AJ Styles

It looked like you were gonna put your gloves down, but then you didn't. And you put them back on. What does that mean? I don't know. I don't know. Oh, what's your story? Don't you dare be sour, clap for Stephanie and feel the power. I wasn't married my wife and she was like a Georgia Tech fan. It's like you just, the conversation doesn't even start. Yeah, I want to. She's out. She, my son is dating a girl and she, because she thought it looked cute, she literally had on a Georgia Tech sweat. Oh, oh, and I was like, hey Maggie. She was that struck too. She was like, hmm. Oh, yeah, exactly. I forget what struck one was. Sinister things. Yeah. What happens after three strikes? I don't know. I'm seeing red flags. She's not good for you, bud. So you were, how old were you when you moved from North Carolina to Florida? I was a baby. You were okay. Florida, did you hear that guys? The mistake that everybody makes. -I'm sorry I did that. -I did that because I was so close to him. -I'm sorry, I knew, I'm sorry. -Sure job. -I'm too nervous. -We were starting off bad. -We start over. -I'm trying to, you know, make something. -I'm sorry, yeah. -Someone walks in. -She only did that because you didn't know about Massachusetts, so. -Yes, actually there we go. -Sorry. -I remember. -You are a good friend. -I told you she's great. -Yeah, you did. -You did. -Thank you. -Thanks, Elise. Appreciate it. -Gainesville, Jordan. I was just a baby, so. -Okay, because my grandmother lived in Jacksonville, North Carolina. -Yep. -I used to go to the base there and can't believe you. -Oh, really? -Yeah, because her second husband was a vet. -Did you drink the water? Because that wasn't good. -May have during those times. -I'm on dead. -It might explain a lot. -Yeah. -You grew up in Georgia and where did you grow up like in what kind of environment? -Traylor Park kid. Parents had job. Both of my parents had a job, but they just weren't very good jobs. The older I've gotten, I've realized they were terrible. 1000% terrible with money. Either they were stingy with it or didn't know how to use it or. I don't know what it was, but they just had no idea how to make it work for them. -I think that's actually a failure of the education system. -I agree. -You're not taught how to manage money at all. You're not taught about making money. You learn math, but you don't learn how to use actual applied math or show us how to fill out tax. -Right. -Yeah. -What you're going to be expected to do. Because when you graduate high school, you graduate at 18. A lot of people don't go on to school. They go to work. -My parents didn't finish high school. -Or you get your GED. -Yeah. -But still, if you don't know how to manage your money, you don't know how to write a check. That stuff can come back to buy you the money, but people can take advantage of you. All that stuff can happen. I'm assuming that's what happened to them. They just were terrible with money and maybe we could have had a place. The welfare came by our house and I was like, "Yes, we're going to get food." -Right. -They were like, "Oh, your parents make too much money." This is terrible. We had a lot of my mom and dad had four boys. We ate a lot. By a lot, I mean, of man-aged sandwiches because that's all there were. They went a lot to eat there. It is what it is. It made me who I am. I'm okay with that. -I agree with that. I think that hard time, sheep art character. My dad grew up in a trailer park. -He told me. -Yeah. He said he didn't know what was worse. The outhouse in the summer or the winter. Because he didn't have any indoor plumbing at first. Then he said he moved. "Well, summer for many reasons, but winter, you're very, very cold." -You got to. You got to pee in the middle of the night. -Yeah. -Holy crap. In his cold. -Yeah, especially as we get older, right? -Yes. -That's terrible. -Yeah. You're so sleepy. You don't even know where you're going. You're up in the woods. -One or two. -There is that. -Kaihoti. -I'm going to say, "Forget being pregnant." -Oh, my God. -See? -That sounds real terrible, doesn't it? -Yeah. -No, it really does. This was women. Yeah, for real. -Damn. -Yeah, he told me that he grew up in the trailer park. He told me, or at least in a trailer. So I was like, "How about that?" We have something common. It was a good thing. Maybe he's like, "All right, let me help this red neck out. I know what to slack." -I think for sure. I think he can relate. I think not a lot of people have that success story. I mean, you as well. Not a lot of people are able to come from that environment where the odds are just so stacked against you and rise above it and somehow reach a different place. And often here, people who have gone through that, the drive and motivation is because you never, ever, ever want to go back. Because you know what that's like. -Oh, man. That is a scariest thing. Even now, to. This sounds bad to say, but I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck. -Right. -That frightens me to get to that point where we're like, "Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. We have to budget all this and do that and do it perfectly." That's kind of scary. So to go back to that, I'm not. I'll find a way to do something to make sure that we'll never be like that again. But you know what? The crazy thing is, and me and my friend have talked about this before, that you try so hard to never go back to that. You spoil your kids all at the same time. -Yeah. They don't learn the same lessons. -They don't. You know, it's hard to learn those lessons, like, because mom and dad are going to be able to get it for you. -Right. And you are so proud to be in that position, to be able to do that, to provide for them, so that they don't have to go through that. But then how do you teach them gratitude and work ethic and everything else? -I don't know. That's a good one. Sometimes, it's going, "Hey man, no." This is one of mine. Hey, dude, you know that credit card that is mine that I'm paying for, that you have? That's for you, not your friends, to take them out to dinner, so stop spending my money on all your friends. I'm glad that they're able to do it. And so, you know, to be able to take care of the friends if they need to. But at the same time, I'm like, you know what I'm saying? -Don't spend all money, dude. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah, Christmas money. -Right. -And the right age for them to get a job? -Oh, I think if they're not playing sports or extra activities after school that's keeping a busy, you get a job. -Yep, that's the same way. -So, they go, "Oh, no, Dad, I'm working. I'm doing this. I'm playing this." I'm like, "Yeah, huh. Okay. You can still go to work." -Yeah. -They, they, mom takes care of them. Oh, well, they're really doing school and they're doing a lot of homework on whatever. (laughter) -I have some groceries at Kroger or something, you know? -Right. -I just, bag groceries. She's check out girl. -But nothing wrong with that. -No, it's great. -It's great. -Work and they get to, you know, talk to people and, you know, I think it's good for them. -I think it is, too. -This is, does your- -Well, they make a little money for themselves, right? -Yeah, that's right. -And she's saving. -Hey, how about you pay for your gas? -She's so, she's so smart, though. So, she's saving, but yet she still only spends her gift cards. -This smart. -That she gets a Christmas. -Yeah, or she works in your hands. -She's working, yeah. Most of the time she's working with me. -Yeah. -I do fall for it, though, a lot. -But she does have her job and she is saving her money, so- -I don't think it's fair for you and Hunter to go through three girls, because, listen, if I had three girls, they'd get anything they want. I got one. I'm like, you know what, you're not getting that, do you want it? -Do you really want to have that? -Yeah. -So, yeah. -It is tough. -It is tough. They know how to push those buttons. -Yeah, boys seem like, nah, dog. Get over there. Shut up. -I have a boy and a girl. I can see it already. My husband's not yelling at my son, but get away from your sister, whatever it is. And then he's like, oh, come here. So I go to the boy. He's my boy and that's his girl, you know? -Yeah, it's a real thing. -Listen, it's very different. The way I treat my sons to my daughter. Oh, man, I would throw them around the house. I don't care. -My brother would say the same thing. -I mean, I don't play around with him. -You would. -I mean, but you have to show them, like, some tough kind of love. They've got to bring-- we're not raising, always raising men. -Yeah. -So I have to be a little bit harder on them than I would my daughter. You know, I-- I-- now my job is to protect her until she finds a man to protect her. -My mom always told me, it is your father's job to-- let me think of how she said it. It's your father's job to raise shame to be a man and it's my job to raise you to be a woman. -It sounds about right. and she had no problem being strict. I feel like she did great. Yeah I went into the - I've said this many times. Your mom's gonna spank you. It ain't gonna be me. I'm not doing it. No way. - I'm like your dad's gonna spank you. (laughing) - I'm just a person. So it's funny you say that, 'cause I was always on the road, have been for 27 years. So there were some days, I'd get the call, and like so and so is doing this. You gotta come home and discipline them. Okay, I get home, I shut the door. What are you doing, man? - Yeah. - All right, listen, I'm gonna add like I'm, I'm gonna hit the belt on the bed a couple times. You just stay in here and add like you're crying, 'cause I don't feel like we'll be in you today. Okay, okay, that's what, that happened more than once. - Wow. - Yeah. - That's, that's pretty amazing. - You know, they've cut me some slack over the years. They've been a little bit easier on dad, but we've had some moments where they were just like them, like they did, just would you stop? - I wonder how they really felt. Because you were so honest with them, and they could see how tired you were, right? - Thanks so. - And how hard you were working, and it's like, I wonder what their perspective was as kids, you know? - I'm gonna get 'em in here one day, I'm like, yeah, I'd tell you what you're thinking. - The patients that you showed. - That's what you're gonna kill me. - Yeah, I know for sure, right, yeah. - But like the patients in that moment of like, I just, let's just talk for a second. - Like sometimes it's, yeah, sometimes you overcompensate the other way, right, the human nature, I mean. - Right, but it's easier now, I've told 'em several times as they're growing up. And it's like, listen, you're not gonna understand until you have kids are young. Well, you're not gonna understand until you get a little bit older, and sure enough, they've come to me and be like, "Dad, you're right." I had, you're right, everything you say was right. You know, when they've had a broken heart, you know, you had the hardest thing was for him to tell me I was right probably, but it was, you know, it's like, son, I didn't wanna be right. It's just, we could see it. - Yeah. - So, at least we had a similar situation. There was a bad apple that was influencing one of our daughters, and we kept making her aware of it, making her aware of it, and then eventually it blew up into a situation she got caught up in a bad deal. And we had that conversation. We said, we didn't, it doesn't make us feel good to say we told you so, right? But it's, this is what we were