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Podcast One presents the Steve Austin Show Classics. All right, here we go. I'm sitting here on the

telephone, on the Skype line, I'm talking to Del Wilkes, who's down there in South Carolina,

and y'all know me. I love to do my interviews in person, but sometimes that just ain't always the case because of location. Nonetheless, I'm talking to one only Del Wilkes, who used to be known as the Patriot. And in my open, I referenced, you know, basically in the open, I played a trailer to The Man Behind the Mask.

It's going to be a documentary on Dell Wilkes.

But before I get into my conversation with Del to welcome him to the show,

I also want to point out one other thing on YouTube.

If you get on YouTube and you type in Del Wilkes Testimony, 06-15-2014, you'll hear Dale give a long story short about his trials and

tribulations as he does a testimony inside a church. It's just essential listening, and there's many

interviews you'll find on Dell, and I listen to a few of those interviews, as my time permitted. We're going to

go between the lines of those and create our own conversation. Nonetheless, I won't be

custom with Dell on the phone with respect to his religious beliefs, but I will be asking

him hard-hitting questions. And I asked Del, I said, hey, man, is everything up for grabs here? And you go, Steve, I just want to be transparent, share my story, and try to help people avoid some of the mistakes and pitfalls that I made. With that being said, hey, Del, it's good to be talking to you. How are you today? I'm doing good, Steve. It's good to be talking to you. It's been a long time.

Man, it has been a long time.

When was the last time we saw each other?

Was it? day. I'm doing good, Steve. It's good to be talking to you. It's been a long time. Man, it has been a long time. When was the last time we saw each other, was it the late 90s?

Yeah, it was.

It had to be sometime in late 97 when we were both working for events.

And to my knowledge, that's the last time we actually saw each other now.

If memory serves me, you know, after I got hurt and could no longer go back out on the road,

I got a phone call from you just wishing me well and actually recommending Dr. Andrews to me.

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