July 28, 2024 ā¢ 33 mins
Ā Miles is gearing up for an intriguing chat with none other than Adam Copelandāa celebrated actor and professional wrestler. Adamās journey from his Canadian roots to a wrestling superstar is nothing short of fascinating. From his latest role as Ares in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians to delightful tales about his dogs, Adam brings a treasure trove of stories that will keep you hooked.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello world, I'm Miles and I'm Memphis.
Welcome to the your Story Clubpodcast, a place where stories
are told and legends are made.
That was cute, but I'm here forthe interviews and not the
jokes.
Sorry, oh guys.
And, by the way, his nicknameon the podcast is the lame joke
(00:25):
dude.
Hey, I'm watching you here.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
And so am I.
I'm also watching you.
We're going to be interviewingall kinds of creatives, and you
guys are going to be asking themawesome questions about what?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Their childhood.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think that if we can chat with people about their
childhood, you creative toowill be inspired, and then we
can pass it on to other people.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Should we call you dinosaur dude or lame jokes guy?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think we're going to call you nickname maker.
That's what we're going to callyou.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I actually don't like that nickname, mr Nickname
maker no.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay, okay, everyone, we want to welcome you to.
The your Story Club, whereeveryone has a story and we are
recording hey guys, first timein the new studio it is kind of
the first time in the new studio, isn't it?
Well, we kind of moved to adifferent part of the studio
(01:20):
exactly new place in the studioall right.
Everybody, we are so excitedthat you are joining us today.
First of all, if you arelistening and you're here on the
third episode and you havelived some life with us, we just
want to say thank you.
We want to say thank you fortuning in to the your story club
podcast.
(01:42):
So, memphis, I was super proudof you yesterday because you did
something awesome you went tothis zip lining place it's
really fun.
It was really fun and I was soexcited to see how you conquered
some of your fears I hateheights.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Okay, but you got up like 30 feet in the air and my
feet were shaking on the ground.
To correct that, I was actually150 feet up they have.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
You start out on lower courses and then, as it
goes along, you build to biggerones.
But I was so proud of you.
You had a harness on, you,carabined yourself and you did
all these high ropes course.
Way to go, dude.
Yeah, you faced some fears, soI was pretty proud of you.
And while you were doing that,what were we doing?
Miles?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
uh well, you were up in the trees doing tree stuff.
I was prepping for this becauseI'm so excited about our guest
today, probably the same as youwill be when you're meeting
chris prep.
Um, adam copeland is an actorand a professional wrestler.
Did you know that?
No, his wrestling career hasspanned four decades and he's
(02:52):
entertained millions of fansinternationally by winning 31
championships overall in WWE.
That's insane.
So he's 400 years old.
No, oh, he was the youngestwrestler ever to be introduced
into the ww hall of fame.
He currently wrestles for allelite wrestling, where he's
added two more championships tohis resume.
Okay.
So, mems, you know how dadsometimes lifts weights.
(03:15):
Adam lifted.
You know those huge barbells atthe gym.
Yeah, he lifted those against.
It says world.
I'm just going to say a lot ofpeople in one, 11 times what.
And he was the youngestwrestler ever to be introduced
(03:38):
to the WWE Hall of Fame.
I think you already said that.
I think you already said thathe has produced, directed and
starred in 22 episodes of theEdge and Christian Show.
That totally reeks ofawesomeness.
Love the name, so funny.
Now, that's funny.
Well, I mean, not funnier thanmy jokes, but that is really
(04:00):
funny.
Also, look, that's a New YorkTimes bestseller and is
currently in the process ofwriting a second book.
So let's get this straight he'san author, an actor, a wrestler
and a podcast guy and a cooldude.
We know him for his roles withdwight on haven, with the
intruder as the star of the tvshow, but he has had major roles
(04:22):
on shows like v, the Flash andso many more.
But most recently, and mypersonal favorite, he plays Ares
, the god of war on Disney'splus series Percy Jackson and
the Olympians.
We will talk in more depthabout that later so I can have
time to nerd out.
Hey guys, you really is a nerdabout Percy Jackson.
(04:44):
I'm just telling you Okay, I'lltake this compliment.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
How are you feeling?
Miles Adam's about to pop onthe screen.
I can feel it.
Oh, hey, oh, my goodness.
Okay, can you hear us?
Okay, I can hear you, hola.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Como estas.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Coming in hot kiddo.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Adam, thank you so much, no problem yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
We are going to get so many views.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Why?
Because of Percy Jackson.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
We will get to that later, so I have time to nerd
out.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That's right.
So he has time to nerd out.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Yes, and you know what?
I'm glad we did a littlepre-roll on this because Memphis
had some stuff about nerdingout.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Nerding out Cool.
Well, the good thing is I'm agiant nerd.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I don't know if people know that about you too,
Adam, that you're a giant nerd.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Okay.
So, Adam, I heard you likeddogs.
Oh no, I have one to maybe ahundred jokes about dogs.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
So we used to have five and then, due to old age,
we kind of lose.
Every two years we lose them,and then we started collecting
them again.
So we have a woolly-coatedSiberian husky named Odin.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, I like that name.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
And he's a maniac.
That's a good name, odin, buthe's beautiful.
He's all white with blue eyesand yellow spots.
And then we have a toyAustralian shepherd named
Pumpkin, and she did not leavemy side.
She did not leave my side.
And then we have a Frenchienamed Miss Pickles or Madam
(06:29):
Pickles, if it's a formal dinnerand we just rescued, three
months ago, this little Frenchienamed Haven.
Get this, get this, okay.
So we followed this page oninstagram called road dogs, and
they they're out in californiaand they rescue frenchies and
(06:50):
pit bulls and bulldogs and and,uh, the smush face dogs,
basically.
So we saw this dog named havenand she was so, so neglected.
I, I, we think she'd.
She's never been out of a cage,they think she's two to four
years old, so, but she was alsoburned and stabbed and she was
(07:15):
eight pounds.
So this place called road dogs,they, uh, and they're on
Instagram, they're, they'reamazing.
Anyway, they rescued her, andso here's where it gets really
crazy.
They named her Haven.
They named her Haven oh, mygoodness, on a show called Haven
with your mom.
Uh, and then her middle name.
(07:36):
They named her Haven Periwinkle.
Now, now here's where it getseven crazier.
My first Australian shepherdwas named shine Periwinkle
Copeland and I named her ShinePeriwinkle no way it was meant
to be.
So she was named HavenPeriwinkle.
It gets crazier.
(07:56):
Her foster mom is named Ruby.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
No way, and my youngest daughter is named Ruby.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Oh, my word, so there's three things where like
we have to get this dog.
