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Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGracca on today's episode. It's myself

and Thunder Rosa. We preview United Champions with our very own Justin Labar. We speak the WWE

Hall of Famer Tito Santana and we speak to your strong women's champion Willow Nightingale

right now on the busted open podcast. The one and only Tito Santana Tito. Good morning and

thank you so much for the time. Oh you're welcome. Thank you for having me.

I appreciate it and there's I mean there's so much to get into with you Tito and correct me

if I'm wrong. Congratulations because I believe this is your last school year correct?

Yes, June 15th is my last day and I can't wait.

I mean you know it's so funny because it brings me back to my childhood and my daughter

the last day of school and how you feel but this is like it for you. Like I mean I'm sure

you're going to miss it but yeah it must feel good to you know to kind of put a period at the

end of your career. Yes they asked me but if I wanted to come back and serve and I said absolutely

not. I'm done. I've enjoyed it but I'm done. I put my time in. Well you know Tito like I said

oh go ahead Tondo go ahead. Sorry David. Well first I was in honor to talk to you as you know

as as as a Latino wrestler to see someone that in you know in the 70s made a career when

you know sometimes he was in like the easiest thing to be you know from a Latino background.

How do you feel that your legacy has been and what you were able to accomplish throughout

your whole entire career for like people like me and what you what how do you feel now. The more

I'm out the more people you know I spoke to Mario Lopez the actor and he told me that I was

a big influence on him and I've spoken to other movie stars and in 2004 when I got inducted

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