Post by matt on Dec 16, 2019 16:18:39 GMT -6
Alisyn Camerota: “Good morning again, everyone, and at this time I would like to welcome my very special guest, she has her foot in quite a few pieces of the professional wrestling ring so to speak, her name is Gloria Braddock.
Glory Braddock: Please, mate, call me Glory. And it is great to be here. Thanks for having me.
Alisyn: You are a busy woman these days, Glory, and it all surrounds the sport you love the most, professional wrestling. Combat sports as a whole have grown in popularity recently but tell me and the viewers at home your story of how you got your start to where you are today.
Glory: Fair enough. I made my professional debut in 2008 but I had been training long before that with my father, Glenn Braddock. When dear old dad thought I was ready he contacted my cousins, Angelica and Kayla Jones who both wrestled for Global Division of Wrestling, and arranged for me to get a tryout and eventually a contract to wrestle for GDW. And let me tell you, Alisyn, it was quite a debut. Most make their debuts in just one simple match. Sometimes they give you an easy throwaway match. But not me. GDW had booked a one night eight person single elimination tournament and needed a spot filled so I was put in that spot. I ended up winning the whole bloody thing.
Alisyn: The whole thing?
Glory: Yes, the whole thing. That was my debut. Now not everything would be peaches and cream in the years to come. I already had quite a few enemies just because I was blood related to the Jones family, a controversial little group in that company. I also made a few enemies of my own. But those early years I would not trade for anything.
Alisyn: You didn’t stay in GDW though, did you?
Glory: No, I would not. I believe that to be truly successful one must expand her horizons so I checked out other places. I competed in companies such as the Millennium Wrestling Alliance, Future Wrestling Alliance, Motor City Wrestling, and others. It was great, it truly was. Some may think I’m crazy for spreading myself so thin and going to so many companies but for me it made sense. It was just who I am because it was how I was raised. My father raised me to always challenge myself, to never be content with my status. He also raised me to have a respect for this sport. And if you are respectful of the sport then you will not be content; if you are respectful then you will compete against the best, you will strive to prove yourself against the best. That’s why I have traveled across the globe, competing in promotions everywhere, to honor my father’s memory, to do what he told me to do; prove that I am the Best in the World.
Alisyn: Your resume most definitely speaks for itself in that regard; fourteen world championships, multi-time hall of famer. Your career as a competitor is definitely proven, but you did not end it there, did you?
Glory: No, being locked in combat is not the only way to prove yourself. I mean, to father that’s all he wanted from me. He wanted me to prove I am a competitive grappler and I did that, but I wanted to go above and beyond what my father asked of me. I wanted to prove I could succeed in every aspect of this sport. So when I heard GDW was selling off its stock of Global Championship Wrestling in the final days before it closed down, I took full advantage. I bought GCW and I brought it back.
Alisyn: Global Championship Wrestling is the promotion you own and operate. It had been nearly twelve years gone before you brought it back. Why?
Glory: Because I wanted to succeed at every aspect of this sport, plus I wanted to give back to the sport that gave so much to me and what better way to give back than to give to it a promotion? That’s not all, Alisyn. My father would eventually come to realize that he could not run his wrestling school any longer, so he passed that on to me. Now I own the school as well.
Alisyn: Now that brings up a good question, because you compete in Supreme Championship Wrestling and most recently signed a contract to compete in Millennium Wrestling Enterprise’s Riot brand. How do you find time to compete and run both GCW and your school all at the same time?
Glory: I am a busy woman, that’s for sure! But it is a blessing being me, that’s for sure! To answer your question, as a businesswoman I am NOT a micromanager. I let my GCW General Managers, Tabitha Silverstone and Francis Taylor, run things for me. I let the head trainer of the wrestling school, Randall Williams, run things for me. I step in only if necessary. This allows me to do what I truly love, my first love, which is competition.
Alisyn: Speaking of competition, the SCW World Championship…
Glory: Whoa, hold on there, mate. I hate to interrupt but I’d rather not discuss that.
Alisyn: Ok...well then, let’s discuss MWE? You already won your debut against Leia LeBeau, a woman who was a relative newcomer to the sport. Now you face Henri Black, a competitor with more experience than your previous opponent and a technical and submission skill set that arguably could match yours.
Glory: Match mine? Now let’s not carried away. I will say that he will provide a much stronger challenge than Leia. And I look forward to Henri and myself putting on a clinic for the MWE fans, maybe even stealing the show with what wrestling truly is about, not fame and fortune or the spotlight, but pure competition. Way of the Dragon will witness yours truly, The British Bombshell, take her next step forward in this next career path of mine and I welcome you and all of your viewers to tune in and watch me put on a show that no one will soon forget.
