

0:11.0

Every athlete is on this quest.

0:14.0

Every performer dives in head first.

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Battling real life challenges and overcoming obstacles

0:21.0

in an effort to make their dreams reality.

0:25.0

Singer, speaker, and 15 year WWE host Lillian Garcia was the first woman to ever announce

0:31.8

WrestleMania. And is now the PFL MMA Cage announcer.

0:35.8

And now she's giving you an all access pass to the human interest stories of

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elite athletes, extraordinary entertain entertainers and wellness experts.

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Now let's embark on another fascinating journey of Chasing Glory.

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With your host Lillian Garcia.

0:56.5

Well, hello everyone and welcome to post-Ressylania.

1:01.8

That's right, it's post-RleMania. It is chasing Lori, but guess what?

1:06.3

Haven't seen the show yet. Does that make sense? Okay, so let me talk about this. The fact is, I'd like to get the show to you guys first thing Monday morning.

1:15.3

In order to do that I have to get everything to the editors by Saturday so the only thing

1:21.2

that's happened so far is my performance on the bump.

1:25.0

What?

1:26.5

Yeah, let's talk about this.

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Okay, back up.

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