Michelle McCool l CG Classics Series

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the “Chasing Glory Classics Series”, Lilian sits down with former WWE Women’s and Divas Champion, Michelle McCool. You heard this interview June 2019, now watch this NEVER BEFORE SEEN interview footage for the first time. In this episode, Michelle talks about what she’s been up to since leaving the WWE as well as why exactly she left the company back in 2011. She speaks about her upbringing and what it was like growing up with the pressure of being in the McCool family. She talks all about how she got into the WWE as she reveals that she initially applied for Tough Enough but never actually turned in her application. Once she became part of the roster, Michelle would talk about having to fight for every second of TV time and why she didn’t give herself the chance to celebrate her successes. Michelle EXCLUSIVELY opens up about her personal life and marriage to Mark Calaway who most people know, as The Undertaker. She speaks about how they started dating as well as the moment that he fell in love with her. But with that comes a stigma, so she talks about how she dealt with having the stigma of being “The Undertakers girlfriend” to now being “The Undertaker’s Wife”. Michelle speaks about her love of being a mother to her little girl but how she has struggled to get pregnant again and dealing with her unfortunate miscarriages. Michelle lovingly shares about the bond she has with her squared circle sisters as well as sharing beautiful memories of working with the late Ashley Massaro and being part of the GoFundMe page to raise money for her daughter. All this and much, much more as it’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Michelle McCool!

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0:00.0	I've reached that to our kids, you know, it could be something as simple as them
0:05.0	complaining about the bus driver that day and I'll say, look, you don't know what's
0:08.2	going on in that bus drivers life. They might have a headache. They might have us
0:13.3	fast that just died. They might not want to drive. You just not know those little kids around.
0:16.7	I don't know, but you're going to say thank you. Good morning when you get on in the mornings
0:22.2	and get off. Like you never know what somebody's going through. So never take for granted
0:25.6	what might be behind somebody's smile. You know, just treat people with kindness,
0:31.3	shoot from the hip, be honest, be open. It's a lot easier than a lot of people make it.
0:43.7	The following program comes from Executive Producer Lillian Garcia.
0:47.6	Every athlete is on this quest.
0:49.9	Every performer experiences real life challenges, defeats and sacrifices in an effort to make
0:57.7	their dreams reality. Singer, speaker and 15 year WWE host Lillian Garcia was the first woman
1:06.1	to ever announce WrestleMania and continues to make history as the engage announcer for the
1:11.6	professional fighters league. And now she's giving you an all-access pass to the human interest
1:18.3	stories of elite athletes, extraordinary entertainers and entrepreneurs.
1:23.5	Now let's embark on another fascinating journey of chasing glory with your host, Lillian Garcia.
1:32.6	Welcome everybody to chasing glory. I am Lillian Garcia and can you see how happy I am? We are
1:40.7	back. Well, it kind of looks a little different, but let me explain this to you. We just got off
1:47.4	an amazing 10-part series, as you know, on the WWE Network. And thanks to you and my amazing
1:55.1	guess, it was extremely, extremely successful. Well, before we go into a brand new season,
2:02.2	we wanted to get together my team and I, my amazing team, and bring you something from the vault.
2:10.0	Because sometimes you have to go back in order to move forward. And what we mean by that is
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