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00:00it's a chilly winter day on Long Island but not even the cold can stop me from
00:07visiting my next destination Nassau Coliseum the site of WWE's very first
00:14all-women's pay-per-view evolution today I'm meeting up with someone who left her
00:21mark that night oh my god you look so stunning a pioneer in the business who's paved her own way
00:32to the top WWE superstar Charlotte Flair I am the backbone of this division the franchise player
00:42and I am a winner Charlotte Flair was built for the spotlight built for the grand stage
00:50Charlotte Flair is one of WWE's biggest stars a multiple-time world champion her charisma and
01:00natural athleticism has made her a force to be reckoned with in the industry I'm not apologizing
01:06for being that damn good she is quite simply the queen of WWE there can only be one queen
01:15and here we are the site of the event that propelled you to the main event at Wrestlemania
01:27Nassau Coliseum
01:29I'm Stephanie McMahon and I love WWE
01:37Stephanie McMahon I'm on a quest to hear the stories behind the biggest superstars and legends
01:46in WWE history here we go so come join me on the trip of a lifetime
01:53October 28th 2018 the day the women of WWE past and present made history right here at Nassau Coliseum
02:12it was the first ever all women's pay-per-view evolution but women's wrestling wasn't always what
02:19we see today for the majority of the 90s and 2000s when women appeared on WWE TV they were mostly valued
02:28for their looks rather than their athleticism Charlotte Flair was part of a group of women
02:36that changed that narrative I feel like when I arrive at the arenas and I see them being set up
02:42is when I'm the most nervous because it's like oh the calm before the storm
02:48the storm that night was a grueling 30 minute last woman standing match against Becky Lynch
02:57for the Smackdown Women's Championship
02:59are you kidding me
03:03is there like a moment in the match that stands out to you the most
03:08so she literally tried to bury me with chairs
03:11beside the commentary table over there so she's just throwing chairs and chairs and chairs
03:18and the moment was like she's sitting on the ring and she's like count her out count her out
03:22and then you see me like come to live like a demon through the chair
03:26it's just one of one of those perfect matches
03:36oh no it wasn't there are things that could be better but it just
03:39fell emotionally perfect
03:41the audience I'm pretty sure was on their feet from start to finish that night
03:51and you could feel that you did see dads with little girls out there
03:55you did see older younger
03:57I love little girls like my daddy loved your daddy and I love you
04:02like that little connection is so
04:04it matters
04:05and now I see little girls that don't even know
04:08who am I
04:09I'm like you're just Charlotte
04:10her dad you may have heard of him
04:14to be the man
04:15you gotta beat the man
04:17the legendary WWE Hall of Famer
04:21the Nature Boy
04:23Rick Flair
04:25there is no one in this entire industry that is more respected than Rick Flair
04:31the Flair name remains one of the most recognized in our business
04:36and it's no longer Rick at the helm
04:38how did Charlotte step out of her father's shadow and become WWE royalty
04:45I wanted to sit down with her and talk about her journey
04:49and how she helped change the perception of female athletes around the world
04:54you've risen to this place that I don't know any other woman has risen to in our business
05:00and you helped paved the way
05:02how did you get your start in for your career personally in WWE
05:08really the honest answer is I was just lost in life
05:14I had gone to the Hall of Fame 2012 for the Four Horsemen
05:17and I was sitting at dinner with my dad and my little brother Reed
05:20and one of the producers looked at me and said
05:23well why aren't you doing this
05:25and I was kind of like
05:27huh?
05:28like I always looked at the women
05:30you know believed in them respected them
05:32but I never saw myself as a diva
05:35a WWE superstar
05:37as the glam
05:38the show person
05:39the athletic part yes
05:41and Reed looked at me and was like
05:44you can do this
05:45do it with me
05:46we can do this together
05:48his dream was to be just like my dad
05:51my dad was cool
05:53but like
05:54I didn't want to like be him
05:57I was his fan
05:58and like
05:58oh I'm going to take my friends to the show
06:00and like
06:00oh look at cute boys
06:01but like
06:03it wasn't like
06:04oh I want to be that
06:05in 2012
06:07Charlotte joined NXT
06:09then
06:10WWE's developmental system
06:12and hoped for her brother
06:14to one day join her
06:15but one year later
06:17Reed tragically passed away
06:19at the age of 25
06:21from that point forward
06:24Charlotte was determined
06:25to carry out her brother's dream
06:27a dream
06:28that became her own
06:30you're watching your dad
06:32you saw the women
06:33and you know
06:34you didn't necessarily
06:35see yourself
06:36fitting in
06:37at that time
06:38how did your perspective
06:40shift
06:41once you started
06:43actually at NXT
06:45so I know the word
06:46destiny
06:47is really
06:47cliche
06:48and corny
06:49but when
06:51Hunter had taken over
06:52he had hired
06:54a female coach
06:55and then he had hired
06:56other women
06:57who just weren't
06:59and I'm not
07:01saying this is a bad thing
07:02I'm just saying
07:03their background
07:04wasn't in modeling
07:05or acting
