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♪ (chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage! ♪
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The most ultra-violent
athlete in GCW history!
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Nick Gage is on a rampage!
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I love what I do, and I'm
the best mother... er
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in the world doing it today.
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♪
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- Glass...
- Into the glass!
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Lightbulbs...
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- (shattering)
- Oh!
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- Barb wire.
- (screaming)
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Nick Gage, and there he is!
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These are not things
that are meant
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for the human body.
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♪
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[Narrator] Beyond the
fantasy world of
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larger than life
heroes and villains,
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lies the brutal
and unforgiving underworld
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of Deathmatch wrestling.
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(cheering)
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And its undisputed king,
Nick Gage.
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What we're gonna do,
is we're gonna
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light these bitches up.
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Yeah!
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- (shattering)
- Oh, my!
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This isn't a children's TV show
on Saturday morning.
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Oh!
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When that bell rings,
it's real to Nick Gage.
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This is gonna be a fight.
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For the uninitiated,
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stepping into Gage's domain is
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an invitation to an
arena of pain,
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where blood will be spilled.
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Oh, my god! He just snoofed
David Arquette!
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He's starting to
bug out a little bit,
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and that's how he got
cut in the ...ing throat.
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Oh!
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I told you not to ing cut me.
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I'm an actor so,
I was in over my head.
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But for Gage, his most
intense battle
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was fought outside the ring,
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as the harsh consequences
of his lifestyle
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bled out into real life.
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He's cut, bad, bad, bad, bad!
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Leaving him at rock bottom.
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Painkillers, Percocet,
OxyContin,
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all those things.
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What do you mean
Nicky robbed a bank?
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Why would you do
something like that?
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You're killing yourself!
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Cut that ...in' camera!
Cut the camera.
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Gage is in the house, Gage
is gonna do what he wants.
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And any time you want
to ...in' fight me, you can.
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♪
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[Audience]
Oh!
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[Announcer] Pile driver
through the window!
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(cheering)
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Deathmatch wrestling is a
live-action horror movie.
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♪
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Raised on the blood-soaked
matches of their heroes,
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its participants strive to
outdo icons of the past.
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(indistinct shouts!)
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By escalating their brutality to
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new life-threatening heights.
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Quick!
Someone call 9-1-1!
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All to satisfy a
blood-thirsty crowd.
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The king of ultra-violence,
Nick ...ing Gage!
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(cheering)
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You gotta love this shit, man.
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'Cause guess what,
that shit hurts.
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[Announcer] Oh!
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[Nick] And that shit burns.
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[Audience] Oh!
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And that shit might say,
"Why the... am I doing
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this shit right now, 'cause
it ain't the pay day."
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♪
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My name is Nick Gage.
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I'm the greatest Deathmatch
wrestler in the world.
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I'm the leader of a gang called
Murder Death Kill Gang.
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I represent Eastern
Block Hate Club so,
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that's who I am, man.
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I'm probably a little, little,
little crazy in the head.
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♪
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Ah, my pain tolerance is high.
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- !
- To pain!
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I also want to show
other wrestlers that
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this style of wrestling's
alright, man.
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And it can be done,
and there is a fan base,
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and it's awesome.
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(chanting) Nick ...in' Gage!
Nick ...in' Gage!
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Some Deathmatch wrestlers are
some of the best storytellers,
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the best in the world at
connecting with an audience,
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Nick Gage being one of them.
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My name is Jon Moxley.
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I am a professional wrestler.
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[Announcer]
Jon... Moxley!
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(cheering)
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Jon Moxley is no
stranger to ultra-violence.
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Oh, good god!
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Before reaching world
championship status
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in the mainstream, Moxley cut
his teeth on the indie
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Deathmatch scene
where he routinely
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crossed paths with Nick Gage.
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(chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage!
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Who he is in the ring,
when he walks out,
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and that music hits,
and he comes out like,
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"Yeah! Nick ...in' Gage!"
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High-fiving, getting all
pumped up. "Yeah!"
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Getting all excited,
that's how he is all the time.
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My first one-on-one encounter,
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he pulled out a pizza cutter.
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[Commentary] And now
he's got a pizza cutter!
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[Jon] I'm thinking, you know,
give me a nice workin'.
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I'll do a little poke and twist,
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it's all an illusion.
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Not so much.
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[Audience member]
Nick ...in' Gage!
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Ah! Oh, look at this! Oh!
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[Jon] He gives me the
pizza cutter.
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The crowd goes,
"Oh, yeah! Kill him!
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Cut his ...ing head off!"
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So, he gets excited.
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Nick Gage will do
whatever it takes to be
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CZW world champion once again.
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I'm the one to just
tackle you and
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start having a real fight here.
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I'm trying to keep
this match on track.
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We got a good story. You
know, the crowd's into this.
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You know, please don't
pizza cut the...
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out of my face so much.
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And this crowd is eating it up!
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And now he's excited and
I just feel the
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excited energy and I'm like,
oh, god, no, no.
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And then he takes
the pizza cutter and
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he puts it in my mouth.
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[muffled] And slices it
across my mouth. Agh!
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[Announcer] Nick Gage is
getting carried away
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with his ultra-violent ways.
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And I'm like, that mother... er
just cut my tongue out.
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Look at Moxley's face already!
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Is my tongue still attached?
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Okay... and we
continue the match,
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and the intensity's
off the charts.
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Oh! What a head butt!
Right to the sternum.
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Once you go out there and
you get into it and you feel
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that Nick Gage intensity,
the 30 people in the crowd
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are going, "Yeah, kill him!"
And you're just like, "Get him!"
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But it's like, this is
what you live for.
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I don't give a shit
how much money I make,
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I don't give a shit
how much of a star I am.
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I don't give a...
about any of that.
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I do this for that feeling.
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♪
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I love the feeling of being
in a locker room
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with half of my blood gone,
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smoking a cigarette,
drinking a beer.
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And that is a feeling
that is so addictive,
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what keeps you coming back.
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I think that's probably what
keeps Nick Gage coming back too.
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Oh, yeah, what a finals
this is gonna be with Nick Gage.
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For nearly a decade,
Gage built a reputation
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on a fearless
appetite for violence,
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but he would be put to the
ultimate test on
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the most ruthlessly
unforgiving stage...
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the Tournament of Death.
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Oh!
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Every year, fans descend
on backyard farm lands to
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witness a multi-round
endurance test of violence.
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(cheering)
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Where wrestlers must survive
several gruesome matches
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over the course of a single day.
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Oh!
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Tournament of Death
takes place in Delaware,
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out in this field,
kind of like Woodstock
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for Deathmatch wrestling.
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Fans out there
parking their vans,
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getting drunk, smoking weed.
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You know, we need a place
where we can have
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blood, and glass,
and fire, and...
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cops aren't gonna
break up the party.
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It's quite the scene.
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(chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage!
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In the finals of the tournament,
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Gage is to face Thumbtack
Jack in a fight that would
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redefine the meaning of
Deathmatch wrestling.
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Nothing could prepare
the crowd for the
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real-life horror show that
was about to unfold.
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Okay.
This is ...ing insane.
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I was right there for this.
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My name is Brett Lauderdale.
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I'm the owner and promoter
of Game Changer Wrestling.
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Definitely been
through it all with him.
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Good and bad, you know.
Very good and very bad.
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(chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage!
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At this time in 2009,
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I was a full-time
referee for CZW.
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You know, I was in the ring.
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(chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage!
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This was a really
significant match because
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Nick Gage was peaking in
popularity at this time.
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He was as popular as he
had ever been in his career.
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And, Thumbtack Jack, I mean,
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he was an import from Germany.
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You know, he was an
international Deathmatch star.
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So, it was really a
clash at that time of like,
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the two most popular
Deathmatch wrestlers.
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They imported some ing douchebag
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from ...ing Germany.
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They're talking all this
shit about Thumbtack Jack,
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"He's tough as hell
and all that shit."
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And I'm thinking, man,
this is my ...ing house.
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This is my backyard,
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and I'm gonna smash
this mother... er.
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You know what...
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He looks like a ing pussy to me.
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(cheering)
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200-light tube Deathmatch,
entire ring surrounded by
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vertical light tubes stuck in
between the ropes.
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Complete pit of glass.
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(chanting)
Nick ...in' Gage!
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I remember him getting
whipped into the ropes,
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which were, of course,
surrounded by tubes.
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I remember that.
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Oh!
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And, at first, it didn't
look anything like
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out of the ordinary.
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Thumbtack Jack!
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One of the video guys,
they all reacted immediately.
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Oh! Oh, shit!
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He's cut!
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[Nick] What happened was,
the light tube,
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when I hit it,
the top of it snapped.
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So, the bottom of it's
sticking there and
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I just hit it the wrong
way and then, bang, got me.
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Looks down,
lifts his arm and just...
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(gurgling)
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Oh! Oh, shit!
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It was just buckets of blood.
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I'm like, oh, ...,
I'm ...ed up.
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I know my body.
It sliced my arteries.
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He's cut, bad, bad, bad, bad!
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But we've got... Nick Gage
has been seriously,
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seriously injured.
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Thumbtack Jack frustrated
at this turn of events.
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(indistinct shouting)
Jon! Jon!
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A guy like Nick Gage,
to just get up and walk off
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like that, you know
it had to be serious.
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(gasping)
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The nurse lady, he wanted
her to tape him up
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so he could go back to the ring.
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Tape that ...ing shit up.
I'm not losing to this dude.
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- Tape that shit up, yo.
- Lay down first!
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00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:17,301
Put a bunch of towels
on it and tape it up.
253
00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:19,094
- No!
- I only got one move, man.
254
00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:21,096
- No, no.
- This is your last move.
255
00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,140
Well, can I act like I'm
trying to go out there and
256
00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:25,851
you guys bring me back out?
- No, no, no!
257
00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,436
[Brett] For Nick,
it's not registering, you know,
258
00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,647
like, "I'm gonna prove how
tough I am by going back
259
00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:31,315
out to the ring and
finishing this match,
260
00:10:31,339 --> 00:10:33,234
even if that means I
have to die out there."
261
00:10:33,258 --> 00:10:35,236
- Let me go back out there.
- Nicky, no.
262
00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:37,238
Get that shit on camera,
that I ...ing want to
263
00:10:37,262 --> 00:10:38,906
go out there, smart mark.
264
00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:40,074
- I know.
- Put this shit on camera.
265
00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:41,867
Nick, Nick! I understand!
266
00:10:41,891 --> 00:10:43,285
!
267
00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:46,229
♪
268
00:10:49,232 --> 00:10:52,336
♪
269
00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,838
I was in the back,
you know, of course,
270
00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:55,631
getting bandaged up
and shit like that.
271
00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:57,591
Cut that ...ing camera!
Cut the camera.
272
00:10:57,615 --> 00:10:59,343
And they're like, "Well,
they're trying to get the
273
00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:01,387
ambulance on the ing property,
274
00:11:01,411 --> 00:11:02,972
but the ambulance
can't get on the property,
275
00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:05,808
so we need a helicopter."
(mimics helicopter chuff)
276
00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:08,102
Here comes the ...ing
helicopter landing down.
277
00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:10,437
♪
278
00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:11,814
And I get in the helicopter and
279
00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,899
that's the last
thing I remember.
280
00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:21,923
♪
281
00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:24,159
The nurse did say,
"You flat lined while you were
282
00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,495
in there and the doctors
brought you back 'cause
283
00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,163
you lost too much blood."
284
00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:33,085
Nicky died and was
legally dead for 7 minutes.
285
00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:35,754
♪ (helicopter chuff) ♪
286
00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:38,132
He died at Tournament of Death.
287
00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:39,842
It's supposed to be
a turn of phrase.
288
00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,719
You're not actually
supposed to die.
289
00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:43,053
And he did.
290
00:11:43,077 --> 00:11:45,639
It just cements and solidifies
291
00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:48,684
Nick Gage's spot as a folk hero.
292
00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,687
(chanting)
Nick ...ing Gage!
293
00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,398
It was probably a boost to
his whole character and
294
00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:58,235
his allure that you
can't kill him.
295
00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:01,906
He says to this day, like,
that he's willing and ready
296
00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:03,741
to die in the ring if
that's what it comes to.
297
00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:05,808
And I mean, can you
doubt him after that?
298
00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:11,749
Oh, no way. No, I don't go
out like that, man.
299
00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:13,375
I'm gonna do this 'til
I can't do it no more.
300
00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,085
I already made my mind up.
301
00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:19,173
♪
302
00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:20,966
I've been wanting to do this
since I was probably
303
00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:23,928
9 years old, man.
304
00:12:23,952 --> 00:12:26,680
Grew up in National Park,
New Jersey, born and raised.
305
00:12:26,704 --> 00:12:29,934
I represent that
shit to, to this day.
306
00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,561
National Park,
New Jersey's a low income,
307
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,313
probably middle class, you know,
308
00:12:34,337 --> 00:12:35,522
in the 80s and stuff like that.
309
00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:38,692
I was raised by a single mother.
310
00:12:38,716 --> 00:12:41,528
Patty Dukes, Pat Wilson,
man, I love her.
311
00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,907
This is my mom, man.
Patty Dukes. Mom Dukes.
312
00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:47,576
The whole town called her
Patty, or Mom Dukes.
313
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:48,744
Beautiful lady.
314
00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:51,163
Nice one to show everybody
that I was raised the right way,
315
00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:52,456
you know what I mean?
316
00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,459
Oh, my gosh. His mom
was everything to him.
317
00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:57,586
Everything, everything.
318
00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,672
My name is Sondra Culbertson.
319
00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:01,924
And, we went to the
same high school.
320
00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,342
Been with him for...
321
00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:05,511
20, plus, years now.
322
00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:08,180
His mom would literally
brighten up our day.
323
00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:09,640
It could be the
worst day possible,
324
00:13:09,664 --> 00:13:11,975
she'll just come walking
in the bedroom, "Hey, guys!
325
00:13:11,999 --> 00:13:14,853
I got you food! Let's eat!"
I mean, she was just...
326
00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:17,147
a very, very happy person.
327
00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:21,151
Very happy, and loved Nick.
Loved Nick to death.
328
00:13:21,175 --> 00:13:24,905
My mom had breast cancer so,
we did the walk every year
329
00:13:24,929 --> 00:13:27,366
for the breast cancer
walk of Philadelphia, man.
330
00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:30,035
'Cause I just love her
and I just wanted to,
331
00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:31,704
you know, it's your mom, man.
332
00:13:31,728 --> 00:13:34,206
You appreciate her.
333
00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:35,666
I had a brother, Chris.