So Beth flew out to San Diego,picked her up, met her, flew
directly back, landed atmidnight she came and said Haven
in my lap and she was shivering.
She was just any human contactand she was scared to death.
She fell asleep in half an hourand now she is.
She's the best.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Oh, my goodness, what an awesome story.
We have a little story about alittle doggy, the little doggy
named Haven.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Periwinkle.
Periwinkle.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
I need to share one joke about dogs.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Now quick question though From one to 100, what
joke number is this?
Speaker 1 (08:46):
50.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
41?
50.
In 50.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
In my opinion, why didn't the dog want to play
football?
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Because it has paws, because he was a boxer.
That's a dad joke.
If I ever heard one, I'm goingto be using that.
That's very good.
Use it use it.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Use it.
So, miles, what have we beendoing to be creative so far?
I mean for the past couple ofdays, you mean the past like two
hours.
Well, we have been using thisawesome app called Stop Motion
Studio for the past like 30minutes to an hour.
We have been making our cousina video, since he's in the
hospital battling an infection,so we made a stop motion video
(09:32):
card to cheer him up.
We've been doing stop motionwith Legos.
It's how they made all thefamous Lego movies Lego movie,
lego movie 2.
Lego Ninjago.
So you should really check thisapp out.
It's been fun.
We made a story A guy's headalmost got bit off by an
alligator.
Yeah, we think our cousin willreally like it.
(09:52):
Right now I'm in iMoviePolishing it up and adding all
the special effects and themusic and stuff.
Hey, we should post it on ourInstagram page when we're done.
Oh, yeah, yeah, you'll love theone about the beach alligator
man thing.
You'll also love the one that'smine about the jet.
Well, I mean the old plane.
(10:13):
Well, it's not a jet, it's anantique World War II plane.
But yeah, yeah, you guys shouldtry it yourselves.
Get the stop motion app andiMovie for the whole set.
You can start making your ownstory today, and we'd love to
see it.
Email us hello atyourstoryclubpodcastcom, or you
can have your parents post it onInstagram and hashtag
(10:36):
yourstoryclubpodcast.
We can't wait to see whatyou've made.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
First of all, again, we want to say thank you so much
for being here, adam.
It's incredible.
We're so glad that you came on.
It's very fun when you'veobviously worked with so many
people for so long and then yourkids actually really care about
meeting them.
That's always a blast, right?
This is obviously all aboutyour story, right?
Our podcast is all aboutstories and people's stories,
(11:04):
and I don't know if you know, Ithink I had told you, maybe over
email, but this started outbecause I really want to know
about how people got to wherethey were, and I think kids
should know about how people gotto where they were, and that it
doesn't always just start withyou becoming and doing what you
just wanted to do.
That you started out as thisseedling this, this kid
(11:24):
somewhere.
Your story grew and you grewinto all of this.
This seedling this kidsomewhere.
Your story grew and you grewinto all of this amazingness
right, so funny enough.
This happened because I broke myarm, that's true, and what are
you dealing with right now?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And I am currently sitting here with my foot up on
my knee scooter.
Yes, I have a knee scooter, butit's pretty straight and green,
so it's cool.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You want to see the knee scooter?
We do need to see the kneescooter, all right, yes, I have
a knee scooter, but it's prettystraight and green, so it's cool
.
You want to see the kneescooter?
We do need to see the kneescooter All right.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Yes, welcome to the knee rover.
Look, I've used it so much thatthe letters are starting to
peel off already.
That's amazing.
Yes, it has a basket on thefront because I go grocery
shopping.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
So you jumped off a cage onto a table with another
guy on it.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Who was tied down by barbed wire?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Guys, this is stuff that moms are always trying to
say Don't do that.
But I don't think your momwasn't saying that.
Apparently, because this is whoyou've become, she's encouraged
this kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
She would always hide and kind of cringe and do that
and make sure the end result wasokay.
But yeah, yeah and stupidly, itwas also real barbed wire.
I think I still have it.
Yep, there's one of the scarsfrom it.
It's starting to go away.
Oh, my goodness, I was allshredded up too.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
I was all shredded up too.
Okay, why did you use realbarbed?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
wire.
See, that's the question.
It is.
It absolutely is.
You know, like, if there's onething I can say, it's that
wrestlers, while we keep a lotof plates in the air, while
we're live and we got to knowwhat camera's hot and there's so
many elements that go into itbut we're also, in terms of our
(13:08):
physical well being, we're notbright.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think you're pretty bright, You're just very brave.
You're very, very, Memphis saidthe other day when he was on
the high ropes course.
He just kept telling himselfthe ground is very soft.
If I fall it will be very soft.
Pretty impressed, Prettyimpressed.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Mine didn't quite feel like that.
I was.
You know, there's 12,000 peoplethere, we're in Las Vegas and I
was like I'll just go up to thetop of the cage, and so I kept
climbing.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
So this wasn't rehearsed.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
No.
So, and you see the crowdcoming up on their feet 're like
yeah, I got this right.
So in my, my mind still thinksI'm 29, but my body is 50, and
so when I got to the top of thecage I looked down I went oh my
that's.
That's a long way down, that'spretty tall, yeah I'm gonna pull
(14:05):
this one off.
Well, Well, my first thought,too, is how do I not kill this,
this man who is completely youknow?
Because we're a performance andwe're we're entertainment.
It's just a highly physicalform of entertainment.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
We're our own stunt people with real barbed wire
with real barbed wire, yes, and?
Speaker 3 (14:25):
and if you watch as I'm climbing the cage, I get
stuck.
The barbed wire is all stuck onme and I'm trying to climb
through it.
That should have been my firstclue to stop, but I didn't.
So I decided, hey, I'm up herenow.
He looks really small.
Wow, maybe if I just land on myfeet and roll backwards I
should be okay and I shouldn'tkill him.
Oh, my goodness.
(14:45):
So I landed, I rolled back likeI thought I would, and I laid
there and I went huh maybe Ijust sprained my ankle.
And then I got up and I ran andI felt a click and I went.
Huh, maybe I did more thansprain my ankle.
Ah, but we're here now.
So I just kept wrestling.
We finished the match and thenI hobbled to the back and I
hobbled to the training room andthey started poking and
(15:06):
prodding and moving and I waslike it's not that bad.
They sent me to the hospitaland then I got x-rays and they
went your leg's broken, quitwalking on it.
I went, oh right.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Adam, but I bet everybody was so supportive of
you in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Yeah, I mean I don't well, and nobody really knew
what had happened yet, right, sothey just saw me limping off.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
So generally you're not going to see somebody walk
on a broken leg but I'm not andgenerally you won't see someone
jumping off a cage.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
No, especially at my advanced age.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yes, yes, that's true , that's true.
We're not even into our firstquestion.
This is awesome.