07:07or beauty queens
07:08it was actually women
07:09who
07:10had started
07:11on the independent scene
07:12which
07:13if you watch the show
07:14it's
07:14smaller companies
07:16than WWE
07:16and the main goal
07:17is to make it here
07:18like the minor leagues
07:19minor leagues
07:20yep
07:20well I am
07:22from a unique perspective
07:24and had the opportunity
07:26to of course
07:28watch everything shift
07:30because there was
07:31a recruiting strategy
07:32you're right
07:32that changed
07:33from going to
07:34modeling agencies
07:35and finding
07:36you know
07:37tens
07:38which at one point
07:40was the directive
07:41yep
07:41and not athletes
07:44perfect storm
07:45so I was hired
07:47major chip on my shoulder
07:49being Rick's daughter
07:50like no
07:51like I really want this
07:52I work really hard
07:53and then
07:54the girls that I came up with
07:56because of their passion
07:58I took little pieces
07:59from them
08:00and started to realize
08:01like this was the first time
08:02in my life
08:03that I felt like I belong
08:05on July 17th 2013
08:09Charlotte Flair
08:10made her NXT television debut
08:13with her father Rick
08:14by her side
08:15look at that move
08:17putting unique spotlight
08:20on NXT's
08:22women's division
08:23down to the queen
08:25Charlotte's NXT
08:26women's champion
08:27NXT was growing
08:29and just
08:30I never looked at myself
08:32as going
08:32I can't do
08:33what a man can't
08:34I wasn't raised that way
08:35and that's
08:36what the women
08:37I came up with
08:38felt as well
08:39so that
08:40inner belief
08:41that we could do things
08:42if not as good
08:44but better
08:44than the men
08:45that's why I think
08:46I am here today
08:47because we never had
08:48that limiting
08:49self-belief
08:50that we couldn't
08:52the women Charlotte
08:53is referencing
08:54were Becky Lynch
08:55Sasha Banks
08:56and Bailey
08:57collectively known
08:59as the four horsewomen
09:00who started the spark
09:02that forever changed
09:04the industry
09:05with the audience chanting
09:07this is wrestling
09:08this is wrestling
09:11my god Charlotte
09:13I remember
09:14feeling it
09:16you know
09:17and I can't imagine
09:19myself feeling it
09:20watching it
09:21what it felt like
09:22to you
09:23actually doing it
09:25double DDT
09:27by Charlotte
09:27I don't know
09:29it was such a unit
09:30and everyone wanted
09:31the same thing
09:32and we all stood out
09:34individually
09:34and yes
09:36of course
09:37there was competition
09:38between each other
09:39but we all had
09:40the same goal
09:41and I think that's why
09:42it worked so well
09:43for me this is about
09:44like representing
09:45all these amazing ladies
09:46that I train with
09:47every single day
09:48and they're like
09:49all my sisters
09:50so it's more about
09:52just representing NXT
09:53because I know how hard
09:54everyone works
09:55at the performance center
09:56once we were given
09:58the opportunity
09:58at NXT
09:59the fans took notice
10:00and then
10:01we just ran with it
10:02so boy did the fans
10:03take notice
10:04while all of these
10:05women's matches
10:05were happening on NXT
10:07and there was this
10:08groundswell
10:08and this movement
10:09the same was not yet
10:11happening on the main roster
10:12February 23rd
10:152015
10:16one of the most
10:17pivotal nights
10:18in the history
10:19of women's wrestling
10:21so it was the Bellas
10:23and Paige
10:23and Emma
10:24and they were in a tag match
10:26that lasted
10:26all of like
10:27four or five minutes
10:28including entrances
10:29and our audience
10:33started a hashtag
10:34give divas a chance
10:36because divas at the time
10:38was how we branded
10:39our women's division
10:40in an effort to
10:41give them a spotlight
10:42but it had a very
10:43different meaning
10:44to your point
10:45and our fans
10:46were specifically
10:47calling for longer
10:49matches
10:50more character
10:51development
10:51better storylines
10:53and that hashtag
10:54trended worldwide
10:55for three days
10:57and finally
10:59we had to take notice
11:01on July 13th
11:042015
11:05nearly two years
11:07to the day
11:08from Charlotte's
11:08NXT debut
11:09I had the privilege
11:11of welcoming
11:12Sasha Banks
11:13Becky Lynch
11:15and the queen
11:16herself
11:16to the main roster
11:17of Monday Night Raw
11:19so joining forces
11:21with Paige
11:22will be a woman
11:24who was bred
11:25for this business
11:26Charlotte
11:28one of the most
11:30dominant divas
11:31we've ever seen
11:32at NXT
11:33the WWE universe
11:35got what they demanded
11:36our divas
11:37were being given
11:38a chance
11:39and they started
11:40to steal the show
11:42there's the bridge
11:43into the figure eight
11:44Charlotte wins the title
11:47the divas division
11:50was full of
11:51hardworking
11:52talented women
11:53and was starting
11:54to build
11:55incredible momentum
11:56but in order
11:57for women's wrestling
11:58to truly start
12:00a new era
12:00there needed
12:01to be a bigger change
12:03going forward
12:05starting this Sunday
12:06at Wrestlemania
12:07you will no longer
12:08be referred to
12:09as divas
12:10you will simply
12:11be superstars
12:13and at Wrestlemania
12:15we will also debut
12:16the symbol
12:17of that evolution
12:19the WWE
12:21Women's
12:22Championship
12:23with a complete
12:28rebrand
12:29including a brand
12:30new championship
12:31and an undeniable
12:32groundswell of success
12:34for the first time
12:35ever
12:36WWE's women
12:37took center stage
12:39at Wrestlemania 32
12:40at AT&T Stadium
12:42before Wrestlemania 32
