All systems are going.

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blurley.

We're doing it, man.

All right.

So good to see you.

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm glad we're finally making this happen.

Yeah, I agree.

I ran into you WrestleMania Week, WrestleMania weekend.

Yeah, Tampa.

Yeah, and we're like, we need to sit down and make this happen. Yeah. I was a little surprised that you asked me to do something like this. Come on. I was more surprised that you were like, hey, man, I watch your interviews. Absolutely. All the time, man. All the time. Big fan. I just love pro wrestling, man. And the way you do your interviews, which is like, kind of like you ask good questions, but you keep it lighthearted and stuff like that. So it's pretty dope like that, man. And we're like a very professional podcast out of here. Look at us. I know. I feel fired out right now, man. We're at Slinghot House in Santa Monica. Absolutely. And then you're going to be doing some stuff with GCW this weekend in Las Vegas. It's a big weekend for you. Yeah. Because as we sit here right now, your episode has not aired yet. A dark side of the road. And I have not seen nothing, but maybe the little clips they put on online. Yeah. I've seen an early episode or nothing like that. So I'm going to be watching for the first time. What were your thoughts when they reached out to you and said they wanted at first, um, um, you know, I turned them down, man. I just didn't want to do it. I didn't want to put my life out there like that. But um, after I sat down and talked to people I trust and love me, and, you know,

they said it was a good idea. And I changed my mind. I said, let's do it. And I'm kind of glad I did,

man, because then people are advice. They were very nice people, man. They were really cool and

they treated me great. And I was happy I did it, man, really.

You've got a hell of a story.

Yeah.

I mean, inside the ring, outside of the ring, and dark side of the ring encompasses everything that you do.

And I want to take this back for you.

What was your first ever, I don't know, first ever introduction to wrestling?

Oh, it's like everybody else, man.

Big NWA fan.

So, you know, with that sitting down a 605 TBS, watching, you know, the same old Rick Flair,

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