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Erik Watts

Erik Watts

American professional wrestler

Jun 8, 2026

4:05
Mm-hmm.
4:06
And, um, I had asked my father, basically, I went like, "Hey, I've graduated with my degree.
4:11
You know, I, I wanna get in the ring, just play around." And that's what I did.
4:14
Uh, he, he knew a, a friend of his, the Masked Assassin, Jody Hamilton, had a school south of Georgia.
4:22
And so I went down there for about 21 days to just ge- [laughs] uh, see what it felt like.
4:29
And then, uh, I was on the way back to Louisville, and, uh, Dusty Rhodes asked me if I wanted to, to, [laughs] to do a match, and I was just, like, laughing.
4:36
I'm like, "Dusty, I, [laughs] I've only been in the ring 21 days, man." And, uh, and to keep this short because we only have, like, 40 minutes, 'cause this is a big question, uh, I'll just give you the cliff notes.

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