Hey, how?
Speaker 1 (15:47):
long has it been.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Since we last saw you each other.
Yeah, yes, oh gosh.
I was trying to think about itI mean I think we came over to
your guys.
We came over to y'all's houseand that was actually when my
husband found out he was glutenfree because he had the hiccups
for six days.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Do you remember that?
I totally forgot that until youjust said it.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I just remember I was like we visited Adam and went
to his beautiful house in theand it was awesome, but Derek
got no sleep because he had thehiccups for six days and that's
when we found out that he wasgluten free.
Gluten free At your house.
All right, I just remember inMemphis this probably will
(16:32):
answer your question I rememberwhere, adam, you have this great
room for guests when they comeand stay, and in that room
there's a spatula with a mapleleaf on it, and that is because.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Hey Adam, where did you grow up?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Oh, I know oh.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
So you don't want?
Hey, adam, where did you growup?
Oh, I know, I saw a bit ofCanada in you.
You came from Canada.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
I see Canada in you.
I am Canadian.
I got a maple leaf tattooed onmy foot.
I love Canada.
I really do which one the onethat's broken.
No, actually, no, the other leghas all the broken stuff.
The canadian one.
(17:13):
It's super strong because ofthe tattoo, I think.
Yeah, it's kind of likesuperman's s yes, you can't
break that canadian spirit.
Yeah, yeah, so I.
I grew up, uh, in a, in a smalltown just outside Toronto
actually.
So when we filmed Haven, it wasnice to be able to get back to
Canada, especially on the EastCoast, out in Nova Scotia,
(17:34):
because I love it out there.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, it was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
It was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Can you give the boys and our listeners the Cliff
Notes version of this young boyin Canada who ends up becoming a
wrestler?
Speaker 3 (17:50):
boy in Canada who ends up becoming a wrestler.
Well, it's interesting becauseanyone who gets into wrestling
generally has a different story.
There's no one way to get intothis thing, because it's weird,
right.
It's kind of off the beatenpath, but I was a kid Getting
paid to get beat up.
And I'm getting paid to do whatI always wanted to do, which is
I.
I realize how rare that is, um,but the first time I saw
(18:12):
wrestling I was a 10 and, forwhatever reason, it just hit me
directly in all the like, rightin the heart.
I, I just, I loved itimmediately.
I didn't really understand whatit was, but it was in my mind.
It was kind of like comic bookscome to life and I couldn't go
(18:32):
shake hands with Spider-Man, butI could go down to Maple Leaf
Gardens and maybe run into HulkHogan.
So that to me was was massive.
And then you'd see them come outand they were just larger than
life and these colorful,charismatic characters, um, in
spandex, in spandex, yes, yes,it's a prerequisite, for
(18:54):
whatever reason.
It just hit me and I saidthat's what I'm going to do and
my mom, bless her heart, wasvery supportive of it.
She never questioned me, shenever doubted me.
I think maybe at first she waskind of like, okay, that's great
, good for you.
So, thankfully, my mom was, wassuper supportive, because it's,
it's one of those industriesthat when you say it to people,
(19:18):
they go right that like that'sgoing to happen, because the
chances are pretty, pretty slim.
But she just Stuck with me andthat was massive, because if I
didn't have her as my supportsystem, everyone else in my life
doubted it, except for her andmy best friend, jay, who also
wanted to be a wrestler.
So as long as I kind of hadthose two at my back, I felt
(19:39):
like I could do it.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Did you win any contests as a kid?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
So the first contest I ever won Was a drawing contest
, and it was the Dufferin Countydrawing contest and you had to
draw this um like a scene offirefighters coming to help and
save things.
So I just drew a picture offirefighters stopping a burning
house and rescuing people and Iwon the art contest, which meant
(20:07):
I rode in a fire truck with asilver fire truck hat on, with
white gloves, down the Christmasparade waving and I was
mortified.
I was so embarrassed.
Are you kidding me?
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
You won an art contest at a young age and you
got to dress up like a fireman.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Nobody knows this either, because I was a kid.
I was mortified.
I got this like silver and Imean shiny silver, like you
could see yourself in it.
So it was like you couldn'tmiss me.
And I'm sitting on top of afire truck just waving and I'm
seeing all my friends fromschool and I'm like man, I'm not
going to hear the end of this.
Then they took me to Town Hallwhere I was presented with all
(20:50):
my awards and plaques and all ofthis, and I still got the fire
hat on, oh man.
So that was the first thing Iwon.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Wait, wait, wait.
You're talking that.
The first thing you won, Adam,was an art contest.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Yeah, I'd say yeah, I think so.
This is a good segue.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
It's an insanely good segue is a good segue.
It's an insanely good segue, soI'm gonna bring up something
cool that not a lot of peopleknow.
Actually, now, most of the caston haven.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
So look at this.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
This is something that when miles will have it it
was just in my closet somewhereyeah, it was up there on the
wall.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
I literally found it and then turn it around.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
I was pregnant with Miles on Haven and so the cast
and crew and producers, theythrew this baby shower for me
and everybody you know getsgifts and whatnot and they're
all.
It's great, like the ones thathave meaning.
And Adam was so sweet.
I remember he painted thispiece of driftwood from Canada
(21:53):
with Miles's name on it and arock with his name on it and
they're so colorful just likeyou I mean like so colorful,
full of color, and they're sowell done.
Miles was like we got to showhim these on the interview.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
So crazy.
I like I remember it, but Ididn't think you'd still have it
.
And what I loved about Haven,too, is that we're all having
families together.
I realize now how special anexperience Haven was, as I've
done more shows and as I've kindof okay, there's this cast and
there's this cast and there'sthis cast, but that felt like
(22:27):
more than a cast And're inChester and it was us.
It was just a really greatexperience and I'm really,
really happy I got to experiencethat, although it kind of
spoiled me going forward.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I will say that Speaking of Sloan, lucas and
Kirstie.
Three months ago they came andvisited it was very cold out Me
and Sloan walked out of ourhouse wearing the same jacket
the haven jacket and that we hadno clue each other were wearing
(23:00):
it yeah, it was kind of amoment.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
We all got down to the driveway and lucas and I
looked at each other and welooked at the kids and we were
like oh, oh, that's kind of oddIf there was this moment where
they were standing next to eachother and I was like this is
really bizarre and so sweet andspecial.
So we have that picture.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
It was fun To add on to that Ruby still uses the
Haven blanket to sleep at night.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Oh my goodness, Guys, this whole podcast is like a
Haven love fest, right now,let's be honest, it was just so
good.
It was just so good, it wasjust so good.
Okay, memphis.
So we've learned he's fromCanada.
Yes, we've learned that he wonsome contests as a kid.
