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>> WELCOME TO THE PURSUIT.
TO TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS
OF HER COUNTRY IN AMERICA
ALLOWS THE PEOPLE TO RISE TO
ITS POTENTIAL.
THAT’S WHAT KEEPS US AHEAD OF
THE GAME IN MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE.
INDIVIDUALS WITH THE ENERGY
AND THEY ARE A SPECIAL BREED.
THEY’VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO
TEST THE LIMITS SO THERE WERE
ANY LIMITS TO BEGIN WITH AND
AS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER
INVENTED MOVES LIKE THE WALLS
OF JERICHO EARNING HIM SIX
MORE ONE -- SIX WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS HE’S THE LEADER
OF A HARD-HITTING ROCK BAND TV
PERSONALITY MOVIE STAR NEW
YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
ON -- OTHER THAN THAT, HE’S
ARE THE MOST DYNAMIC GUYS
YOU’LL EVER MEET THE ONE AND
ONLY CHRIS JERICHO. ♪
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>> .
>> WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE
YOU AT THE HOUSE.
>> SO GROWING UP IN THE HOUSE
HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT SMACKING
HOCKEY PUCKS WHAT WAS IT
LIKE?
>> THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT
HAVING A DAD SUCCESSFUL IN
HOCKEY.
WHEN I WAS A KID I WANTED TO
BE IN A ROCK BAND.
>> OUT EARLY?
>> 12.
I DON’T KNOW WHY I SHOULD NOT
TRY TO DO BOTH.
AND THEN THESE PEOPLE HAVE
IDEAS OF WHAT A SHOULD AND
SHOULD NOT DO WITH MY LIFE.
SO WHY DO YOU CARE AND THEN
WORRY ABOUT YOUR ON AND THAT
HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
THERE ARE TWO FUEL CELLS THAT
GO ON TO DO SUCCESSFUL
THINGS.
PEOPLE TELL THEM THEY CAN’T DO
IT.
AND IN THEIR PEOPLE SOMEWHERE
THAT OUT GIVE THEM ANYTHING
THAN IT CAN ABSOLUTELY
HAPPEN.
BUT THEY HAVE TO GO GET IT.
>> BUT IT WILL NOT BE EASY.
BUT WE HAD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
I GOT A BOND AT $2000 AND I
GAS CARD AND THAT IS ALL I
GOT.
GO OUT INTO THE WORLD.
THIS WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
BECAUSE YOU KNEW YOU WOULD DO
BIG THINGS.
>> SO IF YOU ARE EVER
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SUCCEED
THEN YOU APPRECIATE IT THAT MUCH MORE.
MUCH MORE.
>> AND THEN GRIND IT OUT EVERY
SINGLE WAY.
>> WHAT ABOUT A 19 -YEAR-OLD
KID WHO WANTS TO BE A
WRESTLER?
>> WHAT DO YOU DO AT THAT
POINT?
>> A COUNTRY WESTERN TOWN AND
A ROCK ’N ROLL TOWN.
>> IT’S THE ENVIRONMENT WE
GREW UP IN.
I WAS IN A HIGH SCHOOL BAND
SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND
WITH THAT GHETTO BLASTER JUST
TO MAKE UP LYRICS.
>> I WENT TO WRESTLING SCHOOL
AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK.
NO PLAN B.
IT WAS FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE
IT.
>> IS THERE A RUSTLING SCHOOL?
THERE ARE ACTUAL PLACES YOU
CAN GO TO LEARN HOW TO WRESTLE.
>> NOW YOU CAN GO ONLINE THERE
ARE DOZENS OF PLACES BUT IN
1990 THERE WAS NOWHERE THE
INTERNET. IT IS ALL BASICALLY ON THE
IT IS ALL BASICALLY ON THE
BACK OF WRESTLING MAGAZINES.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO BE
A WRESTLER SEND A
SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED
ENVELOPE SO I DID.
THAT IS WHAT YOU LEARN, HOW DO
YOU PLAY GUITAR?
>> WE PICK ONE UP AND THEN TO
PLAY THREE BLIND MICE.
THEN SUDDENLY YOU GET BETTER.
THE SAME WITH WRESTLING THEN
YOU LEARN THE BASIC STEPS MY
COUNTY PILOT DRIVE SOMEBODY IN
THREE BASIC STEPS. >> BASICALLY.
>> BASICALLY.
>> SO FOR ME, THAT WAS MY
FAVORITE SO I CAN TELL THAT
LIKE RANDY SAVAGE, THESE GUYS WERE DOING MORE ATHLETIC TYPES
WERE DOING MORE ATHLETIC TYPES
OF MOVES.
I AM NOT 6-FOOT 8 INCHES.
BUT I REALIZED I WILL NEVER BE
THE BIGGEST GUY IN THE SHOW
BUT I COULD HAVE THE BIGGEST
PERSONALITY, BIGGEST CHARISMA
AND THAT PERSONA.
>> OR CONVERSELY MAKE THE MOST
PEOPLE CHEER.
>> AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION AND
THEN EITHER WAY TO BE THE HERO
OR THE VILLAIN YOU HAVE TO
CONNECT.
>> SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT
IS THEY WANT TO DO.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DID THEN EVERYBODY
WOULD KNOW AND THEN LEARN THE
HARD WAY.
WHAT DID YOU FEEL?
WERE YOU NERVOUS?
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THIS IS NOT JEAN SIMMONS
BUT IT IS CALLED THE COMPLETE
LIST OF JERICHO AND THE CRUX
IS WITH EVERY SINGLE MATCH I
EVER HAD AND IT STARTS IN THE
VERY FIRST OCTOBER 2nd, 1990
IN ALBERTA AT THE MOOSE HALL.
130 PEOPLE.
I MADE $30.
TWO.FIVE STAR MATCH.
SO EVERY NIGHT AFTER A MATCH
RIGHT DOWN THE MATCH THAT I
HAD. AND THEN WE HAD ALL SUMMER TO
AND THEN WE HAD ALL SUMMER TO
TRAIN TOGETHER.
WE WERE DOING THIS MATCH THAT
WE WORKED ON WITH PEOPLE THERE
YOU HAVE AN ARM AND YOU DROP A
KNEE ON IT.
THREE LITTLE KIDS WERE
YELLING.
AND THEN I DID IT AGAIN.
IS A COLD COGAN OUT THERE THE CROWD IS GOING NUTS FOR YOU.
CROWD IS GOING NUTS FOR YOU.
FOR WHOLE COGAN.
>> IT WAS $30 FOR TEN MINUTES
OF WORK.
>> IN HERE I’M JUST WORKING AT
A DELI AND THEN YOU WORK EIGHT
HOURS HERE IS 40.
EIGHT HOURS FOR $40 MOPPING
FLOORS AND CUTTING ME OR $30
FOR TEN MINUTES OF WRESTLING
THINKING YOU ARE RICH.
YOU CAN MAKE MONEY DOING THIS
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
>> THE QUESTION IS ASKED THE
MOST IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN WRESTLING AND MUSIC
WHICH WAY DO YOU CHOOSE?
I KNOW HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OR
THE OTHER.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART?
SO TO ME THE FAVORITE PART.
>> ARE YOU INTERVIEWING
YOURSELF RIGHT NOW?
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>> THE BEST PART IS YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD