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Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca on on today's episode

long time nation member and in quotes I will say friend because I think the friendship is one

way I love him but I don't think he likes me too much and that is long time employee and ring

announcer for ring of honor. The legendary Bobby Cruz Bobby how are you this morning? Oh we're

just tossing the word legendary around us that's not bad. You are a legendary ring announcer and

and I think honestly and I've said this to you before I've said it on the show you're

one of the great ring announcers in pro wrestling. I appreciate that you know I was thinking recently

that how things cycle through whether it's life or in sports or in wrestling and I thought

about the other day maybe the last time I was on the show or I remember saying I put out a tweet

and I had called myself the best male ring announcer on television because at that time

and then that a fan like wow what an arrogant prick you what an eagle you have which I don't but

then somebody else before I can respond said wait a minute he's the only male ring announcer on

television. Like every other company who's using females at the time and I was thinking about

the other day I'm like now like now all the old guys we're all back Justin's back Dave Pender's back

you know the two younger guys is WWE I think like NXT is the only one with a female ring announcer now

so just weird things just cycle through. But you know what you've been there you've done that

and a big reason why I wanted to have you on the show today Bobby is because on Friday

ring of honors 19th anniversary show the pay-per-view Friday night and it's a stack card and the main

event is going to be longtime ring of honor wrestler Jay lethal going up against ROH World Champion

so when you look back now at your career with ring of honor would started back in 2003 this is

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