What else did we have on ourlist?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Did you wrestle as a kid?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Growing up I love sports, I just absolutely love
sports, and I think it for me itwas an outlet.
Um, growing up we didn't have alot of money, so there wasn't a
lot of stuff that I really had,but I had sports.
I could go to school and Icould play sports and it was an
amazing outlet for me to channela lot of frustrations and a lot
of questions and a lot ofthings that I couldn't get
(24:03):
answers to If I played sports.
It was simple I knew the goal,I knew what I had to try and
accomplish.
It was simple I knew the goal,I knew what I had to try and
accomplish and thankfully, mygenetics leaned into that.
So I played volleyball, Iplayed basketball, I played
soccer, I played baseball.
We didn't have a wrestling teamin high school, but my public
(24:25):
school had a wrestling team, soI wrestled from grades two to
eight.
But once I got to high schoolthere was no wrestling program,
which really bummed me out.
Um, but by that point I alreadyknew I'm going to be a pro
wrestler anyway.
So I'll be able to use some ofthe amateur wrestling stuff, but
I know that pro wrestling is away different thing.
Hockey was never an optionafter the first couple of years,
because we just couldn't affordit.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
And I was outgrowing expensive.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Yeah, and I was outgrowing my equipment and we
didn't have a car.
So if you don't have a car toget the hockey games, you know
all the most of the games wereout of town and so I was.
I was one of those guys thatnow I say to my kids I walked to
school and guess what?
It was minus 40 Celsius.
Yeah, and I wore a biker jacketand Chuck Taylors, so don't
(25:10):
complain to me about having towalk to school in 72 degree
weather, please, and thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I'm that guy, so how'd you get started wrestling?
Speaker 3 (25:19):
So fast forward to.
I'm 17 years old and theToronto Star ran a wrestling
column every weekend and theToronto Star was kind of oh, it
still is, it's a major paper incanada, uh.
So they ran this wrestlingcolumn one week.
It said if you want to be awrestler, write in an essay as
to why you should be the personthat gets this free wrestling
(25:41):
yes uh, it was this place calledsully's gym, which was also a
boxing gym down in toronto.
Um, so I wrote in.
I was like I got to write inbecause wrestling training is
$3,000.
I come from a single parenthousehold, my mom's working two
jobs.
She can't afford to set aside$3,000 for this.
We're making do on the bills,you know.
(26:03):
So, uh, I thought I got towrite in and, um, and my best
friend, jay, who, who, whowrestles as christian, he was
like I'm writing into.
I was like right, let's do it.
And I wrote in and I got a calland it was this, this texan,
texas accent, this kind of draw.
And I was like hello, is adamhome?
And I'm like, oh yeah, and itwas this guy named sweet daddy
(26:27):
siki.
Now, sweet, sweet Daddy Siki,real quickly, sweet Daddy Siki
to pro wrestling was what JackieRobinson was to baseball.
He broke down racial barriers.
He broke down color barriers.
He was the firstAfrican-American man to wrestle,
a Caucasian in a lot of thesesouthern states where we now
live.
He came out with a blondepompadour and mirrors and these
(26:50):
white gloves and he was at thesecond wrestling show I ever
went to.
Fast forward years later.
And here I am talking to him onthe phone and he's saying you
need you to come down to the gymCause we want to take a look at
you.
So my car was broken down, mygrandpa drove me down to so I
could meet these trainers, and Iwalked in.
By this point I'm 17 years old,I'm 6'4", I'm 224.
(27:11):
So I'm like, okay, I got thesize, I think, but I was still
thin, you know.
And so I walk in there and it'sthis beat-up, old, dilapidated
boxing gym and it smelled likejock straps and mildew and it
smelled awesome.
It smelled like a hockey lockerroom, you know.
And so I go in there, I sitdown with Sweet Daddy, siki, and
(27:34):
I sit down with this man namedRon Hutchison as well, and he
was also one of the trainers.
And then they gave me everyreason to walk away from doing
this.
They tried to talk me out of it.
They said you're going tostarve.
Sweet Daddy was telling me heused to eat out of dumpsters
because he didn't have enoughmoney to eat.
The thousands of miles that youwill drive to do this, how much
(28:03):
it hurts.
How many things you'll misswith your family the birthdays
you'll miss, the mother's daysyou'll miss.
A lot of stuff.
Did that scare you when youheard that it's a lot?
Speaker 2 (28:08):
of stuff.
Did that scare you when youheard that?
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Nope, I was like I'm your guy, so I'm in.
And they met with my grandpaand they told him the same
things and he was like well,well, adaminsky, what do you
think?
I was like grandpa, I'm doingit, this is it, this is what I'm
doing.
Luckily, they called me a weeklater, said you're the guy, and
I got my training for free.
(28:30):
It sped the process upexponentially because I don't
know when I would have been ableto afford to do the training.
I would have done it and Iwould have got there, but it
might've been three, four yearsdown the road.
And now I'm 20, 21, 22.
What this did?
Starting at 17, I signed withWWE when I was 23.
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So I was really really youngbecause I started so early.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Wow, wow, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Advice.
I need to get some advice fromyou.
What advice would you give uswhen we're trying to kill our
dad?
Well, not kill him, but beathim down to the ground.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Let me give some context to this.
There's some frequent bedwrestling.
Before going to, there'sfrequent wrestling and when they
were talking about talking toyou about wrestling, they both
looked at each other.
They're like we could get sometips.
We could get some tips on howto take that out.
I sure your dad is going tolove this.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Yes, I'm sure he is good thing, you know him very
well so here's all you have todo when it comes to dads wait it
out, because eventually theirbacks are going to give out.
Yes, at some point the back isgoing to seize up.
So make them bend over, staylow.
And if he has to stay bent over, trust me, eventually that
(29:54):
thing's going to seize and thenhe's going to lock up and go.
Oh, oh, I can't lift my feet.
Uh-oh, I've got to shuffle tothe bathroom now, trust me.
Lower back, lower back.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
That's some good pointers and I think the rest of
our audience will definitelyappreciate that tip.
I think the rest of ouraudience will definitely
appreciate that tip.
Oh my gosh, that's a great one.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Okay, guys, so this is the first time we've had a
two-part episode.
We know this interview was long, but that's because it was
great.
I can't believe we had thechance to talk to Adam in the
midst of all the Comic-Con prep,a broken leg and all the Percy
Jackson press.
He really is such a great guyWrestler, creative actor.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
And friend Friend.
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Hello world, I'm Miles and I'm Memphis.
Welcome to the your Story Clubpodcast, a place where stories
are told and legends are made.
That was cute, but I'm here forthe interviews and not the
jokes.
Sorry, oh guys.
And, by the way, his nicknameon the podcast is the lame joke
(00:25):
dude.