12:44me, Sasha and Becky
12:46were the centerpieces
12:48I mean there was
12:48Roman Reigns
12:49there was Triple H
12:50there was Shane McMahon
12:51but we were the center
12:53like the very center
12:55of AT&T Stadium
12:56you are looking live
12:58at a record crowd
12:59of over 100,000
13:02for Wrestlemania
13:04when we were given
13:06those big opportunities
13:07to get to Wrestlemania 32
13:09we were ready
13:10Charlotte on the top rope
13:12moonsault by Charlotte
13:14it was a matter of
13:16okay give it to us
13:17we know we can do it
13:18give it to us
13:18like we know we can
13:19steal the show
13:20John this is incredible
13:22this could be the
13:23greatest athlete
13:24we've ever had
13:25as a WWE
13:26women's champion
13:27for me I felt like
13:30this was my
13:31brother's dream
13:32and we just
13:33stole the show
13:34at what's
13:35the Super Bowl
13:36of our company
13:36what was there
13:38was the passion
13:39the dreams
13:41and knowing
13:43we were just as good
13:43as the men
13:44and no one could
13:45tell us otherwise
13:45from 32
13:47that's when it was like
13:48okay you're main eventing
13:49Raw
13:49you're main eventing
13:50Smackdown
13:51for the first time ever
13:53women will step foot
13:55inside hell
13:56in a cell
13:56the first ever
13:59women's
14:00money in the bank
14:01ladder match
14:02you were
14:03leading a movement
14:05and I think whether
14:06you realize it or not
14:07when we look back
14:08in time
14:09the women's world cup
14:10blew away the men's
14:11in soccer
14:12ratings wise
14:13there were a number
14:14of different female
14:15athletes
14:16Serena Williams
14:17right she was
14:18at the top of her game
14:19and I want to give
14:21her credit
14:21but Ronda
14:22like the most famous
14:25woman in the world
14:26at that time
14:28Ronda was
14:28a huge game changer
14:30even after making
14:33history in MMA
14:34the baddest woman
14:36on the planet
14:36Ronda Rousey
14:38wanted to join
14:39the movement
14:39in WWE
14:40what
14:45oh my god
14:48Ronda Rousey
14:51is here
14:52how important
14:56do you think
14:56it is for little girls
14:58specifically
14:59to see women
15:02in powerful roles
15:04to know it's possible
15:06so I'm not just
15:07saying this to get
15:08brownie points
15:09or anything like that
15:11but when I was
15:12growing up
15:13your figure on TV
15:15for me personally
15:17like who I could
15:18relate to
15:19and what I'd want
15:20to be like
15:20and how you
15:21carried yourself
15:22was you
15:23a intelligent
15:26boss
15:27mmm
15:28it like
15:30would be you
15:31but having that
15:32star figure
15:33I think
15:33is important
15:34for anyone
15:35in any industry
15:36especially being
15:37a woman
15:37you know
15:38because I feel
15:39like women
15:39always do
15:40have to prove
15:41themselves a little
15:42more even
15:43to this day
15:44to have more
15:45women like you
15:46said
15:46that are giving
15:47you know
15:48these little girls
15:49hope
15:50that does mean
15:52a lot
15:52you look
15:54amazing
15:55queen
15:56oh my god
15:59and again
16:00it's like
16:01remembering
16:01that's what
16:02it's about
16:03and never
16:05waver from that
16:05and that's why
16:06I also think
16:07I've never
16:07wavered
16:08from what
16:09I believe
16:09like Charlotte
16:10truly stands
16:11for
16:11what does
16:12Charlotte
16:12stand for
16:13strong
16:14independent
16:15woman
16:15WWE's women
16:19were making
16:20history
16:21in every way
16:22except one
16:23no woman
16:25had ever
16:26main evented
16:27Wrestlemania
16:27the industry's
16:29biggest show
16:30of the year
16:30on April 7th
16:322019
16:33at MetLife
16:34Stadium
16:35Charlotte Flair
16:36Becky Lynch
16:37and Ronda Rousey
16:39broke that
16:40barrier
16:40I thought
16:42we could talk
16:43about it
16:43at ringside
16:44but Charlotte
16:45had other
16:46ideas
16:47I know
16:48there's only
16:48one way
16:49you travel
16:50and since
16:50I wanted
16:50to be
16:51just like
16:51you
16:51oh
16:52I have
16:53my helicopter
16:54waiting
16:54your helicopter
16:56for the show
16:59is going to
17:02take us
17:02to MetLife
17:02so we can
17:03reenact
17:04my entrance
17:05oh my god
17:06that's so cool
17:08a history
17:09making moment
17:10like Wrestlemania
17:1135
17:11needed a history
17:13making walkout
17:14a throwback
17:15to her father's
17:16iconic arrival
17:17at the Great
17:18American Bash
17:19and an entrance
17:21befitting of a queen
17:22a private helicopter
17:24to MetLife Stadium
17:26I need music
17:27madame
17:30thank you sir
17:32we need music
17:33thank you
17:34everybody needs
17:37a little
17:37entry season
17:38right
17:38and now
17:43apparently
17:44it was my turn
17:45to experience
17:46the same
17:47royal treatment
17:48here we go
17:50on your way
17:52there
17:52like
17:52what was going
17:54through your mind
17:55in 2013
17:57there was an interview
17:58and I was like
17:59I'm gonna make it
17:59at Wrestlemania
17:59and I think
18:01everyone was just
18:01kind of like
18:02oh those are
18:03sound bites
18:05when I was
18:06in the helicopter
18:06I was like
18:07yep
18:09told you
18:10it was the first
18:12time in my life
18:13that I had said
18:13I was gonna do
18:14something
18:14and I did it
18:15you just never know
18:19what tomorrow
18:20is gonna be
18:20right place
18:23right time
18:23yeah
18:24special
18:24okay
18:27so what happened
18:27when you landed
18:28the red carpet
18:29they rolled out
18:31the red carpet
18:32we took off
18:33the leather jacket
18:34that I had made
18:34with pearls
18:35and they put my
18:36robe on me
