R-Truth - From Being a Convict to Becoming a Champion

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia”, Lilian sits down with WWE Superstar, R-Truth. Truth opens up about his troubled past as a drug dealing teen and how he learned from his experiences in jail, and why it’s important to share his past with young people. He also discusses what it was like being in a halfway home and why he did not want to initially leave the halfway home. Truth debunks all the mistakes that are written on his Wikipedia page as well as why he turned down multiple athletic scholarships in order to continue his pursuit of a music career. He talks about his journey on how he got into pro wrestling and shares with the Chasing Glory audience his first meeting with Vince McMahon. R-Truth also talks about what it was like being the first and to date, only African American NWA Heavyweight Champion and how he feels about currently working with fellow WWE Superstar, Carmella. All this and so much much more! It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with R-Truth.

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0:00.0	Stand by.
0:01.0	3, 2, 1.
0:05.0	The following program comes from executive producer Lillian Garcia.
0:11.0	Every athlete is on this quest.
0:15.0	Every performer dives in head first.
0:18.0	Battling real life challenges and overcoming obstacles
0:21.0	in an effort to make their dreams reality.
0:25.0	Singers, songwriter, 15 year WWE host Lillian Garcia was the first woman to ever announce
0:31.8	WrestleMania. Oh yeah! And the first to launch her own podcast which gives you an all access past to
0:39.2	the human interest stories of elite athletes and extraordinary entertainers. Now let's embark on another
0:46.0	fascinating journey of chasing glory with your host Lillian Garcia.
0:52.0	Well look at here, it's Christmas Eve.
0:57.0	Welcome to Chasing Glory.
0:59.0	It is great to be here with each and every one of you who have taken the time to listen to the show.
1:04.4	I thank you because I know you guys could have many choices of where to be and you've
1:09.1	chosen here.
1:10.2	You've chosen the podcast of Chasing Lori to listen to these incredible stories.
1:14.7	If it's your first time joining us, thank you.
1:17.0	And if you've been joining show after show.
1:19.4	Welcome back.
1:20.8	I'm happy because it is Christmas Eve. I love Christmas. I decorate like crazy. I feel
1:27.1	closer to it and even now I know that you guys if you've listened to the show before you
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