Dana White
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Who are the hosts and guest of this episode?
This is What's Your Story with Steph McMahon, brought to you by Fanatics. And this is really exciting. It's our first episode. A pretty quick turnaround. We're doing this interview on Wednesday, and it's dropping on Thursday. Very exciting with none other than the president and CEO of UFC, Dana White. But first, I would like to introduce my co-host and best friend, Elise Dudzinski, not Govan as it was originally.
Formerly.
Yes, formerly. Yes, yes. And still your email is?
Yes. I'll work on that. Gmail. I feel like it's tricky to change. Yes.
What is Elise Dudzinski's background and personal story?
So I had the honor and the privilege of growing up in the world of WWE. Literally, it's been my whole entire life from meeting Andre the Giant when I was three years old to having the Ultimate Warrior stay in our house for three weeks to... becoming a character in the show, an executive in the company, and ultimately a co-CEO and chairwoman for a brief period of time. And Elise really rode that ladder with me, and totally by my side, first as my assistant, first as an assistant in talent relations, and then you worked with my husband, Paul, and when I saw you there, because his assistant was on maternity leave, I said, oh, yeah, when she comes back, I want Elise. And I never let you go. And you ultimately became Nick, who Nick Kahn was my co-CEO.
You became our chief of staff and you were amazing and incredible. And it's been an awesome journey. And I can't wait for this new one with you, Elise.
Thank you for the introduction. Yeah, I mean. I obviously have always been in a role where I'm a bit behind the scenes. So, you know, doing my best when we were at WWE together to make you look your best, right?
And give me like a horse, like a pile of shit. Shit. Yes.
Yes. I can also say, though, that I constantly would eat what we like to call shit sandwiches.
True. You did.
Many. Yes. Many. You totally said that. But we ate them together. We did. Delicious.
Delectable. Shit sandwiches. That's why I'm wearing brown. No, but it's a beautiful brown. It is not a shit brown. It's not. It's like a mocha. I don't know why I did that to myself.
Yeah, well, it's all right.
Self-deprecating also, constantly. Yes.
Because I'm used to being behind the scenes, this is new, very new to me. But I'm going to embrace it. This is true.
But Elise is very funny, and she does give me piles of shit, which is also entertaining for her. But I think she's going to wind up stealing the show. Oh, God. No pressure. You're just not going to be able to help but fall in love with her.
hopefully if not i'm sorry like great i better be good today um but yeah i mean never pictured this so i just feel like i need to put that out there because i'm i'm here to be me that's right that's right that's the best that's the qualification right yeah oh yes so what are our our two rules potentially three rules
I might, yeah. Yeah? Rule number one, have fun. That's right. That's right. And then the original rule number one? No douchebags. This is correct. No douchebags on the show. Working on the show, guests on the show, anybody. No douchebags allowed. That was the original number one rule. Pretty simple. And then what was the one, Steve? Oh, we can't say, you can't apologize. Oh, no apologies.
Yes.
No apologies. I liked that one as well. Yep. That's from Steve Braband, our producer.
Great guy. I did just kick him out over rule number one, but it's fine. Okay.
All right. Well, he yesterday kind of was a DB.
Poor Steve. He's so red.
I mean, he was talking about your shoes and how cool your shoes were. And then he was insulting my shoes.
He's just getting comfortable.
Yeah.
He's still really upset. We'll move past it, Steve. Yeah. Yeah.
So. Anyway. Elise, do you want to tell the world a little bit about yourself?
No, but let's do it. So as Steph said, I worked with her at WWE, and now we're- An executive and working mom. Yes. I am. And learning from the best in my early stages of being a mom. You know, I got to look up to you and how you make it work and how you feel guilty when you're at work and also when you're not at work.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are the hosts and guest of this episode?
0:18–1:00
2
What is Elise Dudzinski's background and personal story?
1:00–6:16
3
How did Elise and Steph's friendship support them through personal challenges?
6:16–10:58
4
Who is Dana White and what is his connection to Boston and boxing?
10:58–15:28
5
What was the early rivalry between WWE and UFC like?
15:28–23:25
6
How has Dana White embraced technology and streaming for UFC's growth?
23:25–32:07
7
What lessons does Dana White share about overcoming adversity and fatherhood?
32:07–42:33
8
How does authenticity and personal values contribute to Dana White's success?
42:33–1:12:28