18:36and then I just
18:37started walking
18:38wow
18:38like talk about
18:39like if you don't
18:41believe you're a
18:41badass
18:41you have to
18:43believe in this
18:43moment
18:44that you're a
18:45badass
18:46don't let the
18:48helicopter
18:49overshadow you
18:50at Wrestlemania 35
18:55Charlotte touched
18:56down and made
18:57her way to the
18:58ring to make
18:59history
19:00this time
19:01we went up
19:02to a luxury box
19:03with the bird's eye
19:04view to talk
19:05about that
19:06magical night
19:07you are looking
19:09live in a sold
19:10out MetLife
19:11stadium
19:12in the shadows
19:12of New York
19:13City
19:13so how does it
19:15feel to be back
19:16it was a little
19:19louder
19:20a few more
19:23people
19:23I've had the
19:25time to really
19:26look back and
19:27be like wow
19:27I did that
19:28but coming back
19:29here because I
19:30haven't been back
19:31here since
19:31Wrestlemania 35
19:32it's like
19:33oh we really
19:35did sell out
19:35this stadium
19:36and I think
19:37that's like
19:39hard to grasp
19:40for Charlotte
19:42Flair she has
19:42made history
19:44for years
19:45in WWE
19:46tonight she's
19:47headlining
19:48Wrestlemania
19:49every single
19:51one of those
19:52seats was
19:52filled that
19:53night when
19:54Charlotte Flair
19:55Becky Lynch
19:56and Ronda
19:56Rousey
19:57main evented
19:58Wrestlemania
19:59Charlotte
20:02sending Rousey
20:03into the
20:03barricade
20:04Charlotte
20:19Charlotte didn't
20:19emerge victorious
20:20in the ring
20:21but that moment
20:22transcended wrestling
20:24not only did
20:26WWE's women's
20:27division evolve
20:28Charlotte Flair
20:30evolved herself
20:31so I have to
20:34ask you
20:34I noticed
20:35on your arm
20:36and as your
20:37screensaver
20:38you have a
20:39butterfly
20:40what
20:42now you're
20:42going to
20:42make
20:43I got
20:43through
20:44the
20:44symbolism
20:45of
20:46the
20:48butterfly
20:49Stephanie
20:50change
20:56growth
20:57metamorphosis
20:58as cliche
21:00and corny
21:00but like
21:02wanting to
21:02always evolve
21:03and butterflies
21:04do
21:04why does
21:05it make
21:06you so
21:06emotional
21:07because I
21:09feel like
21:10I've lived
21:10so many
21:10lives
21:11like
21:12I'm not
21:13the person
21:13I was
21:14here
21:14you know
21:15and I'm
21:16grateful for
21:17all the
21:17I actually
21:17it's just
21:18like how
21:18did I
21:18get here
21:19I know
21:20like the
21:20stigma
21:21of
21:21Charlotte
21:22Flair
21:22and the
21:22character
21:23is so
21:24larger than
21:25life
21:25and of
21:25course
21:25she'd
21:26have a
21:26helicopter
21:26and of
21:27course
21:27she'd
21:27be in
21:27a
21:27fur coat
21:28but like
21:29I fought
21:29really hard
21:29to get
21:30here
21:30right
21:31I've
21:31heard
21:32like a
21:32girl
21:32literally
21:33say
21:33at 31
21:34oh
21:34my god
21:35I'm so
21:35I'm so
21:37old
21:37what am I
21:38gonna do
21:38I'm like
21:38girl
21:39I didn't even
21:39start till
21:4129 and then
21:42get into my
21:42business in 30
21:43like you don't
21:44have to have
21:44it all figured
21:45out
21:45and I don't
21:46and I still
21:47don't know
21:48what the
21:48future holds
21:49I believed
21:50at Wrestlemania
21:5135
21:51that I was
21:54the main event
21:54that Rhonda
21:55was the main event
21:56that Becky
21:56was the main event
21:57but I still
21:58didn't have
21:59life
22:00figured out
22:01God only knows
22:02what else is
22:03to come
22:03more good
22:06more good
22:07more good
22:08more good
22:08but um
22:09since you made
22:11me tear
22:12I got through
22:13the whole day
22:14without the tears
22:14I'm sorry
22:15I didn't mean it
22:18but you do so
22:22much for us
22:22as talent
22:23and for the
22:24girls backstage
22:25and the staff
22:26and everyone
22:26but really for
22:27women as a
22:28whole
22:29and you've
22:30always been
22:31the queen
22:32of WWE
22:33yes I
22:33I get to call
22:34myself the queen
22:35but you have a
22:36king
22:37you've always
22:38been the queen
22:39so
22:39the queen
22:41of queens
22:42I got you
22:43a little
22:43something
22:44no way
22:48no way
22:50this
22:54is so
22:55cool
22:56yes the queen
22:59of us queens
23:00this is the front
23:02oh
23:02yep
23:03okay you put it
23:04on me
23:05it's kind of
23:05wait
23:06no I lied
23:08oh you'll
23:10figure it out
23:11oh look at that
23:14that's so good
23:14does it look
23:15like it belongs
23:16yes
23:16well
23:17she always wears
23:19her invisible crown
23:20but I wanted her
23:22to have something
23:22shiny
23:23thank you
23:24very much
23:25oh I love it
23:26being crowned
23:29by the queen
23:30of WWE
23:31was an honor
23:32as a mother
23:34of three daughters
23:34I loved taking
23:36a trip down
23:37memory lane
23:37on a movement
23:38that is so close
23:39to my heart
23:40and one
23:41that wouldn't
23:42have been possible
23:43without Charlotte Flair
23:44I have upgraded
23:52since Wrestlemania 35
23:54you were saying
23:56this helicopter
23:57is very different
23:58yeah well
23:59you know
24:00the marble
24:00did not marble
24:02this is marble
24:04did you decorate
24:06inside your helicopter
24:07I decorated
24:07grey leather
24:09teakwood
24:10ah
24:11that's what this is
24:13thinking of anchorman
24:14right now
24:14sorry
24:16I love lamb
24:17leather bound books
24:19stephanie has arrived
24:32stephanie has arrived
24:36I'm walking her
24:37I'm walking her
24:37onto the boat
24:38Mr. Heyman sir
24:46Paul Heyman
24:49special counsel
24:51to WWE superstar
24:52Roman Reigns
24:53he and I
24:55go way back
24:56it's a relationship
24:59that has been
25:00contentious