Hey, I'm watching you here.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
And so am I.
I'm also watching you.
We're going to be interviewingall kinds of creatives, and you
guys are going to be asking themawesome questions about what?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Their childhood.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think that if we can chat with people about their
childhood, you creative toowill be inspired, and then we
can pass it on to other people.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Should we call you dinosaur dude or lame jokes guy?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think we're going to call you nickname maker.
That's what we're going to callyou.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I actually don't like that nickname, mr Nickname
maker no.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay, okay, everyone, we want to welcome you to.
The your Story Club, whereeveryone has a story and we are
recording hey guys, first timein the new studio it is kind of
the first time in the new studio, isn't it?
Well, we kind of moved to adifferent part of the studio
(01:20):
exactly new place in the studioall right.
Everybody, we are so excitedthat you are joining us today.
First of all, if you arelistening and you're here on the
third episode and you havelived some life with us, we just
want to say thank you.
We want to say thank you fortuning in to the your story club
podcast.
(01:42):
So, memphis, I was super proudof you yesterday because you did
something awesome you went tothis zip lining place it's
really fun.
It was really fun and I was soexcited to see how you conquered
some of your fears I hateheights.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Okay, but you got up like 30 feet in the air and my
feet were shaking on the ground.
To correct that, I was actually150 feet up they have.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
You start out on lower courses and then, as it
goes along, you build to biggerones.
But I was so proud of you.
You had a harness on, you,carabined yourself and you did
all these high ropes course.
Way to go, dude.
Yeah, you faced some fears, soI was pretty proud of you.
And while you were doing that,what were we doing?
Miles?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
uh well, you were up in the trees doing tree stuff.
I was prepping for this becauseI'm so excited about our guest
today, probably the same as youwill be when you're meeting
chris prep.
Um, adam copeland is an actorand a professional wrestler.
Did you know that?
No, his wrestling career hasspanned four decades and he's
(02:52):
entertained millions of fansinternationally by winning 31
championships overall in WWE.
That's insane.
So he's 400 years old.
No, oh, he was the youngestwrestler ever to be introduced
into the ww hall of fame.
He currently wrestles for allelite wrestling, where he's
added two more championships tohis resume.
Okay.
So, mems, you know how dadsometimes lifts weights.
(03:15):
Adam lifted.
You know those huge barbells atthe gym.
Yeah, he lifted those against.
It says world.
I'm just going to say a lot ofpeople in one, 11 times what.
And he was the youngestwrestler ever to be introduced
(03:38):
to the WWE Hall of Fame.
I think you already said that.
I think you already said thathe has produced, directed and
starred in 22 episodes of theEdge and Christian Show.
That totally reeks ofawesomeness.
Love the name, so funny.
Now, that's funny.
Well, I mean, not funnier thanmy jokes, but that is really
(04:00):
funny.
Also, look, that's a New YorkTimes bestseller and is
currently in the process ofwriting a second book.
So let's get this straight he'san author, an actor, a wrestler
and a podcast guy and a cooldude.
We know him for his roles withdwight on haven, with the
intruder as the star of the tvshow, but he has had major roles
(04:22):
on shows like v, the Flash andso many more.
But most recently, and mypersonal favorite, he plays Ares
, the god of war on Disney'splus series Percy Jackson and
the Olympians.
We will talk in more depthabout that later so I can have
time to nerd out.
Hey guys, you really is a nerdabout Percy Jackson.
(04:44):
I'm just telling you Okay, I'lltake this compliment.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
How are you feeling?
Miles Adam's about to pop onthe screen.
I can feel it.
Oh, hey, oh, my goodness.
Okay, can you hear us?
Okay, I can hear you, hola.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Como estas.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Coming in hot kiddo.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Adam, thank you so much, no problem yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
We are going to get so many views.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Why?
Because of Percy Jackson.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
We will get to that later, so I have time to nerd
out.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That's right.
So he has time to nerd out.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Yes, and you know what?
I'm glad we did a littlepre-roll on this because Memphis
had some stuff about nerdingout.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Nerding out Cool.
Well, the good thing is I'm agiant nerd.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I don't know if people know that about you too,
Adam, that you're a giant nerd.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Okay.
So, Adam, I heard you likeddogs.
Oh no, I have one to maybe ahundred jokes about dogs.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
So we used to have five and then, due to old age,
we kind of lose.
Every two years we lose them,and then we started collecting
them again.
So we have a woolly-coatedSiberian husky named Odin.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, I like that name.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
And he's a maniac.
That's a good name, odin, buthe's beautiful.
He's all white with blue eyesand yellow spots.
And then we have a toyAustralian shepherd named
Pumpkin, and she did not leavemy side.
She did not leave my side.
And then we have a Frenchienamed Miss Pickles or Madam
(06:29):
Pickles, if it's a formal dinnerand we just rescued, three
months ago, this little Frenchienamed Haven.
Get this, get this, okay.
So we followed this page oninstagram called road dogs, and
they they're out in californiaand they rescue frenchies and
(06:50):
pit bulls and bulldogs and and,uh, the smush face dogs,
basically.
So we saw this dog named havenand she was so, so neglected.
I, I, we think she'd.
She's never been out of a cage,they think she's two to four
years old, so, but she was alsoburned and stabbed and she was
(07:15):
eight pounds.
So this place called road dogs,they, uh, and they're on
Instagram, they're, they'reamazing.
Anyway, they rescued her, andso here's where it gets really
crazy.
They named her Haven.
They named her Haven oh, mygoodness, on a show called Haven
with your mom.
Uh, and then her middle name.
(07:36):
They named her Haven Periwinkle.
Now, now here's where it getseven crazier.
My first Australian shepherdwas named shine Periwinkle
Copeland and I named her ShinePeriwinkle no way it was meant
to be.
So she was named HavenPeriwinkle.
It gets crazier.
(07:56):
Her foster mom is named Ruby.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
No way, and my youngest daughter is named Ruby.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Oh, my word, so there's three things where like
we have to get this dog.
So Beth flew out to San Diego,picked her up, met her, flew
directly back, landed atmidnight she came and said Haven
in my lap and she was shivering.
She was just any human contactand she was scared to death.
She fell asleep in half an hourand now she is.
She's the best.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Oh, my goodness, what an awesome story.
We have a little story about alittle doggy, the little doggy
named Haven.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Periwinkle.
Periwinkle.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
I need to share one joke about dogs.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Now quick question though From one to 100, what
joke number is this?
Speaker 1 (08:46):
50.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
41?
50.
In 50.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
In my opinion, why didn't the dog want to play
football?
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Because it has paws, because he was a boxer.
That's a dad joke.
If I ever heard one, I'm goingto be using that.
That's very good.
Use it use it.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Use it.
