And speaking of incredible athletes, I almost forgot to mention,
I got to meet two of them.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock, who obviously, she's gotten in.
I wonder if she- >> Yay, yay.
>> It's a very common last name, right?
[INAUDIBLE].
>> Yeah, it's like Smith or Johnson.
Yeah, Mensah.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> But anyways, she was backstage at SummerSlam.
And so, obviously, I knew that she won the gold,
I think at 68 kilos, and I just loved her energy and her interviews.
And as soon as I saw her, I was kinda getting ready for my match, but
I just stopped and said, sorry to interrupt, but you are incredible.
I love your energy.
And that's the most bubbly, most naturally, gave the greatest hug.
Her energy is so incredible.
Whatever it is that she wants to do or chooses to do,
I'm sure she'll be incredible at it.
But I don't know, she's one of the people like,
I don't know how you're always that bubbly, but it feels so genuine and raw.
But she was awesome and just getting a minute or two to talk to her and just say,
hey, I'm a huge fan.
And then Gable Stevenson too, just had a moment, right, to stop and say salute.
I just have [INAUDIBLE] I think just two because I wrestled,
we wrestled in high school.
And I know how hard it is at the high school level, I became a state champion,
I know how much work that took.
That's not even a 10th of a percentage of what it takes to get
to the Olympics, let alone become a gold medalist.
And it's just really cool because the US had just a great Olympics for wrestling.
They just did incredible.
And to see Gable and Tamyra both win gold.
Also the fact like it's also cool I don't remember ever seeing,
there's obviously black wrestlers when I was wrestling.
But to see a black man and a black woman win gold for US in wrestling,
was just, I don't know, I was just really inspired.
And the way that Gable did it too, down by three points was [CROSSTALK].
>> So crazy. >> Really talked about it.
But it's just really cool just to have a moment, I think,
just to say, hey, you're awesome.
But yes, this SummerSlam was just filled with celebrities and people backstage and
whatever and like salute to everyone there and everyone involved.
But meeting those two, was definitely one of the highlights for me, of that weekend.
So yeah, salute to those Olympians for winning gold.
If you're an Olympic gold medalist, do you know the amount of work and
effort that goes into that?
It's incredible.
>> Yeah, and if anybody hasn't listened to Tamyra's victory
speech after the Olympics, if you wanna feel good, listen to her.
And like he was saying, just the passion and dedication that she has had.
The passion and dedication that takes to become a gold medalist is obvious.
But when you listen to her and the story she's told, and
she lost her dad some time ago.
But just her talking about how much her family meant to her and
all of that, it's just a really, really heartwarming speech.
So, do yourself a favor and go and watch the match.
And also watch just that speech after, it will really make you feel good.
>> Yeah, it's kinda like so we were talking the other week about Olympic
athletes and you have to love this and
you have to really, this has to be what you need in life to get to that level.
So when you're saying she's so bubbly and happy,
it was really cool to see how pumped she was.
And then thinking about the reason that she's here,
is because she loved what she did so much.
She worked to be the best at it.
And I think that's really cool to be able to become the best in your field,
whatever it is that you're doing.
And it opens up doors that may not have been open to you previously.
And so, you get to kind of revel in it a little bit and
get these cool opportunities to go do stuff that you haven't done before.
So, it was definitely really cool to see how happy and pumped she was.
Cuz she was in the makeup chair, and I just see her chatting to everybody and
just happy to be there.
And as you guys know, when there's a special guest or something,
sometimes they're not wrestling fans or sometimes they're just like,
let me come in and do my segment and get out of here.
But she was just genuinely pleased to be at the show, and that's really cool to me.
>> Mm-hm, agreed, agreed.
Especially, I guess it's just easy to get jaded in any industry we're around long
enough.
Like you said, just because a lot of us we've been to many of these shows and
whatever, but I think it just feels so fresh.
And it kinda reinvigorates you.
Cuz a lot of us, I probably slept three or four hours and then showed up and
was in a bit of a rush.
But when someone meets life with that kind of enthusiasm, it kind of shakes you for
a second.
>> Yeah. >> And makes you re-evaluate and think,
man, I can be more energetic, I can be.
So, she's a special human being, I think,
because I think that kind of energy, it's contagious.
>> Yeah.
>> It is very contagious, so very cool.
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