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[television buzzes]

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[suspenseful music]

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- Jay Gilkay: I think the thing
that's most captivating

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about pro wrestling is the
suspension of disbelief.

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[upbeat music]
[crowd cheers]

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- Andy Gorzalski: The cross
section of the type of people

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that come to the show
is so wide and varied.

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- Crowd: [chants] Mondo, Mondo!

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- It's a masculine version
of a soap opera,

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I guess you could say.

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[chair slams]

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- It's a very, like, clear,
crystallized good versus evil.

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- We think that Milwaukee is
weird, it's wild, it's fun.

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How could we take something
that we grew up loving

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and how could we give that back
to the city?

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[drum roll]

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- Announcer: Live from the
Turner Hall Ballroom

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in beautiful downtown Milwaukee,
it's Mondo Lucha!

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[explosion]

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[equipment slams]
- Worker: We got 30.

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- I had a little bit of a sense

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of what the world
of pro wrestling

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or creating a wild variety show
would be,

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but until you do it...

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- You're all set.

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They'll give you a wristband
right up here.

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- Takes off the wrapper.

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Puts the wrap thing on.

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I'm the wrap now.

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The day of the show
is always nerves.

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- You know, if you've been
married and you have,

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like, your wedding day,

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it's almost like ten of those
[laughs] all at once.

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- I'm a school teacher.

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So, a lot of times, the shows
are on a Friday.

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I'll be teaching from 8:00
in the morning until 11:30,

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and then I leave
and come to the venue.

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Good to see you.

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Thank you for being here.
- I think one of the best things

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you can do is kind of, like,
turn your brain off.

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- Jay: It's like a variety show
with violence.

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[slaps]
[crowd exclaims]

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- Andy: There's
kind of cartoon characters

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that are coming to life.
[crowd cheers]

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Some of our biggest characters
are the Beast.

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- Crowd: [chants] Beast, Beast,
Beast, Beast!

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- He was kind of like our mascot
for many years.

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[crowd cheers]

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And he was just a throwback
to an old school, tough,

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brawling masked wrestler.
[wrestler grunts]

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- A wacky, somewhat superhero
named Red Goldstein.

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- There are so many fantastic
and cool characters

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and great wrestlers
throughout the world

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that we need to showcase these
people in Milwaukee.

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[crowd cheers]

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- Referee: One, two, oh!

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[upbeat music]

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- I have a lot of gratitude
for what the people of Milwaukee

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and these audiences

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have kind of given back to us
over the years.

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That's my favorite thing that
I hear about the show is that

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there was someone that was not
quite sure what this was.

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Those people end up becoming
the loudest,

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most, like, unhinged fans
in the crowd.

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[crowd cheers]

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- Mondo Lucha is...
it's the inside of my brain.

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It's the inside of Andy's brain.

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It's the craziness of Andy and I
and the weird ideas

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and the thoughts and the things,

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and how can we bring something
so wild and strange to our show.

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- I'm able to give them, like,
the most fun night of their year

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and this insane party, and
something you'll never forget.

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You can't do much better
than that.

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- Crowd: [chants] Mondo, Mondo!

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- Announcer: It's time
for Mondo Lucha!