trying to tell you, that if you kept hanging out with her, that eventually something, we didn't know what, but eventually something was gonna happen, and now it has. - Yeah. - And how do you feel about it? And she felt awful about it, and I said, and how does your friend feel about it? She goes, oh, actually, she didn't really care. I was like, right. - That's what we're trying to tell you. - Yeah. - Yeah. It's like that. - But they have to learn their own lessons. - They do. - And that's one of the hardest parts I think of being a parent. - I always say that either you can learn from your parents' mistakes or following their footsteps. I prefer to learn from their mistakes, and then sometimes, I get it. I had the learn things in my own too. I hated to admit that my dad was right. (laughing) But I'm glad he was. You know, I knew he loved me, he was trying to make sure I wasn't doing too many stupid things. (laughing) It was all I love. - Yeah. As long as you come from that. - Yeah, I mean, you've heard this saying, I'm sure that there's only one man on this plan that wants you to be better than him. That's your dad. Like, I want my kids to be-- - If you've got a good dad. - Well, yeah, if you got a good dad. It, yeah. I guess that all dads are like that. - Not all dads are pretty. - I think I'm wonderful. - Yeah. - Then, you know, I've had my moments. But, you know, I wanted them to be as successful as they possibly could be, and I want to be able to say I'm proud of you and cheer for them all the way through. - Yeah. - I mean, that's what I was talking about. - I've never heard that expression before. I love it. And it's true, right? Like, I want my kids to be bigger, stronger, smarter, faster. Like, that's evolution, right? My cheer for my girls. I mean, I wasn't ready for it at five when my youngest surpassed my intellect, but. (laughing) - Yeah, right. - It happened fast, much faster than I anticipated, but, you know, it's, that is what you want. And, yeah, from the male perspective, that's really interesting. It's, I mean, 'cause we're in competition with everybody else. - Yeah. - Trying to do better and be better. And, at the same time, I'm one of those guys that doesn't want to compare myself to someone else, but I'm wearing competition to get to the next level. You know, I'm not going to stab you in the back to get there, but I'm going to outwork you. - Yeah. - And, to be able to hopefully show my kids that it can be done, it may not come when you want it. - Right. - But eventually it will be there. - If you work hard enough for it, and don't give up. - Somebody's going to slip up. Somebody's going to get hurt. Something's going to happen. You got to be ready to step up. - Yeah. - When preparation meets opportunity. - Right. - Heck yes. - Hell yeah. - I'll make the best out of every opportunity you give it, just as long as you give me an opportunity. I'm going to get the best out of it. - This message is sponsored by Raycon. With the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics this month, there's no better time to get inspired, push harder, and upgrade your workout routine. 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And they didn't like the way my partner. - And you were like how many five months in or something? - Yeah, yeah. - I worked at WCW. I was signed with WCW for a total of five months. That was the happiest camper you ever saw. I think I was with WCW. It was a big deal. But they had me and my partner wear fighter pilot suits. - Oh, well that makes sense. - Yeah, it was terrible. - I mean, you were born in North Carolina, so. - Well, I mean, that's our main face. - First and foremost. - I know. - The status first in play? - I don't know. - I don't know. - All I know is that what they were having is this get up and head to wear. - Yeah, whatever that suit was, they gave me the wear. It was going at my butt. So that's a lot of room. - So it was uncomfortable. - But I was like, man, you know what? They're gonna get the best fighter pilot they've ever seen. - Oh yeah. - You know what? - Where the glasses, the aviator glasses, all that. - Were you, you know, top gun? - That's exactly what I was pictured. - That's exactly what we were. - Yeah, I mean, that's not a bad gimmick at the time. - I mean. - It's a gimmick. - It was a gimmick. - You could relate to it. - We're talking about what 2001 I think it was. So how'd you fight for the opportunity? - Well, so WCW offered me a deal, like a developmental deal to go to the power plant 500 bucks a week. And I was like, I don't know. I'm making that at my regular job. And then, you know, since I'm an independent contractor, they'll take out more taxes and I was like, I can barely pay for anything now. Then I had to drive it to Atlanta. I was like, this ain't gonna work. And I had to turn down the opportunity to be able to, you know. - But that was WWE, right? - No, that was WCW. - Oh, I thought I'd run twice. - Oh, okay, 'cause the same amount of money. - Well, yes. - That's interesting. - Yep. And so I just couldn't afford to live like that. So. - You turned down WCW and WWE. - Listen, it wasn't easy. - Wow. - I know it sounds like it was. - And it worked out. - Right. - And then you went on to. - Well, I'll tell you this. And then they offered me again a couple months later and said a 500 bucks. It was 800. - Oh, that's all right. - Here we go. - There we go. - I didn't have to go to the power plant. I went straight to WCW where I was just. - So you were negotiating. You didn't realize it. - I didn't realize it. - Yeah. - I guess they just needed some guys to beat up on. I will be that guy. - Yeah. - So, but it was, you know, the opportunity that was hard like to say no to. - Right. - And, you know, 500 bucks, but just WCW, that was hard. That was really difficult. - Such perspective. - And it, but think about WCW and then getting offered by WWE and having to turn that down. That was even harder. - Yeah. - You know, the biggest wrestling company in the world. And I had to turn them down. You know, I've told this story before, you know, I got offered 500 bucks a week to move to Cincinnati. My wife is in college, chasing her dream to be a school teacher and I was like, I can't move to Cincinnati. I can't leave her like my job is to take care of her. - I've heard you say that. It's it's just it was hard to swallow yeah, she even told me like you can go because she's been with you since Day one we started dating in 96 wow and So that's over 30 years. I've been together. Yeah, and you said your date nights were you know going to the indie shows. Oh, yeah I mean, I mean she had to love me because those were She fall in love with wrestling no, she never did no not at all not at all she never liked it like but she To this day. Yeah, I don't think she really like I mean she'll she'll watch it, but you know She gets caught up in like it's weird that she knows but she's like ah, I don't like him I'm like he is paying the care you would love you amazing great guy, so well, that's then she does like it I'm not maybe she's getting hooked maybe she does yeah, I mean if not if not that's it's got to be a little bit damn good partner right? Yeah, she is I mean that's true. I'm not gonna lie to you guys. I hit the jackpot like she is a sweetest person I've ever met And I don't know how I tricked her and to date me so because I didn't I didn't do well the first couple of trams I tried to date her I didn't oh yeah tell tell tell these stories This I think this was your biggest opportunity AJ. Yeah, well, you know So I broke up with this girl that I dated for two years, you know, and it was a terrible mess And I was one you know that guy that argued with his girlfriend every morning in school Me yeah, so I look like a turn not a good relationship. Yeah, I like the biggest Turd in high school, but um, but then I was like hey, you know a Collard I was like god I tell this story. This is gonna make me look really really You winner in the end you win. I win you win. So I was like I'm gonna call up windy and I always thought she was cute I played football both her brothers, so I knew of her. I didn't know her well. So I know she was really cute. So a Collard I say we should hang out She was okay Good shot again. I said all right well, and then Here we go like an idiot I Called her from her friends house. I went back to her friends house the next day Then something I wouldn't I shouldn't have done So yeah, we didn't ever go out on that day. Yeah, real idiot. Oh, how and I wish I could win her in the end anyway I wish I could tell you that was the only time I did something stupid. Yeah, similar. Yeah, so I was like hey, you know what? You want you should definitely come to one of my wrestling matches. This is down. We're in November December and She didn't say whether or she was coming. I just invited her Also invited another so Your best. I knew it was going You didn't think they most show well. Yeah, they did Yeah, ruined it again where they sit next to each other. No, but I think she she goes on the tell the story. She saw me kiss her Oh, yeah, I don't know. I'm not the smartest kid Straightened up and basically I don't know how did you ultimately win her? I beg her to go on how long after that a moment Probably it was I can tell you it was January I had to start working on her from January to February 14th A whole month. I'm going to her home room every morning. She'd never looked for me. I had to go to her home room every morning and And talked to her and say nice things and sweet things in her ears so that she'd given a give me another opportunity and Sure enough and did she say twice She's straight. Yeah, she should have She certainly could have But yeah, the great thing about it is where her brothers like me and her dad like me so did she have a eye on you? I don't think so. No, you don't think ever. I know she didn't see you with her brothers or anything. No, no chance and her home room teacher is not like Kid, well The teacher liked you too. Yeah, I was I think it was a lockable guy Everybody's in our Yeah, my husband would say because sometimes he's counseling our daughters or with guys, you know, and he's like yeah, honey He's a teenage boy. He's stupid No offense to teenage boys just you make most of us are stupid. Yeah, make some mistakes Most of you're stupid. You learn right? Yeah, I mean, I I wanted to be like my older brother who guess what? Well stupid Well, but so then Valentine's day. Oh, on time's day. That's right. Why said hey? Everybody's asking for a date and we should probably just make it official and yeah, we did I think the next week we went on a date to Burger King where she paid because I didn't have any money Junior woppers for all was that what you got? Yeah, yeah, I didn't pay for it. I didn't have any money I didn't have a car. I didn't have nothing. Well, you are a real winner And then oh, sorry, I cursed. I know you don't curse. What do you do first? I said I did I said fucked up. Oh, oh, yeah, I mean here. I'm sorry I'm gonna pass and then I was like oh well, I mean, I know you obviously well listen You put me in the right situations. I'll drop some F. Monks You know you know I'm mad though Really bothering me if you actually the one comes out that it's gotta be it's gotta be up there So yeah, and that's saying something our business. Yeah, well, I mean particularly when you're putting a match together I found a colorful And then I'll have one going over here and I'll have to do that now everything is an F Oh, yeah, everything is yeah, yeah, Mount