334
00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:37,376
We'd just ...ing
go around, you know,
335
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,212
being crazy, played football,
played baseball.
336
00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,423
We were always the
ing guys who, like,
337
00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:43,924
get in the fight,
in the football.
338
00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:45,551
"Oh, there goes the
Wilson brothers again.
339
00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:47,469
They're fist fighting."
340
00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:49,138
♪
341
00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:50,931
My dad was a big
wrestling fan so,
342
00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:52,433
you know, that's
where it comes from.
343
00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:54,685
We would spend, like,
weekends at his house.
344
00:13:54,709 --> 00:13:57,062
And he's watching
Saturday Night Main Event.
345
00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,606
We don't have to turn it on,
Dad's got it on already,
346
00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:00,858
you know what I mean.
347
00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,443
Sometimes I think he
regrets that shit,
348
00:14:02,467 --> 00:14:04,278
you know, when he
was alive 'cause, man,
349
00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:07,489
we tore his
ing house up. Yeah.
350
00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:11,577
♪
351
00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:13,162
We had a backyard company called
352
00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,289
Hardcore Backyard Wrestling.
353
00:14:15,313 --> 00:14:17,124
♪
354
00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,126
We would videotape
our ...ing matches
355
00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:21,295
and shit like that.
356
00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:24,757
One time, we took barb wire
from the farm that we bought,
357
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:27,009
and we wrapped barb wire
around the poles and
358
00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:30,596
we had a no rope barb wire
match on the trampoline.
359
00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,622
♪
360
00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:41,815
Probably Japanese deathmatches
we started figuring out.
361
00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:47,654
(Announcer speaking Japanese)
362
00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:51,116
Once I seen Terry Funk and
Cactus Jack doing their thing...
363
00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:53,994
(screaming)
364
00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:57,790
The blood, the violence,
the way they told the story...
365
00:14:57,814 --> 00:14:59,792
We separate the men...
366
00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:01,877
from the old bastards!
367
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,879
It was on.
I'm like, we gotta do this.
368
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,589
This is what I wanna do, man.
369
00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:06,924
This is awesome!
370
00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:09,093
Then we started
getting into ECW.
371
00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:12,137
- For the love of god!
- Oh!
372
00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:15,265
ECW's the reason why I ...ing
love doing this shit today.
373
00:15:15,289 --> 00:15:17,768
Out of that came CZW.
374
00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:20,354
- (shattering)
- Oh!
375
00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:23,107
And now we're taking it to
a whole 'nother level of
376
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:26,151
craziness that's never been seen
in the United States before.
377
00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:29,154
Wrestled in every single
CZW Tournament of Death.
378
00:15:29,178 --> 00:15:33,158
Driven by their passion for
the hardcore style of ECW,
379
00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:36,161
the Wilson brothers brought
their backyard wrestling roots
380
00:15:36,185 --> 00:15:39,540
into upstart promotion
Combat Zone Wrestling.
381
00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:42,084
As Nick Gage and Justice Pain.
382
00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:46,922
Justice...! Pain!
383
00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,465
Bam! Ha-ha!
384
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:50,676
ECW was so offended by it.
385
00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:53,345
"Oh, these guys
might get hurt."
386
00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:54,972
Oh!
387
00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:56,723
Light tubes are too dangerous?
388
00:15:56,747 --> 00:15:57,975
Get the... out of here.
389
00:15:57,999 --> 00:16:00,477
They're just mad a new
generation came along
390
00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:03,730
who's tougher and ...ing
crazier than they are.
391
00:16:03,754 --> 00:16:05,149
I love it.
392
00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:07,151
It's a very dangerous
situation in there.
393
00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:09,319
When he's in the ring,
I'm literally right there.
394
00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:11,822
I'm always in the front.
I'm like, "Yeah!
395
00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:14,533
Get him! Kill him!"
I'm right there in the front.
396
00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:16,160
I'm just one of the fans.
397
00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:18,912
(cheering)
398
00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:20,831
Oh, man, there's
gotta be at least...
399
00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:22,791
at least 100,000 of 'em.
400
00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,460
When he told me he
was gonna lit on fire,
401
00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,004
I told him not to do it.
402
00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,256
I think he just told me
he wasn't gonna do it
403
00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,800
so I wouldn't be,
like, freaking out.
404
00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,344
And so, when it happened,
and I saw the firing coming out,
405
00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:36,096
I'm like, oh, no, here we go.
406
00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:37,723
(cheering)
407
00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:39,266
Oh!
408
00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:41,643
(hysterical shouting)
409
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,437
I saw him get lit on fire and,
410
00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:46,064
I think someone told him,
like, stop, drop, and roll.
411
00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:47,900
So, I stop, drop, and roll.
412
00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,611
Get this, that shit
don't even ...ing work.
413
00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:53,238
I was still on fire and
then they put me out.
414
00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:55,324
(shouting)
415
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:56,825
And then finally, he took
off his shirt and
416
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,327
it finally went out.
417
00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,996
(indistinct shouts)
418
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,789
After that,
I went into the back.
419
00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:04,708
I never do that.
It's one thing I don't do.
420
00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,001
I do not run into the back.
421
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,294
I'll wait to the
end of the show.
422
00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:09,320
But this is one thing,
I did go in the back.
423
00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:15,135
He said he was okay,
but I knew he wasn't.
424
00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:16,803
- Oh, it burns!
- Anywhere else?
425
00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,014
- Is it like bubbling and shit?
- It's skin.
426
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,390
It's like peeled skin.
427
00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,768
That heat was tough.
I finished that match.
428
00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:27,255
Slammed down!
Someone call 9-1-1!
429
00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:37,991
Well... He was
definitely not going to
430
00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:42,579
physical therapy or exploring
yoga opportunities.
431
00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:48,543
♪ (electronic) ♪
432
00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:50,337
I was popping
heavy, ...ing,
433
00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:52,005
you know,
prescription pills, man.
434
00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:53,799
I was popping percs
and shit like that.
435
00:17:53,823 --> 00:17:57,135
♪
436
00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,596
Ing, I'm Nick Gage,
so I'd go into a ...ing
437
00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:04,351
doctor's office, "Oh, give
me 30 ...ing... roxicets."
438
00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:05,644
And then they would
give them to you.
439
00:18:05,668 --> 00:18:06,895
It was crazy.
440
00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:09,606
And like, I'd never
been a druggy guy, ever.
441
00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:11,984
And then, like, you know,
when you don't have them
442
00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:14,069
you're like, "Whoa,
what the ...'s that?"
443
00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:16,697
♪
444
00:18:16,721 --> 00:18:19,658
At some point, OxyContin
got hard to get
445
00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:22,577
because it's very expensive.
446
00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:24,288
He can walk down the street and
447
00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:27,541
get heroin for $10 a bag and
448
00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:30,693
get all the same effects,
and get more of it.
449
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:36,550
All of it.
Definitely all of it.
450
00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:38,135
You know, I looked at
him like a guy who was
451
00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:39,553
in trouble and he had no choice,
452
00:18:39,577 --> 00:18:41,805
and now he's in this
really bad situation.
453
00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:44,182
It is what it is.
I mean, he was an addict.
454
00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:46,893
That was, basically, his life.
455
00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:48,544
♪
456
00:18:51,213 --> 00:18:54,192
And here we go, fans!
Our main event...
