5 Questions With ABJ Tom LaRosa

Welcome To 5 Questions with ABJ. Street Interview style content asking people what their goals are in life and how they are working to achieve them possible set backs and if they are over all happy currently in this journey. You never know who will pop up for 5 Questions.https://linktr.ee/anthonyblackwelljrOur Guest Links:https://www.instagram.com/thrillarosa/https://twitter.com/Thrillarosa

Episode Transcript

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This. Is a Ben Frank?
Connection presentation. We are back.

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Five questions with a BJ here once again at Attic Brewing
Company. Labor of Love, WrestleMania
Weekend, Wrestle John and I am here today with.
Tom Larosa of the Citywide St. Gang 1/2 of the notorious
Citywide St. Gang, I've been watching thank
you for a while you know you've been bouncing around I've been

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keeping an eye on you. I, I really like what you're
doing, so I'm very excited to sit down here with you today
I'm. Glad somebody does, yeah.
Yeah, so let's let's get into this.
What is your current goal in life right now?
Just to, I mean, I want to get paid obviously, so getting this
as a great source of income and just living, I mean living the

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dream job, you know, I get to bea pro wrestler.
Absolutely. I think like high end goal kind
of went towards Japan, but that's as far as like high goals
are right now. I'm just riding the moment.
Absolutely. Well, what are you currently
doing to achieve that goal? Getting really beat up, getting
really beat up and going to as many shows as I possibly can.

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You know, I got like work in WrestleMania weekend, FDR with
queer punk outlaws. So it's going to be great.
And working with two cracked ribs, an arm that's colored
purple, so it's great. It's awesome for rock.
What is currently holding you back are a distraction.
Besides those ribs, An arm. Oh man, I'll give a double

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answer of obviously getting started.
You don't get paid a lot, so it's hard to or and.
All sometimes. Make time to to get into the
field and also just an an oversaturation of the market.
Yeah, we'll say. Absolutely and.
The rest of those? I think after 50 episodes I'd

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have these all memorized, right?What a what a pro?
Who or what motivates or inspires you?
Oh man, well, First off, shout out to my tag partner Martin
Hughes. Keeps me going and I really want
to kill somebody sometimes and Iget really pissed off.
But but just the environment that I try to keep positive

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people around me, people like Hot Sauce, Tracy Williams,
people like Drew Goulet, people like Wheeler Yuta, the other
students that come in and catch point, some of the people I meet
along the way. But that home environment really
keeps me going, keeps me wantingto learn more and do better.
Oh, Nate, Nate from the Rep. Obviously I got to give a shout

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out too. So.
What are you grateful for and are you currently happy?
Oh man, that's all I finished. I'm always kind of a miserable
prick, but I'm grateful that I'min it, you know?
I'm riding the wave. I'm, I'm having a good time, you
know, I'm, I'm grateful that I can let my frustrations out on

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somebody with a few good chops and I'm happy.
I'm, I'm more Zen. I was a lot more punk rock and
angry when I was 21 and now at my humble 28, a lot more, yeah.
Where can people find to supportyou?
I'm on Instagram, search Tom Larosa.
I'll pop up somewhere. I think it's thrilled Larosa

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right now. Thanks, Drew, for that nickname.
That's about it. I don't really do social media,
so I kind of just hide out for the most part.
But if you're coming to FDR, come to FDR on this weekend.
You know, it was April 6th, April 6th, We got to go out
there. This will airway after.

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That it doesn't matter. Go.
Watch it if you can find it on IWTV or something.
Yeah, well, thank you so much. We'll see you guys on the next
episode. We're out of here.

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OK, thanks for watching this presentation.
Like, share and subscribe for more.
All right, we're back at that. Bonus question.
Now, being newer to this game, you've been around a very short

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time, but done all but done somepretty cool things.
If you were to give advice to someone who's also new or
getting into this, what makes you stand out?
What are things that help you get more bookings and and and
and move forward in this business?
Well, just first, first and foremost, pleased to be able to
take a hit. You know, like, I don't know how

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many people I come across that like really just want to bitch
out on taking a hit. If you're a pro wrestler, get
hit, you know, it just comes with the business.
But just in it like to me, the thing that helps me the most is
just interacting with the crowd.Interact with them.
I believe if someone, if you're a bad guy, piss people off, I

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want people to throw trash at me.
Get them involved. You know, there's an old lady in
the crowd. Do everything you can to piss
her off. You know, just fucking get
really mad, you know, get them fumed, get them coming back.
Because that's, that's what's fun for me is getting them
involved. Because otherwise, what are we?
What are we doing? Yeah, absolutely.
All right, we'll catch you on the next one.

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WrestleMania weekend. It's going to be a lot more
coming hang out as we got, we got more, more coming your way.
Awesome job. Awesome job.