Ferb adjective There's been time to go come how many F bombs can you drop? It's almost like you can't but you've proved otherwise You can put a match again, so yeah, but that's like look I'm gonna freaking go over here And then when you freaking come over here Everybody who knows me, you're like he's freaking a lot He says he's freaking back freak freak So it's all the same I think Valentine's Day is coming and whether you're doing something big or keeping it low key the best gift you can give is Showing up as the best version of yourself That's where game day men's health comes in they offer premium in person men's health care Focus on optimizing testosterone energy focus and overall performance with real testing face-to-face visits and personalized treatment plans No long waits no online guesswork if you've been feeling tired foggy or just not quite like yourself This is your sign to get checked book your free in clinic consultation at gamedaymenshealth.com And start feeling like yourself again just in time for Valentine's Day Well, I happen to have a message from your wife. Oh If I may read it okay, and I won't look at you while I read it. It's won't be weird. Okay, because these are her words all right To my loving husband who my call Alan and the world calls the phenomenal a J styles Growing up who knew I would marry a wrestler Sure, I would watch wrestling with my grandmother, but I never had a desire to marry one Well, we paid for our small wedding with money made by your short stint in the WCW When you started chasing the stream You always told me to trust you that you would make it never once did you doubt yourself As your bride I trusted you and even encouraged you to go when the WWE came knocking very early in your career I believe that required you to move to Cincinnati I was in college at the time as a young married couple you refused you chose me Even when I was pushing you to go you politely declined the offer You always said we would do this together and not apart Together we have you have traveled the world wrestling and conquered what many only dream of accomplishing You have put God and your family first in this business I truly believe God opened every door and allowed not just you but our family to walk through them For that I am eternally grateful You wanted to beat the house Well, you did a phenomenal career For amazing and individually gifted kids And a loving always supportive wife who has stood beside you the entire time You won Come home the phenomenal times are just beginning I love you babe That's really good That's stupid Oh good I'm sorry Well, I mean she's my biggest fan you know like uh Clearly Toly supported me even going to indie shows and how about those sucked So What would you say to her? I am nothing without her I would have nothing without her like everything I've done and the decisions I've made based on us and because of the decision, I think I was blessed because of it. If I hadn't turned down, you know, WWE at the time, I believe HWA was Cincinnati, that was a development area. And within like six months or something like that, it went out, WW stopped using them and I would have went out with them. So because I put her first, I didn't have to go through that. And even though I didn't get to WWE until years later, I still got here. I was at TNA for 11 years, went to Japan for a couple of years and then came here. But all that was for reason. I don't think it was by mistake at all. I think everything happens for reason. The timing was perfect from when I came. I wouldn't have made it any other time. I don't think I was survived. I don't think I would have been well when it comes to being ribbed at backstage or something like that. You got a dumb redneck kid that will fight you. And then I'll get fired. But we didn't have to go through that when I got here. Actually, I was pretty respected by the time I got to WWE. So I'm thankful for everything that we went through and we went through it together and there's been ups and downs and it was been hard times and lonely times. So for us to still be together after all these years and everything that we've been through, I think that's a lot about how we feel about each other. I feel like you read that to try to see if you can make me cry. No. Because you did. I think it's beautiful and I think love is so beautiful, especially true love and the devotion that you have for one another and to want to put her first in your family first. How did you come from being that dumb kid, you know, who screwed up twice and married this woman who you adore and know that you were always no matter what going to put her first. I don't know. How do you answer that? It's just the way it's supposed to be. That's the way it is. My job is to take care of her. She's my wife. And who taught you that? Because it didn't sound like you learned that growing up by example or did you? No, I mean, I guess I knew that like I knew my dad loved me and I knew he loved him mom. He just had some stuff that he was dealing with that we had no idea. You know, and that it destroyed his marriage and and him to an extent. But I mean being a grown man now, I understand that. But I wasn't letting it. My example is my faith in what I believe. I'm a Christian. I believe in Jesus. I believe he died for my sins. And I know that love conquers all. And when her and I got married we are now one. We're not separate. We're one. My job is to take care of her, to love her as cross love the church. And I can't tell you we are the church. And he loves us more than you can ever know. And that's how I feel about my wife. I love her. She's the most special person. This sucks. No, can I tell you how much this is going to mean to her to watch this? It's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. Just as long as she knows I love you. She loves that I love her, especially when these times come and I really piss her off because nobody can piss her off like me. I can tell you that. That's because she loves you. Yeah. I'm gonna do that. She gets when she gets fired up. That little thing. She's only four foot 10. Oh my goodness. A ball of fire, man. Yeah. Is she quick tempered? No. No, she's not. But once she gets there, it's it's good. I'm dog. Yeah. Don't mess with her guys. Leave her alone. The only people she cusses at is our kids. She doesn't cuss either. She didn't do that. Can you stop calling them? Well, you have four. She's calling like big dang she'll but she has to let them know that she's serious like she'll right. You know, get your ass. Oh, whoa. Yeah. So yeah. But yeah, it's not like where she's dropping some bombs. But I'm like, but I'm just like, hey, can even I'm like, can you just calm down a little bit? Maybe need to walk around the house. Yeah. I've got to get out of here. So those teenagers, we've taken our toll on mom in the in the in the styles household. bunch of guys and then two little women, you know, and then sometimes my daughter's on our side. So yeah, that's not fair. Yeah, it's not. Mom's alone. It's time. Yeah. Mommy's holding down the fort while you're gone. And then you come back and they all side with you. You know what the crazy thing is. I'll tell you this. I would lose it. So, and you know, WWE has changed so much since I first started. You know, it was five days a week when I first got here and it was tough. Yeah. I'm sure it's been like that for a long time. But now before that, it was even worse. Yeah, it was even worse. Yeah. That's probably why so many guys and, you know, got a divorce back then. Yeah, for sure. And the technology didn't exist. Right. It was a lot harder to stay in touch. It's no face time. You know, it's a lonely road. You miss a lot. You know, when my son was being born, I had to go do an Indy and Hawaii. Sounds awesome. Hawaii. Yeah. I was the most miserable man on that island. I bet. You know, because I wanted to be home with my son. You know, he's newborn. You know, I just couldn't wait to be there. So, but being gone. How strong your wife is dude that she had these babies without you there. I cut every inbilical cord though. I never read. I was there for their births. Everyone of them. Oh, you did make it. Yeah. I was there. Oh, she was just in labor. But no, she was, she was never in labor. Never. I was somehow always there. Okay. At the time. But being gone literally right after. Oh, you know, that was tough and for her to raise them. So I, what I realized after now, the schedule not even been close to as difficult as it was. I had made her put my kids first because I wasn't there. So now I'm home like, Hey, here I am. Hey, give me some attention. She ain't got time. You know, she's. I know what I got some. She's dedicated a hard time to those kids. And so it was hard to get used to. Big change. Yeah. I want to be important. That is own. Yeah. So I put that on her. You know, that was difficult times right there. I mean, it's getting better now. But, you know, that was the thing that we got to realize as men as wrestlers is that sometimes we've forced our wives into a place where they have to put the kids first. That's not how it's supposed to be. I don't think our, my kids should come before me. And my kids shouldn't come before my wife. That's not we are one. Not we can make more you. So they shouldn't come between us. But, you know, there was my fault that she had to put them first. She had to take care of them. She was just them. Yeah. So how is it going to be when you're home now? I don't know. Do you think you're going to earn the spot? It's impossible. It's going to feel to be a number five. Yeah. I got to make my way back to number one. I don't know how to do that. But I'm assuming that, you know, we get up and we go for a walk in the morning, have some brunch, talk about things. We don't get to talk about, make her mad, and work out together, and stuff like that. We get to do. I think it's going to be fun. That sounds great. It does. It does and she's ready for it. I think so. Yeah. I think so. She's definitely ready for me to come home. You know, and you've been gone almost the whole time, right? Yeah. So you're going to have a little adjustment period. I know. There were times when I would go home and I would screw everything up. Oh. I was like, oh, but they're not supposed to be up past this time. I just wanted to hang out with them. You know, right. Yeah. No, I know. I definitely kept the kids up late. At least and I would talk about this all the time because I'd leave the office so late. And I was like, well, I'm sorry, but you got to keep them up a little longer. I'm talking to the nanny, you know, like I just, I'm, Mommy's on her way home. Mommy's on her way home just so I could have five minutes, you know, before they went to bed. Just read them a story. You just hold them, you know, it was, it's not easy. That's the sacrifice, though. Yeah. Like a lot of people don't understand, because they only hear the funny stories and stuff. Right. Have on the road. We don't tell them the bad ones. We don't want to think about it. So we don't tell anybody that we're just telling the funny stuff. But there's, there's some sacrifice that goes on where you're missing a lot of birthdays, a lot of daddy-daughter dances. Yeah. Performances. Performances. Football games. I called my son from Japan to coat like he got hurt. I said, you know, and he had kind of, he was like one of the main kids on the team and they were in the national, national championship game. And, you know, I had to coaching back into the game. They ended up winning, you