457
00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:57,195
As Nick Gage descends
deeper into addiction,
458
00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:59,031
his career and his
relationship with
459
00:18:59,055 --> 00:19:01,825
his brother Chris
begins to deteriorate.
460
00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:04,411
Face-to-face in the ring,
Chris's anger and
461
00:19:04,435 --> 00:19:06,872
frustration is about to erupt.
462
00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:08,415
Let's just put it this way, man.
463
00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:12,002
I went out there and,
I wasn't on top of my game.
464
00:19:12,026 --> 00:19:13,837
And...
465
00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:18,508
I just didn't remember
how to do stuff. Okay?
466
00:19:18,532 --> 00:19:22,137
I guess my brother was a
little upset in the ring so,
467
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:23,972
he'd say,
"Wake the... up."
468
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:26,600
And, literally,
slapped me like a bitch.
469
00:19:26,624 --> 00:19:28,310
[Announcer] ...the current
champion, Justice Pain.
470
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:30,812
So, I'm like, damn, man,
what the ...?
471
00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:33,607
The soft paw.
Justice Pain,
472
00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:36,401
with that hard left into
the head of his brother.
473
00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:39,321
The match started and,
a few minutes later,
474
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:41,448
Chris just grabbed him and...
475
00:19:41,472 --> 00:19:43,867
Put him in his finisher,
the Pain Thriller.
476
00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,203
Pain thriller! Oh!
477
00:19:46,227 --> 00:19:47,996
You've gotta be kidding me!
478
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,207
- (match bell)
- What?
479
00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:52,793
Pretty much dislocated,
almost broke my shoulder.
480
00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:55,462
And I was very,
very upset about that.
481
00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:57,464
[Brett]
That was very weird.
482
00:19:57,488 --> 00:19:59,341
It was like at the
beginning of the match, like,
483
00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:00,801
aren't you gonna have
a match before you start
484
00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:03,136
working towards the
finishing sequence?
485
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:11,019
♪ (applause) ♪
486
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:12,979
After falling out
with his brother,
487
00:20:13,003 --> 00:20:15,690
it seems Nick has
reached rock bottom,
488
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:17,859
but things get even worse
when his mother
489
00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,927
loses her battle
with breast cancer.
490
00:20:23,097 --> 00:20:25,992
Oh, ah... not good, you know?
491
00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:31,873
♪
492
00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:34,418
Now that my mom died,
I didn't give a ..., man.
493
00:20:34,442 --> 00:20:35,877
I didn't really care.
494
00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,754
And then I was
starting to, you know,
495
00:20:37,778 --> 00:20:41,383
starting to get
into that shit, you know.
496
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,802
Bad combination, bro, you know.
497
00:20:43,826 --> 00:20:44,845
Look at his face!
498
00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:48,515
Over the next few years,
Nick spirals further into
499
00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:52,727
desperation and finds himself
on the verge of homelessness.
500
00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:55,230
So, at this time, I pretty
much didn't have no friends
501
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:56,857
or family no more, you know.
502
00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:59,443
My mom passed away,
my dad passed away.
503
00:20:59,467 --> 00:21:01,027
I didn't talk to my brother.
504
00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:03,029
I didn't talk to nobody, man.
505
00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:08,285
So, I'm in the ...ing hood
and I move in with, girl's mom.
506
00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:11,496
And... I'm doing nothing, man.
507
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,790
I'm sitting on the couch
doing nothing, man.
508
00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:15,625
And one day, she freaked out
and kicked us
509
00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:17,711
both out in the cold air.
510
00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:21,506
♪
511
00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:23,800
At that point in time,
we weren't really into
512
00:21:23,824 --> 00:21:25,802
going to work, having money,
paying bills and
513
00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,387
stuff like that.
We didn't care.
514
00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:28,763
We did not care at that point.
515
00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:30,390
We did not care.
516
00:21:30,414 --> 00:21:32,517
♪
517
00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,561
I was going out of town and,
518
00:21:34,585 --> 00:21:37,105
for some reason,
my trip got cut short.
519
00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:40,025
You know, I walked up to my
door and my door was like...
520
00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:41,526
unhinged, open, and I was like,
521
00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:45,280
you know, is there
somebody here?
522
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:48,283
I saw two people
sleeping on the floor,
523
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:51,036
and I was like, oh, my god,
that's Nick and his girlfriend.
524
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:52,913
♪
525
00:21:52,937 --> 00:21:54,456
And, I mean, I was pissed.
526
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,250
Him, man.
Kicked me out of his house.
527
00:21:57,274 --> 00:21:59,586
It was ...ing
ten degrees out.
528
00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:01,463
So, now I'm angry and upset,
529
00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:03,715
and I need money and
I got nowhere to go.
530
00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:05,967
♪
531
00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,512
So, that leads to, you know...
532
00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:10,388
The day of.
533
00:22:10,412 --> 00:22:18,412
♪
534
00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:23,193
I needed money, man,
and I'm freezing, and...
535
00:22:23,217 --> 00:22:26,363
everybody's kicking me out.
So, let me go get mine.
536
00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:28,532
♪
537
00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:30,742
So, I'm walking down the
street and I see this bank.
538
00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,411
I look around and
I'm like, ah...
539
00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:35,497
I'm not... And I left.
540
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:38,041
I pussied out.
541
00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:40,210
So, I'm walking down
the street, like, "Mother... er!
542
00:22:40,234 --> 00:22:41,878
Man, you
ing pussy, man!"
543
00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:43,380
So, I showed up at
the next bank and
544
00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:46,550
I went right in that bitch, man.
545
00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:48,677
I wrote the note,
handed it to her.
546
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:51,304
"I have a gun.
Give me all your money."
547
00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:56,393
♪
548
00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:57,811
"Hurry the... up!"
549
00:22:57,835 --> 00:22:59,396
You know, I had to
lose my temper a little,
550
00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:01,356
you know, she's taking too long.
551
00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,650
♪
552
00:23:03,674 --> 00:23:05,026
She handed me the money and
553
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,279
I ran all the way to my
boy's house, man.
554
00:23:07,303 --> 00:23:11,324
♪
555
00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:12,784
My front door opened.
556
00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:15,453
He just walked into my
kitchen and dropped
557
00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:18,164
a bunch of money on
my kitchen counter.
558
00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:21,334
And, I was like, you know...
559
00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:22,919
"What is that?"
560
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,213
He said to me, "I just
robbed a drug dealer."
561
00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,548
And then I looked at the money,
562
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:29,843
and we're talking
brand-new, crisp $20 bills.
563
00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:33,305
And, I said,
"Did you just rob a bank?"
564
00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:36,141
So, I'm at home
and I get a call.
565
00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:39,102
"Man! You gotta check
your email, man.
566
00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:41,104
You just got...
You gotta look at it."
567
00:23:41,128 --> 00:23:43,607
I get on the computer and
I open this ...ing email,
568
00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:44,941
and it's a picture of him, like,
569
00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,985
at the bank lobby, and it's...
570
00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:49,571
it's Nick Gage, clear as day.
571
00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:55,869
♪
572
00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:57,912
I don't think I even realized
the camera was there.
573
00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:00,290
I think I was just looking
up for some reason, man.
574
00:24:00,314 --> 00:24:03,209
But, I looked
right in that bitch.
575
00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:05,503
It was a spur of the moment
thing, as you can see.
576
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:07,130
I don't even have a mask on.