So, miles, what have we beendoing to be creative so far?
I mean for the past couple ofdays, you mean the past like two
hours.
Well, we have been using thisawesome app called Stop Motion
Studio for the past like 30minutes to an hour.
We have been making our cousina video, since he's in the
hospital battling an infection,so we made a stop motion video
(09:32):
card to cheer him up.
We've been doing stop motionwith Legos.
It's how they made all thefamous Lego movies Lego movie,
lego movie 2.
Lego Ninjago.
So you should really check thisapp out.
It's been fun.
We made a story A guy's headalmost got bit off by an
alligator.
Yeah, we think our cousin willreally like it.
(09:52):
Right now I'm in iMoviePolishing it up and adding all
the special effects and themusic and stuff.
Hey, we should post it on ourInstagram page when we're done.
Oh, yeah, yeah, you'll love theone about the beach alligator
man thing.
You'll also love the one that'smine about the jet.
Well, I mean the old plane.
(10:13):
Well, it's not a jet, it's anantique World War II plane.
But yeah, yeah, you guys shouldtry it yourselves.
Get the stop motion app andiMovie for the whole set.
You can start making your ownstory today, and we'd love to
see it.
Email us hello atyourstoryclubpodcastcom, or you
can have your parents post it onInstagram and hashtag
(10:36):
yourstoryclubpodcast.
We can't wait to see whatyou've made.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
First of all, again, we want to say thank you so much
for being here, adam.
It's incredible.
We're so glad that you came on.
It's very fun when you'veobviously worked with so many
people for so long and then yourkids actually really care about
meeting them.
That's always a blast, right?
This is obviously all aboutyour story, right?
Our podcast is all aboutstories and people's stories,
(11:04):
and I don't know if you know, Ithink I had told you, maybe over
email, but this started outbecause I really want to know
about how people got to wherethey were, and I think kids
should know about how people gotto where they were, and that it
doesn't always just start withyou becoming and doing what you
just wanted to do.
That you started out as thisseedling this, this kid
(11:24):
somewhere.
Your story grew and you grewinto all of this.
This seedling this kidsomewhere.
Your story grew and you grewinto all of this amazingness
right, so funny enough.
This happened because I broke myarm, that's true, and what are
you dealing with right now?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And I am currently sitting here with my foot up on
my knee scooter.
Yes, I have a knee scooter, butit's pretty straight and green,
so it's cool.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You want to see the knee scooter?
We do need to see the kneescooter, all right, yes, I have
a knee scooter, but it's prettystraight and green, so it's cool
.
You want to see the kneescooter?
We do need to see the kneescooter All right.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Yes, welcome to the knee rover.
Look, I've used it so much thatthe letters are starting to
peel off already.
That's amazing.
Yes, it has a basket on thefront because I go grocery
shopping.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
So you jumped off a cage onto a table with another
guy on it.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Who was tied down by barbed wire?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Guys, this is stuff that moms are always trying to
say Don't do that.
But I don't think your momwasn't saying that.
Apparently, because this is whoyou've become, she's encouraged
this kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
She would always hide and kind of cringe and do that
and make sure the end result wasokay.
But yeah, yeah and stupidly, itwas also real barbed wire.
I think I still have it.
Yep, there's one of the scarsfrom it.
It's starting to go away.
Oh, my goodness, I was allshredded up too.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
I was all shredded up too.
Okay, why did you use realbarbed?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
wire.
See, that's the question.
It is.
It absolutely is.
You know, like, if there's onething I can say, it's that
wrestlers, while we keep a lotof plates in the air, while
we're live and we got to knowwhat camera's hot and there's so
many elements that go into itbut we're also, in terms of our
(13:08):
physical well being, we're notbright.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think you're pretty bright, You're just very brave.
You're very, very, Memphis saidthe other day when he was on
the high ropes course.
He just kept telling himselfthe ground is very soft.
If I fall it will be very soft.
Pretty impressed, Prettyimpressed.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Mine didn't quite feel like that.
I was.
You know, there's 12,000 peoplethere, we're in Las Vegas and I
was like I'll just go up to thetop of the cage, and so I kept
climbing.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
So this wasn't rehearsed.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
No.
So, and you see the crowdcoming up on their feet 're like
yeah, I got this right.
So in my, my mind still thinksI'm 29, but my body is 50, and
so when I got to the top of thecage I looked down I went oh my
that's.
That's a long way down, that'spretty tall, yeah I'm gonna pull
(14:05):
this one off.
Well, Well, my first thought,too, is how do I not kill this,
this man who is completely youknow?
Because we're a performance andwe're we're entertainment.
It's just a highly physicalform of entertainment.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
We're our own stunt people with real barbed wire
with real barbed wire, yes, and?
Speaker 3 (14:25):
and if you watch as I'm climbing the cage, I get
stuck.
The barbed wire is all stuck onme and I'm trying to climb
through it.
That should have been my firstclue to stop, but I didn't.
So I decided, hey, I'm up herenow.
He looks really small.
Wow, maybe if I just land on myfeet and roll backwards I
should be okay and I shouldn'tkill him.
Oh, my goodness.
(14:45):
So I landed, I rolled back likeI thought I would, and I laid
there and I went huh maybe Ijust sprained my ankle.
And then I got up and I ran andI felt a click and I went.
Huh, maybe I did more thansprain my ankle.
Ah, but we're here now.
So I just kept wrestling.
We finished the match and thenI hobbled to the back and I
hobbled to the training room andthey started poking and
(15:06):
prodding and moving and I waslike it's not that bad.
They sent me to the hospitaland then I got x-rays and they
went your leg's broken, quitwalking on it.
I went, oh right.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Adam, but I bet everybody was so supportive of
you in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Yeah, I mean I don't well, and nobody really knew
what had happened yet, right, sothey just saw me limping off.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
So generally you're not going to see somebody walk
on a broken leg but I'm not andgenerally you won't see someone
jumping off a cage.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
No, especially at my advanced age.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yes, yes, that's true , that's true.
We're not even into our firstquestion.
This is awesome.
Hey, how?
Speaker 1 (15:47):
long has it been.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Since we last saw you each other.
Yeah, yes, oh gosh.
I was trying to think about itI mean I think we came over to
your guys.
We came over to y'all's houseand that was actually when my
husband found out he was glutenfree because he had the hiccups
for six days.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Do you remember that?
I totally forgot that until youjust said it.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I just remember I was like we visited Adam and went
to his beautiful house in theand it was awesome, but Derek
got no sleep because he had thehiccups for six days and that's
when we found out that he wasgluten free.
Gluten free At your house.