know, with a lot of his help. So, but that's, you know, some things that I missed out on. I loved watching the football team. But you're still there for him. Well, when he needed you. I'd like to think so. Yeah. There's times where, you know, I'm sure there was times where little boys running, running, they're, you know, hugging their dads after the big game. I wasn't there or his wasn't there. So, but mom was always there. I remember, he made a run and they were talking about Pee, the little Pee, we football were. - He had his big deal. - His helmet's bigger than his body. - Yeah, the shoulder pads. - You know, and I heard a story about my little four foot 10 wife. He makes the scoring touchdown with no time in the game left. And of course, the touchdowns. She jumped over her fence and runs on. - I was like, "Could have been me, you know?" So. - How cute. - But I will say this one. So my daughter, my wife texted me this. This was like maybe two or three weeks ago. And my daughter said to my wife, "Everybody thinks that I am lucky 'cause I have AJ Styles as my dad. But they're the lucky ones because their dad gets to come home." - Oh, no you do. Now I'm going to the daddy daughter dance. - When is it? - The 11th. - Oh. - Awesome. - I'm gonna be there with my little khaki pants. And we're gonna have a couple dances. Then I mean the dads are gonna sit and talk together. And then we may have a couple dances with their daughters. And then the daughters will have fun without them. - They mostly dance with their friends. - Yeah, yeah. - And nor would you want to be a part of it sometimes. - Yeah, I'll go in there and give a couple of tour roles. You know, when it's the big daddy. But a lot of times just me and the dads going, "Yeah, you know, talking about eating "some but end of pudding or something." - Yeah, no Paul's been. We have, I just actually, 'cause my oldest is going to be, this year she'll be 20. My middle will be 18 and my baby will be 16. And so they're done with their daddy daughter dances. And I just put together this whole wall. It wraps all the way down our staircase. And it's the princess ball. - That's what they called it. So it's the daddy daughter dance pictures. And it's like key moments and it's in chronological order. And it's like just finished this project with this guy that I work with who's just amazing, but really tells the story. - Our kids are the same age. 20, I'm on's 20, 18 and 16. Who boys are? - The whole two daughter. - She's 11. She was the sweetest surprise that ever happened. - I'm like wait 16, five years. - Yeah, my wife had an IUD in. - Oh, oh shit. So it really wasn't as close to happens. - It was not good. - Well, it was. - It was meant to happen that we just, - I'd expect it. - We wouldn't try and make that happen. - Yes, yeah. - It was meant to happen. - Yeah, she, that just goes to show you. She's not one in a million. She's one in, however billions of billions of billions. Because you gotta think what it is, like for us to be born in the first place, right? - Right. - It's crazy. And she was able to find a way to get through an IUD. - That's my reaction. - Which was in their purpose because - I was supposed to be the same. - I'm not. - It's an effected. - That's why I was. - For some guys, I guess. (laughing) - For some guys who are special, you know? - Yeah, some guys don't know. They don't have what it takes, I guess, you know? - Don't give up. - Yeah, that's right. - That's right. - It's definitely your goal. - That's right. So yeah, it's that, that, I listen, I have to, I've told my boys, like she is my favorite. (laughing) - Sorry, it's related. - So you guys know. (laughing) She tells me she loves me for no reason. I'll take that all day long. - Oh, yeah. - That's not for no reason. - Well, I guess not, by the way. - Yeah. - I didn't do anything, and she tells me. - And she is like, she has A.G. styles as her dad. - Well, I'd like to think so, but I guess it makes it easier when I'm home and she's able to see him, right? - And you will be. - I will be. - And she wants you home. - Yeah. - And it could have been worse, right? She doesn't want you to come home. - She could be like my boys. (laughing) - I don't know those team members. - Look, hey guys. - All right. - It's up to her. - Yeah, they're like, oh, it's dad's home. - Is there like, do you hug and kiss your, your sons? - So if I every leave and they're home, I will cut, everybody gets a kiss and a hug before I leave. I will never leave without doing that. 'Cause you never know what happens to you. - So yeah, there's been many of times when they got an older right, I go in there kind of, just squeeze them and, you're like, hey, hey, hey. (laughing) - I think there's some old men going, bro. (laughing) - And they'll give me the hug. So, I actually love that when they do that. It makes me feel good. - And they haven't reached a point where they're like, dad, I can't kiss you anymore. - Well, we kind of stop the kissing. - Yeah. - If they're asleep and it's kind of hard to put my hands on them, I'll give them a little kiss on the forehead. - Yeah, I remember my dad saying that about my brother. - Yeah, there was a time where I actually love snuggling to the boys, so I carry boy and let them snuggle you up. I sometimes just go and see what they're doing and we be in their bed and then we just snuggle it up. And then there was one time, I was like, wait a second, it's that. I'm like, you're like a man. (laughing) I was like, this is weird. So I got in the bed with my other son. I was like, oh man, this guy. - It's better. - It's weird. - This is grown-ass man in my bed. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it wasn't cool. - And you're doing a race car, too, right? - I was totally picturing like the kitty bed and he was like, wait a minute. - Well, my oldest son, we got a new bed. He wanted our bed, the big king size bed. So, we had plenty of room, but this guy would sleep with so many blankets. I would go to wake him up for school. I'm like, where the freak is he? (laughing) - I'm looking under the blanket, it's trying to find him. - But, where's he? - He got mad at me one time. And I went to pick him up like at night. He got mad at me, I forgot, made him go to bed. And I go to get him up for school, couldn't find him. I was like, I'm left all the blankets, where is he? Where the freak is he? Is he in the bed? Did he get in my bed? I don't know. I'm looking for him. This turd went to sleep under his bed. - Oh my goodness. - Put his pillow and a blanket under the bed and slept under it. - Was he scared? - I guess not, he went around the bed. - He was for a person being scared. - Yeah, what do I get under his bed? - He's under the bed. (laughing) - Wait, what, I mean, what is that decision to go to sleep under the bed? - You were just like really mad. - Yeah, he was really mad. - I think that's like a stubborn, right? - Oh, so he was, that was defiant. - Yeah. - Okay. - I'm not gonna sleep on top of that. - Dad's gonna wake me up and I'm not gonna be there. He's gonna be so sad. - And then he's, and then obviously. - For any, when he fell asleep, I don't think he meant to. - Oh, okay, I thought it was like pillow and blanket under there. - He did, but there's no way he thought, I'm gonna sleep under here, right? - What can he do? - How old was he? - By like seven. - Yeah, totally, he could. - I maybe did. - I was thinking. - I just love works and closets. And we had a fold out sofa that you could actually, there was probably a little dangerous. I mean, you could fold up in it in a way that there was like a space. - You put your mountains to the couch. - That was exactly what you're talking about. - Yeah. - Absolutely. - I love it. - Let's put this couch up. - No. (laughing) - So you went back into the couch. - I love hiding under that space. Yeah, no one would find you. - Oh, bam, yes. - But I could have gone to sleep there, for sure. - Yeah, no, my son is six. And he's definitely not, he's coming running to our room. - Like right now. - Like right now or there. - Oh, yeah. No, we made a big mistake when my first son. We had to end the bassinet, you know, beside the bed when he was little, but I found myself waking up, like laying over the bassinet, bassinet, because I was just worried that, you know, what if he stops breathing? - Yeah, you're looking for that. - I'll put him in the bed with us. - Oh, no. - Oh, he never made it to his crib. - Yeah, yeah. Till he was 20. (laughing) - Till he was 20. (laughing) So. - Till he was how old? - He was probably at least three. - Oh, okay. - And they often on when I was gone, would sleep with their mom. - Yeah, yeah, that's, yeah. When Paul's gone, my kids still sleep with me, my girls. - Oh, my daughter still sleeps. - And she's like, hey, now that you're home, I'm gonna make sure I sleep with the bed, my bed a lot, am I like that really? (laughing) 'Cause where she slept last night, we have a couch bed, you know, that when you're talking about, she pulls that little thing out. - She gets right on there. - She's on there, I was like, come on, man. I thought you were just thinking, you're bed. I'm going to when you get home tomorrow. - Oh, okay. - Tomorrow tomorrow. - She's a liar. (laughing) - And you're gonna let her. - Yeah, yeah. - 'Cause she gets a no to her. - No, it's really hard, guys. - So, she used to sleep with us all the time. And I loved it, but I'd have not mirrors. - Oh. - Because like something happened to her. So there's been so many times, when do you, my wife will wake up and I've got my daughter in her arm, my arm's going, she was, what are you doing? I go, I don't know. (laughing) - But she's okay, that's all I care about. - I put her down and like, but that happened. - Wow. - So much. I was like, you can't sleep with us when I'm home. I have not mirrors. - I feel like something's happened to her or something. I don't know. - I think that has a lot to do with things you've seen in your life. I just have seen that pattern. - Yeah, I wasn't like that with my boys. - Yeah, it's your daughter. - It's your baby daughter. - It's not, yeah, I don't know. There's something about her that. - Yeah, 'cause you know, I think, 'cause it's your job to protect her. I mean, your whole family, but especially your baby girl. - Of course. - Yeah. - So that's like, you're wired for that. - Yeah, oh man, I dare anybody. I'll take joy. - My husband has a shirt that says, anything you do to my daughter, I do to you. - That is a-- - She's just wearing a shirt that says like, I'm triple H. - Well, yeah, I mean, - Oh yeah, she has a shirt, - She's like, "This is no way she'll go." (laughing) I just feel like no one's. Look at their dad. Well, it can attract the right kind of guy who's going to be nervous, right? Or it can attract the wrong kind of guy who doesn't care. Yeah, he's-- I don't know how I'm going to be with guys in my daughter. I can't-- It's clearly-- It's going to be-- I feel bad for them. Just saying. I hope they hear this and know that one day, when they try to date my daughter, it's not going to be easy. No, like she might not appreciate this though. Well, they said what usually you marry someone similar to your father and civilized and well, I'm not good enough. So good luck to anybody else trying to date my daughter. She's dating someone like me. Oh, you screwed that up. Don't worry. She's 11. It's OK. I know. I'll think about it all the time. Remember when he said, if you get a mad enough, he might not-- Yeah, that's right. We might hear that father. He figured it out. That's