25:01it's not fair
25:02it's totally unfair
25:04shut up
25:05but over the years
25:08we've made our amends
25:09it's time for
25:11Stephanie to admit
25:12she married
25:13the wrong
25:14Paul
25:15now
25:19we're closer
25:20than ever
25:21and as Roman Reigns
25:23esteemed wise man
25:24Paul is just
25:25the person
25:26I'm looking for
25:27today
25:27Madam McMahon
25:29welcome to the
25:30Island of Relevancy
25:31thank you for having me
25:33thank you for coming aboard
25:34after you
25:35should I be a little
25:36intimidated by the
25:37Island of Relevancy
25:38that would be a first
25:39the Island of Relevancy
25:43it's a term made popular
25:45by Mr. Heyman
25:46I feel like I need a machete
25:48simply put
25:50it means you're one of
25:51an elite few
25:52at the top of the business
25:54there is only one
25:56royal family
25:58in professional wrestling
25:59and nobody knows
26:01the Island of Relevancy
26:03better than the
26:04Anawaii family
26:05one of the key pieces
26:07of the Samoan dynasty
26:08of professional wrestling
26:10all rise
26:12the princess
26:14the queen
26:15the goddess
26:15has arrived
26:16oh boy
26:16oh boy
26:17such an introduction
26:19hi
26:20today
26:21this legendary family
26:23has invited me along
26:24for a summit
26:25around Miami Florida
26:26and when they host
26:28a family event
26:29they do it
26:30big
26:31I'm Stephanie McMahon
26:35and I love
26:36WWE
26:37Stephanie
26:38McMahon
26:39I'm on a quest
26:42to hear the stories
26:43behind the biggest
26:44superstars and legends
26:45in WWE history
26:47here we go
26:48so come join me
26:51on the trip
26:52of a lifetime
26:52good how you doing
27:02good how are you
27:03good how are you
27:03great great good to see you
27:04good to see you
27:05very excited to be doing this
27:07with all of you
27:07thank you
27:08beautiful
27:09now this is
27:11what you would normally have
27:13right
27:13this yacht
27:14the ship headed out
27:21to open water
27:22and we were underway
27:23and after we got our sea legs
27:28we moved things inside
27:30I really want to thank you guys
27:34very much for having me today
27:36this is absolutely
27:37unbelievably beautiful
27:39thank you
27:40yeah well
27:40this is kind of how we
27:41we do it
27:42we gather
27:43we break bread
27:44you know
27:45we share time together
27:46we laugh together
27:47bringing everybody together
27:49eating a big meal
27:50being with the bloodline
27:52it's an awesome opportunity
27:53to hear more
27:54about your legacy
27:56and your family's legacy
27:57they call themselves
28:01the bloodline
28:02because this
28:03is the latest generation
28:04of the wrestling lineage
28:06known as the Samoan dynasty
28:08High Chief Peter My V
28:10is where it starts
28:11and then it goes
28:12with my dad
28:12and uncle
28:13the wild Samoans
28:14that's like the holy trinity
28:16for our wrestling
28:17from the Isle of Samoa
28:18High Chief Peter My Via
28:21Peter My Via
28:23was the most popular
28:24Samoan wrestler
28:25of his time
28:26he's also the grandfather
28:28of WWE legend
28:29and Hollywood mogul
28:31Dwayne The Rock Johnson
28:33the people's champ
28:35High Chief Peter My Via
28:37introduced the rest
28:38of his family
28:39into the business
28:40starting with
28:41Afa and Sika
28:42better known
28:43as the WWE
28:44Hall of Fame tag team
28:46the Wild Samoans
28:47the two men
28:49who blazed the trail
28:50in this business
28:51for this family
28:52Sika's son
28:54is Roman Reigns
28:55one of the biggest superstars
28:57in WWE history
28:59Afa and Sika
29:01went on to train
29:02their nephews
29:03including the colossal
29:05former WWE champion
29:07Yokozuna
29:08when you think
29:09of the champion
29:10you've got to think
29:11of Yokozuna
29:12they trained Rikishi
29:14father of the Uso twins
29:16and Solo Sokoa
29:17and they trained Tama
29:20also known as
29:21the Tonga Kid
29:22father of Jacob Fatu
29:24and then it just
29:26boom right there
29:26all the way down to
29:28me the twins
29:29Solo
29:29Jacob
29:30the Tongans
29:31oh my goodness
29:33Jimmy
29:34Uso
29:35Jey Uso
29:36Jey Uso
29:37is going to
29:38Wrestlemania
29:39he's on the attack
29:40Solo Sokoa
29:42Jacob Fatu
29:43one of the most terrifying
29:45men you've ever seen
29:46Tama Taga
29:46Taga Loan
29:47the tag team champions
29:49only four men
29:50have held a world title
29:52longer than Roman Reigns
29:54have you ever seen
29:55a champion
29:56as dominant
29:57it's a deep
30:00and storied
30:01family tree
30:02that continues
30:03to cultivate
30:04this wrestling bloodline
30:06they are indeed
30:07the most dominant
30:08faction
30:09in WWE
30:10history
30:12today we're here
30:15on a yacht
30:16but
30:16back in the day
30:17this was always
30:18in a backyard
30:19around a barbecue pit
30:20we're going to eat
30:22it all up
30:23let me see you
30:28dance a little
30:28show me your dance
30:29this generation
30:32of the bloodline
30:33grew up together
30:34in the backyard
30:35in the ring
30:36sometimes both at once
30:38Roman Reigns
30:42and the Uso twins
30:43grew up playing
30:44football together
30:45in Pensacola
30:46Florida
30:46Jimmy and Jay
30:50loved to tease
30:51their younger brother
30:52the baby of the family
30:54solo
30:54one thing's for sure
30:57from the elders
30:58to the children
30:59food was always
31:01something that brought
31:01everyone together
31:03that camaraderie
31:05that bond
31:05that family
31:06sometimes we argue
31:08together
31:08sometimes we fight
31:09but that's always been
31:11kind of a common ground
31:13for us
31:13is the dinner table
31:14we've been fortunate
