Chapter 1: What childhood memories does Royce share about meeting The Undertaker?
Have you met Taker yet?
No. So I had this little black Undertaker mug with a little purple top. And I'm sitting way at the top at the Cow Palace. And he came out. I know he couldn't see. And I'm holding my mug up like this and everything.
Like it was the urn.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We had an urn in my house growing up.
Oh.
And we almost broke it.
Wait. You had an urn. Was anyone in it?
Yeah, I don't know who.
Oh, what's your story? Don't you dare be sour. Clap for Stephanie and feel the power.
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Chapter 2: How did Royce's upbringing influence his perspective on family?
You just got to. Yeah.
And mommy's bed.
You just got to just take it. Yeah.
I was doing laundry at two in the morning. Like college, but not.
My daughter, we were eating, like, Korean barbecue. And, like, my kids, I don't know why, they just inhale food. They don't chew. And she started choking. And I'm like, I don't know the Heimlich maneuver, so I stick my fingers in her throat. And she vomits, and I'm holding her, and she's vomiting. I'm like, I just let it go. And she's crying. She's like, I'm sorry.
I'm like, look, you can always vomit on Daddy. Then she goes... can I vomit in your mouth?
And I'm like, no, no baby, please don't do that.
I got a picture of like, I held her up and my sister took the picture and she had just ate and I held her and she just vomits in my eye. I just have a picture of me holding her like this and one eye is covered in vomit.
Smiling.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Royce face growing up in East Palo Alto?
Okay. There we go.
That's a trifecta right there.
Yeah. Okay. Okay. That's actually wild.
Yeah.
Yeah. So it's.
My dad's mom. She's still with us. Okay.
She doesn't know it, but she's. Yeah. Man, that's wild. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
And my youngest, her middle name is Evelyn.
Okay.
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Chapter 4: How does Royce reflect on his mother's impact on his life?
Yes, mine is not. Hey, two out of three ain't bad. Two out of three ain't bad. It ain't bad. It ain't bad. But she didn't play. I think my grandma was the second of... So I'm trying to name all my aunts and uncles in my head. Second of seven, and she had a twin brother, my uncle Doc. I didn't know his name was Eddie until he passed away. I thought his name was just Doc.
You're like, what are they talking about? Yeah, we just always called him Uncle Doc. It was Eddie. Yeah, so we would go to Mississippi every summer as a kid. Like, go to his farm and go see Cousins and fireworks Fourth of July. Sounds like fun. Back of the truck. And, you know, I had Cousins tell me, oh, run in this little sand pit. But my mom trying to be cool and hang with the big kids.
And my dumb ass just runs in and sees all these red ants just bite my leg. Oh, no. Yeah.
Yeah.
You ever bit by owls?
No, I haven't. Have you seen them? I've seen them. I've stepped into. We were in South Carolina. I stepped into.
Yeah, yeah.
You know all about that. Like getting the kids out of the car. I didn't know. And was like, ow, ow, ow. And looked down and my lip plot was just covered.
Yeah. Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What childhood experiences shaped Royce Keys' perspective?
You've been shot at? You know, you've seen people get shot? You've seen... Real intent to end your life. There's times where I'm with my Uncle Boogie, who's my best friend, and people tell us, hey, you need to walk that way. Don't come this way. Because some things are about to pop off. So it's, man, I just... I know there's somebody out there who can benefit hearing from me.
It doesn't matter who. I'm to the point now where I'll tell anybody my story. It's going to help somebody.
Well, that's the whole point of this, what we're trying to do is, I mean, that's the whole thing. What's your story? And yours is quite remarkable. And I can't imagine everything you've been through. I can't. It's... And I'm so grateful that you're sharing it because there are a lot of people who have come from very hard circumstances who do need to hear it.
And they do need to hear what's possible and how you got through it. Like, how have you gotten to this place where you are making your dreams come true? And what is that? It's love. It's what you've talked about a lot. Is love, is it faith? Are you a man of faith?