all. Yes, yes, I'm like the key. That would send me over the edge. I don't know. I talked about some dude, little boy doing something. Not anything bad, just being mean to. We're not going to have to go beat up his dad. Right. Oh, yeah. That's why I'm not slacking around. You remember I told you my daughter, one of my daughters, was getting bullied? And that's exactly what Paul said. He's like, well, I'm going to have to go beat the shit out of her dad. Yeah. OK, so they make shirts now where they're like on Etsy or it says, if your kids mean I hope you can fight. Or if your kids bully, I hope you can fight. Oh. Just saying. Sounds right. Yeah, like the mom would wear it. Yeah. So it says if your kids bully, I hope you can fight. I don't own it. Actually, the maddest I've ever-- like, well, I'm quick tempered. Really? I flash hot quick. No. I'm also quick to calm down, I think. Totally. But I can get-- I can-- yeah. I'm Irish. I just looked around the room and no one's reacting. So my daughter was a middle school, and she's playing soccer. And this girl comes over, checks her. And she hits the ground hard and hits the back of her head. And the dad is cheering on his daughter. And they have this moment. And I'm like, first and foremost, I want to make sure she's OK. So I go over to the sideline. I talk with her coach. I check on my baby girl. And she's fine. She wants to get back in the game. Didn't see stars. No signs of concussion or anything. OK. And I said, hey, coach, that man over there is he-- one of the coaches of the other teamers, he had dad. And they said, no, he's a dad. I was like, OK, thank you. So I now go back around on the sideline. I'm going to try to like knock it mad on the camera here. I can feel it. But and I say, hey, just so you know, there's no checking. And actually, in this league, apparently, there's no checking in soccer. Anyway, I didn't actually know that. I was like, in this league. You know, middle school. Like, come on. And he fires up on me. And you don't know what you're talking about. And I'm like, so I go to walk away. And I'm going to do it from this side, even though it was this side, because I'm going to knock the microphone out of my hand. And he grabs my arm. Shut up. As I go to walk away. And I throw my arm and I say, take your fucking hands off me and I get in his face asshole. And I'm like, ready to beat the shit out of this guy, which I have no-- I don't think I really would be able to. But his eyes went wide. And he took a step back. And I was like, that's right, motherfucker. I knew it. I knew it. That's how it was meant. I was meant. I was meant. Oh, oh. Teaching your kid to hurt another child, but then also touching you. And then, yeah. Yeah. Like, whoo. Has he seen your slap? No, but when I told Paul, because he wasn't there. Of course. That's why it happened. It was meant. Because we're never there when it's something's going to go down. When that kind of thing happens. Freak. There's been times I'm like-- Right. Drives you crazy. Every time-- well, it wouldn't happen if we would've been there. That's the problem. Yeah. Well, it happened. And this is your oldest daughter? This is my middle daughter. So triple H is triple H. Oh, yeah. He's definitely-- And his prime. He's definitely not doing anything. Oh. He's definitely not grabbing you by the arm either. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it wouldn't happen. So just enjoy that moment that you got to cuss. No, but I'm still so mad about it. That's-- oh, it's just trying to be crazy. You probably scared the shit out of him. That's what his eyes went wide. And he stepped back. I was like, OK. But it could have gone the other way. You never know. He was such a jerk. Yeah. I'd never-- I'd never grabbed my arm like that. I've never really ran into that situation. I'd hope to one day. Yeah. He's like, now that I'm home. I've never had it. I hope the situation arises. Yeah, I mean, I'm ready. Like, what do you do? Do you got to swing first? Because I don't trust you that you won't sue me. So swing. Yeah, exactly. And then I'm going to murder you. Yes. I've-- when Paul and I were first dating, it's funny because I'm on the phone with my mom, who has many stories about my dad, who's very hot tempered, as you might imagine. And for some reason, we're at a standoff at a stop sign. It's like a four-way intersection. This guy's being a tick. And I'm on the phone with my mom. And Paul's getting madder and madder and yelling and flipping this guy off like mad. You know, you could like flip some off, but he's like angry, flipping him off. Like, he means it. And then all of a sudden, he's out of the car and I'm like, oh, mom, gotta go. Things are escalated. And she's like, sweetheart, it's OK. I've been in these situations before just trying to become home. I'm like, no, he needs back. What is this? And I'm like, Paul, you can't touch him. He's going to sue you for everything before we had kids. I mean, obviously we weren't even married yet, but just those moments where you guys are like, all ready to go, you just need a reason. Oh, I can tell you one, maybe five years ago that happened. I was taking-- I had my kids at least one or two, maybe a nephew with me. And we're going to the a-hop. But I pull out and this guy's just throwing my tail. I'm like, well, I was like, hey, can I see you in the mirror? Ooh, I mean, I'm not worried about it. He passes me. It was no passing. He just passes me on the short street. And then as I'm about to turn into where I'm going, he pulls in front of me and literally I pull that over. I was like, yes. Oh, I'm going out. I'm going out. And you'll appreciate this. He goes, I ain't scared of you. I said, I bet you are a mother. And I turn and he goes, I'll and I go, huh? I was like, oh, crap. This guy knows me. So apparently he wrestled for the other team in high school. You're kidding. I wrestled for. And as soon as he said it, Alan, like he knew who I was. Yeah, like who you really are. Yeah. And I was like, I was like, you know what, man? We're done. Not bad. But I can tell you this, when he knew who I was, his freaking eyeballs about-- You know that, like-- Oh, yeah. He knew what was about to happen to him. I promise you that. But-- Oh, Alan. Yeah. But it was-- But it was, you know, there was a moment there. They couldn't wait to tell their mom, like, dad, you shouldn't-- you shouldn't even see what dad was. He was going to kill this guy. But-- Yeah. I have a-- Your kids were with you? Well, I think two in an F you. Oh, OK. Two in an F you. Not all of them. Yeah, not all of them. But they got to see that. But it was the boys. Yes. Yes. Yes. What would you have done if your daughter was in the car? I think you would have been different. Lock the car. No, I'd be like-- Boys, protect us. Watch your sister. [LAUGHTER] I'll be back in a second. Big news, WWE in sports fans. 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So for some reason I had this feeling something was going to happen but I didn't know what it was and I was just really on edge and I drive into this sneaker store parking lot on the phone with her and I'm watching her in my rear view mirror because I can see her now at this intersection and then I see her start to go. This guy's swerve cut her off, peel around, he chases her into the parking lot and he pulls his car on this man, she's 16, she parks, he pulls this way and I am out of the car and I am coming. Have you ever been so mad you see white? Oh, I've been so mad I don't remember what I've done. Yeah, like it's this weird others time and space you're in like heat and white light and it's like that the blood's just rushing in your ears, you don't hear or like nothing, it's just tunnel vision on this guy and I'm like I don't know what I'm going to do but like even if I'm sacrificing myself but he is not getting to my daughter and my daughter said the greatest thing in the world, she said as soon as she saw me come and she knew she was okay. Oh, yeah. So what I end up having? So I got so long here. Here I come and I must have had quite a look on my face because once again this guy who's kind of a scrawny little guy, truthfully, like I think I stood somewhat of a chance unless he was on something but he but he I wish he very well could have been and he looked up at me and saw me coming and his eyes went wide and he stumbled back into his car and took off with his leg still sticking out of the car and I am chasing this car, cursing this kid. He was a man cursing this man and he peeled out of the parking lot and that's my story. I'm going to get out of that. But he could have hit me with his car. I mean he could have done a million different things, you know, but I knew he wasn't getting to her. Well, dude, there's something about moms that you guys can sense something about to happen. You got to your intuition is ridiculous. It's like that. I don't have it. I don't have that kind of. I'm like they're fine. No. Yeah, some things off. They have this thing about them. They could feel it coming. So yeah, I get it. I get it. I don't see it. I would never see it. I am oblivious to pretty much anything. You know, I just think everything's until it's blatant. And so I do feel it has to be obvious. We're going to need the footage from that. There has to be some security camera footage. You just go like my ass. I don't know. I should have like the whole after the guy peels out, then this woman pops out of one of the stores. Do you need any help? I'm like not anymore. Not anymore. Took care of it. You could have called the cops. Like you needed me help. She saw you turn it. It's gonna be funny. You need any help. Oh, man, I wasn't talking to you. You were okay. Exactly. This guy's 120 pounds of mustache. Oh my god. He's scared to death. He looked kind of like a little bit like Eminem. Oh. A little bit. No disrespect to Eminem. No. About to say. Oh my god. We should see. She's so much more like a little. She's just the hate starts with blonde headed skinny dude. But he was like a like a smaller tough scrappy looking kind of guy, you know. And he drove away with like one foot out the door. Well, that party didn't look like Eminem when I saw him. No, I should just stop referencing. No, this is. I mean, I got an idea of what he looks like. Things we're gonna get him on the pod. Let's talk about it. I mean, that's what that's I just need a description of what he's bald. No, no, no. How does it wait? No, you've done everything. It was all he was a white skinny guy. So what you say? So no blonde hair. He was not. No blonde hair. That thought that was the. Wait, no wife, Peter. It's white. Like sort of a dirty white t-shirt. Okay, maybe that's what it was. Okay. And jeans. Okay. He just doesn't sound very intimidating at this point now that you've. Well, he was to me. I feel like maybe you won't do the thing where like you describe it to the people and they draw. Oh, yeah. I feel like we. But I, because I couldn't really see him truthfully. Well, you know what? You probably forgot what he looks like. Honestly, it was just a threat for the best. Like, when you're that angry, you don't even know what you're saying. You're just stuff just coming out your mouth. So I actually said, you know, and I was recapping the story to my children saying, I'm trying to tell them and like, and I said, and I didn't even curse. My niece who was there was like, she was like, oh, yeah. So mad. She forgot her stream of consciousness of curses. Oh, yeah. No doubt. I mean, you blew my mind when you said you saw white. Like you went past red. Oh, no, no, no. You went right. It is a different. I haven't been there. I'm trying to go there. Yeah, you don't want to go there. Red. Just hot though. Yeah. And your man start sweating. Yeah. His 60 degree. So it's about that time, which not feels great outside. Right. You're not supposed to be sweating. Right. Yeah. Yeah. That happens to women as we get older anyway. I know. Yeah. I don't like going do that with you guys. It's rough. It's rough. It's rough. I mean, with my wife. No, it sucks. What do you mean? I just don't touch me. I'm like, listen. I just got in the bed. You're home now. You're thinking. You're thinking. Yeah, but you're thinking about it. Well, yeah. I feel like we need a series of you at home now. Oh, yeah. That's a reality show. At home with AJ. Yeah. It'd be quite boring, honestly. Oh. Yeah. I'm not. It does sound fun. It does sound fun. Intertaining, to be honest with you. You don't think? We'd have to ham it up somehow. It's just a lot of windy, you know, washing the dishes or making some dinner and me slapping it all the butt every time I go, "Oh, no." Not that entertaining. It's not that entertaining. Yeah. Her reaction might be, "Does it change?" No. Just when I, "Oh, will you stop?" I don't know. Just spanking it. I don't know. Just spanking it. I don't know. Just spanking it. I don't know. I don't know. Just spanking it. I don't know. I don't know. Just spanking it. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. always slap in the waif. She's in the kitchen, she's doing laundry, she's doing whatever, and she gets annoyed every time. And then the one time he doesn't do it, she starts crying. She says he's going to leave me. I'm going wrong. That's true. I've done it back though. I will say that. I used to pick her up and power ball on the couch and stuff like that. I feel like this is fun. This is entertaining. It was, you know, once she was younger, I could do that. She could break a hip, you know, I don't know. I don't power ball ring anymore. But I practice a lot of wrestling moves on her, which was a bad idea. Yeah. Did she get hurt? Oh, yes. I mean, no wonder she's not. Yeah, she's tough. There was a list of speaking, I, you know, the fold out couch beds. Yeah, yeah. So I don't know why, but I grabbed her in the pedigree and I jumped on the couch. I know. You know, to give her the pedigree, the face is going to hit the cushion. Right. Do the, like, yeah, where the cushions meet, right into the metal part of the bed. Oh, I must have hurt so bad. I hurt her nose. Oh, she hurt it. Did she get hurt? No, she didn't, but I was like, oh, oops. Sorry, sorry, baby. Yeah, sorry about that. She, I remember her sitting in, like, just the living room in the floor, you know, doing something. And I go out to give her a kick in the back. You know, a wrestling kick. This sounds like my brother. It was a real one. So totally just pointed her in the back and she couldn't breathe. And she couldn't breathe. There was another instance where a nocturne, like, almost through the refrigerator, it's like, all right, I got to stop. I got to stop. Shit, don't. This is ridiculous. We're going to have to go to the doctor if I can go to the nurse. Sorry, sweetheart. The pun to the bed. I can hear the sound. I know the sound of it. Yeah, it's like a hole. It was bad. Was she getting, she didn't cry because she couldn't breathe? Yeah. She must have been so unexpected. Yeah. She just sitting there and then, uh, doing sweet and peaceful and I just kick her in the back. She's crowsing. Yeah. Whatever the most peaceful thing is, she was doing it. Napping. And yeah. I did stitching because she's crocheting. She's super old, again, she's an old soul crowsing. She's in the future. Well, that's now. She's 46. She was doing the dishes. Like, she's not in her rocking chair. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, she's walking in with her. That's how you say. Not Samo Wendy. Well, look at her. She takes it to the extreme right. Like, oh, there's so lady. Good grief. That's definitely not true. Oh, no. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. - You gave it to her. She had no choice. She was taking it. - This would be a great time to read that message. - Please. - Should I read that again? (laughing) I'm just reminded. - No, no, no, no, no. They'll read you again. I feel bad. - You know what, though speaking of, that was not the only message that we have. So our team was able to capture some remarks that - Okay. - Wanted to play for you. - All right. - How about a worker? A hell of a teammate? - There's a old-ass video game brother, you know what I mean? But that reflects, I think, who he is as a person. The discipline that he has being involved in professional wrestling and being on the road, but continuing to stay true to being a family man, being a father. You know, just happy that I was able to make some art with them when our time, you know, came a few years ago. It would've been cool to be able to run it back and do it again, you know, explore like new chapters of what we could do together. If they just wanted to do a phenomenal chemistry there. So big out, have fun, be safe brother, and we'll see you down there. - What I really respect about him is the kind of husband, the kind of father he is. AJ, you've listened to this man, I love you buddy. I wish you the best. And thanks for the good times inside the ring and out. - I don't know anybody who has been a better positive influence in the locker room than you in my time here. So thank you so much for being you. - AJ, it's special to not a people. But for me, it's more than that. One of my best friends, also the, sometimes I feel like he's like a brother. I miss him already. - Hi, my name is Anthony Cairo, and I've been a social media producer with WWE since 2016. If you're watching brother, I just wanna say thank you for everything you've done for us. Sorry that we've been nor do with so many little requests over the years, and brother, I know whatever you do next is gonna be special, and just thank you for everything and good luck to you. - Because of AJ Styles, I made my way into TNA, which helped me get my way into WWE. Help me find the new day, help me create that, and help me have the career that I've had. So I wanna say thank you AJ, you are the man, so sad to see you go, but happy that we got the time with you that we did. My favorite match ever to this day, 2005, lockdown, first lockdown, steel cage, you and me. My single greatest match I ever had, because of you, God bless you, Wendy, your children, have a great retirement. I love you to death, I always will. - AJ, what to say buddy? I've been really, weirdly disproportionately emotional about the thought of you leaving. I don't know it's doing something to me man. (laughs) You wouldn't want me to get emotional. (laughs) 'Cause it'll make you emotional. So we wanna do that now. I don't miss you. - I am thankful to have AJ as a WWE superstar, as a friend, and I'm gonna miss him a lot, because AJ is one of those guys that you wanna have around. But now, it gets time to have his time with his family, be with them. So I guess something, looking at that too. - I feel so happy for him that he's able to retire with his health. And AJ, I just wanna say congratulations on such an incredible career, and from a personal standpoint. I wanna say thank you, because, you've always been such a constant source of inspiration for me, I know we've had very similar career paths, but I hope you know that I've always, always looked up to you. For me, you are the benchmark for what it is to be a professional both inside and outside of the ring. I'm very grateful that I got the opportunity to share the last 10 years of you here in this company. I know you kinda dodged each other a lot on the Indies. You were in TNA, I was in Japan. When you came to Japan, I went to NXT, so we missed each other for a long time. But I feel like getting to know you over the last 10 years on a personal level, I'm in the ring, and just witnessing how great and phenomenal you really are. I wanna say thank you for, for being AJ Stas. - Oh, stuff. I've always wanted these guys that, and even the girls in the locker room, they'll see me that way. Like I always wanted to be just, you know, one of those guys who are, you know, the whole saying is that people don't care how much you know and don't know how much you care. So I'm just glad that they see me that light. That's what you strive for. And this business for them to say that, and be, that's what it is, man. That's what I'm gonna miss the most as those guys are hanging out with them, spending time with them. Brotherhood. - Yep, that's it. When you're alone, you know, you got no one, like it's nice to have those guys around that you can, you know, everybody has problems stuff they're going through and be able to bounce them off them, knowing that you're not alone means everything, everything. And I mean, you guys like Miz saying that stuff, like it's all he's done, and as long as he's been there, man, it makes you feel like a million bucks. Roman Reigns, him saying the day me a priest like there's, and then Finn, like he never knew, sometimes you never know how much it means to somebody. - Yeah. - But I'm glad that I never took a day off from trying to be something to them. You know, I always wanted to be there for those guys and not just be another wrestler out there who thinks of himself, but thinks of them first and what we could do together in that ring. I think that's so perfectly said. I've never heard it said so eloquently. And it is really hard right because these are the, this is your family too, different family. - Yep. - Your road family, if you know, Sean was Paul's roadwife, or he or Paul was is, I'm not sure, but that was always the joke, you know, but I also always, I've had the privilege of bearing witness to it all, you know, and watching you guys and the women, but specifically watching you guys and what you've been through and hearing the stories and having a slight appreciation for what it means to be in the ring together. And you are gone from your family so much. And who do you share those hard times with them? And they're going through the same thing. A lot of them. And that very, very special brotherhood that you might, I don't know if you'll be in touch with them on a regular basis the same way you would, right? If you were there day in and day out. But when you do see each other, it's gonna be like, no time has passed. - Right. - You know. - And it's, you know, it's, you know, Xavier got me first. He got me choked up a little bit because, you know, I got him into TNA and actually it was Wendy who said, hey, that Austin guy that you were working out with, you should see if he wants to know 'cause we need a guy and he just kind of stepped up and was that guy. And so got him in the TNA, got him eventually seen that he's in WWE and when I seen that of him coming up, like, I don't know, you guys know, like, I'm fine. I was AJ Styles all the way from the end of the match, all the way to I got to the back. First person I hugged was Chris Parker this and then someone in Ponkin, a lot of the other guys. I hugged everybody and then it was great. - You talking about Saudi. - In Saudi. - Yeah. - And as soon as I walked around to leave, it freaking hit me. So then you see me power walking and a little bit of running to get to where they were stacking the bags 'cause I just made it my locker room. And I thought I shut the door. It didn't shut apparently. So I