Show you around NASCAR.
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>> It's my turn to show you around Monday Night Raw.
When I step through that curtain, I turn into a pit bull.
>> The wife was the fan.
>> You do something cool.
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Corey, what's up, man?
>> Coming to check out out your world.
>> Yeah, welcome to Monday Night Raw.
Listen, you showed me around NASCAR.
It's my turn to show you around Monday Night Raw, the WWE.
This is all the magic happens, right?
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So the first thing I wanna show you is the ring.
>> [LAUGH] I gotta work on that- >> No-
>> I gotta work on that.
>> That's actually pretty good.
So these are real rope.
>> I see that. >> They're rope,
they're not as soft as you might think.
>> So it takes about three steps to hit them.
>> I feel like you got to commit to it, you can't have fast-
>> No, you can't, you gotta hit it, man.
Three steps, one, two, three, boom.
>> You just turn around.
>> Did you make it look so easy?
You make driving a car at ridiculous speeds easy.
>> That's right hand over like one of the.
>> Yeah, hit in the middle, hit in the middle, so you don't.
>> Yeah [LAUGH].
>> These are no joke, bro.
>> It does hurt and that's why I wanted to hit him,
because- >> No,
they look on TV like their bungee cord.
>> Yes. >> That's how you guys use it.
>> Right. >> They are not bungee cords, ladies and
gentlemen, watching at home.
So one of the things when we start training is we hit the ropes and
we criss-cross.
>> Okay.
>> Do you wanna try that?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm ready whenever you are.
>> I love watching you do it.
>> It's rough on you, man.
>> [LAUGH] When you're talking about entertaining, man,
like the odds of getting hurt's pretty high when you're jumping into these
things, hidden turnbuckles >> Injuries are a real thing.
It's gonna happen, it's just a matter of time.
We're athletes, this is what we do.
You guys get injured as well.
>> How much does experience help you from getting injured though?
Knock on wood.
>> Well, I would like to think, >> Body control and-
>> Body control
is exactly what I was gonna say, my body controls,
I can almost feel when something's off, and I can turn and twist.
But I'm not the biggest guy in the world, so that's easy for me to do.
>> So you've gotten the ring, but a big part of the WWE is the entrance and
walking down.
>> When I was in the pace car, I could see the fans, yeah, let's go, let's go.
They were pumped up, man, I'm getting cold chills just talking about it.
>> Me to.
>> It's the same thing as me walking down that aisle.
And that cuz I could see the fans are slapping hands, here we go,
it's about to get real.
That was the moment that I was like, just similarly.
>> And this is your arena right here.
>> This is my track, right?
>> When the green flag comes,
that's when you're out kind of like in low like flow state, right?
That's like when you're locked in, and
you're not really worried about everything else.
>> So it's kind of like tunnel vision.
>> Yeah.
>> So I've had many people go, hey, did you see me waving at you.
Like, all I saw was in front of me, that's all I saw.
So I understand that completely.
>> Dead locked in, buddy.
>> For sure. [MUSIC]
>> So this is gorilla.
>> And I'm about to get zoned in and when I walk through that curtain and
walk down that aisle >> Yeah,
that's the pace lab where you're locking in.
>> This is where you get your head together out here.
And you can feel it, you know what's going on and we walked through the curtain,
we turn into whatever character we are.
>> This is the nice guy AJ hagone.
>> Gone, 100% gone.
>> Yeah. >> When I stepped through that curtain,
I turned into a pit bull, if you will, or a bulldog, a Georgia Bulldog.
>> Yeah.
>> Speaking of Bulldogs- >> Holy, who's this?
>> This is my guy right here.
>> My goodness.
>> This is Omos.
I think I may have told you about in NASCAR,
one of the biggest human beings you'll ever see.
>> Corey drives NASCAR, I was able to visit him.
>> Yeah, now, I would invite you to come drive like he did a ride in the NASCAR,
but I'm not sure you could fit, buddy
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>> So here's my ring gear.
I got a lot of colors, I'm just going with black and white today.
>> For sure.
>> No reason.
>> That's a good looking set.
>> You do something cool.
>> I'm always out for some cool.
>> I got an idea, let's go.
>> Let's go.
>> We need the vest.
>> Yeah.
>> Of course, with the hood, we need the gloves and we need the music.
So here we go.
This is the entrance right here, let's go.
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>> Wow. Gotta flip the hood off.
Here it comes [SOUND].
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Now, we're gone.
>> I felt that.
You're gonna do it.
>> And I willl.
>> You're gonna do it.
>> I'm gonna do it.
>> You're gonna do it.
>> Sir, your jacket.
>> No.
I really want to put on Superman's cape,
that's a lot of pressure to live up to, buddy.
>> Yeah, you're gonna nail it.
I'm gonna watch it from the ring.
>> I'll do you right, buddy.
>> All right, I'll be watching.
>> All right.
>> Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome driver of the number seven in the NASCAR Cup Series.
[LAUGH] >> From Charlotte,
North Carolina, Corey LaJoie.
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>> Not bad.
>> Here we go.
>> Here we go, here we go.
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Slide in the ring.
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Not bad, not bad.
>> Good luck tonight, buddy.
>> You say it.
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>> Well, buddy, man, I appreciate you show me around your world.
Hopefully, it's exciting for you as it was for me here today.
>> Unbelievable experience with NASCAR, everything that you guys do.
At the core, it's virtually the same in all the setup that goes into it.
I mean, it's a lot of the same.
>> Man, the core of it, the lifeblood is the fans.
I mean, those guys show up, they cheer for us.
They want to come see their guy.
And that's what pumps guys like me and you have every week.
>> Yep, I couldn't agree with you more.
In fact, we should do this again.
>> Absolutely, let's do it.
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