All right, I just remember inMemphis this probably will
(16:32):
answer your question I rememberwhere, adam, you have this great
room for guests when they comeand stay, and in that room
there's a spatula with a mapleleaf on it, and that is because.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Hey Adam, where did you grow up?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Oh, I know oh.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
So you don't want?
Hey, adam, where did you growup?
Oh, I know, I saw a bit ofCanada in you.
You came from Canada.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
I see Canada in you.
I am Canadian.
I got a maple leaf tattooed onmy foot.
I love Canada.
I really do which one the onethat's broken.
No, actually, no, the other leghas all the broken stuff.
The canadian one.
(17:13):
It's super strong because ofthe tattoo, I think.
Yeah, it's kind of likesuperman's s yes, you can't
break that canadian spirit.
Yeah, yeah, so I.
I grew up, uh, in a, in a smalltown just outside Toronto
actually.
So when we filmed Haven, it wasnice to be able to get back to
Canada, especially on the EastCoast, out in Nova Scotia,
(17:34):
because I love it out there.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, it was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
It was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Can you give the boys and our listeners the Cliff
Notes version of this young boyin Canada who ends up becoming a
wrestler?
Speaker 3 (17:50):
boy in Canada who ends up becoming a wrestler.
Well, it's interesting becauseanyone who gets into wrestling
generally has a different story.
There's no one way to get intothis thing, because it's weird,
right.
It's kind of off the beatenpath, but I was a kid Getting
paid to get beat up.
And I'm getting paid to do whatI always wanted to do, which is
I.
I realize how rare that is, um,but the first time I saw
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wrestling I was a 10 and, forwhatever reason, it just hit me
directly in all the like, rightin the heart.
I, I just, I loved itimmediately.
I didn't really understand whatit was, but it was in my mind.
It was kind of like comic bookscome to life and I couldn't go
(18:32):
shake hands with Spider-Man, butI could go down to Maple Leaf
Gardens and maybe run into HulkHogan.
So that to me was was massive.
And then you'd see them come outand they were just larger than
life and these colorful,charismatic characters, um, in
spandex, in spandex, yes, yes,it's a prerequisite, for
(18:54):
whatever reason.
It just hit me and I saidthat's what I'm going to do and
my mom, bless her heart, wasvery supportive of it.
She never questioned me, shenever doubted me.
I think maybe at first she waskind of like, okay, that's great
, good for you.
So, thankfully, my mom was, wassuper supportive, because it's,
it's one of those industriesthat when you say it to people,
(19:18):
they go right that like that'sgoing to happen, because the
chances are pretty, pretty slim.
But she just Stuck with me andthat was massive, because if I
didn't have her as my supportsystem, everyone else in my life
doubted it, except for her andmy best friend, jay, who also
wanted to be a wrestler.
So as long as I kind of hadthose two at my back, I felt
(19:39):
like I could do it.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Did you win any contests as a kid?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
So the first contest I ever won Was a drawing contest
, and it was the Dufferin Countydrawing contest and you had to
draw this um like a scene offirefighters coming to help and
save things.
So I just drew a picture offirefighters stopping a burning
house and rescuing people and Iwon the art contest, which meant
(20:07):
I rode in a fire truck with asilver fire truck hat on, with
white gloves, down the Christmasparade waving and I was
mortified.
I was so embarrassed.
Are you kidding me?
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
You won an art contest at a young age and you
got to dress up like a fireman.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Nobody knows this either, because I was a kid.
I was mortified.
I got this like silver and Imean shiny silver, like you
could see yourself in it.
So it was like you couldn'tmiss me.
And I'm sitting on top of afire truck just waving and I'm
seeing all my friends fromschool and I'm like man, I'm not
going to hear the end of this.
Then they took me to Town Hallwhere I was presented with all
(20:50):
my awards and plaques and all ofthis, and I still got the fire
hat on, oh man.
So that was the first thing Iwon.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Wait, wait, wait.
You're talking that.
The first thing you won, Adam,was an art contest.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Yeah, I'd say yeah, I think so.
This is a good segue.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
It's an insanely good segue is a good segue.
It's an insanely good segue, soI'm gonna bring up something
cool that not a lot of peopleknow.
Actually, now, most of the caston haven.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
So look at this.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
This is something that when miles will have it it
was just in my closet somewhereyeah, it was up there on the
wall.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
I literally found it and then turn it around.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
I was pregnant with Miles on Haven and so the cast
and crew and producers, theythrew this baby shower for me
and everybody you know getsgifts and whatnot and they're
all.
It's great, like the ones thathave meaning.
And Adam was so sweet.
I remember he painted thispiece of driftwood from Canada
(21:53):
with Miles's name on it and arock with his name on it and
they're so colorful just likeyou I mean like so colorful,
full of color, and they're sowell done.
Miles was like we got to showhim these on the interview.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
So crazy.
I like I remember it, but Ididn't think you'd still have it
.
And what I loved about Haven,too, is that we're all having
families together.
I realize now how special anexperience Haven was, as I've
done more shows and as I've kindof okay, there's this cast and
there's this cast and there'sthis cast, but that felt like
(22:27):
more than a cast And're inChester and it was us.
It was just a really greatexperience and I'm really,
really happy I got to experiencethat, although it kind of
spoiled me going forward.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I will say that Speaking of Sloan, lucas and
Kirstie.
Three months ago they came andvisited it was very cold out Me
and Sloan walked out of ourhouse wearing the same jacket
the haven jacket and that we hadno clue each other were wearing
(23:00):
it yeah, it was kind of amoment.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
We all got down to the driveway and lucas and I
looked at each other and welooked at the kids and we were
like oh, oh, that's kind of oddIf there was this moment where
they were standing next to eachother and I was like this is
really bizarre and so sweet andspecial.
So we have that picture.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
It was fun To add on to that Ruby still uses the
Haven blanket to sleep at night.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Oh my goodness, Guys, this whole podcast is like a
Haven love fest, right now,let's be honest, it was just so
good.
It was just so good, it wasjust so good.
Okay, memphis.
So we've learned he's fromCanada.
Yes, we've learned that he wonsome contests as a kid.
What else did we have on ourlist?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Did you wrestle as a kid?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Growing up I love sports, I just absolutely love
sports, and I think it for me itwas an outlet.
Um, growing up we didn't have alot of money, so there wasn't a
lot of stuff that I really had,but I had sports.
I could go to school and Icould play sports and it was an
amazing outlet for me to channela lot of frustrations and a lot
of questions and a lot ofthings that I couldn't get
(24:03):
answers to If I played sports.
It was simple I knew the goal,I knew what I had to try and
accomplish.
It was simple I knew the goal,I knew what I had to try and
accomplish and thankfully, mygenetics leaned into that.
So I played volleyball, Iplayed basketball, I played
soccer, I played baseball.