31:16enough to have
31:16Uncle John
31:17come all the way
31:18from California
31:19to bless us
31:19with a beautiful
31:20Samoan meal
31:21so it's going to be
31:22great
31:22Uncle John
31:23if you'd let us
31:24know the menu
31:24we'd appreciate that
31:25sir
31:25for sure
31:26everybody
31:27welcome to the
31:30bloodline summit
31:31I'm excited
31:32about our menu
31:33today
31:33we're going to be
31:34serving a mango
31:35drink
31:35it's kind of like
31:36a refresher
31:37it's called
31:38and then we have
31:40barbecue chicken
31:41marinated
31:42Samoan way
31:43and then we have
31:44some turkey tails
31:45grilled and barbecued
31:46we have chopped
31:47suey that's made
31:47with corned beef
31:48and vegetables
31:49we have oka
31:50which is basically
31:51raw fish
31:52again with some
31:53coconut milk
31:54and that's for
31:55today's menu
31:55so malo or cheers
32:02so right now
32:03it'd be
32:04it'd be
32:04Manoia
32:05Manoia
32:07Manoia
32:07cheer
32:08yeah
32:09as our meal
32:13was served
32:14I was reminded
32:15that an emotional
32:16connection to food
32:17exists in every
32:18culture
32:19my grandmother
32:21used to make this
32:22I haven't seen
32:23that in years
32:24tarot
32:25oh yeah
32:26like that smell
32:27just now
32:27I'm like whoa
32:28it's my meal
32:29like Nana's house
32:30if we're really
32:31gonna buzz down
32:32I think maybe
32:32we should do it
32:33like how grandma
32:33and Nana
32:34used to do it
32:35say bless the food
32:36bless the prayer
32:37bow our heads
32:38Lord Jesus thank
32:39you very much
32:39for waking us up
32:40thank you for
32:41a beautiful day
32:41thank you for
32:42our children
32:42father God
32:43thank you for
32:43our loved ones
32:44please let this
32:45food be a nourishment
32:46to our bodies
32:47we give you praise
32:48and we give you
32:48thanks in Jesus name
32:49amen
32:49amen
32:50come on
32:51man
32:51come on
32:52man
32:52alright
32:53should we
32:54dig in
32:55what do you want
32:58I'll have a little
32:59bit of everything
33:00I was excited
33:02to try the
33:03Samoan cuisine
33:04it smelled so
33:05good while we
33:06were sitting there
33:06yeah
33:10how often
33:12would you have
33:12these barbecues
33:13get together
33:14yeah
33:14it would be like
33:15the twins
33:16me and Jacob
33:17and Solo
33:17all living in the
33:18same town
33:19and then we just
33:20every weekend
33:20get together
33:21that's what it was
33:21like
33:22oh really
33:22that's great
33:23like Sunday dinner
33:24yeah well we
33:28would do the ballpark
33:29like Saturday
33:30after a football game
33:31and then we would
33:31go back to the
33:32twins house
33:32and start barbecuing
33:33and swim
33:34it was numbers
33:35like this
33:36all surrounding
33:37a grill
33:37just you know
33:38hanging out
33:39music blasting
33:40pool kids
33:41playing in the pool
33:42favorite part
33:43about the barbecues
33:44is when it gets
33:44a little out of
33:45control
33:45you got
33:46Wrestlemania
33:46right in your
33:47front yard
33:47it was like
33:49guys they're
33:49doing it
33:50come on guys
33:50get to the
33:51window dudes
33:51get to the
33:52window
33:53royal rumble
33:54they're working
33:55on some stuff
33:55there was one
33:58part of the
33:59feast in particular
34:00I knew I had
34:01to try
34:02the turkey tail
34:03I've honestly
34:05got hurt about
34:05these things
34:06forever
34:06yeah
34:08I'm gonna eat
34:09one with you
34:09too
34:10alright
34:10alright
34:10so what is
34:12just pure fat
34:13I think so
34:14there's a couple
34:16you know
34:17there's a couple
34:17chunks of real meat
34:18in there
34:19turkey tails
34:20were a notorious
34:21favorite of the
34:22late great
34:23Yokozuna
34:24especially when
34:25dunked in mayo
34:26I had to try
34:27one for myself
34:28after hearing
34:29all the stories
34:30throughout these
34:31years
34:31only uh
34:32let's hold
34:33the mayo
34:34there we go
34:35take it
34:36hmm
34:38take it
34:38take it
34:38take it
34:39give it a mask
34:40what do you think
34:41yeah
34:42yeah
34:43yeah
34:44yeah
34:45yeah
34:46I won't be having
34:47any more
34:47of the turkey tail
34:48but
34:49it was not bad
34:51it's just fatty
34:52a little fatty
34:52yeah
34:53thank you
34:54that was
34:54turkey ribeye
34:55yeah
34:56turkey ribeye
34:57I like that
34:58wrestling's been
35:01a part of the
35:02Samoan culture
35:03for a long time
35:04like
35:05how far back
35:06does it go
35:07why do you think
35:08it has been
35:09such a part of
35:10of Samoan culture
35:11fish to water
35:13just fish to water
35:15Aloha
35:18there we see the Samoan
35:20stump puller
35:21and it's all over
35:22up in Zika
35:25double head
35:26by the Samoan
35:27and look at
35:28Yokozuna
35:29come on big boy
35:30physically
35:33we're bigger people
35:35and charismatic people too
35:37main event
35:39Jey Uso
35:40has the WWE fans
35:43on their feet
35:45Roman Reigns
35:49has done it
35:50again
35:51Roman Reigns
35:53I acknowledge you
35:54as my tribal
35:57chief
35:58it's a part of our DNA
36:00we're storytellers
36:01because that's how
36:02old cultures do
36:04in order to
36:05new generations
36:07to know
36:07you gotta be able
36:08to pass these stories on
36:09and don't nobody
36:10wanna hear a long ass
36:12boring story
36:12so you have to be able
36:13to entertain
36:14that's kind of
36:15what we do in WWE
36:16it's kind of intimidating too
36:32sure you gotta
36:33you gotta live up
36:34to something
36:34right
36:35I was amazed
36:37to learn
36:38that 39
36:39of the 41
36:40WrestleManias
36:41included someone
36:42with Polynesian roots
