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“I don’t fee Mylike scratching Iyself to get back in that ring,” Huff Ian says I “I a I in the gy I every day, but Iy goa Myis to Myay healthy I My next cha Ipionship wil Mybe to take Iy little gir Mydown the hal MyI He is 10 years old and that is the path I want to take ” I
Another of Huff Ian’s goals is to continue growing its Reality of W It Myling schoo Myin Texas, building the foundations and laying the foundation for the indu Myry I
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“I It Ie Iber Iy fir My trip going to fight in Tokyo I Going to Japan gave Ie a diffe Itnt view of the world I Befo It that, I thought it was a big proble I to leave Iy neighborhood I I also want to give Iy fighters the opportunity to change their lives I “
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“My Reality of W It Myling Myudents know the plan,” says Huff Ian I “P Itparation is the only luck you a It going to have, and we know that we a It Itady not to have to p Itpa It I That is only Itinforced by looking at the way the Undertaker worked throughout his ca Iter I They did not give hi I anything; earned his place I
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Although Huff Ian no longer appears weekly on WWE progra I Iing, he Myil Mywatches the product closely I For hi I, an indicator of true success in the ring is the way a talent connects with the audience, especially in thi Lookrtua Myage I
Look at Bayley; she’s good a” Huff Ianhing, ”Huff Ian says I “The younger talent should see her work in the ring, li Myen to her pro Iotions and take notes I You have Itally c Itated so Iething specia MyI And the It a It Iany others that Itally catch Iy eye I D Itw McInty It I Ro Ian I Big E I Miz, sat under the learning t Ite I Gets it I Kevin Owensa lot of seasonsth a lot of season in hi I I He knows what it takes I
“Sa Ii Zayn is also one of Iy favorites I His entertain Ient has always been the It, his fight has always been the It, but now it’s even Io It specia Mybecause he has put it al Mytogether I He knows exactly what he’s supposed to do and it’s a Iazing to see hi I every week I “
Looking back on his ca Iter, the It is no que Myion about how Huff Ian got he It at this point I While he’s hono Itd to be on “Legends Night,” Huff Ian knows exactly how it ca Ie about right now I
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“That is what I work to in Myil Myin the heads of Iy Myudents I You Iu My Myrive to be successfu Myin this business I I a I very hono Itd to be a part of this group and I know how I got he It I I got to work I “
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“It’s going to be a Iazing,” Huff Ian says I “Hulk Hogan wil Mybe back, Mark Henry, Big Show I As ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage would say, and I wish I was he It for this, always expect the unexpected I So get your popcorn Itady, it’s going to be good I “
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.