I do. I grew up going to church. I do believe that there is a higher power. I believe that at times you can get signs from things. You just have to pay attention. Pay attention.
Yeah.
You have to. You know, I sit and think about things. Oh, dang, this was a sign. Okay. Glad I noticed that now and noticed it then when it happened. But you just, like, all it takes is one person to help you out. Yeah. Like, I've had a lot of OGs that I call in this business that have helped guide me You know, I've had people in this business that tell me, you don't need to take this next move.
Stick where you're at. You know, I've had people tell me, oh, okay, you've had one indie match. This is as far as you're going to go.
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Chapter 6: How does Royce Keys view his impact on others?
I've had teachers tell me, oh, okay, well, you graduated. Well, I'm sure I'll be at your funeral in two to three years.
And they're not trying to inspire you to do something different. They mean what they say. Yeah.
Yeah. I've had teachers tell me, why are you in this class? You know, because I like math. Yeah. You know, I like counting money. I'm trying to figure out all the ways. But yeah, this is. Growing up where I'm from, man, it's rough. You can YouTube things about East Palo Alto or Oakland. You can see how it's rough.
Yeah, but if you haven't experienced it, you don't know.
Yeah, no. Like, we thought it was the thing to hang out in front of the G Market, the liquor store. It was the garden supermarket. Like, it was a liquor store. Yeah. They had produce, you know, your deli. They had everything you needed. But, you know, you got people, you know. buying drugs and selling drugs in front of the liquor store. We thought it was the normal. Yeah, because it was for you.
It was. It was the norm. Then you got the, you know, the little taco truck right down the street from it.
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Chapter 7: What does Royce Keys say about his family and upbringing?
You go get you some tacos, get on your bike, and you go. Then you got the barbershop right down there, the gas station. Like, it was... That was life. It was life. It was a norm. And when we will go outside of this, we will be like, what is this? You know, it wasn't normal for us. So it's one of these things, man. I'm just like, I love it.
Like being a professional wrestler, sports entertainer, like this is what I've always wanted. Like I believe people are put on this earth for certain things. Like I tell my kids, you guys are remarkable at doing this. Maybe you should do this. My son Royce is so empathetic and cares about his friends. He will stick up for his friends. He's a big boy, but he will stick up for anyone.
He will tell anyone, like, okay, this is okay. You know, I'm like, man, this dude is, like, something special. Like, my son, Julian, is just so creative.
Mookie my daughter Naya she is just some of the things she says and how she's a storyteller like it's just like man like I created y'all what the hell happened to me um but it's it's man they just they're your everything yeah they're your why man if I if I wasn't man if I didn't have them like I don't know
But you do.
I do. And I love it. Yeah, it's, you know, it's one of these things I'm just like... It's...
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Chapter 8: What life lessons does Royce Keys want to impart to his children?
Yeah, life is good, but it will get better. Like just coming home and, you know, the way they look at you or, you know, watching them as they watch me enter the rumble or if they watch me wrestle, it's just I've never seen anybody look at me like that.
So proud.
Yeah, it's just eyes just lit up. It's amazing. And just like think about the way I used to sit in front of the TV, watch it or just sit and just look at my grandma or my big mom and papa, you know, or, you know, how I would listen to my dad. Like my dad's favorite wrestler was Ray the Crippler Stevens.
I remember my dad wrestling with me, and he'll tell me, jump off the couch and give him the bombs away, elbow drop or knee drop. I remember just fun times. I really think that I was meant to do this, and I'm sure there's tons of people who think I shouldn't do this. But it doesn't matter what they think. It doesn't. And I try not to go on social media anymore.
Oh, you can't read the comments. It's so toxic. I know. It is bad.
And I tell my kids that because they get curious about it.
It'll make them upset, too, when my kids read the comments. Yeah. Yeah, it's awful.
Yeah.
You don't want to read people talking about someone you love like that?
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