just had my back to the door and I'm just kind of trying not to look like the biggest baby in the world. And Shane Helms comes up and just kind of grabs me. You know, and he says, you know, he just said it was all right. You know, you're a good man. You don't have to turn your back, you know, and meant so much for him to come up and see me and then Jo-Lina, you know, seems to she came up and she's hugging on me and then, you know, Xavier comes up and probably squeezed him the hardest because he's been, I've known him for so long and seemed to do so well and so many different things. - And likewise. - So yeah, it's just, it was a special moment. Like it wasn't, it's not a, I said, I'm sorry. squeezed him hard. I'm saying he's my guy, man. So it's cool. I squeezed a lot of people hard that night. But it's like you said, we might never be able to talk to each other like we used to, but when we see each other, it's like no time has passed. And we still know each other. It'll still be the biggest hug. I'll miss that. I really will. Let's hope I find a way to stay connected. Yes, stay connected. Exactly. Yes. And I noticed it looked like you were going to put your gloves down, but then you didn't. What does that mean? I don't know. I don't know. I think-- Because you know what this is wrestling. I know. The door's always open as all I mean. I know. Never say never. That's the saying. I think everybody's allowed at least once. Come out of retirement. For sure. I'm not saying that I'll do it anytime soon. I'm just saying that-- I mean-- Has there been anybody who hasn't? I don't know. Has there pretty much everyone who's retired has actually come back? At least one. At least one. I thought that was how it worked here. Yeah. I mean, it seems to be. Well, I mean, what if my son wrestles? Yeah. What-- the opportunity to tag with him once? Right. And you never know. So there'll be a time where the gloves will never go back on it. And it may be now, but we'll see. Do your son show any interest? My second-- Or your daughter? My second oldest is I'm working with him now. So he's in it. And then my daughter-- I've caught her many times-- watching it. And to the point where I was like, baby, please turn that off. It just came from-- [LAUGHTER] So I think they all got a little bit of it. I think once my second oldest takes off, my oldest will probably end up going that way, too. And then who knows if my daughter-- my third son has nothing to do-- And no interest. --to think sports whatsoever. It doesn't care about it. But it surprised me if my daughter got into it. She'd be like the Rey Mysterio of the Women's-- Oh, yeah. --she's tiny. She's small. But you know-- We'll see. Yeah. Who knows? You never know. I never thought I would want my kids to wrestle. Right. But it's way different than it's ever been and a lot better than it's ever been when it comes to professional wrestling. It's done right at this point. So I'd be happy if they wrestle. Yeah. What about you? You only had dollars, right? Absolutely. I've seen them. I've seen them in real life. They were. So my oldest has been in the ring with Nadi and Charlotte. And she's trained a little bit. But when she was really-- she was younger-- 8 to 10. OK. And my niece trained a little bit. But she had a knack for it, as you can imagine. So I remember-- because I used to go on the road with Paul. And I brought our kids with us. So she came. We were in Waco, Texas. And she was nearly two, maybe not quite. Because I don't remember how pregnant I was. But we're there. And it was DX against-- I don't know who-- and she was on my shoulders. And it was boggling my mind that she started to get excited as Sean's coming over to make the hot tag because they were getting the heat on Uncle Sean. And then he's like-- it does really try to make the tag. And he makes the tag to Paul slash on her. And she starts jumping up and down. Like, on my shoulders, she's a baby. I'm like, oh, shit. She gets it. She gets it. And she's totally reacting, loving all the right moments, like really getting it. And he is so proud when he comes back from the ring and sees her on my shoulders. That even though we have discussed not ever having our kids when they were babies on television or in the public, he then takes her off my shoulders and parades her around the arena. Because he's so proud, right? And when he hands her back to me, her eyes were this big. And I was like, oh, my goodness. You know the moment when they get bit by the bug. She got bit in that moment, too. And she wasn't even two years old. I mean, it was unbelievable. And so, yes, she's always had an interest in it, always. She's in school to get her doctorate of physical therapy and she wants to work with kids. So she has a whole nother path. So my son's going to-- Really? Yes. Yeah, he plays baseball in college. She plays softball. She's a catcher. How tall was she? She's 5'11. She's tall, girl. Yeah. She won't like my son. [LAUGHTER] Where were we going? We were going to do that. Unless she was a short king, you know. And saying, you never know. We're not doing too well in the tall department. Mine seemed to be skyrocketing. Well, I mean, you and you and Tonder are tall people. Me and my wife are not. Like, they're like, thanks, dad. I'm like, I didn't know she was cute. I'm going to tell you. She was cute. So, yeah. We're not-- we got a Mary Tall woman to break this moment. So, okay. So, see you then. Maybe that's the fact. Yeah. Well, it's like, hey, hey. You're setting up your children. I don't know. You're a short king, brother. Yeah, there you go. About short, I guess that's average high, but still. [LAUGHTER] When your daughter is 5'11. Yeah. Yeah. I felt like your oldest daughter. I remember the first time I saw her, I was like, oh my god. She cloned her. She cloned Stephanie. People do think she looks a lot like me. Yeah, she really did. Like the younger pictures of you, like as an eight-year-old model or what it looked. No, but really the face and same color hair. Yeah, but she looks the most like you, I think. I think. Dolltist, yeah? Yeah, for sure. Yeah, even when I saw her backstage and I was like, there she is. Just so proud of her. All of them. I just really am. I'm so proud. The greatest gift in the world. They're the best entertainment I've ever had and the worst people you've ever meet. [LAUGHTER] It's amazing. Because they're showing you, they're human, right? And they're showing you all sides of themselves. And as their parents, that's why we're there to protect and guide them, right? And teach them. But you do see all their sides, you know? There's been many times, dude, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to murder you. But then they're so proud of them. As much as I love playing sports, I'd rather watch them play. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's the greatest feeling in the world. When I watch a rua, hit a home run. Oh, it's the best. It's the best feeling. It's the best feeling in the world. How nervous like that? Do you think they have any idea how nervous we are? No. Let's have it to the plate. Yeah, I can't see. I can't see it. Oh, man. It's unreal. Yeah. It's the greatest. And now you have the opportunity to be home and to watch those games and to be with your family and you're always still a part of this bigger wrestling family that we're all a part of. And I'm just so grateful that I've had this opportunity to get to know you, but that I've had the opportunity to interact with you, you know, for all these years, even though we've never had the chance to have a storyline together or anything. That would have been fun because you know why it is, it's what I was just going to say it's not too late. No, no, no, it is. Apparently it is. It is. He said maybe, but what you talk about what you bring to the ring is intensity, right? Right. And that I'm the same. You have to bring everything you have to make it feel right. I agree. I totally agree. No wasted movement. Yeah. Everything has the count. I know I'm not the biggest guy, but when we get in the ring, you're going to think I'm right there with you. Like I'm going to be a heavyweight. You know, that's everything I do is with intent. Yeah. And I think, you know, as long as you have that, it doesn't matter what size you are. Everything in life as well or in the ring. In the ring, it's definitely intent. Like life, some things you maybe not so balls the walls, you know, to do. But with intention, you know, with the right intentions. Yes. Yes. For sure. Oh, for sure. You know, and I think in life, I always said wrestling is a lot like life. It's experience. It is. And the more experience you have, the better you're going to be able to navigate through it. So. What other lessons, as we sort of wrap this up, because, you know, I know you're going to have many moments, right? And hopefully we have the opportunity to capture a lot of those moments, because it's your human journey, right? And where you came from to finding the love of your life so young, yeah. To where she has to pay for your Burger King date. Yep. Delic. And you remember that. And your life that you built together, the trials and tribulations, like you said, little things that, you know, you haven't necessarily shared with us. But moments, I'm sure, where you're alone, maybe in an empty room. room and all you have is a mattress and making that up. But it's like those moments where what you have is what matters most. And then to have this incredible, remarkable, you know, what will no doubt, Hall of Fame career. And to now retire and go be able to bring all of that back to your family and never losing sight of what mattered most all along. And I imagine as a human being you're going to go back and forth, you're going to feel all different ways. You're going to feel like you did where you couldn't turn around. You know, and you just had to go for a minute and you didn't know where you were going but you were going to the fast. You know, and have that moment to freak out, you know, for a second. And then happy friends. Your brothers hold you together. And even when you think you're alone, you're really not. There's always, it means it's hopefully as long as you always have someone that you can call home and talk to and be there for you. And I would just so blessed enough that I've got a couple of those guys. So it's like you have more than a couple? Yeah, it really does. It, like I said, I am blessed to have all those guys. And even the girls are just, just sweet as they can be. And you know what I get at the real out of and it's kind of funny is that they call me Uncle Owl. You know, so I'm not quite old enough to be a grandpa but just an uncle or a. Yeah, I'm always sister, like, yeah. Yeah, that's a cool thing. I think so too. To me, you know, I don't know, just like, I trust you, your family. Yeah, you know. You mean more to me than. Yeah. Yeah. And I will say this, awesome theory calls me dad. He's the only one. Hold on, hold on. At least I felt that same way. Well, yeah, no, go ahead. I felt that he's like, hey dad, and I go, oh, they're freaky, you know. And then it was my fault because I said, awesome. I'm older than to be your father. My fault. So he called me that and I thought, wait a second, then they're so freaking funny. I was like, "Near, I'm alright with it." Yeah, because he doesn't mean anything fun. No, he's had to go bald. But he told me how much I look like his mom. Which I know he meant is the most extreme compliment that he could possibly get. He was probably saying, "My mom is