36:44that stat
36:46blew my mind
36:47and how important
36:49was it to see
36:51yourself represented
36:52you know
36:54to really
36:54give you that mindset
36:55that it is possible
36:56I mean
36:57it's real life changing
36:58man
36:59our fathers
36:59went through the grind
37:00and I came
37:01from watching them
37:02and just
37:03it was always
37:04just always brought comfort
37:05you know
37:06just keep your head
37:07on riding
37:08as possible
37:08I think it's important
37:09man
37:10because the
37:10all the next generation
37:12all the young
37:13you know
37:13the Polynesian kids
37:15out there
37:15like they do look up to us
37:16we do have
37:17a big following
37:18in the
37:19you know
37:19Polynesian people
37:20man
37:21so
37:21like I take pride
37:23in that
37:23it warms my heart
37:24man
37:24really there's a
37:25there's a higher calling
37:27for us man
37:27it ain't just this
37:28we was blessed
37:29to do this
37:29what do you think
37:31your dad
37:32would say
37:33looking at you guys
37:34sitting here
37:35oh hand me another
37:36plate of a
37:37we've seen so many
37:42men in our family
37:43wrestle
37:43it's like conditioning
37:45why can't I do it
37:46he did it
37:48he did it
37:48I'm the same blood
37:49you got
37:50Maga
37:51Rikishi
37:51Yokozuna
37:52what's your middle name
37:54Yokozuna
37:55I didn't know that
37:57until right before this
37:58yeah
37:58Grey Yokozuna man
38:00Uncle Ryan
38:00yeah true story
38:03my dad was by the name
38:04was Alpha and Sika
38:05really
38:06my mom said
38:07you will not
38:08name my twins
38:09Alpha and Sika
38:10it's easy to see
38:13why so many
38:14WWE fans
38:15are drawn
38:16to Jimmy
38:17and Jey Uso
38:18their little brother
38:19Solo however
38:20did not seem
38:22quite so charmed
38:23I don't think
38:24you'll find anybody
38:25that has a bad word
38:26to say about these guys
38:27really I'm not kidding
38:28I'm not just saying
38:29this is wrong Cameron
38:29well maybe
38:31you grew up
38:32in the house of them
38:32Solo you next
38:34what do you guys say
38:34about your bigger brothers
38:35now
38:35hey pig dog
38:38I feel like
38:39you're still holding
38:40a grudge
38:41from childhood
38:41a little bit
38:42he's like
38:42just looking at them
38:44the whole time
38:44so all you guys
38:46want to laugh
38:47all you guys
38:48want to get together
38:48to the bloodline
38:52chosen family
38:53is almost as important
38:54as biological family
38:56and Paul Heyman
38:58is a key member
38:59of the bloodline's
39:00chosen family
39:02and so how does
39:03the wise man
39:04figure into all of this
39:06how did you get involved
39:07with the bloodline
39:08way back
39:09well it's kind of
39:11it's kind of like
39:12the same way
39:13I hustled my way
39:14in into your family
39:15I was taking photographs
39:19for your grandfather
39:20and was too young
39:23to make it to
39:23towns outside
39:24of Madison Square Garden
39:26so I would ride
39:27with Offa and Sika
39:28to Allentown
39:29and Hamburg
39:30it was being
39:31in the car
39:32with Offa and Sika
39:34and it's just
39:35so much of the etiquette
39:36of the industry
39:37that I learned
39:39so by the time
39:40I broke in
39:41as a manager
39:42I'm already
39:43now with a second
39:44generation
39:45of Sam Owens
39:46I'm with
39:47Offa's son
39:49Big Sam
39:49I'm with
39:50Offa and Sika's
39:51nephew
39:52Rikishi
39:53I'm in the car
39:54with them now
39:54and I'm managing
39:55them
39:56so by the time
39:57I get to this
39:57generation
39:58I'm the old guy
40:00I'm the wise man
40:01I've been through
40:02three generations
40:02of this family already
40:04bestowing wisdom
40:05upon them
40:06that I learned
40:07in the car
40:07from those
40:09who paved the road
40:10for them
40:11generations ago
40:13that's remarkable
40:14and what about you
40:17Sammy
40:17how did you get
40:18tied into the bloodline
40:20we have been
40:21traveling the roads
40:22together for many years
40:23Roman and the twins
40:24since I came up
40:25since I came to WWE
40:26so that would be
40:272013-2014
40:28got along famously
40:29from the jump
40:30and I had this idea
40:32for a story
40:32when I kind of asked
40:33like hey what if you
40:34let me hang around
40:35you know like
40:35I could be part of the team
40:37I don't know
40:38what if I joined
40:39what if I joined up
40:40with the bloodline
40:41Reigns is down
40:43Kevin Owens
40:44for the win
40:45and Sammy Zane
40:47preventing the official
40:48from counting to three
40:50is that enough
40:51to prove Zane's loyalty
40:53and he is officially
40:57accepted
40:58into
40:59the family
41:01it's a part of our family
41:03though
41:03my dad and my uncle
41:05a lot of our family
41:08consider them
41:08they're like shepherds
41:09they always had a flock
41:11you know
41:11they always had
41:12just people
41:13that they were
41:14mentoring
41:15or helping
41:16or you know
41:17becoming chosen family
41:18and
41:20we've kind of
41:21done that with you
41:22and then Tama
41:23and T's dad
41:24their father
41:25Haku
41:25and my dad
41:26used to tag
41:27in the 80s
41:28it's crazy how the world
41:37comes back around now
41:38kind of feel like history
41:39like repeated itself
41:40Tonga
41:41and Lowa
41:42and Fatu
41:43yeah the business
41:44brought them together
41:45but you know how it goes
41:46when you're on the road
41:47when you're working together
41:48you're making great money
41:49together
41:49it just bonds you
41:51you know
41:52chosen family
41:53is the way we look at it
41:54we got a lot of that
41:54around here
41:55I was surprised to learn
