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Hey Guys,
So you might be wondering what have I been up to for the last month so… Well, for starters Angie and I are just flying home from Halloween party in Phoenix that buddies the Weisman Brother’s Rob, Randy and Joey invited us to. It was a fun party and got to hang my man Ken Foree who you might remember from Devils Rejects. We stayed at a place I recommend called the Feista Resort Inn which was totally relaxing, the people were incredibly friendly and they have Great beds.  In other news we finally finished filming testimonies, workouts, photo sessions and footage for the new “YRG Fitness System” infomercial. Which is the new name of our program because it’s not just a workout any more it’s a lifestyle that has taken took months… No wait make that Years to prepare and I’ve got to tell you it is all looking totally Awesome. I am so proud of way the whole thing is coming together. Our target date is to test our YRG infomercial around the middle of January… Nina Resnikoff who is our Ex Producer who is know as the “Infomercial Queen” says our only problem is we have so many great testimonies she having trouble figuring out who’s going to be in the 30 minute show… If you going to have a problem this is the one I want to have:) I want to thank my partners and Producers Jim Paratori and my main man Eric Pankowski for believing in my vision and making my dream a reality… it just proves if you are really passionate about something… believe in yourself… work your ass off and continue to move forward no matter how many times you fall down or doubt yourself… Anything possible…Here is a great article that came out in the Baltimore Sun about Arthur, YRG and DDP…check it out here and you feel like sending to someone who you think needs to be inspired … please send it on… http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.hs.yoga22sep22,0,3338084.story?page=1 Tampa defense is tremendous this year and only gave up a TD in the last 2 minutes when the game was already decided. Tampa beat the Seahawks 20-10. The energy was electric considering the Tampa Bay Rays were playing the Red Sox in game 7 in the same city. The place went crazy when they saw the Rays take the lead. After the football game was over they showed the baseball game on the big screen so about 10,000 people who stayed and watched the Rays beat the Red Sox to get to the World Series. After the school event that I went to Steve Kern’s Florida Championship Wrestling which is a Farm league for WWE. I went there to see my mentor Dusty Rhodes and Steve who run FCW. Something cool they are doing now is training seminars. Where anybody with the dream of being a wrestler can come and try out… Guys and Gals who go to these one week seminars have the opportunity to learn from the very best. Steve in the Ring and I can’t imagine someone better to teach microphone skills then the The Dream Dusty Rhoade. To top it off the day I was there these guys and gals got to hear from John Cena and Sgt. Slaughter. The trainers down there are some of the best hands in the business…Tommy Pritchard, Billy Kidman, Norman Smiley. Expect some great new talent to come up to WWE from FCW. Another unexpected special moment at the show was a little girl who could not have been more than 7 years old came up to me and threw her arms open and said “I Love You DDP”…I am thinking there is no way this little girl could have ever seen me wrestle. Then her Dad holds up the “Ready to Rumble” dvd movie and tells me she has watched it over 100 times. Her eyes light up and she says “Give me a Big Hug!” Here’s a review from the show. DDP: May have stolen the show, even from RODDY!!! He was the last wrestler to be there. Signing for every fan and wouldn’t leave until every fan got a photo and autograph. What a great guy. He seemed really thrilled to be there and enjoyed himself. The BigKing and I told him how we always liked him and asked him for a quick photo of him holding The BigKing’s US title, while all three of us did the “Positivley Page” faces and Diamond Cutter. |
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Watts to Knoxville to watch the Tenn Vols beat Mississippi State 34-3. Tennessee Vols strength and conditioning coach Johnny Long has the entire football team doing YRG as part of their practice routine. From what I understand the lady Vols basketball team and volleyballs teams are doing it as well. The picture below is with Watts and Long… we are standing inside the Vols indoor practice field… it must have 60 foot ceilings for kick offs and punts… I popped when Johnny told me that he brings out a projector and speakers and put YRG and DDP on one of the huge walls so the whole team can do YRG right there on the astroturf … Johnny says he’s going to be bringing me in train the guys after the season is over… I expect to give them my talk about “Living Life at 90%”‘ and then take it right into a kickass Vols workout because you know these players always bring there A Game… which is a good thing because their going to need it… Ha! I’m really looking forward to it.
me up at the airport and took me to the hotel where we met buddies Johnny G and Joe Gomez who I consider “the Mayor of Tampa” because of all of his connections. Derrick Brooks hooked us up with sideline passes and 50 yard line seats in the front row. The view doesn’t get any better than this… I took this shot from our seat… notice there are no heads in from of us.
D Brooks does the full YRG workout once a week during the season and in the offseason he does it YRG times a week. DB credits YRG with being one of the key reason he has been able to stay at the top of his game at 35 years Young. Students came up to me afterwards and said they wanted to start a YRG club at the school. Principal Dr. Phildra Swagger emailed me the other day supporting the idea as part of their fitness programs. See more about the school at 
There has been a lot said about the heat between Flair and I over the years and I wanted to address it. I walked up to him and said “Ric, you mind if I talk to you for a second?” Of course he obliged, we walked over to a corner and I said “Ric we both know there has been some heat between us over the years” and before I can say another word, he said “Dallas, I’m alright with everything. None of that matters” I said “Ric it matters to me… because you were someone I admired growing up. Before I got into wrestling… like everyone else I loved the Nature Boy and I want to make sure we have don’t have any more heat… whatever has been said, I like to let it all go and just start over” he said “ consider it done… there is no heat between us” We shook hands and of course I had to pull him in for a big hug… Ha! Then who walks in right at that very moment…Piper… Classic… Piper and Flair’s relationship is legendary over the year and Roddy and I have always been cool as well. Hot Rod came up to me and said “Dallas, thank you so much for sending me all the YRG Workouts”’ … Then Terry runnels showed up and we got some classic pictures with Terry me Piper and Flair. Very Cool… If you go to the site… there are 4 pictures in a row of us together and Piper says something to me that was pretty funny and someone from the crowd said a comment to what Piper said and we all busted out laughing… I wish I could remember what he said… The signing went great, one of my favorite parts was sitting next to Sgt. Slaughter he’s such a class act … Actually Sarg was on the first radio interview I ever did before I was even in the AWA as DDP… DDP was only a figment of my imagination at that time.
