Ron Funches

And then a lot of them, you know, you think about the top levels, but it's similar to comedy.

You have to work your way up.

And so a lot of them are getting hurt for like, you know, $50.

Right.

No health insurance, so it's a calling, I think.

Yeah, I think a little bit less as I've gotten more interested.

I have started branching out.

I started doing jiu-jitsu and pilates.

I read that about you, the jiu-jitsu.

Yeah, I like them both a lot, so that's gotten me more interested in wrestling.

I'm watching more jujitsu and I've been just going out to see more live performances in general, a lot of concerts.

But yeah, I always will always love pro wrestling, but I go to less events than I probably used to.

Yeah, I mean, pretty much that.

That was out in Portland, right?

Yeah, it was in Portland and in Salem, Oregon, which is where I was living.

And I had my son already at the time.

So I was just trying to do a lot of, I was trying to get out of open mics as soon as possible.

So I was hosting a lot of my own shows in Salem.

And then I would go out and do bar shows up and down the Oregon coast and the Washington coast.

For like $75 a night and then just trying to get better at it as quickly as possible because when I started, my son was already two.