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Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Shelton Benjamin – Gets Real on WWE, Living with Brock Lesnar & Training with Cena, Orton & Batista & Opens Up on His Private Life & More

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

NEVER HEARD BEFORE - This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” Lilian sits down with WWE Superstar, Shelton Benjamin. Shelton explains why he was initially RELUCTANT to be on “Chasing Glory” and find out what role Lilian had in Shelton coming BACK to the WWE after a six-plus year absence. Shelton and Lilian speak about his incredible STAR ATHLETE RECORD of 122 wins – 10 loses as a high-school wrestler. He speaks about where he met current WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar, how he got into the WWE and being in the same OVW class as Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton, and Batista. Find out his true feelings on John Cena as well as his reaction when he received his FIRST WWE paycheck. Shelton shares with everyone the financial advice he got to ensure financial stability even when he wasn’t with the WWE. Shelton talks about why he left the WWE in 2010 and what his experiences on the independent scene was like including reuniting with his old tag team partner Charlie Haas and what he learned about wrestling being in Japan. Shelton discusses his frustration in not being currently featured within WWE, but how is capitalizes on every opportunity including wrestling on Main Event. FOR THE FIRST TIME, he speaks about his children and their relationship in addition to his friendship with NXT Superstar, Mia Yim and his role on helping her escape a domestic abuse situation. All this and so much more. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Shelton Benjamin.

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No matter what, there's always someone who's going to be more successful.

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It doesn't matter that I went to school with them.

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I have a personal relationship with these people.

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Like, I need to do, I need to do I need to remember where I come from how far I've came.

0:17.0

Stand by.

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Three two one.

0:24.0

The following program comes from executive producer Lily and Garcia.

0:28.0

Every athlete is on this quest.

0:31.0

Every performer dives in head first. battling real life challenges and

0:37.6

overcoming obstacles in an effort to make their dreams reality.

0:42.1

Reality. Singer, speaker, and 15 year double their dreams, reality. Reality.

0:42.8

Singer, speaker, and 15 year WWE host, Lillian Garcia, was the first woman to ever announce

0:49.3

WrestleMania and is now the PFL MMA Cage announcer.

0:54.0

And now she's giving you an all access pass

0:57.0

to the human interest stories of elite athletes,

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extraordinary entertainers, and wellness experts.

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Now let's embark on another fast... ordinary entertainers and wellness experts.

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Now let's embark on another fascinating journey of Chasing Glory

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with your host Lillian Garcia.

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Hey guys, welcome to Chasing Glory.

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So excited because we are on location backstage, W. W. W. W.E. Raw!

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That's right.

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