So what was your experience at the New Japan Dojo? I mean, that's gotta b- that had to be exciting.

It was exciting, but it was very nerve-wracking and humbling at the same time because it's a very different style, you know? E- even their approach to the respect they put on professional wrestling is very unlike- American traditional wrestling, you know? It's very much, it's a sport to them, you know? This is, you know, dare I say, real to them.

This is, uh...

And I, I, I grew, I took a liking to that style, you know? It wasn't what I found myself to be the greatest at, you know, not at the first, 'cause they're not super huge on the, the char- the loud character stuff really.

A lot of it is just this, the, the competition of everything.

So, uh, I, I loved that system, you know? I had a lot of respect for, for being there, and I was very humbled and blessed to have that opportunity as well, just for the three months, to, to really learn as much as I possibly could and take away as much as I could to kind of add it to my repertoire of moves, uh, and just my approach to the business overall.

Um, so even if it wasn't, I say, like my strong suit, it was definitely a cool experience to be able to share with people that I was with, of course, as well, and really just make the most of that entire opportunity.

And then in July you had a match with GCW in Dallas, right? How was that?

When you were training w- with, like, Dustin and, and the team there, was there, like, a bit of advice that they gave? It could just be one sentence, it could be a whole, like a whole chunk of advice that they give you that, like, maybe sometimes not that you brushed off, but you're like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." But then when you go onto these TV bits you're like, "Damn, this is why they said that," if that makes sense.

Uh, there's a few, but the one that sticks out to me the most with this time in my life, uh, was Dustin's just simple- Uh, simple saying that his dad used to tell him all the time, which was, uh, just, just keep stepping, you know? Uh, when I first started training there it was always like, "Oh, just keep going," you know? Just keep going.

You know, training's gonna be hard, but just show up another day.

Um, but then when you kind of get deeper into, uh, becoming a professional wrestler and living that lifestyle, you kind of start to go through very unique battles and very unique situations, you know, be it mentally, physically.

Um, and that's where those two words really kind of, uh, became bold for me.

You know? They kind of stuck out and I started applying them to my life.

Uh, [sniffs] now I can feel, really feel like I can, uh, apply them more in depth than I was when I was that 19, 20-year-old kid when I was training at the Rhodes Academy.

If you are available for bookings, how can people reach out and book you?