Alisyn: Thank you, Glory; I’m sure everyone is looking forward to Way of the Dragon. Now when New Day comes back from our break we will discuss the next step in the impeachment proceedings against President Trump…
Glory Braddock: Please, mate, call me Glory. And it is great to be here. Thanks for having me.
Alisyn: You are a busy woman these days, Glory, and it all surrounds the sport you love the most, professional wrestling. Combat sports as a whole have grown in popularity recently but tell me and the viewers at home your story of how you got your start to where you are today.
Glory: Fair enough. I made my professional debut in 2008 but I had been training long before that with my father, Glenn Braddock. When dear old dad thought I was ready he contacted my cousins, Angelica and Kayla Jones who both wrestled for Global Division of Wrestling, and arranged for me to get a tryout and eventually a contract to wrestle for GDW. And let me tell you, Alisyn, it was quite a debut. Most make their debuts in just one simple match. Sometimes they give you an easy throwaway match. But not me. GDW had booked a one night eight person single elimination tournament and needed a spot filled so I was put in that spot. I ended up winning the whole bloody thing.
Alisyn: The whole thing?
Glory: Yes, the whole thing. That was my debut. Now not everything would be peaches and cream in the years to come. I already had quite a few enemies just because I was blood related to the Jones family, a controversial little group in that company. I also made a few enemies of my own. But those early years I would not trade for anything.
Alisyn: You didn’t stay in GDW though, did you?
Glory: No, I would not. I believe that to be truly successful one must expand her horizons so I checked out other places. I competed in companies such as the Millennium Wrestling Alliance, Future Wrestling Alliance, Motor City Wrestling, and others. It was great, it truly was. Some may think I’m crazy for spreading myself so thin and going to so many companies but for me it made sense. It was just who I am because it was how I was raised. My father raised me to always challenge myself, to never be content with my status. He also raised me to have a respect for this sport. And if you are respectful of the sport then you will not be content; if you are respectful then you will compete against the best, you will strive to prove yourself against the best. That’s why I have traveled across the globe, competing in promotions everywhere, to honor my father’s memory, to do what he told me to do; prove that I am the Best in the World.
Alisyn: Your resume most definitely speaks for itself in that regard; fourteen world championships, multi-time hall of famer. Your career as a competitor is definitely proven, but you did not end it there, did you?
Glory: No, being locked in combat is not the only way to prove yourself. I mean, to father that’s all he wanted from me. He wanted me to prove I am a competitive grappler and I did that, but I wanted to go above and beyond what my father asked of me. I wanted to prove I could succeed in every aspect of this sport. So when I heard GDW was selling off its stock of Global Championship Wrestling in the final days before it closed down, I took full advantage. I bought GCW and I brought it back.
Alisyn: Global Championship Wrestling is the promotion you own and operate. It had been nearly twelve years gone before you brought it back. Why?
Glory: Because I wanted to succeed at every aspect of this sport, plus I wanted to give back to the sport that gave so much to me and what better way to give back than to give to it a promotion? That’s not all, Alisyn. My father would eventually come to realize that he could not run his wrestling school any longer, so he passed that on to me. Now I own the school as well.
Alisyn: Now that brings up a good question, because you compete in Supreme Championship Wrestling and most recently signed a contract to compete in Millennium Wrestling Enterprise’s Riot brand. How do you find time to compete and run both GCW and your school all at the same time?
Glory: I am a busy woman, that’s for sure! But it is a blessing being me, that’s for sure! To answer your question, as a businesswoman I am NOT a micromanager. I let my GCW General Managers, Tabitha Silverstone and Francis Taylor, run things for me. I let the head trainer of the wrestling school, Randall Williams, run things for me. I step in only if necessary. This allows me to do what I truly love, my first love, which is competition.
Alisyn: Speaking of competition, the SCW World Championship…
Glory: Whoa, hold on there, mate. I hate to interrupt but I’d rather not discuss that.
Alisyn: Ok...well then, let’s discuss MWE? You already won your debut against Leia LeBeau, a woman who was a relative newcomer to the sport. Now you face Henri Black, a competitor with more experience than your previous opponent and a technical and submission skill set that arguably could match yours.
Glory: Match mine? Now let’s not carried away. I will say that he will provide a much stronger challenge than Leia. And I look forward to Henri and myself putting on a clinic for the MWE fans, maybe even stealing the show with what wrestling truly is about, not fame and fortune or the spotlight, but pure competition. Way of the Dragon will witness yours truly, The British Bombshell, take her next step forward in this next career path of mine and I welcome you and all of your viewers to tune in and watch me put on a show that no one will soon forget.
Alisyn: Thank you, Glory; I’m sure everyone is looking forward to Way of the Dragon. Now when New Day comes back from our break we will discuss the next step in the impeachment proceedings against President Trump…