beautiful." Oh, yeah. That's what he meant. Right? Yes. Like, very sweet. He meant everything goodbye. Clearly that's all. That's true. I was like, that's first. We're at that point. We are, I know. They're like, Roxanne Press. She said, we were talking about something. I said, "You know what, Roxanne, me and your mom used to listen to this music." And it was true. Yeah. And then there are generations that don't understand your movie references. No. Or your culture references. Okay. One question for everybody in this room. Okay, here we go. That's my girl, Jackie over there. She knows what I'm talking about. Okay. Four shirt and salty. And I thought, oh man, I'm about to get everybody with this shirt. They're going to love this shirt. The shirt was rad, the movie, right? And if you've never seen it, okay. But if you've seen it, Holy Camp is the coolest shirt ever. Ever. You know what I'm talking about, Rad? To hunt. It was a BMX movie. Oh, okay. I watched BMX Bandits with Nicole Kidman in Australia. That's what I'm telling you. I saw a movie called BMX Bandits. Well, listen, this is the first time we ever saw someone do a back flip on a bicycle. Okay. And it was crazy. In the 80s. Yeah. I don't know how I missed this movie. Like, I've seen the young blood. I've seen like all of the movies. Yeah, I mean, but I missed Rad. I missed Rad. I missed Rad. Just saying that. What do you know what Rad is? No. When she said, people don't get your movie references, it was for me. Yes. So this is kind of the gesture. It feels a little bit nice that she didn't get this one. Yeah, I didn't. But not because it wasn't my generation. I just didn't see it. I know we're trying to understand that. I got it here. I got it here. I got it here. I don't understand why guys, or maybe you're the woman, married guys like 15 years younger. I'm like, what are we going to talk about? Well, what are we going to talk about? You want to talk about music? No, because you didn't listen to my music. To the same music. It'd be terrible. Yeah. And the technology is different. Oh, my God. I don't know how it works, but it works for some reason. I got it. It works for some reason. I don't know what I'm doing. Get it to your kid. Show me what I'm supposed to do here on Instagram, because I don't know how to collaborate. Yeah. What does that even mean? They know. Yeah. Well, he doesn't for me. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm blessed. Hey, there's some times when I'm like, I don't know if I look cool in this. Let me go ask my son. Oh, yeah. Can I wear this? That's cool. You can wear it in like a heart. I completely do that. Well, we're like, this is great. She's like, thanks. The girl's picked it out. Yeah. Too long time. Yeah. So I need you guys to help me because I think this looks good. I've never had that. What are you wearing? Look up. I'm taking this off. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Look, but they're more, you know, they're girls. So it's more like it's the look on the face. I've seen you wear better things. Oh, that's nice. That's a sweet way of saying it. Yeah. I mean, 86, that outfit. My six year old when I come home from shooting podcasts with. Yeah. Full face makeup is like, why does your face look like that? Normally, it looks like I'm gonna go wash my face. He likes the normal version. That's a good thing. Just brutally honest, you know? That is a good thing. Like fine. Won't tell Jackie. But what are your other key lessons you think that you've learned along the way thus far? The older you get, the more you understand the world. There are stuff that you can't understand when you're younger, that you'll only understand when you're older and you get more experiences everywhere else. Just because they don't custom the Bible, but it doesn't mean they can't be Christian people that custom the North, you know, because, well, you know, I learned pretty quickly wrestling and Philly that these guys are dropping everything and they don't mean anything but it's just words. Right. You know, it's your intention behind the words out of a problem and how you use them. So that was a big thing for me to learn, you know? But if stuff is always changing, it's always changing. Your mind, if you're willing to open up and try to understand, and not have a complete open mind where you're like, "All right, let me give that a shot." Stick to what you know. But like be open enough to see it from somebody else's perspective or their eyes and just try to understand what they're going through. You know? I think that helps me a lot. Not everybody's come up the way that I have and I think come up the way they did either. It's all different. That's right. So if I just got to understand where they're coming from, it does help the conversation, at least. Yeah, because you never know what someone else is going through. You really don't. They could put on a good, you know, act in front of you and they could be falling apart inside. It's very true. Everybody is struggling with something at some point in time. And so that's why you need to be nice and take the time to just be kind to everybody. It didn't very hard. You know? Just like, "Thank you," or whatever. It's like, it's the smallest things that go so far. It really is. I read, you're reminding me of a story that I just heard about. There was a woman in line to pay for. I think it was gas and she didn't have quite enough. She was a couple bucks short and she was really upset about it. And the guy behind her, you know, said something and she cussed at him and was really rude and stormed out of the store. And then he said, "I'm going to pay for her gas." And the guy behind her goes, "Dude, why are you doing that?" She was like, "Not nice to you at all." And he said, "Because I was taught to always smile and to always be kind." And when they came out of the store, this woman came running up to them, apologized to the guy, cried her eyes out. She had lost her job. She was trying to make a payment on, you know, so she didn't lose electricity or whatever it was. And she couldn't afford the gas and how grateful she was and how much better that man felt. You know, because he said, "See?" And he looked at the other guy and he said, "You never know what someone's going through when he felt so good about that money." You know? That's why I don't believe in first impressions. Give him a second because you have no idea what they're going through that day. That's so interesting. Yeah. I mean, they could be real jerks to you, but just give him a second chance because again, it's been a long day. Maybe they've been up all night. Maybe the kid was sick. Maybe the kid's, you know, who knows? A minute in the hospital. Like, there's some things that can really wreck you, a really good person. So I get it just. Another lesson I was taught is never judge anyone based on what other people tell you. Right? It's only your own experience with that person. Yep. And that's what I try to do. That's what I try to do. Yeah, just because someone else does it. You know, just because this woman doesn't mean all women are like that. Right. And by the way, when she treated you like that, she could have been having a bad day. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, you could, he could be missing out on the woman of his life because he thinks all women are like that. Right. You know what I'm saying? Like there's someone out there. They don't let her. The woman in the form of this, you know, like, if you just mean. We're not all bad, I mean. Not everybody. [laughter] But life is all about perspective. I agree. I agree. That's all about experience. And you'll know more than the order you get, the experience you have. You know how to do. Talk to people and how the little things go the farthest in the conversations. You know? Yeah. I think time is the greatest gift you can give somebody outside of love. But you know, just time is love, right? Yeah, it is. I mean, like you think about that. Yes. I mean, we both love Jackie over there because she just listens all the time. Yeah. Jackie's great for so many reasons. Information between those two ears. Oh my gosh. She knows all about us. She knows all of our problems. Oh my gosh. I know I've always encouraged the makeup team, but this is like for decades to write a book. Oh my gosh. And not just wrestling. But you know, they've worked in various different genres. A lot of those makeup artists like the celebrity stories, the wrestling stories, the like wherever the industry took them stories. Jackie, you know what I'm talking about. You know, like that would be fascinating. The Jackie do your makeup. She did. Did you tell her you're like, hey, I'm dating Hunter. Don't say anything Jackie. No, because it wasn't Jackie at the time. It was Janet who was best friends with China. Oh. So it was a very interesting time. That was kind of like what I did, right? Hey, I like you, Wendy. I'm going to bang your friend. I thought you just kissed. So many kisses. No, not the smartest thing I've ever done. Wendy's the same. She is the same. She is the same. She really is. I keep picturing that point to the back. I know, though, my God. That's all because I've given those kicks. And I know what they feel like to give and receive. And you're poor little wife. And she's tiny. You be like, yeah, he might make me so mad. She is a tough cookie. Well, she was cheerleader, right? Yeah, she was a competition cheerleader. Yeah, they have to be tough. She was so good. She was so good. Let me tell you how sweet she is. She was going to a college in Georgia with a, she probably got, she was, they wanted her bad. They took her like a bunch of idiots. They took her to a party when she was visiting. They loved her because she was so amazing. Right. Took her to a party. They were smoking and drinking. Like trying to impress her that way. That was the wrong thing. Yeah. That's not what she was. She came back and cried to her parents. She couldn't believe it, you know, it broke her heart. Oh no. So she, she never went. And they, I think by her sophomore and junior year, she would have been a national champion. Wow. But she was that good. Wow. She was tiny. You could do it all. Right. So all I brag about is how like I'm a two-dumbed state champion, you could have been, you never, you never won state and you never won actually. And I like, but she could have. Yeah. But she used to like, just that kind of person that just as innocent as she possibly could be. And then I tried to ruin it. Take her in a suit. Still I am trying to ruin it. Now he's home. And now Daddy's home. Daddy's home. Oh, we go. Jackie, you know, we've had many talks, me and Jackie. She might be your lifeline. What did you tell Jackie? You know. You got to watch the pod. Yeah. I just tell her how much I love you and that suck, which is pretty true. Yeah. Well, obviously you don't suck because it seems like every person who has a story about you has such respect and admiration and love for you. And that's just because of who you are and how you treat people and that you show up 100% yourself, no matter what environment you're in, whether you're in the ring, whether you're backstage, whether you're at home, and you're just a remarkable man. Not everybody is such a true soul. And I'm just really, really grateful that I've had this opportunity to know you because I feel exactly the same way. Well, thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Yeah. You're like, thank God. I appreciate you trying to make me cry. I appreciate you trying to make me cry.