Jimmy Rave - His Last Interview

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

James Michael Guffey’s (or Jimmy Rave as the wrestling world knew him) passion for pro wrestling was undeniable, and in one of the last long-form interviews he did before his untimely passing on December 12th at the age of 39, that love for the business is palpable. Jimmy spoke at length about his battle with MRSA, his struggles with addiction, adjusting to life as a triple amputee, his work as a mental health advocate and peer support drug counselor, and keeping a positive attitude through life’s adversities. He also shared many great moments and stories from his memorable wrestling career including learning from Dusty Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat, working for TNA, New Japan, and Ring of Honor, wrestling Samoa Joe with a broken jaw, tag teaming with Lance Rock (aka Lance Archer) as the Rock’n Rave Infection, and his cage match with CM Punk. Jimmy Rave is survived by his daughter Kailah, son James II, parents Jim and Toni Guffey, and fiancee Gabby Gilbert. Please help his friends and family honor James and celebrate his life by contributing to the GoFundMe set up by his daughter, Kailah. https://www.gofundme.com/f/jimmy-rave-memorial

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0:00.0	talk
0:02.0	talk
0:04.0	baby
0:06.0	jerry
0:08.0	talk
0:10.0	jerry
0:12.0	talk
0:14.0	baby
0:16.0	all right welcome to talk is jerry go it is the pot of thunder and rock and roll
0:18.0	uh... and the rest of the world received some very sad news early earlier this week when uh... james gaffey
0:24.0	also known as jimmy rave passed away
0:26.0	on december twelfth uh... at the age of thirty nine
0:28.0	uh... he leaves behind his daughter cala and his son jimmy jr
0:32.0	his family and friends are planning a memorial for him in jorja and his daughter has set up a go fund me
0:38.0	to help them cover uh... celebration of life and funeral expenses for jimmy
0:44.0	and if you contribute please do the link is in the description for this podcast
0:48.0	episode i also shared it on my twitter and you can find it online by going to go fund me
0:52.0	dot com slash f slash jimmy dash rave dash memorial
1:00.0	seems kind of uh... uh... i guess strange the fact that we have this interview with jimmy i guess it could be probably one of his last
1:08.0	interviews he ever did uh... we recorded this um...
1:14.0	on october thirty of uh... of this year so basically
1:18.0	about six weeks before jimmy passed away and this is the honest truth
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