577
00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:08,715
(chanting)
Nick ...ing Gage!
578
00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:11,926
Nick Gage always come in the
ring with a handkerchief
579
00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,304
on his face, like he's
gonna rob a train.
580
00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:17,098
And the time that he chooses
to not wear the mask
581
00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,351
is when he actually
robs a ...ing bank!
582
00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:22,062
♪
583
00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:24,898
I actually found out
from the newspaper.
584
00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:29,444
And, his face is on the front of
the page and I'm like, what?
585
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:30,987
I, I just didn't
know what to say.
586
00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:34,366
And I'm like, what happened?
And he told me.
587
00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:35,784
And...
588
00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:37,035
I just, I was with him though.
589
00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:38,953
I didn't leave him,
I didn't turn him in.
590
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:40,121
I was just with him.
591
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:42,290
Whatever he does, I'm with him.
592
00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,875
After the robberies,
I'm like, ...,
593
00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:47,504
we gotta get out of here so,
we went to Atlantic City.
594
00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:51,257
My only objective is,
spend this ...ing money.
595
00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,492
♪
596
00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:59,808
On the run from the law,
Nick Gage and
597
00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:03,061
his girlfriend Sondra
head to Atlantic City.
598
00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:04,854
Without an end goal in sight,
599
00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:07,941
they enter a casino
with one objective.
600
00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:10,276
I'm thinking,
you're going to prison.
601
00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:13,071
But at least ball out
for like a ...ing week.
602
00:25:13,095 --> 00:25:14,823
♪ (dance music) ♪
603
00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,575
This was a tough situation
for me because I'm not gonna
604
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,786
be a snitch and I'm
not gonna rat him out.
605
00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:22,414
But, I told him, when you're
ready to turn yourself in,
606
00:25:22,438 --> 00:25:23,998
let me know.
And you know,
607
00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,500
I spoke to him every day
and it was,
608
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,877
"Alright, are you ready?
No?
609
00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,879
Alright, well,
talk to you tomorrow."
610
00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:32,966
That went on every day for,
I don't know, 8, 9 days.
611
00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:35,802
And then, he called me and
he said, "I'm done. I'm ready."
612
00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:38,012
♪
613
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:41,558
I drove to Atlantic City
and I picked him up.
614
00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:44,811
I took him to
Burger King and he got
615
00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,855
his favorite, he got a Whopper.
616
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,691
And then it was,
"Guess this is it."
617
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,944
I drank a 40 and I smoked
a couple blunts and,
618
00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:57,157
walked in and turned myself in.
619
00:25:57,181 --> 00:26:00,243
In the State Supreme
Court of Camden, New Jersey,
620
00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:03,621
Nick pleads guilty to
2nd degree bank robbery
621
00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:05,999
and is sentenced to 5 years
622
00:26:06,023 --> 00:26:08,543
in New Jersey State Prison.
623
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,588
♪
624
00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:13,757
They took me up
to Three North C,
625
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:16,801
which is a murder block,
gang block,
626
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,846
and a... gun block.
627
00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:21,806
So, they put me in there, right.
628
00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:25,435
And they just go,
"Go find a ...ing bed."
629
00:26:25,459 --> 00:26:28,104
(exhales)
Go find a bed, right?
630
00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:30,982
That's harder
than you think, man.
631
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:33,777
Chris never visited me at all.
632
00:26:33,801 --> 00:26:36,112
No phone calls, no nothing.
633
00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,615
[Brett] I visited him
regularly from day one
634
00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:40,575
until the day he walked out.
635
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,869
I honestly felt like he
was like a brother to me,
636
00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:44,996
but Chris looked down on him.
637
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:47,749
He thought it was
shameful, you know.
638
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:49,334
He's a ...ing criminal,
you know.
639
00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:50,877
"My brother's a criminal.
He got himself
640
00:26:50,901 --> 00:26:53,254
into this mess and he can
get himself out of it."
641
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,089
♪
642
00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:57,342
So, I'm just trying to get
everything together and,
643
00:26:57,366 --> 00:26:58,968
all of a sudden,
I started getting
644
00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:02,222
nonstop ...ing fan mail.
645
00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:05,850
From fans that don't know
me from a ...ing lick,
646
00:27:05,874 --> 00:27:08,186
"Keep your head up, man.
You'll get out soon, man.
647
00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:10,563
Stay focused."
And I realized,
648
00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:12,732
"Man, people love me, man."
649
00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:14,317
And it's not just
a couple people,
650
00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,277
it's like masses of people.
651
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:17,612
They really sent him letters.
652
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,948
No joke, that's what happened.
653
00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,699
That's what kept
him pushing and,
654
00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:23,576
it was really amazing
how many people
655
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,204
really looked up to him.
656
00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:28,248
This is just a stack
that came out of one box
657
00:27:28,272 --> 00:27:29,791
of letters, you know,
that he had,
658
00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,417
he had gotten and saved.
659
00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:34,838
I don't think he realized the
impact that he had on people.
660
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:36,506
There were three
things I wanted to do.
661
00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:37,882
I wanted to come out
and show everybody,
662
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:40,677
look, I changed my body,
I changed my mind,
663
00:27:40,701 --> 00:27:42,929
I changed my soul. And then,
I wanted to put
664
00:27:42,953 --> 00:27:46,432
ing Deathmatch wrestling
back on the map, man.
665
00:27:46,456 --> 00:27:47,851
♪
666
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:51,062
And I started training,
training hard.
667
00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:53,106
I mean, he went from eating
Burger King Whoppers
668
00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:57,068
to exercising hardcore,
twice a day, every day.
669
00:27:57,092 --> 00:28:00,238
On March 31, 2015,
670
00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:02,991
just over 4 years
into his sentece,
671
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,952
Nick Gage is released on parole.
672
00:28:05,976 --> 00:28:07,203
That whole night I didn't sleep.
673
00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,454
I was so excited.
674
00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:11,249
We went like an hour before
he actually came out so,
675
00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:12,876
we're like looking and
looking and looking,
676
00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,295
and finally, I see his big
'ol head walking through,
677
00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:16,421
like, the thing.
678
00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:17,630
As soon as he
opens up that door,
679
00:28:17,654 --> 00:28:19,007
I just took off running.
680
00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:23,344
And it was just one
of the happiest days.
681
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:26,180
Finally they give me release
papers and I finally
682
00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:27,640
go through them gates,
and then, you know,
683
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,602
you got your girl coming
running up, boom, and...
684
00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:32,645
Lauderdale was
there and, you know,
685
00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:34,397
and shit, man, it was awesome.
686
00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:36,900
Take this ...ing shit off.
Take it off.
687
00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:39,235
Jesus Christ.
688
00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:40,904
Take that stuff off, man.
689
00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:43,156
We threw that stuff all in
the trash can and everything,
690
00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:44,657
and brought him
his other clothes.
691
00:28:44,681 --> 00:28:47,994
Put 'em back on and, it was,
it was cool, it was cool.
692
00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:50,246
The king is ...ing home!
693
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:54,083
(cheering and applause)
694
00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:58,838
I just spent 4 and a
half years in ...ing hell!
695
00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:02,508
And you know what,
I was ...ing okay with it.
696
00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:04,427
While Nick Gage returns to
697
00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:06,888
rock his crowds all
over the country,
698
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,806
Brett Lauderdale
becomes the owner of
699
00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,224
Game Changer Wrestling.
