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Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Zelina Vega - Triumphing Through Tragedy

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” Lilian sits down with WWE Superstar, Zelina Vega. In this episode, Zelina talks all about growing up a huge wrestling fan from a very young age and the memories she has of watching wrestling with her father. Zelina opens up like never before about her father’s untimely death during the 9/11 attacks and discusses in detail what was happening in her household during that morning, including her father’s touching and heartwarming message to her stepfather. Zelina also reveals the emotional connection she has with Lilian after watching the first Smackdown after 9/11 when Lilian sang the National Anthem. Hear for the first time ever, Zelina revealing her struggles and battles after that unfortunate day and all about how she overcame them. Find out which WWE Tag Team she was obsessed with and what she told them when she finally met them in person, both as a fan and as a co-worker. Also hear how Zelina met The Rock himself backstage at the Barclays Center and how she developed a friendship that landed her a role in the upcoming movie “Fighting with my Family” about Paige’s family, which Dwayne Johnson is producing. She reveals how that’s changed her life and how it led her to becoming a WWE Superstar. You do not want to miss this exclusive interview that promises to be one of the most powerful and emotional episodes of Chasing Glory to date. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Zelina Vega!

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0:00.0

Stand by.

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3, 2, 1.

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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.

0:51.8

Welcome Lillian Garcia. Garcia. Welcome everybody to Chasing Glory.

0:57.0

Another incredible episode heading your way.

1:00.1

And Incredible does not even begin to cover it.

1:04.0

You've got to be prepared for this one because this is a very, very emotional interview.

1:11.0

I want to thank you for following me at Lillian Garcia on

1:15.4

Instagram and Twitter and Lally Garcia official fan page and of course following the

1:19.4

show at Chasing Glory Podcast on Instagram.

1:24.0

And before we go to this episode from today,

1:26.8

I do want to thank last week's guest,

1:30.4

an incredible interview by

1:35.0

Zach writer. Guys, like I said, I hadn't even planned to do that interview yet.

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