41:58that even though wrestling
41:59is an integral part
42:00of their culture
42:01many of the bloodline
42:02didn't plan on joining
42:04the family business
42:05funny thing is
42:06we was never pushed
42:07to be wrestlers
42:08we was always
42:09don't do wrestle
42:10try not to be hard
42:11on your body
42:11I can only speak for myself
42:13but it was in my brain
42:14that I was going to just
42:15create my own path
42:17and I thought football
42:18was that route
42:19for Roman
42:21that path was within reach
42:23but after playing
42:25defensive line
42:26for Georgia Tech
42:26he stepped away
42:28from football
42:28and came home
42:30to WWE
42:31so it's not like
42:34oh as soon as I'm 18
42:35I'm going to go be a wrestler
42:36like my dad
42:37or whatever
42:37that wasn't
42:38it wasn't
42:39it wasn't your plan
42:40from the jump
42:40that was my plan
42:42but I was told no
42:43ah there you go
42:44ah okay
42:45you weren't allowed
42:46the way they would
42:47say is
42:48go do something
42:49first
42:50find something to do
42:51and cause wrestling
42:53will always be here
42:54I feel like they knew
42:55though like
42:56we would catch on quick
42:57my dad always wanted
42:59me to wrestle
42:59he always did
43:00but at the same time
43:01he wasn't mad
43:02that I was good at football
43:03he enjoyed watching me
43:04play football
43:05and I think he was proud
43:06that I was good
43:06at something else too
43:07but I think he always
43:09knew in his head
43:09if this doesn't work out
43:10I got the keys
43:12to teach him
43:13you know
43:14how to drive this thing
43:15we got a safety net
43:16and it's no different
43:17for our kids
43:18and do any of your kids
43:19right now
43:19express interests?
43:20Mines does
43:22yeah he's damning
43:23he's like dad
43:23how old
43:24me and you could be
43:25like Rey Mysterio
43:25and Don Mysterio
43:26oh that's cool
43:27now what about you Jacob
43:29just my daughters
43:30my girls
43:31and you know
43:32even with the women
43:33now wrestling
43:34you know
43:35part of the roster
43:35man
43:36they're a big influence
43:37on you know
43:38on my girls too
43:39who do they like the most?
43:40man they love Tiffy time
43:41it is Tiffy time
43:43they love Rhea
43:45the brash
43:46the brazen
43:47the bold
43:48Rhea Ripley
43:50Naya
43:51Sister Tran
43:53shout out
43:53yeah shout out
43:54Sister Tran
43:55okay
43:55just to see them
43:57see you know
43:58Uncle T
43:59Tom Uncle Roman
44:00you know
44:00the boys
44:00and to see
44:01how we are together
44:03rather than
44:03the entertainment side
44:04you know
44:05it goes off
44:06on another part
44:07of our culture
44:08you know
44:08being family
44:08orientated
44:09so
44:09beautiful thing
44:11beautiful thing
44:11well I'm so grateful
44:13to have been
44:14an honorary
44:15guest here today
44:17and you know
44:19for you guys
44:19sharing so much
44:20so much of your culture
44:22so much of your
44:23experience
44:24so much of your stories
44:25because it is
44:26all about
44:27your story
44:28and your journey
44:28I'm just really grateful
44:30after we finished up
44:33inside
44:33I had a chance
44:34to talk to Roman
44:35one on one
44:36to reflect on the day
44:38and his family's journey
44:40so we had the opportunity
44:41to talk a lot today
44:43yeah
44:43good conversation
44:44great conversation
44:46and I'd love to ask
44:48you given everything
44:49you've been through
44:50both personally
44:51and professionally
44:52what are some of your
44:54biggest lessons
44:55that you've learned
44:57try to do what you love
45:00with the people you love
45:01that's what I do
45:02you know
45:03we talked about it
45:05in a weird way
45:07a lot of our family
45:08tries to create
45:10their own path
45:11but somehow
45:13some way
45:13whether it's
45:14divine intervention
45:15or this is just
45:16what we're supposed
45:17to be doing
45:18if you're a part
45:19of this family
45:20we found our way
45:21back to this business
45:22so to be a part of it
45:23to be a part of that
45:25foundation
45:25that our fathers
45:26laid out for us
45:28and to be able
45:28to build on top of that
45:29I mean there's a time
45:31you know this very well
45:32it wasn't glamorous
45:34it was as blue collar
45:36as you could ever think
45:37if my father and uncle
45:39saw us on this boat
45:40right now
45:40on this ship
45:41doing what we're doing
45:43they just wouldn't
45:44understand it
45:45how did it become this
45:46but if I can't do it
45:48with all my family
45:49what's the point
45:50of doing it
45:51you know
45:51I was born and raised
45:52in a big family
45:53and I just want
45:54to continue that
45:55thank you so much
45:57thank you
45:57you just
45:58I really
45:58I can't say it enough
45:59this is such a
46:00such an honor for me
46:02thank you
46:02thank you
46:03as we headed back to shore
46:08we all made our way
46:09to the front of the yacht
46:11and with the Miami skyline
46:13in the distance
46:14the wind nearly blowing me over
46:16and the bloodline by my side
46:18we took one of my most memorable selfies
46:21capping off my trip
46:23to the island
46:24of relevancy
46:26I remember a time
46:40we went to blockbuster
46:41and he was too young
46:42to play the games
46:43but Junior let him
46:45choose the game for
46:46and we're all just like
46:46that's not the game
46:47that's not the one
46:48that's not the one
46:49Joseph
46:49Joseph
46:50get this game
46:51get this game
46:52I want this one
46:53I don't ever be in that
46:55you know
46:55I mean
46:55guys you guys want to play with me
46:58too bad