700
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:13,478
His goal is to launch
Nick to headliner status,
701
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:16,481
and as a tribute to him,
Brett's first ever event
702
00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:18,274
would be a
Deathmatch tournament,
703
00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:21,194
appropriately dubbed
The Nick Gage Invitational.
704
00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:24,072
♪
705
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,866
The day before
The Nick Gage Invitational,
706
00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:29,744
and I want to say
maybe around 2:30 or 3pm,
707
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:32,205
I called his phone and
somebody close to him
708
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:35,041
answered and was crying,
saying they got him,
709
00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:36,793
they took him.
They ...ing took him and
710
00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:38,836
put him in the car
and he's gone.
711
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:42,572
♪
712
00:29:45,701 --> 00:29:48,054
♪
713
00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:53,726
He was doing really good
for a while, and then...
714
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:59,148
You know, he definitely fell
into some bad habits again.
715
00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,775
(laughs)
You can't, you know,
716
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,610
you can't run away
from them problems.
717
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,821
They just, they just follow you.
718
00:30:04,845 --> 00:30:06,948
♪
719
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,825
They brought me in
for the drug test,
720
00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,577
and then I tried
to falsify urine.
721
00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:13,329
And they caught me, you know.
722
00:30:13,353 --> 00:30:15,039
Did he tell you what happened?
723
00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:16,398
Okay.
724
00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:21,629
- Right.
- Yeah.
725
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,381
That's part of it.
726
00:30:23,405 --> 00:30:25,758
I think there was more to it
than just having
727
00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:30,054
a jar of somebody else's piss.
He may or may not have...
728
00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:32,098
also tried to use
some sort of device,
729
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:34,100
I don't know,
and they caught him.
730
00:30:34,124 --> 00:30:35,768
And that was it.
731
00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:37,627
♪
732
00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:41,941
You know, I was angry, like,
733
00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:43,818
"You ...ing stupid
mother... er,"
734
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,695
like, "You had everything here
and you couldn't
735
00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:47,363
keep it together," you know.
736
00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:50,700
And, "You're in
jail right now."
737
00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:53,494
After being a free man
for only a few months,
738
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:56,205
a parole violation sends
Nick back to prison
739
00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:58,207
for almost another two years.
740
00:30:58,231 --> 00:31:00,501
Welcome to Game
Changer Wrestling!
741
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,420
While Nick serves his sentence,
742
00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:04,589
Game Changer Wrestling
grows to become the
743
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,383
premier promotion for
Deathmatch wrestling.
744
00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:10,053
Determined to give
Nick yet another chance,
745
00:31:10,077 --> 00:31:13,514
Brett Lauderdale continues
to make plans for his return.
746
00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,058
♪
747
00:31:15,082 --> 00:31:18,061
The second time, I think I
was way more confident that
748
00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:20,021
he was gonna stay out this time.
749
00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:21,731
- What's going on, Nick?
- What's up, man?
750
00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:25,109
And, also, it helped that
GCW was like a thing now,
751
00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:27,070
like, we were among
the industry leaders.
752
00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:29,572
So, not only did he have
a home to come back to,
753
00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:32,158
but he was right
back on the big stage.
754
00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:36,162
(cheering)
755
00:31:36,186 --> 00:31:38,456
His popularity grew
while he was gone.
756
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,875
Like, there was no
forgetting about Nick Gage.
757
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,294
Fans are writing me for
7 years I was locked up.
758
00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:44,921
"Just keep your head up," so,
759
00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:46,547
I wanted to come out and...
760
00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:48,716
you know, my gang be
together, man.
761
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,635
So, I came up with the
Murder Death Kill Gang.
762
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:52,887
(chanting) MDK! MDK!
763
00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,932
Murder Death Kill Gang,
that is my fans.
764
00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,892
It means something in my heart,
you know what I'm saying?
765
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,312
(chanting) MDK! MDK!
766
00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:03,648
I didn't realize
how popular I was.
767
00:32:03,672 --> 00:32:06,234
Man, this MDK everywhere, man.
768
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,027
It's like MDK ing Australia,
769
00:32:08,051 --> 00:32:10,488
MDK Europe, MDK Japan.
770
00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:12,949
Whole 50-state MDK, man.
771
00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:15,409
MDK! MDK!
772
00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:17,703
(chanting) MDK! MDK!
773
00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:21,165
While the MDK Gang
continues to grow worldwide,
774
00:32:21,189 --> 00:32:23,668
Brett is arranging
one of the most bizarre
775
00:32:23,692 --> 00:32:25,861
deathmatches in
wrestling history.
776
00:32:28,238 --> 00:32:29,841
Ah, the match
with David Arquette.
777
00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:31,300
I knew you were
gonna ask this one.
778
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:37,181
(cheering)
779
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:38,516
♪
780
00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:40,143
I'm David Arquette,
781
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:42,937
former WCW Champion.
782
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,022
They can't take that
away from me, I'm sorry.
783
00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:48,276
Arquette pairs off with
Bischoff in the ring!
784
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:51,863
During WCW's
decline in the year 2000,
785
00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:54,031
while promoting the
movie Ready to Rumble,
786
00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:56,701
David Arquette won the
heavyweight championship in
787
00:32:56,725 --> 00:33:00,454
a moment that will forever
live in wrestling infamy.
788
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,540
He's over to Arquette!
1, 2, 3!
789
00:33:02,564 --> 00:33:04,125
(match bell rings)
790
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:05,376
(cheering)
791
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,003
What started as a ratings stunt,
792
00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:09,589
would cause wrestling fans
to hold a grudge against
793
00:33:09,613 --> 00:33:13,050
Arquette for nearly two decades.
794
00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:15,595
Just won the world title!
He can't believe it!
795
00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:18,931
David Arquette won
the world title!
796
00:33:18,955 --> 00:33:20,433
Most of the audience hated it.
797
00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:23,060
They really thought it was
disrespectful to the belt.
798
00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:24,562
♪
799
00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:28,149
Wrestling was something
that was unfinished for me.
800
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:30,193
A true wrestling fan at heart,
801
00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:33,446
Arquette was determined to
earn the respect of fans,
802
00:33:33,470 --> 00:33:36,991
and spent years preparing
for his return to the ring.
803
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,409
When I came back, they said,
804
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,369
"Do you want to
wrestle Nick Gage?"
805
00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:43,206
And I didn't know
who Nick Gage was.
806
00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:46,000
I looked him up and,
I thought, this is kind of
807
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:49,295
the perfect place to prove at
least that I'm tough enough.
808
00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:52,089
I just didn't really
want to be a joke anymore.
809
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:54,091
Arquette made it clear
that not only was he down to
810
00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:56,761
wrestle Nick, he was
down to have a Deathmatch.
811
00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:58,763
Are you sure he wants
to do a Deathmatch?
812
00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:01,599
You know, does he
know what it is?
813
00:34:01,623 --> 00:34:04,310
And he said, "Yeah," so,
I said, "Alright."
814
00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:05,853
So, we went out to LA, you know,
815
00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,147
the day before the show
and we went out,
816
00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,566
all had steaks on Arquette.
817
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,735
[David] We met at
Musso and Frank's.
818
00:34:12,759 --> 00:34:14,820
I'm from Los Angeles, so
I wanted to have a
819
00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:17,907
proper lunch at the oldest
restaurant in Hollywood.
820
00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,910
[Nick] I said, "Listen,
this shit is not fake.