We didn't have a wrestling teamin high school, but my public
(24:25):
school had a wrestling team, soI wrestled from grades two to
eight.
But once I got to high schoolthere was no wrestling program,
which really bummed me out.
Um, but by that point I alreadyknew I'm going to be a pro
wrestler anyway.
So I'll be able to use some ofthe amateur wrestling stuff, but
I know that pro wrestling is away different thing.
Hockey was never an optionafter the first couple of years,
because we just couldn't affordit.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
And I was outgrowing expensive.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Yeah, and I was outgrowing my equipment and we
didn't have a car.
So if you don't have a car toget the hockey games, you know
all the most of the games wereout of town and so I was.
I was one of those guys thatnow I say to my kids I walked to
school and guess what?
It was minus 40 Celsius.
Yeah, and I wore a biker jacketand Chuck Taylors, so don't
(25:10):
complain to me about having towalk to school in 72 degree
weather, please, and thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I'm that guy, so how'd you get started wrestling?
Speaker 3 (25:19):
So fast forward to.
I'm 17 years old and theToronto Star ran a wrestling
column every weekend and theToronto Star was kind of oh, it
still is, it's a major paper incanada, uh.
So they ran this wrestlingcolumn one week.
It said if you want to be awrestler, write in an essay as
to why you should be the personthat gets this free wrestling
(25:41):
yes uh, it was this place calledsully's gym, which was also a
boxing gym down in toronto.
Um, so I wrote in.
I was like I got to write inbecause wrestling training is
$3,000.
I come from a single parenthousehold, my mom's working two
jobs.
She can't afford to set aside$3,000 for this.
We're making do on the bills,you know.
(26:03):
So, uh, I thought I got towrite in and, um, and my best
friend, jay, who, who, whowrestles as christian, he was
like I'm writing into.
I was like right, let's do it.
And I wrote in and I got a calland it was this, this texan,
texas accent, this kind of draw.
And I was like hello, is adamhome?
And I'm like, oh yeah, and itwas this guy named sweet daddy
(26:27):
siki.
Now, sweet, sweet Daddy Siki,real quickly, sweet Daddy Siki
to pro wrestling was what JackieRobinson was to baseball.
He broke down racial barriers.
He broke down color barriers.
He was the firstAfrican-American man to wrestle,
a Caucasian in a lot of thesesouthern states where we now
live.
He came out with a blondepompadour and mirrors and these
(26:50):
white gloves and he was at thesecond wrestling show I ever
went to.
Fast forward years later.
And here I am talking to him onthe phone and he's saying you
need you to come down to the gymCause we want to take a look at
you.
So my car was broken down, mygrandpa drove me down to so I
could meet these trainers, and Iwalked in.
By this point I'm 17 years old,I'm 6'4", I'm 224.
(27:11):
So I'm like, okay, I got thesize, I think, but I was still
thin, you know.
And so I walk in there and it'sthis beat-up, old, dilapidated
boxing gym and it smelled likejock straps and mildew and it
smelled awesome.
It smelled like a hockey lockerroom, you know.
And so I go in there, I sitdown with Sweet Daddy, siki, and
(27:34):
I sit down with this man namedRon Hutchison as well, and he
was also one of the trainers.
And then they gave me everyreason to walk away from doing
this.
They tried to talk me out of it.
They said you're going tostarve.
Sweet Daddy was telling me heused to eat out of dumpsters
because he didn't have enoughmoney to eat.
The thousands of miles that youwill drive to do this, how much
(28:03):
it hurts.
How many things you'll misswith your family the birthdays
you'll miss, the mother's daysyou'll miss.
A lot of stuff.
Did that scare you when youheard that it's a lot?
Speaker 2 (28:08):
of stuff.
Did that scare you when youheard that?
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Nope, I was like I'm your guy, so I'm in.
And they met with my grandpaand they told him the same
things and he was like well,well, adaminsky, what do you
think?
I was like grandpa, I'm doingit, this is it, this is what I'm
doing.
Luckily, they called me a weeklater, said you're the guy, and
I got my training for free.
(28:30):
It sped the process upexponentially because I don't
know when I would have been ableto afford to do the training.
I would have done it and Iwould have got there, but it
might've been three, four yearsdown the road.
And now I'm 20, 21, 22.
What this did?
Starting at 17, I signed withWWE when I was 23.
(28:53):
So I was really really youngbecause I started so early.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Wow, wow, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Advice.
I need to get some advice fromyou.
What advice would you give uswhen we're trying to kill our
dad?
Well, not kill him, but beathim down to the ground.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Let me give some context to this.
There's some frequent bedwrestling.
Before going to, there'sfrequent wrestling and when they
were talking about talking toyou about wrestling, they both
looked at each other.
They're like we could get sometips.
We could get some tips on howto take that out.
I sure your dad is going tolove this.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Yes, I'm sure he is good thing, you know him very
well so here's all you have todo when it comes to dads wait it
out, because eventually theirbacks are going to give out.
Yes, at some point the back isgoing to seize up.
So make them bend over, staylow.
And if he has to stay bent over, trust me, eventually that
(29:54):
thing's going to seize and thenhe's going to lock up and go.
Oh, oh, I can't lift my feet.
Uh-oh, I've got to shuffle tothe bathroom now, trust me.
Lower back, lower back.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
That's some good pointers and I think the rest of
our audience will definitelyappreciate that tip.
I think the rest of ouraudience will definitely
appreciate that tip.
Oh my gosh, that's a great one.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Okay, guys, so this is the first time we've had a
two-part episode.
We know this interview was long, but that's because it was
great.
I can't believe we had thechance to talk to Adam in the
midst of all the Comic-Con prep,a broken leg and all the Percy
Jackson press.
He really is such a great guyWrestler, creative actor.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
And friend Friend.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Please remember to subscribe so you can get next
week's episode.
We will learn more about hischildhood, filming fights for TV
and, yes, I get to nerd outabout Percy Jackson.
That's the best part of thiswhole podcast, guys.
So you know the drill.
If you like it, leave a reviewso that other kids, parents and
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Speaker 2 (31:00):
Special thanks and shout outs also go to the people
who helped get this whole thingstarted emma schuster, who
helped create our logo and did abunch of the admin.
Matthewen, who interned atNorth Rose Pictures this spring.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
And my uncle, Andy Mayer, who brought the logo to
life and continues to be mymom's emergency lifeline in all
the technical and audio stuff.
Whatever it's called, it takesa village of people.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
It does.
To catch all the latest from me, you can follow me at
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Speaker 1 (31:48):
But, most importantly , we hope that you kids were
inspired today to know that yourstory is being written as we
speak.
These people we interviewstarted somewhere and worked
through so many challenges intheir lives.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
So until next time remember everyone has a story.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
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