Tamina Snuka l CG Classics Series

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the “Chasing Glory Classics Series”, Lilian sits down with WWE Superstar, Tamina Snuka in this NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN interview backstage at Monday Night RAW. Making her first PODCAST DEBUT, Tamina discusses her family and why it’s important to follow in her father’s footsteps while creating a new legacy for herself.

Find out about Tamina’s previous tryouts with the WWE and the unfortunate response she received on why she didn’t get initially hired. She reveals what it was like to be in JAIL in addition to addressing the allegations that surrounded her father toward the end of his life.

Tamina mentions the advice Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has given her as well as her reaction to receiving her first t-shirt after nearly a decade in the WWE. Tamina talks about what it’s like to be the first female Polynesian WWE wrestler and her honest feelings when Nia Jax became Raw Women’s Champion. THAT’S only scratching the surface for this mother and locker room veteran. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Tamina Snuka.

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0:00.0	But you're doing it because of you, not because of your parents, or not because of your father,
0:06.3	you know, who wrestled at that time because it's totally different.
0:10.6	You have to be a whole other kind of generation.
0:14.7	You know, it's like they set that legacy for this thing with your dad,
0:18.4	it's the same way they want you to be better than they were, you know.
0:22.9	But it's hard because these guys were like the legends, you know.
0:30.0	Three, two, one.
0:34.1	The following program comes from Executive Producer Lillian Garcia.
0:38.0	Every athlete is on this quest.
0:41.6	Every performer experiences real life challenges, defeats, and sacrifices
0:46.9	in an effort to make their dreams reality reality.
0:50.7	Singer, speaker, and 15 year WWE host Lillian Garcia was the first woman to ever announce
0:57.4	WrestleMania and continues to make history as the engage announcer for the professional fighters
1:03.2	league. And now she's giving you an all-access pass to the human interest stories of elite athletes,
1:10.4	extraordinary entertainers, and entrepreneurs. Now let's embark on another fascinating journey
1:17.0	of Chasing Glory with your host, Lillian Garcia.
1:21.9	Welcome everybody to Chasing Glory, I am Lillian Garcia.
1:26.8	And can you see how happy I am? We are back.
1:32.1	Well, it kind of looks a little different, but let me explain this to you.
1:36.6	We just got off an amazing 10-part series, as you know, on the WWE Network.
1:42.6	And thanks to you and my amazing guests, it was extremely, extremely successful.
1:48.8	Well, before we go into a brand new season, we wanted to get together my team and I,
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