821
00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:23,412
This shit is real.
That glass is real.
822
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:24,705
You're gonna bleed.
823
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,666
Are you sure you
wanna do this?"
824
00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:30,169
I knew it was real glass.
I knew it was dangerous.
825
00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:31,712
I'm crazier than
the next person,
826
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:33,047
so I was into it.
827
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:35,341
But I clearly said
at that steak dinner,
828
00:34:35,365 --> 00:34:36,926
"Don't cut me.
829
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,844
I'm an actor, so don't cut me.
830
00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:41,055
I know I'll bleed,
but don't cut me."
831
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,932
So, I was like no problem, man,
832
00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:46,852
but you gotta know, man,
this is what I do, okay.
833
00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:48,938
And I'm not gonna
go soft on you."
834
00:34:48,962 --> 00:34:51,148
My other guys are nervous
'cause it's David Arquette.
835
00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:53,985
He's a ...ing actor.
I'm just thinking, like,
836
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:57,655
I'm going to ...ing
whoop his ass.
837
00:34:57,679 --> 00:35:01,242
From Hollywood, California...
838
00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:05,162
David...!
839
00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:08,165
Arquette!
840
00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:14,088
(cheering)
841
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,631
that shit!
842
00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:18,509
(cheering)
843
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,969
You know, I was
supposed to, like,
844
00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:22,013
hit him a couple times,
like, badly.
845
00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:24,473
♪
846
00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,183
Oh, my god!
847
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,769
♪
848
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:32,481
And then he was like,
"Then I'll hit you for real."
849
00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:33,983
Oh, my god!
850
00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:36,402
He just snoofed David Arquette!
851
00:35:36,426 --> 00:35:38,279
It was just supposed to
be go all out, like,
852
00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:41,032
him ...ing freaking out and
knocking me to the outside
853
00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:43,200
and just diving
through the ropes.
854
00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:44,410
Beautiful!
855
00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:45,536
All that shit's him, man.
856
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,663
That wasn't no
ing planned out shit.
857
00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:49,999
This guy's
willing to do anything.
858
00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:51,500
Holy shit!
859
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:53,919
He started like laying
in a little and I'm like,
860
00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:56,881
you know what, I'm about to
take it to the next level.
861
00:35:56,905 --> 00:35:58,507
Oh, no, Gage!
862
00:35:58,531 --> 00:36:01,093
(cheering)
863
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:04,263
Nick Gage!
Going for blood!
864
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,600
Oh, no!
Oh, my god, pizza cutter.
865
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,144
Demanding the
audience film this!
866
00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:11,812
There was a pizza
cutter involved.
867
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,106
He's like, "You won't even
feel it," and I was like,
868
00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:15,816
this ...ing asshole.
869
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,235
What the... are
you doing, Nick Gage?!
870
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:21,238
But I'm like, I'm feeling
like my ...ing forehead's
871
00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:23,199
cut clean open.
872
00:36:23,223 --> 00:36:25,701
Then he put it in my mouth too.
873
00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:27,661
Nick Gage, no!
874
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:29,747
At this point, I'm not
having the trust
875
00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:31,832
that you need in a
wrestling mate so,
876
00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:34,835
kind of like building up
to being ...ing pissed.
877
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:38,923
David Arquette probably
thinking about his spa,
878
00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:41,258
his private air
conditioned garage...
879
00:36:41,282 --> 00:36:44,512
I got a ...ing piece of a
ing light tube, right?
880
00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:46,680
I smashed it over his head.
881
00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:47,807
Oh!
882
00:36:47,831 --> 00:36:49,392
He's starting to
bug out a little bit.
883
00:36:49,416 --> 00:36:51,560
Oh, my god!
No, no, no!
884
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:53,062
And it stabbed him in his neck.
885
00:36:53,086 --> 00:36:55,648
I was like, oh, shit, did I
just kill David Arquette?
886
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,298
♪
887
00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:02,696
♪
888
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,949
Everybody's just like...
(gasps)
889
00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:07,201
"Oh, shit, we're gonna
watch a guy die."
890
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,120
Arquette trying to keep
the blood in, it looks like.
891
00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:10,621
Holy shit!
892
00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:12,498
I've been doing this so long
that I looked at his neck
893
00:37:12,522 --> 00:37:14,458
and there was nothing squirting.
He was fine.
894
00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:15,960
He had a little bit
of a cut and a leak,
895
00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:17,336
and I was like,
oh, he's alright.
896
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,963
Let's ...ing keep going.
897
00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:20,840
Oh!
898
00:37:20,864 --> 00:37:22,633
When Arquette threw
that chair I was thinking, like,
899
00:37:22,657 --> 00:37:24,218
ah, he just ...ed up
and Nick's about to
900
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:27,263
beat the shit out of
David Arquette for real.
901
00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:28,431
Oh!
902
00:37:28,455 --> 00:37:31,016
I hit him with a Judo throw
and I sat him down,
903
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,019
and I said, "Stay down or
I'm gonna ...ing hurt you."
904
00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:36,605
Here we go!
905
00:37:36,629 --> 00:37:39,150
Gage! Gage just got him!
906
00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:41,986
(cheering and applause)
907
00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:43,320
Holy shit!
908
00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:44,488
He did good, man,
909
00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:46,407
until he started being
a ...ing crybaby.
910
00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,826
He ran into ...ing Luke Perry's
car and got out of there and
911
00:37:48,850 --> 00:37:50,369
I haven't talked to him since.
912
00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:53,539
How are you feeling
after the fight yesterday?
913
00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:54,540
Interesting.
914
00:37:54,564 --> 00:37:56,083
You look in pretty good shape.
915
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,043
Thank you.
916
00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:59,003
The next day,
they got me at TMZ,
917
00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:00,671
and I was still pissed.
918
00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,340
Because, things
went out of control.
919
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:04,842
I was in over my head.
920
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:06,719
I shouldn't have been
there in the first place,
921
00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:09,346
but until you're in a
Deathmatch you don't know
922
00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:11,390
what a crazy Deathmatch is.
923
00:38:11,414 --> 00:38:13,934
He's the leader of the MDK Gang!
924
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,146
Nick's gruesome win
over Arquette went viral,
925
00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:18,355
becoming one of the most
926
00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:20,858
talked about things
in wrestling.
927
00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:23,861
As Nick travels the
country over the next year,
928
00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:26,655
his diehard fan base
continues to grow.
929
00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:28,991
And his personal and
professional life were
930
00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:31,285
finally trending in
the right direction,
931
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:35,289
until tragedy struck again
on a cold January morning.
932
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:40,252
♪
933
00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:42,880
When we found out
about his brother,
934
00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:45,841
he was actually
leaving to go somewhere,
935
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:47,092
I forget where it was.
936
00:38:47,116 --> 00:38:49,428
And, he called me up,
he was very,
937
00:38:49,452 --> 00:38:51,013
like, frantic on the phone.
938
00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:52,640
I'm like, "What are you,
what's going on?"
939
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:55,309
I was heading into work,
and he told me and I'm like,
940
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:56,543
"What do you mean?"
941
00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:06,719
(chanting)
Justice Pain! Justice Pain!
942
00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:11,575
Hey, listen,
I'm gonna tell you the truth.
943
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:13,285
I swear to God,
I didn't feel like wrestling,
944
00:39:13,309 --> 00:39:14,620
I didn't feel like coming here,
945
00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:16,914
doing this shit,
talking to the people.
946
00:39:16,938 --> 00:39:18,499
I didn't feel like doing that.
947
00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:20,793
When I got here,
I got in front of
948
00:39:20,817 --> 00:39:23,337
all you crazy mother... ers.
949
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:26,507
I swear to God, that made me
forget about the situation
950
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:29,218
and it made me forget about what
my brother did to himself
951
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:31,554
so, I want to say
thank you to you people.
952
00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:33,973
(cheering and applause)
953
00:39:33,997 --> 00:39:39,687
♪
954
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,147
My brother jumped
off the bridge...
955
00:39:42,171 --> 00:39:43,524
The Walt Whitman Bridge,
956
00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:45,609
if you guys ain't familiar
with that bridge.
957
00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:48,320
♪
958
00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:50,656
You know, he just
left a note saying,
959
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,535
"Sorry," that's it.
960
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:58,122
My understanding is he stole
a car and the cops
961
00:39:58,146 --> 00:40:00,416
threw the lights on, and before
they could get to him
962
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,545
he ran and jumped off.
And that was it.
963
00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:06,672
Just, it's really
upsetting because
964
00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:09,049
Chris always had
his stuff together.
965
00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:11,010
Like, he had the car,
he had the wife,
966
00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:13,012
he had the kids, he had the job.
967
00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:14,847
I've known Chris
for so many years.
968
00:40:14,871 --> 00:40:16,557
I never thought Chris
would have done that.
969
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:20,978
It was... it was
shocking, actually.
970
00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:24,857
For years, Nick was the
one who was in trouble.
971
00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:26,692
And then, as the
years progressed,
972
00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:28,777
they totally flipped positions.
973
00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:31,196
There was serious
mental health issues,
974
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:34,700
serious substance
abuse problems.
975
00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:38,162
To the point of
the family leaving.
976
00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:40,873
And Nick would
tell me crazy things.
977
00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:42,625
He would be insisting that
there was somebody
978
00:40:42,649 --> 00:40:44,460
coming for him,
the cops are coming,
979
00:40:44,484 --> 00:40:47,546
the FBI is coming and
serious shit like that.
980
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:50,591
And that was the first time that
I had ever really felt that,
981
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,551
you know, sensed
that kind of emotion and
982
00:40:52,575 --> 00:40:53,886
feelings from Nick that, like,
983
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:56,096
this really did
affect him, you know?
984
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,223
Yeah, I think deep
down and in reality,
985
00:40:58,247 --> 00:41:00,059
probably some regret.
986
00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:03,854
♪
987
00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:07,066
The bridge he jumped off
of is behind my house
988
00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:09,026
so, as soon as I come
out of my house,
989
00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:12,404
I see the bridge every day
that my brother's jumped off of.
990
00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:14,490
So, I kind of say
a prayer for him, just say,
991
00:41:14,514 --> 00:41:17,368
"What's up, Chris?"
And shit like that and...
992
00:41:17,392 --> 00:41:20,454
it's just like, damn, man,
everybody that you
993
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,956
grew up with in your
household is gone and
994
00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,334
it's just you rockin' it.
995
00:41:25,358 --> 00:41:26,710
I'm just gonna keep
moving forward, man,
996
00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:29,195
make them proud.
It's the only thing I can do.
997
00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:35,886
Who's to say what redemption is?
998
00:41:35,910 --> 00:41:38,639
Like, what's the
finish line for Nick Gage?
999
00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:40,224
When is this all a success?
1000
00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:43,644
I mean, you could say right
now it's a success, but...
1001
00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:47,481
I mean, he's gotta finish it out
now for the rest of his life.
1002
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,483
In the traditional sense,
I mean, you know,
1003
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,360
in the traditional
addict sense, like,
1004
00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:53,904
every day is
like a battle, you know.
1005
00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:55,781
And, some people aren't
always up for that battle
1006
00:41:55,805 --> 00:41:57,741
every single day.
1007
00:41:57,765 --> 00:42:01,537
♪
1008
00:42:01,561 --> 00:42:05,666
Time's ticking, you know.
1009
00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:10,587
I already know in my mind
that I'm gonna go out young.
1010
00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:12,506
Do I have a death wish
or nothing like that?
1011
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:16,552
No, but I feel like I'm gonna
die sooner than later.
1012
00:42:16,576 --> 00:42:17,869
I believe that.
1013
00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:24,017
Yeah, I'm definitely
cool with that, man, you know.
1014
00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:27,062
Just, I'd rather die a
good way than a bad way,
1015
00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:29,314
you know what I mean.
Ha, ha.
1016
00:42:29,338 --> 00:42:35,529
♪
1017
00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:37,489
But I'll tell you what,
I'm 40 years old and
1018
00:42:37,513 --> 00:42:39,408
I'm still going ing hard, man.
1019
00:42:39,432 --> 00:42:41,827
MDK! MDK!
1020
00:42:41,851 --> 00:42:45,581
MDK! MDK!
1021
00:42:45,605 --> 00:42:48,250
He's not gonna stop,
and I'm not saying he should
1022
00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:50,794
'cause he's got the
1023
00:42:50,818 --> 00:42:55,007
It's not biceps, it's not abs.
It's the ability to connect.
1024
00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:59,428
Vince McMahon would ...ing
kill to have one person with
1025
00:42:59,452 --> 00:43:02,598
that connection with the
audience that Nick Gage has.
1026
00:43:02,622 --> 00:43:04,850
I kind of think his story is
just kind of getting started.
1027
00:43:04,874 --> 00:43:06,185
If I didn't have him,
1028
00:43:06,209 --> 00:43:08,103
I don't know where I
would be right now.
1029
00:43:08,127 --> 00:43:10,355
I really do not know.
1030
00:43:10,379 --> 00:43:12,232
He is my everything,
he really, really is.
1031
00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:13,484
He's my best friend, too.
1032
00:43:13,508 --> 00:43:16,236
He gets on my nerves,
don't get me wrong, but he's...
1033
00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:18,489
He's alright. He's an alright
guy, I'll tell you that much.
1034
00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:21,325
He's alright.
And he's gonna keep going.
1035
00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:23,202
He's gonna keep
going until, I guess,
1036
00:43:23,226 --> 00:43:25,621
until he turns, like, 60,
maybe he can't go anymore.
1037
00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:28,081
I don't know.
(laughing)
1038
00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:30,417
♪
1039
00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:33,086
Them fans are ing awesome, man.
1040
00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:34,880
And I think I
represent for, like,
1041
00:43:34,904 --> 00:43:37,674
some of them people out
there that's gotten in trouble,
1042
00:43:37,698 --> 00:43:39,593
or went through some things,
1043
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,220
and then trying to bounce back.
1044
00:43:41,244 --> 00:43:43,764
Well, look at Gage.
He bounced back like that.
1045
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:48,227
All that shit keeps me going
and I'm ...ing proud of it.
1046
00:43:48,251 --> 00:43:50,479
And that's the MDK Gang, man.
1047
00:43:50,503 --> 00:43:52,731
This is for his brother!
1048
00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:54,733
Nick Gage with
the Pain Thriller!
1049
00:43:54,757 --> 00:43:58,737
- 1, 2, 3!
- (match bell)
1050
00:43:58,761 --> 00:44:05,911
(cheering and applause)
1051
00:44:05,935 --> 00:44:10,690
♪